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Sakes Alive! She’s 105!

And Covid Free!

MARILYN MILLER Special to the Press-Herald

Sally Evelyn Henry Miller marked her 105th birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 amid balloons, tinsel, banners, greeting cards, and a huge cake in her apartment at Savannah Court in Minden. For the first time in a decade, there was no “party,” but the special day was certainly festive despite being in the year of Covid-19.

“Aunt Evelyn” was born Oct. 21, 1915 on a large farm in Heflin, Louisiana, the youngest child of M.C. and Nora Fuller Henry. She had one brother, Calhoun Henry; and two sisters, Mrs. Eunice (C.V) McCollum and Mrs. Eula (Jack) Stanfield.

M.C. Henry donated land for the location of Adams School in Heflin, which Aunt Evelyn attended until she entered secondary school. She graduated from Heflin High School after grade 11, and soon after began a work career that spanned over 50 years.

In the late 1930’s, Evelyn married Floyd (Abe) Miller of Evergreen. Lt. Miller served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. While living in Springhill, LA, Abe worked for International Pa-

per Company, and later as QC manager at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant.

In the 1940’s, Evelyn went to work for the West family at West Bros. Dept. Store in Springhill, where she retired after nearly 45 years of service.

The Millers had no children, so they bundled and shared their love with their nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and even great, great nieces and nephews. Their home was always full of the cooking aromas from fresh vegetables and fruit from “Uncle Abe’s” award-winning garden. Aunt Evelyn used her spare time to sew for the little ones and big ones alike.

In the late 1980’s, after Mr. Miller became stricken with Parkinson’s, the couple relocated to Minden. They resided on Cline Street until his death in 1996.

Aunt Evelyn later moved to Louisiana Avenue, where she resided until moving to The Arbor (now Savannah Court) in 2008.

“A child of the Great Depression and two World Wars, Aunt Evelyn always had a project going that would make use of something she had saved,” said niece Marilyn Miller. “She wasn’t a hoarder, but she could ‘re-purpose’ with the best of them.”

TURKEY CONTEST RETURNS

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Sitters Precious Edwards (left) and Barbara Boswell present Evelyn H. Miller with her cake as she celebrates her 105th Birthday at Savannah Court on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.

For many years, she was very active with the Webster Parish Council on Aging’s Senior Citizen’s Center. And when she was able, she was doing something for someone else, whether it was sewing, buying goods from her daily excursions to area stores, helping with a loved one’s home repair, or canning fruit from her own trees.”

“Our aunt is an extraordinary person in more ways than

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one,” her niece said. “About two months ago, she was stricken with the Covid-19 virus. After struggling for over a month, our Aunt Evelyn turned a corner and began recovering from many of the symptoms of the virus. As of her birthday, she has tested negative for three weeks. So, at nearly 105, she kicked it!”

“Could you ask for a better birthday gift?”

Thanksgiving will be upon us soon and as such the Minden Press-Herald’s annual Turkey Contest is making it’s return!

Avid readers of our publication will be able to have the chance to win a free turkey for the upcoming holiday season by traveling to local businesses around town.

Starting Oct. 30 and ending Nov. 13, Friday editions of the Minden Press-Herald will feature a page with a cut-outs for readers to submit. These can be submitted after printing out your name and contact info and then traveling to local businesses and turning them into the appropriately marked boxes.

On Nov. 17, the respective store owners will pick a name out of the box and that person will be selected as a winner of one of our turkey. The businesses will reach out to the winner granting them a certificate which they can then take to Walmart in order to get their free turkey.

Participating businesses will be announced on the day of the contest’s start, Oct. 30. We will announce the winners in our print publication as well as online. Individuals may make as many submissions as they can within the allotted time period.

JOE LEBLANC FOOD PANTRY: FEED A FAMILY 2020 WILL PHILLIPS Minden Press-Herald

The Joe LeBlanc Food Pantry is looking for individuals and businesses who want to do their part in ensuring that all families in Webster Parish are able to enjoy a holiday meal together by sponsoring the food pantry’s 8th Annual Feed a Family Program.

This program is one that aims to provide the essentials for a holiday meal to the clients of the food pantry.

“This is our 8th year doing Feed a Family. We have never not hit our goal, and as long as I can re-

member we’ve actually gone over our goal, and that’s allowed us to do a little something extra for our families,” said Jessica Lewis, Director of the JFLB. Their goal this year is 600 sponsorships for Thanksgiving and 600 for Christmas. The sponsorship costs $25, and that purchases a turkey, the sides, and a desert for a family of four. Currently, they are at 132 out of 600 sponsors for Thanksgiving, with the deadline being November 16.

Lewis gave special mention to business, individuals, and organizations that had been donating to them for many a year now. “A lot

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of our sponsors are repeat sponsors. A lot of people have been giving since we started the program 8 years ago, so a big thank you to them for supporting our vision every single year.”

In particular Lewis mentioned the Minden Lions Club, saying, “They sponsor every year, and that one was a big one because they usually depend on their fair income to be able to do the sponsorships. This year, obviously, they didn’t have the fair, so still working these family sponsorships into their budget was a huge thing, but they made it work, and See, FEED, Page 2

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LONG-SERVING LIONS CLUB FEED: HELP THOSE IN NEED WITH FEED A FAMILY 2020 MEMBERS HONORED Continued from Page 1

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Several Minden Lions received certificates/pins at today’s club meeting representing all the years that they have continued to serve. Pictured (left to right) are Kyle Robertson (membership-15 years); Jake Chapman (current club president); Sam Bethea (membership-15 years); Charles Purdy (new member sponsorship); Dr. Ray Spurlock (membership-30 years); Steve Cropper (membership-15 years); Tracy Campbell (membership-10 years); Carl Thompson (membership-20 years and new member sponsorship); and Dr. Alan Cameron (membership-50 years).

they sponsored the same amount that they sponsor every single year. So a big thank you to them.”

She then thanked all the new sponsorships that she had received, saying, “Thank you to our new sponsors that are just now finding out about what we are doing in our community and are connecting with us to make sure our neighbors have holiday meals just like we do,” said Lewis.

“That was kind of the vision behind it, just to make sure nobody in the community went without during the holidays. It just doesn’t seem right to know that there are families that live right here in Minden that would be sitting around an empty table at Thanksgiving, so we try to provide access here in Webster Parish for everyone to have that. “ Individuals or businesses can sponsor by sending money online through PayPal to their email address at joeleblancfoodbank@ yahoo.com or by sending in their application and check

through the mail. Make sure to select the “friends and family” option to avoid paying a fee.

Also new this year, individuals can text “jlfpfaf” to the number 44321 and give through the app with their checking account or credit card. If choosing this option the only information they receive is an email address. Every donation is tax deductible.

Everyone that sponsors has an opportunity to either remain anonymous or advertise the fact that they sponsored the bags. Their names will go on a board at the food pantry itself and also on the bags that the food will be given in.

“We appreciate our community. They always, always, always, step up when we put some kind of need out there no matter what it is, and they always help us accomplish our goals,” said Lewis.

For more information about how to contribute, you can either call the Joe LeBlanc Food pantry at (318) 299-6375 or by visiting their Facebook page.

CENSUS

Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US STAFF REPORT

Special to the Press-Herald

From tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana, census workers who go door to door were unable to reach all the households they needed for a complete tally of the U.S. population, a count that ended abruptly last week after a Supreme Court ruling.

Community activists, statisticians and civil rights groups say racial and ethnic minorities are historically undercounted, and shortcomings in the 2020 census could set the course of life in their communities for years to come.

The count determines the number of congressional seats each state gets, where roads and bridges are built, how schools and health care facilities are funded, and how $1.5 trillion in federal resources are allocated annually.

“An undercount in our community means schools are overcrowded, hospitals are overcrowded, roads are congested,” said John Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

The census ended last week after the Supreme Court suspended a lower court order allowing the head count to continue

through Oct. 31.

The U.S. Census Bureau says that overall, it reached more than 99.9% of the nation’s households, but in a nation of 330 million people, the remaining .1% represents hundreds of thousands of uncounted residents.

And in small cities, even handfuls of undercounted residents can make a big difference in the resources the communities receive and the power they wield.

Also, a high percentage of households reached does not necessarily translate to an accurate count: The data’s quality depends on how it was obtained.

The most accurate information comes from people who “self-respond” to the census questionnaire online, by phone or mail.

Census officials say 67% of the people counted in the 2020 census responded that way.

In any case, census takers, who go door to door, fell short of reaching all the households that hadn’t filled out the census form in many pockets of the country.

In large parts of Louisiana, which was battered by two hurricanes, census takers didn’t even hit 94% of the households they needed to reach. In Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo Nation on the Arizona-New Mexico border that was ravaged by

COVID-19, census takers only reached 98.9%.

According to the Census Bureau, census takers reached 99.9% of the households they needed to contact in most of the 248 census areas the bureau designated across the U.S. They fell short of 99.9% in Quincy, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; Asheville, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; Providence, Rhode Island, and Manhattan, where neighborhoods emptied out in the spring because of the coronavirus.

Rhode Island is one of about 10 states projected to lose a congressional seat, based on anticipated state population figures in the 2020 census. It could take as few as 30,000 overlooked people for the nation’s physically smallest state to revert back to having a single House district, said John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, a nonprofit watchdog.

The early conclusion of the census “is really going to stymie our efforts, not only to maintain that second district but also to have fair representation in our state legislature,” Marion said.

Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba blamed the coronavirus, which curtailed in-person outreach efforts

that could have made a difference in hard-tocount neighborhoods. The mayor isn’t sure having an extra two weeks would have made a huge difference, but he says not having a complete count is significant: Jackson loses $1,000 each year for every person not counted.

“All of this has longterm implications for city planning, for how we address our needs, and for ensuring that we are fairly represented in the state house and in Congress,” Lumumba said.

There are also concerns about the quality of the data obtained. The second-most accurate information after self-responses comes from household members being interviewed by census takers.

When census takers can’t reach someone at home, they turn to less-accurate information from neighbors, landlords and administrative records, the latter of which have been in widespread use for the first time this year. Information was obtained by these methods for almost 40% of the census takers’ caseload, according to the Census Bureau.

“Do not be fooled by the Census Bureau’s 99% myth. If there was ever fake news, this is it,” said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, one of the

civil rights groups that challenged the Trump administration’s census schedule in court.

Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that a first look at the data collection operation indicates “an extremely successful execution.” He noted that the 67% self-response rate this year was higher than the 66.5% reached during the 2010 census.

How much time the Census Bureau has to crunch the numbers is still being fought in courts and in Congress. Civil rights groups and others are pushing Congress to extend the bureau’s deadline for turning in apportionment numbers for congressional seats from Dec. 31 to the end of next April.

The Trump administration said the Census Bureau needed to end the count early to meet the Dec. 31 deadline. But top officials at the Census Bureau said as recently as July that it would still be impossible to process all of the data by the end of the year. They’ve since changed their tune, and on Wednesday said in a conference call with the news media that the deadline can be met by working around the clock and with technological advances in computer processing.

In areas that were not

counted, Census Bureau officials said they will use a statistical technique called imputation, which uses the characteristics and size of neighboring households to fill in the gaps of homes with missing data.

Groups suing the administration over the timetables said the deadline for turning in apportionment numbers was moved up to accommodate an order from Trump to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among the states. Sticking to a Dec. 31 deadline ensures that data processing remains under the administration’s control, regardless of who wins the presidential election.

A panel of federal judges in New York ruled that Trump’s order was unlawful, but the administration has appealed to the Supreme Court. A second panel of federal judges in California on Thursday ruled that the order was also unconstitutional, and the Trump administration on Friday said it planned to appeal.

“This census isn’t over,” Morial said. “We will continue to fight in the courts, Congress and the court of public opinion.”

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Webster & More OBITUARIES

Leighanne Conatser

Graveside services for Leighann Conatser will be held Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m at Gardens of Memory in Minden, Louisiana under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden, Louisiana.

The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday, October 23, 2020 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

Leighann was born February 8, 1969 in Springhill, Louisiana and entered into rest October 21, 2020 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Leighann was a member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Homer and has many fond friends at Eastside Missionary Baptist in Minden. She loved to read, was creative and crafty, enjoyed hunting, and junkin, but her

Fred W. Moore Fred W. Moore, 83, passed peacefully on the morning of October 23, 2020 in Virginia Beach, VA. He will be laid to rest with full military honors at Albert G Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery on October 28th in Suffolk, VA at 1pm.

He was born in Minden, LA on February 22,1937 to Thomas O. Moore and Hazel Moore (Robertson). He was the next to the youngest of nine siblings.

Preceded in death by his wife Barbara Burns Moore, parents and 7 siblings. He is survived by his 3 children, Erik Moore (Stacey Moore) of Virginia Beach, VA, Roger Moore in Bergen, Norway and Michelle Engeby (Jan Engeby) in Oslo, Norway, his sister Lucy Quaid of Minden, and his first wife Vally Moore of Bergen, Norway, as well as his two stepchildren Jay Burns and wife Patricia of Haughton, LA and Kirk Burns and wife Kimberly of Claremore, OK. Fred is also survived by his four grandchildren, Steffan Moore, Kristian Moore (Veronica

favorite hobby was being MiMi to her grandbaby.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her mother-in-law Beemee.

She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Jeff Conatser; sons, Jared Conatser and wife Sydney and Christopher Conatser; granddaughter, Judy Marie Conatser; father-inlaw, Jim and wife Cathy; siblings, Mike Lewis and wife Mary, Jeannie Wynne, Jackie Woodward, Debbie Baker, and Roy Bailey; special cousin, Terri Ray and husband Steve; aunt, Pat Gilliam, and many nieces and nephews. Honorary Pallbearers will be Bill Gray, Jamie Waganer, Wayne Clark, and Billy “Joey” Edwards.

The family wants to thank Debbie and Thomas Ryan, Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Eastside Missionary Baptist Church, Staff of Schumpert Highland and LSU for all they did.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 (318) 377-3412

Moore), and Mia and Michael Moore Engeby, and step grandchildren Sarah and Josh Burns, Seth and wife Lindsey Burns, and Morgan Burns. Survived also by two great grandchildren Elijah and Delilah Moore and numerous nieces and nephews.

At the age of 18 Fred enlisted in the U.S. Navy (19551977) with a rating of Aviation Ordnanceman. He was stationed at various naval stations throughout the United States as well as other parts of the world and the US Navy aircraft carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Forrestal. He took part in various military operations including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Taiwan Campaign and the Vietnam War. He was awarded many medals of recognition such as National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device, Vietnam Service Medal with one Bronze Star, Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan, Laos and Cuba) and several Good Conduct awards.

Following his military career he joined the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and ventured on further travels around the world in the support of US Navy operations.

In his senior years he eventually settled back in his hometown, Minden LA. Fair winds and following seas. Rest in Peace..

GOVERNMENT

Louisiana Legislature: Fall Session Wrap-Up

DAVID JACOBS The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Legislature ended a fall session, their third of the year, a few days early on Friday.

While some legislators say the session was largely a waste of taxpayer dollars, others pointed to their work regarding COVID-19, hurricane recovery and the unemployment insurance trust fund to argue otherwise.

“Many people in this building, some members of the press, have said we didn’t accomplish much this session,” Sen. Ronnie Johns said Friday. “I beg to differ.”

Johns hails from southwest Louisiana, which was hit by two major hurricanes this year. He thanked his colleagues for diverting $20 million in savings to start repairs at McNeese State University and SOWELA Technical Community College, sending $1.4 million to local governments in three hurricane-ravaged parishes, ensuring school districts where large numbers of students have not yet returned home won’t lose state funding, and for allowing graduating seniors who will finish high school outside the state to be eligible for state-funded college scholarships.

Legislators passed three measures that, taken together, will prevent the higher business taxes and benefit reductions that otherwise would kick in when the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund balance runs low.

The fund, which held more than $1 billion before the COVID-19 pandemic began, has been sapped by unprecedented demand.

Louisiana, like many other states, is forced to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to pay legally required unemployment benefits.

While lawmakers were able to find $85 million to shore up the fund, a long-term solution was not identified.

Lawmakers also established tax breaks for businesses and a sales tax holiday for consumers. The inclusion of $22 million of local “pet projects” in a spending bill drew criticism, though supporters said the money would be used for essential infrastructure, police and fire protection, and COVID-19 and hurricane relief.

“We did what we came here to do,” Senate President Page Cortez said. “We secured funding for those areas most heavily impacted by the recent hurricanes. We agreed on a package of bills to protect businesses and the unemployed. And, we passed several measures critical to the state’s response to COVID-19, including a compromise on how emergency declarations are handled.”

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ use of his emergency executive powers to impose mandates meant to limit the spread of the new coronavirus inspired the fiercest debates.

While there was broad bipartisan support for the restrictions in March when Louisiana was among the world leaders in COVID-19 case growth, many Republicans argue the mandates no longer are needed and Edwards by himself does not have the authority to keep them in place indefinitely.

But the Senate killed most of the measures to roll back or end the mandates that the more conservative House of Representatives passed. The compromise bill Cortez mentioned, which calls for allowing legislators to amend an emergency executive order, made it to the governor’s desk, but not with enough support to override a potential veto.

Current law already allows either chamber to end or suspend a governor’s emergency order, and House Republicans on Friday said they had gathered enough signatures to do so. But the petition only suspends the order for seven days, and the administration is not expected to comply and issue a proclamation lifting his order, so a court battle is likely.

“We did less than in any other session in the 10 years I’ve been there,” said Rep. Alan Seabaugh, a Shreveport Republican. “I don’t know that we passed more than half-a-dozen bills that aren’t going to get vetoed. I just don’t think we accomplished anything.”

Seabaugh said getting the petition signed was the session’s most important development. But lawmakers don’t need to be in session to circulate a petition.

He has heard the session cost taxpayers about $2 million, though he wasn’t certain if the tally was accurate.

On Friday, the Senate killed House Bill 38 by Rep. Lance Harris, an Alexandria Republican who is running for Congress, that would have allowed state officials to punish local governments that reduce police funding by 25 percent or more by cutting off state construction dollars and tax dedications.

Sen. Jay Luneau, an Alexandria Democrat, essentially filibustered the bill, giving a long speech about it while his colleagues were ready to adjourn. Rather than wait him out, senators returned the bill to the calendar.

House Bill 51, which bans local election officials from taking private donations to defray election expenses, achieved final passage Friday and was sent to the governor.

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OTHER OPINION

Session ends with petition debated for months The direct strike at Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions didn’t come through legislative action in the special session that Republican lawmakers called primarily to undermine the Democratic governor’s rules.

Instead, House Republicans started their legal battle over Edwards’ mask mandate, crowd size limits and business rules through a law that already existed, allowing a majority of lawmakers in one chamber to revoke a governor’s emergency orders through a petition.

A court is expected to decide whether that action sticks and the governor’s restrictions are jettisoned.

It took legislators nearly four weeks in a session that cost taxpayers an estimated $1 million to end up right where they started — focused on a petition that a group of conservative House GOP lawmakers had been circulating for months.

As the House and Senate adjourned their special session Friday and headed home, Republican lawmakers resisted suggestions the gathering didn’t amount to much. They pointed to hurricane recovery spending decisions, the start of efforts to refill the bankrupt unemployment trust fund and other bills that reached the governor’s desk.

“We got a lot accomplished to help a lot of people,” House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, a Gonzales Republican, told

his colleagues on the final day without listing those achievements.

Lake Charles Republican Sen. Ronnie Johns talked of the $20 million in state surplus cash steered to jumpstarting repairs to state-owned buildings damaged by hurricanes Laura and Delta. He praised lawmakers for ensuring that students who evacuated to other states because the MELINDA hurricanes DESLATTE wrecked t h e i r homes will be eligible for the TOPS college tuition program.

Senate President Page Cortez, a Lafayette Republican, pointed to the hurricane recovery measures and the Legislature’s decision to keep unemployment benefits and tax rates on businesses that pay into the unemployment trust fund at their current levels, despite the fund’s bankruptcy. They also steered $85 million to help pay for benefits, though that’s not nearly enough to reach fund solvency.

Cortez also noted the cuts made to licensing and permitting fees for businesses that had to temporarily stop opera-

tions during the pandemic.

“All of these things could not have been done had we not come into session, so while the focus is a lot on (Edwards’) oversight and the governor’s emergency orders, I just hope that we can present that there was a lot more work that got done,” Cortez said.

Still, Cortez acknowledged those noncontroversial items could have passed more quickly without the debates over Edwards’ coronavirus rules.

Republican lawmakers convened the nearly four-week session with many of them talking about curbing the governor’s COVID-19 restrictions on businesses, high school sports and other activities.

The House and Senate, however, diverged over the constitutional limits of what they could do to revoke Edwards’ rules and insert themselves more heavily into emergency actions.

The deal finally struck between Republicans in the two chambers would give lawmakers the ability to nullify individual pieces of a governor’s emergency order by a majority vote through mailed ballot, for any emergency declaration extended beyond 30 days.

But Edwards indicated the measure wouldn’t survive his veto pen.

Meanwhile, the final legislation fell far short of what some conservative Republicans wanted to see in the special

session. All House Republican efforts to immediately end the governor’s coronavirus restrictions — or suspend his administration’s enforcement ability of them — stalled in the Senate.

“I hate that we were forced to initiate a petition to where we really don’t know what the courts are going to rule on that.

So it’s still iffy,” said Rep. Dodie Horton, a Haughton Republican.

Some GOP lawmakers suggested the session’s sharp House and Senate disagreements about whether and how to overturn Edwards’ restrictions — and the strong resistance from the governor to anything that would chisel away at his authority — paved the way for the petition to win support.

What is certain is the special session created new fissures between a House and Senate that has repeatedly talked of working together, worsened the relationship between the governor’s office and House Republicans and carried a hefty price tag for modest accomplishments.

And the coronavirus rules that drove many lawmakers to call for the session remain in place, likely awaiting a judge’s decision on whether they can be enforced.

Melinda Deslatte has covered Louisiana politics for The Associated Press since 2000. Follow her at http:// twitter.com/melindadeslatte.

OTHER OPINION

Michelle Malkin: The Disunited States of Oppression Is there any clearer sign of how privileged a society is than the disproportionate amount of time that society spends guilting citizens over how privileged they are?

I’ll never forget the first time I encountered “critical race theory” and its overbearing adherents at my alma mater, Oberlin College, in the 1990s. Multicultural studies were all the rage.

Higher education officials had torpedoed Western civilization curriculum requirements at prestigious universities nationwide. The ululations of the aggrieved reached a fever pitch as anti-white extremists demanded separate academic departments, dorms, graduation ceremonies and deans in the name of justice and equality.

The entire spectacle was as self-indulgent as it was comical. Spoiled white limousine liberals’ children lectured me — a child of Filipino immigrants who came from a Third World country colonized by the Spanish, overtaken by Americans and occupied by the Japanese — for thinking and acting “white” because I opposed race-based affirmative action policies. A miserable feminist student castigated me for using the patriarchal term “exploit” (as in “exploiting an opportunity.”) Wealthy minority progressives — cloistered in their intolerant “safe spaces” on a campus full of entitled brats whose parents forked over $40,000 a year in tuition — whined about being systemically oppressed.

The whiners whined all their way through their senior theses to secure their worthless degrees. A large portion of the whiners went on to graduate schools in advanced griping and grousing — and are now ensconced in the ivory tower of critical race theory babble, subsidized by tax dollars at public colleges and universities, venting from on high about how hopelessly downtrodden they are at the hands of MICHELLE the oppresMALKIN sors paying their cushy salaries.

This toxic resentment has metastasized in academia and spread to the bowels of the federal bureaucracy. Last month, after Discovery Institute scholar Christopher Rufo sounded the alarm with a series of whistleblower reports in the Treasury and Justice Departments, the Trump administration belatedly moved to crack down on “diversity” training sessions that perpetuate the idea that America is an inherently racist and white supremacist nation.

But far more troubling is the trickledown of racist anti-racism into K-12 education across the heartland.

A parent/educator in the Springfield, Missouri, public schools sent mandatory cur-

riculum materials for “equity training” that all teachers must now undergo. “Growing a deeper sense of cultural consciousness” is now an essential part of the district employees’ job responsibilities. This means accepting an “oppression matrix” chart that classifies all white people as a “privileged social group,” no matter their socioeconomic status, life struggles or family history. Asians are considered “oppressed,” despite vast differences in income among Asian groups and despite higher median net worth and household income than whites. All “males assigned at birth” are inherently more privileged than all “females assigned at birth.” All Protestants are forever more privileged than worshipers of any other faith.

All Springfield public school employees must now share “reflections” upon watching a “George Floyd video,” outline “what steps you will take to become an anti-racist” and engage in a “group discussion” on “white supremacy” (but not any other kind of identity politics supremacy).

Of course, the definition of “white supremacy” has been stretched to include every microaggression under the sun.

“White silence” — not saying a word, remaining neutral, minding your own business — now counts as “covert white supremacy,” according to equity training materials. Saying, “all lives matter” is covert white supremacy. So are these unfor-

givable offenses: —”Eurocentric curriculum” (that is, any lessons that don’t put nonwhite people above white people at all times in all subject areas).

—”Not believing experiences of black, indigenous, and people of color,” (which means never questioning any obvious racial hoaxes and fake hate crimes and never questioning the shady claims of racially ambiguous people that they are what and who they say they are).

—”English-only initiatives” (because heaven forbid we demand that non-English-speaking immigrants assimilate and our sovereign nation demand that residents speak the same language as our founders).

—”Colorblindness” (because actual anti-racism is racism).

We are trapped in a manufactured “oppression matrix” by the most comfortable and protected of liberal elites. Our children are being taught by anti-white, anti-American “equity” bullies that we are nothing more than the miserable sum of our politicized identities. A great and healthy society would teach its children to be thankful for, not guilty over, the “privileges” so many have worked so hard to pass on to our posterity.

Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@protonmail. com.

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LIONS CLUB SPEAKER

UCAP needs for the week of Oct. 26:

The museum is located south of Gibsland at 2510 Hwy 517.

Special to the Minden Press-Herald

Food: biscuit and cornbread mix, crackers, chicken and dumplings, canned vegetables, pasta, Vienna sausage, cooking oil (small) Clothing: Men’s tennis and dress shoes (size 9 and up) Household Goods: towels and wash cloths, queen sheets

LSU Ag Center “Let’s Talk Turkey”

Speakers for the noon Minden Lions Club on Thursday, October 29 will be Secretary of Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Jack Montoucet and Deputy Counsel Rob Shadoin.

Secretary Montoucet was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards in January 2017.

He was a state representative for District 42 in Lafayette and Acadia parishes from 2008 until 2017. He retired as the chief of the Lafayette Fire Department and owned an alligator farm. He is a resident of Scott LA. Deputy Counsel Shadoin is a former member of the House of Representatives from 2012 until 2018 from District 12 which includes Lincoln and Union parishes. Rob is a native of Ruston where he was an attorney and member of the Lincoln Parish School Board from 1994 until 2006.

They will discuss a range of topics from Lake Bistineau to Covid 19 and Hurricane Laura and Delta impacts on the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Many thanks to the community for supporting UCAP. Main to Main Main to Main will be making it’s return to Minden’s Street on Nov. 6 through Nov. 7. Countless vendors will be setting up shop along Main Street selling food, clothes, and countless other goods.

Chicken Spaghetti Plate Fundraiser The Mt. Lebanon Museum will be selling chicken spaghetti takeout plates for $10 on Saturday, November 7 from 11:00-2:00. Plates will include sides, dessert, and canned cola. Bake sale items will also be available at the museum. To preorder a takeout plate, leave a message at 318-843-6176.

On Friday, Nov. 13 the LSU Ag Center will be offering an online “Let’s Talk Turkey,” class from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. teaching people how to properly prepare their turkeys safely. To sign up, contact Shakera Williams, M.P. Assistant Nutrition Extension Agent, at 318371-1371 or at her email sswilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu Minden’s Fall Coat Drive The Fall Coat Drive has been extended to run throughout the month of October. The coats will be used to help the children of Minden stay warm this winter. Drop off locations include Minden City Hall, the Walker’s Residence at 112 W. Roosevelt Drive. For pick up, contact 318-210-1799.

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SESSION: LEgislature wraps fall session Continued from Page 3 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan offered $250 million in grants to local election officials around the country to ensure “every eligible voter can participate in a safe and timely way and have their vote counted.”

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin initially urged local clerks of court to apply and many planned to do so, until Attorney General Jeff Landry warned that taking the grants could be illegal. Rep. Blake Miguez, the Erath Republican who authored HB 51, said his bill would clarify the law.

Democratic legislators argued that turning down the money doesn’t make sense, especially while they’re spending more taxpayer dollars on this year’s election. But supporters said outside

money has the potential to corrupt election integrity, and if some parishes got the grants and some didn’t, that could lead to unequal treatment of voters.

Lawmakers also passed House Bill 72, which calls for at least $7.5 million of the grants distributed through a $275 million COVID-19 relief fund for businesses established in a prior session to go to bar owners who filed an application on or before Sept. 29.

Some legislators argue the program’s rules shouldn’t be changed after the fact, and State Treasurer John Schroder says the money is already obligated to current applicants.

Supporters said bar owners should be ensured a significant portion of the money because they have endured the most stringent coronavirus restrictions.

NWLA Family Justice Center launches ‘Take A Stand Against Domestic Violence’ campaign

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Special to the Press-Herald

The Northwest Louisiana Family Justice Center (NWLA FJC) kicked off National Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a Public Service Announcement (PSA) Campaign with digital billboards, TV/radio video productions, and a social/mass media campaign designed to raise awareness, and send a clear message to victims and survivors of Domestic Violence to “Take A Stand Against Domestic Violence”.

Bossier/Webster District Attorney, J. Schuyler Marvin, and 2020 Executive Committee Chairman of the NWLA FJC said, “The Public Service Campaign was launched to encourage the public to take a stand against domestic violence.

He reiterated that domestic violence is a heterosexual and samesex relationships issue.

Jeri Bowen, Executive Director of the Family Justice Center, when asked about COVID-19, said, “Unfortunately it is sad, but domestic

violence was a severe problem before COVID-19, and the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions will not end domestic abuse, and to a larger degree, it has exacerbated the problem.” Therefore, the FJC must continue to provide services to victims of domestic violence and their children despite the challenges arising from the pandemic restrictions.

Caddo District Attorney James Stewart said, “I am thankful that we have set aside the month of October to honor our survivors and to shine a spotlight on family safety.

Our pledge today, and always, is to remain steadfast and vigilant in our battle against domestic violence.”

Marvin said, “The NWLA FJC Board of Directors are very thankful for KTBS TV 3 (the local ABC affiliate), which has produced and is running a series of segments throughout October aimed to heightening the awareness of domestic violence; and KHAM Radio Station, Mobile Communications Service and MCS Ad Agency for filming and producing a series of Radio/TV PSAs for national and in-

ternational airing; and the individuals, businesses and organizations which made it possible for the FJC to conduct a raffle on October 30, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., to raise funds to help victims of domestic violence and survivors.”

Items included in the raffle are: 2020 Polaris Ranger 150 Youth Model – LA Power Sports, Value $5,900 VISA Gift Card – Friends of the FJC, Value $1000 Residential Carpet Cleaning – Red River Sanitors, Value $500 Jewelry from Sid Potts, Inc. A one-night stay with dinner for two at Margaritaville Casino, valued at $300.

Bowen said, “Tickets can be purchased at www.nwlafamilyjusticecenter.org or 318.584.7171. Tickets are $50 each or 3 for $125.”

Marvin concluded by saying, “If you or someone you know is being abused, please call Mrs. Jeri Bowen, Executive Director of the NWLA FJC at (318) 584-7171, or visit www. nwlafamilyjusticecenter.org.”

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NCAA FOOTBALL

BIG BUCKS STARTING TO MAKE THE NEWS UTSA downs Bulldogs

Glynn Harris

27-26 in Alamodome

Special to the Press-Herald

Archery season for deer is underway in Louisiana and already some impressive bucks have been making the news.

As a writer for LA Sportsman magazine, I have had the privilege of covering the stories for three successful deer hunters who got their trophy bucks with either bow and arrow or crossbows.

First to come to my attention was 10 point buck taken with a crossbow by St. Amant hunter Dustin Clouatre on October 1, opening day for archery hunting. His story is especially interesting as the buck he arrowed was taken on a hunting club in E. Baton Rouge parish and the event took place 15 minutes from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.

“I was putting out feed the day before season opened, returned to my side-by-side, looked up to see this big buck already sampling the rice bran I had just put out,” said Clouatre.

On opening day, the buck showed up at the bran pile that afternoon and Clouatre shot under him. Remaining in his stand feeling dejected that he had missed the buck, Clouatre was surprised to see the buck once again approach the feed. This time his shot was true on the big 10 point buck scoring 145 4/8 inches of antler mass.

Next up was Arcadia’s Mike Chandler, retired Lincoln Parish school bus driver, who hunts on a lease south of Simsboro.

Chandler is a bow hunter but a back injury had reduced his capability to pull back a conventional bow so he opted for a crossbow.

Chandler’s trail cameras had been capturing images of a good buck for the past four years and on the afternoon of October 2, he was hoping for a chance at the buck.

“I don’t use conventional feeders because it seems to me that a mature buck can become leery of feeders so I just put feed on the ground,” said Chandler.

Late that afternoon, Chandler was sitting in his ladder stand when three bucks appeared.

He recognized the buck he had been seeing on his camera as one of the three.

Waiting until the buck presented a broadside shot, Chandler dropped the big eight point that measured at least 140 inches of antler bone.

Chris Felder lives in the village of Ethel in E. Feliciana Parish and the area he hunts is private land in adjoining W. Feliciana Parish.

The buck he was targeting was still in velvet but had been a no-show on his trail camera; his image

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Dustin Clouatre downed this big buck with his crossbow October 1, opening day of archery season. finally appeared on the camera one time the week before season opened.

Late on the afternoon of October 1, Felder placed rice bran on the ground before climbing into his lock-on stand he had hung in the woods in a big pine that was located next an oak flat.

Momentarily, he began hearing something walking in the woods. It would take a few steps and then stop.

“I thought it may have been one of the smaller bucks I had seen so I reached in my bag and got my phone to start videoing what I thought would be one of the smaller bucks.

When the buck stepped into a small clearing with his rack showing, I put down my camera and picked up on compound bow,” Felder said.

The buck finally stepped out and Felder was able to put the pin on the buck’s vitals and released his arrow after which the buck took off through the woods.

After an extended search utilizing the help of friends, he was finally able to retrieve the impressive velvet-racked buck that measured 152 inches of antler. When dressing the buck, Felder was shocked to find the deer had been shot twice before as he retrieved a mushroomed bullet in the bucks shoulder as well as a handful of small shotgun pellets in the neck.

As evidenced by the success of this trio of hunters, this season promises to be one not only exciting but full of intrigue.

FISHING REPORT – BUSSEY BRAKE – Bass

fishing has been fair around grass and timber on soft plastics, jigs and crank baits. Crappie fishing is fair around deep water off the boat dock on shiners or jigs. A few bream are being reported.

No report on catfish. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

BLACK BAYOU - Bass are fair around the grass on jigs and soft plastics.

Bream and crappie are slow. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information.

OUACHITA RIVER – Bass have been best fishing the river at the junction of river lakes on a variety of lures. Crappie have been best in the river lakes on shiners or jigs. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE D’ARBONNE – The lake is some 5 ½ feet low due to the scheduled drawdown. Look for crappie in the channels where they’re fair on shiners and jigs. Bass have been best in the deeper holes in the channels on soft plastics, crank baits or jigs. Bream fishing is slow but catfish continue to bite cold worms or night crawlers all around the lake. For latest reports, call Anderson’s Sport Center at 368-9669 or Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.

LAKE CLAIBORNE – Bass fishing has been best with some with some small to medium sized fish caught along the sea walls on spinner baits. Stripers are schooling with some caught on shad imitations or trolling white bucktails when they go down.

A good many catfish are

being caught on trotlines baited with either blood bait or chicken livers.

Crappie are fair around the deep tops on shiners or jigs. Bream are slow.

For latest information, call Tim Loftin at Kel’s Cove at 927-2264.

CANEY LAKE – Bass to 3 to 4 pounds have been caught on drop shot rigs, tail spinners or Flukes around the grass. Crappie fishing has been fair around deep tops on shiners or jigs.

Catfishing has been good tight-lining cold worms. Bream are slow to fair on worms. For latest information contact Bateaux on Caney Lake at 259-6649, Hooks Marina at 249-2347, Terzia Tackle at 278-4498 or the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 3238707.

LAKE POVERTY POINT – Crappie are fair on shiners or jigs with better results coming in late afternoons. Catfishing has been good. No report on bass or bream. For latest reports, call Poverty Point Marina at 318-878-0101.

LAKE ST. JOHN – The bass are improving on topwater lures early and jigs and soft plastics later in the day. Crappie and catfish are slow.. For information, call Ken Mahoney at 318-201-3821.

LAKE YUCATAN – The water is on a slow fall with bass and catfishing both being good while crappie have been fair. For information, call Surplus City Landing at 318/467-2259.

LAKE BRUIN – Bass have been fair on topwaters or soft plastics. Other species are slow For information, contact Carlos Gray at 318/766-0075.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Sincere McCormick rushed for 165 yards and three touchdowns to lead UTSA to a 27-26 comefrom-behind win over Louisiana Tech Saturday night in Conference USA action at the Alamodome.

LA Tech (3-3, 2-2C-USA) held McCormick, the nation’s leading rusher, in check over the first two quarters as the Bulldogs took a 19-6 lead into the halftime locker room. McCormick ran for just 30 yards on 12 carries over the opening 30 minutes before finding a groove in the second half.

The Bulldogs managed four Jacob Barnes field goals and a TD reception

by Jacob Adams to build the halftime lead, while Tech defense stood tall – allowing just two first half field goals by the Roadrunners (4-3, 3-2).

“I thought the first half we played a good football game,” said Tech head coach Skip Holtz. “We were able to run the ball, we were efficient. We weren’t very good in the red zone, but I thought offensively we moved the ball and defensively we were playing stout.

It looked really good at halftime.”

The second half proved to be a different ball game. Tech struggled offensively in the third and fourth quarters, totaling just 55 yards on 23 offensive snaps.

“I give UTSA a lot of credit,” said Holtz. “They created more pressure and moved their d-line more to take away the running game. I know we didn’t handle their adjustments very well. We as coaches need to take responsibility. We have to do a better job. We have not handled the pressure very well.”

After UTSA cut the Tech lead to 19-13 following the opening drive on the third quarter, the Tech defense respond-

ed. Ezekiel Barnett intercepted a Frank Harris pass and raced 60 yards to paydirt as the Bulldogs pushed the advantage back out to 26-13.

The fourth quarter proved to be the difference as McCormick and the Roadrunners capitalized on a pair of huge plays. Harris completed a 54-yard pass to Ogle Kellog to set up a 6-yard McCormick TD run that closed the gap to 26-20.

After Tech was unable to move the football and was forced to punt, UTSA took over on its 20 and promptly marched 80 yards on seven plays and took a lead on McCormick’s 45-yard run to paydirt on a third down and two play. The extra point gave the Roadrunners a 27-26 lead with 6:16 to play.

Tech got to more offensive opportunities.

But the Bulldogs simply couldn’t move the football as an interception inside a minute to play sealed the win for UTSA. “We have been really good in the red zone so far this year,” said Holtz “We ran the ball well in the first half, but there weren’t a lot of big plays in the running game. We did not execute very well as a team in the second half.

“UTSA hung in there and fought, but this game was about us. It was about us executing what we are trying to do. I know we are inexperienced and young at some positions, but at this point in the season we have to be able to execute. We have to do a better job getting the ball into our wide receivers hands.”

Trey Baldwin led Tech defensively with a career-high 18 tackles and an interception while Tyler Grubbs added 12 tackles.

Tech returns home to host UAB Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

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Top: Minden’s Jaylin Williams had the game of his life on Friday to keep Minden near the top of the 4-A power rankings. Bottom: D’Quontez Ridley led the Tide defense to some huge stops at the end of their win over North DeSoto on Friday night.

Minden 34 – North DeSoto 27 Minden’s Jaylin Williams had himself a game on Friday night, coming through in the closing moments to keep Minden from suffering their first defeat of the season.

After scoring the game-winning touchdown, he buckled down on defense to snag the game- clinching interception with under a minute to go in the game.

Ultimately, the Tide pulled off a come-from-behind victory to secure their fourth-straight win and remain undefeated on the season.

“North DeSoto did a good job of maintaining possession of the ball for the first three quarters,” Minden coach Spencer Heard said.

“I have to give credit to their offensive line for the job they did.

“However, our defense rose to the occasion late in the game and got a stop when we had to have it.”

The Tide trailed early, and a 27-13 late before scoring three touchdowns in the fourth to take the win.

Daylen Robinson scored midway through the fourth to cut the lead to seven before Trent McLaughlin found Austin King for a 16yard TD pass with five minutes left.

But the extra-point was no-good, and Minden still trailed by one. Minden’s defense rallied, got the ball back and McLaughlin found Jaylin Williams for a 17-yard TD pass to take the lead with a minute left. Williams scored from McLaughlin on the two-point conversion also, before Williams’ interception sealed the game.

“I’m proud of our kickoff return team for keeping us in the game,” Heard said.

Special teams was huge for the Tide, who scored on two kickoff returns for touchdowns. Austin King ran one back 81 yards for a TD and Isaiah Thornton scored on a 90-yard kick return late in the third quarter to get Minden back in the game.

“Late in the game, McLaughlin put together some beautiful passes and the receivers caught everything,” Heard said.

Minden (4-0) heads to Neville on Friday for a massive test.

“This game was a test of perseverance and our guys passed with flying colors.”

North Webster 38 Bossier 20 The Knights have overcome an injury-riddled opening to the season and picked up a signature win over Bossier on Friday in Bossier.

“We were able to control the game on the ground on offense,” North Webster coach John Ware said.

“Great job by our O-line and backs.”

Tyreke Williams and Phillip White were incredible for the Knights. Williams ran for 221 yards on 31 carries and two TDs, while White had 126 yards and three TDs. “Peyton Haehn, Jaterion Robinson and Tyquendric Lane had big nights on defense, controlling the line of

scrimmage,” Ware said.

Haehn had seven tackles and two blocked punts, while Isaiah Johnson and Blaine Farrington both had interceptions.

QB Collin McKenzie went down in the first quarter, and Cooper Sanders filled in nicely.

“Good job by Cooper for doing well after being thrown in the fire,” Ware said.

North Webster (1-2) plays host to Lakeside next week.

Greeneville 66 – Glenbrook 42 The Glenbrook Apaches’ regular season efforts will be rewarded this Friday night with a home game in the first round of the MAIS playoffs. Glenbrook wrapped up its regular season last Friday night with a spectacular effort against GreenvilleChristian, eventually losing 66 to 42. GreenvilleChristian was the beneficiary of 25 of the best 4A and 5A public school players in Mississippi, transferring after their schools announced that they weren’t going to play sports until after the election. The Saints had been beating their opponents by an average of 45 points since receiving the recruits, But Glenbrook had been waiting for three months to play in front of their home crowd, and the Apaches were determined to put on a show. Greenville Christian struck first, opening up a 14 to nothing lead midway through the first quarter, but Glenbrook responded with an eight play, 80 yard drive,.

The final play was a 35 yard pass from Jackson Powell to Sammy Feaster. Ty Feaster added the extra point, as he did on all six of the Apaches touchdowns. GreenvilleChristian scored again but was held out of the end zone for the extra point making the score 20 to 7. The patches within go on an impressive 18 play 75 yard Drive including a double pass from Powell to Feaster to D J Carter. And being capped off by a one yard run from D J Carter for the touchdown,

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making the score 20 to 14 After Greenville scored to make it 26-14, the Apaches drove 60 yards but couldn’t finish the drive, ultimately turning it over on the 15 yard line. Sammy Feaster had an interception and returned it all the way to the 3 yard line to put the Apache is back in business but a fumble on the first play gave Greenville the ball back. They scored to go ahead by 20 Glenbrook? wouldn’t quit, driving 40 yards to the Greenville 25 before turning it over again.

Greenville scored again right before half To make the score 42-14. The Apaches never quit, and actually came out and won the second half. Jonathan Parkerson opened the second half with a nice onside kick that was recovered by the Apaches. Glenbrook within drive 50 yards mostly with several nice passes from Powell to Feaster. Sammy Feaster finished the drive with the 1 yard run to make it 42 to 21. Greenville scored again to make it 50 to 21 but the Apaches weren’t finished.

Another pass from Powell to Feaster set the Apaches up with good field position and Chase Sentell finished a seven play, 75 yard Drive with a 12 yard touchdown

run making the score 50-28.

GreenvilleChristian wasn’t able to answer, because Jonathan Bryant came around his blocker and sacked the quarterback forcing a fumble which was recovered by Rhett Johnson of Glenbrook.

To continue the back-andforth struggle, the Apaches would fumble and turn it back over allowing GreenvilleChristian to school once again.58-28 If anyone expected the Apaches to lay down, then they were surprised when Glenbrook drove 70 yards and 10 please including a 50 yard pass from Powell to Feaster to get the patches down to the 5 yard line. The next play was another pass from Powell to Feaster for the 5 yard touchdown in Glenbrook was once again and striking range58-35 GreenvilleChristian had too many athletes and open up the lead again 6635 but Glenbrook never quit. A nice run by Grayson Williams brought the patches into the red zone, we’re chasing tail run it down to the 10 yard line, Before Williams finish the drive and finish the scoring for the night with the 10 yard touchdown run. Glenbrook will host Centreville Mississippi at 7 o’clock Friday night.

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1. Minden vs. Neville

5. La Tech vs. UAB

2. Lakeside vs. North Webster

4. Alabama vs. Ms State

7. Missouri vs. Florida

6. Ohio St vs. Penn St

9. LSU vs. Auburn 8. Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech

11. Vikings vs Packers 12. Titans vs. Bengals

13. Colts vs. Lions

10. UNC vs. Virginia

14. Saints vs. Bears

Cowboys vs. Eagles

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FUN & GAMES

On This Day In History 1999 - Shooting in the Armenian Parliament. 8 people, including the country’s prime minister, Vazgen Sargsyan and Speaker Karen Demirchyan, were killed when armed gunmen shot at the members of the Armenian National Assembly. The gunmen claimed that they were there to carry out a coup and that the prime minister was their target. The siege ended after the Armenian troops surrounded the parliament building and the gunmen surrendered.

1991 - Turkmenistan Declares Independence from the Soviet Union. The Central Asian country had been a separate republic of the USSR since 1925. Saparmurat Niyazov, the head of the country under the Soviets, continued ruling the country under the title of President for Life until his death in 2006. The day is annually celebrated in the country as Independence Day. 1904 - New York City Subway Begins Operations. The oldest underground subway system in the United States, construction of the transit system began in 1902. Today, the NYC subway is one of the world’s See, HISTORY, Page 12

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Continued from Page 10 largest and the most used rapid transit systems in the world.

1838 - State of Missouri Passes the Extermination Order. Governor Lilburn Boggs signed Missouri Executive Order 44 as a result of the Battle of Crooked River which took place a few days earlier on October 24-25. The fight occurred between Mormon forces and a Missouri state militia and it resulted in 4 fatalities. The executive order ruled that ‘all Mormons were to be treated as enemies and that they must be exterminated or driven out of the state for public peace.’ The order forced members of the Church of Latter Day Saints to migrate from Missouri to Illinois.

1682 - City of Philadelphia Founded. The historical city in the State of Pennsylvania was founded by English entrepreneur, William Penn. Penn received the land as a payment to fulfill a debt that King Charles II owed to Penn’s father.

Philadelphia is the only UNESCO-declared World Heritage City in the United States and it was temporarily the capital of the United States in the 1800s.

COMICS BABY BLUES | RICK KIRKMAN AND JERRY SCOTT

BLONDIE | DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL

BEETLE BAILEY | MORT & GREG WALKER

FUNKY WINKERBEAN | TOM BATIUK

HI AND LOIS | BRIAN WALKER, GREG WALKER AND CHANCE BROWNE

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE | CHRIS BROWNE

SAM AND SILO | JERRY DUMAS

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM | MIKE PETERS

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\NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Pursuant to the provisions of the resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Cotton Valley, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of the Town of Cotton Valley, State of Louisiana, on September 30, 2020, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Town of Cotton Valley on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020, and that at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following propositions, to-wit: PROPOSITION NO. 1 Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume be permitted by package only and not for consumption on the premises in the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana?

PROPOSITION NO. 2 Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume for consumption on the premises be permitted in the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana?

PROPOSITION NO. 3 Shall the sale of beverage alcoholic containing one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and above for consumption on the premises be permitted in the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana?

PROPOSITION NO. 4 Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing onehalf of one percent alcohol by volume and above by the package only and not for consumption on the premises be permitted in the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish,

Louisiana?

PROPOSITION NO. 5 Shall the sale of beverages of high and low alcoholic content be permitted only on the premises of restaurant establishments which have been issued an “R” permit as defined by law on the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana?

The said special election shall be held at the polling places in the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, which will open at seven o’clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit: Precinct 12 (Part)

The polling places shall be the polling places used at the regular election scheduled for November 3, 2020, and the Commissioner-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, will be the same persons as those designated in accordance with law. The officers of the Town are authorized to make such conforming changes in the Notice of Elections as may be necessary to reflect such changes or corrections.

The cost to conduct this election is estimated at $2,000 according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office.

The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5, Chapter 6-A and Chapter 6-B of Title 18 and Chapter 3 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statues of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Gov-

erning Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Town Council meeting room, Town of Cotton Valley City Hall, 478 Resident Street, Cotton Valley, Louisiana, on Tuesday, DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT SIX (6:00) P.M. and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election. All registered voters of the District are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.

Attest Mayor Clerk October 20, 2020 October 27, 2020 November 3, 2020 November 10, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WEBSTER PARISH POLICE JURY 2021 ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS The Webster Parish Police Jury solicits sealed proposals for 2021 Road Construction Materials.

The proposals must be in the hands of the undersigned no later than 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 30, 2020 - in the Courthouse House Annex meeting room of the Webster Parish Police Jury, 401 Main Street, Minden, Louisiana 71055.

The bid forms and specification sheets are available at no charge in the office of the Secretary–Treasurer, Webster Parish Policy Jury.

Successful bids will be approved at the Regular Meeting, Webster Parish Police Jury on December 1, 2020.

The Webster Parish Police Jury is a tax-exempt governmental agency.

The Webster Parish Police Jury abides by the requirements of the Louisiana Bid Law. ALL BIDS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. Webster Parish Police Jury Lisa Balkom

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Village of Dixie Inn Regular Session October 13, 2020 NOTICE: THESE MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the Village of Dixie Inn met in regular session on October 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. in the Village Hall, Dixie Inn, Louisiana with the following members present: Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton, Aldermen Nell Finlay, Donna Hoffoss and Judy McKenzie.

The meeting was called to order and the invocation and pledge of allegiance were given.

There were no public comments or additions to the agenda.

Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton welcomed guests.

A motion was made by Nell Finlay and seconded by Donna Hoffoss to adopt the minutes of the regular session of September 8, 2020. Vote on the motion was unanimous.

Financial statements of all funds, including a current budget vs. actual, were presented. A motion was made by Donna Hoffoss and seconded by Judy McKenzie to adopt all financial statements for September 2020. Vote on the motion was unanimous.

Department Reports: Mike Chreene reported all is good with the utility department.

Chief James Ed-

wards reminded everyone of the National Drug Take Back Initiative to be held on October 24, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Dixie Inn Police Department.

Chief Edwards reported proudly that Sergeant Davis had been commended by a gentleman that watched a traffic stop performed by Sergeant Davis.

The gentleman said he was proud of how professional Sergeant Davis handled the traffic stop that he observed.

Alderman Judy McKenzie reminded everyone of the Highway 80 Sale on October 16th and 17th.

The Webster Parish Tourism’s open paddle on Dorcheat Bayou was a great success with over 130 participants.

Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton reported that LMA has virtual workshops back on schedule that all can view. Antioch Church will be having a Fall Fest at the Children’s Park on October 23, 2020 between 6 and 8 p.m., everyone is invited to attend. There will be food trucks and games. Mayor Stratton reported that the Village of Dixie Inn has been approved for a DRA Grant for a new flow equalization tank.

Improvements on the elevated water tank, awarded through a CWEF grant, will begin soon.

New Business: Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton read aloud Resolution No. 0110132020.

Nell Finlay made a motion to adopt the Resolution #01-10132020 approving Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton to apply for the DRA Award for fiscal year 2020 cycle for a new Flow Equalization Tank. The motion was seconded by Judy McKenzie.

The vote on the motion was unanimous.

There were 3 Yeas and 0 Nays.

Judy McKenzie made a motion to provide additional funds for the DRA Award for fiscal year 2020. The motion was seconded by Donna Hoffoss. The vote

on the motion was unanimous.

There were 3 Yeas and 0 Nays.

A motion was made by Judy McKenzie and seconded by Nell Finlay approving Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton to be the Administrator for the DRA Award for the fiscal year 2020.

The vote on the motion was unanimous.

There were 3 Yeas and 0 Nays.

A motion was made by Donna Hoffoss and seconded by Nell Finlay to adopt the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire for the 2019-2020 audit.

The vote on the motion was unanimous.

A motion was made by Nell Finlay and seconded

by Judy McKenzie allowing Chief James Edwards to trade in three older firearms and upgrade to three newer firearms at a cost of $125 per gun, total cost being $375.00.

The vote on the motion was unanimous.

There was no Old Business to discuss.

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made

by Nell Finlay and seconded by Donna Hoffoss. Vote on the motion was unanimous.

ATTEST: Kay Hallmark-Stratton Mayor October 27, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

RESOLUTION NO. 01 10132020 WHEREAS, the Delta Regional Authority (hereinafter “DRA”) was created by Congress by the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, as amended, as a federal/state partnership now comprised of 252 counties and parishes within the eight states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee in order to remedy severe and chronic economic distress by stimulating economic development and fostering partnerships that will have a positive impact on the Delta Region’s econ-

omy; and WHEREAS, the Village of Dixie Inn, Louisiana acting by and through its Board of Aldermen proposes to apply for an award with DRA for the Fiscal Year 2020 federal award program cycle; and WHEREAS, DRA requires that a person be designated, appointed, and given the authority to perform certain duties and administration of said award for and on behalf of the Awardee; and WHEREAS, the Village of Dixie Inn Board of Aldermen met in a regular session on October 13, 2020 whereby Nell Finlay, Donna Hoffoss, and Judy McKenzie were present, constituting a quorum; and WHEREAS, a motion was made

by Nell Finlay and was seconded by Judy McKenzie, to designate and appoint Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton to perform all duties and administration of said award, which carried unanimously by voice vote and was recorded on the minutes; and WHEREAS, a motion was made

by Judy McKenzie and was seconded by Donna Hoffoss, to provide additional funds in the minimum amount of $25,000.00 to said award which carried unanimously by voice vote and was recorded on the minutes; and WHEREAS, a motion was made

by Judy McKenzie and was seconded by Nell Finlay, that in the event of an administration change, the new Mayor shall continue to have such authority under this Resolution.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, by the Board of Aldermen of Village of Dixie Inn, as follows: THAT, Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton, be and is hereby designated and appointed to perform on behalf of Village of Dixie Inn, Louisiana and has the authority to make those acts and assume any and all duties in dealing with the award with DRA for the Fiscal Year

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- 2020 federal award program cycle; THAT, Mayor Kay Hallmark-Stratton is hereby authorized to execute and submit any and all documents including, but not limited to, applications, award closing documents, request for funds, status reports to DRA for the Fiscal Year – 2020 federal award program cycle; THAT, the Awardee agrees to provide additional funds in the minimum amount of $25,000.00 to said award; and THAT, in the event of an administration change, the new Mayor shall continue to have such authority under this Resolution.

READ AND ADOPTED, this the 13th day of October 2020.

ATTEST October 27, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

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