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2018 VOTE

More than 307,000 in La. cast early ballots

MELINDA DESLATTE

Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 307,000 Louisiana residents voted in advance of next week’s election, exceeding the state’s early voting turnout for all but presidential election years,

according to state data released Wednesday.

About 10 percent of Louisiana’s nearly 3 million voters cast ballots in the week-long early voting period that ended Tuesday, in races for secretary of state, six U.S. House seats and other positions.

Despite the large number

of early voters, the secretary of state’s office predicts turnout only will reach 30 to 35 percent on Election Day. “This year’s early voting numbers are higher than recent midterm elections. We believe this is due to chronic voters choosing to vote early, instead of on Election Day,”

agency spokesman Tyler Brey said in a statement.

By comparison, 245,000 people voted early in the 2014 primary, which featured a hotly contested U.S. Senate race and 235,000 people voted early in the attention-grabbing 2015 gubernatorial primary. The

2012 presidential election drew nearly 357,000 early voters in Louisiana, and the 2016 competition between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton saw 531,000 people casting ballots early.

Pollster John Couvillon, of JMC Analytics, said this year’s early voting figure was

impressive since the only statewide ballot competition is the special election for secretary of state and Louisiana’s six incumbent congressmen appear safe in their re-election bids. In analysis posted to his website, Cou-

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COLDER WEATHER

WEEKEND EVENT

Minden Fire Dept. addresses heater safety

Main to Main begins Friday

n Temperature drop poses risks to some JULIUNA ANDERSON janderson@press-herald.com

As we go into Fall, some people will be turning on the heat in their homes.

There are some safety tips to keep in mind as the temperatures begin to drop.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates 25,000 residential fires and 300 deaths every year are caused by space heaters.

“Space heaters do not need to have anything in front of them. It doesn’t need to be by any curtains or furniture.

It needs to be in an open area.” Fireman Tyler Mandino said.

Space heaters should not be plugged into an overloaded socket, which can also cause fires.

Furnaces can often cause concern at the beginning of the season, however Tyler says they usually aren’t a cause for concern.

“When they turn them on the first time it’s going to stink really bad. A lot of people will call us on that and think it’s burning. But pay attention anyway so it doesn’t catch on fire, of course.”

Tyler Advised “The furnaces most likely, will have a lot of dust build up that can cause a lot of issues if it’s not serviced by a service technician.” Captain Wesley Mandino said.

Both firemen advise everyone with a fireplace to get them cleaned each year before use.

“Make sure your fireplace has been cleaned or you may have an issue where any build up can cause a crack

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Main to Main will be Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 with sales from Springhill to Ringgold.

Bargains, unique items highlight of sale JULIUNA ANDERSON janderson@press-herald.com

The 19th annual Main to Main Trade Days is Friday November 2 and Saturday November 3. The sale hosts a variety of shopping opportunities through vendors and local businesses.

“Whether you are an art lover, a bargain hunter, an antique shopper, a flea market and garage sale enthusiast, or you just love the art of shopping; you won’t want to miss the Main to

Main Trade Days experience,” Downtown Development Director Becky White said.

The 50 mile route runs from Main Street in Springhill, south on Highway 371 through the Main Streets of Cullen, Sarepta, Cotton Valley and Couchwood to Dixie Inn. Then the route goes onto Highway 80 to Minden and through Downtown Minden. The route then heads south again through Sibley and down to Ringgold. The food, fun and shopping begins at dawn each day and runs

through dusk.

Downtown shops also offer store specials and sidewalk sales during the event.

“Vendors are many and varied. One street corner may have homemade gumbo for sale by a local church group, while another has original handmade jewelry. You’ll find homemade pickles at one end of the street and original oil paintings on display on the other.” White said of the Webster Parish event.

Vendors with rummage sale

Brookshire’s hosting holiday food drive Special to the Minden Press-Herald

SPILLERS

Spillers to celebrate birthday, retirement Howard Spillers, founder of Spillers’ Appliance and Furniture will celebrate his 90th Birth and retirement from 50 years in the business Monday, Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the store on Homer Road.

Brookshire Grocery Co.’s 37th annual Spirit of Christmas Food Drive begins today with the goal to help thousands of people in need within the close to 150 communities served by BGC stores.

Through Dec. 20, all Brookshire’s, Super 1 Foods, Spring Market and FRESH by Brookshire’s stores will collect donations of non-perishable food items to be donated to local service organizations and food pantries for distribution. Pre-as-

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sembled grab bags of food items will be available to purchase and donate to the drive, and monetary donations can be made using scan coupons at checkout.

Funds collected will be used to purchase additional food items for the drive.

“Giving back to the communities that support our stores has always been central to who we are as a company,” said Brad Brookshire, Chairman and CEO for Brookshire Grocery Co. “Supporting hunger relief is one of our primary focus areas for charitable giving, and we are proud to host the Spirit

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Brookshire Grocery Co. began sponsoring the Spirit of Christmas Food Drive in 1982 in partnership with the Rose City Kiwanis Club in Tyler, Texas. The food drive now assists approximately 16,000 households each year, providing about a half-million pounds of food to people in need throughout the company’s market areas.

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set-ups in Minden also have a special area.

“A giant flea market will be located on the Sibley Road as you head south from Main Street with plenty of parking,” White said.

Amber Cobb, Springhill Main Street Manager adds, “Plan at least one full day with us and two if you want to see everything along the route. The clock tower triangle in Springhill is a hot

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2018 VOTE

Some polling sites have changed

Polling sites have changed for three precincts in Minden. Voters who used to vote at the old Alternative School have new poll locations.

Precincts 17 and 17A will now vote at the Harper Elementary School building. Precinct 18 will now vote on the west side of the Courthouse Annex, across the street from the Courthouse. If voters have any questions they can contact the Registrar of Voters at 318-377-9272.

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SECONDFRONT WEATHER

WEDNESDAY STORMS

Nearly 110,000 without power after storms

Google employees walk out over treatment of women SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of Google engineers and other workers around the world walked off the job Thursday to protest the internet company’s lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct.

It is the latest expression of a backlash against men’s exploitation of female subordinates in a business, entertainment and politics. In Silicon Valley, women also are becoming fed up with the male-dominated composition of the technology industry’s workforce — a glaring imbalance that critics say fosters unsavory behavior akin to a college fraternity house.

Employees were seen staging walkouts at offices from Tokyo and Singapore to London and Dublin.

The Google protest, billed “Walkout For Real Change,” is unfolding a week after a New York Times story detailed allegations of sexual misconduct about creator of its Android software, Andy

Rubin. The report said Rubin received a $90 million severance package in 2014 even though Google concluded the sexual misconduct allegations against him were credible.

Rubin derided the Times story article as inaccurate and denied the allegations in a tweet .

The same story also disclosed allegations of sexual misconduct of other executives, including Richard DeVaul, a director at the same Google-affiliated lab that created far-flung projects such as self-driving cars and internet-beaming balloons.

DeVaul had remained at the “X’’ lab after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced about him a few years ago, but he resigned Tuesday without severance, Google confirmed Wednesday.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the company’s “past actions” in an email sent to employees Tuesday.

“I understand the anger and disappointment that many of

you feel,” Pichai wrote. “I feel it as well, and I am fully committed to making progress on an issue that has persisted for far too long in our society. and, yes, here at Google, too.”

The email didn’t mention the reported incidents involving Rubin, DeVaul or anyone else, but Pichai didn’t dispute anything in the Times story.

In an email last week, Pichai and Eileen Naughton, Google’s executive in charge of personnel issues, sought to reassure workers that the company had cracked down on sexual misconduct since Rubin’s departure four years ago.

Among other things, Pichai and Naughton disclosed that Google had fired 48 employees , including 13 senior managers, for “sexual harassment” in recent years without giving any of them severance packages.

But Thursday’s workout could signal that a significant number of the 94,000 employees working for Google and its corporate parent

Alphabet Inc. remained unconvinced the company is doing enough to adhere to Alphabet’s own edict urging all employees to “do the right thing .”

A Silicon Valley congresswoman tweeted her support of the Google walkout using the “metoo” hashtag that has become a battle cry for women fighting sexual misconduct. “Why do they think it’s OK to reward perpetrators & further violate victims?” asked Rep. Jackie Speier, who represents an affluent district where many of Google’s employees live.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 110,000 homes and businesses lost electricity as a line of storms moved across the Deep South early Thursday, with at least two people sent to a hospital because of a possible tornado touchdown.

The Storm Prediction Center reported trees and utility lines down across a wide area from eastern Louisiana to northwest Alabama, and radar showed storms reaching from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley.

The two people taken to a hospital were in a mobile home that flipped west of Bogalusa, Louisiana, around 3:30 a.m. CDT, said Bobbi Jo Breland, assistant director of the Washington Parish office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said in an email. She did not know the extent of their injuries.

A roof collapsed on a nearby home and one per-

son had to be rescued there, Breland said.

Bogalusa is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northeast of New Orleans.

Forecasters said the storms would bring a threat of tornados, heavy winds and drenching rain. The storms were expected to move into Georgia later Thursday.

At least 110,000 customers were without power as the storms moved eastward.

The biggest problems were in central and eastern Louisiana and western Mississippi.

Schools were delayed in the New Orleans area and other parts of southeastern Louisiana. Multiple school systems in Alabama and Mississippi canceled or delayed classes because of the weather threat.

Classes were cancelled in Mississippi’s Natchez-Adams School District after storms damaged homes and tore down trees.

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Voters: Traditional parties see higher turnout Continued from Page 1 villon said the turnout likely was driven by news coverage highlighting the elections and strong early voting around the country.

“As a result, Louisianians were aware that there is an election here, even though at the congressional level, there are no seriously contested races from the standpoint of partisan control of the entire Congress,” he wrote.

White voters cast early ballots in slightly greater proportions than black voters during the early voting

for the November election, according to statistics from the secretary of state’s office.

While 31 percent of registered voters are African-American, 28 percent of those who cast ballots ahead of Election Day were black.

Republicans and Democrats turned out more heavily than independents. While 30 percent of state voters are registered with the GOP, they made up 39 percent of the early voters, according to the data. Forty-three percent of the state’s voters are registered Democrats, but Democrats were 46 percent of the early voters.

At the top of the ballot, nine contenders are vying to fill the remaining year of the term of former Secretary of State Tom Schedler, the Republican who resigned in May after one of his employees sued him for sexual harassment. The case has since been settled out of court.

Louisiana’s secretary of state oversees elections, state archives and business registrations.

Schedler’s top aide, Republican Kyle Ardoin of Baton Rouge, is working in the interim job until voters elect someone. Though he initially said he wouldn’t run for the

permanent position, Ardoin signed up for the race in the final minutes of the candidate registration period.

Other Republicans seeking the position include Turkey Creek Mayor Heather Cloud, former state Sen. A.G. Crowe of Pearl River, state Rep. Rick Edmonds of Baton Rouge, and state Rep. Julie Stokes of Kenner. Democrats in the race include Renee Fontenot Free, a former first assistant to two prior secretaries of state who most recently worked for the attorney general, and Gwen Collins-Greenup, a lawyer and notary.

Sale: Event aimed at helping downtowns Continued from Page 1 spot for a variety treasures.

Shoppers and vendors are welcome.”

White says there are are several opportunities for local people to explore their

own hometown.

“Our goal is to get people downtown and shopping in the stores, there are people that live in Minden that don’t even know what we have downtown. It’s a very popular event and hopefully they’ll go in some of the stores and

recognize what we do have downtown,” White said, “That’s our objective, to get people downtown and bring the community together and it seems to work.”

The event is sponsored by Louisiana Main Street, Webster Parish Convention and

Visitors Bureau, Springhill Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Minden Chamber of Commerce.

For more information visitors can contact Becky White at 318-377-2144 (Minden) or Amber Cobb at 318-5395699 (Springhill).

Heating: Check batteries in smoke detectors Continued from Page 1 in your brick chimney which could cause a lot of damage to your house or a fire,” Wesley said, “Also make sure you use a screen in front of your fireplace to keep embers from flying into your living room.”

Tyler advises people never to use their stove to heat their home.

“Your stove is not good because it puts off carbon monoxide. A space heater can also put off some carbon monoxide so everyone needs a carbon monoxide detector,” Tyler said.

Wesley also advises that carbon monoxide doesn’t have a smell so if a detector goes off, residents should open the doors and windows, get out of the house, and call the Fire Department.

Tyler wants the community to know the Fire Department is available for assistance.

“For the elderly, especially, if they have carbon monoxide detectors or smoke detectors that they need set up, they can call us or come by here and we’ll set them up for them,” Tyler advises.

Minden residents can contact the Fire Department at 318-371-4232.

Pauline Phillips Fontenot On Saturday, October 27th, 2018, Pauline Phillips Fontenot, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt who cannot be replaced, passed away suddenly at the age of 87 years. Pauline was born October 12, 1931 in Victoria, Texas. She will forever be remembered by her family.

The loved ones that preceded her in death are; her husband of 56 years, Dewey Fontenot, son Danny and grandson Chase.

Specials Today’s

OBITUARIES Loved ones that will miss Pauline until they meet again are; her sons and daughters-in-law, Val (Anita) and David (Joyce); her grandchildren, Trudy Wadsworth (Chris), Tod Fontenot, Megan Collins, David Fontenot Jr. (Cherish), Michelle (Michael) Marcantel; and her great-grandchildren, Kailyn Isbell, Dallin Wadsworth, Eden Wadsworth, Irelyn Roth, Michaela Marcantel, Brooklyn Wadsworth, Maxwell Marcantel, Brighton Bryson, and Everleigh Collins. Also left behind was her cat, Sandy who kept her a lot of company.

Services will be held at Rose-Neath Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018 with Chris Wadsworth officiating. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 Friday, November 2, 2018 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

Serving as pallbearers will be: Val Fontenot, David Fontenot, Don Matthews, Michael Marcantel, David Fontenot Jr., and Dallin Wadsworth.

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

Mary Bullard Thames Graveside services for Mary Bullard Thames will be

held Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 10 a.m. at Gardens of Memory in Minden, Louisiana. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m.

Friday, November 2, 2018 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

Mary was born March 12, 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and entered into rest October 31, 2018 in Bossier City, Louisiana.

She was preceded in death by her husband Howard Roger Thames.

She is survived by her sons; Randall Wayne Rockett of Haughton, Jeff Rockett and wife Wendy of Haughton, and Howard Roger Thames III and wife Kerri of Shreveport, daughter Bridgett Renee Banks of Shreveport, and numerous grandchildren.

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

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TOURISM

Fall back in Webster Parish

Fall Back Daylight savings time. The only way I have ever remembered how the time changes for fall and spring is this simple saying, “fall back, spring forward”. We all get a little excited about gaining that extra hour of sleep, right?

The fall season is a time to slow down and enjoy the moment. Give thanks for what we have and enjoy the harvest.

As I began writing this month’s column, I couldn’t help but think of how proud I am to be living in this beautiful community.

From Heflin to Springhill, our communities are full of hard SERENA GRAY working, generous people who love their towns and want more people to experience our way of living.

I recently had a chance to meet the Mayor of Doyline, Steven Birdwell, who had endless stories about his time growing up on Lake Bistineau, how much has changed over the years and his vison for the future. At Springhill’s 5 Under 40 Outstanding Young Professionals Awards I listened in awe as chamber manager, Ronda Taylor, listed each honoree’s accomplishments and service to the community.

From the southern end of the parish to the northern end, we are equipped with amazing individuals who see our potential, have vision and are dedicated to serving our community in order to see that vision become a reality. I am confident in where we are headed and I hope you are too.

To kick off this month, shop anywhere from Heflin to Springhill for our famous Main to Main Trade Days! You can expect to find unique items in antique shops and street vendors on November 2nd and 3rd.

We will see an influx of visitors during this time so be courteous, say hello, and offer suggestions for lunch.

Throughout the rest of the month, I encourage everyone to take some time to “fall back” into what makes our community beautiful, inviting and fun! Take a hike through Lake Bistineau State Park, bike through Caney Lakes recreation area, enjoy lunch on the front porch of Grace Estate Bed & Breakfast, shop down Springhill or Minden’s main streets or launch your canoe at Wenk’s Landing.

Get outdoors, enjoy the harvest and remember, Webster Parish is lacking nothing! Great things are ahead and we hope you are along for the ride!

Serena Gray is executive Director of the Webster Parish Tourism Commission.

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OPINION

Is it worse than 1968?

Saturday, in Pittsburgh, a Sabbath celebration at the Tree of Life synagogue became the site of the largest mass murder of Jews in U.S. history. Eleven worshippers were killed by a racist gunman.

Friday, we learned the identity of the crazed criminal who mailed pipe bombs to a dozen leaders of the Democratic Party, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.

From restaurants to Capitol corridors, this campaign season we have seen ugly faceoffs between leftist radicals and Republican senators.

Are we more divided than we have ever been?

Are our politics more poisoned? Are we living in what Charles Dickens called “the worst of times” in America? Is today worse than 1968?

Certainly, the hatred and hostility, the bile and bitterness of our PATRICK discourse, seem greater BUCHANAN now than 50 years ago.

But are the times really worse?

1968 began with one of the greatest humiliations in the history of the American Navy.

The U.S. spy ship Pueblo was hijacked in international waters and its crew interned by North Korea.

A week later came the Tet Offensive, where every provincial capital in South Vietnam was attacked. A thousand U.S. troops died in February, 10,000 more through 1968.

On March 14, anti-war Senator Gene McCarthy captured 42 percent of the vote in New Hampshire against President Johnson.

With LBJ wounded, Robert Kennedy leapt into the race, accusing the president who had enacted civil rights of “dividing the country” and removing himself from “the enduring and generous impulses that are the soul of this nation.” Lyndon Johnson, said Kennedy, is “calling upon the darker impulses of the

American spirit.”

Today, RFK is remembered as a “uniter.”

With Gov. George Wallace tearing at Johnson from the right and Kennedy and McCarthy attacking from the left — and Nixon having cleared the Republican field with a landslide in New Hampshire — LBJ announced on March 31 he would not run again.

Four days later, Martin Luther King, leading a strike of garbage workers, was assassinated in Memphis. One hundred U.S. cities exploded in looting, arson and riots. The National Guard was called up everywhere and federal troops rushed to protect Washington, D.C., long corridors of which were gutted, not to be rebuilt for a generation.

Before April’s end, Columbia University had exploded in the worst student uprising of the decade. It was put down only after the NYPD was unleashed on the campus.

Nixon called the Columbia takeover by black and white radicals “the first major skirmish in a revolutionary struggle to seize the universities of this country and transform them into sanctuaries for radicals and vehicles for revolutionary political and social goals.” Which many have since become.

In June, Kennedy, after defeating McCarthy in the crucial primary of California, was mortally wounded in the kitchen of the hotel where he had declared victory. He was buried in Arlington beside JFK. Nixon, who had swept every primary, was nominated on the first ballot in Miami Beach, and the Democratic Convention was set for late August.

Between the conventions, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev sent his Warsaw Pact armies and hundreds of tanks into Czechoslovakia to crush the peaceful uprising known as “Prague Spring.”

With this bloodiest of military crackdowns since the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Moscow sent a message to the West: There will be no going back in Europe. Once a Communist state, always a Communist state!

At the Democratic convention in Chicago,

the thousands of radicals who had come to raise hell congregated nightly in Grant Park, across from the Hilton where the candidates and this writer were staying.

Baited day and night, the Chicago cops defending the hotel, by late in the week, had had enough. Early one evening, platoons of fresh police arrived and charged into the park clubbing and arresting scores of radicals as the TV cameras rolled. It would be called a “police riot.”

When Sen. Abe Ribicoff took the podium that night, he directed his glare at Mayor Richard J. Daley, accusing him of using “Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago.”

Daley’s reply from the floor was unprintable.

Through September, Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey could not speak at a rally without being cursed and shouted down.

Describing the radicals disrupting his every event, Humphrey said, these people “aren’t just hecklers,” but “highly disciplined, well-organized agitators. ... Some are anarchists and some of these groups are dedicated to destroying the Democratic Party and destroying the country.”

After his slim victory, Nixon declared that his government would take as its theme the words on a girl’s placard that he had seen in the Ohio town of Deshler: “Bring us together.”

Nixon tried in his first months, but it was not to be.

According to Bryan Burrough, author of “Days of Rage, America’s Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence,” “During an eighteen month period in 1971 and 1972, the FBI reported more than 2,500 bombings on U.S. soil, nearly 5 a day.”

No, 2018 is not 1968, at least not yet.

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

LETTER

New attorney excited to plant roots in Minden

To the Editor: Folks are often leery of change, as it presents an element of the unknown. To me, change is what makes life exciting, challenging, and rewarding. It is the proverbial leap of faith - knowing that you will land, but not knowing exactly how!

Making that leap from Mississippi to Louisiana was certainly a big leap, but it was a leap that had long been coming. Gray Kitchens and I were law school roommates at Ole Miss, and since then we had talked about practicing law together. Some 28 years later, well, here we are! The good Lord’s timing is always right, and it was time to move to Minden, Louisiana. My wife Ginger and I packed up, moved, and planted new roots.

I had been practicing in Mississippi for the past 28 years in a small town similar to Minden. My practice focused on personal injury, insurance defense, domestic litigation, and as always comes with small town practice, a good smattering of wills & estates, corporate work, real estate, and commercial transac-

tional work. When I first started practicing, I was with a 15 man firm. After 17 years with that firm, it divided, and for the last 11 years had been with a 2-3 man outfit. So, I’ve had the experience with larger firms and with smaller ones. The feel of a smaller firm is much better. It lends itself to being more approachable, more “user-friendly” if you will. When Gray asked if I was still interested in coming to Louisiana, I knew the Kitchens Law Firm would fit the bill- high caliber lawyers in a super friendly atmosphere. You don’t have to go to the big city to find any better attorneys and staff than are at KLF. Naturally I was licensed only in Mississippi, so I had to study like crazy to take the Louisiana Bar exam. All the legal literature says the Louisiana Bar exam is the toughest one in the country - and brother, I can agree!

But now I am licensed in two states and can assist clients that may have matters that cross those States’ lines. The support from Gray and the Kitchens Law Firm has been phenomenal. The welcome from everyone we have met here in Minden has likewise been

overwhelming. My wife Ginger and I have said we felt more welcomed here than from where we came!

It was a big move for Ginger too. She is an Alabama licensed dental hygienist who had practiced for 20 plus years, and leaving her patients that adored her was really tough.

However she was ready to make a change as well and has no regrets! She would love to get back into the dental field, as that is her passion.

We have come here to plant new roots. We want to get involved in the community in any way we can. That’s just how we are. We want to contribute to Minden, to Webster Parish, to give back at least as much as is given to us.

Our heart is to help folks however we can.

We are excited about being here and look forward to being an integral part of the area!

Please call the Kitchens Law Firm and ask for Nelson Smith. That’s me!

Nelson Smith Minden

AROUND TOWN

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Sibley Pastor’s Anniversary Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Sibley will be celebrating the first anniversary of Pastor Anthony Combs. Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.. The guest Speaker is Pastor Johnnie Dyes of Saint Matthew Missionary Baptist Church of Athens La.

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EVENT

Ol Mount Lebanon Day to be held this Saturday in Bienville Parish

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a Thanksgiving turkey.

Hot dogs, Frito pies, chips, dessert, and drinks will be available for lunch in The Country Store beginning at noon. Throughout the afternoon there will be cake walks and live entertainment provided by Generation Gap and The Lee Three.

At 4:30 PM the silent auction ends, and winners can claim their treasures. The winner of the quilt and turkey raffles will be announced at that time. A chili supper prepared by the women of the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society and sweet potato pie furnished by the men will be

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church of Dubberly will be celebrating the first anniversary of Reverend Carl Owens Sunday November, 4 at 3 pm. The guest speaker and church will be Bishop Rickey K. Moore and Sunrise Baptist Church of Shreveport Louisiana.

Old Mt. Lebanon Day will be held on Saturday, November 3 at the Mt. Lebanon Stagecoach Trail Museum in Mt. Lebanon, Louisiana.

Activities begin at 11:00 AM. A silent auction will be in progress throughout the day for items donated by members of the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society. Raffle tickets will also be available for a chance on a beautiful queen-size quilt pieced by Emma Kidd of Gibsland and quilted by Gail Wallace from Taylor and Jo Ellen Griffith.

There will also be a raffle for

Election Prayer Vigil

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Valley Springs Usher Day Valley Springs Baptist Church is holding their annual Usher Day Sunday November 4 at 2:30 pm. The special guest will be Reverend Victor Carter with House of Peace Ministries.

Mt. Nebo Pastor’s Anniversary

The First United Methodist Church, 903 Broadway, will be hosting a Mid-Term Election Prayer Vigil on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, from 5 AM – 10 PM in our Sanctuary. We welcome all who would like to join with us as we pray for our nation.

Dorothy Norwood at New Light New Light Missionary Baptist Church located at 413 WR Reeder Street, Minden presents the Legendary Recording Artist, Dorothy Norwood. Sunday, November 11, 2018 in their 10:45 am morning worship service. Rev. Craig Williams Pastor.

Rocky Mount Church Anniversary Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Homer will be hosting their 114th Church Anniversary on November 18 at 2:30 pm. Guest Speaker is Rev. Milton McDonald of Bethany Missionary Baptist in Homer.

UCAP Needs this week UCAP is especially low on groceries. The most critical needs are:Food: chicken and dumplings, beef stew, tuna, spaghetti & meatballs, fruit, green beans, carrots, peas, biscuit mix.

Clothing: men’s, women’s and children’s coats and jackets, men’s pants (32 & 34 waist) Household Items: cookware, towels, sheets, bath soap and other toiletries. Many thanks to the community for supporting UCAP.

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Where is it?

The Stagecoach Trail Museum is located three miles south of Gibsland, La (Exit 61 from I-20) at the intersection of Louisiana Highways 154 and 517. The physical address is 2510 Hwy. 517, Gibsland, La. served at 5:00 PM. Old Mt. Lebanon Day is a family-friendly affair. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the activities, meet up with old friends, and make some new ones. Come for lunch, come for supper, or spend the whole day enjoying good, old-fashioned fun.

This is one of two fundraising events held for the

Stagecoach Trail Museum each year. Stagecoach Trail Day is held the first Saturday in May. Anyone interested in purchasing raffle tickets before the festival can contact Steven Lyles at Steven_Lyles@ msn.com or a board member of the Mt. Lebanon Historical Society. Follow the event on Facebook at Mt. Lebanon Stagecoach Trail Museum.

Is it time to put Christmas out yet?

Is it time to put up the Christmas Tree yet? Well, as I was getting ready this morning it hit me, I have so much stuff and a new house that I need to get busy on getting things from our shed to our house.

I mentioned this to my husband in passing, but no response yet.

You see, I have family coming in for Thanksgiving and Christmas TINA this year. I want SPECHT to be ready for the holidays and don’t want to do this while they are here. Is this a good excuse? I think so. Plus, we can enjoy it for a bit longer than a couple of weeks.

This is my favorite time of the year. I love the fall weather and sitting on my front or back porch drinking coffee and soaking up the beauty of living in the country. I believe I hear God better out here. When you are in such a peaceful area, you are at peace and it allows you to hear God better.

My husband did ask me if I was going to decorate the outside of the house.

Well, yes I am. He has always wanted to do the lights timed with music and has talked about it for years. We did have the perfect house for that but now living in the country he is going to have to come up with something

else to do.

This is a new chapter and new journey in our lives and I want to do it right. I am sure I have enough stuff to decorate four houses, but then being in a new chapter, I may need to get some new things.

This time of the year is something I remember so well. My mom has a huge family and we would always be together. To have all the family back together one more time for the holidays would bless me beyond measure. My kids have never experienced it. I wish they could.

When I was growing up, we split between my mom and dad’s family. But they all lived close, so we could do one one day and they other the next. The house was filled with laughter, games and food. There may have been a bit of what I call “intense fellowship” from time to time. But, for the most part, all was well.

The kids would play outside in the snow, come in wet and cold just to warm up and go back out. We would get together early in the night and stay way after midnight. Time got ahead of us and we didn’t even notice.

Holidays aren’t about gifts for me. Though I love to give them, I would rather have nothing under the tree and a

house full of family with me cooking for them.

However, there is one thing I must have — a stocking. There have been years that my husband and I decided not to give gifts to each other but he knew my stocking better be stuffed.

Stockings are magical to me. The joy of waking up and going to get your stocking first and the surprises inside. The thought just warms my heart. If you spend the night at my house on Christmas Eve you will have a stocking to open in the morning. No matter how young or old you are, you will get one.

Enjoy this start of the holiday season. The real reason for the season is Jesus, and we must never forget this.

So let’s focus on the birth of Christ and enjoy our family also.

Loaded Baked Potato Casserole Ingredients 4 lbs Red Potatoes, cut into quarters 1/4 cup Butter (Softened) 1/4 cup Milk 1/2 cup Sour Cream 1 tsp Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base 1 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Pepper 1/2 tsp Garlic Salt 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder 2 cups Cheddar Cheese, Freshly grated (Divided) 15 slices Bacon, cooked

and crumbled (Divided) 3 Green Onions, chopped Servings: servings Instructions Boil potatoes in a large pot of water for about 25 minutes or until tender. Drain well and return potatoes to the pot. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 13x9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

Add sour cream, butter, milk, salt, pepper, bouillon chicken base, garlic salt and garlic powder to the mashed potatoes. Mix well with a mixer or large spoon.

Stir in 1 cup of freshly grated Cheddar Cheese and 2/3 of the crumbled bacon.

Place the potato casserole mixture in an even layer in the prepared baking dish.

Bake in oven for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven and evenly sprinkle the top of the casserole with a cup of grated Cheddar Cheese and the remaining crumbled bacon.

Return casserole to oven and bake for 5 more minutes, until cheese is melted.

Remove the casserole from the oven. Scatter green onions on top of the casserole and serve.

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

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NCAA FOOTBALL

College Football Picks: Showdown Saturday to shape CFP race This will probably be the best Saturday of the college football season.

With four games matching top-15 teams, including No. 1 Alabama at No. 4 LSU, the stakes are high, the story lines intriguing and the playoff ramifications plentiful.

Both Southeastern Conference divisions could be settled if Alabama wins because the winner of No. 6 Georgia at No. 11 Kentucky in the SEC undercard will be East champions.

No. 12 West Virginia is at No. 15 Texas in a matchup of Big 12 contenders.

The conference’s playoff chances could take a hit if the Mountaineers pick up a second loss. The Big Ten has a similar game at the Big House where No. 5 Michigan tries to stay in prime playoff position against No. 14 Penn State.

Outside the ranked vs. ranked games, No. 7 Oklahoma faces a potentially tricky road test at Texas Tech. No. 3 Notre Dame is at Northwestern, with the Wildcats on a four-game winning streak.

Why wait for the weekend? No. 9 Central Florida hosts Temple on Thursday night in a battle for first place in the American Athletic Conference East. On Friday night, No. 23 Virginia hosts Pitt with first-place in the ACC Coastal on the line. Who would have expected that at the beginning of the season?

No. 10 Ohio State plays its first game since losing to Purdue, with Nebraska (fresh off its first victory) coming to Columbus. No. 15 Utah could just about clinch its first trip to the Pac-12 championship game by beating Arizona State.

There’s a lot going on.

The picks: THURSDAY Temple (plus 10½) at No. 9 UCF The Owls defense is salty, with some NFL-caliber talent such as CB Rock YaSin and DT Michael Dogbe ... TEMPLE 34-30, UPSET SPECIAL. Pittsburgh (plus 7) at No. 23 Virginia Upstart Cavaliers can surpass six victories for the first time since 2011 ...

VIRGINIA 28-20.

SATURDAY No. 1 Alabama (minus 14½) at No. 4 LSU Tide has won seven straight in series since the 9-6 Game of the Century won by the Tigers in 2011 ... ALABAMA 3421.

Louisville (plus 39) at No. 2 Clemson Cardinals look like a team playing out the string for a coach who might not be back next season ... CLEMSON 45-10.

No. 3 Notre Dame (minus 9½) at Northwestern Irish’s Ian Book is the first QB to win his first five starts while completing at least 70 percent in each game since Russell Wilson for Wisconsin in 2011 ...

NOTRE DAME 31-17.

No. 14 Penn State (plus 10) at No. 5 Michigan Third-down conversions have been a problem for the Nittany Lions (35.8 percent, 103rd in FBS); the Wolverines allow 28.7-percent conversions ...

MICHIGAN 35-20.

No. 6 Georgia (minus 9½) at No. 11 Kentucky Wildcats’ path to their first SEC East title is an ugly, low-scoring game ...

GEORGIA 23-16.

See, CFP, Page 7

NCAA BASKETBALL

LSU FOOTBALL

LA Tech Hosts Union in Exhibition Game

The

CALL Heard ’round the world White’s 1/2 game suspension subject of much debate AARON S. LEE

Special to the Minden Press-Herald The controversial call that subsequently resulted in the immediate ejection and upcoming first-half suspension of LSU junior linebacker Devin White is still a hard pill to swallow for the majority of the Tiger faithful and fans of the 20-yearold Springhill native.

The penalized hit, which was ruled “targeting” by game officials when White collided with Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald as he released the ball, has drawn heavy criticism even outside Louisiana, including 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, who claimed the call was “ridiculous!”

As a result, the Tigers’ defensive leader will sit out the first two quarters against top-ranked juggernaut Alabama on November 3. LSU fans have been quick to show their displeasure with the call by raising more than $6,000 via GoFundMe to erect a #FreeDevinWhite billboard in Birmingham — home of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) headquarters.

Targeting comes with an automatic review. The basics of the rule consists of forceable contact to the head or neck area, not just leading with the helmet, but with the shoulder, forearm, the fists, hands or elbow.

With the game continually evolving in an effort to better protect the players, not all feel the rule changes would have benefited their own Hall-of-Fame careers.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle “Mean” Joe Greene told forbes. com last week he may have been “too mean” to play today’s game. “ “I’m going to say this,” said Greene, who played alongside fellow hall-of-famers Jack Lambert, Jack Ham and Mel Blount during the Steelers’ four Super Bowl titles during the 1970s. “If the defense I was playing with played the game today, we might have two guys on the field by halftime. I’m not saying we were doing things illegal. We were a very physical team, and some of the things they are calling today, we’d get ejected for it.”

With off-campus leave granted to the Tigers this past weekend from head coach Ed Orgeron, White traveled home and was seen on the North Webster sidelines speaking with his former coach John Ware, who spoke with his former two-way protégé.

“I got to visit with him just a few minutes after our game,” Ware told Specht Newspapers on Tuesday. “It’s crazy becasue he’s a big superstar and you don’t get to say too much in public because everybody wants a picture.

“My only advice was to keep leading, take it as a positive and when you get in there the second half to blow it up — and

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he will,” continued Ware, who like Tebow also felt the call was “absolutely ridiculous” and believed it would be eventually overturned after further review. “Football is a violent game and everybody is fast and strong at that level. I was very upset when it happened, not only is it my player, but I am a huge LSU fan, too.”

Despite new changes in the game that “limit a team defensively” and the penalty attributed to White, Ware believes his former pupil continues to show exemplary character both on and off the field.

“The game has changed a whole bunch over the past five or six years,” he explained. “We’ve had to reteach some things we taught in the past you know. The defense is at a disadvantage for sure. It’s an offensive driven game.

“Devin played both ways for us as a running back and linebacker so he understands both sides of the game. He has grown into a great young man at LSU, he’s done everything they’ve asked him to do and he’s become a leader.

“Devin White plays the game the right way.”

Aaron S. Lee is an international sports journalist for Eurosport, contributor for WGNO-ABC 26 in New Orleans and a graduate of Minden High School

RUSTON – Fans will get their first glimpse at the 2018-19 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs as they host Union in an exhibition game on Thursday night at 6 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court.

Admission is free to the game.

For those not in attendance, you can listen to the “Voice of the Bulldogs” Dave Nitz and Jack Thigpen call the action on the LA Tech Sports Network on KXKZ 107.5 FM (Ruston), KJVC 92.7 FM (Mansfield) and KRMD 100.7 FM/1340 AM (Shreveport) or on the LA Tech X mobile app.

After offseason workouts in the summer, the foreign tour trip to Costa Rica, fall practice and a closed scrimmage with Tulsa, LA Tech will have its final tune-up for the upcoming season versus Union.

For a second straight season, the Bulldogs will have just one senior on its roster in Derric Jean. However, several underclassmen were able to get a lot of experience last season.

Along with Jean, four other players – Amorie Archibald, DaQuan Bracey, Oliver Powell and Anthony Duruji – each started double-digit games last season.

The sophomore Archibald led the ‘Dogs in scoring in the two games in Costa Rica, averaging 16.5 points per game. The second most points came from fellow sophomore Exavian Christon who averaged 14.0 points per game while the third most points in the two exhibitions came from another sophomore in JaColby Pemberton who averaged 12.5 points per contest.

The junior Bracey, a preseason All-Conference USA selection, is healthy again and looking to make even bigger strides this year. He was leading the team in almost every statistical category before suffering a back injury that hampered him the rest of the way.

There will also be a handful of new faces that Bulldog fans will get introduced to like junior guard Ra’Shawn Langston, a Second Team NJCAA All-America selection, junior forward Mo Muhammed, the Louisiana Junior College Player of the Year, and freshman forward Stacey Thomas.

The opponent Union is a member of the Gulf South Conference and is located in Jackson, Tennessee.

They are also the Bulldogs and are coming off a 12-16 season, missing out on the GSC Tournament for the first time since joining the league. They return Tyree Boykin who averaged 12.4 points per game and was named the GSC Freshman of the Year.

CROSS COUNTRY

Lakeside cross country to play host to Anthill Invitational on Saturday

JJ MARSHALL

jjmarshall@press-herald.com Lakeside’s cross country team will finally have a home meet this weekend.

On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Warriors will play host to the Anthill Invitational. The meet will take place at the Minden Recreational Center.

Varsity girls will begin their race at 9:00 am, followed by the varsity boys at 9:45.

The best area to park and see the race is the second parking lot on the left. The finish line is also located near this lot.

A third open race has opened for junior varsity or junior high competitors that did not pre-register.

Admission is $5 per vehicle.

The course is three miles long.

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Lakeside’s Logan Bailey will lead the Warriors in this year’s Anthill Invitational.

TIDER BAIT

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PREP BASKETBALL

Minden High’s Lady Tiders prepare for the regular season with a scrimmage against Haughton

JJ MARSHALL

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DOUGLAS BLOW/COURTESY PHOTOS

Left: Jazz White rises for a shot in Minden’s scrimmage against Haughton. Right: Janiya Reed drives past her defender as head coach Jacob Brown looks on.

After a 31-5 record last season and a trip to the state quarterfinals, Minden head girl’s basketball coach Jacob Brown could be forgiven for trying to replicate last season’s success.

Entering the 2018 season, Brown knows that what happened last year has no bearing on this team.

“I really like this team,” Brown said. “It’s good to get back on the court.”

Minden played a scrimmage against Haughton on Monday night, and Brown said he learned a lot about his team just from one game.

“We made some mistakes early,” Brown said. “But we handled adversity pretty well . We had spurts where our defense played well! We didn’t shoot the ball well against Haughton which surprised me.”

The Lady Tiders will have another week of practice before taking on Lakeside in the Minden Jamboree on Nov. 8.

CFP: Showdown Saturday and weekend picks Continued from Page 6 No. 7 Oklahoma (minus 13) at Texas Tech Last time the Sooners visited Lubbock, Baker Mayfield and Patrick Mahomes guided the teams to a record 1,708 yards. Your turn, Kyler Murray and Alan Bowman ... OKLAHOMA 45-35.

Nebraska (plus 17½) at No. 8 Ohio State vs. Nebraska Buckeyes have beaten the Huskers by a combined 118-17 the past two seasons and have not had to punt once ... OHIO STATE 49-28.

California (plus 10½) at No. 10 Washington State Last time Cal beat Washington and Wazzu in the same season was 2008 ... WASHINGTON STATE 31-23.

No. 12 West Virginia (plus 2) at No. 15 Texas Mountaineers and Longhorns have split six games since WVU joined the Big 12 ...

WEST VIRGINIA 28-24.

Missouri (plus 6) at No. 13 Florida Odd season for the Tigers, who have faced a brutal schedule, lost a couple games they probably should have won

and now are scrambling to get bowl-eligible with a possible first-round pick at QB in Drew Lock ... FLORIDA 28-24.

No. 16 Utah (minus 7) at Arizona State Utes are averaging 6.8 yards per play during four-game winning streak after averaging 4.5 in their three previous games against FBS competition ... UTAH 31-21.

No. 17 Houston (minus 13) at SMU Cougars are the only team in the country to score at least 40 points in all their games ...

HOUSTON 45-31.

No. 18 Utah State (minus 18) at Hawaii Aggies have played just two games as a ranked team, both in 2012, and are 2-0 ... UTAH STATE 38-24.

No. 20 Fresno State (minus 25) at UNLV Bulldogs average margin of victory in six wins vs. FBS teams is 24.8 ... FRESNO STATE 45-14.

Louisiana Tech (plus 23½) at No. 21 Mississippi State Mississippi State has allowed the fewest touchdowns in the nation with nine ... MISSISSIPPI STATE 31-13.

NCAA FOOTBALL

Christmas Named William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist

IRVING, Texas | Grambling State University senior linebacker De’Arius Christmas was chosen as a 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy® finalist, which annually recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation and was announced on Wednesday morning by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame. Fidelity Investments is a proud partner of the Campbell Trophy®.

Christmas, a senior from Vicksburg, Miss. is among the 13 finalists and will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 60th NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class. The finalists will travel to New York City for the 61st NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 4, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports.

At the event, one member of the class will be declared the winner of the 29th William V. Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000. The event, which will take place at the New York Hilton Midtown, will be live streamed on ESPN3, starting at 8:30 p.m.

ET. “We are extremely proud to announce the finalists for this year’s Campbell Trophy®, who make up the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. “These young men have an unrelenting commitment to excellence in all aspects of their lives, and they represent all that is right in college football.

They serve as living examples that Football Matters®, and we are excited to honor their hard work and accomplishments with postgraduate scholarships.”

Christmas personifies the scholar-athlete ideal, leading Grambling State in tackles while working toward an engineering degree. The Vicksburg, Mississippi, native deservedly becomes the Tigers’ second NFF National Scholar-Athlete, and their first since 1972.

Boasting a 3.82 GPA as an

engineering technology major, Christmas is on pace to graduate in May 2019 and aspires to work at his hometown’s research and development laboratory. The SWAC All-Academic Team selection was named the 2017 Grambling State Student-Athlete of the Year across all sports.

His other academic accolades include the Athletics Director’s Academic Honor Roll, the President’s List and the Dean’s List.

For the second consecutive season, Christmas is the Tigers’ leading tackler, posting 42 stops in 2018 along with 8.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.

He has twice been named the SWAC Defensive Player of the Week this season, including his performance against Alabama State where he returned an interception 66 yards for a touchdown. Christmas’s other weekly honor came when he led Grambling State with eight tackles while recording two sacks and an interception in a win over Texas Southern.

A two-year team captain, Christmas led Grambling State with 88 tackles in 2017 en route to earning Third Team All-America status. The 2017 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year also garnered first team all-conference recognition while guiding the Tigers to consecutive 11-win seasons and SWAC titles. Christmas led Grambling State to a victory in the 2016 Celebration Bowl, which denotes the HBCU national champion, and he guided the Tigers to an appearance in the 2017 edition.

A three-year volunteer with the Special Olympics, Christmas has participated in events with the Vicksburg Packers, including giving a speech for the city’s leadership team. A transfer from East Mississippi Community College, he was featured on the first season of the Netflix docuseries “Last Chance U.” degrees, 100 law degrees, 80 MBAs and 43 PhDs. Continuing their excellence on the field, more than 200 recipients have played in the NFL with an average career of six seasons or double the length of a typical NFL player.

YOUTH SOFTBALL

Webster Junior High’s softball team closes out Fall Ball with big victory over Lakeside Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Webster Junior High’s Timiah Hawkins. She is this week’s MPH/Wilson’s Orthopedic Athlete of the Week after leading Webster to a win over Lakeside this week.

FAYRINE KENNON-GILBERT/COURTESY PHOTO

Webster Junior High’s softball team poses for a picture following their final Fall Ball game. In the game, WJH defeated Lakeside 15-2.

The Press-Herald’s Athlete of the Week feature is brought to you every other Thursday by Wilson’s Orthopedic in Minden.

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A Vale of Tears “Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”

—Psalm 34:12-14 NIV

T

he world has often been described as a vale of tears, a place of profound and often pointless suffering. Many of the psalms are drenched in those tears, and even the usually hopeful Saint Paul describes creation as “groaning as in the pains of childbirth.” (Romans 8:22 NIV) The Buddha concurred, saying that life is essentially suffering, and philosophers throughout the ages have tended to agree, some even going so far as to suggest that it would be better to have never been born.

The philosopher who composed Ecclesiastes says “And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 4:2-3 NIV) It would be foolish to deny that the world is rife with suffering, and yet perhaps all this pessimism says more about the philosophers and psalmists than it does about the world. Life is surely also a source of great pleasure and indescribable beauty, and many of us find meaning in life precisely to the extent that we help to relieve the suffering of ourselves and others.

We shouldn’t deny the pain and suffering inherent in the world, but we shouldn’t fall prey to the delusion that it is all there is to the world. – Christopher Simon

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INSPIRATION

God is still working on me

Every day, I realize more and God wants to equip us with every more “God’s still working on me!” good thing in life (Heb 13: 20-21).

Just about the time I think He can If we are doing His will (what is put his chisel down and rest awhile, pleasing to Him), He will show His something bad happens in my deci- glory through us. He will grow us to sion making, in my judgement, or be more godly and saintly. When I in my attitude….that’s when I real- consider my own sinful self, I know ize, “I am a long way from God ‘ain’t through workbeing the God-approving ing on me yet.’ I’ve got a man He wants me to be. long way to go! He’s got a So I beg Him to pick up lot of work to do! the chisel and chip away History tells how God some more rough edges. used Moses to lead the Paul is a good examHebrew children out of ple of this! He is always Egypt. Yes, this was a land challenging his readers to they despised, but later stand firm, cast off those they begged to go back fetters that binds us to into bondage, instead of the sins of yesterday. So Bill Crider obeying God and move Paul uses many terms in forward across the deshis writings to encourage ert. With each year that believers along the road to maturi- passed, the manna tasted better ty. “Move on to eating meat instead and better, but then they asked for of drinking milk; put away childish some meat (protein) to add strength things, act like maturing believers. to their stamina. God added quail to Jesus told his disciples to “seek first the menu. They survived forty years the kingdom of God, then, He will on that special diet. And all that add all things necessary to living time, God was building a great nathe Christian life.” Do you hear the tion out of them - Israel. chiseling?

In Samuel 1 & 2, we see God

grooming young David to lead the mighty nation of the ‘twelve tribes’.

We first meet David as a young shepherd boy. His assignment was big though. He was learning; he was growing. He began to see the similarity of his ‘being a shepherd with many sheep’ and the Lord of Hosts leading the ‘sheep of Israel’ by His gentle (but powerful) Spirit through many valleys, crowded with sounds of lurking dangers. God used David’s time in Saul’s service, then the challenges of evading the king’s efforts to kill him. Even when David sinned and tried to hide it from the Lord, David was being chiseled by God with heavy pounding of the mallet. Later in life, David realized ‘God was growing him to be the king of Israel.’ We are ‘whipped by God’ sometimes in order for us to give Him the attention He deserves.

In due time, the long-awaited Messiah arrived. John the Baptist recognized Him when the Spirit of God landed on Jesus’ shoulder at His baptism. Matt 3: 13-17 records: Heaven opened up and he saw the Spirit of God descending

ALONG THE WAY

If you ever buy a bronze rat, make sure you get the story behind it

A man walked into a the rats jumped in, too. small-town antique shop and The man then walked back couldn’t help but notice a to the antique shop. lifelike bronze statue of a rat.

“I see you came back for He asked the shop owner the the story,” the shop owner price. said.

“The rat is $20,” the shop “No,” replied the man. “I owner said. “But came back to see if the story that goes you have a bronze with it is $100.” statue of a lawyer.”

The man handWell, lawyers cered over $20, telltainly are the focus ing the shop ownof lots of jokes. And er he could keep they handle it well. the story.

Most of the lawyer As he walked jokes I hear are told down the street by lawyers. I supwith the bronze pose it’s important rat, the man nothat we don’t take ticed that real rats ourselves too seriwere coming out ously. of the alleys and Roger Alford Jesus drove that sewers and folpoint home during lowing him. Behis earthly ministry fore long, he had hundreds of when his disciples came to squealing rats trailing along Him to ask who is greatest behind. in the kingdom of Heaven.

The scene was unnerving Jesus called a child over and to say the least. The man be- said: “Verily, I say to you, gan to run toward a bridge except ye be converted and over the river. The rats kept become as little children, ye pace. shall not enter the kingdom Frightened, he threw the of Heaven. Whosoever therebronze rat as far as he could fore shall humble himself as into the river. Amazingly, all this little child, the same is

the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 18:34).

I doubt that’s the answer the disciples expected. They probably would have thought a full-grown man, strong and tall and bold, to be the greatest. Instead, Jesus sees the greatest person as the humble believer who understands his dependency on his Heavenly Father for everything, just as a child is dependent on his earthly father for everything.

Whether we’re lawyers or doctors or construction workers or coal miners or a person of any other profession, we all must put our entire dependence on Jesus if we are to have the hope of Heaven.

Otherwise, we’re kind of like those rats, racing along aimlessly on our way to destruction.

Roger Alford offers words of encouragement to residents of America’s heartland. Reach him at rogeralford1@gmail.com.

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED

Making me, and you, righteous

MACK FORD

Special to the Minden Press-Herald

Let not your heart be troubled Gen. 13:12 thru 14:12.

Abraham had a nephew named Lot. They separated and Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom (sin). Verse 14:12 says Lot now dwelt in Sodom. If you live near Sod-

om, you will soon be living in Sodom. Three men came to Abraham and told him that Sodom was to be destroyed.

Ch 18;24. Abraham began to intercede because his nephew Lot lived in Sodom. He said if 50 righteous be found there, he would spare the city. He then went from 50 down to 10. I think he was

sure that Lot and his family were righteous, but not even Lot and his family were righteous. Lot, his wife and two daughters escaped.

Father I thank you that you have made me righteous.

Mack Ford is a 91 year old retired businessman and lives in Minden.

like a dove and lighting on him (Jesus). And a loud voice from heaven (God speaking) said: “This is my Son, whom I love and in whom I am well pleased.” This was another of many growing experiences for the witnesses. Little by little, these witnesses were being perfected.

We can trace the life-changing transformation of the disciples, from fishermen and tax collectors (and the like) into saints being martyred for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He transformed them from sinner into saint by His grace, love and power. He does the same today. Yes, He is still working on you and me. We are stubborn children sometimes, so He has to buff and use a heavy mallet on some. But He is always at work. I know when He is….for it is painful when He expects me to ‘forgive others, love others as I do myself, serve others in His name, and be a witness for Him ‘in the world around me.’ (“Just do as I tell you to do”, He says!

He’s still working on all who call Jesus our Savior and Lord. He is building us into sainthood. “Saint”

is used over 100 times throughout the Bible, referring to a believer who is godly, holy and consecrated to God’s service. By virtue of ‘being in Christ’, NT believers are referred to as saints. Before God, all believers are sanctified and conformed to His holiness…a saint!

God will continue to chip away with His mallet and chisel until we move through the ‘rite of passage’ to glory, joining the saints forming the great crowd of witnesses cheering on those yet running the race of faith (Heb 12). These saints have received their rewards. Let’s Celebrate All Saints’ Day today! Remember some of the saints in your life, now in heaven, cheering you to finish the race with grace and humility. But until then, let’s gladly wear this sign: Under construction: God’s not through with me yet!”

Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center.

THE UPWARD LOOK

Hearing God’s Voice ery believer must be accessible and prepared to listen to God’s voice.

Today God speaks directly through His written Word, the Bible.

God God spoke still speaks in varto Nathan, His ious ways, but He prophet, to corwill never contrarect David’s plans. dict His written Nathan was lis- Max Hutto Word. Believers tening and attenmust be diligent tive to hear God’s voice. Ev- students of the Bible, con“It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,” 1 Chronicles 17:3 NASB

stantly seeking the Lord through a lifelong study of His Word.

Lord Jesus, I delight in studying the Bible for I learn and am guided by Your words. As I seek to grow closer to You each day, I yearn to hear and obey Your voice.

Max Hutto is a Baptist Minister and a resident of Minden. More information can be found at www. upwardlook.org

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Public Notice Sprint is proposing to install antennas and associated supporting equipment on an existing guyed-type telecommunications structure located at 515 Ashley Road, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

Sprint invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects significant in American History, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Comments pertaining specifically to historic resources may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Dina Bazzill, 1375 Union hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004. Ms. Bazzill can be reached at (770) 667-2040 ext. 111. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. U2997 CVG November 1, 2018 Minden Press-Herald

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