Minden Press-Herald E-Edition 11-03-2020

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HALLOWEEN IN MINDEN

WILL PHILLIPS Minden Press-Herald

Most assumed that Halloween would look different this year, but the stark contrast of last year to now was apparent. Last year entire neighborhoods were lit up with spooky decorations beckoning trick or treaters to come and take a gander. Given the pandemic, many people this year chose to forgo the holiday, given that taking part in it’s traditions can be risky to those with pre existing health conditions or who are in close contact with people who are at risk. This year people could travel blocks before coming across a house that was still participating in the festivities.

However, there were those in Minden that chose to continue to keep the spirit of Halloween alive.

These houses drew more attention than previous years simply by being some of the only lit houses in a neighborhood offering candy to those visiting. They acted as beacons in the night for anyone who still desired to take part in this beloved holiday.

One house in particular got creative with the holiday and decided to tie in their gender reveal party as well. Jasmine and Cameron Morgan held a carnival themed party for friends, family, and anyone else who came by who wanted to share in the holiday spirit.

The Morgan’s said they were inclined to go bigger for this Halloween because they wanted the kids to have something extra special.

“We wanted to do something for the kids for Halloween, given COVID-19. They’ve been stuck in the house for months. So we just decided to do the gender reveal too and have one big event. That’s why we came up with the carnival theme, so it would go with Halloween, and we just put it all together.”

They were also delighted to announce that the gender of their baby was revealed to be a girl.

Thanks to households like these, those that chose to take part in Halloween were still able to find places to do so. Kids and teens were still able to show off their costumes and get some candy to haul home.

It might be small, but in a year like this, even small bits of normalcy can go a long way.

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While people didn’t participate in Halloween as much as they normally do, there were those in Minden that chose to make sure the spirit of the holiday was still celebrated with many donning creative costumes and going big on Halloween decorations.

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Louisiana to have a 2-day sales tax holiday in November Associated Press Special to the Press-Herald

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana shoppers will see state sales taxes suspended for two days in November, under a bill passed by lawmakers in their latest special session and signed into law

by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, a Gonzales Republican, sponsored the measure to help resi-

dents and businesses recovering from Hurricanes Laura and Delta and coping with the coronavirus pandemic.

The state sales tax holiday will be held on Nov. 20 and 21. Louisiana’s 4.45% state sales taxes will not be charged on the first $2,500 of a purchase. The holiday doesn’t cover car, truck and other vehicle purchases. And it doesn’t apply to local sales taxes.

The state is estimated to lose $4.5 million in sales tax collections because of the tax holiday, according to a nonpartisan financial analysis of the bill.

Louisiana has had several sales tax holidays in recent years, but they’ve been suspended through mid-2025 as part of a tax deal that lawmakers and Edwards reached two years ago to balance the state’s budget.

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WILL PHILLIPS Minden Press-Herald

Miss Minden’s Outstanding Team Adeline Phillips is starting a campaign titled “Don’t Stop Retrieving” in order to raise money for local animal shelters.

“Don’t Stop Retrieving is a non-profit I organized in order to raise money for local dog

shelters after my own dog passed away in December of 2019. I will be selling handmade face masks and scruchines, and the proceeds earned will be given to these shelters,” said Phillips.

The face masks will be sold for 5 dollars and the scrunchies will be sold for $4 each or 4 for $15.

She will be available at Main to Main on No-

vember 6th and 7th and the scrunchies and face masks will be sold at Its Sew Monica following after that.

“You can contact me at adeline.e.phillips@ gmail.com or on my Facebook page at Adeline Phillips. I hope you’ll help me in supporting these dogs while keeping you safe and stylish!” said Phillips.

STATE

Louisiana Gov. Edwards taps new state police leader

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday announced a new leader for State Police days after the last superintendent stepped down amid controversy.

Louisiana State Police Captain Lamar Davis is now Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services and Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, effective Friday. Davis replaces Col. Kevin Reeves, who is retiring after 30 years with State Police and three-and-ahalf years in the top job.

Davis is a Baton Rouge native who received his undergraduate degree from Southern University Baton Rouge and master’s degree from Southern University New Orleans. He has served in the U.S. Army and the Louisiana National Army Guard and joined Louisiana State Police in 1998.

His previous assignments include highway patrol, criminal intelligence, gaming enforcement, criminal investigations, legislation, research and policy, according to the governor’s office. Prior to joining State Police, he worked for the Department of Public Safety, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

“I recognize there are challenges ahead and, rest assured, we will be purposeful moving forward,” Davis said in a prepared statement. “My administration will be built on trust, externally and internally.”

Davis takes over as superintendent during a turbulent time for State Police. Protesters have been calling for Reeves to step down amid questions about State Police’s role in the death of Ronald Greene, a Black man.

Troops initially blamed Greene’s death on injuries suffered in a car crash following a chase. But Greene’s family and attorney say body camera footage shows troopers choking and beating him. The footage has not been released publicly, though a short audio clip obtained by The Associated Press seems to support the family’s claims.

That case is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, according to the AP. A recent investigation also revealed widespread use of racial slurs and racially charged statements among troopers.

Davis is the fourth Black superintendent of State Police.

Edwards said Reeves previously had said he would retire this year.

The governor said he had not lost confidence in Reeves and had not asked him to step down.

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OBITUARIES

James B. McLaughlin Graveside services for James B. McLaughlin will be held Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.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 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

James was born February 27, 1939 in Louisiana and entered into Heaven on October 31, 2020 in Bossier City, Louisiana.

He is survived by his wife, Isabel McLaughlin of Minden; son, Tony McLaughlin of Minden; daughters,

Eva Dean Ward Palmer Eva Dean Ward Palmer was born June 13, 1931 in Ashland, Louisiana to James and Mattie Ward and entered into rest on November 1, 2020 in Minden, Louisiana.

She was a spirited and strong- willed woman who was deeply involved with her church and valued her relationship with God and her family. She led a simple life in the country and was an amazing cook. Her dishes were revered at many a church potluck. She had a passion for crocheting, gardening, canning, and

Iva Gale Gay Graveside service for Iva Gale Gay will be held Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Gardens of

Desiree Page of Nashville, TN, Renee Pace of Alexandria, Rachelle Rathel of Minden, Raquitta Dowden of Minden, and Ramona Wyllie of Bossier City,; sister, Jo Ann Burke of Hiddenite, N.C.; brother, Ron McLaughlin of Minden, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Tony McLaughlin, Brian McLaughlin, Brian McLaughlin Jr., Trenton McLaughlin, Jody Thomas & Garrett Jacobs.

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

She was preceded in death by her parents James and Mattie Ward, husband Neil Palmer, and her son Gary Palmer.

She is survived by her two granddaughters, Carmen Smith of Gentry, Arkansas and Maria Palmer of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Two great-grandchildren, Cheyenne and Laramie Smith of Gentry, Arkansas.

A graveside service for the family will be held Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Point Chapel Cemetery in Doyline, Louisiana.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 She was preceded in death by her father, Bill Morgan and her mother, Joy Friend.

She is survived by her husband Gary Gay of Sibley and brother James Morgan.

Memory under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden. Iva was born January 19, 1959 in Port Arthur, Texas and entered into rest November 2, 2020 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055

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OTHER OPINION

Session yields no unemployment fund solution Before they wrapped up their special session, Louisiana lawmakers gave a short-term infusion of cash to the state’s bankrupt unemployment trust fund, while sidestepping any decisions on how to return the fund to long-term stability and solvency in the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, they decided on the “wing and a prayer” approach for a fund that has been drained by the steep increase in jobless workers.

Louisiana’s legislators are hoping — like other officials around the country — that Congress will find a way through its dysfunction after the election and send struggling states more aid to respond the virus outbreak’s financial wreckage.

And they created a task force to make recommendations, the traditional legislative method for punting on decision-making.

Sen. Troy Carter, chairman of the Senate labor committee, wasn’t exactly thrilled with the approach taken in the nearly four-week special session.

“We can only kick a can for so long until we run into a wall,” Carter, a New Orleans Democrat, told his committee earlier this month. “We would not run our households this way.”

But no one’s come up with a list of ideas for how to refill an unemployment trust fund that topped $1 billion in March be-

fore the coronavirus outbreak struck Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards also appears to be crossing his fingers and looking to Washington for assistance.

The Democratic governor’s administration hasn’t publicly recommended other proposals for replenishing the fund.

The pandemic upended the balance of taxes in and payments out of the fund.

A trust fund that usually MELINDA paid beneDESLATTE fits to a few thousand people each month suddenly was inundated with claims as businesses shuttered or limited by coronavirus restrictions laid off hundreds of thousands of Louisiana workers.

Louisiana started borrowing money this month from the federal government to pay jobless benefits after draining its trust fund. Many other states are doing the same.

It wasn’t immediately clear how much in cash advances Louisiana has received — and will have to repay — from the federal government. The state labor department that administers the unemployment pro-

gram, known as the Louisiana Workforce Commission, didn’t respond to requests for information from The Associated Press.

Lawmakers and Edwards didn’t want to use the method outlined in law for refilling the trust fund, which would have required tax hikes on businesses and a decline in benefits for jobless workers who receive some of the lowest unemployment payments in the nation.

They agreed to a package of measures by Senate President Page Cortez and Sen. Mike Reese, both Republicans, to suspend those legal provisions and keep the unemployment benefits and tax rates on businesses that pay into the fund at the status quo through 2021.

“We’re just trying to buy a little time,” Reese said.

Lawmakers and Edwards said businesses and out-ofwork residents struggling in the coronavirus outbreak shouldn’t be further penalized.

The move will keep unemployment benefits — a maximum of $247 per week — from falling to the lowest in the nation at $221 a week. Supporters said the move also will save businesses $60 million in taxes.

“The statute that we passed to say keep those rates static for next year, for 2021, gives businesses in Louisiana the sense that, ‘OK, there’s some normalcy. We’re not going to be taxed

higher in our unemployment insurance,’” said Cortez, of Lafayette, a business owner.

Legislators also steered $85 million to the unemployment trust fund to help cover some benefits. Edwards supported the spending plan. But that money isn’t expected to last long.

During one hearing, Alexandria Democratic Sen. Jay Luneau asked the question no one has yet answered about returning the unemployment trust fund to solvency: “Where in the world are we going to get the money to pay for this?”

For now, all eyes remain on Congress.

“Are we going to get money (from Washington) after the election? I think everybody believes we will in some form or fashion,” Cortez said.

Meanwhile, a 13-member task force must hold its first meeting by Dec. 1 to start looking at ways to replenish the fund, which could include long-term borrowing by the state. The Legislature comes back in April for its regular session and can consider recommendations then if Washington doesn’t provide relief.

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

OTHER OPINION

Michelle Malkin: The mobilization of the mob Ready or not, here they come. The ground troops of the anti-Donald Trump resistance aren’t just biding their time until Election Day for Hidin’ Joe Biden. Hell no. They’re making their direct action checklists and checking them twice.

They’re training for instigating.

No matter the outcome at the ballot box, the left-wing mob is prepared to disrupt and destroy nationwide in the name of preserving “democracy.”

Four weeks ago, I exposed the pot-bangers and lawn-crashers of the Sunrise Movement. That’s the constantly morphing, fulltime front group for the Sierra Club that nurtures rent-a-rioters to agitate for everything from the “Green New Deal,” to Black Lives Matter and the “defund the police” movement, to the attacks at private homes of Senate Republicans — who just delivered the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Another key social justice player, ShutDown D.C., is teaming with Sunrise Movement guerilla warriors to mobilize students, community organizers and even federal employees to take to the streets on Nov. 3.

ShutDown D.C. anticipates that 10,000 protesters from a motley assortment of affinity groups will converge at Black

Lives Matter Plaza to engage in “civil resistance” if President Trump tries to “steal the election.” A “Flying Bike Squad” is “coming together as a rapid response team,” according to organizers. If it’s anything like the skateboard squads and soup can squads who’ve used everyday items as weapons to beat Trump supporters, look for more blood to spill in the name of “peaceMICHELLE ful protest.”

MALKIN Mass disruptions are planned at train stations and airports, on highways and in residential neighborhoods for at least the first full week after Election Day. “We’ll keep it going until Trump concedes,” ShutDown D.C. threatens in its outline of a “No More Business As Usual” blockade across the country. “We could be in the streets throughout the fall and into the winter — maybe as lots of rolling waves of action or possibly as a few major tsunamis!

In other parts of the country, as vote counts conclude, our focus will turn from protecting the vote counts to themselves

being ungovernable.”

Here’s what has me especially concerned: The “deep state” Trump-haters are openly gearing up to do everything they can from inside the federal government to assist the resistance. ShutDown D.C. is conducting online training this week with public employees in the nation’s capital to undermine election integrity and the day-to-day work of the Trump administration. A protest guide lists the following subversive federal worker groups as key partners: Takoma Park Mobilization, Alt National Park Service, Alt Ed, AltFDA, Alternative NOAA, Alt U.S. Forest Service, AltEPA and BadHombreLands National Park Service.

The ShutDown D.C. crew is schooling its forces in intentional slowdowns to “reduce the pace” of activities they oppose ideologically and on how to participate in “nonviolent direct action protests/ rallies” (which serve as cover for violent riots and assaults by antifa and Black Lives Matter brethren). Another tactic: “Fed Flu” actions by U.S. government workers to “coordinate sick days across workforces.”

More “tools in the toolbox” of “Never Trumpers” employed in federal police enforcement, research and development, the

U.S. Armed forces, administrative management and political appointments: —Refuse orders.

—Strike in coalition.

—Slow-walk enforcement and gum up bureaucratic processes.

—Publicly denounce “attacks on democracy.”

—Leak information.

—Publicly resign.

Are federal authorities as locked and loaded as are these shutdown infiltrators? Is the Trump administration ready to purge these infiltrators from the bowels of the federal bureaucracy before it’s too late?

I’ll repeat my warning from four weeks ago: They may look and sound like pesky, snotnosed toddlers having harmless temper tantrums in black pajamas (and three-piece suits). But these professionally organized punks provide obstructionist boots on the ground for globalist Democratic billionaires and strategic cover for their violent antifa and Black Lives Matter comrades. Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos and vote to put these “deep state” moles and trolls out to pasture.

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

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INSPIRATION

AROUND TOWN UCAP needs for the week of Nov. 2: Food: biscuit and cornbread mix, chicken and dumplings, green beans, corn, lunch meat, Vienna sausage, pasta, cooking oil (small) Clothing: Men’s tennis and dress shoes (size 9 and up) Household Goods: towels and wash cloths, queen and king sheets, pots, pans and skillets Many thanks to the community for supporting UCAP. Election Day Prayer Vigil First United Methodist Church, 903 Broadway, is hosting a prayer vigil for the Presidential Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, from 5 AM until 10 PM and would like to invite the community to come and pray. Security will be available before and after church office hours.

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.

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The Mt. Lebanon Museum will be selling chicken spaghetti takeout plates for $10 on Saturday, November 7 from 11:002:00. Plates will include sides, dessert, and canned cola. Bake sale items will also be available at the museum. To pre-order a takeout plate, leave a message at 318-843-6176. The museum is located south of Gibsland at 2510 Hwy 517.

Bricktown Minden retailers will be filling the Minden Civic Center from Nov. 6 to Nov. 7 to help people get their shopping fix. Over 28 businesses are ready to show off their goods this coming weekend. Retailers include clothing, exclusive home décor, boy’s shop, custom jewelry, antiques, sports wear, hobby shop and more. Come to experience Minden shopping.

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LIONS CLUB SPEAKER Special to the Minden Press-Herald The Minden Lions Club welcomed Johnny Wessler as guest speaker for its Thursday noon meeting a few weeks ago. This week he will be back for round two, bringing back to the club his knowledge and expertise on the rich music history of Shreveport and North Louisiana.

Mr. Wessler is a leisure, travel and tourism professional from Shreveport and has a passion for sharing his knowledge with others. Mr. Wessler’s presentation covered the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium, the Louisiana Hayride country music show, also told personal stories about some of the show’s most famous performers such as Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, Billie Jean Horton, Faron Young, Johnny Cash, and many more.

Wessler wasn’t able to get through all of his presentation the first time around, so he will continue to illuminate the Minden Lions with his knowledge of music stars from the area during this Thursday’s meeting.

When all else fails turn it over to God

When all else fails who ed to live “the purpose driven else can we turn to? life” as outlined in Rick WarAt sometime in our lives, ren’s book. most of us will find ourselves It is really hard for us to see backed into a corner, often our own mistakes but easy to of our own making, but we see the faults of others. want to blame What we most others for our bad often do not see is luck when in rethat when we find ality we often do fault, when we nitnot realize that we pick, we will usualbring many of our ly find many of the misfortunes upon same faults in our ourselves by either own lives! not being careful, To think not is to a good manager or not own up to our by being arrogant. own mistakes.

Bankruptcies It is hard to can happen to us SARAH count our blessHUDSON-PIERCE simply because we ings when we are want to keep up picking on others with or ahead of that we think aren’t living up the Jones not realizing that money doesn’t bring happi- to our expectations when we ness! Living like the rich and may be just mad at ourselves famous can actually do more for our impulsive mistakes of to drive wedges between living beyond our means.

We need to be careful people than to heal wounds.

The people I have known when judging because we who were most caring tend- might find the rugs being

jerked out from under our own feet so quickly -- as night follows day.

It is easier to be grateful while we feel loved within our secure knit circle of family and friends who love us unconditionally. It is easier to be grateful now than to retrieve our blessings, once they are gone.

What happens to another can happen to us. To think not is to be naive.

A total stranger approached me years ago when we lived in Plain Dealing.

Out of the blue she said “I never could understand people who write poetry but now that my brother was lost at sea, never to return, I am writing poetry.”

I knew what she was talking about because I wrote poetry to survive emotionally.

It takes a lifetime of experience to learn how to cope and to reach out to others,

to understand each other’s viewpoint.

Sometimes we never will understand.

A friend said “when they are lowering me in my grave I will sit up in the coffin and say “hey wait a minute, I have it all figured out.”

We will never have it all figured out.

I believe that many of our accidents are brought upon us when we become arrogant and let our pride blind us to the truth that “prides goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

We need to turn our problems over to God because He can handle situations and move mountains at lightning speed that would astound even the non-believer!

We all need someone to care.

It’s been said that when we point a finger at others there are three fingers pointing back at us.

Back to the bottom line.

We need to be grateful and try to turn our problems over to God because it is still true that we are rich if we have someone to love, something to do and something to hope for.

The people I love to talk to and write tributes for are those dear sweet people who made a difference in my life as a child, who led me to a brighter day, to Christ.

Where would I be today without those caring friends from my childhood?

Turning our problems over to God gives us a peace that passes understanding and strengthens our faith, knowing He is in control!

He can do all the things for us that are out of our control!

When will we ever learn?

Contact Sarah at sarahp9957@ aol.com

LIFE IN A PANDEMIC

Coronavirus dims Mexico’s bright Day of the Dead celebration

Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration this weekend wasn’t the same in a year so marked by death, in a country where more than 90,000 people have died of COVID-19.

Many of those had to be cremated rather than buried, and even for those with gravesides to visit, the pandemic has forced authorities in most parts of Mexico to close cemeteries to prevent the traditional Nov. 1-2 observances when entire families clean and decorate tombs, cover them with orange marigolds, light candles and chat with their deceased relatives, perhaps over a glass of their favorite beverage.

On Sunday, many residents of the impoverished suburb of Valle de Chalco, east of Mexico City, visited to a recently opened overflow section of the local cemetery to clean the simple graves of their loved ones — many still just marked by dirt mounds — because they had heard the graveyards would be closed on the actual holiday. “A lot of people came to fix up their (relatives’) graves before the Day of the Dead,” said José Juan Rivera Almazán, the cemetery manager.

He noted the new section of the graveyard “is filling up quickly. We do not know if that’s because of the disease,” though it is clear there is a steady trickle of new burials of

COVID victims; they are easy to recognize because their coffins come wrapped in plastic.

On a normal Day of the Dead, Rivera Almazán said, “You can’t even walk through here, it is so full, people, visitors, vendors’ stands.”

This year, though, the cemetery will be quiet.

Jacinta Jiménez Viviano lost her husband, retired manual laborer Vicente Domínguez Alejo, to COVID-19 this year.

He died in the hospital, after almost no visits; Jacinta was occupied with her son, who also fell ill but recovered. Her husband, a diabetic, was not so lucky.

Knowing she would not be able to come on Nov. 2 — when deceased adults are honored — she brought flowers Sunday to plant at her husband’s dusty grave. She said the simple act of tending the grave was reassuring.

“I feel this represents hope that we will make it because, thank God, these days of the dead are very important to Mexicans,” Jiménez Viviano said. “We will leave a little offering for him now, and later, when we can, we will return.”

Mexico has long had a different attitude toward death, more social, more accepting than in many parts of the world. Wakes and funerals here are often elaborate, days-long events gathering entire

neighborhoods and extended families for eating, praying and remembering.

But death amid the pandemic has become a very lonely affair; not only were wakes prohibited, many families couldn’t be with their relatives in their final moments or even view the body because of the coronavirus.

But in some ways, this year’s Dia de Muertos has also taken the holiday back to its roots and stripped away many of the cultural overlays and modern innovations that had begun influencing the celebration in recent years.

Gone is the Hollywood-style Day of the Dead parade that Mexico City adopted to mimic a fictitious march in the 2015 James Bond movie “Spectre.” Halloween, with its more risky, group activities — costume parties and trick-or-treating — has retreated in the face of the pandemic.

In many ways, it has boiled down to the way the holiday began: simple altars to invite the dead to come home for a night, featuring candles to guide the spirits back and the favorite food and drink of the dead to lure them home. Held inside homes, this is one of the few safe activities, though there are some attempts at online celebrations too.

“This year, the Day of the Dead must be cel-

ebrated virtually,” said Mexico City cultural secretary José Alfonso Suárez del Real, inviting city residents to post photos or videos of their altars on a city website. “It is fundamental that we recover and adopt once again the altars to our dead, which are household altars.”

One of the country’s largest funeral homes, Gayosso, has launched “Lazos,” an online system for sending flowers directly to graves and mausoleums. And, with cemeteries and mausoleums closed due to the risk of infection from COVID-19, the company offers online Masses for the departed.

It’s not the same.

“In one way or another, they are taking away our ancestral tradition ... a tradition that has never before been cancelled,” said Ericka Alejandra Alvarez, an ethnohistorian at Mexico’s National Autonomous University.

“This is going to cause a shock in society; people are going to be upset, uncomfortable, not happy.”

Born of pre-Hispanic rituals that may have lasted 20 days, and combined with European elements brought by the Spaniards, Day of the Dead is rooted in the idea that the spirits of the dead should know they are loved and have a home; if they don’t, they might wander aimlessly.

This has led to sometimes strange and elab-

orate preparations. In some towns and neighborhoods, families tend small fires outside their homes and spread trails of marigold petals to the door to guide the spirits. In some Indigenous towns, the bones of ancestors are annually taken from ossuary niches to be cleaned around the Day of the Dead.

“It is not just going to a tomb to leave an offering or lay some flowers there,” said Alvarez. “Everything that we Mexicans do regarding death is cathartic, because you cry, your soul breaks,” she noted. “All this catharsis you go through with the symbols that make up a funeral, they are important because they give you the sense and the understanding of death, and that isn’t there anymore” because the cemeteries are closed.

“So how are we going to do it? I say that we should do it, not in crowds, or collectively, but in our own homes,” she said. “If we can’t go to the cemeteries, we have to put up our altars.”

Those are often crowded affairs, reflecting all of a family’s deceased.

This year Alvarez’s will be dedicated to two brothers who died years ago as children, to her three uncles and grandparents.

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Webster & More STATE

Louisiana begins Hurricane Zeta damage assessments; polling locations likely will be moved

DAVID JACOBS

mulative impact of multi-

The “burrito levee” or

feds have a responsibility

mal polling location,” Ed-

power, according to Pow-

THE CENTER SQUARE

ple disasters, Graves said.

“Cajun burrito” in Grand

to fix it regardless of Zeta’s

wards said.

erOutage.US.

“If you take COVID, you

Isle, which Graves said

wind speed.

Hurricane Zeta damage

take Hurricane Delta, and

isn’t technically a levee

Gov. John Bel Edwards

will need to be moved

assessments have begun,

you take Hurricane Lau-

but more of a berm, suf-

on Friday continued his

remained to be deter-

though it will be several

ra, we have already hit the

fered the only reported

tours of the most heavily

mined Friday. Edwards

tion that the federal gov-

days at least before offi-

threshold to get a 90/10

breech. Zeta’s reported

damaged areas. At a stop

urged voters in areas with

ernment has authorized

cials have a rough esti-

cost share,” he said Fri-

sustained wind speed of

in Jefferson Parish, he

power issues to pay atten-

mate of the costs.

day. “That 90/10 should

100 miles per hour fell

reiterated that workers

tion to local officials and

also apply to Zeta.”

one mile per hour short

were prioritizing pow-

media to find out if their

Typically after natural

But which locations

Also on Friday, Edwards received confirma-

a 100 percent federal cost share for debris removal

disasters, the federal gov-

Zeta’s high winds did

of Category 3 status, and

er restoration to critical

polling place has been

and emergency protec-

ernment will pay at least

most of the damage to

that slim distinction be-

infrastructure. That in-

moved, while acknowl-

tive measures, including

75 percent of the recovery

trees, power lines and

tween Category 2 and 3

cludes hospitals and wa-

edging that at least some

costs, with the state cov-

structures; the storm was

could make the difference

ter systems, which are

voters won’t know any-

ering the rest. The state

moving too fast to cause

between the U.S. Army

operational but relying

thing has changed until

match falls to 10 percent

widespread severe flood-

Corps of Engineers hav-

on backup power, and

they get there and read

related to Hurricane Lau-

once the cost exceeds a

ing. Graves said improve-

ing to fix it at their own

polling places for Tues-

a sign telling them to go

ra, which made landfall in

certain threshold, and a

ments to the levee system

expense, Graves said.

day’s election.

elsewhere.

2018 policy change Con-

in southeast Louisiana

However, Graves said

“I am fairly confident

As of Friday afternoon,

gressman Garret Graves

prevented more signifi-

the Corps’ original work

there will be voters on

almost 306,000 homes

pushed

cant damage from storm

on the project was sub-

Tuesday who will not be

and businesses in Loui-

by five named storms this

surge.

standard,

able to vote in their nor-

siana remained without

year, the most on record.

for

requires

FEMA to look at the cu-

arguing

the

direct assistance, for a 30-day period of activity

Cameron Parish Aug. 27.

Louisiana has been hit

ELECTION

Mt. Lebanon Historical Society purchases home of Lavinia Egan: Rasing funds for restoration MARY CLAIRE KETTLER

the

Mt. Lebanon Historical Society

were played out on the

years

in-between

national and internationAs the Election of 2020

al stage of life.

and children’s free kin-

promote and explain the

dergartens.

Right-To-Vote.

Her calling was Jour-

It must have been ex-

nalism. She was a colum-

tremely

disappointing

approaches and millions

Lavinia was born in

nist for the Philadelphia

of women head to the

1863 and spent her child-

Times with syndicated

polls, few may pause to

hood in Mt. Lebanon as

columns throughout the

reflect on the fact that a

the daughter of Dr. James

United States. Lavinia’s

mere 100 plus years ago

C. Egan and his wife, Su-

pen name was Patience

that would have been im-

san Rebecca Ardis Egan.

Oriel.

possible. Thanks to the

When she was 13, the

In 1903 she was elect-

amendment on June 11,

efforts of four generations

family moved to Shreve-

ed to the Board of Lady

1970, fifty years after the

of women suffragettes

port.

Managers of the 1904 St.

fact.

for her home state of Louisiana to reject the 19th

Amendment

in

July of 1920. Louisiana would belatedly ratify the

8 million women voted

By the 1890’s, Lavinia

Louis World’s Fair. The

ment by the Secretary of

elected a Member of the

Tennessee was the 36th

for the first time in No-

became active in civic af-

role of the Board of Lady

War to the Office of Di-

Governing Board of the

State needed for ratifi-

vember 1920. The 19th

fairs. She was President

Managers was to pro-

National Woman’s Par-

cation. In August 1920,

Amendment giving wom-

rector of Military Aero-

of The Hypatia Club, a

mote sociability which

literary club that began to

promotes trade and trade

nautics.

ty…considered to be the

the

en the Right To Vote had

concern itself with social

promotes

most radical of all Wom-

became the law of the

passed in August 1920.

One of the women who

issues. Lavinia went on

Board of Lady Managers

en’s Suffrage Groups.

land. In November 1920,

played a part in this mo-

to be the first President

entertained visitors to the

mentous occasion was

of the City Improvement

Fair with lavish parties for

Lavinia Hartwell Egan of

League

Shreveport

600 or more at a time, all

Mt. Lebanon, La. Lavin-

which addressed public

with handwritten invita-

ia’s early years and latter

parks, grounds of public

tions by Lavinia.

years were spent in this

buildings, tree planting,

tiny village tucked away

parking, cemeteries, li-

living

in north Louisiana, but

braries, public restrooms

of

wealth.

The

Lavinia wrote

semi-technical

articles

and news stories for the

19th

Amendment

Air Service Newsletter

After the House of Rep-

Republican Warren G.

and publicity for the War

resentatives and the U. S.

Harding defeated Dem-

Department.

Senate passed the 19th

ocrat James M. Cox in a

Amendment,

landslide.

While living in Wash-

Lavinia

ington, Lavinia became

took to the road to en-

Lavinia continued to

friends with Alice Paul

courage the States to rat-

travel to promote the next

Washington,

of the National Woman’s

ify the 19th Amendment.

phase of the women’s

D.C. She had an appoint-

Party. Soon Lavinia was

She worked tirelessly to

movement, Equal Rights.

By 1918, Lavinia was in

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www.press-herald.com OUTDOORS

BLOOD TRAILING DOGS FIND GUILLOT’S TROPHY BUCK

GLYNN HARRIS/COURTESY PHOTO

Blood trailing dogs are becoming quite valuable in helping hunters locate wounded deer.

Glynn Harris

Special to the Press-Herald

Elm Groves’s Rick Guillot, a 41 year old registered nurse at Willis Knighton Hospital in Shreveport, has a pair of four legged friends to thank in locating a big buck he arrowed October 24. It is questionable if he would have been able to recover the 8 point Red River Parish buck without the expertise of two dogs trained to follow the trail of a wounded buck.

“I hunt on 2000 acre Love Lake Hunting Club in Red River Parish,” Guillot began. “Our trail cameras had revealed a nice 8 point buck last season that we passed on to give him another year because it seemed he had potential to be more impressive this year.”

This year, Guillot’s cameras had confirmed what he believed; the buck had matured to the point that he was on the “hit list” this season if he showed himself during daylight hours.

“Our club features a mixture of pines and hills on one side and we are situated next to a hardwood bottom on the other. We back up to Loggy Bayou that borders us on one side with its hardwood habitat adjoining the high pine hills on the

other.

“I had figured out where the buck’s bedding area was located to the east just across a small stream that fed into Loggy Bayou. I usually hunt from a climber or lockon stand but the area I chose wouldn’t give me the clearance I needed in case the buck left his bedding area, so I chose to set up a lean-to ladder stand that would give me a better view of the area,” said Guillot.

He had started putting out feed in the form of rice bran and corn just across the small stream with his stand facing east favoring either a north or south wind to hide his scent. On the afternoon of October 18, Guillot climbed onto his ladder stand to see if the buck would appear in daylight hours.

“Just before legal shooting hours ended, I saw movement and the buck had stepped out of the thicket and headed to the feed pile. It was getting pretty late and I couldn’t see very well. I drew back on him, released my arrow and shot over him.

The buck jumped and ran maybe 10 yards and a few minutes later, returned to the feed. By then it was too late for another shot so I sat in the stand may half an hour until I heard

him walk away before I eased down and slipped out,” Guillot said.

He hunted the stand a mid-week without seeing anything. On Saturday October 24, Guillot was back in his stand to try the buck once again.

“I hunted that morning and saw a doe and fawn but no buck showed up.

I was back on my stand that afternoon and at 6:40 with plenty of light left to shoot, the buck came out again. I shoot a Matthews compound bow with a Carbon Express arrow and Muzzy Hybrid broadhead.

He was quartering away but I felt at 26 yards, I had a chance at a good shot, so I took it. The buck took off, I waited half an hour or so before getting down. I got on his trail and followed blood for awhile before losing it,” he said.

What Guillot did next resulting in his being able to find his buck where

there was very little blood to follow; he called a cousin who has a good blood trailing dog and a neighbor who has a beagle adept at blood trailing.

“I had the beagle on a leash and the other dog was running on its own.

After losing the trail and picking it up again, we followed the dogs and walked up on the dog that was running loose sitting next to my buck with the beagle headed in that direction,” said Guillot.

The buck’s rack featured 8 points with a wide 20 2/8 inside spread, main beams over 22 inches with base and the next two measurements over 4 inches each. The buck was measured at 142 inches of antler mass.

“I have killed big deer over the years,” said Guillot, “but thanks to these two blood trailing dogs, I was able to down the biggest one I ever got with my bow.”

Football contest first place: Obie Jones Jr.

second place: Richard Clark

third place: Mae Dixon

NCAA FOOTBALL

Halloween Hysteria: Bulldogs beat Blazers in double OT RUSTON, La. – Halloween. Full moon. Bulldogs and Blazers.

It was a Conference USA match-up that had all the ingredients to be one for the ages. And it was.

Jacob Barnes 35-yard field goal in the second overtime period lifted Louisiana Tech to a 37-34 victory over UAB before 7,141 fans at Joe Aillet Stadium Saturday night.

In a game that kicked off in the light of the day, by the time Barnes’ kick sailed through the uprights, the sun had set on both the day and the Blazers.

“This game was far from ordinary,” said Bulldog head coach Skip Holtz. “Lots of twists and turns. Ups and downs. It was a strange game for sure, but a big win for us against a very, very good football team.”

It took a late come-frombehind rally by Tech (4-3, 3-2 C-USA) to send the contest into overtime where neither team could find the endzone. But the Bulldogs defense, which played its own version of trick or treat on the Tech Faithful during the 4-plus hour affair, came up big.

After each team traded field goals in the first OT period, UAB got possession of the football to start the second overtime and immediately connected on a 22yard pass to the Tech 3-yard line. On the ensuing play, UAB running back Spencer Brown found himself in a rugby scrum around the goal line before being stripped of the football by Tech safety Bee Jay Williamson.

Zach Hannibal recovered the loose football, seemingly giving the Bulldogs possession. However, as on par for most of the night, instant replay came into play and after a lengthy delay, the call on the field was confirmed.

Tech ran three plays, setting up Barnes’ game-winning attempt.

Simple enough? Not on Halloween night.

Barnes’ 38-yard attempt sailed right as the Blazers sideline erupted. But a running into the kicker penalty – dropped after the play had ended but that was confirmed by video evidence – gave Tech a first down.

Three more running plays by the Bulldogs and Barnes had a second chance. This time the true freshman split the uprights from 35-yards away and it was the Tech sideline’s turn to celebrate, the Bulldogs snapping a three-game losing streak against UAB. For the second straight week, Tech’s offense controlled the opening two quarters but ultimately struggled to find paydirt.

The first three offensive possessions of the night saw the Bulldogs drive deep into

Blazers territory, including twice inside the 10-yard line. But the only points Tech could muster came on a Barnes 27-yard field goal.

It appeared Tech had taken a 10-0 lead on its second drive – following Bee Jay Williamson’s first of two interceptions and ultimate return to the UAB 3-yard line.

On first down, Luke Anthony appeared to hit Adrian Hardy for a TD but the official ruled the pass incomplete. Instant replay took its turn – the first of many on the night – and the officials ultimately confirmed the call. Tech would eventually go for it on fourth and goal from the two but came up empty.

Although the Bulldog defense surrendered 338 yards on the ground, it came up with big play after big play all night long. Williamson’s second interception of the night provided the game’s first TD. The sophomore picked Blazers QB Bryson Lucero for a second time on the Tech 17-yard line, and after a three-yard return, pitched it to Khalil Ladler who then raced 80 yards untouched for a 10-0 Tech lead.

“I trust my teammates a lot,” said Williamson, who added a career-high 10 tackles. “I caught the picks and didn’t want to be selfish. I saw my teammate Khalil asking for the ball, and I gave it to him. He did the rest.”

UAB started to find its running game in the second quarter. DeWayne McBride raced 75 yards for the Blazers first score and then Brown gave UAB its first lead on a 6-yard scamper with 1:42 to play before half. Brown’s TD run was reviewed when it appeared he had fumbled through the end zone, but instant replay couldn’t overturn it on the angles.

Tech answered on an 18yard Luke Anthony to Adrian Hardy pass with 19 seconds to play before the half as the Bulldogs appeared poised to take the momentum and the lead into the locker room. However, UAB returned the kickoff to its own 47. Following a nineyard completion that gave the Blazers the ball on the Tech 44, UAB threw a Hail Mary to the near pylon that was ruled a TD catch initially.

However, instant replay over-ruled it as the Blazers receiver’s foot was just out of bounds on the catch.

Tech led 17-14 at the break.

UAB dominated the third quarter of play, outscoring Tech 17-0 during the stanza. McBride – who rushed for 133 yards on 13 carries – scored on a 22-yard run and Brown – who rushed for 140 yards on 29 carries –

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Continued from Page 7 followed with a 10-yard run.

Matt Quinn added a 45-yard FG and the Blazers built a 31-17 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Tech responded.

The Bulldogs defense came back to life, holding UAB to only 30 total yards on 15 offensive plays in the frame.

Meanwhile, Aaron Allen rejuvenated the Tech offense. Allen completed 10of-14 passes for 125 yards and two scores, including the game-tying TD to Hardy from 24-yards out with 10 seconds to play in the game.

Allen finished the game by completing 18-of-26 passes for 191 yards and two scores while Hardy led the Tech receivers with seven receptions for 101 yards and two TDs. “Aaron did an unbeliev-

able job,” said Holtz. “I don’t think a moment is ever too big for him. He wants to be on the field, and I’m really proud of him. We put him in a tough situation last week at the end of the game. I though Aaron came in and created a spark and made some plays. He did a really nice job, and he had a few scrambles where he kept his head up and kept some drives alive.”

Both teams traded field goals in the opening overtime period as Barnes connected from 36-yards away while Quinn hit from 42-yards out.

The Bulldog offensive line played its most complete game of the season, not surrendering a sack despite 42 pass plays in the game.

Tech returns to action Saturday when its travels to Denton to face North Texas at 6 p.m.

Glenbrook 55 – Centreville 26 The Apaches have advanced to the second round of the state playoffs after thoroughly dismantling Centreville at home on Friday night.

The Apaches truck first on a ten-yard swing pass from Jackson Powell to Rhett Johnson. Ty Feaster scored from 20-yards out on another pass from Powell to go up 14-0 in the first quarter.

The Apaches will take on #1 seed Carroll on the road on Friday. Carroll is undefeated thus far in the season.

North Webster 33 Lakeside 7 The Knights are back to .500 after a big home win over Lakeside.

“We started a little slow on offense,” North Webster coach John Ware said.

“But our defense kept us in the game to begin with and played really well all night.”

Ware pointed out the play of a number of players stepping up.

“Peyton Haehn and Jaterion Robinson at linebacker and Tyquendric Lane on the line have been consistently good,” Ware said. “Cooper Sanders played really well, along with Jamarcus Stephens at receiver and Tyreke Williams at running back.

Guys have just been getting better every day at practice.”

The Knights (2-2) play Loyola on Friday.

Neville 41 Minden 7 Minden broke their undefeated streak on Friday, running into perennial powerhouse Neville on the road.

“Neville is a very good team, very well coached,” Minden coach Spencer Heard said. “We have to play better in the coming weeks.

Excited for the opportunities ahead of us.”

The Tide (4-1) play host to Bastrop on Friday.

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Glenbrook’s Rhett Johnson reaches to grab a pass in the Apaches’ first-round win over Centreville on Friday night in Minden.

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Turner McLelland (left) and Jacob Hortman (right) look to advance the ball down field in Glenbrook’s first-round win on Friday.

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Glenbrook’s Johnathan Bryant makes a big tackle in the Apaches’ win over Centreville on Friday night in Minden.

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3. North Webster vs Loyola

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1. Minden vs. Bastrop

5. Haynesville vs Homer

2. Lakeside vs North Caddo

7. La Tech vs North Texas

4. Glenbrook vs Carroll

6. BYU vs Boise St

9. Florida vs Georgia 8. Michigan vs Indiana

11. Clemson vs Notre Dame 12. Stanford vs Oregon

13. Texans vs. Jaguars

10. Texas A&M vs South Carolina

14. Giants vs Washington

Ravens vs Colts

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FUN & GAMES

On This Day In History 1978 - Dominica gains independence.

The Caribbean Island nation gained its independence from the British after being colonized in 1805.

1973 - NASA launches Mariner 10. The last of the Mariner Program, Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to flyby two planets - Venus and Mercury. The probe flew by Venus on February 5, 1974, and did 3 flybys of Mercury on March 29, 1974, September 21, 1974, and on March 16, 1975, after which communications with the probe were terminated.

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CRYPTOQUIP

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WORD SLEUTH

HISTORY

Continued from Page 10

1954 - Godzilla released. The Japanese science fiction starring a mutated monster of the same name became an instant hit.

1868 - John Willis Menard elected to U.S. House of Representatives.

He became the first African-American to be elected to the house.

1838 - The Times of India founded.

The world’s largest English-language daily was launched as a bi-weekly as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in Bombay, India.

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.

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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.

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