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Equipping students with work-ready skills WILL PHILLIPS Minden Press-Herald
Beverly Smith, Jumpstart Coordinator and Director of the Harper Center, wanted to showcase two successes of our own local Jumpstart program who helped to fill in a much needed position at the Webster Parish School Board Office. That position is one that has been cropping up in many businesses and workplaces given the pandemic, that of having someone to check those wishing to enter the premises for symptoms of COVID-19. The two individuals that the Jumpstart program chose were Cynthia Hernandez and Paradise Ford, two recent graduates of the Certified Nursing Assistant Program. Initially Ford has been the one in the position, but moving to pursue her education further, the position is now filled by Hernandez. Ford said of the Jumpstart program, “I think the program is a wonderful way for students to interact with peers and gain life essential lessons that impact professionally and personally. It’s the perfect opportunity for one to get an idea of what profession they’d like. Doing the CNA program you also gain life long mentors that are willing to help you in any way.” Hernandez stated, “I feel like everyone should take a chance on it, especially the ones who are interested in the medical field.” While most would think the key to Jumpstart is giving people a foot in for the jobs they want, it can also be a learning experience for students to figure out which jobs they don’t like as well. In Hernandez’s case, the job experience that came with her time in the Jumpstart program gave her early indicators that she might not enjoy that career path and might start looking to other alternatives. “I was interested in doing nursing, but now that I’ve ex-
perienced the CNA route, I’ve seen that they have a stress level that they have to deal with, so instead of nursing, now I want to do something else.” When going more in depth about the program, Jumpstart Coordinator Beverly Smith stated, “Jumpstart is one of the two graduation pathways that students have, one being jumpstart and one being Jumpstart, the other being university.” “Jumpstart prepares students for entry level job skills. Our Jumpstart students typically start at a two year college or some form of technical training, but they can go on from there to the four year university.” While described as two different pathways, Smith conveyed that they are not mutually exclusive, and affirms that students who plan on attending a four year college straight out of high school can still find something to gain out of the program. “It’s for everybody, because everyone needs some sort of WILL PHILLIPS/MINDEN PRESS-HERALD skill when leaving school. We try to encourage every student, Paradise Ford seen checking the temperature of Rebecca Bower, Parish whether they are on the univer- School Nurse, on their way into the Webster Parish School Board Office. sity pathway or the Jumpstart pathway, that there is something there for them that they can benefit from,” said Smith. Assistant Superintendent Kevin Washington said of Jumpstart, “This program is an excellent opportunity. It’s a gateway for students to do many things. They can start there, and they can leave high school with credentialing, and a high school diploma.” “It’s a wonderful program, I think a lot of people don’t know about it yet, so we really need to get out there and encourage our students, and say hey, this is something you can do. So we’re excited about it.” It was stated that students and parents/guardians who are interested in the Jumpstart program should contact their school administrator/counselWILL PHILLIPS/MINDEN PRESS-HERALD or, who can provide them with more information about the Cynthia Hernandez seen checking the temperature of Beverly Smith, Jumpstart Coordinator, on her way into the Webster Parish School Board Office program.
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Nearly 700 Louisiana businesses cited for violating virus rules
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Nearly 700 restaurants, bars and businesses in Louisiana were cited in July for violating the governor’s coronavirus restrictions, according to records from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The businesses failed inspections for violations such as lack of face mask-wearing, tables being too close together, large group gatherings, exceeded capacities and self-serve buffet dining, the records obtained by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser showed. In May, Louisiana businesses were ordered to comply with Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mandates as a condition of reopening, including limiting capacity, spacing tables to maintain social distance and requiring face coverings for employees and customers. Edwards has since issued additional restrictions, including limiting bars to takeout and delivery, as the state experiences a surge in new virus cases. His administration is cracking down on violators as the state, which once appeared to successfully reduce the virus’s spread, now has among the nation’s highest per capita infection rates. Most noncompliant businesses receive two warnings before more serious action is taken, State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said at a news conference last month. The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control has already suspended the operating licenses of four businesses that were found to have repeatedly violated the restrictions, officials announced last week. Another 14 businesses have failed two inspections, according to records from the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office.
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More than 324,000 Louisiana residents remain unemployed; drained trust fund could lead to higher business taxes
(The Center Square) Though fewer Louisiana residents made new claims for unemployment benefits last week than the week before, the total number of people receiving benefits still increased, the Louisiana Workforce Commission says. Meanwhile, the deliberate economic slowdown meant to control the spread of COVID-19 continues to drain the state’s unemployment trust fund, which could lead to higher taxes on Louisiana businesses without federal help. Initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending July 25 dropped to 18,511, a significant decrease from the prior week’s total of 32,079. For a pre-pandemic comparison, during the week ending July 27, 2019, 2,022 ini-
tial claims were filed, the LWC says. The number of continued claims for the week ending July 25 increased to 324,357 from the previous week’s total of 313,117. There were 17,740 continued claims for the week ending July 27, 2019. The state’s unemployment trust fund contains about $305 million. Before the pandemic began, the balance was more than $1 billion. Employers pay taxes to sustain the fund. When it falls below $750 million, the amount of employee wages that are taxed increases, effectively raising taxes on employers, and weekly benefits for recipients are reduced. Also, benefits would decrease, and the LWC would no longer be able to pay for its Incumbent Worker Training Pro-
gram. Those changes wouldn’t kick in until the Revenue Estimating Conference meets in the fall, at which point adjustments could be made. If the trust fund balance falls below $100 million, Louisiana law mandates a surtax on businesses of up to 30 percent on taxable payroll. “This would be a last resort but without congressional intervention, it will almost certainly be necessary to ensure the trust fund stays solvent,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said. Bars across the state are closed, while other types of businesses are restricted to half of their normal capacity. Business owners have sued to lift some of the restrictions and some Republican lawmakers have called for the governor’s emergency order to be overturned, citing the
economic damage. Some lawmakers and business owners also argue the restrictions violate their constitutional rights. Absent an infusion from Congress, Louisiana (and many other states) would have to borrow from the federal government to keep the unemployment trust fund solvent through the end of the year. The loan would be interest-free but would have to be repaid by November 2022, requiring additional fees and assessments on businesses to pay back the loan, Edwards says in a letter to the state’s congressional delegation. “I know that we can all agree that now is not the time to put increased burdens on Louisiana businesses with additional taxes or assessments,” Edwards says in the letter.
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Gas prices stabilize in Louisiana, nationally STAFF REPORT Minden Press-Herald
Louisiana gas prices are unchanged in the past week, averaging $1.85/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,436 stations. Gas prices in Louisiana are 0.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 47.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The cheapest station in Louisiana is priced at $1.59/g today while the most expensive is $2.89/g, a difference of $1.30/g. “Impressively and for a fifth straight week, average gas prices have remained quiet, with prices fluctuating less than a few cents per gallon over the last month. While it’s been a bit of a bore, it’s certainly still to motorists advantage as prices remain at their lowest seasonally in well over a decade,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. The national average price of gasoline is unchanged in the last week, averaging $2.17/g today. The national average is unchanged from a month
ago and stands 53.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. “Gasoline demand looks to be trending higher, but just barely, which could eventually end the stable gas prices. For now, heading into the last few weeks of summer, I don’t think we’ll see the national average eclipse $2.25 per gallon, so if you’re making plans for Labor Day, that will mean just about everyone is in the $2 per gallon range, with the exception of California and Hawaii. It won’t be a bad time if you’re choosing to hit the road, as over a dozen states still have average gas prices under $2 per gallon.” GasBuddy is the authoritative voice for gas prices and the only source for station-level data spanning nearly two decades. GasBuddy’s survey updates 288 times every day from the most diverse list of sources covering nearly 150,000 stations nationwide, the most comprehensive and up-to-date in the country. GasBuddy data is accessible at http://FuelInsights. GasBuddy.com.
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Ronda Hunter Dugan
Graveside service for Ronda Hunter Dugan will be held Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 4 p.m. at Bistineau Cemetery in Heflin, Louisiana under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden, Louisiana with Rev. Dee Anders officiating. Ronda was born February 6, 1945 in Minden, Louisiana and entered into rest July 30, 2020 in Ruston, Louisiana.
She was preceded in death by her parents Johnnie and Sudie Hunter. She is survived by her husband Elton Dugan, son Kevin Dugan, daughter Pam Dugan McAdams and husband Michael, brother J.E. Hunter and wife Susie, and grandchildren Sam Dugan and wife Meghan, Sarah Dugan, Shea Dugan, Elizabeth “Lizzie” McAdams, and Catherine “Cat” McAdams. Pallbearers will be Kevin Dugan, Michael McAdams, Sam Dugan, Wade Ratcliff, Stevie Robinson, and Ronnie Adams. Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 (318) 377-3412
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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make first splashdown in 45 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit. The return clears the way for another SpaceX crew launch as early as next month and possible tourist flights next year. Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken arrived back on Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule named Endeavour, less than a day after departing the International Space Station and two months after blasting off from Florida. The capsule parachuted into the calm gulf waters about 40 miles off the coast of Pensacola, hundreds of miles from Tropical Storm Isaias pounding Florida’s Atlantic coast. “Welcome back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX,” said Mission Control from SpaceX headquarters. “It’s a little bit overwhelming to see everybody here considering the things that have gone on the last few months since we’ve been off planet,”
Hurley said after arriving back home in Houston Sunday evening where they were greeted by a small masked-gathering of family and officials, including Musk. Musk had rushed to Houston from SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to welcome them. He was clearly moved — and relieved — while addressing the group. “I’m not very religious, but I prayed for this one,” he said. The astronauts’ ride back to Earth was fast, bumpy and hot, at least on the outside. The spacecraft went from a screaming orbital speed of 17,500 mph (28,000 kph) to 350 mph (560 kph) during atmospheric reentry, and finally to 15 mph (24 kph) at splashdown. Peak heating during descent was 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,900 degrees Celsius). The anticipated top G forces felt by the crew: four to five times the force of Earth’s gravity. Within a half-hour of splashdown, the scorched and blistered 16-foot capsule was hoisted aboard a SpaceX recovery ship with a staff of more than 40, including doctors and nurses. To keep the returning astronauts safe in the pandemic, the recovery crew quarantined for two
weeks and were tested for the coronavirus. The opening of the hatch was held up briefly by extra checks for toxic rocket fumes outside the capsule. After medical checkups, the astronauts were flown by helicopter to Pensacola and then to Houston. There was one unexpected problem that could have endangered the operation: Once the capsule was in the water, private boats “just made a beeline for it,” and got too close, said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, promising to do better next time at keeping sightseers on pleasure boats safely away. NASA video showed one vessel flying a large campaign flag for President Donald Trump. The Coast Guard in Pensacola said it had deployed two vessels to keep the public at least 10 miles away from the capsule. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who both attended the launch, congratulated the SpaceX and NASA teams. “Great to have NASA Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month mission. Thank you to all!” Trump tweeted. The last time NASA astronauts returned from space to water was on July 24, 1975, in the Pacific, the scene of most splashdowns, to end a joint U.S.-Soviet mission known
as Apollo-Soyuz. The Mercury and Gemini crews in the early to mid-1960s parachuted into the Atlantic, while most of the later Apollo capsules hit the Pacific. The lone Russian “splashdown” was in 1976 on a partially frozen lake amid a blizzard following an aborted mission; the harrowing recovery took hours. Gemini and Apollo astronaut Thomas Stafford — the commander of the last crew to splash down — watched the reentry on TV from his Florida home. While pleased with the crew’s safe return, he wasn’t overly impressed. “It’s what we did over 50 years ago,” he said. Its throwback splashdown aside, SpaceX made history with the mission, which launched May 30 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It was the first time a private company launched people into orbit and also the first launch of NASA astronauts from home turf in nearly a decade. Hurley was the pilot of NASA’s last space shuttle flight in 2011 and the commander of this SpaceX flight. NASA turned to SpaceX and also Boeing to build capsules and ferry astronauts to and from the space station, following the retirement of the shuttles. Until Hurley and Behnken rocketed into
orbit, NASA astronauts relied on Russian rockets. SpaceX already had experience hauling cargo to the space station, bringing those capsules back to a Pacific splashdown. “We are entering a new era of human spaceflight where NASA is no longer the purchaser, owner and operator of all the hardware. We’re going to be a customer, one customer of many,” Bridenstine said from Johnson Space Center in Houston. “I would love to see a fleet of crew Dragons servicing not just the International Space Station but also commercial space stations.” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell called the mission a springboard to “doing even harder things,” like collaborating on astronaut flights to the moon and then Mars. “There’s no question, it was an enormous relief after months of anxiety making sure we could bring Bob and Doug back home safely,” Shotwell said. SpaceX needs six weeks to inspect the capsule before launching the next crew around the end of September. This next mission of four astronauts will spend a full six months aboard the space station. Hurley and Behnken’s capsule will be refurbished for another flight next spring. A Houston company run by a former NASA official,
meanwhile, has partnered with SpaceX to send three customers to the space station in fall 2021. “It took years to get here, we brought the capablity back to America, and we came home safely to our families, and it took a lot of people a lot of time to make that happen,” Behnken said back in Houston. Boeing doesn’t expect to launch its first crew until next year. The company encountered significant software problems in the debut of its Starliner capsule, with no one aboard, last year. Its capsules will touch down in the U.S. Southwest desert. By beating Boeing, SpaceX laid claim to a small U.S. flag left at the space station by Hurley and the rest of the last shuttle crew. Minutes after splashdown, Musk tweeted a flag emoji followed by “returned.” Also on board: a toy dinosaur named Tremor, sent into space by the astronauts’ young sons. The two boys recorded a wakeup call for their fathers Sunday morning. “Don’t worry, you can sleep in tomorrow,” said Behnken’s 6-year-old son Theo, who was promised a puppy after the flight. “Hurry home so we can go get my dog.”
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Louisiana’s unemployment trust fund running dry Louisiana’s unemployment trust fund, a healthy $1.1 billion account before the coronavirus pandemic, is on track to run out of money by mid-September, with hundreds of thousands of people out of work and collecting benefits because of the outbreak. Draining the trust fund doesn’t stop benefits flowing to unemployed Louisiana workers. But it will trigger undesirable spillover effects as the state and national economies are struggling. Weekly benefit payments will drop in a state that already has one of the lowest unemployment payouts in the country. Taxes charged on businesses to finance the payments will grow higher, even as many businesses are struggling because of the pandemic. And Louisiana will have to borrow money from the federal government to keep paying benefits, which is expected to be repaid through surcharges on businesses. “This is obviously not a good time to increase taxes on businesses,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a recent coronavirus briefing, as he highlighted concerns about the dwindling trust fund balance. This isn’t a problem unique to Louisiana, as the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus has threatened the solvency of unemployment programs around the country.
Edwards is asking Louisiana’s congressional delegation to push for unemployment trust fund aid in the next federal coronavirus relief package. The Democratic governor requested either forgiveness of the federal loans needed to replenish unemployment funds or direct aid to fill up states’ trust funds. “By providing this assistance, Congress will be ensuring that our workers can be given the bridge needed for them to return to work, while ensuring that Louisiana businesses are able to focus their efforts on recovering safely from the COVID-19 pandemic,” MELINDA Edwards DESLATTE wrote to the delegation. The federal government paid for the $600 weekly unemployment benefit that Congress added to state unemployment payments in the pandemic — a federal payment that has expired and whose extension is the subject of negotiations in Congress. Louisiana has paid out nearly $4 billion in federally financed unemployment benefits since March 22, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
But states still picked up the tab for their own weekly unemployment benefits. In Louisiana, the state’s weekly unemployment payment maxes out at $247, one of the nation’s lowest weekly maximum benefits. That state payment is covered by the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Companies pay into the trust fund through a tax based on the number of workers they employ and on wages. The trust fund neared $1.1 billion earlier this year, the highest the fund had been since 2009 and a point of pride to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, which administers the unemployment program. The pandemic upended the balance of taxes in and payments out of the fund. A trust fund that usually paid benefits 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. More than 450,000 people currently are collecting unemployment checks in Louisiana, compared to fewer than 20,000 at this point in 2019, according to Louisiana Workforce Commission data. Faced with that level of need for unemployment aid, the trust fund balance had fallen to $352 million by the last week of July, Edwards said, and at its
current pace of spending was fewer than seven weeks away from running dry. That means Louisiana is expected to drop its maximum weekly benefit even lower to $221 within a few months, and the taxes charged on employers will go up. Louisiana lawmakers passed a bill to lessen the severity of the short-term tax hikes that will fall on businesses. But Edwards warned that when Louisiana exhausts its trust fund, it will have to borrow dollars from the federal government, with eventual repayment through additional charges on businesses. The president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Stephen Waguespack, also is calling on the state’s members of Congress to help address the problem. “The precipitous and unprecedented decline in what was among the healthiest of such funds in the nation ... is staggering, even when considered alongside the unemployment wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the unemployment arising from the oil bust in the 1980s,” Waguespack wrote to the congressional delegation.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Melinda Deslatte has covered Louisiana politics for The Associated Press since 2000. Follow her at http://twitter.com/melindadeslatte
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Michelle Malkin: Mike Adams was a doer of the word Michael Scott “Mike” Adams was a brilliant professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He was an unapologetic conservative who wrote prolifically and fought valiantly against the forces of political correctness and pure evil. He advocated with unbridled passion on behalf of the unborn. He trained his sharp tongue and prolific pen on radical feminists, campus liberals, racial demagogues, domestic terrorists and tyrants for more than two decades. Adams taught and led by example. In his books, columns and speeches across the country, he spoke truths — and he embraced The Truth. He died tragically and unexpectedly last weekend. The conservative movement and America the beautiful are worse off without his bright and unrelenting light. News stories revealed that the 55-year-old academic and author was found dead of a reported gunshot wound on July 23 in his home in North Carolina. A worried neighbor had called police after receiving no responses from him for several days, during which he reportedly had been “stressed” and acting in an “erratic” manner. The best way I can honor him is to commemorate how he lived, not how he died. Adams was a convert to Christianity who was a “doer of the word,” as James 1:22 counsels us to be, and not just a “hearer.” As a family obituary put it, “(A)fter seeing the mistreatment of prisoners
while doing criminology research in a South American prison, Mike realized that there must be an objective standard of good by which we could make sense of evil and injustice. This helped lead him to Christianity, which dramatically changed his outlook.” For 12 years, he mentored an estimated 15,000 students at Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In those s u m m e r seminars (and elsewhere at universities nationw ide as well as on TV), the smiling and boyishly handsome professor MICHELLE taught stuMALKIN dents about the First Amendment and “fought fiercely to preserve the right to free speech for every American,” Summit leaders wrote last week. “He was a soldier and a friend who was bold, committed to truth, and deeply invested in his students’ success. Because of his stand for human life, untold numbers of babies have been saved. Because of his stand for free speech, many freedoms that were being lost have been strengthened.” Mike was forced to defend his own free speech rights in court and prevailed in a landmark discrimination case against his university, which was supposed to be a bas-
tion of tolerance and free thought. His government-funded employer denied him promotions, despite rave reviews from students, as he became more emboldened and outspoken about his social conservative views. University officials admonished him to be less “caustic” in his expression and more “cerebral.” Translation: Stop being so relatably articulate and never, ever joke about liberal sacred cows! His government employers argued that his columns on academic freedom, civil rights, campus culture, sex, feminism, abortion, homosexuality, religion and morality should not be protected by the First Amendment. A jury disagreed and Mike ultimately prevailed on appeal to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court with legal representation from the Alliance Defending Freedom. The school was set to cough up a half-million-dollar settlement just before his death. The case had dragged on for seven years and certainly took an emotional and psychological toll as he battled viewpoint discrimination and retaliation. It’s not easy to be smeared, harassed, threatened and lied about daily by colleagues, students, administrators, neighbors and the media — all while maintaining a public “happy warrior” stance. Yet, Mike soldiered on. He was a compatriot and friend, whom I was honored to share the stage with many times over the years. We were not especially close but were kindred spirits who always greeted each other with
warm smiles and hugs when our travels brought us together. Like me, he found respite in music. (He played guitar; I play piano.) His friend Lisa De Pasquale told me: “In our late-night chats, we were more likely to be talking about Rush the band than Rush Limbaugh. I will miss hearing him play guitar into the phone as he sat on his porch in the evenings.” Mike and I were also both enthusiastic climbers of the Manitou Incline, an extreme 2,800-stair trail that gains 2,000 feet of elevation over less than a mile on abandoned railroad tracks in the shadow of Pikes Peak. He likened physical training for the Incline to digging out of spiritual decline. In both cases, he reflected, “I had to step out of my comfort zone.” I deeply regret that we will not be able to climb the Incline together, but when I’m at the top, he will forever be in my thoughts and prayers. Two of his favorite verses that he recommended to students will also stay with me — James 4:17, which states, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin,” and Hebrews 13:5, which reminds us that God “will never leave you nor forsake you.” Of the latter, Professor Adams urged students: “Remember when you read that verse that, quite literally, nothing else in life matters.” Amen and rest in peace, dear warrior. Michelle Malkin’s email address is MichelleMalkinInvestigates@protonmail. com.
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MINDEN LION’S CLUB
Lion Sherrie T. McMurray to speak at upcoming Lion’s Club Sherrie was born and raised
Tamer, Board member, Mem-
times. She has received from dif-
in Franklin Parish and has resid-
bership Chairman, and is a two
ferent International Lions Presi-
ed in Webster Parish all of her
time Past President. This year she
married life. She is married to
is 1s Vice President and will be
Tommy McMurray and they have
President for 2021-2022. Also she
raised two children, Joe McMur-
is currently serving on the Cub
of Appreciation in 2013-2014.
ray and Angella McMurray Pope.
Sight Eye Screening Committee
The Certificate of Appreciation
They have one grandson, Preston
for Minden and Minden Evening
again in 2019-2020. This year she
Pope, age 13.
Clubs. On the District Level, she
Sherrie has been a member of
has served as Zone Chairman
the Minden Evening Lions Club
two different times, as District
since 1999. In her local club she
Secretary two different times and
has served as: Tailtwister, Lion
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dents, the Letter of Commendation in 2010-2011. The Certificate
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HARRIS: COVID puts a mask on annual banquet
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One of the most popular local fund raising event, the Whitetails Unlimited banquet, will not be held this year because of Coronavirus concerns.
Glynn Harris Special to the Press-Herald
This organization, only
nobody saw coming nor
participating and thank-
a few years out of the gate
were we prepared for,
fully, we will be able to
since being formed, has
COVID 19.
continue our support this
The ongoing and seem-
captured the interest not
The annual banquet is
ingly never ending Coro-
only in area deer hunt-
normally held each year
navirus pandemic has
ers but has turned some
in late summer but be-
put a mask on, social
heads nationally.
cause the pandemic put
recognition
the skids on large gather-
quarantined virtually not
in the form of national
ings, the banquet will not
only Louisiana but the
awards has been granted
be held this year.
distanced itself from and
whole universe as well. We are having to adapt to a new way of living with no real end in sight. In years prior to 2020, summer was the time when plans were being put together for events that this year are just flatout not going to happen. For example, the inability to hold annual banquets for groups like Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation
Special
year,” he said. “Another
activity
in
which we have been involved with support is Med-Camps which each summer holds a weeklong camp at Camp Ala-
to the group not only for
Will the local chapter
the number of attendees
just fade away and be-
at the banquet but for
come a distant memory?
funds raised. I have been
Not so, says chapter pres-
do things like learning ar-
fortunate to attend and
ident Taylor.
chery, canoeing and such
bama for kids with special needs. These kids get to
and we’re really proud to
promote these annual af-
“We have had some
fairs and have come away
large banquets the last
seriously impressed with
couple of years that has
The local chapter has
not only the number of
allowed us to have left
been financially involved
folks attending but the
over funds to be used in
in other activities such as
air of enthusiasm I have
our community to pro-
providing a wheelchair
seen. It has been serious-
mote the type of activities
for a wildlife enforcement
ly amazing.
we sponsored before the
agent who was shot and
virus hit,” said Taylor.
partially paralyzed while
When the Lincoln Parish chapter was formed, Ruston’s
Glen
Scriber
“Our local 4-H kids are involved in such activities
help make this happen.”
on the job. Even though there will
has put a serious damper
served as president, a
on plans going forward
role he handed over to
competition and be-
for these popular and
his predecessor, Daniel
fore we got involved, the
worthwhile
Taylor after last year’s
number of kids involved
record-setting
banquet.
was not so great because
One of the biggest local
Taylor was set to pick up
they couldn’t afford the
forthcoming this year. It is
summer time fund rais-
where Scriber had left off
expenses. Once we sup-
our hope and our prayers
ing events over the past
with even more plans for
ported them with such
that this horrible menace
few years has been the
keeping the local ban-
things as targets, arrows,
will soon fade away and
Lincoln Parish chapter of
quet on top of the heap.
clay pigeons, etc., a large
things can soon return to
number of kids are now
a semblance of normalcy.
organiza-
tions.
Whitetails Unlimited.
Then came something
as archery and shotgun
be no banquet this year, we are thankful that financial support for these worthwhile activities are
MLB
Rotation reports: Cleveland rolling, Houston in flux Cleveland’s starting rotation is rolling through the early stages of the season. The Houston Astros, on the other hand, are having to make do with a group that bears little resemblance to the one that pitched its way to the World Series last year. Someone forgot to tell the Indians that starting pitchers might struggle early in this abbreviated campaign. The short training camp doesn’t seem to have affected this Cleveland rotation. In 10 games, the Indians’ starters have struck out 86 batters with only nine walks, going 5-3 with a 2.57 ERA. Cleveland had a streak of seven straight starts by pitchers who went at least six innings with two runs or fewer. That was snapped Friday, but Shane Bieber looks like an ace so far, and Zach Plesac was outstanding in his first outing. It wasn’t long ago that Houston was the team with a rotation everybody feared, but Gerrit Cole is with the New York Yankees now, and Justin Verlander has been out with a strained right forearm. Zack Greinke is still with the Astros but has
allowed five runs in nine innings over two starts. Josh James has walked 11 batters in six innings. Houston’s starters are 2-1 with a 5.27 ERA. ON A TEAR A first-round draft pick in 2016, Kyle Lewis made a brief debut last year, and now he looks ready to make an impact for the Seattle Mariners. The 25-year-old outfielder has hit safely in all 10 games this season, including three home runs. He had a streak of six straight multihit games in the middle of this run. Speaking of memorable arrivals: Cincinnati’s Tyler Stephenson homered in his first major league plate appearance Monday night against the Chicago Cubs. MORE OF THE SAME As usual, Jacob deGrom looks impressive — as long as you look past the win column. The New York Mets’ ace — who was credited with just 21 wins over the past two seasons while winning the Cy Young Award both years — has allowed two runs in 11 innings and has yielded just four hits. The result: two no-decisions.
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Brees will stand for anthem, but respects those who kneel NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he’ll remain standing for “The Star Spangled Banner,” but professed respect and support for those who protest racism and social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. “I’ll always stand for the flag because of what it means to me and to honor all those who have sacrificed, who have served and died for our country, and all those who have struggled to move this country forward,” Brees said Saturday in a conference call with reporters to discuss the onset of training camp. “I acknowledge and respect anyone who chooses to kneel or any other form of peaceful protest to bring attention to social injustice and systemic racism that so many have endured and continue to endure in our country,” Brees continued, adding that he “always will support and advocate for Black and brown communities in the fight for social justice.” The 41-year-old Brees, who is the NFL’s all-time leader in yards passing, completions and touchdowns, is entering his 20th NFL season and 15th with the New Orleans Saints. He discussed not only reconciliation with teammates, but also how he has adapted to restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, new offseason training techniques aimed at improving long passes and even breaking his renowned finger-licking habit. “Believe it or not, I’m telling you I have not licked my fingers in four months,” Brees said as he started to laugh. “If I can break myself of the licking-the-fingers habit, then I think that means anybody can break themselves of any habit, because that was out of control,” he added, noting that he wouldn’t just do it while throwing a football but also while turning pages in a book, or any activity that might be more efficient with tacky finger tips. But before he even took a question, Brees opened the conference call with a statement about his introspection since early June, when he became seen by many as a symbol of white privilege for saying he would never approve of anyone disrespecting the flag by kneeling during the anthem. Those comments came while protests were proliferating across the country in response to a white Minneapolis police officer’s video-recorded killing of George Floyd. Brees faced a scathing backlash from several current and former Black teammates and other high-profile athletes such as LeBron James. But the quarterback apologized soon afterward and said he realizes now that protesting by kneeling during the anthem, initiated by former San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick in 2016, was never about the flag. “To think for a second that New Orleans or the state of Louisiana, or the Black community would think I
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was not standing with them for social justice, that completely broke my heart. It was crushing. Never, ever would I feel that way,” Brees said Saturday in his opening statement. “I recognize that I missed an opportunity that day. I had an opportunity to talk about and emphasize the social injustices that exist for our Black community and our need as country to support them and advocate for systemic change. And my lack of awareness in that moment hurt a lot of people.” Brees added that he has had many conversations with teammates since then and particularly in recent days and that they have “reconciled and put closure on anything from the past, and we are moving forward to focusing on the issues of social justice.” Brees singled out safety Malcolm Jenkins, who had been among his harshest critics, saying, “I am a friend of Malcolm. I am his teammate and I am his ally. There are many things that we’re having a conversation about working on together. All of our goals are aligned.” At the same time, Brees emphasized that he is “the same person now that I have always been. ... I’m someone who feels a great sense of responsibility to serve and to lead and to bring true equality to everyone.” Turning to football, Brees said the pandemic is forcing him to consider new ways of practicing leadership and promoting team chemistry. He cited wearing monitors at team headquarters that flash red and beep when one is standing within six feet of another person as an example of how face-toface contact has been affected. Gone are the days, Brees noted, when “you’re all in that locker room and it’s super-tight, and you’re at the hotel and it’s super tight, and you’re having those moments to really develop the camaraderie.” Brees said he was able to travel to Denver for a few days to train with new receiver Emmanuel Sanders, but otherwise did much of his training in the backyard of his offseason home in the San Diego area. That’s where he worked with throwing mechanics guru Tom House on improving passes of about 60 yards. “We’ve applied a lot of different techniques and a lot of training methods,” Brees said. “There’s been some moments of discovery.” Brees declined to say whether he views this season as his last, but he said he put a lot of thought into his decision to play this season, coming to the conclusion that he wanted to remain a part of a team he loves, which also happens to see itself as a Super Bowl favorite. “Fair or not, I think we all agree that quarterbacks and head coaches in large part are evaluated on wins, losses, championships,” Brees said. “I came back for my team and I came back to chase that” championship. “I’m going to enjoy every second of this journey and just value every moment.”
START ‘Em young Glenbrook underclassmen offered scholarships after excellent prospect showcase
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jjmarshall@press-herald.com
Glenbrook’s Hayden Harmon and Maddox Mandino have made the most of a lost season by picking up scholarship offers from the University of New Orleans after impressive showings in the PBR Showcase in Covington. Mandino and Harmon both finished in the top-3 at their position and number one each for the class of 2023. “Hayden and Maddox are two of the hardest workers I know,” Coach Holden Orgeron said. “During quarantine they took it upon themselves to get better. They worked out, hit and threw just about every night at Glenbrook.” Harmon and Mandino are potential top-ranking prospects in the class of 2023, and scholarship offers give the young athletes leverage to be able to have options for choosing where to play at the next level. “Hayden’s fastball has seen 88 mph at times,” Orgeron said. “He turned a lot of heads with that. Before the NCAA entered the dead period, my phone was blowing up about both of these guys. UNO, ULL, Ole Miss and a few other schools were asking about them.” Despite the upheaval of the normal schedule due to COVID-19, Mandino and Orgeron are keeping focus, performing at showcases and featuring in travel-ball tournaments to showcase their skills. “UNO has offered them both,” Orgeron said. Maddox may be the best high school player I’ve ever seen. He plays the game harder than anyone plays it. A true leader, he leads by example and is vocal.” Mandino set the tone for the summer with a home run in his first at bat, and has put on muscle to build out his frame. “They are both great kids who come from great families,” Orgeron said. “They make coaching fun and easy. I’m extremely grateful to have them at Glenbrook and for our athletics program.
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Glenbrook’s Maddox Mandino (top) and Hayden Harmon (bottom) have been offered baseball scholarships by the University of New Orleans.
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On This Day In History 1984 - The Republic of Upper Volta is Renamed Burkina Faso. The West African country was first created in 1958 as a self-governing French colony. It gained its independence from the French in 1960. Between then and 1983, several coups dotted its political landscape. In 1983, a military coup installed Captain Thomas Sankara as the country’s president. He changed the name of the country to Burkina Faso a year later on the coup’s anniversary. 1983 - The Military Stages a Coup in Upper Volta. A military coup in Upper Volta installed Thomas Sankara, a captain in the Upper Volta Army as its president. A year later, he changed the name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. See, HISTORY, Page 9v
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1944 - Anne Frank is captured. One of the most well-known figures of the 20th century and a victim of the Holocaust, 14-year old Frank and her family were captured and arrested by the Germans from their hiding place in Amsterdam. 1914 - Britain declares war on Germany. Seen by many as the decision that began the first World War, Britain declared war on Germany after Germany refused to accept its ultimatum of getting out of Belgium. 1892 - Abby and Andrew Borden are murdered. The bloody murders of the two Fall River, Massachusetts residents in their own home gained media and public attention in the United States because their daughter Lizzie Borden was accused of the crime.
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