TUESDAY THE GIFT OF LIFE April 21, 2015 | 50 Cents SPORTS PG.6 Freedom of and from religion OPINION PG.4 Holli Vining sworn in as LCCA president NEWS PG.2 80 TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK WEATHER I N S I D E today Scattered showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. LOW 63 HIGH Minden High holds basketball banquet P RESS -H ERALD MINDEN www.press-herald.com CONNECT WITH US @mindenph Vol. 46 No. 208 Webster Parish Sheriff's Captain Don Willis checks an outdoor access point at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School, as Sibley Police Officer Marshall Merritt, left, and Homeland Security Director John Stanley look on. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald Minden High hosting blood drive Wednesday PAGE 3 MICHELLE BATES [email protected]With spring here and summer approaching, it means getting out- side and enjoying the warmer weather. It also means the mos- quitoes have returned. The Webster Parish Police Jury has already begun its fight against mosquitoes by spraying through- out the parish, but they say citi- zens can help control the mosqui- to population by doing a few sim- ple things. The police jury began spraying for mosquitoes last week, spraying every night for four hours each night. Although there is no set timeframe they start and stop dur- ing the year, Teddy Holloway, police jury public works director, says they will spray at least through the summer. He offered some tips that citi- zens can do to help in mosquito population control. “The best thing is for people to take care of their yards; no stand- ing water in their yards,” he said. “Birdbaths, buckets with water in them, tires, anything that holds standing water.” The LSU AgCenter also offers a few tips to avoid mosquitoes. Lee Faulk, LSU AgCenter extension agent for Claiborne and Webster parishes, says getting rid of stand- ing water will go far in preventing the breeding of the insect. “Mosquitoes require warm, wet environments to thrive and repro- duce and can be a severe health hazard to people,” he said. “Mos- quitoes spread diseases such as West Nile virus, encephalitis and many others. Steps should be taken by the public to reduce the LAKESIDE ON LOCKDOWN KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE Drill tests school’s vulnerabilities MICHELLE BATES [email protected]The outside doors were locked tight, classrooms were shut down and students were hidden away during a lockdown drill at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School. The drill tested the faculty’s knowledge of the school’s plan and students’ knowledge of what to do during an active shooter situation. It also let Principals Johnny Rowland and Michelle Finley know where vul- nerabilities still lie. “Compared to drills we did last year, it’s been a vast improvement,” Rowland said. Sibley Police Officers Cody James and Marshall Mer- ritt were the responding officers to the school. Following the drill, faculty and officials sat down to discuss what vulnerabilities they did find, how well stu- dents and faculty followed procedure and what could be done to further strengthen procedures that work well already. Homeland Security director John Stanley says drills have drastically changed since the days of Columbine. Law enforcement, school faculty and students are all too aware of what can happen in an active shooter situ- ation. In fact, law enforcement and the schools drill for this very scenario yearly. “Lots of things have changed since Columbine to Webster Parish Sheriff's Captain Don Willis checks a locker during a walkthrough at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School. The school practiced a lockdown drill in the event of an active shooter Monday morning. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald MICHELLE BATES [email protected]A Minden woman is behind bars after she alleged- ly went after the wrong woman in a home invasion. Jimmeka Lutece Wilson, 22, of the 200 block of Deer- field Road, was charged with home invasion. Minden Police Chief Steve Cropper says the inci- dent occurred when Wilson caught her boyfriend at another girl’s apartment. “She goes to the apartment and barges her way in and jumped on the wrong girl,” Cropper said. “She forced her way into somebody else’s apartment uninvited. She’d heard the boyfriend was allegedly there.” According to reports, Sgt. Ryan Barnette and Officer Mitch Hackett responded to the call, and upon arrival, Barnette noticed a female banging on the door of an apartment. When she came down the stairs, she reported- ly told him she wanted to check on the people in the apartment because she’d heard some noise inside. At that time, Ofc. Hackett arrived and stayed with the female, later identified as Wil- son. The occupant of the apart- ment told police Wilson was involved in the disturbance. The occupant told police she’d been dating a man and the disturbance began when Wilson found out her boyfriend was there, accord- ing to reports. Woman charged in home invasion MINDEN CRIME Police say suspect hit wrong girl in jealous rage W I L S O N Spring, summer ushering in mosquito season SUMMER SEASON WPPJ begins spraying, offers prevention tips See MOSQUITO, Page 2 See ARREST, Page 2 See LAKESIDE, Page 3
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TUESDAY
T H E G I F T O F L I F E
April 21, 2015 | 50 Cents
SPORTS PG.6
Freedomof and fromreligion
OPINION PG.4
Holli Viningsworn in as
LCCA president
NEWS PG.2
80
TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
WEATHER
INSIDEtoday
Scattered showers andthunderstorms developing
in the afternoon.
LOW63
HIGH
Minden Highholds basketball
banquet
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Vol. 46 No. 208
Webster Parish Sheriff's Captain Don Willis checks an outdoor access point at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School, asSibley Police Officer Marshall Merritt, left, and Homeland Security Director John Stanley look on. MichelleBates/Press-Herald
With spring here and summerapproaching, it means getting out-side and enjoying the warmerweather. It also means the mos-quitoes have returned.
The Webster Parish Police Juryhas already begun its fight against
mosquitoes by spraying through-out the parish, but they say citi-zens can help control the mosqui-to population by doing a few sim-ple things.
The police jury began sprayingfor mosquitoes last week, sprayingevery night for four hours eachnight. Although there is no settimeframe they start and stop dur-ing the year, Teddy Holloway,
police jury public works director,says they will spray at leastthrough the summer.
He offered some tips that citi-zens can do to help in mosquitopopulation control.
“The best thing is for people totake care of their yards; no stand-ing water in their yards,” he said.“Birdbaths, buckets with water inthem, tires, anything that holdsstanding water.”
The LSU AgCenter also offers afew tips to avoid mosquitoes. Lee
Faulk, LSU AgCenter extensionagent for Claiborne and Websterparishes, says getting rid of stand-ing water will go far in preventingthe breeding of the insect.
“Mosquitoes require warm, wetenvironments to thrive and repro-duce and can be a severe healthhazard to people,” he said. “Mos-quitoes spread diseases such asWest Nile virus, encephalitis andmany others. Steps should betaken by the public to reduce the
The outside doors were locked tight, classroomswere shut down and students were hidden away duringa lockdown drill at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School.
The drill tested the faculty’s knowledge of theschool’s plan and students’ knowledge of what to doduring an active shooter situation. It also let PrincipalsJohnny Rowland and Michelle Finley know where vul-nerabilities still lie.
“Compared to drills we did last year, it’s been a vastimprovement,” Rowland said.
Sibley Police Officers Cody James and Marshall Mer-ritt were the responding officers to the school.
Following the drill, faculty and officials sat down todiscuss what vulnerabilities they did find, how well stu-dents and faculty followed procedure and what couldbe done to further strengthen procedures that workwell already.
Homeland Security director John Stanley says drillshave drastically changed since the days of Columbine.Law enforcement, school faculty and students are alltoo aware of what can happen in an active shooter situ-ation. In fact, law enforcement and the schools drill forthis very scenario yearly.
“Lots of things have changed since Columbine toWebster Parish Sheriff's Captain Don Willis checks alocker during a walkthrough at Lakeside Jr./Sr.High School. The school practiced a lockdown drillin the event of an active shooter Monday morning.Michelle Bates/Press-Herald
A Minden woman isbehind bars after she alleged-ly went after the wrongwoman in a home invasion.
Jimmeka Lutece Wilson,22, of the 200block of Deer-field Road, wascharged withhome invasion.
M i n d e nPolice ChiefSteve Croppersays the inci-dent occurredwhen Wilsoncaught her boyfriend atanother girl’s apartment.
“She goes to the apartmentand barges her way in andjumped on the wrong girl,”Cropper said. “She forced herway into somebody else’sapartment uninvited. She’dheard the boyfriend wasallegedly there.”
According to reports, Sgt.Ryan Barnette and OfficerMitch Hackett responded tothe call, and upon arrival,Barnette noticed a femalebanging on the door of anapartment. When she camedown the stairs, she reported-ly told him she wanted tocheck on the people in theapartment because she’dheard some noise inside.
At that time, Ofc. Hackettarrived and stayed with thefemale, later identified as Wil-son.
The occupant of the apart-ment told police Wilson wasinvolved in the disturbance.The occupant told policeshe’d been dating a man andthe disturbance began whenWilson found out herboyfriend was there, accord-ing to reports.
Womanchargedin homeinvasion
MINDEN CRIME
Police say suspecthit wrong girl in
jealous rage
WILSON
Spring, summer ushering in mosquito seasonSUMMER SEASON
WPPJ begins spraying, offers prevention tips
SeeMOSQUITO, Page 2
SeeARREST, Page 2 See LAKESIDE, Page 3
Arrests for the week ofApril 12 through April 20
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nBrandi Hordemon, 40,100 block of Oscar MooreRoad in Dubberly.Charged with disturbingthe peace
nKendric Jackson, 31,600 block of Long Street.Charged with violation ofa protective order andsimple assault.
nAmber K. Jones, 27,100 block of N. Cobert.Charged with misde-meanor theft.
nTabrintondrazeousAllen, 23, 500 block ofPatrick Street. Chargedwith possession of Sched-ule I CDS with intent todistribute (marijuana),driving under suspension,failure to signal lanechange, aggravated flightand obstruction of justice.
nGrace E. Peterson, 22,9000 block of MansfieldRoad in Shreveport.Charged on felony theft ofgoods.
nSteven Christoph, 59,5000 block of Highway
518, Athens. Charged withspeeding and drug para-phernalia.
nBobby Reynolds, 53,1600 block of Springhill,Ringgold. Charged withone count of possession ofSchedule III CDS andthree counts of possessionof Schedule IV CDS.
nBoss Walker, 33, 700block of Sibley Road.Charged with possessionwith intent to distributeSchedule I CDS and pos-session with intent to dis-tribute Schedule II CDS.
nCourtland Hill, 29, of100 block of RebeccaStreet. Charged with con-spiracy to distributeSchedule I CDS and con-spiracy to distributeSchedule II CDS.
nTraci Flint, 35, 2500block of Old Arcadia Road.Arrested on a bench war-rant for public drunk.
nJimmeka Wilson, 22,200 block of DeerfieldRoad. Charged with homeinvasion.
nEric M. Denny, 34, 200block of Lauren Lane.Charged with simple kid-napping.
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nStephon White, 19,
700 block of Curry Street.Charged with resisting anofficer, battery on a policeofficer, public intimida-tion and retaliation andresisting a police officerwith force or violence.
nJohn Robert Scott Jr.,23, 200 block of PointRoad, Bossier City.Charged with theft byshoplifting.
nTodd Anthony Gard-ner, 20, 30 block of AcornHill Loop in Haughton.Charged with theft byshoplifting.
nDavid Allen Glass, 33,2400 block of ColumbiaRoad, Emerson, Arkansas.Arrested on a warrant forremaining onpremises/remaining afterforbidden.
nJason ChristopherGarison, 33, 200 block ofBelaire Drive, Doyline.Arrested on a warrant ofviolation of a protectionorder.
nCandy Ann Bridges,35, 100 block of MachenDrive. Charged with dis-turbing the peace by fight-ing.
nBrittany Ann McCoy,25, 300 block of MooreStreet. Charged with theftof goods by shoplifting.
nTyrone Nolan, 21, 200block of Weatherton inSibley. Charged with dis-turbing the peace.
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BATON ROUGE — Plansto start moving the piecesof a budget-balancingpackage of tax changes thisweek got derailed Monday.
The Senate Revenueand Fiscal Affairs Commit-tee was scheduled to con-sider a bill by Sen. RobertAdley, R-Benton, thatwould repeal a local prop-
erty tax on inventory. Therepeal would save the statean estimated $500 milliona year on a tax credit tied tothat inventory tax.
But at the last minute,Adley pulled the bill (Sen-ate Bill 85) from considera-tion.
He said there werequestions about the finan-
cial analysis, whichshowed no savings fromthe repeal in the upcomingbudget year. He also saidquestions were raisedabout possible implica-tions on education financ-ing.
"I don't want to moveforward unless I've gotaccurate numbers," Adley
said.No follow-up hearing
date from the Senate com-mittee has been set, andAdley's proposal facesstrong resistance fromparishes and municipali-ties that rely on the inven-tory tax revenue to paytheir bills.
With that proposal tem-
porarily shelved, theHouse Ways and MeansCommittee then scrappedplans to hear legislationTuesday that would scaleback tax break programsand raise the cigarette tax.
Ways and Means Chair-man Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, said lawmakerson his committee don't
want to vote on "revenue-raisers" without the Senateadvancing the inventorytax piece of the legislativepackage.
Lawmakers are trying tofind a way to raise new dol-lars to help close a $1.6 bil-lion budget gap in nextyear's budget.
When Wilson banged onthe door, the boyfriendopened the door, and that’swhen Wilson pushed herway in and allegedlyattacked a second occu-pant in the apartment – theoccupant’s younger sister,not the other girl Wilson’sboyfriend had been dating.
“There were actuallytwo females in the house,”Cropper said.
During further investi-gation, reports indicatewitnesses corroborated theoccupants’ story that theynever left the apartment.
Wilson was taken intocustody and transported toBayou Dorcheat Correc-tional Center on the abovecharge.
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risk of mosquitoes on theirproperty.”
Mosquitoes spend halftheir life in water, accord-ing to a news release.Female mosquitoes laytheir eggs in water or areasthat may contain standingwater.
“The eggs hatch in thewater and the young mos-quitoes will swim aroundand feed on microbes andother small particles in thewater,” AgCenter officialssaid. “Upon transformingfrom the pupae stage in thewater into the adult stage,the adult mosquito fliesoff.”
Here are some preven-tion tips homeowners cando to help keep the popu-lation down:
n Removing any cans,bird baths, old tires orpipes and empty bucketsare all items that canpotentially hold waterwhich is conducive to mos-quito breeding.
n Keeping your lawn cutlow also makes it more dif-ficult for mosquitoes tothrive.
n Chemical controls dowork well on mosquitoes.Repellants containingDEET or Picardin haveboth been proven veryeffective at repelling mos-
quito bites.n When purchasing
repellants, pay close atten-tion to the percent concen-tration of the product assome higher concentra-tions are unsafe for chil-dren. The label of therepellant will give you allthe information you needto know about using theproduct safely.
n For a more naturalrepellant, try productssuch as Citronella, BiteBlocker, OFF Botanical orRepel Eucalyptus.
“Other products on themarket can be used to con-trol mosquitoes outside,but aren’t safe to apply toyour clothing or person,”Faulk said. “Some perme-thrins, pyrethrins andother chemicals arelabeled for outdoor controlof mosquitoes. As with allpesticides and repellants,please read the label on theproduct and follow itsguidelines and directions.The label on the pesticidesis the law.”
He says the easiest pre-vention method is remov-ing standing water andkeeping lawns cut low.
For more informationon mosquito control, con-tact the LSU AgCenterExtension Office at 318-927-3110 or 318-377-1371.
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
MOSQUITOContinued from page 1
Webster Parish Clerk of Court Holli Vining was sworn in as the president of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Asso-ciation Friday, April 10. She was sworn in by Judge Harmon Drew Jr. in Lafayette. Vining is the seventh femaleto serve in this capacity in the last 70 years. She is the second youngest to serve as president and has served onthe board of directors for the Clerk's Association since 2011. Courtesy Photo
Holli Vining sworn in as president of LCCA
Webster Arrest Report
nobody went into thebuilding to now the firstguy reporting goes into thebuilding,” Stanley said.“The first officer on sceneenters the building,because if he can stop theshooter, you save multiplelives. The other thing is toget medical response inthe school as quickly as it’ssafe for them to get in.”
Webster’s Office ofHomeland Security andEmergency PreparednessJenny Reynolds says this isnationwide.
“The new training onthe medical is they go inwith a security escort too,”she said. “It’s for basictriage.”
Stanley says the officerswill first go in to eliminatethe threat and then theirjob is to escort medicalpersonnel.
“We can’t just allowthem to go into the build-ing with no security,” he
said. Reynolds says the one
thing they learned follow-ing the massacre at SandyHook Elementary is thatlives could have beensaved if they’d have beenable to get medical person-nel in behind law enforce-ment as they cleared thebuilding.
“If you can go in andclear portions of the build-ing, and then have yoursecondary team to secureyour first round of medicaltriage,” she said. “Some-times a tourniquet is all
that’s needed to savesomeone’s life.”
“The more often thedrills occur, the better theschools’ are at adapting toa scenario,” Capt. DonWillis, with the WebsterParish Sheriff’s Office, said.
The rules of thumb for ascenario like this, Reynoldssays, is lights out, out ofsight and no noise.
“And that’s what this isall about – shortening theresponse time and mini-mizing injury,” Stanleysaid.
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BATON ROUGE — IfCommon Core opponentswant to get the educationstandards stripped fromLouisiana's public schools,it looks as if they havemore work to do to get law-makers on their side.
Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, failed in aprocedural maneuverMonday to get his bill —which would change themethod for adopting edu-cation standards — movedto the full House without acommittee hearing.
Geymann, a leader ofthe anti-Common Coremovement in the Legisla-ture, was trying to bypass
the House Education Com-mittee. That committeerefused to scrap the multi-state standards last yearand is expected to make asimilar decision this year.
But lawmakers voted61-37 against the bypassmaneuver.
That was seen as a testvote and considered a signthat Common Core oppo-nents don't have supportfrom a majority, or 53members, of the House.
"It certainly is a bench-mark on where we are.Whether we can get to amajority or not is a chal-lenge," Geymann said afterthe vote.
Whether Louisiana'spublic schools should con-tinue using the multistatestandards in English andmath is a contentious issuein the legislative session.Gov. Bobby Jindal hasmade shelving CommonCore one of his priorities.
Supporters say Com-mon Core better preparesstudents for college andthe workforce, but oppo-nents call the standards aneffort by the Obamaadministration to nation-alize education.
Geymann said parentswho oppose CommonCore don't feel they can geta fair hearing in the educa-
tion committee after itschairman, Rep. SteveCarter, was listed support-ing an organization thatGeymann said "mockedand ridiculed" opponentsof the standards.
"The parents believethat the process has beenpoisoned," he said.
The organization,Alliance for Better Class-rooms, distributed stuffedanimal unicorns to law-makers last week that sug-gested many of the criti-cisms lawmakers haveheard about CommonCore are as mythical asunicorns.
Carter, R-Baton Rouge,
said he was committed to afair hearing on the Com-mon Core legislation andsaid he wasn't behind theunicorns. Several commit-tee members bristled atsuggestions they wouldn'tdo an adequate job withthe bill review.
"You will get a fair hear-ing. We may not agree, butwe will treat you withrespect," said Rep. ChrisBroadwater, R-Hammond.
Rep. Rob Shadoin, aneducation committeemember, voted with Gey-mann on an anti-CommonCore bill last year. But hevoted against Geymann onMonday, saying he didn't
think it was proper to side-step the existing processfor vetting bills.
"This little pink andwhite unicorn has notswayed me one way or theother," he said, holding thestuffed animal.
Lawmakers who sidedwith Geymann said thestandards debate was soimportant that all mem-bers of the House shouldhave to consider the mat-ter, rather than just a com-mittee.
"I want the opportunityto debate this bill in frontof everyone," said Rep.John Schroder, R-Coving-ton.
Common Core opponents fall short on La. House test vote EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA
Earl Franklin GormanEarl Franklin Gorman, 96, of Hampton,
Arkansas, passed away Thursday, April 16,2015 at Medical Center of South Arkansasin El Dorado, Arkansas.
The son of Grover and Della Byrd Gor-man, he was born Jan. 15, 1919 in BradleyCounty. He served his country duringWorld War II in the Arkansas Army Nation-al Guard. He retired from the LouisianaArmy Ammunition Plant in Minden in1975 after 13 years of service.
After retirement, he spent his timeworking for Shell Oil Company, tendinghis small farm, and taking care of UnionGrove Cemetery.
He was a member of Union GroveAssembly of God Church where he servedas deacon and Sunday school teacher formany years. He was happiest when sur-rounded by his family and was truly a pil-lar of support and source of strength foreach of them. He lived his life with hisultimate goal always in mind. He has nowreached that goal and will be dearlymissed.
His parents preceded him in death, asdid his wife of 60 years, Vergie Sue Madera
Gorman, and a son, Larry Earl Gorman.He was also preceded in death by hisbrothers, Everett, Edward, and Nolan Gor-man.
He is survived by his daughters andsons-in-law, Anita and Billy Pope of Min-den and Shelley and Ricky Hargett of ElDorado, Arkansas; grandchildren, ErinShaffer (Shayne), Whitney Pearson(Blake), Wesley and Aubrey Hargett, all ofEl Dorado, Arkansas and David Gorman ofHaughton; great grandchildren Jansenand Levi Shaffer and Kyle Gorman.
Visitation was Sunday from 6 until 8p.m. at Benton Funeral Home in Hamp-ton. Funeral services were at 10 a.m.,Monday at Union Grove Assembly of GodChurch with the Rev. Ricky Smith and theRev. Beauford Rash officiating. Burial wasin Union Grove Cemetery under the direc-tion of Benton Funeral Home ofFordyce/Hampton. Memorials may bemade to Union Grove Cemetery Fund5965 Calhoun 94 Hampton, Arkansas71744 or First Bank (Union Grove Ceme-tery Fund) PO Box 8 Hampton, Arkansas71744. To sign the online register visitwww.bentonfuneralhome.net.
Lifeshare Blood Centers will he hosting ablood drive from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.,Wednesday at Minden High School.
Lifeshare representative Mary Joe Hender-son says the goal is to reach 85 units duringthe drive. If the goal of 85 units is collected,Minden High will be awarded a $500scholoarship from Lifeshare Blood Centers.
Henderson says donations can be given inbusses parked outside the school or in the audi-torium, but reminds that guests must check in atthe office when giving inside the school.
Minden High Schoolhosting blood drive
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Religious oppression was onereason many of our ancestorscame to America. They wanted toescape rulers who demanded thateveryone worship their way. InIreland, Catholics couldn't vote orown a gun.
I assumed that because manyof America's founders came hereto escape such repression, theywere eager to allow religious free-dom in America. After all, the veryFirst Amendment in the Bill ofRights says, "Congress shall makeno law respecting an establish-ment of religion."
But I was wrong. On my TVshow this week, Chapman Univer-sity economist Larry Iannacconeexplains that many American set-tlers were just as tyrannical aboutinsisting that everyone followtheir religion: "In the Northeast, itwas Puritanism or Calvinism. InNew York and Virginia, Anglican-ism, the Church of England. Else-where, it was Catholicism."
Only when colonists tried toform a nation, and met with oth-ers who practiced different reli-gions (or none, like Thomas Jeffer-son), did they put freedom of reli-gion in the Bill of Rights.
So what does that mean today?President Obama tells religiouspeople that he supports "the rightto practice our faith how wechoose."
But Obamacare functionariesordered Christian groups to fundemployees' purchase of birth con-trol and the morning-after abor-tion pill. Some religious peoplebelieve both pills are a form ofmurder. Would their presidentforce them to pay for what theyconsider murder ? You betcha.
The Green family, which ownsHobby Lobby, sued, and theSupremes ruled that some faith-based corporations can get anexemption from Obamacare. Butit was a pathetically narrow victo-
ry, applying only to small, private-ly-held companies, and they stillmust hire lawyers to beg for anexemption. Non-profits and big-ger groups such as Notre Damestill must fund what they considerto be murder.
Leftists still assailed the courtfor granting even this tiny exemp-tion. Sen. Elizabeth Warren saidshe "can't believe we live in aworld where we'd even considerletting big corps deny womenaccess to basic care."
Harry Reid said, "If theSupreme Court will not protectwomen's access to health care,then Democ-rats will."
What utternonsense! Noone was"denied access"to anything.
Anyone witha prescriptioncan buy birthcontrol pills atWal-Mart for$9. Are leftistsso in love withbig governmentthat they thinkgovernmentnot funding something is akin tobanning it? Apparently they do.
Hobby Lobby's owners wererepresented in court by a groupcalled the Becket Fund for Reli-gious Liberty. Becket's director,Kristina Arriaga, says HobbyLobby isn't stingy or cruel: "TheGreen family pays twice the mini-mum wage, closes on Sundays,gives very generous benefits totheir employees, and they did notobject to 16 out of the 20 drugs(for which coverage was mandat-ed)."
I say it shouldn't matterwhether the Green family is goodto its employees. No one is forcedto work for them or any company.
If business owners don't want tofund birth control, alcohol rehab,haircuts or anything, that shouldbe their right.
They created the company (orpaid to buy it), and as long as theydon't collude with competitors,they should be allowed to imposewhatever rules they want.Employees aren't trapped. Anyonecan quit. Companies that givemore generous benefits willattract better employees. Thatcompetition protects workers bet-ter than government mandatesever will.
Letting government make somany one-size-fits-all decisionscreates new problems. Iannac-cone argues that religion is morevibrant in the U.S. because theAmerican government has mostlyleft religion alone. In Europe, gov-ernments subsidized religion orset the rules. The state promisedprotection for all but ended upbecoming an enforcer of ortho-doxy. That made religion morehomogeneous and less appealing.Forty percent of Americans saythey go to church every week. InEngland and France, only 10 per-cent do. In Denmark, only 3 per-cent attend.
"Religion is a market phenom-enon like other ones," Iannacconesays, "and when you make thegovernment the arbiter, the fun-der, (religion) operates like a typi-cal lazy monopoly. Incentives arelost. The clergy get focused onpleasing politicians rather thanthe people."
Government ought to leave usalone so we can do as we please,in collaboration with whateverGod we believe in.
Governor Jindal said, "Fiveyears ago today, eleven honor-able men were taken from us fartoo soon in the tragic DeepwaterHorizon explosion off of ourcoast. This year, as we reflectupon each individual who losttheir lives that fateful day, ourhearts and prayers go out to thefamilies and friends of thesemen. They worked tirelessly forcountless hours on the rig toprovide for their families, andtheir work helped drive anindustry that supports thou-sands morefamiliesacross ourstate.Although theyare no longerwith us, theywill forever bein our memo-ry."
“Theimages of oil-drenchedwildlife andmarshes have been seared intoour memories, but our spirit andperseverance are stronger thanever before. As we look back overthese past five years, we haveseen our coast continue torebound from the oil-batteredwetlands and beaches we saw inthe months after the spill.Although we will not know thefull extent of the damage until afinal assessment is completed,response and recovery effortsare ongoing, and scientists sayour habitats and ecosystems areslowly coming back. However,there is more work to do as oilcontinues to wash ashore here inour state – and we won't stopworking until our coast and wet-lands are fully restored.”
The Deepwater Horizon oilspill began off of Louisiana’scoast on April 20, 2010 in theGulf of Mexico after an explo-sion occurred on an oil rigowned by BP and operated byTransocean. The initial explo-sion tragically killed 11 peopleand injured 17 others. More than200 million gallons (4.9 millionbarrels) of crude oil was pumpedinto the Gulf of Mexico for atotal of 87 days until it wascapped on July 15, 2010 – mak-ing it the biggest oil spill in U.S.history. By April of 2014, over 15million pounds of oily materialhad been removed fromLouisiana’s coast alone.
Today, five years after thespill, Louisiana continues to bat-tle re-oiling. Tarballs, tarmats,sheening and oozing oil stillappear on shores and wetlandsin several of the state’s coastalareas. As recently as March ofthis year, a submerged tar matwas located on the East GrandTerre barrier island, resulting inthe removal of nearly 14,000pounds of oily material over thecourse of just a few days. Assess-ments are still ongoing to meas-ure the full impact of the Deep-water Horizon Oil Spill onLouisiana’s coast; however,response efforts will continue bystate and federal workers as longas necessary to restore it.
DeepwaterHorizon:
Five yearslater
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"But he who dares notgrasp the thorns should nevercrave the roses." Anne Bronte
"Some people grumble thatroses have thorns; I am grate-ful that thorns have roses."Alphonse Karr in A TourRound My Garden.
"You can complain becauseroses have thorns, or you canbe grateful that thorn busheshave roses." Tom Wilson inPlants Are Some of MyFavorite People.
Roses are some of myfavorite flowers, however, asmost of you know, I do nothave a green thumb. So I havevery few to show my love ofthem.
We had a beautiful LadyBanks Rose but did not trimand care for it as we shouldhave, so it became a nuisance.So, what did we do, but pull itup. We have transplantedsome small cuttings in hopeswe can grow another one. Andwe'll try to tend it better.
We also have two smallerroses that we set out and onetreasured antique rose bushthat originated in the yard ofmy grandmother, and passeddown to my mother. It hasbeen in this spot in my yardfor at least 50 years. Some-times it doesn't look likemuch, but at this time of theyear it is beginning to put outits delicate pink blossoms.
In orderto havethese rosebushes andenjoy theirbeauty, wemust bewilling tosee thethorns andrealize theyare a part ofhavingbeautifulroses.
A visitingminister, in asking the congre-gation how they saw people,commented on this idea ofroses and thorns. He thenwent on to expound on howwe look at people around usand what we really see whenwe look at someone differentfrom us. Do we see a rose ordo we see a thorn?
This made me start think-ing more about how I look atpeople.
I, like probably most of you,have friends that are very sim-ilar to me. The same socio-economic and racial back-grounds with the same likesand dislikes, and often, wemay toss in the idea of thesame political preferences.
How do we see people whoare different?
When we see someone whoappears dirty and unkempt,do we ever consider that theperson could be homeless? Iwas always guilty of judgingthem and saying, "they couldat least take a bath". That isn'tnecessarily so in every situa-tion, as sometimes he may nothave access to facilities forbathing.
Someone standing on astreet corner asking for ahandout- do we see a personor do we think, if I give himmoney will he spend it forfood, or something else? It isnot our responsibility to judgethis person, but to help insome way. Instead of givinghim money for food would wewant to take him to a restau-rant for a meal, or would webe ashamed to be seen in hiscompany?
Do we invite people whoare different into our homes toshare a meal? Or do we stickwith our tiny circle of favoritepeople with which to showhospitality?
How do we really see peo-ple? As they appear- ragged,dirty, belligerent, begging, orin some way beneath us? Ordo we see them as more ofGod's creations?
That sermon really spoke tome and now I ask myself how Iwill look at people in thefuture.
Will I see only the thorns,or will I look deeper and seethe roses?
Winners in the 2015 North Louisiana District Rallyqualifying for the state rally in Baton Rouge or who wonfirst through fifth place in a subject for which there is onlydistrict testing have been announced following competi-tion at Louisiana Tech University on Saturday, March 21.
Approximately 1,600 students from 18 north Louisianaparishes competed. Schools also compete for the sweep-stakes award in each division. Testing in 49 subjects isseparated into five divisions based on school size.
“The North Louisiana rally allows individual studentsan opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and to testthemselves against their peers,” Joan Edinger, director ofthe North Louisiana High School Rally, said. “LouisianaTech is honored and delighted to have a part in this pro-gram.”
“We are also grateful to our dedicated Tech facultymembers who give their time and effort to proctor thetesting sessions,” Edinger continued. “This competitionhelps the students to develop academically and personal-ly. It gives them and their families something to be proudof.”
The state rally is scheduled for April 25 on the campusof Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Listed below are students from Webster Parish whoqualified for state rally or who won first through fifthplace in a subject that has only district competition (asindicated by an asterisk).
Doyline High School (V) – Civics, Jatavion Jackson, 2;English III, Abigail Smith, 1; English IV, Faith Noe, 1; Envi-ronmental Science, Bryce Taylor, 2; Financial Mathemat-ics, Justin Darbonne, 2; World Geography, Joshua Jordan,3
Glenbrook School (V) – Advanced Mathematics-Func-tions and Statistics, Justin Le, 2; Agriscience II, ThomasSanders, 2; Algebra I, Jemma Killingworth, 4; Algebra II,Peyton Page, 2; Biology, Caleb Dossett, 4; Biology II, Brid-get Cone, 1; Civics, Amelia Christy, 1; English I, Cody
Chase, 5; English II, Abigail Gilbert, 2; English III, KathyMoore, 5; English Literature, Amanda McLemore, 1*; Eng-lish Pronunciation, Bridget Cone, 2*; EnvironmentalApplication, Jennifer Nguyen, 1; Fine Arts Survey, Gra-ham Lemoine, 2; Introduction to Business Computer,Anne Durr, 2; Journalism I, Laurin Clemons, 2; Nutritionand Food, Olivia Dalton, 3; Parenthood Education, Lau-ren Windham, 1; Physical Science, Dakota McGarity, 1;Physics, Marcus Sobol, 1; Principles Of Business, SamMarvin, 1; Psychology, Gracyn Gorman, 2; Sociology, ClaySimonton, 1; Spelling 10, Peyton Page, 2*; Spelling 11,Kathy Moore, 2*; Spelling 9, Amelia Christy, 2*
Lakeside High School (III) – Biology, Chandler Perry, 3;Business Computer Application, Megan Osborne; Eng-lish I, Michaela Gusman, 2; English Pronunciation, AustinUnderwood, 1*; Health, Jesse Ward, 2; Physical Science,Jaidan Turner, 3; Spelling 10, Anna Lopez, 1*; Spelling 11,Katelyn Bowers, 2*; Spelling 9, Justin Barnes,2*
Minden High School (II) – Algebra II, Emme Mayfield,1; Biology; Cassidy McKinney, 3; Business ComputerApplication, Cassie Balsamo, 2; Civics, Kirsten Parker, 3;Computer Science I, Troy West, 1; English I, Kirsten Sib-ley, 2; English II, Anna Tucker, 3; English III, Zack Brown,3; English IV, Katherine Murphey, 2; English Literature,Nick Joslin, 2*; Health, Brawley Andrews, 2; ParenthoodEducation, Cassie Langley, 2; Physical Science, Christo-pher Stephens, 1; Spanish I, Tatum Terral, 2; Spelling 9,Adaja Harris, 3*; World Geography, Mary Clair Booth, 3;World History, Dillon Harrington, 2
North Webster High School (II) – Accounting, EboniHawkins, 2; Civics, Brittany Harper, 2; English I, JessieThomas, 1; English III, Allison Treece, 2; English IV, CassieThomas, 1; Introduction To Business Computer, JakeScarberry, 3; Principles Of Business, John Jacobs, 1; Span-ish II, Abi Shirley, 3; World Geography, Keaton Berry, 1;
Tuesday, April 21 - Friday, April 24
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church will host its springrevival. At 7 p.m. each night: April 21: Pastor BillyHawkins, Mt. Pilgrim BC, April 22: Pastor Ray Jiles, Val-ley Spring BC, April 23: Pastor John Cole, Mt. ComfortBC, and April 24: Pastor Royal Scott Jr., Greater St.Paul Baptist Church.
Tuesday, April 21 - Thursday, April 23
Pleasant Valley Christ Church in Athens Annual SpringRevival will be at 7:15 nightly. Pastor Jerry Allen of Mt.Zion and Shiloh Baptist Churches in Homer will be theevangelists.
Friday, April 24 - Sunday, April 26
The 10th pastoral appreciation honoring Bishop CharlesA. Blanks will be at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, locatedat 329 Shady Oak Ext., in Springhill. The guest speak-ers will be Bishop Kimberly Randle at 7 p.m., Friday,April 24, a musical at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 25, andPastor Rodney Williams at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 26.Everyone is invited.
Saturday, April 25
Eastside Missionary Baptist Youth Fundraiser “RaceTowards a Mission” will begin at 8 a.m. with a Fun Runat the church. There will be a 5K at 8:30 a.m., a photobooth and face painting. Register online atwww.active.com or call 393-6150 for a race application.Prizes will be available for the winner of every agegroup.
Pine Grove Baptist Church will celebrate “AnnualWomen’s Day” at 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be SisterLillie M. Norton of Mt. Canaan Baptist Church.
Excel to the Top (a community-wide youth extravagan-za) for kids age 12 and older will be from 10 a.m. until 3p.m. at the Central Community Center, 5500 Hwy 531.,Dubberly. Free breakfast, lunch and registration withbreakfast/registration from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. Thisevent is sponsored by Marilyn Wallace.
Pine Grove Baptist Church will hold its first leadershipworkshop from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Registration is from 8until 9 a.m. Worship speakers include the Rev. JamesSmith and Sister Rashunda Myles of Galilee BaptistChurch in Dubberly, Sister Rosie Horne of Saint JoeBaptist Church in Rayville and Sister Ophelia Green ofGreater St. Paul Baptist Church in Minden.
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Louisiana Tech announces high school rally winners
Minden High Schoolheld their annual basketballbanquet Monday to cele-brate the accomplishmentsof the Crimson Tide andLady Tiders this season.
The evening began witha speech to the teams byguest speaker JacquesMitchell.
Mitchell, a 2003 gradu-ate of Minden High Schoolwho received his nursingdegree from Gramblingstate, gave a brief speechdirected to the players inthe audience.
He hit on talking pointssuch as setting goals, stay-ing focused, working hardand never giving up.
After the conclusion ofMitchell’s talk, Lady Tiderhead coach Jacob Browngot the awards portion ofthe evening underway.
Brown began by recap-ping the Lady Tider cam-paign, a 16-12 season witha third place finish in dis-trict.
“I was impressed withthe growth of this team allyear,” Brown said. “Theynever quit. They kept fight-
ing hard and it was a joy tosee there development.”
Jazmine Goodmanreceived the hustle award,Sha’Terra Batton the coach-es award, Ashley Shine thesportsmanship award andMarlena Hill was mostimproved.
Then awards were givenout for statistical leaders ineach category before mov-ing on to MVP awards.
Sha’Terra Batton wasvoted offensive MVP byher teammates, ShaWhiting was voted defen-sive MVP, and Tiaga Pughand Sha’Terra Battonshared overall MVP honors.
Then it was time forhead coach Alan Shaw topresent the boys’ awards.
“We went 19-11,” Shawsaid. “It was a roller-coasterseason, highlighted by win-ning our tournament, theMinden Holiday Classic.”
D.J. Elkins was namedfreshman MVP andZikerrion Baker the juniorvarsity MVP.
For the varsity,Kedarrius Walker receivedthe hustle award, BrennanMyles the academic award,Anfernee Red the rebound-ing and field goal percent-age award, Kevin Hamiltonwas the offensive MVP andJ’Larenz Beene the defen-sive MVP.
L’Jarius “JJ” Sneed tookhome overall MVP and toconclude the ceremonyLadarius Morgan receivedthe Ricky Frazier award.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)— Golden State Warriorscoach Steve Kerr likes to sayhis team teeters on "explo-sive and careless" basket-ball, pulling off an astonish-ing play one moment and aperplexing one the next.
Kerr saw both extremesMonday night.
And the better half wasjust good enough to defendhome court.
Klay Thompson scored26 points, Stephen Curryhad 22 points and six assistsand the Warriors regroupedfrom an early deficit to beatthe New Orleans Pelicans97-87 and take a 2-0 lead intheir first-round playoffseries.
"We still get excited attimes and do some crazythings. I kind of like the factthat we walk that line," Kerrsaid. "It's what makes uswho we are."
The top-seeded Warriorsfell behind by 13 points inthe first quarter after astrong start by AnthonyDavis and Eric Gordon qui-eted an announced selloutcrowd of 19,596 wearinggolden yellow shirts. But abig burst before halftimepushed the Warriors ahead,and their defense clampeddown in the closingmoments to put away thepesky Pelicans.
Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Thursdaynight in New Orleans.
Davis had 26 points and10 rebounds, and Gordonscored 23 points for aPelicans team that playedwith more poise and passionthan it did in the seriesopener.
"We just have to stickwith it," Gordon said.
"We're playing the bestteam in the league and we'refighting tooth and nail,"Pelicans coach MontyWilliams added. "Our guysare grouping up on the fly."
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Pelicans fall toWarriors in game 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP)— Tebowmania sweptthrough Philly before TimTebow's return to the NFLeven became official.
By the time thePhiladelphia Eaglesannounced late Mondayafternoon that Tebowsigned a one-year contract,the city was buzzing aboutChip Kelly's latest move.Tebow dominated newspa-per headlines, social mediaconversation and sports talkradio. A pretzel factoryeven made "Tebowing"shaped pretzels.
Some fans applaudedthe move, while othersclaimed Kelly lost hismind. Talk show hostsdebated the signing andquestioned everythingabout Tebow from his pass-ing skills to his faith andintelligence.
"Chip doesn't care whatthe outside world is goingto say about it," formerEagles All-Pro safety BrianDawkins, who played withTebow in Denver, said on alocal radio station.
Tebow will wear No. 11.His jersey already was list-ed for sale on the team'swebsite.
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I still remember thefirst photo I ever saw ofsomeone in Louisianawith a wild turkey gob-bler. Thirty years or soago, north Louisiana hadfew wild turkeys with ashort season and areasopen to hunting few andfar between. Anyone whocould bag a gobbler underthese conditions hadsomething special goingfor him. He had to beeither extremely lucky, orhe was a darn good turkeyhunter.
The photo I saw of a“darn good” turkeyhunter with his downedgobbler was Choudrant’sPete Brister. A scanthandful of hunters evenbothered to turkey huntback then; most of usknew little and cared lessabout spending spring-time hours in the woodsafter a gobbler; we wereon the lake fishing forbedded bluegills andspawning bass.
Pete Brister was differ-
ent. Finding the challengeof outwitting a gobblerenticing enough to huntnot only in Louisiana butneighboring states,Brister evolved into asavvy turkeyhunter, packinghis trusty 12gauge Remington870 12 gaugeshotgun.On April 17,1998, Brister andhis brother wereon a turkey huntin Mississippi.Riding along withthem wasBrister’s teenage sonMike. Something hap-pened that day that is riv-eted in Mike’s memoryand is still is hard for himto talk about.
“I was sitting in thetruck between my dad andmy uncle when my dadsuddenly slumped overand died of a massiveheart attack,” Brister toldme, his voice choked withemotion.
After Pete Brister’sdeath, Mike fell heir tothe old Remington.Following in his dad’sfootsteps, Mike, like hisdad before him, has
developed into anexpert turkeyhunter and the oldshotgun has donethe number onscores of gob-blers.
“I can’t tell youjust how special itwas to learn frommy dad abouthunting wildturkeys and I’m so
thankful he took the timeto teach me what he knewbecause like him, I ampassionate about chasingspringtime gobblers,”Mike said.
Brister could be usinga more modern shotgun toturkey hunt. Guns todayspecifically for turkeyhunting have specialchokes that keep the pel-lets closer together forlonger distances, assuring
tighter patterns. PeteBrister’s old gun has a 28inch full choke barrel andalthough Mike could haveit configured to receive amodern turkey choke, hedoesn’t want to changethe gun one iota from theone his dad used.
“I’ve probably shot 40turkeys with the gun and Iwouldn’t change a thingabout it; every time I goin the woods with it, I feellike my dad is right therewith me,” he said.
The old shotgunspanned another genera-tion last week whenMike’s 18 year old son,Lane, hunted with his dadon a lease in JacksonParish. The gun he waspacking? Pete Brister’sRemington 870.
“We set up on apipeline after hearing aroost gobble and I begancalling. Before long, threegobblers stepped out onthe line in full strut, eye-ing the decoy we had out.One of the birds separated
himself enough for theshot and Lane downedhim. I was so overcomewith emotion I lookedtoward Heaven and said‘thank you, dad’”, Miketold me, his voice quaver-ing.
Lane’s gobbler was atrophy, weighing 20pounds with a beard span-ning almost 11 inches.
The statistics on thisgobbler were not theimportant element of thishunt. Pete Brister hadbagged turkeys with it;Mike Brister had baggedturkeys with it and nowMike’s son, Lane, hadfollowed suit.
The most importantplayer in this story is anold shotgun that contin-ues to make memoriesthrough three genera-tions.
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Crimson Tide take down Falcons at home, 8-0
The Crimson Tide got acomplete game shutoutfrom Trace Francis on themound and did some time-ly hitting to smash theirway past the NorthwoodFalcons 8-0 Tuesday atGriffith Stadium.
The win keeps Mindenfirmly in the playoff pic-ture as the season enters
its final week of regularseason play.
Several players had afine day at the dish forMinden, led by TraceFrancis, who was 3-4 witha trio of singles to go withtwo RBI.
Austin Keough alsowent 3-4 with three sin-gles, adding one RBI forthe Tide.
Gunner Stephens,Matt Eskew, and GavinSmith all had two hitseach for Minden and allhad RBI’s as well.
Cade Coleman added abase hit and an RBI andCameron Morgan pitched
in with a single.On the bump, Francis
was stellar in stifling theFalcons’ lineup.
He went all seveninnings, striking outseven, giving up four hitsand allowing no runs totake the win.
The Crimson Tide haveanother crucial game ontheir hands tonight asthey travel to Shreveportto face the HuntingtonRaiders at 6 p.m.
Also, senior night willbe Thursday night at 6p.m. as the Tide take onFair Park in their homefinale.
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Top photo, Jacques Mitchell speaks to the crowd. Bottom Photo, KevinHamilton is all smiles as he accepts his offensive MVP award. Press-Herald
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April 7 & 14 & 21, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ April 14, 2015
The Sibley Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6pm in the Sibley Town Hall Meeting Room.
Members present were Mayor Jimmy Williams; Aldermen Doyle Chanler, Richard Davis, John Langford, Larry Merritt and Alan Myers.
Mayor Williams opened the meeting in prayer, then led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Larry Merritt motioned to adopt the March 10, 2015 Regular Meeting minutes as read. John Langford seconded. Motiion
carried.
Richard Davis motioned to adopt the March 25, 2015 Special Meeting minutes as read. Doyle Chanler seconded. Motion carried.
No new items were added to the agenda.
Larry Merritt gave a monthly report on the Sibley Volunteer Fire Department including their annual Bass Tournament.
Officer Cody James gave a monthly report on the Sibley Police Department.
Under Oral Communication the mayor informed the Board of Aldermen and those present of the April 28, 2015 Budget workshop. He also spoke of the success of the Annual Clean Up Day, some minor flooding and the possible purchase of a mosquito machine. The State of Louisiana budget, water tower grant and Camp Minden were, also, topics of discussion.
Richard Davis motioned to adjourn. Alan Myers seconded. Motion carried. Meeting Adjourned.
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