The Times-Picayune 08-22-2025

Push on to finish ‘roadtonowhere’

PlaqueminesParishhas wanted bridge over Intracoastal Waterway to Jeffersonfor decades

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

State Rep. Jacob Braud walkedtothe endof an access road south of the Naval AirStationin Plaquemines Parish and stepped from smoothasphalt onto agravel path

“It’sliterally aroad to nowhere,” saidthe Belle Chasse Republican as he surveyeda pile of trash dumped at the dead end. “Would Texasbuild aroad to nowhere?”

It’shere, about amile anda halfaway from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,where Louisiana spent more than $16million on an access road for what was supposedtobea newbridge. Thespan, adream of locals for decades, would have traversed the manmade canal that divides much of Plaquemines from Jefferson Parish. The road opened in 2014. Then work stopped. The bridge was neverbuilt. Now,there’s new momentum around finishing the job.

Trafficsnarls from the constructionofthe Venture Global LNG export terminal near PortSulphur

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

into second place

As the federal indictment of Mayor LaToya Cantrellgrabbed the attention of New Orleans this week, the race to elect Cantrell’ssuccessor heated up, with anew poll showing Helena Moreno maintaining awide lead andattacksstarting to fly at the front-runner

The poll from WWL Louisiana, which wasconducted by New Orleans-based Faucheux Strategies, shows Moreno, the City Council vice president, was supported by 47%of600 registered voters polled between Aug. 8and Aug. 14.

That’s thesamepercentage of support Moreno secured in apair of polls by analyst Ron Faucheux earlierthis year,anindicationthat the New OrleansCity Council vice president, wholaunched her campaign in December and has dominatedthe fundraising circuit, remains the person to beat.

But in ashift, state Sen. Royce Duplessispolled second in the race with 18% of respondents saying they’dvotefor him, overtaking CityCouncil member Oliver Thomas, who came in third with 16% in Faucheux’slatest poll. In asurvey by Faucheux last month, Thomas polled second and Duplessis third. Fourteen percent of respondents are undecided in the newpoll, whichhad a4%margin of error, while5%are supporting one of several lesserknowncandidates.

The results suggest that Duplessis hasadded to his support since afourth major candidate, retired Judge Arthur Hunter,bowed out of the race this month and announced he would campaign alongsidethe state lawmaker. Still, both Duplessis and Thomas will need to makeupalot of ground with votersincoming weeks as the Oct. 11 primaryapproaches.

“The biggest newsinthe pollwas Royce overtaking Oliver,”Faucheux said in an interview

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Bodies found hidden at Colo. funeral home

DENVER State inspectors in Colorado found decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home operated by a county coroner, who told them he may have given fake ashes to relatives who had sought cremations, authorities disclosed Thursday

The bodies were discovered Wednesday in a room behind a door hidden by a cardboard display during an inspection of Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, about 110 miles south of Denver Inspectors found a “strong odor of decomposition” after arriving at the business, and Brian Cotter, an owner of the mortuary and the county coroner, had asked them not to enter the room, according to a document from state regulators.

For years, Colorado had some of the weakest rules for funeral homes in the nation, with no routine inspections or qualification requirements for funeral home operators That has allowed numerous abuses, including a pending case involving nearly 200 decomposing bodies that were found stored at room temperature in a building in Penrose, Colorado, about 30 miles from Pueblo.

A sentencing of one of the funeral home’s owners in that case for corpse abuse is set for Friday. Owners of another funeral home in Grand Junction, Colorado, were convicted in 2022 of selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes

Attack destroys trucks carrying food in Sudan

UNITED NATIONS A drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s faminehit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles, the United Nations said Thursday U.N. associate spokesperson Daniela Gross told reporters that all drivers and personnel traveling with the World Food Program convoy are safe.

Gross said it was not yet clear who was responsibility for Wednesday’s attack, the second in the past three months to prevent a U.N convoy from delivering to North Dafur In early June, a convoy from the World Food Program and UNICEF was attacked while awaiting clearance to proceed to North Darfur’s besieged capital, el-Fasher killing five people and injuring several others.

Sudan plunged into conflict in April 2023, when violence sparked by long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders erupted in the capital, Khartoum, and spread to other regions, including western Darfur Some 40,000 people have been killed and nearly 13 million displaced, U.N. agencies say Nearly 25 million people are experiencing acute hunger, Gross said.

Lil Nas X jailed in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES Rapper Lil Nas X was arrested and briefly taken to a hospital for a suspected overdose Thursday after Los Angeles police say he charged at officers responding to a report of a naked man walking on a busy boulevard.

Lil Nas X, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer and was being held in jail.

Officers found him walking on the normally very busy Ventura Boulevard in the Studio City neighborhood shortly before 6 a.m., Los Angeles police spokesman Officer Charles Miller said. After charging at arriving police, he was taken into custody, but the officers, suspecting a drug overdose, took him to a hospital first, Miller said. There was no further word on his condition, but he was released from the hospital and taken to jail after just a few hours. Video obtained by TMZ appeared to show him on the street wearing only underwear and boots.

He was being held at Valley Jail in Van Nuys, near where the police found him.

Messages to Lil Nas X representatives seeking comment were not immediately answered.

2024, at New york Supreme Court in New york. An appeals court on Friday threw out the massive financial penalty while narrowly upholding a judge’s finding that he engaged in fraud.

N.Y. court tosses fraud penalty against Trump

BY JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

NEW YORK A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out President Donald Trump’s massive financial penalty while narrowly upholding a judge’s finding that he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades. The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership for a few years.

Trump, in a social media post, claimed “total victory” in the case, which stemmed from a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James

“I greatly respect the fact that the Court had the Courage to throw out this unlawful and disgraceful Decision that was hurting Business all throughout New York State,” the Republican wrote James, a Democrat, focused on the parts of the decision that went her way, saying in a statement that it “affirmed the wellsupported finding of the trial court: Donald Trump, his company, and two of his children are liable for fraud.”

The ruling came seven months after Trump returned to the White House, his political fortunes unimpeded by the civil fraud judgment, a criminal conviction and other legal blows. A sharply divided panel of five judges in the

state’s midlevel Appellate Division couldn’t agree on many issues raised in Trump’s appeal, but a majority said the monetary penalty was “excessive.”

A lower-court judge, Arthur Engoron, had ordered Trump last year to pay $355 million in penalties after finding that he flagrantly padded financial statements provided to lenders and insurers. With interest, the sum has topped $515 million. Additional penalties for executives at his company the Trump Organization, including sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., have brought the total to $527 million with interest “While harm certainly occurred, it was not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half billiondollar award” to the state, Judges Dianne Renwick and Peter Moulton wrote in one of three opinions shaping the appeals court’s ruling. They called the penalty “an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution.” Both were appointed by Democratic governors.

Engoron’s other punishments, upheld by the appeals court, have been on pause during Trump’s appeal, and the president was able to hold off collection of the money by posting a $175 million bond.

Donald Trump Jr celebrated the decision by mocking James, who had periodically posted a running tally of the fraud penalty, with interest. Over a post from James in Feb-

ruary 2024, when the tally was nearly $465 million, Trump Jr wrote: “I believe you mean $0.00. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

The five-judge panel, which split on the merits of the lawsuit and Engoron’s fraud finding, dismissed the monetary penalty in its entirety while also leaving a pathway for an appeal to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals In the meantime, Trump and his co-defendants, the judges wrote can seek to extend the pause to prevent any punishments from taking effect.

While the Appellate Division dispatches most appeals in a few pages in a matter of weeks, the judges weighing Trump’s case took nearly 11 months to rule after oral arguments last fall and issued 323 pages of concurring and dissenting opinions with no majority Rather, some judges endorsed parts of their colleagues’ findings while denouncing others, enabling the court to rule.

Two judges wrote that they felt James’ lawsuit was justifiable and that she had proven her case but the penalty was too severe. One wrote that James exceeded her legal authority in bringing the suit, saying that if any lenders felt cheated, they could have sued Trump themselves, and none did. Another wrote that Engoron erred by ruling before the trial that James had proven Trump engaged in fraud.

Erin stirs dangerous waves, moves away from East Coast

BY ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin kicked up big waves Thursday along the mid-Atlantic coast and began a slow march out to sea after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands.

The storm will continue to bring the threat of dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding into the weekend from the Carolinas to New England even as forecasters predict it will gradually weaken. Despite being twice the size of an average hurricane, Erin so far has managed to thread the needle through the Atlantic between the East Coast and several island nations, limiting its destructiveness.

Damage assessments were still underway on the Outer Banks and more flooding could come during high tide Thursday

evening, but it appeared the low-lying islands dodged widespread trouble during its initial brush with Erin on Wednesday

Tropical storm warnings remained active along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia and the island of Bermuda, where residents and tourists were told to stay out of the water through Friday

Coastal communities along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast may see tropicalstorm-force wind gusts through early Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Beaches were closed to swimming Thursday in New York City but that didn’t stop more than a dozen surfers from taking on the waves at Rockaway Beach in Queens. Scott Klossner, who lives nearby, said conditions were great for experienced surfers.

“You wait all year round for these kinds of waves. It’s challenging, really

Russian attack in Ukraine hits American factory

BY SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an Americanowned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year-old war

The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia’s biggest this year and came amid Moscow’s objections to key aspects of proposals that could end the fighting following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its neighbor

President Donald Trump discussed the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday Russia’s Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted “enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex,” including drone factories, storage depots, missile launch sites and areas where Ukrainian troops were gathered. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilian areas of Ukraine.

But in a post on X, Zelenskyy wrote that “the Russians practically burned down an American company producing electronics — home appliances, nothing military.”

“The Russians knew exactly where they lobbed the missiles. We believe this was a deliberate attack against American property and investments in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote, adding: “Telling attack, right as the world awaits a clear answer

from Russia on negotiations to end the war.”

Trump last month questioned Putin’s commitment to ending the war, saying the Russian leader “talks nice and then he bombs everybody.”

In a social media post Thursday, Trump criticized his predecessor, Joe Biden, for not providing Ukraine with more weaponry it needs to “fight back.”

“It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invaders country,” Trump said. “It’s like a great team in sports that has a fantastic defense, but is not allowed to play offensive. There is no chance of winning! It is like that with Ukraine and Russia.”

The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Trump is considering changes to the types of weapons the U.S will provide to Kyiv Russia has fired nearly 1,000 long-range drones and missiles at Ukraine since Monday’s White House talks, according to Ukrainian tallies.

European countries are discussing how they can deploy military assets to deter any postwar Russian assault on Ukraine But the Kremlin won’t accept the deployment of any troops from NATO countries, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that making security arrangements for Ukraine without Moscow’s involvement was pointless. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy to discuss peace terms, Lavrov said Thursday, but only after key issues have been worked out by senior officials in what could be a protracted negotiating process because the two sides remain far apart.

Ukrainian soldiers train Tuesday near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

hard to stay in one place because there’s a heavy, heavy, heavy rip,” he said. “But this is what surfers want — a hurricane that comes but doesn’t destroy my house? I’ll take that.”

Waves as high as 15 feet were expected to roll into the coasts of Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard from deeper waters Thursday night. High winds were forecast to stick around into Friday morning.

Coastal erosion was a big worry in many beachfront communities. In North Carolina, waves were estimated as high as 18 feet Thursday morning, according to local weather reports.

The Outer Banks essentially sand dunes sticking out of the ocean a few feet above sea level — are especially vulnerable. Storm surges can cut through the dunes, washing tons of sand and debris onto the road and sometimes breaking up pavement and creating new inlets.

California to hold specialelectiononredistricting

Governor signsbill calling forHouse mapredrawto counterTexas

BY SOPHIE AUSTIN, TRÂN NGUYEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif California voters will decide in November whether to approve aredrawn congressional mapdesignedtohelpDemocrats win five more U.S. House seats next year,after Texas Republicansadvanced their own redrawn mapto pad their House majority by the same number ofseats at President Donald Trump’s urging.

California lawmakersvoted mostly along party lines Thursday to approvelegislation calling for the special election. Democratic Gov Gavin Newsom, who has led the campaigninfavor of the map, then quickly signedit —the latest step in atit-fortat gerrymandering battle

“This is not something six weeks agothatIever imagined that I’d be doing,” Newsom said at anews conference, pledgingacampaign for the measurethat would reachout to Democrats,Republicans and independent voters.“This is areactionto an assault on our democracy in Texas.”

Republicans,who have

fileda lawsuit and called for afederal investigation into the plan, promised to fight themeasureatthe ballotbox as well.

California Assemblyman James Gallagher,the Republican minority leader,said Trump was “wrong” to push for new Republican seats elsewhere,contending the president was just respondingtoDemocraticgerrymandering in otherstates. But he warned that Newsom’sapproach, which the governor has dubbed “fight firewith fire,” was dangerous

“You moveforward fightingfire with fire andwhat happens?” Gallagher asked.

“You burn it all down.”

In Texas, theRepublicancontrolledstate Senate was scheduled to vote on amap Thursday night. After that, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’ssignature will be all that is needed to make the mapofficial.It’spart of Trump’seffort to staveoff an expected loss of the GOP’smajority in the U.S. Houseinthe 2026 midterm elections.

On anationallevel,the partisanmakeup of existingdistricts puts Democrats within three seats of amajority. The incumbent president’sparty usuallyloses congressional seats in themidterms.

Thepresident has pushed other Republican-controlled states including Indiana and Missouri to also revise their maps to add more winnable GOP seats. Ohio Republicans were also already scheduled

California Assembly member Sade Elhawary,D-LosAngeles, celebrates Thursdayduring anewsconference in Sacramento, Calif., after lawmakers approvedthe first of three measurestoredraw thestate’s congressional districts and put newmapsbefore voters in a special election.

to revise theirmaps to make themmorepartisan.

Redistricting typically occurs once adecade, immediately after acensus. While some states have their own limitations, there is no national impediment to astate trying to redraw districts in the middle of the decade.

TheU.S.Supreme Court has also said the Constitution does not outlaw partisan gerrymandering, only using race to redraw districtlines. Texas Republicansembraced that when theirHouse of Representatives passed its revision Wednesday

“The underlying goal of this plan is straight forward:

improve Republican political performance,” state Rep. Todd Hunter,the Republican who wrote the bill revising Texas’ maps,said.

On Thursday, California Democrats noted Hunter’s comments andsaidthey hadtotakeextreme steps to counter the Republican move. “Whatdowedo, just sitback anddonothing? Or do we fight back?” Democratic state Sen. LenaGonzalez said. “This is how we fight back and protect our democracy.”

Republicans and some Democrats championedthe 2008 ballot measure that established California’s non-

partisanredistricting commission, alongwiththe 2010 one that extendedits roleto drawingcongressional maps Democrats have sought anational commissionthat would draw lines for all states but have been unable to pass legislation creating that system.

Trump’smidterm redistricting ployhas shifted Democrats.

That was clear in California, where Newsomwas one of the members of his party who backed the initial redistricting commissionballot measures, and where Assemblyman Joshua Lowenthal, whose father,Rep. Alan

Lowenthal, was another Democraticchampion of a nonpartisan commission, presided over the state Assembly’s passageofthe redistricting package.

Newsom on Thursday contended his state was still setting amodel.

“We’ll be the first state in U.S. history,inthe most democratic way, to submit to the people of ourstatethe abilitytodetermine their own maps,” Newsom said before signing the legislation.

Former President Barack Obama,who’s also backed anationwide nonpartisan approach, has also backed Newsom’sbid to redraw the California map, sayingitwas anecessary step to stave off the GOP’sTexas move.

“I think that approach is a smart, measured approach,” Obama said Tuesday during a fundraiser for the Democratic Party’s main redistricting arm, noting that California voters will still have the final say on the map.

Themeasurewould have theCalifornia maplastonly through 2030, after which the state’scommissionwould draw the next decade’smap. Democrats arealso mulling reopening Maryland’sand New York’smaps formiddecade redraws.

However,more Democratic-run states have commission systems like California’s or other redistricting limits than Republicanones do, leaving the GOP with afreer hand to swiftly redraw maps.

Judgerules Habbaunlawfullyserving as U.S. attorney in N.J.

BY MIKE CATALINI Associated Press

Afederal judge ruled

Thursday that President Donald Trump’sformerlawyer,Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

The court, sayingthe administration used “a novel series of legal and personnel moves,” held that Habba’s term as the interimU.S. attorney ended in July,and the Trump administration’s

maneuvers to keep her in the role without getting confirmation from the U.S. Senate didn’tfollow procedures requiredbyfederal law.

“Faced with the question of whether Ms. Habba is lawfully performing the functions anddutiesofthe office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Iconclude that sheisnot,” Chief U.S. DistrictJudge MatthewBrann wrote The opinion says thatHabba’sactions since July “may be declaredvoid.”

Brann, aBarack Obama appointee, said he’s putting his order on hold pending an appeal. It wasn’timmediately clear if that meant Habba wouldremaininchargeof the U.S. attorney’soffice. Amessageseeking comment was sent to Habba’s office Thursday.The Justice Departmentsaiditintends to appeal the ruling. Therulingcould lead to challenges against ahandful of other U.S.attorneys who have been similarly installed by the Trump administration

without Senate approval aftertheir temporaryassignmentshave expired. Brann’sdecision comes in response to afiling on behalf of New Jersey defendants challenging Habba’stenure andthe chargesshe was prosecuting against them. They sought to block the chargesagainst them,argu-

ing that Habbadidn’t have the authority to prosecute the case after her 120-day term as interim U.S. attorney expired in July

The defendants’ motion to block Habba, aonetime White House adviser to President Donald Trump and his former personal defenseattorney,is another high-profile chapter in hershort tenure. She made headlines when Trump named herU.S.attorney forNew Jersey in March. She said the state could “turn red,” arare, overt political expression from aprosecutor, andsaid she planned to investigate thestate’sDemocraticgovernor and attorney general.

BY JAIMIE DING Associated Press

LOS ANGELES The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday,marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prisonsince their convictions almost 30 years ago for murdering their parents. Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentencedtolife in prison in 1996 forfatally shooting their father,Jose Menendez, and mother,Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. While defense attorneys argued that the brothers acted out

of self-defenseafteryearsof sexual abusebytheir father, prosecutors said thebrothers sought amultimilliondollarinheritance They becameeligible for parole after aLos Angeles judge reduced their sentencesinMay from lifein prison withoutthe possibility of parole to 50 yearstolife, making them immediately eligible under California law because theywere under the age of 26 when theycommitted their crimes But even if theboard grants them parole, it could be months before the brothers walk free—ifatall.

Apanel of parole hear-

ing officers will evaluate thebrothersindividually Erik Menendez will have his hearingThursdaymorning, followed by Lyle Menendez on Friday.Theywill appear over videoconference from prison in San Diego. The board will assess whether thebrothers pose an “unreasonableriskof dangertosociety”ifreleased, considering factors such as criminal history, motivation for thecrime, signs of remorse, behavior while in prison and plans for the future, according to the CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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Wednesday.“He got in the race late, but he’smoved up quickly.” TV spotsand candidateforums

The findings came as the campaigns geared up for the final two months before the open primary. The candidates have attended a series of public forumsinrecent weeks and are ramping up their inperson appearances Moreno has released aseries of video advertisementstouting her experience and issues she plans to target as mayor.One video releasedlast week shows Moreno holding afire extinguisher in front of aburning dumpster and likens New Orleans city services to a “dumpster fire.”

She hosted local influencers on Monday for an in-person meetand-greet and posts frequently about beleaguered city services from her Instagramaccount as she tries to convince enoughvoters to put her over the top before atwocandidate runoff. She also focuses on her experience with theinner

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exposedbottlenecks in Plaquemines’ infrastructure. With the facility slated to undergo an $18 billion expansion as soonas2027, there’sfresh fears that without anew bridge, the parish’sroads will once again become jammed up by thousands of construction workers.

At the same time,there’s the chance that even more multibillion-dollar investments are on the way.Gulfstream LNGisexploring building its own export terminal upriver from Venture Global. And the Plaquemines Port has said it wants to build anew container terminal.

Gov.Jeff Landry,who has touted Venture Global’sinvestmentasanexample of Louisiana’senergy leadership, told agroup of West Bank business leaders in April that he agreesa new bridgeisneeded.

“When we think about the number of workers that we have to move back and forth, the opportunity exists down the river for further economic development,” Landry said. “It makes sense to have another bridge.”

In July,acommission created by the state Legislature to coordinate spending on port infrastructure listed the bridge as the second most important port project in the state, behind the Port of New Orleans’ $1.8 billion container terminal proposed for St. Bernard Parish. AndinAugust, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Developmentsigned acontract with an engineering firm to redesignthe bridge.

State Sen. Pat Connick, a Marrero Republicanwho represents Plaquemines Parish andalsositsonthe port investment commission, said that recognition will hopefully carryweight

workingsofcity government

It’snot clear how the race would scramble if it heads to arunoff, thoughaccording to theWWL poll, Moreno leadsinhead-to-head matchupsagainstboth Duplessis and Thomas. She would defeat Thomas59% to 26% and Duplessis 58% to 27%, according to the poll. Duplessis, too, has ramped up advertising, includingabillboard visible from the Interstate 10 onramp near North Claiborne Avenue. He has also leaned heavily into social media, using Instagram videos to convey amessage that he’sanoutsider whocan turn the city around Thomas,who has raised the second-most afterMoreno in the race,has issued video segments toutingreductions in crime in New Orleans East as well as economic development and infrastructure improvements in the district Firstattack flies

Advertising by thecandidates has largely remained focused on addressingcity services and quality of life, but in recent days the first attackonMoreno by the candidateslookingtoovertake her also arrived.

“When

Hours before the grand jury returnedCantrell’sindictment on Friday,aDuplessis supporter sued apolitical action committee backing Moreno. The lawsuit, filedinNew Orleans by PastorEmanuel Smith Jr.allegesthatamajor donortothe proMoreno Leadership Matters PAC, WilliamHammack,improperly coordinated on the PAC’sbehalf with Moreno’scampaign by calling her and discussing polling.

Attached to the filing were private emails between Hammack andhis lawyerwhere they discussed sending an emailtoPAC supporters aboutrecentpolling, andwhich Smith alleged included evidencethatHammack planned to tell supporters that aDuplessis staffer had called Moreno a“white devil.”

Duplessis and Thomas spoke out on the suit and the errantemails. Duplessis released astatement Friday saying thatitshowed “alleged illegal coordination” and the “spread of false information” by the PAC. His campaign denied that any Duplessis affiliates called Morenoa“white devil.” Thomas on Saturday jumped into the mix, accusing the PACof“race baiting to

stir up emotion andraise money.”

Hammack said he does not work for LeadershipMatters PACand thatthe email release was the result of a“total screw-up” where he inadvertently copied Duplessis, whose campaign, according to Smith’slawyer,thengavethe emails to Smith. Renee Lapeyrolerie,Moreno’s campaign manager,said “the campaign has not been sued and is not aparty to this matter in any way.”

Pivotalperiod

The recent attack against Moreno represented anew tacticby opponents seeking to cut into her lead. And while advertising and social media will playkey roles in reaching votersinthe run-up to theprimary,candidates have until nowlargely worked to hone their messages in aseriesofdebatestyle forums. At oneAug. 4forum,Moreno touted her experience navigating thecity’sbureaucracy in what she described as the vacuum of Cantrell’sabsent leadership.

“The City Council hasnow become theconcierge servicefor (The Departmentof) Safety and Permits, because there is just no

help within Safety and Permits,” Moreno said.

Thomassought to presenthimself as an everyman candidate, while Duplessis took jabs at his opponents forwhat he called their rolesinstoking discordwithin City Hall.

“Thisisn’t the firsttime that city councils andmayorshaven’t agreed on issues,” Duplessis said. “But we still (used to try) our best to workthrough challenges. When the people see chaos and division constantly coming out of City Hall, that has an effect on the morale of people in acity

The candidates’ musings often tied back to New Orleans’ troubled city services.

“I’ve discovered acitywhere nothing worked but forafew folks who hadpolitical access, or didn’t work at all,”Thomassaid. “Itwas motivation to say, ‘Hey,look:Let’s getback involved,’inpublic policy, in leading this community.”

Several Lakefront property owners’ associations will host ajoint forum at 6p.m. on Monday at the Lakefront Airport Terminal.

Email James Finn at jfinn@ theadvocate.com.

GOV. JEFF LANDRy

when it comes time for lawmakers to divvy up funding forinfrastructure projects.

“We’re headed in the right direction. We have along waytogo, butit’snot on thebackburneranymore,” Connick said.

Plansand setbacks

As far back as the 1980s, residentsand political leadersinPlaquemines have argued that anew bridge connecting La. 23 to the West Bank Expressway via Peters Road was needed to create anotherroute for commerce andevacuations through JeffersonParish

At first,the intentionwas to ease access to Venice, which at the time was amajor hub for offshoreoil and gasactivity but has since been eclipsed by Port Fourchon.

“Thisbridge has been talked about since Iwas kid,” said Braud, 48. Construction on the first

phaseofthe project,the access road on WalkerRoad and Peter Road off La. 23 in Plaquemines, began in 2012 and was finished two years later.Atthe groundbreaking event, then-Gov.Bobby Jindal pledged to support thefull project

It’s unclear why the project stalled after that. By the time Jindal left office, the statewas broke. Still,Gov JohnBel Edwardsmadea commitmentin2016 to finishthe job

In any event,focus turned farther up thecanal toward thereplacement of the Judge Perez vertical-lift bridge and BelleChasse tunnel with anew toll bridge.

Demandfor the Peters Road bridge reemerged withthe congestion caused by thesimultaneous construction starting in 2021 of the toll bridge and Venture Global export terminal.

“What used to be a10-minutecommute became atwohour commute becausethe trafficwas that bad,” Braud said.

After anearly yearlong delay, theBelle Chasse toll bridge finally opened to motorists in March, relieving some of thetraffic congestion. Butthe drawnout construction timeline and new tolls have left a negative feeling residentsand thes

Plaquemines “deserves” the secondbridge, Braudsaid. Bridge redesign,funding When it was designed more than adecade ago, the Peters Road bridge project hadanestimated price tag of around $250 million.

Undera DOTD contract signed in August, BurkKleinpeter Inc. will redesign the bridge from its original height of 100 feet down to 73 feet —the same height thatthe Coast Guard allowed for the toll bridge. The state is paying theengineering firma lump sum of $3.4 million to perform the work. Braud said he’s been told the redesign should cutcosts by 25% andtakeabout 18 months to complete.

On Tuesday,alegislative committee gave DOTD approval to use around $5 millioninfines —levied against thecompany that built thetoll bridge after it failedtofinish its work on

time —topay for construction work on theJefferson Parish end of the Peters Road project. That funding will supplementa$7.4 million federal grant the PlaqueminesPort received in 2024 and $17.5 million the state Legislature setaside in its construction budget.

DOTD Secretary Glenn Ledet said thetotal costof theJeffersonParish endof the improvementsisaround $23 million.Hesaidthe contractshouldbelet by the endofthe year Once thebridge is redesigned, it’sunclear where Louisiana will find the moneytobuild it.Connick previously suggested that Venture Globalchip in.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge,saidat campaign stop on theWest Bank earlier this month that he hopes Congress passes another infrastructure bill under Trump, which could fund the project

Braud notedthat over the past four years, Plaquemines has contributed around $245 million in severancetax revenue to state coffers. The state constitution capped the parish’sshare of those funds at around $1.3millionlast year

“Ifwegot ourfair share of that, we could go build this bridge ourselves,” he said. Louisiana could be on the hook formorethanjust construction costs. DOTD agreed to pay Plenary,the companyitcontracted with to build andoperate the Belle Chasse toll bridge, for any lost toll revenue from another bridge being built within 5miles. The PetersRoad bridge would be 4.8 milesaway from thetollbridge,Braud said.

Email Blake Paterson at bpaterson@theadvocate. com.

subject to “continuous vetting,” with an eye toward any indication they could be ineligible for permission to enter or stay in the United States.

Should such information be found, the visa will be revoked, and if the visa holder is in the United States, he or she would be subject to deportation.

The U.S. also will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday on X. He said the change was effective immediately

“The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio posted. The department did not immediately respond to a question about the number of foreign truck drivers working in the U.S.

Since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has focused on deporting migrants illegally in the United States as well as holders of student and visitor exchange visas. The State Department’s new language suggests that the continual vetting process, which officials acknowledge is time-consuming, is far more widespread and could mean even those approved to be in the U.S. could abruptly see those permissions revoked.

The department said it was looking for indicators of ineligibility, including people staying past the authorized timeframe outlined in a visa, criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any form of terrorist activity or pro-

viding support to a terrorist organization.

“We review all available information as part of our vetting, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after visa issuance indicating a potential ineligibility,” the department said.

The administration has steadily imposed more restrictions and requirements on visa applicants,

including requiring them to submit to in-person interviews. The review of all visa holders appears to be a significant expansion of what had initially been a process focused mainly on students who have been involved in what the government perceives as pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel activity

Officials say the reviews will include all visa holders’ social media accounts, law enforcement and immigration records in their

home countries, along with any actionable violations of U.S. law committed while they were in the United States.

The reviews will include new tools for data collection on past, present and future visa applicants, including a complete scouring of social media sites made possible by new requirements introduced earlier this year Those make it mandatory for privacy switches on cellphones and other

electronic devices or apps to be turned off when an applicant appears for a visa interview.

“As part of the Trump Administration’s commitment to protect U.S. national security and public safety, since Inauguration Day the State Department has revoked more than twice as many visas, including nearly four times as many student visas, as during the same time period last year,” the State Department said.

The vast majority of foreigners seeking to come to the U.S. require visas, especially those who want to study or work for extended periods.

Among the exceptions for shortterm tourist or business visits are citizens of the 40 mainly European and Asian countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program, which grants those nationals a stay of up to three months without having to apply for a visa.

But large swaths of the world — including highly populated countries like China, India, Indonesia, Russia and most of Africa — are not part of the program, meaning their citizens must apply for and receive visas to travel to the United States.

Earlier this week, the department said that since Trump returned to the White House, it has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for overstays and violations of local, state and federal law, the vast majority of which were assault, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and support for terrorism.

It said about 4,000 of those 6,000 were due to actual infractions of laws and that approximately 200 to 300 visas were revoked for terrorism-related issues, including providing support for designated terrorist organizations or state sponsors of terrorism.

has demonstrated a history of improving student outcomes.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, board members approved the construction of a new Louisiana Key Academy The campus, the location for which has yet to be determined, will have grades 1-8 and is slated to open next August ahead of the 2026-27 school year

Before voting, some board members questioned the charter operator’s readiness, pointing out that Key Academy’s campus in Baton Rouge received an “F” grade three years in a row under the state’s school grading system, while its northshore location received two “F” grades. The Key Academy in Shreveport also received an “F” for the 2023-24 school year

“I have questions about allowing a school to expand with these low-performing scores,” said state board member Sandy Holloway who made an unsuccessful motion to delay the vote, saying she wanted more time to review the school’s data.

But representatives for Louisiana Key Academy said that the grading system isn’t necessarily indicative of the school’s success, pointing out that the charter accepts students with learning challenges who are often

already behind their peers and helps them improve. The charter’s ultimate goal is to bring students to a point where they are prepared to reenter a traditional classroom setting, a representative said.

Louisiana Key Academy “is taking students that are grade levels behind and starting over with them,” said former state Rep. Joe Marino, no party-Gretna, an outspoken advocate for the charter “Academically, you might not see them performing at the highest level, but (the school) is filling a need for specialized education.”

The Jefferson Parish School Board previously denied the charter’s application As a result, administrators asked the state to authorize the school instead of the local board

Louisiana Key Academy is a tuition-free charter school founded in 2013 by Laura Cassidy, wife of Republican U.S Sen. Bill Cassidy. It was created to support students with dyslexia, a lifelong neurological disorder that affects someone’s phonological processing, meaning their ability to speak, read and spell.

Students, who can attend the academy through grade 8, are tested before enrollment and receive 90 minutes a day of small group reading instruction.

While a state evaluation of Key Academy found the charter to be strong on many fronts, with the school meeting 100 out of 105 stan-

dards for recommendation, the evaluation also raised concerns about the school having what it described as low academic expectations, noting that the charter’s board members “appeared to accept low outcomes given the school’s student population.”

“School leaders acknowledged areas for improvement and cited general action steps,” the evaluation says, “but responses lacked specificity and depth particularly regarding academic improvement and leadership capacity raising concerns about their readiness to lead a successful school.”

One of the most common learning disabilities, children with dyslexia who don’t receive early intervention may see gaps in their reading and writing abilities emerge as soon as first grade, research shows, decreasing the likelihood that they go on to graduate high school and college and raising their chances of future unemployment or incarceration.

Proponents of the proposed Louisiana Key Academy said Tuesday that it’s crucial to give dyslexic students an opportunity to thrive in an environment where they can receive targeted academic support, and where they’re less likely to be stigmatized by teachers or peers. Many who spoke told the board that Key Academy helped them or their children realize their full potential, pointing out

that there are still relatively few options for parents seeking help for their dyslexic children.

“With dyslexia, you need specialized curriculum and resources,” said Emuni Sanderson, who moved to Louisiana from Tennessee so that her daughter could attend third grade at Key Academy in Baton Rouge when the family failed to find affordable resources

near their hometown After their first visit to the school, “my daughter left saying she felt like she belonged,” Sanderson said.

Bo Sheridan, a Central resident whose son is also enrolled at Baton Rouge’s Key Academy, said test scores aren’t everything to her family noting that despite Central High School’s positive reputation, her child struggled academically and

received only 30 minutes of academic intervention each week. When her son first arrived at Louisiana Key Academy as a third grader he couldn’t even write the alphabet, she said.

“There aren’t currently enough people in the (public) school system to help” the students who need it Sheridan said. “At this school, that’s all they do.”

Netanyahuto push aheadwithGazaCitytakeover

Israeli leader also planstorestart talkswithHamas

BY WAFAA SHURAFA, SALLYABOUALJOUD and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip

Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he will give final approval for the takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining hostages and ending the war on Israel’sterms.

Thewide-scale operationin Gaza City could startwithin days. Netanyahu’sapproval was expected during ameeting with senior security officials late Thursday,but no decision was announced before midnight in Jerusalem.

Hamas said earlier this week that it had agreed to aceasefire proposal from Arab mediators, which —ifaccepted by Israel —could forestall the offensive.

The Israeli military has begun calling medicalofficials and international organizations in the northern Gaza Strip to encourage them to evacuate to the south ahead of the expandedoperation

The military plans to call up 60,000 reservists and extend the service of 20,000 more.

Israeli strikes, meanwhile, killed at least 36 PalestiniansThursday across Gaza, according to local hospitals. Arenewed offensivecould

bring evenmore casualties anddisplacement to the territory,where thewar has already killed tens of thousandsand whereexperts have warned of imminent famine.

Many Israelisfear theoperation could also doom the remaining 20 or so living hostages taken by Hamas-led militantsin theOct. 7, 2023, attack that ignitedthe war.

During avisit to themilitary’s Gaza command in southern Israel, Netanyahu said he would approve the army’s plans to retake Gaza City and hadinstructed officials “to begin immediate negotiations” forthe release of all hostages “and an end to thewar on terms acceptable to Israel.”

“These two things —defeatingHamas andreleasing allour hostages—gohand in hand,” he said.

It appeared to mark Israel’sfirst public response to the latest ceasefire proposal drawnupbyEgypt and Qatar.Egyptian and Hamas officialssay it is almost identical to an earlier one that Israel accepted before thetalks stalledlastmonth.

The proposalwouldinclude the release of some of the hostages in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel,apullbackof Israeli forces andnegotiationsover amorelasting ceasefire.

Israelitroopshave already begun more limitedoperationsinGaza City’sZeitoun neighborhoodand the builtup Jabaliya refugee camp, areas where they have car-

Palestinian women check the

camp for displaced people

riedout several previous large-scale raids over the course of the war,only to see militants later regroup.

The military says it plans to operateinareas where ground troops have not yet entered andwhere it says Hamas still has military and governing capabilities.

So far,there has been little sign of Palestiniansfleeing en masse, as they did when Israel carried out an earlier offensive in Gaza City in the opening weeksofthe war

The military says it controls around 75% of Gaza, and residentssay nowhereinthe territory feels safe.

Hundreds gathered Thursdayfor arareprotest in Gaza City against thewar and Isra-

el’s plans to support the mass relocation of Palestinians to other countries

Women and children held placards reading “Save Gaza” and “Stop the war, stopthe savage attack, save us,” againstabackdrop of destroyedbuildings as Palestinian music played. Unlike in previous protests, there were no expressions of opposition to Hamas “Wewantthe war on Gaza to stop. We don’twanttomigrate. Twenty-two months it’s enough. Enough death. Enough destruction,”said Bisan Ghazal,a womandisplaced from Gaza City.

In Israel, protesters marchedThursdaynight in TelAviv holding bannersthat

read “The people will bring back the hostages” and“How muchblood will be spilled?”

Among thedemonstrators wasDudu Dotan,who said Netanyahu is endangering the remaining hostages by moving forward with the planned Gaza City offensive. Of the50still being held in Gaza, Israel believes about 20 hostages are still alive.

“This way will not bring thehostagesback,”Dotan said. “Every hostage he brought back,hebrought back through deals. And every timehetried to bring themback with military force, he causedthe hostages to be killed.”

Plans for widening the offensive have also sparked

international outrage, with manyofIsrael’sclosest Westernallies— but notthe United States —calling on it to end the war. At least 36 Palestinians werekilledThursday by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip, including 14 who were seeking humanitarianaid, according to local hospitals. The military says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because it operates in densely populated areas.

The Israeli military said it killed several armed militants in the Morag Corridor amilitary zone where people seeking aid have repeatedly comeunder fire in recent weeks, accordingtowitnessesand health officials. Nasser Hospital in southern Gazahad earlierreported that sixpeoplewerekilled in that area while seeking aid on Thursday.Itwas not possible to reconcile the two accounts.

The Media Freedom Coalition,whichpromotes press freedoms worldwide, called Thursdayfor Israel to allow independent foreign news organizations access to Gaza. Aside from rare guided tours, Israel hasbarred international media during the war,in which at least 184 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed.

“Journalists andmedia workers play an essential role in putting thespotlight on the devastating reality of war,”said astatementsigned by 27 of the coalition’smember countries.

By The Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda Uganda has agreed to adeal with the United States to take deported migrants as long as they don’thave criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors, the foreign ministry said Thursday

The ministry said in a statement thatthe agreement hadbeen concluded but that terms werestill being worked out. It addedthat Ugandaprefers that the migrantssent there be of African nationalities, but did not elaborate on what Uganda might get in return for ac-

cepting deportees

The U.S. embassy in Uganda declinedtocomment on what it called “diplomatic negotiations,” but said that diplomats wereseeking to uphold U.S. President Donald Trump’s“policy of keeping Americans safe.” However,later in Wash-

ington, the State Department said SecretaryofState Marco Rubio hadspoken by phone withUgandan President YoweriMuseveni about migration anda numberof other issues

Thedepartmentsaid the call focused on “migration, reciprocal trade, and commercial ties”and that Rubio had“thanked Uganda for providing amodel of regional stability including its valuable contributions to peacekeeping in East Africa.”

TheTrump administration has been seeking ways to deter migrants from entering theUnitedStatesillegally and to deport those who alreadyhavedoneso, especially those with criminal records and including those who cannot easily be deported to their home country Humanrights activists criticized the deportee deal as possibly goingagainstinternational law

REPORTS

Tesla’s delayed crash reporting under scrutiny

NEW YORK Federal auto safety regulators are investigating why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to quickly tell them about crashes involving its self-driving technology, a potentially significant development given the company’s plans to put hundreds of thousands of driverless cars on U.S. roads over the next year

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing on Thursday that Tesla’s reports on “numerous” incidents involving its driver assistance and self-driving features were submitted far too late — several months after the crashes instead of within five days as required.

The safety agency said the probe will focus on why Tesla took so long to report the crashes, whether the reports included all the necessary data and if there are crashes that the agency still doesn’t know about.

Cracker Barrel unveils new logo for its rebrand

NEW YORK Cracker Barrel is marching forward with an ongoing makeover To the dismay of some fans, the chain’s new logo now ditches the barrel itself Or rather, the drawing many have associated with Cracker Barrel over the years. The man leaning on that barrel is also gone, as are the words “Old Country Store.” Instead, the new emblem features a simpler design with just “Cracker Barrel” written on a gold background, which also has a semiupdated shape

“Anchored in Cracker Barrel’s signature gold and brown tones, the updated visuals will appear across menus and marketing collateral,” the Tennessee-based company wrote in a Tuesday announcement. Cracker Barrel added that its logo is “now rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape and word mark that started it all.”

According to Cracker Barrel, this latest look marks the brand’s “fifth evolution” of its logo to date. It was unveiled as part of a campaign from the company called “All the More,” which also advertises some new fall menu items.

U.S. home sales rose in July, as did sale price

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, slowing home price growth and the most properties on the market in over five years. Existing home sales rose 2% last month from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.01 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. Sales edged up 0.8% compared with July 2024. The latest sales figure topped the 3.92 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet Home prices rose on an annual basis for the 25th consecutive month, although the rate of growth continued to slow The national median sales price inched up just 0.2% in July from a year earlier to $422,400. That was the smallest annual increase since June 2023. Even so, the median home sales price last month is the highest for any previous July, based on data going back to 1999.

This year’s spring homebuying season, which is traditionally the busiest period of the year for the housing market, was a bust as stubbornly high mortgage rates put off many prospective homebuyers. Affordability remains a daunting challenge for most aspiring homeowners following years of skyrocketing home prices.

BUSINESS

NOLA.COM/BIZ

Walmart helps drag markets to another loss

Report: Growth in U.S. business activity is accelerating

BY STAN CHOE AP business writer

NEW YORK — Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss on Thursday, hurt by a drop for Walmart and dampened hopes for coming cuts to interest rates.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.4%. All its losses have been relatively modest, but it has not risen since setting an all-time high last Thursday The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 152 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%.

Walmart was one of the market’s heaviest weights and dropped 4.5% after reporting a profit for the spring that came up short of analysts’ expectations, while Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks held a bit steadier following two days of sharp swings.

The moves were stronger in the bond market, where Treasury yields rose after a report forced Wall Street to scale back hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon deliver relief by cutting interest rates.

The report suggested growth in U.S. business activity is accelerating and hit its fastest rate so far this year That’s good news for the economy but the preliminary data from S&P Global also said tariffs

helped push up average selling prices at the fastest rate in three years. That’s a discouraging sign for inflation.

Taken all together, such data has historically aligned more with the Federal Reserve considering a hike in interest rates, rather than a cut, according to Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

No one expects a rate hike to happen, but the overwhelming expectation on Wall Street has been for coming cuts. Traders are betting on a nearly three-in-four chance that the Fed will lower its main interest rate at its next meeting in September, according to data from CME Group. On Wall Street, Walmart dropped

even though it reported encouraging growth in revenue during the latest quarter and raised its forecast for profit over its full fiscal year

Analysts said the market’s expectations were high coming into the report. The Bentonville, Arkansas, company’s stock came into the day with a gain of 13.5% for the year so far, more than the rest of the market.

Coty tumbled 21.6% after the beauty products company reported a loss for the latest quarter when analysts expected a slight profit. The company, whose brands include CoverGirl and Joop!, said uncertainty about tariffs and the economy are making retailers cautious in their orders.

Powell set for major speech

Fed chief to address

annual economic symposium

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON Just three weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke to reporters after the central bank had kept its key interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting and said the job market was “solid.”

His assessment was important because if the job market is healthy, there is less need for the Fed to cut its key interest rate, as President Donald Trump has demanded. Two days later, the Labor Department issued a report that cast doubt on that assessment, showing hiring was weak in July and much lower than previously estimated in May and June.

So, there will be a lot of attention paid by Wall Street and the White House to Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. If the famously data-dependent Powell shifts gears and takes a gloomier view of the job market, that could open the door for a rate cut at the Fed’s next meeting in September

Powell could also stick to the cautious approach he’s maintained all year and reiterate that the central bank needs more time to evaluate the impact of Trump’s sweeping tariffs on inflation.

Most economists expect Powell to signal that a rate cut is likely this year, but won’t necessarily commit to one next month. That could disappoint Wall Street, which has put high odds on a September cut.

Powell’s speech, his last address at Jackson Hole as chair before his term ends in May, will occur against a particularly fraught backdrop About a week after the jobs numbers, the latest inflation report showed that price growth crept higher in July Core prices which exclude the volatile food and energy categories, rose 3.1% from a year ago, above the Fed’s 2% target.

Stubbornly elevated inflation pushes the Fed in the opposite direction that weak hiring does: It suggests the central bank’s shortterm rate should stay at its current 4.3%, rather than be cut. That would mean other borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and business loans, would stay elevated.

“So the plot has thickened,” said David Wilcox, a former top Fed economist and now director of economic research at Bloomberg Economics and also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute. “The dilemma that the Fed is in has become, if anything, more intense.”

Powell is also navigating an unprecedented level of public criticism by Trump, as well as efforts by the president to take greater

control of the Fed, which has long been independent from day-to-day politics.

Most observers credit Powell for his nimble handling of the pressures. An iconic moment in his tenure was Trump’s visit to tour the Fed’s renovation of its office buildings last month. Trump had charged that Powell mismanaged the project, which had ballooned in cost to $2.5 billion, from an earlier estimate of $1.9 billion.

With both the president and Fed chair in white hard hats on the building site, in front of cameras, Trump claimed the cost had mushroomed even further to $3.1 trillion Powell shook his head, so Trump handed him a piece of paper purporting to back up his claim.

Powell calmly dismissed the figure, noting that the $3.1 billion included the cost of renovating a third building five years earlier

“That was just such a classic Powell,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG. “He just doesn’t get fazed. He’s got a humility that oftentimes I think is lacking among my colleagues in economics.”

Powell appeared to at least temporarily assuage Trump during the tour, after which the president backed off his threats to fire the Fed chair over the project.

On Wednesday Trump called on Fed governor Lisa Cook to step down, after an administration official, Bill Pulte, accused her of mortgage fraud. Pulte is head of the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae

and Freddie Mac. Cook said in a statement that she wouldn’t be “bullied” into resigning and added that she was preparing to answer the charges. For Powell, there’s a difficult decision to make on interest rates. The Fed’s “dual mandate” calls for it to keep prices stable while seeking maximum employment But while the weak jobs data suggest the need for a cut, many Fed officials fear inflation will get worse in the coming months.

“There is still a fair amount that’s still outstanding,” Raphael Bostic, president of the Fed’s Atlanta branch, said in an interview, referring to tariff-led price hikes “One feedback we’ve gotten both in our surveys and from direct conversations (with businesses) suggests that many still are looking to see the price that they charge their customers increase from where we are today.”

Other economists, however, point to the sharp slowdown in housing as a sign of a weak economy The housing market remains mired in a slump partly due to elevated mortgage rates, even though sales of existing homes did rise in July Consumer spending has also been modest this year, and growth was just 1.2% at an annual rate in the first half of 2025

“There’s not a lot to like about the economy right now outside of AI,” said Neil Dutta, an economist at Renaissance Macro. “The weakness in the economy isn’t about tariffs,” but instead the Fed’s high rates, he added.

U.S., EU detail trade deal with 15% tariff, but key areas left blank Talks continue on wine and spirits, steel

BY SAM MCNEIL, DAVID McHUGH and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press

BRUSSELS American and European Union officials released a bare-bones account Thursday of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States, but they left blank key areas such as wine and spirits as well as steel and indicated that talks would continue on those and a slew of other important sectors. The two sides said the document was only “a first step in a process that can be further expanded to cover additional areas.” They are dealing with the vast range of goods traded between the two economies in what is the largest

bilateral trading relationship in the world involving $2 trillion in annual trans-Atlantic business.

The 3½-page text represents a political commitment and is not legally binding. It contrasts with the typical format for trade agreements, which can be hundreds of pages long and carry legal force.

The key provisions are the 15% tariff on most EU goods, a zero rate on U.S. cars and other industrial goods exported to the 27-member EU, and a range of exceptions to the 15% rate for aircraft and aircraft parts, generic pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients, with other sectors to be added for goods crucial to each other’s economies. Those goods would face lower tariffs from before President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught.

“The EU has agreed to open its $20 Trillion market,” Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick,

said on X. “The second largest in the world behind the great USA.” He said the deal was “a major win for American workers, U.S. industries, and our national security. Tariffs should be one of America’s favorite words.”

European officials have had to defend the deal against dismay from businesses and member governments at the higher tariffs and criticism that the EU gave away too much. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sold the deal as granting quick relief from the even higher U.S. tariff on EU cars of 27.5% and as opening the way for further negotiations that could exclude more goods from the 15% tariffs. The deal provides that the lower tariff on cars would apply retroactively from Aug. 1 if the EU can introduce legislation to implement its part of the deal by then, which EU officials say they will do.

“Faced with a challenging situation, we have delivered for our member states and industry and restored clarity and coherence to transatlantic trade,” von der Leyen said. “This is not the end of the process.”

One category of goods not excluded from tariffs on EU goods was wine and spirits, which had enjoyed zero tariffs on both ends since a 1997 trade deal. Sefcovic, said EU officials had not won an exemption “yet” but hoped to in future talks and that “doors are not closed forever” on that issue. That means American distillers face zero tariffs in Europe the short term, but also the possibility of EU retaliation down the line, said Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

The EU has suspended retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods including wine and spirits until Feb. 5, 2026.

Crackdownleaves D.C. residentsonedge

Federal agents setup checkpointsas part of Trump’s takeover

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN and JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation’s capital, sometimes asking people for their immigration status and detaining them, as President Donald Trump’s crackdownensnares more residents each day Trump claimed that acrime crisis required his Republican administration’sintervention in the Democraticled city this month, brushing aside statistics that showed the problem was already waning. However,immigration enforcement appears to be apriority, as more than a third of people arrested in the last two weeks were in the country illegally,according to the White House.

Hundreds of federal agents and National Guard soldiers have surged into Washington, leaving some residents on edge and creating tense confrontations in the streets.

Aday care was partially closed on Thursday when staff became afraid to go to work because they heard about federal agents nearby An administrator askedparents to keep their children at homeifpossible.

Other day careshave stopped takingkids on daily walks because of fears about encountering law enforcement. The White House said there have been 630 arrests, including 251 people whoare in the country illegally, since Aug. 7, when Trump began surgingfederal agents into the city.Trump has been ratcheting up the pressure since then, seizing controlof the D.C. police department on Aug.11and deploying more National Guard troops, mostly from Republican-led states. On Thursday evening, Trump visited with officers

and troops at aU.S. Park Police facility in the latest show of force from theWhite House.

“We’re not playing games,” he said

Trumpsuggested that operationsinthe city could be drawn out and serve as a model for others around the country

“We’re goingtomakeit safe, andwe’re goingtogoon to other places,but we’re going to stay here for awhile,” he said

Earlierthis week, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethvisited some of thetroops at Union Station, showing their supportwhile protesters chanted “free D.C.”

Soldiers have been largely stationed in downtown areas,such as monuments on the NationalMalland transit stations.However, federal agents areoperating more widelythrough the city D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged the proliferation of traffic checkpoints on Thursday.

“Thesurge of federalofficers is allowing for different types of deployments, more frequent types of deployments, like checkpoints,” Bowser said.

Acrowd ofpeoplegathered outsideamunicipaloffice buildingatthe corner of 14th and UStreetsNWto protest Trump’scrackdown, waving signsand cheering speakerswho denounced the president’s plans.Several police cars and NationalGuard troops were parkednearby On Thursdaymorning, as Martin Romero rodethrough Washington’sRock Creek Park on hisway to aconstruction jobinVirginia, hesaw policeonthe road up ahead. He figured it was anormal traffic stop, but it wasn’t. Romero, 41, saidthat U.S Park Police weretelling pickup trucks with company logos to pull over,reminding themthat commercial vehicles weren’tallowed on park roads. Theychecked for licenses and insurance information, and then U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcementagents came over Romero said there were two agents on one side ofhis

truckand threeonthe other He started to getnervousas the agents asked wherethey werefromand whether they wereinthe country illegally

“Wejust came here to work,” Romero said afterward. We aren’tdoing anything bad.”

Twopeopleinhis truck were detainedand the agents didn’tgiveareason,hesaid. He also saw three other people taken from other vehicles.

“I feel really worried because theytook twoof our guys,” he said. “They wouldn’tsay where they’re taking them or if they’llbe able to come back.”

Romero said he called his boss, whotoldhim to just head home. They wouldn’t be working today

Enrique Martinez, asupervisor at the construction company,came to the scene afterward. He pondered whether to call families of the detained men.

“This has never happened to ourcompany before,” Martinez said.“I’mnot really sure what to do.”

TheSupreme Court hasupheld theuse of law enforcementand government checkpoints forspecific purposes, such as for policing theborderand for identifying suspected drunken drivers.

But there are restrictions on that authority,especially when it comes to general crime control.Jeffrey Bellin,a formerprosecutor in Washingtonand professor at Vanderbilt Law School who specializes in criminal law and procedures, said the Constitution doesn’t allow “the government to be constantly checking us and stopping to seeifwe’reuptoany criminal activity.”

He said checkpoints fora legally justifiablepurpose —like checking for driver’s licenses andregistrations —cannot be used as “subterfuge”orapretext for stops that would otherwise not be allowed. And though the court has affirmed theuse of checkpoints at the border, andevensome distance away from it, to askdrivers aboutimmigration status, Bellin saiditwas unlikely theauthoritywould extend to Washington.

Newlaw targetsfentanyl

Family members

tout measure’s impact

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

Hannah Pedigo, a22-yearold senior at LSU who is set to graduate in December, stood beforefamilies, publicofficials, community leaders and reporters gathered in Baton Rouge on Thursday

She wasn’ttheretocelebrate her title as Miss Baton Rouge 2025. She was theretotalk about losing herfathertoa fentanyl overdose.

“I can see clearly that everything Idoisshapedby thelessonsofmyfather’s life and his loss,” she said.

She described her dad as “hardworking, empathetic and kind.”

“He ran his own business, lit up everyroom, andnever met astranger,” Pedigo said.“However,healsostruggled withaddiction for my entire life.”

“Let’snever forget that behind every statisticis achild, aparent, a loved one,”she said.

drug, apotent synthetic opioid.

“It is still very hard to grasp that something so small could be so powerful, so deadly andsodevastating,” said Christy Sonnier, aLafayette woman whose 22-year-old son Hunter Clemonsdied in 2022 from an overdose.

“Mistakes that once could be learnedfromare now mistakes that you don’tsurvive,” Sonnier said.

Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Kevin Cobb said the devastation and destruction caused by the fentanyl crisis is unparalleled.

“Whether it’sthrough addiction or whetherit’s through aone-time situation,” Cobb said, “fentanyl, in my mind, it’s ahope-taker and ahope-killer.”

“There’svery fewsecond chances,” he said.

The soon-to-be college graduate was one of several people who joined U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, to highlight passage of anew federal law he sponsored, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, or HALTFentanyl Act for short.

“All of us have been affected by fentanyl,”Cassidy said Thursday,flanked by agroupoftwo dozen constituents, many of whom held portraitsofloved ones who had died from fentanyl overdoses.“We’reall connected to this. It is so pervasive.”

Twomothers and afather also spoke at theevent, sharing their storiesoflosing afamily member to the

In 2023,about 105,000 people died from drug overdoses —and about threequarters of those deaths involved opioids, according to theU.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That year,anaverage of 217 people died every day from an opioid overdose.

Provisional data from the CDCshowsthat in 2024 overdose deaths fell to about 80,000. The majority of those deaths involved synthetic opioids.

Howthe lawischanging

Cassidy’sbill permanently classifies all “fentanyl-related substances” as ScheduleI drugs, which are considered to have a high risk of abuse and no recognized medical use Possession of aScheduleI drug is considered afelony and can be prosecuted as drug smuggling.

“The person pushing the drug would make something that waslike fentanyl but technically,chemically is not fentanyl. They would change it just enough so taking them to court, they would say,‘Youcan’t bust me forfentanyl, because this is chemically different.” He added, “That’swhere I go back and say,ifitaddicts like fentanyl, if it kills like fentanyl, you go to prison like it’sfentanyl.” Some fentanyl-related substances had been listed as Schedule Idrugs on a temporary basis since 2018, andthe classificationwas set to expire earlier this year.The HALTFentanyl Act makes the classification permanent forall fentanylrelated substances. The Schedule Iclassification makes it easier for prosecutors to build cases against traffickers.

President Donald Trump signed the HALTFentanyl Act into law last month at aceremony in Washington where Cassidy and Gov. Jeff Landry were in attendance.

On Thursday,Cassidy lauded Trump for his work to crack downonfentanyl, saying that the president’s support of his bill, shutting down the southern border, and using tariffs to push Mexico andChinatotake strongeractionagainst production andtrafficking have all been effective.

“The president is taking this on, and he’smade it a priority,” Cassidy said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Email Alyse Pfeil at alyse.pfeil@theadvocate. com.

Fentanyl, in contrast, is a Schedule II drug, aclassification that indicates ahigh risk of abuse but that it also hasanacceptedmedical use. Fentanyl-related substances are structurally relatedtofentanyl but have been modified slightly Asked how the drug classificationchange helps combat fentanyl trafficking, Cassidy explained:

Ex-aidetoN.Y.mayor among7facingnew charges

Womanamong targetsin corruption probe

BY JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press

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Eric Adams was hit Thursday with asecond wave of briberycharges, with prosecutors alleging she exchanged political favors for cash, home renovationsand aspeaking role on aTVshow

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Adams’ closest confidantand former chiefofstaff, was among seven people indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’sOffice in asweeping expansion of acorruption probethathas dogged the mayor’sadministrationfor two years.

“If you were willing to pay, Ms. Lewis-Martin was open for business,” prosecutor Guy Tardanico said in court.

Adamshimself hasnot been charged and isn’ta target, prosecutors said, but the case thrusts corruption allegations backinto focusas the Democrat tries to regain voters’ trust ahead of acontested November election.

Lewis-Martin resigned last December before her indictment in aseparate case in which she and her son are accused of taking bribes in exchange forspeedy approval of construction projects. They havepleaded not guilty in that case,and it is

still pending. Lewis-Martin has continued to volunteer for the Adams campaign while awaiting trial. Her attorney,Arthur Aidala, vowed to fight thenew charges, saying, “This is not justice —itisadistortion of the truth and atroubling exampleofpolitically motivated ‘lawfare.’”

Lewis-Martin andthe other defendants —including a former statelawmakerand theowners of aBrooklyn film and TV studio —pleaded notguilty and were released without bail

Lewis-Martin now faces four additionalindictments on charges of conspiracy and bribe receiving, in aseries of allegations thatManhattan District AttorneyAlvin Braggdescribed as “classic bribery conspiracies that hadadeep andwide-ranging impact on city government.”

In onecase, prosecutors say Lewis-Martin pushed the city to nix aplanned bike lane redesign of astreet near asoundstage studio owned by twoofAdams’ political donors, siblings Tony and GinaArgento. In exchange, Lewis-Martin received perks including moneyand a speaking role on the TV show “Godfather of Harlem,” which starsForest Whitaker and is filmedatthe Argentos’ Broadway Stages Tony Argento also promised to be her “agent” and get her more roles on that show and the police drama “Blue Bloods,” courtpaperssay TheArgentos,who both pleadednot guilty, generated headlines for bankroll-

ingthe campaign against the street’sredesign,which the city had vowed to do after a string of pedestrianfatalities. Adams’ administration halted the project in 2023, yearsinto itsdevelopment, amid opposition from both business leaders and LewisMartin.

Then, just days after investigators seized LewisMartin’sdevices last year, the city reversed itself, agreeing to addtraffic-calmingmeasures anda bike lane favored by activists.

Lewis-Martin is also accused of steering shelter contracts towarddeals that benefited developer Tian Ji Li, who is alsocharged and pleaded not guilty.

In a2024conversation with former state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, whooversaw real estatefor city agencies,prosecutors allegeshe told him: “whatever site TJ wants,Ineed him to get them. Because that’sour people,” punctuating the last statement withanexpletive. In alater call, Hamiltonallegedly assuredher: “TJ, he’s, he’sfirst. He’sfirst in line.”

Lewis-Martin also pressed city officials to expedite approvals for akaraoke bar Li was building.

In 2023, prosecutors said, Li transferred more than $50,000 he’d received as part of ashelter contract to the karaoke bar,and then wired

around the same amount to Lewis-Martin’sson, Glenn D. Martin, who is also charged and pleaded not guilty

Hamilton is not charged in that incident, but is charged alongside Lewis-Martin for helping developerYechiel Landau in exchange forrenovations on aproperty she owned, as well as Hamilton’s home.

Landau and Hamilton both pleaded notguilty. Amayor’s officespokespersonsaid Hamilton has resigned from his position with the city

The new indictments could add to political headwinds already facing the mayor, whose own indictment on federal bribery charges wasabandoned by President

Donald Trump’sadministration earlier this year

The scandals have weakened Adams and opened the door to challengers in the upcoming election, including the Democratic primary winner,Zohran Mamdani, and former Gov.Andrew Cuomo. Adamsisrunning as an independent, claiming the casebrought against him in whichhewas accused of acceptingbribesand travel perks from foreign interests —prevented him from campaigning in the primary Those chargeswere dismissed in April following an extraordinary intervention by U.S. Justice Department officials, who said the case wasimpeding Adamsfrom assistinginTrump’s immigration crackdown. In the months since, the status of other federal probes linked to Adams’ key allies, including his former police commissioner and several deputy mayors, has remained uncertain. The new charges were brought by Bragg, who prosecuted Trump last year andwho is also running forreelection. Aspokespersonfor Adams’ campaign, Todd Shapiro,saidAdams “hasnot beenaccusedofany wrongdoing” and though LewisMartin no longer works for his administration,“she has been afriend and colleague of the mayor for over 40 years, and he knowsher as a devoted public servant.” Federal prosecutors last week wrapped up their two remaining Adams-related cases.

BY MICHAEL CASEY, HOLLYRAMER and MATT SLOCUM Associated Press

VILLANOVA,Pa. False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to panic and temporary lockdowns at the two campuses as they kicked off their fall semesters

In Pennsylvania someone called 911 at about 4:30 p.m reporting ashooterina Villanova law school building with at least one wounded victim. Students received texts from the school’salert

system saying “ACTIVE SHOOTER on VU campus. Move to securelocation. Lock/barricade doors.”

Theschool’spresidentlater said it was ahoax

“Today,as we arecelebratingOrientation Mass to welcomeour newestVillanovans and their families to our community, panic andterror ensued,” the Rev Peter M. Donohue said in a statement.“Mercifully,no one was injured andwenow know it was acruel hoax.”

About four hours earlier, the Universityof Tennessee at Chattanoogalocked down its campus, telling students: “Possibleactive shooter in

theUniversityCenter or Library.Run.Hide. Fight. More info forthcoming.”

After multiplelaw enforcement agencies including the FBIresponded alongside local fireand emergency crews, the lockdown was lifted less than an hour later.School officials said there was no evidence of any threat.

At Villanova, where new student orientation was underway andclasses begin next week, acall came in reporting aman withan AR-15-style weapon, Delaware County spokesperson Michael Connolly said in astatement. There were

Pope’s firstinternational trip couldbetoLebanon,cardinalsays

By The Associated Press

ROME PopeLeo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, thecountry’sCatholic cardinalsaid, atrip that would give history’sfirst American pope achanceto speak in broad terms about peace inthe Middle East and the plight of Christians there.

Avisit to Lebanon couldbe the second leg of aplanned

visittoTurkey at the endof November to commemorate an important anniversary with the OrthodoxChurch.

CardinalBécharaBoutros

Raï, the patriarch of the LebaneseMaronite faithful, told the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV that Leo “will visitLebanon.”

“It’s unclear to be honest when hewill visit, but he will visit anytime from nowuntil December,” thecardinal said

when asked aboutapossible visit. “There needstobean agreement from the Vatican on when the visit will happen. But there arepreparations for thevisit, but it’sunclear until the Vatican’sannouncement.”

Leo, like his predecessor Pope Francis,has consistently called for peace and dialogue in the Middle East, especially as Israel’soffensive ragesoninGaza.

also“multiple” calls with gunshot-like sounds in the background, andabout 30 minutes after the initial call, someonecalled to reporta gunshot wound. The initial report sent policescouring the campus andevenhad somelaw enforcement officials suggesting they believed there was ashooter “I know today was every parent’snightmare and every student’sbiggest fear,” Pennsylvania Gov.Josh

Higgins wants N.O. health agency defunded

Social media post promoted COVID vaccination for children

BY EMILY WOODRUFF

Staff writer

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, said Wednesday he will seek to strip federal funding from the New Orleans Health Department following a social media post about COVID-19 immunizations for children.

The department shared a mes-

sage from the American Academy of Pediatrics, a professional organization representing 67,000 physicians nationwide. The group released its updated recommendations Tuesday for vaccines, including COVID-19 shots for infants and children under 2, which is a departure from the current recommendations from the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention.

In response, Higgins criticized both the agency and the Academy

“State sponsored weakening of the citizenry, absolute injury to our children and calculated decline of fertility,” Higgins wrote on X. “The New Orleans Health Department whoever the hell they are should be 100% defunded, along

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with the American Academy of Pediatrics. I will immediately pursue restriction of every federal penny that might make its way to this soon-tobe writhing band of sorcerers.”

Dr Jennifer Avegno, who leads the city’s health department, said the agency would continue to

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provide vaccine information to residents.

“The health department has a responsibility to provide evidencebased information to our community, and for decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics has provided evidence-based vaccination recommendations,” Avegno said.

“We want to make sure that our community has access to those and

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BY JONI HESS Staff writer

LSU will give up its stake in the Edward Wisner Trust and accept a $5 million one-time payment under a deal the New Orleans City Council approved Thursday moving city government closer to full ownership of the oil-rich land that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits.

The council unanimously approved $5 million in capital bonds Thursday for “capital expenditures consistent with LSU Downtown plans,” according to the council’s resolution.

The city owns oil-rich land in Port Fourchon that generates between $7 million and $13 million in annual revenue. A century-old deal that splits the cash between New Orleans’ government, the heirs of philanthropist Ed Wisner, LSU, Tulane and others expired in 2014, and the council

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Real estate broker Dorian Bennett dies

Renowned French Quarter agent was 72

BY ANTHONY McAULEY Staff writer

Dorian Bennett, a French Quarter real estate agent known for many years as a “broker to the stars” and who was also deeply steeped in the arts and cultural life of his adopted city died on Aug. 9

His death was the result of a long battle with cancer, according to his daughter, Delia Bennett. He was 72.

“He was a French Quarter real estate legend, you could safely say,” Michael Wilkinson, a Realtor at French Quarter Real Estate, said of Bennett, describing him as both a rival and inspiration. “When I started out in the 1980s, he was by far the top person in the French Quarter.” Born in Hammond in modest

circumstances, Bennett made his way to Tulane University, where he studied fine arts and Russian history He had a lifelong love of the arts and, according to his daughter, and was determined to find a way to make money to fund that passion.

After brief and disappointing stints selling insurance and teaching, he fell into real estate through a friendship he had struck up in the late 1970s with playwright Tennessee Williams, who had called New Orleans his “spiritual home” for much of his career

When Williams died in 1983, Bennett was involved in settling the late writer’s estate, which included a house on Dumaine Street From there he quickly developed a reputation as the go-to broker in the old quarter, and later for historic properties across the New Orleans metro area.

Bennett combined his zeal for real estate deals with a deep passion for architecture and the arts generally, Delia Bennett said, noting the preservation award he received for restoring his early 19thcentury Marigny office and residence in the historic “Bend of Bourbon Street.”

Celebrity clients included the director Taylor Hackford and his wife, British actress Helen Mirren; Harry Connick Sr and Harry Connick Jr.; John Goodman; Nicholas Cage; and Jimmy Buffett.

“He was an aggressive broker and salesman and had a slew of clients from coast to coast,” said David Abner Smith, who worked with Bennett for two decades and took over his Sotheby’s International franchise five years ago.

“He could talk the talk and enjoyed the talk in that arts and en-

Former Louisiana gym coach accused of sex abuse

He had previously worked at Prairieville facility

BY CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT

Staff writer

A former gymnastics coach who once worked at a Prairieville gym has been arrested in connection with allegedly producing child sex abuse images in Mississippi, prompting the FBI to ask any Louisiana victims to contact the agency Sean Gardner is charged with producing child sexual abuse images at a Mississippi gym, according to an Aug. 14 criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. An affidavit written by an agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau

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is aware of them so that they can have the conversations that they need to have with their doctors.” Higgins, who represents Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District, has been a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccines and public health mandates. It remains unclear what steps he might take to advance his defunding proposal in Congress. His office did not respond to a request for comment.

The New Orleans Health Department is funded largely through federal grants. The agency supports a vast number of services in the city: maternal and child health care, immunizations, HIV and STD programs, behavioral health support, antihunger programs, housing safety and violence prevention It also is the agency in charge of coordinating the city’s response to hurricanes, heat waves and disease outbreaks.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended COVID-19 vaccination for all children ages 6

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the trust and take a single $5 million payment. The city’s annual proceeds will double, from $3.5 million to about $6 million, council member Joe Giarrusso said Thursday The city’s proceeds have long been awarded to nonprofit organizations. Council members said they plan to use $2 million in extra cash to boost the annual payout of the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, which supports nonprofits focused on housing, youth programming and other issues It’s unclear how the remaining $500,000 will be used.

“Mr Wisner wanted this money to go to the city of NOLA to support the future of our city and what better way to do so than provide resources for organizations that are out there,” said council member Eugene Green. The Cantrell administration did not immediately return a request for comment. Cantrell, the heirs and the council have been embroiled in a court fight over the Wisner trust since at least 2022, two years after Cantrell

of Investigation attached to the complaint also alleges he sexually abused gymnasts at an Iowa gym starting in 2018.

Gardner worked at the Athletes

In Motion gym in Prairieville between 2004 and 2014, the FBI said in a news release. The FBI said it believes he may have targeted children at the facility and asked victims to share information with the bureau.

An attorney for Gardner was not listed in court records. Athletes in Motion addressed the situation in a Facebook post Wednesday

“We are not aware of the details of the investigation and this individual has not been employed by our facility in over 10 years. We are cooperating with the authorities, and we will continue to do so,” the post stated.

“Athlete safety is a priority at

to 23 months on Tuesday, based on data that infants and toddlers face the highest risk for severe illness and should be prioritized. For children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, the Academy advised vaccination for those who are at higher risk or unvaccinated, while also supporting access for any family that wants their child protected.

“We extensively reviewed the most recently available data about COVID-19 risks in kids, as well as safety and effectiveness of available COVID-19 vaccines,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases. “It’s clear they are very safe for all populations. Among the reasons we decided to move to a risk-based recommendation for healthy older children is the fact that the hospitalization rate for young children and children with underlying medical conditions remains high, in line with rates for many of the other vaccinepreventable diseases for which we vaccinate.”

The AAP recommendations typically align closely with the CDC. But in May, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced major

extended indefinitely a century-old agreement that split the oil proceeds between the city and numerous recipients. Though the trust had been operating under a more transparent process, with nonprofits required to go through a public application process and the payments approved by the council, the mayor moved in 2020 to divvy out Wisner payments at her discretion without council approval. The courts have since required her to involve the council before doling out the cash.

InMay CivilDistrictCourtJudge Kern Reese named New Orleans as the sole benefactor, seemingly putting an end to the scuffle. But the heirs, joined by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, have since appealed, baffling council members who say potentially reducing the city’s proceeds does little to benefit the city Cantrell has declined comment on her motivations.

Council members also say the appeal prolongs a costly court battle, as the city faces a potential $100 million deficit that stems from security and labor costs associated with the Jan. 1 Bourbon Street attack, an overestimation of 2024 property taxes and pending lawsuits.

tertainment world,” Smith said. He would often use the proceeds of his business success to add to his art collection, which contained “everything from weird to wow,” according to Smith.

In his early 50s, Bennett was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fastgrowing, aggressive, and deadly type of brain tumor, and was given just weeks to live. But he survived for another two decades after joining clinical trials at MD Anderson, the cancer center in Houston, which has noted him as one of its longest-lived patients after such a diagnosis.

“He is literally a medical miracle, and he sometimes struggled with the weight of that,” said Delia Bennett.

Dorian Bennett loved to travel, particularly elaborately arranged trips to Cuba during his last two decades. He relished the island’s arts and “frozen in time” quality and liked that it was forbidden to

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Athletes In Motion,” it continued.

“We have coached athletes in our community for over 40 years and care deeply about the safety of all athletes in our sport. AIM is a member of USA Gymnastics and our coaches are SafeSport certified.”

The FBI said that, after working at the Prairieville gym, Gardner coached at Jump’In Gymnastics & Tumbling in Purvis, Mississippi, between 2014 and 2018, and then at Chows Gymnastics in West Des Moines, Iowa, from 2018 to 2022.

In May, the West Des Moines Police Department seized several electronic devices from Gardner’s residence and found child sex abuse images on them, the affidavit alleged. It added that the bureau identified some of the images as being produced at the Mississippi gym.

changes that dropped the COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women. Soon after the CDC updated its schedule to partly align with that announcement, saying kids 6 months to 17 years could still get the vaccine “based on shared clinical decision-making” between parents and doctors.

The COVID-19 vaccine has been proven to be safe in children and adults, with minor side effects such as soreness at the injection site.

Serious reactions, such as a severe allergic reaction or myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, are rare. Myocarditis is mostly seen in young males at about 40 to 70 cases per million following second doses, and is usually mild and less common than heart complications from COVID-19 infection itself.

Current research and public health guidance show no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility in women or men, with studies confirming no effect on conception or semen quality

Email Emily Woodruff at ewoodruff@theadvocate.com

“We’re spending time and resources fighting in court, that means time that’s spent lawyer time that’s spent. And if we’re fighting, we’re not talking,” Giarrusso said last week.

It’s unclear when that appeal, filed last month, will be heard in court.

Tulane University, another beneficiary of the Wisner Trust and a party to the lawsuit, also recently gave up its 12% stake in exchange for a $20 million bond appropriation that will help revamp the former Charity Hospital. The university plans to turn the building, closed since Hurricane Katrina, into a scientific research center

The agreements with the two universities allow the city to maintain at least 60% in annual proceeds, as opposed to 35%, if it loses in court against the heirs, Giarrusso said.

It was unclear Thursday specifically how LSU plans to use its $5 million payout. An LSU spokesperson was not immediately available for comment Thursday and said last week that the university would not comment on its plans until the deal with the council was final.

Email Joni Hess at joni.hess@ theadvocate.com.

American travelers.

“He always wanted to go where people weren’t allowed to go,” Delia Bennett said. In addition to his daughter Dorian Bennett is survived by many in-laws, nieces, nephews and friends. His wife of 30 years, Micaela “Kell” Kelly Bennett, died in 2017.

Services will be held at the Basilica of St. Stephen on Aug. 23 with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. and the service at 11 a.m. Inurnment will take place at Metairie Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Aug. 25.

The family asked that in lieu of flowers donations could be made in Bennett’s name to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, or Newcomb Art Museum, to honor his love and support of the arts.

Email Anthony McAuley tmcauley@theadvocate.com.

bandit’ arrested at Denham Springs Walmart

BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD Staff writer

A Port Allen man was arrested after he allegedly stole hamburger meat and rib-eye steaks from the Walmart in Denham Springs by stuffing the packs of meat into his pants.

Michael Ardoin, 57, of Port Allen, was arrested Wednesday on two felony theft counts after the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about a man leaving the Denham Springs Walmart without paying for concealed items. The suspect would then reenter the store to do it again.

LPSO Sheriff Jason Ard said witnesses relayed information about the suspect and his vehicle. Denham Springs police then lo-

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morning along with the original location on Bayou Road, which opened in 2023.

“This is the opportunity of a lifetime,” Esteen said.

Louisiana Purchase Kitchen, a Metairie-based buffet restaurant with over 50 years in business, plans to switch things up with Cajun grab-and-go meals and specialty drinks instead of their usual all-you-can-eat style, said owner Amy Quinette.

Coastal BBQ Company an event caterer, will open its first brickand-mortar venue at the park, said owner Willie Mendez, who also works as the area director of

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Pate, 32, standing in front of the building when a white and black vehicle turned onto St. Ann “and drove directly towards” him.

Pate ran from one side of the street to another and into an open field, “where the footage shows Mr. Bruno followed (him) into the open field in his vehicle,” Officer Candice McMillon stated in an affidavit.

A week earlier, Pate had filed a civil complaint seeking a protective order against Bruno, claiming the landlord had threatened him with a gun. He also complained about Bruno’s control of the complex. Civil District Judge LaKeisha Jefferson denied the request.

Police arrested Bruno on a warrant alleging an aggravated assault, a misdemeanor that was signed by Magistrate Commissioner Peter Hamilton. A Gwen’s Law, or “dangerousness” hearing, was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ office asked that Bruno, 44, be jailed pending the outcome of the case. A prosecutor Thursday cited a criminal history that includes Bruno being booked in May on counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief and simple criminal damage to property, all misdemeanors. Williams’ office accepted those charges Thursday Bruno’s attorney, Scott Stansbury argued that the alleged vehicle assault doesn’t warrant Bruno remaining jailed.

“This is not a murder case,” Stansbury said. “This does not rise to a level of a case he should be denied bond.”

cated the vehicle and pulled over the driver “In the vehicle, in plain view, we located packs of meat,” Ard said.

Authorities immediately spotted in two packs of lean hamburger meat, valued at $69.94, and four packs of rib-eye steaks, valued at $131.56. There were also eight packs of Angus rib-eye steaks, valued at $291.36, in the trunk.

Deputies discovered more packs of meat stolen from Sam’s Club, with a total loss of $300. LPSO said the “beef bandit” was stealing the meat by stuffing it in his pants, according to witnesses. Ardoin is facing felony charges due to his history of theft convictions, LPSO said.

operations for McAlister’s Deli. Mendez is partnered with John Miquet, who will operate a new Mexican restaurant, Sabor Del Parque, at the pavilion.

The Lafreniere Park Area Public Benefit Corporation put out its first request for proposals nearly one year ago for potential food vendors, but because of initial low interest, officials had to amend and reissue the request in May

The pavilion was first spearheaded by former council member Dominick Impastato to attract more foot traffic to the park. In additional to its regular sports and recreation programming, Lafreniere Park also hosts Uncle Sam Jam every July 4 and the Christmas in Lafreniere Park light displays every December

Magistrate Commissioner Jay Daniels agreed, setting bond for Bruno at $7,500.

“Don’t come back in an orange jumpsuit,” he told Bruno, who stood wearing one.

Stansbury said he planned to file a motion to allow Bruno to travel to Miami, where he cares for his mother, while the case is pending. Pate did not return a request for comment.

As a landlord, Bruno became a target of both tenant advocates and city officials over his stewardship of apartment complexes that fell into squalor during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the 300-plus unit Oakmont Apartments in Algiers, where the city stepped in to relocate the last tenants in an unprecedented move. Bruno lost several of his complexes to auction in a bankruptcy proceeding but retained others, though recently his lenders have pressed him for payment in court. He’s faced personal legal issues as well.

Last year, Bruno spent nearly a week in jail under a contempt order from an Orleans Parish civil judge, before the Louisiana Supreme Court stepped in to free him.

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MarilynTreitler Baker passedawaypeacefullyat home,surroundedbyher family, on Monday,August 18, 2025, at the ageof89. A native of NewOrleans, Marilyn lived alife rooted in devotion toher faith, her family, and the values she held dear She was precededin deathbyher parents, John L. Treitler, and Ruth Picou Treitler; as well as hersisters, Darlene Schoenbrun and Cynthia O'Rourke She is survivedbyher devoted husband of 65 years, James R. BakerJr., who stoodfaithfully by her side throughout theirlife together. Shealsoleaves behind her belovedchildren: James R. BakerIII and his wife, Mary,and Melanie Baker Trimarco and her deceasedhusband Mark With heartfelt appreciation, the family thanksDr. Pedrozaand histeam, the Notre Dame Hospice Team, and especially her angel caregiver, Amy,whose gentle presence and loving care brought comfortand peace to Marilyn in herfinal days

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 6500 Kawanee Ave.inMetairie, on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 12:30PM. Avisitation willbeheld at the church beginning at 10:30 AM. Interment willfollow the Mass at Lake Lawn ParkMausoleum. To view and signthe online guest book, please visit LakeLawnMetairie com

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Beaumont passed awayin the company of herfamily on August 15th. She was predeceased by herson, Robert Jr. (Cindy) and is survived by her loving husband, RobertSr.,and their remaining children:Phyllis (Fred), Michael (Wendy), Susan (Charlie),Greg, Jenifer (Andy), Stephen (Michelle), and Christine, along with avast arrayof grandchildrenand greatgrandchildren. Helen was utterly devoted to her husband and family, awoman of great faith and strength of character. Her lifewill be celebratedata funeral mass on August 25th at Christ the King Catholic Churchin Terrytown for 11:00 am, preceded by a 10:00 am visitation. Interment willfollow at Westlawn Memorial Park, Terrytown. In lieu of flowers,please consider adonation to the St. Vincent DePaul Society. Special gratitude is offered to Helen's sitters, Alma, Wanda, and Amy fortheir great care

Bibbins,Charles Withsadness we share the passingofCharles Bib‐bins, on August 15, 2025 Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtoviewservice information,signonline guestbook,send flowers and sharecondolences

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voted wife of thelate Charles BrooksSr. Shewas precededindeath by two brothersElijahKnight, Jr and JohnnyKnightand two sisters Estella Jacksonand LillieK.Irving. Agraduate ofBrumfieldHighSchool in Natchez,Mississippi,Mil‐dredwentontodedicate her career to BaptistHos‐pital,where shewas re‐spected forher care and service.Above all, Mildred found hergreatestjoy in her family. Shewas the proud mother of sixchil‐dren: Alma Andrews, Cas‐saundra Brooks, andEl‐freda Brooks. Thelate Charles Jr (June)Darryl, and Gerald Brooks, (Gmoney)who preceded her indeath.She will forever berememberedasa loving motherand grandmother who made each of herchil‐drenand grandchildren feel deeply cherished. Mil‐dredlived alifeanchored infaith,alwaysvaluing God as theheadofher life Her legacy of love,devo‐tion, andstrengthwillcon‐tinue throughher children, grandchildren,great great grandchildren andall who wereblessedtoknowher Her familyand friendstake comfort in knowingthat she hasbeen reunitedwith her lovedoneswho pre‐ceded herand nowrests safely in thearmsofthe Lord. CelebrationofLife serviceshonoringMildred KnightBrookswillbeheld atEstelle J. Wilson Funeral Home, Inc.,2715 Danneel Street,New Orleans, LA 70113 on Saturday August 23, 2025, with aviewing from8:00a.m.to9:00a.m followedbyservice at 9:00 a.m.Rev.IrvingDeanoffici‐ating.Interment:Selstown Cemetery, Stanton, Missis‐sippi.Arrangementsen‐trusted to Estelle J. Wilson FuneralHome, Inc.,2715 Danneel St NOLA 70113 Information: (504) 8954903. To sign online guest book,pleasevisit www.est ellejwilsonfh.com

Campbell, David Joel

David Joel Campbell passed away peacefully on Friday, August 15, 2025, at theage of 86. He was born on June 30, 1939, was anative of NewOrleans, LA and aresident of Metairie, LA forthe past 51 years.

He is preceded in death by hisfirst wife, Donna FinnieCampbell in 1992, his parents, Benedict J. Campbell and Elizabeth Lotspeich Campbell,and brothers, Benedict J. Campbell Jr DonaldH Campbell,and KennethS Campbell

He is survivedbyhis loving wife of 33 years, Carol Behrens Quinlan Campbell,son, Hoyt M. Quinlan (Mary), granddaughter, CarleighA Quinlan, sisters-in-law, Carolyn and Barbara Campbell,nephew, Paul, and nieces, Heather, Tracey, Leslie, and Crystal. David was agraduateof De La SalleHighSchool and attended UNO. He was aveteran of theU.S.Navy whereheserved aboard theUSS Shangri-La, CVA38, V-4 Fuel Division. He was aretired insurance agent and past vice president of theCasualtyand Surety AssociationofNew Orleans. He lovedthe New Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers football teams and will be remembered for his easygoing personalityand being atrue gentleman

Nova DeeHattenCarbo entered into eternalrest onAugust16, 2025. Beloved wifeofthe late Mitchell Bubby" CarboJr. Mother ofGayle C. Guidroz(LeoJr.) and Vickie C. Seymour (late Rick). Grandmotherof Tomidee V. Guillot(Geof‐frey),Melissa Guidroz, Lau‐ren V. Seymour(John),Kyle Scivicque (Susan), and Amy Guidroz(Daniel). Great-grandmother of Mor‐gan,Avery,Piper,Neil, Bryson, Lacie, Shelby Carly,Kara, Gabriel, and Kyson.Daughterofthe late WilliamEarlHattenand PinaHeadHatten. Sister of Bobby G. Hatten(late Betty), andthe late Walter Bert"Hatten(late Mary Ann) andMyron "Dale" Hatten(late Ethel).Age 89 years,a native of Sikes, LA and lifelong resident of Marrero,LA. Nova Deewas a graduate of MarreroHigh School andspent herca‐reer with theLouisiana De‐partmentofTransporta‐tion. Shehad apassion for sportsand traveling. She was very active in theJef‐fersonParishGoldenAge Clubs since1990. Shecom‐peted in thedistrictand state Senior Olympic games forover20years earning numerous medals inbowling,shuffleboard washerpitch,and darts. She wasinductedintothe Greater NewOrleans Se‐niorOlympic Hall of Fame in2017. Shewas an avid bowlersince the50'sand ran severalbowling leagues.She enjoyedline dancing andplaying cards. NovaDee wasalwaysplan‐ningher next adventure whether it be acruise, bus ortrain trip,orjusta seafood boil with family and friends. MiMi will be lovinglyrememberedand deeply missedbyall. Spe‐cialheartfelt thanks to the staff of Tranquil Living Marrero fortheir care.Rel‐ativesand friendsofthe familyare invitedtoattend the FuneralService at Mothe FuneralHome, 7040 Lapalco Blvd., Marrero, LA onFriday, August 22, 2025 at11a.m.Visitationwillbe heldfrom9 a.m. until ser‐vicetime. IntermentRest‐lawnMemorialParkCeme‐tery, Avondale,LA.

Clemmer,Dorothy Iker'Dottie'

Dorothy RuthIker Clemmer,PhD,passed away on August 3, 2025, in Milwaukee,WI, from complications of afall. She was 96 years old.

Dorothy 'Dottie'Iker was born on August 17, 1928, in RogersPark, Chicago, to Charles Iker and Sarah Weincord Iker. She attended Sullivan High School in Rogers Park, followedbystudy at the University of Chicago whereshe earnedher BS in 1948.

ed as ainjuryepidemiologist for thepetrochemical industry to improve worker safety on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. In retirement Dorothy andJohndividedtheir time betweentheir homes in NewOrleans andBlack River, outside of Sheboygan, WI Throughout61years of marriageDorothywas instrumental in assisting John in hiscareer as an artist andinorganizing andpromoting exhibitions of hiswork, including his first retrospectiveexhibition at the NewOrleans Museum of Artin1999. The couple moved permanently to Milwaukee,WI, in 2013.

Knownfor herboundless kindness, gentle nature,and beautiful smile, Dottie wasa caring mother,devoted friendand loverofart,literature,nature,animalsofall sorts, and Cubs baseballonthe radio.She was an enthusiastictravelerand seeker of knowledge and newexperiences. Herintellectual brilliance was balanced by deep humility—qualities shedoubtlessly inherited from herfather,Charles.

Sheispreceded in death by herparents,her brother Samuel Iker, andher husband John. She is survived by hersister Judith Iker SteinofHighlandPark, IL, andbyher sons Jonathan Clemmer of Royal Oak, MI, andSheboygan, WI,and David Clemmer of Santa Fe, NM,and NewOrleans, LA. Aprivateservice is beingplanned for October in NewOrleans.Donations in hermemory may be made to theNew Orleans Museum of Artand MAZON:A Jewish Response to Hunger

Constantine, Kathern LorleneWoodruff 'Kathy'

Kathern“Kathy” Lorlene WoodruffConstantine bornMarch 21, 1963, passedpeacefullyonAu‐gust13, 2025. Kathyissur‐vived by herchildren, Kris‐ten Constantine, Kellie Constantine (Collyn O’Quin);her mother,Au‐drey“Sue” McElroy Woodruff; herbrother, Michael Woodruff; andthe fatherofher children GeorgeConstantine,Jr. Kathy is preceded in death byher father Winfield Wimpy” Woodruff; herun‐cles, Mickey McElroy, Don‐ald McElroy, Sam“Tookie Woodruff, andAlWoodruff; her Aunt Florina“Puddin’” WoodruffSchroeder;and her grandparents Arthur and Audrey McElroyand Sam andFlorina “Flo” Woodruff. Sheisalsosur‐vived by many adoring cousins,aswellascount‐lessfriends who mightas wellbefamily(youknow who youare). Also herbest furry companion, Jojo and her granddogs,Konah and Jett. Kathyattended St Christopher Grammar School,Archbishop ChapelleHighSchool,and Jefferson Beauty School She wasanavidparish‐ioner at St.Christopher Church.Kathy will always berememberedfor her deep,unwavering love for

herfamily—especially her two girls—herendless gen‐erosity,and aspiritthatlit upevery room shewalked into. If youknewKathy you knew shewas some‐one who wouldquite liter‐allygiveyou theshirt offof her back.She didn’t think twice abouthelping others, evenifitmeant giving her lastdollar. Shegavebe‐cause shewantedto, be‐cause it broughther joy, and becausethat’sjust who shewas.She hada not-so-secret love for shopping, butthe best part for herwas neverthe buy‐ing—itwas thegiving. Birthdays,holidays, or a randomweekday—anyex‐cusetospoil herdaughters orsurprisea friend with something shethought they’dlove. Kathyhad a giftfor making people feel seen andspecial.But above allelse, Kathywas the life of theparty.She could turn aregular night intoa celebrationand makestrangers feel like old friends. Whetheritwas dancing in thekitchen telling storiesthathad everyonelaughing, or just bringingher outofthis world energy into theroom beingaround Kathy meant youweregoing to havea good time.She was one of akind, andher pres‐encewillbemissedmore thanwords cansay.Inlieu of flowers, donationsin honor of KathernL WoodruffConstantine can bemadetothe St.Jude Children’sResearchHospi‐tal.www.stjude.org. Rela‐tives andfriends arein‐vited to attend theVisita‐tionand FuneralService at L.A.Muhleisen &Son Fu‐neral Home on Saturday, August23, 2025. Visitation from8:30a.m.to11:30 a.m. followedbya FuneralSer‐viceat11:30 a.m. Inter‐mentinGreenwood Ceme‐tery, NewOrleans,LA. ArrangementsbyL.A Muhleisen &Son Funeral Home. To sharememories orcondolences,please visit www.muhleisen.com

Yvonne Cowart, 91, went to be withour LordonFriday ,August 8, 2025. Shewas born on July 7, 1934 to the lateIdellar andCurtisTaplin in Magnolia, Mississippi. Later moving to New Orleans, Louisiana,Thelma wasa memberofPilgrims Rest BC #2 for over 40 years, as well as aretiree of University Hospital after over 25 years of service Sheissurvivedby2children,JoanEdwards (Jerome), of Bertram, TX andDannyAnderson (Barbara), of Dallas, TX; Grandchildren Derrick Davis, Brandi Noah,Jerome Edwards, DannyAnderson Jr.and Kendal Edwards, hergreat grandchildren, Myrianna Dunaway Dominick Noah,Derrion Davis, Demarco Davis, Kylan Noah,Kendric Edwards, Jordan Noah, Sebastian McGee and KenyaEdwards, and2 great-great grandchildren Reneeand RayneYvonne. HerSisterinLaw Eloise Keys, alongwith godchildren—Trena Johnson,Melvin Sparks, KatrinaMcDougle, and

MildredKnightBrooks, bornDecember2,1927 in Cannonsburg,Mississippi entered eternalrestonAu‐gust9,2025, at theblessed age of 97. Shewas the cherished daughter of the late Elijah,Sr. andQueen

The family wouldliketo give aspecial thanksto Tina Fresh with Visiting Angelsand Jane with Compassus for thekindness and care they have giventoDavid Avisitationwillbeheld on Friday, August 22, 2025, from 10 AM -12PMatLake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home,5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. NewOrleans, LA. A privateinterment willfollow. In lieu of flowers please considerdonations on David'smemory to the Jefferson Parish SPCA at www.jeffersonspca.org/ donate/ctzx

Dottie married her first husband Frank Lossy in Chicagoin1947 and the couple moved to New Orleans in 1948. She studiedatH.Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (BA, 1949) and Tulane University where she earnedher doctoratein microbiology in 1958. She married John Franklin Clemmer on December 19, 1953. Upon graduationshe joinedthe faculty of Tulane Medical School as an epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health and Tropical Medicine where she spent theentirety of herprofessionalcareer. In addition to teaching she conducted bench and field research, traveling frequently to Central and South America. She co-authored numerous papers in medical journals with afocus on microbiology and biostatistics. In the1980s Dottie and John became enthusiastic race walkers and participated in meetsinthe New Orleans area and beyond as both competitorsand race officials. Dottie retired fromTulane in 1989 and subsequently consult-

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Tomarra Campbell—held a special place in her heart and will continue to honor her memory. Ahost of nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving relatives and friends.

Preceded in death by parents, Idellar &Curtis Taplin, daughter Cynthia Noah, late husband RC Cowart, sisters Eliza Johnson, Mildred McDougle, Dora Lee Taplin, Earnestine Antoine and special friends Ann Tuckerson and Frank Sparks. Relatives and friends of the family, Pastor, Officers and members of Pilgrims Rest BC#2, Smoking for Jesus Ministry, Grace Outreach Center, and Bethlehem missionary Baptist Church of Magnolia Mississippi and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the services. A viewing willbeheld Saturday August 23, 2025 at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 2134 Taylor Road, Magnolia, Mississippi 39652, from 11am-1:30pm. Funeral Service will follow beginning at 1:30 pm, Rev. Ralph Garner, Officiating. Interment: Bethlehem Cemetery, Magnolia, Mississippi

DiFranco was born on November 19, 1940. God took him home to Heaven on August 15, 2025. He is survived by his loving wife, Diann ,who he celebrated life with for 63 years. He is also survived by his son Jack Jr, his daughter Lisa Miller and son-in-law Joe, his two granddaughters Lauren Frederick and Ashley DiFranco ,his brother Guy, and his best buddy John Gagliano. He is preceded in death by his parents Mildred and Charles, his siblings Donald, Jackie, Henry, and June, and his sweet son Charlie. Jack served in the navy for 2years. Hiswas a financeman. Jack was the President of Landmark Mortgage for over 20 years. Jack lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed fishing ,golfing, gardening,and traveling with Diann. At his request ,there will not be afuneral service. Jack always said, "Don't mourn for me, instead celebrate my life." When you think of Jack have atoast in honor of him and remember him with asmile.

Thomas J. Divens Jr., age 62,ofNew Orleans, LA passedawaypeacefully August9,2025; born January1,1963, to Lana G. Divens& thelateThomas J. DivensSr. Survived by his wife,Trever Divens; children, Christopher & Christian Divens; mother; &brother,KielDivens. He wasa proud graduateof St.AugustineHighSchool Classof1980. Funeral August23, 2025 @11AMSt.Stephen BaptistChurch, 1738 LB Landry, 70114 Interment NewHope Cemetery,1257 Lafayette, Gretna 70053. Professional Arrangementsare entrusted to MurrayHenderson Funeral Home,1209 Teche St., NOLA70114.

Two of Buster's siblings precededhim in deathCheryl Cassreino (Victor deceased) and Timothy Dragon (Donna). His surviving siblings are Terrie Galle(Carl)and Kenneth Dragon (Donna, deceased). In his younger years, Buster workedinconstruction,then laterinrestaurants:Joey-K's on Magazine St. and Tally-Ho (ain't dere no more). He also worked atBevolo, and hislastjob was at the Shrine of OurLady of Prompt Succorasa security guard. He retired from theShrine justa month beforehis death. It was at Joey-K's Restaurant where Buster met his future wife, Anna Hero. To their great surprise, they wouldhave adaughter,Andrea Hero Dragon (married to Steven Siciliano),whom Buster adored, and doted on, and he was completely wrappedaround herlittle finger. He bragged about her to anyone who would listen. Buster loved being with and talkingtopeople. He would strikeupconversations with anyone he made eyecontact with. But Buster's family and closest friends were most important to him. He liked to celebrate life with family, friends, and strangers, at many fine establishments aroundthe city,and in backyards, lake camps, and fishing boats,having crawfish boils, barbecues, and watching the Saints. He laughedeasilyand often, sometimes to tears. And with his antics and quick sense of humor, he brought others to tearsof laughter,too. In addition to his friends and immediate family,"Uncle Buster"will be missedbya slew of nieces and nephews: Melissa Dragon,Timothy Dragon (Jen), Tiffany Steele, Victor Cassreino (Aimee),Shelley Stolf (Andrew), Emilyand Madeline Hero, DavidHalle (Michelle), Samuel and Jacob Halle, Lilyand Jack Jaffe. And great-nephews and nieces: ZavienKellum, Ashlyneand Victor "Tre" Cassreino, KJSteele,and Adeline Stolf

Relatives and friends areinvited to attend the Memorial Service at Lake LawnMetairieFuneral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70124, on Sunday, August 24, 2025,at11:00 a.m. The visitation willbegin at 9:30 a.m. until service time.A private interment will be held on alater date. To view and signthe guestbook, please visitwww.lak elawnmetairie.com

Farlough, Cleveland

Cleveland Farlough (1927-2025) Cleveland Farlough, a native and resident of Mt Airy Louisiana passed awayonAugust 14, 2025 at the ageof98surrounded by his family. Bornon March 29, 1927, to the late Rev. JosephFarlough and SedoniaNicholas Farlough, he lived alifedevoted to education, public service, and community. As aveteran of the U.S. Navy, he served his country with honor and integrity. After his military career,heembarkedonhis true passion of continuous learning earning dual Bachelor Degrees, a MasterofArtsDegree, complemented by additional studiesatother universitiesinthe US and France.Hebecame aneducator in StJohn the Baptist Parish in 1952, dedicating 47 years to teaching, leading,and inspiring, serving as abeacon of hopetostudents and adults alike to chart their own course and reach their fullpotential. His final years as an educator was leading the St. John Parish school system in its highest capacity as SuperintendentofSchools, becoming the first AfricanAmericantohold the position After his professional retirement from education, he remainedhighly engaged. He was electedto and served two-terms in government as At-Large Councilman on the St John the BaptistParish Council and was selectedasa board member of Teche Action Clinic. He was also an avid participant in and dedicatedmember of First CommunityAntioch BaptistChurch and other

institutions and organizations aimed at benefiting his community,state,and country.

Hislegacy of service, humility,and compassion is profound.

He is survivedbyhis wife of 65 years, theformer Claudia Leche; his children, Wayne, Dwayne (Lynne), Cleveland and Pammalier Walker; 6 grandchildren, Sherion, Lindsey, Ashley,Henry, Jayde, Jobe;and 11 greatgrandchildren, Mason, Ay'den, Alahnah, Madison, Maxx, Dwayne,Dillon, Titan,Harlem, Olivia,and Thelonius.Also, he leaves to cherish hisbrother, Joseph(Claudia)and a host of nieces, nephews, otherrelatives, and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his siblings- Harding, Herman, Hilda, Thelma, Eldridge,Harold(Adele), Naylon, and Warren (Nellie).

In lieu of flowers,contributions can be madetothe UnitedNegro CollegeFund theSouthern PovertyLaw Center, or theMD Anderson CancerCenter in his honor.

ACelebrationofLife will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. at First Community Antioch Baptist Church, 10860 LA-3125, Lutcher, LA 70071. Viewing willbegin on 10:30 a.m. until service time. Interment willbeat St.Peter Cemetery in Reserve,LA. Servicesentrusted to Bardell's Mortuary, 3856 LA 44, Mt Airy, LA.Information: (504)487-2193

Fisse,SharonB. Sharon B. Fisse passed awaypeacefully with her familybyher side on July 25, 2025, at theage of 71 She wasborntothe late Earline D. andMorrisL Bordelon. Sheissurvived byher loving husband, LedgerJ.Fisse,Jr.;her chil‐dren, Ledger J. Fisse III (Tammy) andNicholasA Fisse (Rebecca); andher cherished grandchildren: Dominic,Kaelin, Harper, Sophie, andSadie.She is alsosurvivedbyher sib‐lings:Beverly B. Bordelon (Wayne),Kenneth Bordelon (Millie), andDonna B. Gor‐don (Marvin),aswellasa hostofnieces, nephews, and cousins. Sharon wasa long-time employee of Chevron anda proudmem‐ber of Chevron’sRetire‐mentClub. In lieu of flow‐ers,contributions maybe madetothe Alzheimer’s Association. AMasswillbe heldatSt. Christopherthe Martyr, 309 Manson Ave. Metairie, LA 70001, on Sat‐urday,August23, 2025, at 12:00 noon.Visitationwill begin at 10:00 a.m.

Laurina Killeen Geraci 82, anativeofNew Orleans, passed away peacefully August 16, 2025 after aprolonged illness. She was the eldest daughter of Eugene and Maxine Sandrock Killeen, as their thirdchildofsix. She graduated from AnnunciationHighSchool where she was selected for PelicanState and receivedthe American Legion award. Shemet the love of her life,Leon Philip Geraci, as afriend of her brothers. They married in June of 1963 and soonwelcomed theirdaughters Mary Elizabeth(Liz), and thefollowing year, Lori Ann. Laurina was adevoted homemaker,school volunteer,and caregiverfor her aged parents. "Ms.Lee" as she was known by her patrons, workedfor many years in retail in the Gentilly neighborhood of NewOrleans. She worked at D'AvantiFashions, then B& BPharmacyuntil it was destroyedin Hurricane Katrina.She and Leonthenrelocatedto Baton Rouge where she was adevoted caregiver to her family.Thoughrelocating from NewOrleans was hardest thing, she knew it was thesafest option fromall theevacuations theyhad endured living in the city. Leon and Laurina celebrated their50thwedding anniversary in 2013 witha trip forthe wholefamily to theInn by theSea Resort in Pass Christian, MS. On thetrip,their marriage was blessed by Fr. Cuddy at St.Clare Catholic Church in Waveland, MS.

Laurina was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Michael, John, and Eugene Thomas, Jr She is survivedbyher husband of 62 years, Leon,her loving daughters Liz (Sterling) Core of Baton Rouge, and Lori Ann (Ozgur) Karaosmanoglu of Bethesda, MD. She wasa devoted "Granny" to her five grandchildren: Trey and AndyCore,and Leyla, Alex(Cristina) andSara Karaosmanoglu.She is survivedbyher loving brother and sister, Patrick Killeen and Mary L. Killeen. Also survivedbyher lifelong friend, Haroleen West. ServicesSaturday, August 23, 2025 at St.Thomas More Catholic Church, with Visitation at 10am and aFuneral Mass at 11am. Private InternmentatSt.Louis Cemetery #3 in New Orleans at alaterdate. Our family extends our thanks to Dr.Todd Cooley and Laurina's caregiver, Shamyra Lee.

CarrieLee Grison.Born December 5, 1947, to the lateCarrie and Riley StokesSr. in Sunflower, MS. She departedthislife on Sunday August 10, 2025, at theage of 77 in Jefferson, LA.Carriegraduated fromBookerT Washington highschool continuing her education at Delgado to become a CNA. She worked at Charity Hospitaldedicating 27 years of service. Carrie LeeacceptedChrist at a youngage atrue servant of God.She lovedher family and was akindGod fearing woman. She is proceeded in death by her husband DouglasGrison Sr., her parents Carrie and RileyStokes Sr son Reginald JessieNixon, two brothers Louis-Charles and CalvinStokes, twosisters Martha Hickerson and ErnestineHubbard.Carrie leaves to cherish her memoriesthree childrenfrom her first marriageYolanda and Darian Nixon(Tiffany), Taineshia Chambers (Archie), seven grandchildren,one greatgranddaughter, threesisters, one brotherand ahost of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. We wouldlike to invite allfamily,friends, co -workers fromCharity hospital, MacedoniaFull Gospel Baptist Church, DavitaMarrero and Filmore and anyone who knew and lovedMs. Carrie ServiceswillbeSaturday, August 23, 2025, at 10:00 am. Visitation starts at 9:00 am St.Thomas Baptist Church located at 2926 Jackson Ave. NewOrleans LA.70125. Interment Providence Memorial Park Repast at CelebrationHall 1701 St.Bernard Ave.New Orleans, LA 70116.

Christione JenaeHarris affectionately knownas Yanny” passedawayon August11, 2025. Shewas a residentofMarrero,La. Christionewas avibrant 16-year-old who brough joy,love, andlight to every‐one around her. Shewas an11thGraderatWestJef‐fersonHighSchool.She was amemberofEmpow‐ering forLifeMinistries. Christioneloved music, church,and sheenjoyed the momentsshe spent withfamilyand friends. Christionewas theloving daughterofBrittanyHarris and ChristopherWilliams. She wasthe belovedsister ofChristtany, Christasia, Christina,Christopher Jr and ChristianWilliams. The Granddaughter of Wanda Harris, Tyrone Boyd,Tina Williams (DonaldLumar), JohnnyFisher. Great granddaughter Alma Lee Harris, Bertha Boyd,Roxie Andrews,and thelateBilly Harrisand HerbertGivens. Niece of Ashley Harris (Earl Thomas, Sr.) AshanteHar‐ris (CarlBrown) Charles Williams,SheenaWilliams, MyeshaWilliams, andthe lateBrandon andDerrick Harris; Willie andShane Harris. Christione is sur‐vived by herlovingpar‐ents, Brittany Harris and ChristopherWilliams, sib‐

lings, grandparents,aun‐ties, uncles,and cousins, along with many otherrel‐ativesand friendswho will forever cherishher mem‐ory.Relatives andfriends ofthe familyalso prophetes(s), pastors, offi‐cers, andmembers of Em‐poweringfor Life Prophetic Ministryand allneighbor‐ing churches;staff and studentsatWestJefferson HighSchool areinvited to attend theFuneral Service atTrueHopeMinistriesIs‐raelBaptist Church,1228 Cohen St.Marrero,LAon Saturday, August 23, 2025 at10:00 a.m. Host Prophet‐ess BeverlyLewis officiat‐ing.Visitationwillbegin at 8:30a.m.until servicetime. Funeralplanningentrusted toRobinsonFamilyFuneral Home9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA.70037 (504) 2082119. Foronlinecondo‐lencespleasevisit www robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

Amanda Green Harvey 54, departed this earthly life, with herlovingfamily byher side,onThursday, August7,2025. Shewas a nativeofNew Orleans, LA and aresidentofHarvey, LA. Amanda wasa proud graduateofRabouin High School.Amandawas a faithfulmemberofMount Calvary InternationalWor‐shipCenter. Loving mother ofTariana Green.Beloved daughterofthe late Willie ParkerSr. andHelena Green.Granddaughter of the late Elnora Broussard. SisterofKevin Green,Gre‐goryGreen,DalenaGreen (Peter),Wanda Bourgeois Green,and thelateValinda Barnesand Gena Marie Green.Godmother of Holly Magee, Curshika Trumble and NuNu,alsosurvivedby a host of nieces,nephews cousins,other relatives, and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyalso pastors,officers,and members of Mount Calvary InternationalWorship Cen‐ter,and neighboring churches;employees of DavitaDialysisare invited toattend aCelebration of LifeatMount CalvaryIn‐ternational WorshipCen‐ter,1600 Westwood Drive, Marrero,LA, on Saturday, August23, 2025, at 10:00 am. ApostleTerry Gullage, Sr. officiating. Visitation willbegin at 8:00 am to 10:00 am.Interment:Provi‐dence Memorial Park CemeteryMetairie, LA ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St Gretna,LA. To view and sign theguestbook, pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face masks arerecommended

John CharlesJackson Sr passedawaypeacefullyat his residenceofonSunday, August10, 2025, at theage of88, surrounded by loved ones. He wasa native of Summit, MS anda resident ofMarrero,LA. John was employedwithK&B for over30years andNational Cleanersfor more than 20 years.Evenafter retiring fromthose roles, he con‐tinuedworking indepen‐dently, always committed toproviding forhis family and servinghis commu‐nity. John wasa manof simplepleasures and strongvalues. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, and spendingtimewithhis family. He waseverconsis‐tentinhis plaidshirts, blue jeans,and baseball caps,a signature look that re‐flectedhis down-to-earth nature. He lovedhis family deeply andwas always ready fora good time bringingjoy andlaughter whereverhewent. Devoted husband of 67 yearstoMil‐lie Wright Jackson. Loving fatherofMicheal,Karen, Eric, John Jr Greg,Joyclyn and thelateLorie Ann Jackson-Byrd. Sonofthe lateCharlie andLucille Jackson. Brotherof

DorothyJackson TurnerMorrow(Durey),and the lateClonnie MaeJackson Ading (Donald),Charles‐tineJackson Harding(Jim‐mie Lee),Ada Estella Jack‐son Turner (William), MarthaFrancis Jackson Miller(David),Joyce Faye Jackson Brewster (Emanuel),Helen Marie Jackson Butler-Wood(Roy) LoraLee JacksonSeals (Alphonse), andAndrew Jackson (Vera),alsosur‐vived by fifteen grandchil‐dren, 10 greatgrandchil‐dren, anda host of nieces, nephews,and friendswho willmisshim dearly.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyalsopastors,offi‐cers, andmembers of Mt AiryBaptist Church,and neighboring churches,are invited to attend aCelebra‐tionofLifeatMt. Airy Bap‐tistChurch 13635 OldSpan‐ish Trl, Boutte,LA, on Sat‐urday,August23, 2025 at 11:00am.Visitationwill begin at 10:00am to 10:00am.Internment: Mt AiryBaptist Church Ceme‐teryBoutte, LA.Arrange‐ments by DavisMortuary Service,230 Monroe St., Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook, please gotowww.davismortua ryservice.com.FaceMasks Are Recommended

Wilbert“Bill” Johnson entered eternalrestathis residence on Sunday,Au‐gust10, 2025, at theage of 69. He wasa native of New Orleans,LAand aresident ofMarrero,LA. Wilbertwas a proudgraduateofBooker T.WashingtonHighSchool, hecontinued hiseducation withdetermination,earn‐ing an AssociateofArtsin General Studiesand a BachelorofScience in In‐formation Technology from the University of Phoenix. Hededicated much of his professionalcareer to LockheedMartin, serving asa NetworkComputer Analyst in supportof NASA’sStennis SpaceCen‐ter.Known forhis analyti‐cal mind andmeticulous attentiontodetail, Bill ap‐proachedevery project withcareand precision. His effortsearnedhim nu‐merouscertifications, se‐curityclearances, and awards, includingthe Lock‐heed Martin Awardfor Support of theSSMETest Complex,the NASA Award ofSupport forthe MEIPro‐ject, andrecognition for his role in theNASASten‐nis Data Center Relocation Beloved husbandofthe lateLinda Johnson. Sonof the late Rose Nell Johnson and WilbertSmith.Grand‐son of thelateMartha Austin. BrotherofGaynell Green (Michael), Irmanez Johnson andthe late Bobby Nell Bush,Sherry Johnson,and LeonaWat‐son.Bonus brotherof BerthaMitchell, Brandon Jackson,and ReneeJack‐son.Uncle of TerriJohnson Geanell Johnson, Kyle Johnson,CharleneWatson, Lenez Johnson, Gerald Johnson,JosephBush, David Bush,and thelate Joseph“Boo-Boo” Watson, and Darrione Singleton. De‐voted friend JoyceParker. BestfriendofSteve McGee, alsosurvivedbya host of other relatives, and friends.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at Davis MortuaryService,6820 WestbankExpressway Marrero,LAonSaturday, August23, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. untilser‐viceatthe parlor.Inter‐ment: Providence Memor‐ial Park Cemetery-Metairie, LA. To view andsignthe guestbook,pleasegoto www.davismortuaryservic e.com. Face MasksAre Recommended

at theage of 88.She wasa nativeofLutcher,LAand a residentofAvondale, LA

Della wasa graduate of Cy‐press GroveHighSchool and aretired Credit Super‐visor with JC PennyDe‐partmentStore.She wasa faithfulmemberofFirst FreeMission Baptist Church,where shewas a dedicated Deaconess, President of theAdult Choir andVicePresident of the BoardofTrustees. Beloved wife of thelate Lloyd A. Jury.Devoted motherofLauresa (Oliver, Jr.)Smith,and Paula (James) Mitchell.Loving grandmother of Stanley Smith,Alaina(Bernard) Brown,and CionaBowser. Daughterofthe late Fred‐die Bujoland Rose Lee Coats.SisterofWanda Wharton, Delores(Cornel) Morris, Margaret (LeRoyal) Webster,Rayne Robinson and thelateFreddie Jr., Rev.Alfred, Rene,and Charles Bujol, Mary Brown, Marlene Morris,Katie Hayes,SheliaBujol,and Kathleen Shorty.Sister-inlaw of LeonardMorris, Ora Dupree, FrancesWood,Gail Spears, NettaBrown,Mary Janeand Jameszetta Bujol Alsocherishingher life and legacy, herbonus sis‐ter/cousinYvonne Hilliard 8 greatgrandchildren,1 great greatgrandchild, and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins,neighbors and friends.Relatives and friends of thefamily, also pastors,officers,and members of FirstFreeMis‐son BaptistChurchand all neighboring churches are invited to attend the Homegoing Celebrationat First Free MissionBaptist Church,919 AdamsStreet, New Orleans, LA on Satur‐day,August23, 2025,at 10:00a.m. Rev. Melvin Collins III, officiating. Visi‐tationwillbegin at 8:30a.m.until servicetime atthe church.Interment: RestlawnParkCemeteryAvondale, LA.Arrange‐ments by DavisMortaury Service,230 Monroe St Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook,please goto www.davismortua ryservice.com.FaceMasks Are Recommended

Laiche,Lic.Blanca Guadalupe

Lic. Blanca Guadalupe LaicheCastañeda Luna age 72, of Kenner,LA, passedawayafter ahardfoughtbattlewith LeukemiaonSunday, Au‐gust17th, 2025. Shewas bornonJanuary 18th, 1953 inMonclova, Coahuila Mexicotothe late Enrique Castañeda andthe late BlancaLunadeCastañeda Blanca’shumblebegin‐nings beganinCiudad Acuña,Coahuila Mexico where herlateparents es‐tablished asuccessful newspaper named, “El Eco”which wasthe princi‐pal newspaperofthe aforementionedborder towninMexico. Shewas anactivecontributor to the familybusinessand a key member to itssuccess In 1975, shegraduated with a lawdegreefromthe Uni‐versidadAutónomade CoahuilainSaltillo, Mexico becomingone of the1st fe‐maleattorneys practicing familylaw in theregionas a Stateattorney.In1981 she marriedthe late RonaldA.LaicheSr. and becamea naturalizedU.S Citizen shortlythereafter. She wasextremely proud ofattainingher U.S. citi‐zenship.She wasalsothe owner of asuccessfulin‐dustrialpaintingand sand‐blastingbusiness(Blan‐cote, Inc.). Lic. Blanca is survivedbyher son, David Laiche, herdaughter-inlaw,Kylah,her sisters, Jacqueline(Jacky),Julieta her threebeloved brothers, ReneCastañeda,Lic.Fer‐nando Castañeda, Lic. En‐rique Castañeda, her niecesBlanca, Aida,Ka‐rina, Karolina,Alejandra, and hernephews Fer‐nando,Kleberand Rene Lic.Blancawas aworld travelerhavingvisited nu‐merousplacesaroundthe world.She will be missed byall whoknewher as she touched everyone’s lives withher beautifuldisposi‐tion andher infectious

smile.A celebrationoflife willbeheldatGardenof MemoriesFuneralHome and Cemetery,4900 Airline Dr.,Metairie, LA 70001 on Saturday, August 23rd 2025 for 12:00PM. Thevisitation willbegin at 10:00 AM

Landry,Richard Anthony

RichardAnthony Landry, age 81,passedaway peacefullyonAugust15, 2025, duetocomplications fromParkinson’s disease. A longtime resident of Cov‐ingtonand Terrytown, Louisiana,Richard was bornonMarch 28,1944, to the late Lillie Hebert Landryand Elie Joseph Landry, Jr.Heissurvived byhis belovedwife, Joan CoronaLandry, andhis son,Richard Jude Landry (Jamie).Hewas preceded indeath by hisdaughter, ReginaLandryHolland,and his brother, Elie Joseph “E.J.” Landry III. He wasthe brother of Jean Landry Lester, Donna Landry Andry (Aiden)and Pamela LandryGuillot(Greg). He is alsosurvivedbya host of niecesand nephews— Stephanie, Susie, Rachelle, Donnie, Kevin, Trudy, Lor‐rie,Lenny,Ryan, Gracie, Christine,Candice,and even more great-nieces and great-nephews. Richard spenthis early years in OldAlgiers,where heattendedBehrman High School andplayed tight end forthe BehrmanBees Heenlistedinthe U.S. Ma‐rineCorps in the early 1960s. Afterhis military service,heworkedfor En‐tergy (formerlyLP&L) and later forChain Electric,re‐tiringin2014. In the1970s, healsoservedasa mem‐ber of theBelle Chasse Vol‐unteerFireDepartment. Richard lovedspending time fishing, huntingand relaxingathis camp house onthe BlackWarrior River inEutaw, Alabama. He also loved to ride hisHarleyand madeseveral tripsout Westwithhis club brothers with whomheshared manygood times, miles and memories.The family extends heartfeltgratitude tothe staff of WillowWood atWoldenbergVillage for the compassionatecare theyprovidedRichard.A memorialservice is plannedfor Sunday,Au‐gust24, 2025 at MotheFu‐neral Home,2100 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana.Visitingis scheduled forfamilyfrom 10-11 am with public visita‐tionfrom11am-2pm. In lieu of flowers, thefamilyre‐quests, if youwish, to do‐nateinhis name to St.Jude Children’sHospitalorThe Parkinson’s Research Foundationorthe charity ofyourchoice. He will be missedbut neverforgot‐ten.Forever in ourhearts.

Lichtenstein Jr., Al

It is with greatsorrow thatweannouncethe passing of Al Lichtenstein, Jr.,age 73, on August 8, 2025. He wasbornonMay 15, 1952, in New Orleans. Heissurvived by hisson Lance MichaelLichten‐stein;his grandchildren; his brother, Gary Lichten‐stein;his sister,Debbie LichtensteinCassisa;and his sister-in-law, Patty Lucia.He wasprecededin death by hisbeloved par‐ents, Al Lichtenstein,Sr., and MarilynAromy Licht‐enstein,and hisbrother-inlaw,JohnJosephCassisa Wewillmisshim.Alwas alwayslightheartedand fun-loving.Heloved his familyand hismany friends very deeply and was always fiercely loyal toall of them.Growing up withAlwas surely an ad‐venture filledwithlaughs, mischief, anduncondi‐tionallove. He hada great sense of humor,and we could always count on him tobeabletolighten up a tense moment.Thistrait cameinhandy countless times in ourlives.Heloved givinggifts.His giftswere always thoughtful andper‐

sonal, andhealwaysspent too much on them.Asa teenager,hewas always proud to have earned the nickname“theDude” from his closestfriends.Itstuck withhim allhis life,and it still made himsmile when‐everhewas reminded of it Heloved sports,animals, the outdoors, and flower gardens,but thething that heloved most in hislife was hisson,Lance,who al‐waysownedthe biggest piece of hisheart.Hewill bemissed, andhewill never be forgottenby those who lovedhim.May his Soul Rest in Peaceuntil wesee himagain.Rela‐tives andfriends arein‐vited to visitGreenwood FuneralHome, 5200 Canal Blvd.,New Orleans, LA 70124, on Saturday,August 23, 2025, starting at 10:00 a.m.A Memorial Mass will followthe visitation at 1:00 p.m.inthe Chapel.Wealso inviteyou to shareyour thoughts, fond memories, and condolencesonlineat www.greenwoodfh.com Your shared memories will helpuscelebrate Al’s life and keep hismemoryalive

McElveen,Waymon

WaymonJoseph McElveen, 31, of Houston, TX, passed away on August 9, 2025. He was born on January29, 1994, in NewOrleans, LA,and moved with his family to Houston in theaftermath of Hurricane Katrina.For thepastfive years, Waymonmadehis home in NewYork, NY,where he workedinthe transportation industry. Adevoted sonand father, he is survivedbyhis parents, Shawn McElveen and Tara Augustus; his children, Aniya,Mon'yae,and Za'marjai;his fiancée, Rayashajanay "Ray" Johnson; his brothers, Zarian,Shaquille,and Dreux McElveen; hissisters, DonteFrazier,Tajene Mayo,and Tyrionne Augustus; as well as ahost of nieces, nephews, extended family,and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate his life on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Gentilly Baptist Church, 5141 Franklin Avenue,New Orleans, LA. Viewing will beginat10:00 AM, with theservicetofollowat11:00 AM.

JoyceDavillier Parker,a devoted Catholic,beloved wife, mother,grand‐mother, andfriendpassed awaypeacefully,sur‐rounded by herfamilyon August14, 2025, at theage of90. Adevoted Catholic, Joyce acceptedJesus Christasher Savior early inlifeand received allher sacraments. Shewas a faithfulparishioner of Res‐urrection of OurLord Catholic Church,where she was also active in Respect for Life andLifeand Lively She prayed therosarydaily and honoredthe Blessed Motherthroughouther life She waswelcomedinto heavenbyher husband; MelvinA.ParkerSr, daugh‐ter Bonnie Parker,parents; Hazel andValence Davillier Sr.,brothersValence Jr., Vernon, Alvarez, Owen,and ReginaldDavillier;sisters VeraD.Stevens and Dorothy D. Mansion; grand‐son LeroyScott Jr and great-grandsonLeroy Scott III. Sheislovinglyremem‐bered by hersisterClorette D.Moret;brother Conrad Davillier;childrenCarol P. Jackson (MarlonSr.)and MelvinA.ParkerJr. (Leslie); 11 grandchildren; 17great-grandchildren; and 3great-great-grand‐children, each of whom carries forwardher legacy oflove, faith,and devotion Relatives andfriends are invited to attend theMass ofChristian Burial on Sat‐urday,August23, 2025, for 11:00 a.m. at Resurrection ofOur Lord Catholic Church,9701 Hammond Street,New Orleans, LA 70127. Visitation will begin at10:00 a.m. with the rosarybeing recitedat 10:30 a.m. Father Joe, offi‐

ciating. Intermentwillfol‐low in Mount Olivet Ceme‐teryand Mausoleum. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

ChandricaAntoinette Drica” Pete afun-loving outgoing,kindhearted per‐son enteredeternal rest on Friday, August 8, 2025, at the ageof47. Sheattended school in OrleansParish where shewas aproud graduateofWarrenEaston SeniorHighSchool and Delgado Community Col‐lege. Shewas themother ofthe late KhemaniPete. Chandrica is survived by her mother CarolynPete, brother;TrevinPete, aunt; JanicePete(John) andsix godchildren.Relatives and friends of thefamily, Pas‐tor,officers,members of Buena VistaM.B.C.and em‐ployees of Chateaude Notre Dame areinvited to attendthe HomegoingCel‐ebrationonSaturday, Au‐gust23, 2025, for11:00 a.m. atSecondMount Calvary Baptist Church,2828 Fourth Street,New Orleans, LA 70113. Visitation will begin at10:00 a.m. Pastor Gre‐goryJones,Sr.,officiating. Intermentwillfollowat Mount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman MayerAve New Orleans, LA 70122 Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

PipkinsSr.,Richard Martin

RichardMartinPipkins, Sr.,age 71, enteredpeace‐fully into eternalrestathis residence on Saturday,Au‐gust9,2025. He wasa na‐tiveofNew Orleans, LA and aresidentofMarrero LA. Richardwas agraduate ofFrancis T. Nicholls High School andSouthernUni‐versity at NewOrleans.He was employed at Belle Chasse Metropolitan De‐velopment Center as aRes‐ident Trainer. Richardwas a member of LawStreet Baptist Church,prior to joining St.JosephMission‐ary BaptistChurch in Mar‐rero, where he faithfully participatedinthe Male Chorus, Mass Choir, Cou‐plesMinistry, andPastor’s Support Ministry.Beloved husband of Sharon Jones Pipkins.Devoted father of Talisa(Jason) Charles, Maranda Pipkins, andAsh‐ton Pipkins, Sr.Loving grandfather of JaSyon and Jason Charles, Jr andAsh‐ton Pipkins, Jr.Son of the lateRobertand Louise GeorgePipkins andGeral‐dineGuss. BrotherofGer‐ald Guss, ElizabethG Rogers,ReginaStewart, and thelateGlendaand EugeneGuss, Francisand Louis Pipkins. Son-in-law of VeronaS.Tillman; also sur‐vived by ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, offi‐cers, andmembers of St JosephMissionaryBaptist Church,Law Street Baptist Church,Morning Star Mis‐sionary BaptistChurch Greater St.JohnBaptist Church,Evening Star Bap‐tistChurch,SecondHigh‐way BaptistChurch,Living WordChurch of Houston, TX, andall neighboring churches;alumniofFran‐cis T. Nicholls andLincoln HighSchools; former em‐ployees of Metropolitan Development Center and Sears Dept. Stores;mem‐bersofWestsideMission‐ary BaptistAssociation MassChoir andMinistries; faculty andstaff of Emmett Gilbert Elementary School; employees of Mar‐riott/Driftwood Hospitality (Houston, TX)and SBBSer‐vicesLLC areinvited to at‐

tend theCelebration of Life atSt. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church,236 Robin‐son Avenue,Marrero,LAon Saturday, August 23, 2025, at10:00a.m. Pastor Melvin C.Zeno, officiating. Visita‐tionwillbegin at 8:30a.m until servicetimeatthe church.Interment:West‐lawnCemetery-Gretna,LA. ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St.Gretna, LA.Toview and sign theguestbook pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face Masks AreRecommended

Poindexter,Daxton Christopher

Daxton Christopher Poindexter, 37, unexpec‐tantlyentered eternalrest onAugust7,2025. He wasa nativeofNew Orleansand son of thelateSylviaW Poindexterand thelate Bryan Poindexter Sr.Dax‐ton wasanindependent Artistwitha lifelong love for hiscraft.Heattended JeanGordonElementary and graduatedfromAlfred Lawless High School.Dax‐ton’s love forpainting began at an earlyage,with one of hispiecesbeing dis‐playedinChildren’sHospi‐tal of NewOrleans.Helater wentontowin an artcom‐petitionatthe ageofeight Daxton'slifewas continu‐allyexpressedthrough his in-depththoughtsabout specificartifacts,and di‐verse cultures.While he did nottravelthe world, his art took himthere.Daxton lives on throughhis nu‐merousdrawingsand paintings.Heissurvivedby his siblings Danielle Poindexter(Lamont)and Bryan Poindexter Jr.and a hostofaunts, uncles nieces, anephew, cousins, and godparents.Relatives and friendsofthe family are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, August 23, 2025, for10:00 a.m. at Wat‐son Memorial Teaching Ministries, 4400 St.Charles Ave., NewOrleans,LA 70115. Visitation will begin at9:00a.m.Funeraloffici‐atedbyBishopTom Wat‐son.Servicesprovidedby Donavin D. Boyd andLinear BrooksBoydOwners/Fu‐neral Directors. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditi onbegins.com(504) 2820600.

Cherie MarieRouquette passedawaypeacefully on August17, 2025 after a lengthy battle with cancer She wasbornonFebruary 24,1954 in Mobile,Alabama, but haslived in theNew Orleans area since1958 She wasprecededindeath byher loving parents Henry Philip Rouquette,Sr. and Estelle MarieHebert. Cherieissurvivedbyher brothersRobertEdward Rouquette,his wife Sharon Rose(neeTurner) andtheir children Robert Joseph

Rouquette,LouiseElaine Rouquette;Henry Philip Rouquette Jr.and his daughterAmandaRenée Rouquette;sisterAnne Marie Rouquette along withnumerouscousins CherieattendedOur Lady ofThe Holy Rosary gram‐mar school.After graduat‐ing from DominicanHigh School,she received a BachelorofArtsDegreein art educationfromU.S.L.in Lafayette,La. where she was aproud member of Kappa DeltaSorority. She began hercareer as an art teacher at De La Salle High School in NewOrleans After severalyears herlove ofthe Lafayette area drew her back andshe contin‐ued teaching artinthe BreauxBridgearea. Want‐ing to help people in a moredirectway shethen enrolledinand graduated witha degree in Occupa‐tionalTherapy from L.S.U SchollofMedicineinNew Orleans.She specifically wantedtoworkwithpeo‐ple who hadhanddisabili‐ties, andher artback‐ground wasinvaluablein thispursuit.After acom‐panydownsizing, shere‐turnedtoteachingart and enjoyed therestofher ca‐reer at Rummel High School in Metairie untilher retirement. Cherie hada deep love of herchurch and wasa very kind, sweet,lovingpersonwitha generousnature. Sheloved togardenand grew beauti‐ful flowerswhich the neighbors marveled at.She loved theoutdoors, espe‐cially horsebackridingand was active in many sports ofwhich volleyball washer favorite. Hergreatestplea‐surethoughwas spending timewithfamilyand friends,especially around Mardi Gras.Our family wishestothank Chateau DeNotre Dame Hospicefor their compassion andcare given to oursisterasshe awaited theopenarmsof Our Savior.Inlieuof flow‐ers,donations maybe madeinher name to The AmericanCancerSociety orStLaSalle AuxiliaryDe LaSalle ChristianBrothers, 1522 Carmel Drive Lafayette,LA. 70501-5399 Relatives andfriends are invited to attend afuneral Massfor Cherie at Jacob SchoenFuneralHomelo‐cated at 3827 CanalSt. on SaturdayAugust23, 2025, at11am. Thevisitationwill begin at 9:30am.Interment willimmediatelyfollowthe MassatSt. LouisCemetery #3located at 3421 Es‐planade Ave. NewOrleans, La70119. To view andsign the guestbook,pleaselog ontowww.schoenfh.com

KionyahKahleyShorts, affectionatelyknown as “Keedy”,was born August 20, 2007 anddepartedthis lifeonAugust10, 2025. She was thebeloved daughter ofKionteShortsand Cas‐sidyGabriel-Blair.She is survivedbya host of bonus parents, grandpar‐ents, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles,nieces, nephews,cousins,family members andfriends.She isprecededindeath by her beloved grandmotherand bestfriendRenitaD Shorts. AHomeGoing Ser‐vicewillbeheldonSatur‐day,August23, 2025 at 10:00 am at FischerCom‐munityChurch 1737 L.B. LandryAve., NewOrleans, Louisiana 70114. Visitation willbegin at 9:00 am.Inter‐mentinWestlawnMemor‐ialPark, 1225 WhitneyAve.,

OPINION

Cassidyshouldlooktothe past on hispolitical future

In June, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, announced he was retiring afteropposing President Donald Trump on the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, due to myriad concerns about the bill and how the vote was handled. Tillis was unsparing in his criticism of the culture he’d decided to leave.

“Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who really don’tgive adamn about thepeoplethey promised to represent on the campaign trail,” he said. He followed up by saying that,for the remainder of his term, “I look forward tohaving the pure freedom to call the balls and strikes as Isee fit.” His stinging indictment of Washington was uncharacteristically blunt. But in choosingnot to run for reelection, he’d removed most real consequences.But it raisesthe question: Why only now call balls and strikes? Is an office worth keeping for its own sake alone?

On Oct. 9, 1964,atime no less

polarizedthan now,President Lyndon Johnson raised theseissues to every major officeholder in Louisiana in atoo-little remembered speech at the Jung Hotel in New Orleans. Johnson was running for reelection, having signed the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act months earlier Johnson knew the bill was toxic in Louisiana at the time. Instead of dodging the issue, he decided to call out thecowardice and hypocrisy ofhis fellow Southern politicians.

Alluding to the Civil RightsAct, Johnson said,“The people that would useusand destroy us first divide us allthese years they have kept their foot on our necks by appealing to our animosities, and dividing us. We have aConstitution and aBill of Rights, and we have the lawofthe land. And twothirds of the Democrats in the Senatevotedfor it, and three-fourths of the Republicans.I signedit, and Iamgoing to enforce it and Iam going to observe it.” Johnson then told the story

of an old senator,“whose name Iwon’tcall,” who once asked Speaker Sam Rayburn for encouragement to make one last speech for thegood of his troubled state.

“I feel like Ihave one in me,” Johnson quoted the unnamed senator.“The poor old state, they haven’theard aDemocratic speech in 30 years. All they ever hear at election timeisN*****! N*****! N*****!”

Johnson’suse of the N-word shocked the audience. The word was common at the time, but none would use it openly in such asetting.

The Times-Picayune quoted him as saying “Negro! Negro! Negro!” Johnson himself corrected the record in his own memoirs. His speech addressed the ugliness of theword but subverted its power, using it to call out the hypocrisy of the politicians and their enablers who knowingly channeled our worst impulses.

Johnson’smeaning was as clear as it was indirect: Toomany of his fellow politicians were wasting their political careers by ignoring thereasons they sought office in

In today’scollege sports landscape, it’s time forTitle IX to evolve

Let me say this clearly andupfront:

I’m all in on women’ssports. I’ma proud girl dad. Ibelieve women deserve every single opportunityand scholarship that menget in college athletics.Just look at LSU women’sbasketball,right here in my home state, and how it’stransformed the school’s athletic brand. Or the rise of elite women’ssoccer across the country.Weshouldbeinvesting in that momentum, not slowing it down.

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thefirst place, and engaging in thebasest prejudices just to hold office. His unnamed senator only realized in his last days that he’d had theopportunity to do good but chose theeasy path instead.

Louisiana’sU.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has publicly struggled with this dilemma. After alandslide reelection in 2020, Cassidy boldly voted in thesecond impeachment proceedingtoconvict President Donald Trumpfor his clear misdeeds on Jan.6,2021, but Trump’ssurprising rebirth put him in abind. Cassidy wasclearly

troubled by the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr.for secretary of health and human services, but he ultimately supported him But recently,Cassidy expressed frustration at Kennedy forcutting mRNA vaccine funding, something Kennedy strongly implied he would not do during his confirmation hearing. It’s something Cassidy could have stopped by withholding his confirmation vote. Repeatedly,Cassidy and Tillis have faced the samedilemma as Johnson raised in the ‘60’s —take the easy path by playing to people’sprejudices and tribal instincts, or take risks, and hopefully do somegood. Iwouldn’tpresumetotell Cassidy or Tillis what to do. But I would remind them of Johnson’s warning: Useyour time in office forthe good of your state and your country.Don’tend your careers regretting the good you could have done, but failed to do out of fear

Cliff Smithisalawyer,a former congressional stafferand a freelancewriter

50 yearson, theplanfor theCBD haspaidoff

created two historic districts in Lafayette Square andPicayune Place to protect those areas

But while we’ve reimagined nearly every aspect of college sports, Title IX remains largely untouched. It’sbeen acritical vehicle for progress —nodoubt about that. But it has also shut down opportunities for men in ways that don’talways make sense anymore, especially now that money is flowing into college sports like never before.

The entire landscapehas shiftedover the past few yearswith thearrival of NIL and the paying of college “amateur” athletes. What used to be one of the great taboos in collegesports —punishable by suspensionsand resulting in scandal —isnow wide-open Instead of carefully regulated compensation, it’s become afree-for-all. And in some ways, there are even fewerrestrictions than in professional leagues, because these players aren’tunder contract. The transfer portal has only addedtothe chaos,giving athletes the freedom to chase winning programs, preferred coaches or better systems Men’ssoccer is ExhibitA.Did you know that not asingle SEC school has avarsity men’ssoccer team? Think about that. Florida, Alabama, Georgia —massive athletic brandswithpassionate fanbases—don’tfield men’s teams. Many of their club teams could probably compete with varsity squads elsewhere. Do you think Vermontwins the national title in 2024 if the SECisin themix? With the North American World Cup around the cornerand growing concern over the U.S. Men’s National Team, it’sworth asking: Wouldn’tmore scholarships, more programs andmore investment help raisethe level of play? It might not be the silver bullet,but it certainly wouldn’thurt.

And it’snot just about soccer.Wrestling tells asimilar story.States like Texas, Florida and Louisiana have elite highschool programs, but those athletes often have to leavethe region to find ahandful of scholarship opportunities at schools like Iowa. Auburn won the SEC title in wrestling in 1981. That same year,itcut theprogram LSUfinished in theTop 10 in 1983 and 1984, then dropped the sport shortly after,again due to Title IX compliance pressures. It doesn’tend there. Men’s gymnastics, crew,weightlifting —sports that don’trequire huge budgets— havebeen cut at schools across thecountry.These aren’tluxury sports. They’re opportunities for student-athletes who train just as hard and dream just as big.

And here’sthe thing:The money is there now.NIL deals, big booster clubs and collectives with deep pockets have changed theequation. Awell-organized collectivefocused on soccer or wrestling in amajor sports state could absolutely fund avarsity program, maybe even several, without taking anything away from women’sathletics.Infact, support for women’sprogramscould be built in as arequirement when launching or restoring these men’s teams. That’sthe kind of practical, modern framework we should be discussing No one is suggesting we undo Title IX. Butmaybeit’stime to evolve it —just as everything else in college sports has evolved. Let’sbuild asystem that continues to champion women while also making room for men in places where there’sreal interest, tradition and potential national impact Compared to themultimillion-dollar NIL chaos and the anything-goes transfer portal, this feels like apretty reasonable conversation. Title IX was writtenwith great intentions, and it’s accomplished alot. Butitdeserves a thoughtful,modern look —one that ensures themission lives on while keeping pacewith the realityoftoday’s college sports landscape.

Seth Bloom is aNew Orleans attorney and former president of the Orleans Parish SchoolBoard.

In April, we celebrated the50th anniversary of one of the most consequential urban planning studies ever undertaken in NewOrleans —the GrowthManagement Program for the Central Business District. Apublic-privatepartnership between thebusinesscommunity represented by theCentral Area Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor’s Office andthe CityPlanning Commission, the Growth Management Program was undertaken to addressawide varietyofissues threatening thevitalityofthe CBD.

This analysis setthe rationale forthe eventualcreationofthe Warehouse Historic District. Those actions arelargely responsible for the protection of the scaleofthose areas, which hasbeen amajor driverfor the dramatic increaseofresidential and service developments in those unique areas

The early 1970s saw theincreasing speculative demolition of historicstructures throughout the CBD, only to be replaced by parking lots. This activity was compounded by uncontrolled development resulting from weak controls.

The programalso recommended newzoning regulations forthe entire CBD, which, after atwo-year study,dramatically lowered the permitted density and promoted pedestrian amenities.

The zoning ordinance in place at the time not only permitted asmall number of parcels to absorb all of the development potential of theCBD but alsocontained virtually no urban design controls to ensure that any development would promote pedestrian amenities, so important to attracting and retaining futuredevelopment.

The area around Julia Streetand St. Charles Avenue saw thedevelopment of askid row.Therewas no coherent public strategytocomplement the efforts of citizen groups to address theissuesthat skid row presented nor to encourage the renovation of important historicstructuresin thearea.

Additionally,the current planning for theCBD did not addressthe growing transition of theWarehouse District away from industrial and warehousing uses into office, retail, residential and service uses.

In addition, there was no vision for a broader return to theriver and areplacement of active portactivities with pedestrian improvements.

Finally,the program recognized that there was no overall management of the central area, nor asource of funds to provide improvements and staff to guide the development that would eventually come.

After more than two years of study and with the engagement of citizens, associations, variousbusinessgroups and professional consultants, the city moved to embrace therecommendations and took action to address the issues the study had raised

Historicpreservationists urged the study to recommendamoratorium on speculative demolitions. The City Council

In combinationwith the historic districts, the zoning ordinance prioritized the retentionand renovation of existing buildings andmandated ascaleofdevelopment for newbuildings thatrespected our historic inventory

Many of the dramatic improvements alongthe riverfront over the past 30 years can trace their origin to the recommendations made by the Growth Management Program.

Finally,during the program’sstudy,the absolute need for more active management of the centralarea became apparent. The study strongly recommended the creationofa business improvement district. The result was state and city legislation creating oneofthe first special taxing districts for the CBD.

Now known as the Downtown Development District, the DDD uses tax funds raisedfromadditional property tax collections within the district to provide services andimprovements abovewhatwould ordinarily be possible from the regular property tax.

The programrepresents the epitomeof famed urbanplanner Daniel Burnham’s exhortationtomakenosmall plans.

It is in the finest tradition of urban planning whenthe public and private sectors come together, with the involvement of citizenadvocates, to create avision for the future andidentify specific actions andstrategies necessary to achieve that vision.

Some 50 yearslater,our vibrant and successful CBD has its roots largely in the findings andrecommendations of the Growth Management Program

Robert W. Becker is aformer planning director forthe City of NewOrleans.

COMMENTARY

President Donald Trump metwith hisRussian counterpartVladimir Putinata summit in Anchorage,Alaska,lastweek as part of Trump’songoing efforts to find asolution to the war in Ukraine.While initially Ukraine and its allies hoped the summit could help bring forth acease-fire so peace negotiations could moveforward, Russia appears to have balked at theidea. Instead,itwantstopursue awide-ranging peacedeal. Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelenskyy and European leaders met with Trumpafter the summit to determinewhat their next stepswouldbe. Some remain uneasy about Trump’s willingness to takePutin at his word, arguing that the Russian leaderisjuststalling so he cangrab more land on the battlefield.What did theAlaska meeting achieve?Hereare twoperspectives:

Nowit is theOld World’sturntorescuethe U.S.

As flaccid as aboned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated. The former KGB agent currently indicted for war crimes felt no need to negotiate with the man-child.

The president’sthunderous demands —a 50-day deadline, a10-day deadline, “severe consequences,” a ceasefire before negotiations—all were just noise.

clarity about Trump. Foranation,more dangerous than an enemy’s hatred is his contempt, which makes him reckless andimplacable. Speaking to some of his generals in August 1939, Hitler said, “Our enemies are little worms. Isaw them at Munich.” Andthe war came days later

As Mark Twain said, thunder is impressive butlightning does the work. Into Trump’s post-Alaska vagaries aboutprogress and agreements on “many points,” an old question intrudes: Can the phrase “insipidbeyond words” be applied to words?

Alaska clarified what wasunclear only to the obtuse: Putin wants to win the war,Trump wants to end it, and as GeorgeOrwell said, the quickest way to end awar is to lose it. Putin insolently did not suppress his smirk while on the red carpet that Trump rolled out for him. He almost certainly already had dangerous

Letus hope that America’sdomestic political degradations have not rendered it incapable of embarrassment, which is aprerequisite for recuperation. Alaska was not just another drop in our overflowingbucket of mortifications.Itwas proof that for the next 41 months, no interlocutor can believea wordthe U.S.president says. The problem is not that he is endlessly cynical, which would be animprovement. Rather,he seems promiscuously sincere, believingeverything equally,no matter howdiscordanthis beliefs today are with yesterday’s. It has been well said that our most im-

portant ideas are those that contradict our feelings.Does Trump have any such? Does he have an inkling of the coarse culture that produced Putin?When Dwight Eisenhower asked Gen. Georgy Zhukov,the foremost Soviet hero of World WarII, how theRed Army cleared minefields, Zhukov replied that it marched through them. Putin has been marinated in lore about that war,and about “the West”trying “tocancel a whole 1,000 year culture, our people.” He is delusional, but serious. He articulates his seriousness while his U.S. adversary advertises his lack thereof. Hence Trump’sinabilitytorecognize thecontinuity between the Soviet Union and Putin’sRussia.

Speaking last week on Russia statetelevision, Konstantin Zatulin, aleader in Putin’spolitical party, said of Ukraine: “Everywhere that aRussian soldier has put his feet will undoubtedly be kept by Russia.”The Brezhnev Doctrine has been tweaked. This doctrine was enunciated

by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1968, three weeks before Soviet forces intervened to crush the“Prague Spring” liberalization in Czechoslovakia. It was: Wherever socialism had been planted, socialist regimes had aduty to preserve it. Putin’s yearning to restore the supposed grandeur of the Soviet Union’sdecrepitude is worse than mere nostalgia, as sociologist Robert Nisbet defined it: “a rust of memory.” Acorrosion. The Soviet nomenklatura, of which Putin and some of his satrapswere members, derived psychological as well as material income from the U.S.S.R.’s status as asuperpower.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived at his Alaska hotel wearing a “CCCP”sweatshirt, the Cyrillic initials for the U.S.S.R. Trump, too, resembles afly in amber,frozen decades ago. Speaking on Fox News,referring to nuclear arsenals, he said of Russia, “Weare number one and they are number twointhe world.” They,however,have one-

third of the European Union’s population and one-tenth its GDP As this is written, leaders from acontinent thickly planted with military cemeteries have come to Washington, soon to go home. Then we shall learn whether,at long last, “Europe” is morethan a geographical expression. Eighty-five summersago, the United States, which began as an emanation of Europe, was saluted by Britain’sprimeminister in the House of Commons. On adark day (June 4, 1940) he anticipated the day when “the NewWorld, with all its power and might, steps forward to the rescue and the liberation of the old.” Now it is the Old World’sturn to rescue the United States. It needs to be liberated from the chimera that it has no substantial stake in the outcome of high-intensity, state-on-state violence inflicted by anuclear power obedient to aman whohas actual beliefs: crackpot, but real, and menacing. Email George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com

DidDonaldTrump getrolledbyPutin in Alaska?

Promising severe consequenc-

es if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’tagree to aceasefire with Ukraine and then apparently reversing himself is what sends asignal of weakness,not only to Putin, but to the world.

On Saturday,Trump posted this on Truth Social: “It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to apeace agreement, which would end the war, and not amere CeasefireAgreement, which often times do not hold up.” Given Putin’strack record of lies, he is unlikely to uphold another agreement (see below).

the Donbas region and freeze the front lineselsewhere for an agreement withUkraine, aEuropean diplomat confirmed to Fox News. Donbas had aprewar population of around 6.5 million andincludes the Luhanskand Donetsk regions.

“After meeting with Putin on Friday in Alaska, Trump told European allies that the Russian president reiterated that he wants the key Luhanskand Donetsk regions, but that he appeared open to the possibilityof ending the stalemate in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson alongwitha freeze along the frontlines.”

Fox News reported Sunday “... Trump supports Russian leader Vladimir Putin’sproposal for Moscowtotake full control of

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously rejected the idea of surrendering the territory in the Donbas. If the president succumbs to Putin’sposition, even partially,

and asks Zelenskyy to give up some territory,thiswould be seen by many,including Putin, as capitulation and an encouragement to Putin to finishthe job in Ukraine and eventually try to claim the former Soviet Republics It appears that extreme sanctions, including secondarysanctionsoncountries that buy oil from Russia, are off the table. Don’tlook for HillaryClinton to nominateTrump for theNobel Peace Prize, as she cheekily told podcaster Jessica Tarlov she might do, if Trump concluded a favorable peace deal. Unless it somehow miraculously happens. Effective responses might have included selling U.S. arms to NATO,which Trump once suggested,sothat NATO could ship them intoUkraineand theU.S. would not be footing thebill. Putin is about as unreliable a

partner as some celebrity marriages. Anyone who believeshe will honor anyagreementhe might sign to pause or stop the war he startedhasn’tbeen paying attention.

AUkraine government webpage sums up whatUkraine and others have had to endure from Russia: “Russia’smodern history is built on afoundation of lies and broken promises about peace. It’salong list of violated treaties, fake ceasefires, and deceptive guarantees of ‘friendly relations’ Forevery act of military aggression thatRussia has committedinthe last 30 years, there is acorresponding Russian lie about peace talks, peacekeeping, or negotiations. The Russian invasion of Georgia resulted in a so-called peace settlement that threatensGeorgia’s borders to this day.Russia’s fake ‘peace-

keeping’ missioninMoldova turnedanentire region of the country into an isolated island with no prospects. The peace agreement promised by Moscow to Ichkeria (known as Chechnya in Russiansources)ended with 50,000 to 80,000 people dead underbrutalshelling. The complete list of horrific consequences of ‘Russianpeace’ could fill an entire book.” Adeal thatinvolvesUkraine ceding land to Putin is likely to be rejected by Zelenskyy,who would seeitassurrender President Ronald Reagan used to saywhendealing with Soviet Union leaders: “Trust but verify.” Trump’sand Zelynskyy’sattitude toward Putin should be “don’t trust andconsider sanctions” if a peace deal can’t be reached Email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribpub.com

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Earline Sorapuru, adevotedwife, mother, grandmother and lifelong resident of LaPlace, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2025, at the age of 83. Daughter of the late Louise Sylve and Wilfred Bourgeois Sr., Earline was called home to the Lord on what would have been her 61st wedding anniversary to the love of her life, the late Clarence Sorapuru Jr Ahomemaker whose radiant smile and joyful spirit lit every room, Earline's faith, love, and kindness touched allwho knew her She leaves to cherish her memory: her children, Clarence III(Jacqueline) and Angela; grandchildren, Anitra(Terrell),Devalance Sr.(Tamekia)., Kameron, Airelle, Dominique (Pernal), Brittney,J'Nyiah, and Kaieonne; greatgrandchildren, Cayce,Kori, Devalance Jr., and Karter: and siblings, Margery Youngand Adam Bourgeois ACelebration of Life will be held Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Providence Baptist Church#1, 240 Pine Street, Laplace, LA. Rev. Willie Smith, Pastor/officiant. Visitation from 8:30-10:45 a.m. Interment St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery Edgard, LA., In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Xavier University of Louisiana Professional services entrusted to Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St. Garyville, LA 70051 985-535-2516.

which is the firstsign that fall is almost here! The tropicsare busy,but there are no threats expected along theGulf Coast over the next week as Augustcomes to aswift close.

Melba Bellard Venison left this earthly life on August 10, 2025inDallas, TX. Sheispreceded in death by her husband, Lee Venison. In her beloved Gamma Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa AlphaSorority, Inc., she joyfully celebrated 50 years of sisterhood and service. Visitation on August23, 2025atSt. Francis Xavier CatholicChurch at1120 MyrtleWalk, Baton Rouge, LA. 70802. Viewing is from 8-9AM; Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony from 99:30AM followedbythe recitation of the rosary until the funeral mass at 10AM.She is survived by her son Marcus Venison his wifeEricaand their children CharleeVenison andCarter Dotson; anda host of otherrelatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, please donatetoThe Venison MemorialFund at Southern University at https://foundation sus.edu /venison-memorial

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RaymondPaulWeber, Sr.,affectionatelyknown asPapa, wasbornonSep‐tember7,1944, to thelate BeatriceOubre Weberand John(Snook)Weber,Sr. On August12, 2025, theLord Almightydispatched His heavenlyangelstobring His son home.Raymond was adevoted husband father, greatgrandfather, and friend.Heloved life cherished hisfamily, and pouredhis heartinto everythinghedid.Ray‐mond’sgreatestjoy in life washis family. In 2007, he

marriedhis faithfuland de‐voted wife,LisaWeber, who stood by hisside through alloflife’smo‐ments.Hedeeply lovedhis children: RaymondWeber Jr.,KalanthaWeber,Kyler Weber,Shaun Jones, and Lance Jones. He especially adoredhis grandchildren: Denim,Drake,Savayon Quin’Tashza,Dai’Shanae, Takia,Da’Jon, Tahj,Kourt‐ney,Skylar, Tyler, Teyana and Shaydon. He wasalso blessedwithfourgreatgrandchildren:Yauri Chance, Armani,and Lait‐lyn.A proudgraduateof MagnoliaHighSchool, class of 1961, Raymond wentontoserve hiscoun‐try faithfullyinthe United StatesArmy. Followinghis militaryservice,hebe‐camea skilledand re‐spected carpenter, known for building numerous homes throughout thetriparishcommunity.His pas‐sionfor craftsmanship led him to co-found “Cousin’s Cabinets”,alongside his cousinHarry Oubre, Sr.He took greatpride in show‐casinghis work andshar‐ing hisknowledge.Ray‐mondenjoyed Nascar Rac‐ing,collectingantiques, watchingthe Kansas City Chiefsplayfootball,listen‐ing to Etta Jamesand the Williams Brothers gospel hymn“CoolingWater”. He leavestocherish hismem‐ories hislovingwifeLisa, his five children,his grand‐children, hisgreat-grand‐children, hismother-in-law Natalie Braud; threesis‐ters-in-law:Mary(Sonny) Ester,LoisJohnson,and Darlene Braud; five broth‐ers-in-law: Lawrence (Lynette)Braud,Jr., Zachary (Betty)Braud Kevin (Charlene) Braud, Nathaniel (Shandell) Braud,and Darren Braud; eight godchildren,and a hostofnieces, nephews, extendedfamilymembers, and dear friends. Raymond was preceded in deathby his sonSidneyEugene Jones,Jr.,his parents: John and Beatrice Weber, step‐motherMelvina Weber; sisterStephanie Weber; brother John Weber, Jr.; his father-in-law Lawrence Braud,Sr.;his brother-inlaw Israel Evans, Jr.; his sister-in-law Helena Weber;and nieceRobin Weber

SEC moving to nine-game conference schedule

Newformatincludesthree annualopponents forevery team during 2026 season

BY WILSON ALEXANDER Staff writer

The SEC will begin playing anine-game conference schedule in football duringthe 2026 season,anew format that includes three annual opponents for every team.

The decision was approved by the league’s presidents and chancellors Thursday after arecommendation from the athleticdirectors. It followed achange to thestrengthof schedulemetric used by the College Football Playoff that was supported by the SEC.

“Adding aninth SEC game underscores ouruniversities’ commitmenttodelivering the most competitive football schedulein thenation,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in astatement. “This formatprotects rivalries, increases competitivebalance, and paired with our requirementto play an additional Power opponent, ensures SEC teams are well prepared to compete and succeed in the College Football Playoff.”

Under the new format, the SEC will continue to play without divisions, which it scrapped last year with the additions ofTexas and Oklahoma.Itwill implement thethree annual opponents, and the other six games will rotate among the remaining schools

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JOHNSON

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL

LSU wide receiver Aaron Anderson, center is takendownbyAlabama defensiveback DeVonta Smith in the thirdquarter of their game on Nov. 9atTiger Stadium.

It took toolong, butSEC made rightchoiceon football schedule

SIGN OF THETIMES

Talented Tulane freshmen face uphill battle forplaying time

BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

Tulane almostcertainly will begin the season with zero true freshmen starting andpossiblynone on thetwodeep depthchart Do notmistake that absence for alack of potential. Sumrall said he loved what he had seen from the freshman classasawhole, and it was more areflection of the high talentlevel of the rest of the rosterinthe transfer portal era.

He singled out Josh Lewis, afreshman defensive end from Dutchtown High, as the perfect illustration.

“When Iwas here in 2012 (as defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator), he probably would have come in and started,” Sumrall said. “He’sadude’sdude. He’s arealguy.Heworks hard,has greatlength, is very athletic and is going to be really good here. Idon’twant to name all the names yet,but there’sacouple of these guys that may redshirt that have ridiculously bright fu-

tures here. We’ve got something in that class.”

He addedwidereceiverOliverMitchell, from powerhouse programEdna Karr,and running back Javin Gordon definitely would not be redshirted.Mitchellis oneofa gaggleofreceivers competingfor significant playing time. Gordon passed McClure in the Wave’sfivedeep pecking order at his spot this week.

“I have to call (Karr coach) Bryce Browntosee if we canget allthe good playersatKarrtocomeherebecause of theway he (Mitchell)’splayed,”Sumrall said. “He’seasy to coach.Javin hasgreat balanceand good vision.He’sanatural with the ball in his hands.”

Sumrall did notstop there, praising the freshmen linemen on both sides of the ball. He said physical nose tackle PaLanding Drammehcould earn some snaps at one of Tulane’sdeepest positions and projected end Nik Alston as ahuge contributor in the future. He compared offensive lineman Juelz Batiste, aSt. Aug product, to

BY LUKEJOHNSON Staff writer

Common sense often flows likemolasses in this world, especially within an entity as large as the now 16-team Southeastern Conference. Finally,however,the SEC’smembership has cometogether aroundthe bargaining table and done the rightthing whenit comes to football scheduling The smart thing. Starting in 2026, the SEC will shift from eight to nine conference games. Like alot of people, I’m not ahuge fan of enormous change. Butonce the SEC stepped foot into the reality of an expanded 16-team conference withthe addition of Texasand Oklahoma, nine games made the most sense for all sorts of reasons: n Nine games, with three permanent opponents per school and six rotatingopponents (divisional play remains arelic of thepast) laythe framework foreverySEC school to play every otherschool within afour-year period. It also allows schools to preserve primary and secondary rivalries as compared to the prospect of one

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WNBA silences critics, breaks attendance mark

With 21/2 weeks left in the WNBA’s regular season, the league has already broken its single-season attendance record.

League officials announced Thursday that the league’s 13 teams have drawn a total of 2,501,609 fans over 226 games this season, surpassing the previous mark set in 2002 when the league had 16 teams. It also took the WNBA 256 games to reach the milestone in 2002.

Henley leads at Tour Championship

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

ATLANTA Russell Henley hardly missed a putt. Scottie Scheffler hardly missed a fairway They led a parade of players who seized on the soft conditions at East Lake to begin the race for the Tour Championship and the season-ending FedEx Cup title.

Henley one-putted six of his last seven holes and made three birdie putts from 40 feet or longer and, with three straight birdies at the end, had a 9-under 61 to build a two-shot lead over the world’s No. 1 player Scheffler didn’t miss a beat from last week — really the last five months and finished with a 25-foot par save on the 16th and two birdies for a 63 That’s his lowest round by two shots in his six appearances at East Lake.

The entertainment came from Rory McIlroy, who bladed a bunker shot on the par-5 18th hole over the green and off the grandstands, and then back onto the green. He made an 18-foot putt for a most unlikely birdie.

Scheffler was rooting hard for McIlroy, not so much for the birdie but so they could avoid a length ruling to finish. Seconds after Scheffler holed his 4-foot birdie putt, the horn sounded to stop play because of approaching storms that led to East Lake being evacuated.

Left behind was a leaderboard filled with red numbers in a tournament that has a $40 million purse in official money for the top 30 players, all of them with an equal chance. Only two players were over par Rain hammered East Lake on Wednesday — and again after the first round ended leaving the course soft enough that players could lift, clean and place their golf balls in the short grass.

“I felt like with it being lift, clean and place and somewhat

soft compared to last year when the greens were brand new, it was a little bit softer, so it was just a little bit more gettable,” Henley said.

There was also that no-so-small matter of putting Henley already has a great reputation with the putter, and on this day he holed some 207 feet worth of putts.

“Probably the most I’ve ever made,” he said

Three of the five players who got in at 64 was enough to wonder which cup was on their minds.

Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa and Patrick Cantlay all finished outside the top six who qualified for the Ryder Cup and have to wait on being one of six captain’s picks.

All three are seen as likely picks.

“I don’t think you’re ever comfortable until you get that call and you’re on the team,” Morikawa said. “Look, I hope I’ve done enough. We’ll have to wait and see. But I think, yeah, my focus right now is to try and go out and win this golf tournament. I think if I do that, then hopefully that’s enough, and we’ll see how everything plays out.”

Scheffler is coming off his fifth victory of the season last week at the BMW Championship and didn’t miss a step. All that slowed him was some swirling wind as the storm approached, making it a little tougher to get close for birdie chances with a wedge in hand. The only fairway he missed — except for No. 18, in which the ball rolled through the middle into the first cut was

at the 16th, and that left him in his biggest predicament. From the rough he went down a deep swale to the right, the one place he knew to avoid.

“I knew going down there right of 16 was a huge penalty We had talked about it in the practice rounds,” he said. “And our job was just to get the ball back on the green, which I did, and it was nice to hole that long putt. But it was a reminder of how key it was to keep the ball in play

“I missed one (fairway) on 16 and all of a sudden I’m almost playing for bogey,” he said “It’s pretty important around this place.”

Tommy Fleetwood, who keeps giving himself chances at his first win on the PGA Tour, also was at 66, along with BMW Championship runner-up Robert MacIntyre, who is ready for a return to Scotland given how hot has been in Memphis, Baltimore and Atlanta.

“I wear as much sun cream as I possibly can. I look like Casper the Ghost out there, to be honest. I get a lot of shouts about my sun cream,” MacIntyre said.

It beats the shouts he got last week at Caves Valley when he lost a four-shot lead to Scheffler in the final round and was hearing from the pro-American crowd along the way MacIntyre was as upset about how he handled the crowd as he was his golf, but figures it will be a great teaching moment for him at Bethpage Black for the Ryder Cup next month.

“There’s a couple of things that I know that I’m going to change, but do you know what it’s really going to help me for? Bethpage,” he said. “I’m always going to be fiery, I’m always going to yell, swear yell, get angry

“But just the way I interacted with the crowd, I was trying to keep them out of the way, but instead of doing what I did on Saturday and bringing them into it.”

‘Sincaraz’ rules men’s tennis as U.S. Open nears

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP tennis writer

NEW YORK OK, sure, maybe it wouldn’t be rational to say there’s no point in actually holding the full U.S. Open and instead just fast-forwarding to the inevitable matchup for the men’s championship between Jannik Sinner — assuming he’s healthy and Carlos Alcaraz on Sept. 7. Seems reasonable, though.

“We know,” Novak Djokovic acknowledged, “they’re the dominant force right now.”

When singles action begins Sunday at Flushing Meadows, a change from the usual Monday start, there are cases to be made for various players to make their way to the women’s final. The top three in the rankings — No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Iga Swiatek and No. 3 Coco Gauff — have won the past three U.S. Open titles, for example. Other past major champions such as Naomi Osaka or Elena Rybakina have performed well lately; maybe a new face will emerge.

Sinner, Alcaraz have won last 7 titles

When it comes to the men, there really is just one name that matters in this post-Big Three era, and that name is “Sincaraz,” the silly, made-up, “Fedal”-style mashup of the guys who are ranked No. 1 (Sinner) and No 2 (Alcaraz) and have claimed seven Grand Slam trophies in a row and nine of the last 12. Djokovic took the other three in that span. There is nothing quite like it in the women’s game at the moment.

The past five Slams were won by five players: Swiatek (Wimbledon in July), Gauff (French Open in June), Madison Keys (Australian

Open in January), Sabalenka (last year’s U.S. Open) and Barbora Krejcikova (last year’s Wimbledon).

‘Sincaraz’ a cut above

“Sinner and Alcaraz,” said Marcos Giron, an American who has been ranked 37th and faced both, “are bringing a ridiculous level, week in and week out.”

Look at the ATP rankings, which either could lead after the U.S. Open. Look at the titles.

Look at the past two Grand Slam finals, with Alcaraz erasing a two-set deficit and saving three championship points to win the French Open in June, before Sinner won in four sets at Wimbledon in July Look at the most recent Masters 1000 tournament, the Cincinnati Open, where Sinner didn’t drop a set en route to Monday’s final but quit because he was feeling ill, ceding the trophy to Alcaraz. That ended Sinner’s 26-match winning streak on hard courts; Alcaraz was responsible for the previous defeat, too. Alcaraz collected his tour-leading sixth trophy this season and has won 39 of his most recent 41 contests.

Since Sinner returned in May from a three-month doping ban, Cincinnati was the fourth event both entered — and they met to decide the title in all four

What makes ‘Sincaraz’ so good?

They hit the ball as hard as anyone. Sinner’s returns rival Djokovic’s for best in the game. Alcaraz’s drop shots are unrivaled. The athleticism displayed by both is remarkable. Alcaraz might be the fastest guy around. Sinner’s long limbs reach everything. What sets them apart from oth-

ers?

“Their confidence. Their ballstriking. Their movement is basically perfect,” said Sam Querrey, a former player who made it to Wimbledon’s semifinals and the U.S. Open’s quarterfinals. “It seems like they hit the ball with just a little extra force when they need to.”

It leaves other elite players such as Ben Shelton, the 22-year-old American who is ranked No. 6, soclose-yet-so-far at majors.

Shelton’s 2025 Grand Slam resume includes losses to Sinner at the Australian Open, to Alcaraz at the French Open and to Sinner at Wimbledon.

“Frustrating,” Shelton said. “Two very different players and challenges.”

How big is Alcaraz vs. Sinner

The sample size is, admittedly, small, but these two are

producing the sort of riveting points and thrill-a-minute matches that Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, or Nadal vs. Djokovic, used to.

“The rivalry is real. It’s there,” said Darren Cahill, one of Sinner’s two coaches. “And hopefully it’s going to be there and real for the next 10 or 12 years.”

Not sure?

Head to YouTube and check out Alcaraz vs. Sinner whether at Roland-Garros this year or at the U.S. Open in 2022 or pretty much any of their 14 showdowns ( Alcaraz leads 9-5).

“You have to earn every point, every game He makes you suffer (from) the first point of the match until the last ball,” said Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain. “It’s really tough to find holes in his game.”

Sinner’s take?

“We try,” the 24-year-old from Italy said of their matchups, “to push ourselves to the limits.”

The popularity explosion in women’s college basketball, spurred initially by the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry, carried over to the WNBA last season when Clark and Reese were rookies.

While Clark and Reese have both been hurt this season, ticket sales haven’t slowed thanks to the arrival of rookie guard Paige Bueckers in Dallas and expanded television coverage.

NFL increases security after Manhattan shooting

The NFL has increased security at its offices following a shooting last month at a Manhattan building by a gunman authorities say was targeting league headquarters.

“We are working with the building and the other tenants within the building on building security,” NFL executive Jeff Miller said Thursday The league previously recommended enhanced security measures at team and league facilities. The recommendations will be reviewed at a special league meeting on Aug. 26.

NFL employees are back in their offices after working remotely in the weeks following the shooting that killed four people and injured a league employee.

Ravens QB Jackson ‘fine’ despite not practicing

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh says star quarterback Lamar Jackson is “fine” after his foot was stepped on this week.

That’s the same thing the Ravens told reporters Wednesday, but after Jackson wasn’t at practice Thursday, Harbaugh was understandably asked for an update.

“Got his foot stepped on, like we said yesterday,” Harbaugh said. “They did a quick X-ray, and there’s no damage or anything like that. I’m sure it’s a little sore today, so we just kept him in, but he’s fine. He’s going to be good.”

The Ravens play at Washington on Saturday, but Jackson hasn’t appeared in a preseason game since 2021 and there was no sign that would change this year

Zilisch cleared to race, will return at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch will attempt to race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, less than two weeks after breaking his collarbone during a nasty slip-andfall accident in victory lane.

The Xfinity Series points leader said Thursday he has been cleared to return and will be in the car for qualifying and will attempt to race all 100 laps at Daytona. He will have Parker Kligerman on standby Zilisch, a 19-year-old driver who expected to compete in the Cup Series next year for Trackhouse Racing, had surgery last week to insert a plate to stabilize the broken bone. His foot caught on his window net at Watkins Glen on Aug. 9, causing him to fall headfirst onto the concrete.

Program flagging online abuse to tennis players

The ATP Tour announced on Thursday that its Safe Sport initiative has flagged more than 162,000 abusive social media comments directed at players in its first year The tour stated that more than 3.1 millioncommentswerescanned,with the most severe ones hidden from the 245 players who were targeted. Andrew Azzopardi, ATP’s director of safeguarding, said the initiative has “fundamentally changed how we protect our athletes online.” Safe Sport uses real-time AI to detect and hide social media comments from players’ accounts. It launched in July 2024 and is available to the top 250 players in

THE VARSITYZONE

FOOTBALL PREVIEW n DISTRICT 9-4A

Studentofthe game

From sidelineobserverto superstar: Shaw’s defenserunsthrough No.21

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Rontrae Carter was in eighth grade when he stood behindthe Shawdefense during practices so he could learn from how the older football players reacted on each play

This was early in theseason,just before Carter would realize his goal of cracking the varsitystarting lineup.

Now ajunior,the LSWA all-stateselection as adefensive back has nearly three full seasons of varsity starting experience after hehelped Shaw win the LHSAA Division II select state title last year

“It’satrue blessing,” said Carter, who will be among ninestarters back on defense afterShawwent 12-2 and won the state final against E.D. White at the Caesars Superdome in December.“It’saonce-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Afull-time starter since thefourth week of his eighth-grade season, Carter has more varsityexperience than anyone on the team. His athleticism and know-howput himonthe fieldasa13-year-old

“He came in as an eighth grader with knowledge of football that was wellabove his years,” said Shaw safeties coachChad Boyd, aShaw alumnus and two-time all-statedefense selection in the late2000s.

“If you look at him now,he’sa 6-foot-1, 185-pound kid.Whenhe came in eighth grade, hewas 5-11, 160, so he always had thesize. Obviously,his ability to play football was always there.”

At first, Carter,16, had to wait his turn. He remembered watching practices from behind the starting defense and paid close attentionto how those players reacted.Soon after that, coachHank Tierney had some of hisassistantstellinghim thatCarter might be good enoughtohandle playing in varsity games.

Carter played onesnapondefense in the second quarter of the second game that season, against Houston

“Hestood out there and called everybody’s responsibility.His football IQ is incredible for that young of an age.”

HANK TIERNEy,Shawcoach

Kinkaid, and was thrilled to do so even though Kinkaid scored atouchdown on that play.His big break came thenext week against Rummel when Carter impressed coaches by coming off thebench to make 12 tackles in what turned into alopsided loss for theEagles.

“He was our leading tackler in that game,” Tierney said. “Hehasn’tcome outsince.”

Carter became afirst-team alldistrict selection as an eighth grader, afirst for any player Tierney coached in four-plus decades on the job.

Carter played outside linebacker andnickel corner in eighth and ninth grades. In agame against Belle Chasse in eighth grade, Carter had “an incredible tackle that caused a fumble, and we wound up scoring,” Boydsaid.

“If that play doesn’thappen and Belle Chasse scored atouchdown, we might be in adifferent scenario. It’s plays like that.”

Carter moved to free safety as a sophomore. The district MVPselection last season finished with 59 total tackles (43 solo), including ateamhigh 61/2 tackles for loss with two interceptions and one forced fumble.

“Heprobably hasn’thad the opportunity (for takeaways) so much now because (theopposing teams)kind of knowwho No. 21 is,and they’re going to go the other way,” Boydsaid.

Boydrecalled another impactful play in the state championship when Carter commonly defended againsta receiver who ran a10-yard out route. Butonthis play,Carter played closer to the lineofscrimmage so that he could baitthe quarterback intothink-

ing that receiver was open.

The quarterback released the pass and Carter quickly dropped into that 10-yard window to defend theplay

“He should have had an interception, but he wound up having areally good pass breakup, which was abig momentinthe gamebecause they wound up punting on that drive,” Boydsaid.

At this point, Carter is sure to have theattention of opposing coaches. Carter,who plays on adefense that includes Tulane commitment Jackson Williams at cornerback, expects his recruitment to pick up this season after already having madevisits to LSU,Tulane, Baylor and TCU.

Tierney noted how one college coach came away from apractice in thespring impressed by how Carter called the defense on every play

“He stood out there and called everybody’sresponsibility,” said Tierney,who called Carter a“true college safety” for how he could play the field in pass defense and also makeproper fitsinthe run game. “His football IQ is incredible for that young of an age.”

Football runs deep in the Carter family.Cousin J’Quan Carter is a senior outside linebacker for Shaw Another cousin, Jacoby Windmon,is aJohn Ehret graduate who played forMichigan State and is now a second-year player withthe Carolina Panthers Carter has madeastrong impression through three seasons of high school football.

He would like to continue that trend.

“I want alot of teams to say,‘What are we going to do about 21? He’s been aproblem for afew years,’” Carter said. “I want to make sure I’m always around the ball. Alot of people see me as aplaymaker.Ijust wantto do what’s best for the team and just makesure theteam lives for another down.”

ContactChristopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

LOOKING BACK

1. Shaw

Last year: 12-2 overall (won state championship), 3-0 in district

2. Belle Chasse

Last year: 9-3 (second round),1-2

3. KennerDiscovery

Last year: 4-6 (first round),0-3

4. St. Charles

Last year: 4-7 (second round),2-1

5. Willow

Last year: 5-5 (nodistrict honors),n/a

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH

Savion Barthelemy

DL |Belle Chasse, Sr

The6-foot-3, 290-pound Texas State commitment will be afour-yearstarterondefense,and he doubles as the “best receiver on the team”attight end, coach Stephen Meyers said.

Rontrae Carter

DB |Shaw, Jr

The leading playmakerona defense that has nine starters back from ateamthat wonthe state championship last season.The 6-foot, 190-pound safetyhas been astartersince thefourth week of his eighth-grade season.

Skyler Edwards

RB |St. Charles, Sr

Has achance to top 1,000 yards rushing after coming close the past twoseasons. He wasthe primarybackup as asophomoreand missed multiple games to injurylast season.

BrooksMonica

LB |St. Charles, Sr

Thereturning all-district selection can build upon what coach WayneStein said was“afantastic year” that ended withnearly 100 tackles, including 20 in asingle game vs.Belle Chasse.“We’vehad anice runoflinebackers,”Stein said.

Jackson Williams

DB |Shaw, Sr

TheTulane commitment playedhigh school football forthe first timelast season after he transferredfrom Newman, wherehepreviously playedbasketball on varsity.“He’sgoing to be alot better,” coach Hank Tierneysaid.

FIVE THINGSTOKNOW

1. State champion Shaw graduatednine offensive starters but has high hopesfor newquarterback Allen Shaw III, an all-district cornerback last season. “He’ll be able to make plays withhis feet,”Tierney said. Senior running back Andree Franklin is anothernew starter.

2. St.Charlesreturns junior quarterback Landree Leblanc as asecond-yearstarter. Other returning starters include offensivelinemanJosh Vicknair tight endGabe Kugler and defensiveback Dax Pregeant from ateamthat had its streak of reaching the state final stoppedlast season at five 3. Belle Chasse returns leading rushers quarterback Amari Ambrose and running back DillanCarteralong withall-district performers Barthelemy,defensivelinemanLogan Jackson and linebacker Hilario Rodriguez from ateamthat started8-0 last season.

4. KennerDiscovery has newcoach BryanCrayton in place of former coach P.J. Sprunk, wholeft for Haynes.“you’re talking about an opportunity for growth,”Crayton said about thelargejunior and sophomore classes.

5. Willow, which doesnot compete fordistrict honors, returns juniors AhmadVappie and Darryl Franklin as leading wideoutsand junior Mark Rhodesasthe leading rusher. Senior captain Tyrell Johnson is the “heartofthe defense,”coach J.J. Smith said. Cornerback Cyrus Buckelswill be a four-yearstarter.

ChristopherDabe

Womenflocking to DC forhistoricpro baseball tryout

League settodebut next year with draft scheduledfor October

BY ALANIS THAMES AP sportswriter

Hundreds of women will flock to Washington on Friday to take their first swings at turningpro baseball dreams into reality

Some at the historic tryout will be seasoned veterans and trailblazers in the women’s game. Plenty others are beginners chasing ashot at the pros.

They’ll meet on the same fieldin acamp organized by the Women’s Pro Baseball League. Set to debut next year,the league is holding

the first pro women’sbaseball tryouts in more than 80 years this weekend in partnership with Major League Baseball’sWashington Nationals.The U.S. hasn’t had apro women’sleague since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League —the oneimmortalized in “A League of Their Own”—dissolvedin1954.

Players will take part in drillfocused sessions, athletic performance testing andplayer evaluations at the Nationals’ Youth Baseball Academyoverthe first three days, and the showcase will culminatein alivegame at Nationals Park on Aug. 25. In the end,150 playerswill advance to the league’sinaugural draftin October For co-founder Justine Siegal,

the tryouts mark acrucialstep in creating atrue arenafor femalebaseball players to compete against oneanother, which was thedriving force behind hervision for the league.

“I didn’t gettogrowupand play girls baseball. Ihad to play baseball with theboys,”said Siegal, the first woman to coach for an MLB team with the Oakland Athletics in 2015.“We have players who have been waiting a lifetimefor an opportunity not to just have achance to tryout for aprofessional women’s baseball league,but to be seen andtobe given achance.

“It’svery important to us that women know that we see them.” More than600 players registered for the four-day camp.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Why Saints traded for wide receiver Vele

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

The national reaction to the New Orleans Saints‘ trade for wide receiver Devaughn Vele was far from kind.

“Saints WHY are you like this,” ESPN’s Benjamin Solak tweeted

“Saints loading up for the Week 18 win that gives them the 6th pick instead of the 2nd,” wrote The Athletic’s Robert Mays.

“Under no circumstances should the Saints be trading draft picks right now,” Pro Football Focus’ Trevor Sikkema noted on X. And that’s just a sample.

Under general manager Mickey Loomis, the Saints have a tendency to deal mid-round picks in an attempt to either shore up the roster on the margins or include them as part of an aggressive trade up. And on Wednesday, that pattern continued: The Saints sent two picks — a 2026 fourth-rounder and a 2027 seventh-rounder — to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Vele, a 6-foot-5 wide receiver who is coming off a nice 41-catch, 475-yard rookie season.

Vele’s acquisition finally addressed New Orleans’ glaring lack of size at wideout. But that didn’t stop the criticism.

The Saints, critics argue, again surrendered draft capital in what they viewed as an unnecessary, short-sighted move. If coach Kellen Moore’s first year turns out to be the start of a multi-year rebuild, as many expect, then why are the Saints trading a pick that could end up in the top 125 of next year’s draft?

The Saints don’t see it that way

“That’s always the tricky part,” Moore said. “You identify players you really want and then obviously there’s a cost associated with it. He’s a younger player This is his second year obviously so he’s on his initial contract in the NFL There’s some value associated with it from a roster management, healthy standpoint.

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my hometown. It’s my heart. It’s the rhythm, the food, the faith, the resilience, and most of all, the people

To be recognized by the city that has given me so much is truly overwhelming.”

About a dozen friends and family accompanied Mathieu to City Hall on Thursday afternoon, including his newborn daughter, Zadie Mathieu announced his retirement a day before the New Orleans Saints opened training camp in July — a decision he made, in part, because of the arrival of his newborn. He spent the final three seasons of what may be a Hall of Fame career with the Saints, accumulating 10 of his 36 career interceptions with the black and gold. Mathieu was expected to play another key role with the Saints this year before his retirement.

Certainly, we anticipate him being with us for a while. We feel like we’re adding a really big piece that’s going to contribute in a lot of ways.”

To Moore, the cost control aspect of Vele’s contract can’t be overlooked. Drafted in the seventh round, he’s set to make around $1 million per season over the next three years And Vele was productive as a rookie Moore said the wide receiver played “really tough downs” that resulted in big plays. Statistically, Vele caught 74.5% of his targets last season and converted 26 first downs.

But Vele’s age has also come under scrutiny Because he served a two-year Mormon mission after high school that delayed his football career, Vele is 27 and will turn 28 in December. He is older, for instance, than Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens — who was traded from Pittsburgh this offseason in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick.

Still, the situations aren’t the same. Pickens, in this case, is in the final year of his contract and is in line for a big raise in 2026 — whether from the Cowboys or elsewhere. That sort of situation mattered to the Saints, particularly at a position in which starters Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed are also going to be in need of new deals soon

Moore said the Saints aren’t concerned about Vele’s age, nor are they worried about the knee injury that sidelined him for a portion of training camp. Vele did practice Thursday, but he passed his physical

The Saints, too, appeared to give up what they did because of the competition to acquire Vele. Broncos coach Sean Payton told reporters in Denver that one other team was “more than serious” in their pursuit of the wide receiver He said Vele was one of the toughest trades of his coaching career

“He’s going to be a real good

player for them,” Payton said.

“Those are the tough ones. Really, I was only able to come up with two (trades) that were like that (Trading) Darren Sproles was a real tough decision, and I later regretted it.”

It also shouldn’t be glossed over how much Vele’s size fills a need for the Saints. As of late May, they were just one of two teams to not have a receiver taller than 6-foot2 on the roster. That lack of size has been plenty apparent in the preseason, such as when Mason Tipton failed to run through a slant and was boxed out by a cornerback who picked off Spencer Rattler Vele also intriguingly has done a lot of his damage from the slot.

According to Pro Football Focus, 62% of his snaps came from that area. And according to Next Gen Stats, the 27-year-old caught 27 of his 41 catches from the slot, resulting in 316 yards.

Moore said Vele will play in a variety of spots in New Orleans, “which is key for us because we want to move our other pieces.”

At the same time, it is fair to wonder that, if it was so obvious that the Saints needed to beef up at wide receiver, then why didn’t the team act sooner? Signing a big-bodied receiver or drafting one with one of the team’s nine selections last April would have spared the Saints from coughing up future assets.

The specifics might have dictated why In free agency, the market was sparse with receivers who matched Vele’s frame. And after the draft, Loomis said they wanted to take a wide receiver, but the timing didn’t pan out.

“If something presented itself, it would have been awesome,” Moore said Thursday “It (didn’t).

Through the entire offseason, we just tried to build this thing as we went.

“And this certainly was a valuable opportunity we didn’t want to miss on.”

said in his prepared remarks. “Words cannot describe how special it was to play here and to serve as team captain.”

After starring at LSU, where he was a 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist, Mathieu played for the Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs before finishing his career in New Orleans. He made three Pro Bowls, was named a first-team All-Pro three times and was also named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s all-decade team for the 2010s in his professional career Now, he’s just figuring out what to do with his free time as a retiree. Mathieu said he went through a few television auditions as an NFL analyst, and he recently landed a gig as a studio analyst for YouTube’s Week 1 broadcast between the Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers.

SAINTS NOTEBOOK

Banks showing why he was worth a top-10 selection

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

If the preseason is any indication of what the real thing is going to look like, the New Orleans Saints appear to have landed their left tackle of the present and future in Kelvin Banks.

The No. 9 overall pick has performed admirably in the first two preseason games, but especially in his Superdome debut last week, when he did not allow a single pressure in 10 pass blocking snaps.

More than half of those snaps came against the Jacksonville Jaguars excellent edge rusher duo, TravonWalker and Josh Hines-Allen, a pair that combined to record 18.5 sacks last season.

“They’re different styles of rusher, there’s multiple things they can throw at you,” Banks said of going up against Walker and Hines-Allen. “… Just getting that little taste of it is helping me out a lot, for sure, just being able to get ready for the regular season.”

According to Pro Football Focus, Banks has been the highest-graded pass blocker among NFL offensive tackles through the first two weeks of the preseason, checking in with an 88.1 grade (out of 100) The scouting service has not credited a single pressure or hurry against Banks in 22 opportunities in pass protection. Banks has locked down the starting left tackle job since the moment he arrived with the Saints. While there are still areas he needs to work on — PFF, for instance, has not graded him well as a run blocker — Banks said the biggest thing he’s learned about himself as a pro is his “determination to get better.”

“There have been ups and downs, I’ve lost reps, I’ve won reps, just understanding when you do lose you’ve got to learn from that mistake and move on,” Banks said.

Rattler to start Saturday Spencer Rattler will start the Saints preseason finale against the Denver Broncos, head coach Kellen Moore announced Thursday Rattler started the first preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers, then played the second half last week against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

He enjoyed a strong performance against the Jaguars, particularly late in the game, when he led a dramatic game-tying drive in the closing minutes.

In two preseason games, Rattler is completing 71.2% of his passes, with 252 yards, a touchdown and an interception. His main competitor, rookie Tyler Shough, has thrown for 234 yards with a score and an interception. The Saints are the last NFL team to declare a starting quarterback

for the regular season.

Another O-lineman injured Saints’ tackle Taliese Fuaga missed Thursday’s practice with a knee injury, marking yet another offensive lineman to get hurt for the Saints in recent weeks.

Moore said Fuaga’s injury was “nothing major,” but that he got hurt near the end of Wednesday’s practice in the Caesars Superdome. After playing left tackle as a rookie, the Saints moved Fuaga to right tackle his position in college this offseason.

“He had a little something happen, we’ll just keep an eye on him,” Moore said, later adding, “He practiced pretty much all of practice (Wednesday).”

If Fuaga can return quickly, New Orleans will have been fortunate to avoid another significant injury up front.

Left guard Trevor Penning suffered a foot injury — reportedly turf toe in a Aug. 10 preseason loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that will keep him out a reported 4-6 weeks. Moore was noncommittal when asked if Penning would be ready for the team’s Sept. 7 season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, though he added they would take the next few weeks to monitor his progress. Penning was seen at Wednesday’s practice with a walking boot on his right foot. The Saints have also experienced two season-ending injuries along the offensive line. The team put third-year guard Nick Saldiveri on injured reserve with a knee injury and veteran center Will Clapp was lost for the year due to a foot injury The blow to the Saints’ depth caused the team to acquire center Luke Fortner from the Jacksonville Jaguars and sign guards Shane Lemieux and Mike Panasiuk. Last year, the Saints were decimated by injuries in the trenches — notably losing center Erik McCoy for most of the season with groin and elbow injuries. Guards Cesar Ruiz and Lucas Patrick also missed at least four games each.

NFL will crack down on violent and sexually suggestive gestures

BY ROB MAADDI AP pro football writer

The NFL wants players to have fun within the rules. That’s why the league will be emphasizing sportsmanship and cracking down on violent and sexually suggestive gestures this season.

often entertaining ways so we want them to focus on those and not the inappropriate areas.”

“The opportunity to wear black and gold was one of the greatest blessings of my life, to play for the team I grew up watching in the city that raised me,” Mathieu

“It’s been good,” Mathieu said with a grin. “I’m trying to get used to it.”

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

“Unsportsmanlike gestures like simulating or either shooting a gun or brandishing a gun, or inappropriate gestures like a throat slash, or unfortunate sexual gestures, those were up 133% so that is a point of emphasis,” NFL officiating rules analyst Walt Anderson said Thursday “The officials have made it a point of emphasis to the clubs. It’s just one of those areas that the league wants to work actively on. There are plenty of ways for players to be able to celebrate, and they come up with some very unique and

In April, the NFL expanded prohibited acts to include banning the “nose wipe” gesture that league executive Troy Vincent said is affiliated with gangs. The unsportsmanlike conduct rule now states: “any violent gesture, which shall include but not be limited to a throat slash, simulating firing or brandishing a gun, or using the ‘nose wipe’ gesture, or an act that is sexually suggestive or offensive.

“There’s no place in the game to be standing over your opponent,” Vincent said in a video that’s sent to teams. “There’s no place in the game to have violent gestures. That’s not the game of football. We just have to play by the rules, respect your opponent, respect your teammates and play the game in between the whistles.”

LSU GM talks collectives, NIL and QB recruiting

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

When Austin Thomas began his

first job as a top-level college athletics administrator, he was working in a much different world than the one he’s navigating now Thomas, LSU football’s general manager, must now operate like an NFL executive. He has to manage a salary cap He has to negotiate with agents. He has to scout players on rival teams, just in case he and the program he represents one day encounter an opportunity to sign one of them out of the transfer portal.

“I never thought it would get here this fast,” Thomas said Thursday Luckily for LSU, few are more qualified to tackle those new responsibilities than Thomas, the administrator who’s believed to be the first person ever hired to work as the general manager of a college football program. LSU gave him that title in 2016 — in the middle of the first of his three stints in Baton Rouge. Thomas met with reporters on Thursday to discuss the future of NIL collectives, how he manages the day-to-day operations of a modern college football power and what he and his staff needed to do before it could build LSU’s 2025-2026 roster

Here’s what stood out from his 20-minute news conference.

Future of collectives

Coach Brian Kelly said Thursday on his weekly radio show that LSU spent around $18 million to build its roster It couldn’t have spent that much without a boost from Bayou Traditions, its collective.

In the offseason, Thomas and Kelly worked with the donor group to raise funds for the 2025-2026 football roster Then they distributed that new money among players in deals finalized before July 1, the date at which collectives across the country had to begin

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abiding by restrictions meant to curb “pay-for-play” deals.

How much can collectives assist schools in the future? Thomas said he’s still trying to figure it out.

“We don’t have all the answers right now,” he said.

The College Sports Commission (CSC) — the newly created group tasked with enforcing the parameters of the House settlement — initially said that athletes could not sign deals with collectives because those agreements did not constitute a “valid business purpose.”

By July 31, lawyers representing House plaintiffs had successfully pushed the CSC to loosen that guidance. The new, now clarified policy allows athletes and collectives to work together

permanent per school with eight games Texas can play Oklahoma and Texas A&M every year Alabama can play Auburn and Tennessee. Auburn can play Bama and Georgia. And LSU can play well we’ll come to LSU in a minute

n Nine games put the SEC in step with the other power four conferences. The Big Ten and Big 12 already had nine-game conference slates in place. The ACC is expected to follow the SEC’s example. Nine games (plus at least one Power Four non-conference game) means the SEC will be on equal footing with the other conferences for College Football Playoff consideration.

n Nine games mean each school will have one less rent-a-win for its season ticket holders to endure.

n Nine games mean more inventory for the SEC’s TV partner, ESPN/ABC, and almost certainly will mean a bigger rights contract for the conference.

The new format isn’t perfect. Nothing is Every other year, half the SEC schools will only get four conference home games

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SEC teams are also required to schedule at least one nonconference opponent every year from either the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Notre Dame.

LSU administrators have long supported the nine-game schedule, which was debated for years within the conference. LSU head coach Brian Kelly previously said he wanted to play nine SEC games.

“I just always thought it was for the best of the game, and I think best for our fans wanting to see competitive games,” LSU athletic director Scott Woodward told The Advocate.

“I think there’s a huge fall-off on some of our nonconference games that fans viewed as not good competition. I think that this will really help continue to foster and continue to get fans’ support when they have a strong home schedule and a strong conference schedule.”

But industry leaders such as Thomas are still trying to figure out exactly how heavily they can lean on collectives in the future. LSU, Thomas said, is trying to test the market.”

“I think there’s some gray there right now,” Thomas said, “and so we’re trying to maximize the space that we’re able to work in there as far as the parameters that have been given. But at the end of the day the true answer is we don’t know exactly what that looks like yet.”

The next quarterback Who will play quarterback for LSU after Garrett Nussmeier?

The Tigers once thought they had a clear answer to that question. Then five-star recruit Bryce Un-

while the other half will get five. Alabama will, of course, always get five. (I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Probably). And it means one more game that will be a potential loss, thus hampering someone’s CFP chances, though once the CFP expands to 14 or 16 teams that handicap will be lessened. That means Auburn’s chances of claiming yet another fake national title are intact

Overall, this is a win-win-win-win for the SEC. From an LSU perspective, it’s also a multi-faceted victory LSU athletic director Scott Woodward and coach Brian Kelly have long lobbied for nine games. Now the question is, which nine?

When this process began, LSU said its permanents were likely to be Bama, Ole Miss and A&M. Whether that is how it will turn out for LSU remains to be seen. One has to believe that teams like Mississippi State — the team LSU has played more than anyone — or Arkansas could be possibilities because of geography Could LSU’s annual clash with Florida, which has produced so many great games over the years, be preserved?

We’ll find out in December For now it’s enough that the SEC finally cleared its logjam and picked a football schedule format for the future. The right format.

cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now at 16 teams, the SEC continued to play an eight-game schedule the past two seasons. The Big Ten and the Big 12 already switched to a nine-game conference schedule, and ACC leaders reportedly said they would likely follow suit if the SEC changed its format.

“It affects our positioning in the CFP, it affects our fan attendance,” Woodward said. “It affects everyone in our conference. Everyone had to take a look at it differently.”

“I think that this will really help continue to foster and continue to get fans’ support when they have a strong home schedule and a strong conference schedule.”

SCOTT

WOODWARD LSU athletic director

A couple of years ago, the expectation was LSU’s three annual opponents in a ninegame schedule would be Alabama, Texas A&M and Ole Miss. Whether or not that changes is to be determined. Sankey said on the Paul Finebaum Show that the schedule would be released in December.

The SEC began playing eight conference games per season when it implemented divisions in 1992 after the additions of Arkansas and South Carolina expanded the conference to 12 teams The only exception was in 2020, when the SEC played a 10-game conference-only schedule be-

LSU has two non-conference games already scheduled in 2026 against Clemson and McNeese State. It will need to add one more opponent to fill out its schedule. The only upcoming season that will need to be adjusted is 2029, when the Tigers are currently scheduled to play Arizona State, Rice, McNeese State and SMU. LSU has at least one power conference opponent scheduled every year through 2032. It opens next season at home against Clemson, and it plays the 2027 season opener against Houston in NRG Stadium. The Tigers have home-and-home series scheduled against SMU (2028-29), Arizona State (2029-30) and Utah (2031-32)

“A lot of people want to come to Baton Rouge and experience it,” Woodward said.

“We want to have good games, but we also want to be smart on how we schedule our team and how we do it. We’ll continue to have an emphasis on in-state teams. Obviously, to not only selfishly help our attendance, but also to help their programs come in and play in Tiger Stadium.”

TULANE

derwood flipped his verbal pledge from LSU to Michigan last November, forcing Kelly and Thomas to hatch a new succession plan.

“There’s gonna be a void there,” Thomas said. “We’re gonna have a new starting quarterback.”

The two quarterbacks on scholarship behind Nussmeier could compete for the job next season. Michael Van Buren — a sophomore who started eight games as a freshman last year at Mississippi State — could step into the job, but he’d likely have to fend off Colin Hurley, the redshirt freshman who reclassified and enrolled in 2024 as a four-star prospect.

LSU did not sign a quarterback to its 2025 freshman class, and it does not yet have one committed to its 2026 crop.

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Reese Baker, a projected starter on the right side this year who was redshirted last season only because Tulane did not have any injuries at his position He also complimented guard Gresham Perry, from Teurlings Catholic in Lafayette, along with quarterbacks Jay Beaman and Cade Scott. “Beamon has natural leadership capabilities,” he said “He just kind of walks in a room and has some alpha.” Keep those heads up With Tulane shifting into significant preparation for opening-opponent Northwestern during the fourth week of preseason camp, Sumrall used redshirt freshman cornerback E’Zaiah Shine as Exhibit A for how scout-team players should behave.

Instead of getting ready to play themselves, the scout teams prepare the offense and defense for what to expect against each opponent. The role is all work with no immediate payoff — a disheartening combination for anyone who expected more.

“We met on this yesterday, and I said what are you going to do with that time?” Sumrall said Monday “Shine was on scout team all year last year, and right now he’s competing to be a starting cornerback. He went down there and busted people’s (butts) at practice. Mario Williams (a 1,000yard receiver in 2024) got worked over some because Shine was out there practicing hard. You decide what you want to

The Tigers are, however, hoping to land a high-profile recruit in the 2027 class. It’s pursuing prospects such as Elijah Haven, Colton Nussmeier or Malachi Zeigler Haven is a Baton Rouge native and the nation’s consensus No. 1 quarterback. Nussmeier is Garrett’s younger brother And Zeigler is a top-200 recruit from Benton.

“We feel really good about what we have here as well,” Thomas said, “and we’re really excited about the future of those guys. Give them an opportunity to compete and earn that position and then we’ll kind of assess as we move forward.”

Working with Kelly

In this new era of college football, head coaches have to work with general managers.

Kelly didn’t think the sport would ever progress to that point. If he did, as he joked on Tuesday, he might’ve taken a coaching job in the NFL at one point during his long career

“For 34 years, I’ve effectively signed the checks, the scholarship checks,” Kelly said “Been primary in the roster and putting together a roster It’s been such a centralized operation for my entire career, right? It all revolved around what my thoughts were and my decisions. I’ve abdicated some of that to a front office, if you will.”

Now, Kelly said, LSU has staffers who can scout players, manage money and negotiate contracts so he has more time to focus on his coaching responsibilities.

“I appreciate coach Kelly,” Thomas said. “He’s extremely bright, extremely adaptable. That’s the one thing I’ll say about him is he’s done this for 34 years as a head coach, and you don’t get here without the ability to adjust and adapt in everything that you’re doing.

“He and I have a great relationship. We work together on a daily basis.”

make of this experience.”

Most of the scout-team members are true freshmen or walk-ons, although notable exceptions this week included secondyear running back Jamauri McClure and UAB transfer defensive lineman Derrick Shepard, a redshirt junior The key to advancement is remaining motivated and giving full effort despite the initial disappointment.

“Not being able to play all year kind of hurt, but I understood the situation,” Shine said of his 2024 role. “I still had to show up every day and be there for my team and help out as I could Going against great receivers like Mario Williams, Dontae Fleming and Yulkeith Brown helped me to work on my technique and prepare for that next season.” Sumrall added scout-team decisions were not irreversible.

“There are some guys we had tough conversations with, but within a year your role can change,” he said. I’ve been around it plenty of times when guys start the year down and then they come up.”

Lagniappe

Simulating the normal game-week schedule, Tulane practiced Thursday in shorts without helmets for about 90 minutes. The Wave will have a more energetic, 60-minute run-through on Friday Sumrall said it was unclear whether or not tight end Ty Thompson, recovering from a hamstring strain, and quarterback Brendan Sullivan, who sustained a high ankle sprain and bone bruise last Thursday, would be available for the opener, adding both were making progress.

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n MIDSUMMER MARDI GRAS XXXIX Saturday at 6:30 p.m. features the Krewe of Oak’sparade and celebration roughly six months before FatTuesday. Abalconycelebration starts it off, followedbyastreet parade on Oak, Carrollton and Freret streets of marching groups and bands.Then the funreturns to the Maple Leaf Bar at 8316 Oak St. for an outdoor concertbyThe RiverEckert Band. facebook.com.

BY JAKE CLAPP Gambit Weekly

Before becoming the Queen of Bounce,before reality TV shows, setting twerking records, releasing massivesongs with Beyoncéand touringthe world, Big Freediawas Freddie Ross Jr., dressed in polished shoes andhis Sundaybest and singing in achurchchoir

n It’s the final chance to see the Black and Goldbefore regular play starts Sunday at the SAINTS’ PRESEASONFINALE at noon in the Caesars Superdome. The gridiron gala will pitthe localteam against the DenverBroncos. After aweek off, the regular season starts with Arizona on Sept. 7. neworleanssaints.com.

Big Freedia’s godmotherwas the choir director at Pressing Onward Baptist Church on Danneel Street in Central City, and she got the young Freedia involved, the bounce artist recently told NPR. Freedia went on to become an assistantchoir director at the church, sang in the schoolchoir at Walter L. Cohen High School and performed with the Gospel Soul Children Choir

“That was my foundation,” Freedia said to Gambit. “The choir helped me get ready for the stage. Iwas doing gospel back then, and it definitely prepared me forwhereIamcurrently,tobeable to be on stage and have the confidence to sing out in public.”

Freedia has now returned to herchurch roots with the new album, “Pressing Onward,” a joyous gospel recordfullof praise for the Almighty and urging listeners to find light amid difficult times. The album —which is dedicated to Freedia’s late partner of 20 years, DevonHurst —isnow outon streamingplatforms and on vinyl through Freedia’swebsite.

For countless NewOrleans musicians, especially in the Black community,the church is where music lessons began.

“A lot of times our parents pushed us to be in church back then,” Freedia says. “You could not not go to church. Your mama, your grandmother would push you intochurch. It wasathing that Black families hadto do. That was our safe haven. That was our way of giving God glory Iwould be at church sometimes fivetimes (during) the week.”

Although Freediamade her career as abounce artist, first starting out as abackup dancer for Katey Red before beginning to release her own music in 1999, gospelmusic and artists like Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and Shirley Caesar have remained close to Freedia’s heart. And her faith has helped her through difficult times,including the loss of her mother in 2014 and her brother in 2018.

When Hurst passed away earlierthis year,due to complications from diabetes, Freedia againturnedtoher faith, she says. “It’sbeen the hardestlast two months of my life, but keeping God first and keeping God all over this project is the only way I’ve been able to survive and get through.”

Freedia has for years wanted to take on agospel record, she says. In 2023, she traveledto

Dark Humor

BY KEITHSPERA | Staff writer

When New Orleansstand-up comedian Matt Owens speaks to patientsatdrug and alcohol treatment centers,heasksthem to writedown their craziest stories.

“Everybody loves telling their crazy story,” he said. “Withthis particular group of people, the crazier the story,the funnier it is.Itbrings some levityto the room andhelps peopleopen up.”

His own “craziest story” from hisdrinkingand drugging years is an integral part of hisstand-up routine.

“I tried to eliminate it, andeverybody’slike, ‘What are you doing? That’sthe funniest story.’ And Iwas like, ‘Well, I’m not veryproudofit.’

“Butit’sworth it to take the ding becauseit’ssofunny.”

Owens will takeplenty of dings Saturday when he tapes his “Come With Me” special at theFrench Quarter’sToulouse Theatre. He’ll do showsat7 p.m. and 9p.m.; tickets are $20.

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2025. There are 131 days left in the year

Today in history

On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America’s Cup.

Also on this date: In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonizers.

In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.

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them, including where you can watch.

‘Paratus: A 20th Anniversary Special’

If the sheer volume of post-Katrina documentaries taught us anything, it’s that there is enough blame to go around for the storm’s impact on the Gulf South. This isn’t one of those stories, though This is an inspiring story of heroism — specifically of that exhibited by the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard, whose sustained display of dedication both to their mission and to the people of South Louisiana saw them rescue more than 33,500 souls in the wake of the storm. Taking its name from the Coast Guard motto — “Semper Paratus,” or “Always Ready” — the 30-minute doc combines archival footage and new interviews to tell some of those stories anew Where to watch: Airs on WYES-Ch. 12 at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday; and again at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday

‘Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time’

Turns out, filmmaker Ryan Coogler had more than vampires on his mind when he was in town filming his period horror film “Sinners.” He is also one of the executive producers this five-part docuseries for National Geographic. Directed by Traci A. Curry, one of the Oscarnominated filmmakers behind the 2021 doc “Attica,” it blends archival footage with first-person accounts from survivors, first responders, government officials and others including retired Times-Picayune environmental writer Mark Schleifstein — to recount the tragedy “With the clear-eyed perspective of two decades of hindsight, this gripping historical record corrects persistent false narratives and exposes how a natural disaster became a national tragedy,” a studio-provided synopsis reads.

Where to watch: Now streaming on Hulu, Disney+,

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In 1965, a 14-minute brawl ensued between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers after Giants pitcher Juan Marichal struck Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with a baseball bat (Marichal and Roseboro would later reconcile and become lifelong friends.) In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, California. In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform legislation that ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work from recipients. In 2003, Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Command-

National Geographic.

‘Hope in High Water: A People’s Recovery Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina’

Former Times-Picayune

reporter and current MSNBC contributor Trymaine Lee who was on the ground in the city when the levees broke returns for this look back at the storm’s wrath that also, crucially, focuses on all that has occurred since, good and bad alike

Where to watch: Premieres locally at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center Begins streaming Aug. 22 on Peacock

‘Katrina 20’

It’s a truism so well-tested that it has almost become a punchline: You know a hurricane is going to be bad when, in the days leading up to it the Weather Channel sets up shop in your town. Consequently, few people have quite the front-row seat that the channel’s reporters do to a storm’s strength and destruction. To mark the anniversary of Katrina, they plum their archives to offer viewers a look back as well as an intriguing look at what a storm of such magnitude would do to the Gulf Coast today

Where to watch: Premieres 7 p.m. Sunday on the Weather Channel, with encore performances scheduled throughout the week.

‘Katrina: Come Hell or High Water’

Spike Lee, whose “When the Levee Broke” focused on the undergirding inequities laid bare by the 2005 storm, returns to the subject as one of the directors of this three-part look back. Leaning heavily on first-person accounts from those who lived through it, “Come Hell or High Water” promises to be a deeply emotional — and at times infuriating chronicle of all that has changed in the past 20 years (and, crucially, what hasn’t).

“This isn’t a retelling,” the trailer makes clear “This is a reckoning.”

Where to watch: Begins streaming Wednesday on Netflix.

ments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse. Today’s birthdays: Author Annie Proulx is 90. Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 86. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is 84. Writerproducer David Chase is 80. Retired CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 80. International Swimming Hall of Famer Diana Nyad is 76. Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is 69. Rock guitarist Vernon Reid is 67. Country singer Collin Raye is 65. Rock singer Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is 64. Singer Tori Amos is 62. International Tennis Hall of Famer Mats Wilander is 61. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 59. Actor Ty Burrell is 58. Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is 55.

‘Above the Tide —

20 Years After Katrina’

New Orleans native and Super Bowl-winning safety Ryan Clark hosts this look back, in which he connects with residents and local sports figures Drew Brees, Steve Gleason, Sean Payton and Leonard Fournette among them to discuss their Katrina experiences and pay homage to the resilience of New Orleans Produced as part of the ESPN newsmagazine E60. Where to watch: Now streaming on ESPN+.

‘Trouble the Water’

This powerful 2008 documentary, which earned an Oscar nomination for best documentary feature, chronicles the Katrina odyssey of Kimberly Rivers Roberts and husband Scott Roberts, two New Orleans stalwarts whose self-shot video footage provides the backbone for directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessen’s film. In addition to providing a heartbreaking glimpse of the ruin and misery of the storm, it also serves as a historical document, capturing the fear, anger, uncertainty and grief that dominated life in New Orleans for so many years afterwards. If any post-Katrina doc is worth a rewatch, this is it. Where to watch: Now streaming on Hoopla and Kanopy (library card required).

‘Home’

Speaking of Katrina rewatches, this 2009 Tribecadecorated short from filmmaker Matt Faust is among the few projects that gives “Trouble the Water” a run for its money in that category Remarkably, it does it in only six minutes and with absolutely no dialogue. At its core is a flowing series of engaging, almost surreal photo composites — built from images plucked from Faust’s family photo album — that allows the “camera” to move through the frame. The result is beautifully poignant, as memories meld with post-Katrina reality in a warm but stirring rhythm that is difficult to forget, even all these years later

Where to watch: Stream for free at mattfaust.my portfolio.com/film.

Though R-rated, Owens says his material “is not gratuitous or cringy It’s not a lot of expletives. I don’t just cuss and use a bunch of filthy words for no reason. It’s just that the subject matter is adult content from the days when I was drinking and using drugs and running around with my head cut off. It’s hard to talk about drug use and try to make it PG.

“My mom always says, ‘I wish you could do comedy more like this guy,’ and she’ll mention some of the greats that are clean comics. I’m like, ‘Mom, I agree. But you want me to do PG material and I didn’t have a PG life.’”

Katrina relief to film sets

Owens grew up on St. Simons Island along Georgia’s coast and attended college on an acting scholarship. After graduation, he supported his nascent stand-up career by working in restaurants and bars. He eventually coowned a restaurant and was director of operations for several others.

In Hurricane Katrina’s immediate aftermath, a coalition of religious organizations recruited him to be food service coordinator for a large-scale effort to feed first responders, medical teams and military and law enforcement personnel along the Gulf Coast.

Drawing on his extensive vendor contacts, he solicited stoves retrofitted to run on propane, refrigerated trucks, tents, tables, chairs and other necessities. The massive operation stretched from New Orleans to Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

A Hollywood movie producer volunteering with the relief effort noticed Owens’ logistical skills and asked if he’d ever considered working in the film industry “I was like, ‘Yes, my whole life.’”

Owens became a production coordinator on TV and movie sets and moved into festival and live event production, getting “immersed in the behind-the-scenes of show business.”

He helped comedian friends stage shows in New Orleans even as he built his reputation as a stand-up comic.

A few years back, a “very famous” comedian asked Owens if he was available to go on the road. Absolutely, Owens said, “but are you familiar with my material? I’m going to really need to reconfigure it to make sure it’s appropriate for your audience.”

To which the famous comedian replied, “I don’t want you onstage.”

Instead, he wanted Owens to be his road manager That job “has grown into something that’s so miraculous. I’m always awe-struck (seeing) 18,000-seat arenas completely sold out. Comedy on that level is truly amazing.”

Observing top comedians up close has been illuminating.

“I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the biggest names in comedy and see their process. There’s a very serious work ethic.

“The ones that are really great spend a lot of time crafting and cultivating that performance. Every word matters, every sentence, every comma, every period, every pregnant pause, every extension of a sound. They take comedy very seriously.”

N.O. a tough market

Beyond his stand-up career, Owens co-owns Laugh Life Comedy a production partnership with Stu Schayot. Laugh Life presents dozens of comedy shows annually from Pensacola, Florida, to Lake Charles with both local and national headliners. Staging successful comedy shows in New Orleans is no joke. It’s often easier to sell tickets in smaller towns with fewer entertainment options.

“New Orleans is one of the toughest markets in the country for comedy,” Owens said. “A lot of A-list comedians start in one venue and then, based on ticket sales, move to a smaller venue. Artists who would typically sell six nights at a theater the size of the Saenger might just get one.

“When people travel to New Orleans, they’re not Googling what comedy is available. They aren’t necessarily looking for something that requires them to sit down in a quiet space and watch a show.”

Before the pandemic, Owens curated four shows annually at the Joy Theater under the Stand Up NOLA brand. Many of Laugh Life Comedy’s shows are now at the Howlin’ Wolf. Laugh Life aims “to make something consistent. That’s what needs to happen longterm for New Orleans to be a comedy destination.”

Meanwhile, Owens has opened for Louis CK, Bill Burr, Hannibal Burress and other top-tier comics. When he first got clean and sober 14 years ago, “my No. 1 concern was if I was going to lose my edge. I thought I was going to lose my mojo, that I wasn’t going to be funny any more.

“All comedians are very ritualistic. There’s a pattern before they walk out. I’d have a few drinks and then go onstage. It was part of the character I’d created. If that’s a big part of your show ritual and now you’ve eliminated it …”

One big difference: stage fright.

“The first time I was completely stone cold sober walking onstage, it was, ‘Oh, this is probably what I was trying to tamp down. These butterflies are real.’ I was very nervous.”

But much to his relief, he discovered he was “more funny I had a clear mind. My imagination was sparked. I could do whatever I wanted. Once I started really digging into the art of writing comedy, it was much sharper than it had ever been before.

“And there’s a difference between people laughing with you and laughing at you.”

His routine encourages audiences to laugh at his former self’s intoxicated antics.

“Some of the best comedy comes from tragedy, right? There’s a lot of dark nights and dark situations that I now find very funny and the audience finds really funny too.

“I tell a story in my act that, looking back, is hilarious. But at the time, it was probably one of the worst days of my life. It was a really bad day Now it’s really, really funny.”

Email Keith Spera at kspera@theadvocate.com.

“Dancing is a big part of spirituality, especially in Black churches,” Freedia says “They would call it ‘shouting’ or ‘(catching) the Holy Ghost,’ but their feet get to moving and their hands get shaking. Before you know it, they’re stretched out on the floor.”

While the physical church played a large part in Freedia’s upbringing, “Pressing Onward” makes it clear that a building or a deacon preaching at you isn’t necessary “The love we have been seeking / Is higher than the ceiling,” the choir sings on the track “Church.” Spirituality is personal and fluid — especially for

Joshua Tree and wrote 50 songs in five days, and from those sessions came the exuberant track “Celebration,” which appears on “Pressing Onward” with a feature by pop artist Dawn Richard. Before she left Joshua Tree, Freedia told her manager her next project would be the gospel album. Many of the songs on the 14-track “Pressing Onward,” feature Freedia backed by a powerful choir as she raps, sings and leads the revival. While the album is rooted in familiar gospel traditions, there’s a lot of bounce as well as hip-hop, contemporary R&B and funk. Actor and vocalist Billy Porter appears on the buoyant “Holy Shuffle” and Tamar Braxton joins Freedia on “Sunday Best,” a swaggering song about being sure to dress to impress when you head to church. And K. Michelle finds rock-solid strength in God on the track “Queens Testimony.” Supported by beats and bass, “Pressing Onward” is full of dance music. Like King David in the Old Testament, Freedia wants listeners to “dance before the Lord.”

members of the LGBTQ community who historically have been pushed away from churches by people using the Bible to justify their prejudices. For Freedia, a gay man who has long challenged gender norms, uses fluid pronouns and is an LGBTQ icon, God’s love is open to everyone.

“A lot of people wasn’t accepted at their church, like I was. A lot of people just wasn’t accepted in that world,” Freedia says “So the Big Freedia revival, everybody is welcome. Black, White, gay, straight, you can have a moment to be able to connect back with your God into your higher power The state of the world we’re in right now, people need some type of happiness brought back into their lives. This album is also a healing for me.”

Find “Pressing Onward” on streaming platforms and at bigfreedia.com.

Email Jake Clapp at jclapp@gambitweekly.com.

LEO (July23-Aug. 22) Refuse to contribute to someone else's glory. It's up to you to take care of yourself andachieve the goals that best suit your needs. Step into the spotlight, and you'll gain ground.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Change only what's necessary. Refuse to let anyone talk you into something you don't need or want. Take control instead of being controlled.

LIBRA(Sept.23-Oct. 23) Participate, be the one to bring aboutchange and make adifference. Apassionate approach to life,loveand happinesswillencourage you to recognize and let go of what isn't working for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Emotions will fluctuate as you react to what's happening around you. Acreative project will bring outthe best in you. Your discipline and hard work will pay off unexpectedly.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov.23-Dec.21) Don't skip abeat; learn as yougo, and conquer whatever comes your way. Change comes from within.Beobservant and make moves that accommodate your needs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Take time out to do something for yourself. Pampering yourself, establishing aschedule, and engaging in activities and events that stimulateyour mind will change your perspective on the meaning of life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Acommandingdemeanor will draw attention and

position you for advancement. Change is within reach, andpushing forwhat you want will play in your favor.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Anger is never the answer; however, ashow of appreciation and awillingness to compromise will bring you closer to your goal. Preparation will be your ticket to success.

ARIES(March 21-April 19) If you plan to make adifference, don't hold back. Indulgent activity won't bring about positive change, but acts of kindness andconsideration will helpyou reach your destination without malice.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Monitor events carefully. Instead of testing others, focus on yourself, your needs and what's necessary to achieve the lifestyle you desire. Personal growth is your best option.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Avoid detours. Connect the dots and maximize your chance to get the most out of your day and the experience you desire. Something someone says will make adifference in how you think.

CANCER(June 21-July22) Put your energy into something creative. What you discover will help you explore new possibilities at home or in the workplace. Change begins within and can jumpstart your ambition.

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Credit Union, shelley sanders

SQ 2MARYWOOD LOT 34 MARYWOOD COURT50X105 SGLE/BR/V 10/ RMS C/R GARAGE Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 67 Marywood Ct, New Orleans, LA 70128 TaxBill 3416-WSTROCHAV

Cecil EBienvenu Jr,City of New Orleans, Yvonne Landor Bienvenu, ann bienvenu merrett, terrilyn jackson, gary jackson SQ 2277 LOT CROCH 40X135 SGLE 8/RM A/R Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 3416 WSaint Roch Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122 TaxBill 2013-MONTEGUTST

NOWELL JOSEPH LACKINGS, CAROLYN LOTT OWENS, LORRAINE LOTTLEWIS, STANLEY LOTT,PATRICIA GLASS MYLES, SHARON LOTT JANET GLASS DANZLER, LAWRENCE JOSEPH LOTTJR, SHERELL LOTT,HENRYGLASS, LORRAINE GEORGE GLASS, JAMES WALTER LACKINGS JR., ALMA MAELACKINGS BREAUX,WAYNE LOTT,CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, STATEOFLOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUEAND TAXATION, OscarBreaux Jr,Simone Breaux, Lawrence Breaux, Brian Jules, Margaret Glass, Lewis Wilson, Kevin Wilson, Harold Wilson, Caroline Yarbrough, Pamela Cager,Phyllis M. Evans, Mae Lois Martin, Warrene GMack, Warren Glass Jr,DarcelEllis, Derek Glass, Kim DGlass, Isaac Walters Jr,Anjel Lee, Ashley Lee, Jerome Turner,Angela Ellis, Robert Willis, Lawrence Sims, Johnnie Swiney,Wartrene Glass SQ 1011 LOT D31X117

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2013 Montegut St, New Orleans, LA 70117

TaxBill 2766-JONQUILST

HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT,ROADHOME

PROGRAM, MICHAEL CBENINATE, AVERYL GOFF,State of Louisiana, Office of Community Development, Blazer Financial Services, Inc., Albert LJefferson, City of New Orleans, Mooring Asset Group XVII, LLC, City Of New Orleans, henry f. shigley,james r. gardner,gardner whiting III, c tcorporation system, CITY OF NEWORLEANS, CODEENFORCEMENT AND HEARINGSBUREAU

EDGEWOOD PK SQ 19 LOTS 16 17 JONQUIL 60 X120 SGLE 6/RM A/R

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2766 Jonquil St, New Orleans, LA 70122

TaxBill 2436-MAZANTST

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, CITY OF NEW

ORLEANS, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, City of New Orleans, Chareen Greenwood Kirkland, Bruce A. Kirkland, Casandra Smith, Andrew J. Smith, Brian Michael Prevost, terri williams, tracy kirkland SQ 1301 LOT PMAZANT 28X120 DBLE 10/RMS A/R Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2436 Mazant St, New Orleans, LA 70117 TaxBill 2120-MANDEVILLEST

OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT,Mamie Robinson,

HUEY PETER MERCADEL, City of New Orleans, Office of Community Development, AdministrativeAdjudication Bureau, City of New Orleans, Maida Grand PreMercadel, Theron Mercadel, Gailene Mercadel, Damon Lawless Mercadel, Huey PMercadel Jr,Maureen Mercadel, Rhonda Mercadel, Allison Mercadel

SQ 1060 LOT BPTS 24 25 MANDEVILLE 37 X154 SGLE/FR 8/RM A/R

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 2120 Mandeville St, New Orleans, LA 70117

TaxBill 3143-BLAIRST SHEILA SIMMONS, 7801 Maple Street, New Orleans, LA 70118, 501 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130, 3143 Blair Street New Orleans, LA 70131, Sharon McGee Williams, Raymond Williams, City of New Orleans, City of Orleans, kendric mcgee

RIVER PARK SQ 143 LOT 147 65 X103 3143 BLAIR ST PORETD03HE

POSTCARD Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 3143 Blair St, New Orleans, LA TaxBill 800-THAYERST

BENJAMINWHITE JR., CITY OFNEW ORLEANS, TBM INVESTMENT

p g servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANA, in PONTCHAR‐TRAIN GARDENSSUB‐DIVISION,SEC‐TION B, in SQUARE 40, thereof, bounded by Quincy Street,St. James Street,Rye Street andSt. Rose Street, designated as LOTS 18 and19onthe plan of resubdi‐vision made by Roessieand Galloway, dated April30, 1956, approved by Ordinance No.3151, regis‐teredinCOB 400, FOLIO 504, accordingto which said lots adjoin each otherand mea‐sure each 50 feet fronton Quincy Street, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth of 160.76 feet between equal andparallel lines. Lots 18 commences at a distance of 55.37 feet from thecornerof Quincy andSt. JamesStreets.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

DENNISWIG‐GINS,JR. Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

PROPERTIES, LLC,benjamin fwhite jr,stacy lee white, mark white,

TERRENCE MITCHELL

SQ 142 LOT 733X 103 1313 RED ALLEN &800 THAYER

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.800 Thayer St,New Orleans, LA 70114

TaxBill 9006-COHNST

Flambeaux Properties, LLC,AMADA W. WILLIAMS, CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, DEBORAH A. FLEMING, VIRGINIA LEWIS WILLIAMS, PAMELA H. PERSON,DAVID ALLISON, Willie Gross, Eric Gross, Larry Gross, Homer Gross, Draker Gross, Barbara Johnson, Deon Self, Theresa Jones, Kendra Powell,Kenya Thomas, Harold Gross, Charlotte Lockhart Hendrix, Wilhelmina Moore, LeonardMoore, Irving Jordan, Sandra Hudson, Cynthia Williams, Dianne Wescoe, Brenda Clavo, Wanda Jones, Arthur WilliamsJr, Pauline Hayden, Emma Jenkins, Louis Watson, James Watson, Geraldine Watson, Alma Sparks, Mona Brown Gaspard, Rita Jackson, Willie Mae Humphrey,James Robinson, Willie Robinson, Tina Jeffery

SQ 235 LOT DCOHN27X 60

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.9006 Cohn St,New Orleans, LA 70118

TaxBill 7860-SUNST

DINETRIUSR.DILLON, WHITNEY BANK, City of News Orleans, Elieen

Denise Hamilton, NewOrleans Area Habitat for Humanity,Inc., STOL, Inc., acorporation, Patrick Earl Major, Lakeside Oaks, hancock whitney bank, stanfordlatter,mariacloke, lee dorsey,marcdorsey,sheree simon, scott kiefer,shayna trosclair,shawn kiefer

SQ DLAKESIDE OAKS SUBD LOT 12B SUN& WALES STS 25X99

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.7860 Sun St,New Orleans, LA 70128

TaxBill 3409-STANTHONYAV

EUGENE T. HARDING,Carmen Eugene Harding, Various TaxDebtors NA dylan harding SQ 2284 LOT BPTC ST ANTHONY60X110 SGLE/STUCCO 7/RM A/R

&GARAGE Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.3409 Saint Anthony Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122

TaxBill 7831-SUNST

BRENDA C. TAYLOR, Vashonia AKelly,Continental IllinoisNational Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, anational banking association, Grant Street National Bank (In Liquidation), aNational Banking Association, Coi Gray Corporation, aTexas Corporation DBA First Houstonian Mortgage Services, Mid Valley Mortgage Corp,a Texas Corporation, City of New Orleans, bank of america, robert brockmon, joe b. abbey

SQ ELAKESIDE OAKS SUBD LOT 6A SUNST25X99 BR/SIDING

TOWNHOUSE 5/RMS A/R

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.7831 Sun St,New Orleans, LA 70128

TaxBill 4700-ROBINHOODDR

Pelican State Ventures, LLC, alimited liability company,MICHAEL LIZANNA, CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, gregory arbuthnot

SHERWOOD FOREST SQ TLOT 18 ROBINHOOD ANDPRENTISS 112 OVER 126 XVAR OVER 60 SGLE/BR/V 9/RM A/RC/PORT

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.4700 RobinHood Dr,New Orleans, LA 70128

TaxBill 7862-SUNST

Patrick Earl Major, NewOrleans Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc.,STOL, INC.,Norman Foster,Director of Finance and ex officio TaxCollector, Beverly B. Gariepy,Director of Finance and ex officio TaxCollector City of NewOrleans, James A. Mounger,asNotary Public, Susan Woodfin, Eileen

Denise Hamilton, stanfordlatter,mariacloke

SQ DLAKESIDE OAKS SUBD LOT 12A SUN&WALES STS 26X99 ASS’D 1982 39W079312

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No.7862 Sun St,New Orleans, LA 70128 TaxBill 4553-PIETYDR HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCKGRANT, DAN A. HOLMES JR., LONGBEACHMORTGAGECOMPANY,State of Louisiana, Office of Community Development,U.S. SmallBusiness Administration, STATEOF LOUISIANA, DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION,OFFICEOFCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,DISASTER RECOVERYUNIT,ATTENTION: SMALL RENTALPROPERTY REPAIRPROGRAM, Valerie EFoy,Jovita MPadilla, Michelle Rodriguez,City of NewOrleans, Shirley WWorthy, Property Owner of 4553 Piety Dr dan holmes III, kiara holmes, corporation service company GENTILLYWOODS SQ 9LOT HPIETY 62/58 X104/103 SGLE/FR ASBESTOS 7/RMS C/R

Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 4553 Piety Dr,New Orleans, LA 70126 TaxBill 5610-RICKERTDR US Small Business Administration, Karen Monique Johnson, 1st Lake Properties, Inc., CrescentBankand Trust, Hibernia NationalBank, City of New Orleans, Kimberly Thomas, State of Louisiana City of New Orleans Department of Finance, Bureau of the Treasury,Adrian Webster Paul Davis, Delisa Johnson, Tyronne Johnson, WynnLeslie Martin, oran johnson, anita johnson, andrea johnson, errol sandersjr.,laketasanders, conicesanders, paul sanders, pamela sanders, clara sanders, WILLIAM HENRYSHANE,JR., jamesp.favrot, capitalone bank SQ EWILLOW TREE LOT 8RICKERTDR50X108 SGLE BR/V 8/RM S/R

GARAGE Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 5610 Rickert Dr,New Orleans, LA 70126 TaxBill 3163-LAUSSATPL DIMITRI KSMITH,STATE OF LOUISIANA, DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,DISASTER RECOVERYUNIT ATTENTION: SMALL RENTAL PROPERTYREPAIR PROGRAM, Angie Smith, James Smith Sr,Anna LeeJohnson, Hibernia NationalBank, Fidelity Homestead Association, acorporation, City of NewOrleans, girardpeter gray,bradley gerald smith, cathy m. smith, jamesallensmith, jamesmichael smith, meltris smith sr SQ 1480 ALOT 26 LAUSSATPL30X107 BR/SGLE10/RMS A/R C/PORT Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 3163 Laussat Pl, NewOrleans, LA 70117 TaxBill 7849-SANDST JOANNE DAVIES, ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY,LLC, DANA TURBINTON, City of New Orleans, OcwenFederal Bank, FSB, Loriner G. Rideau,MervinE.Jefferson,Dwane Webster,Dwellie F. Huderson Thomas E. Adams, Jr Shelene Stewart Adams, EscrowServices, Inc., mistie anderson, franchart t. jefferson, omar d. jefferson, real monique jefferson, Tracey michelle jefferson, ashleyhuderson,brandy huderson benjamin schwartz SQ DLAKESIDEOAKS SUBD LOT 9A SAND ST 25X99 SGLE BR/FR 7/ RM S/R Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 7849 Sand St, NewOrleans, LA 70128 TaxBill 5301-PAULINEDR OFFICE OF RECOVERYAND DEVELOPMENT,DEVEN COLLINS, JESSIE JAMES VEAL,JESSIE BVEAL SR, STATEOF LOUISIANA, DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISASTER RECOVERYUNIT,ATTENTION: SMALL RENTAL PROPERTY REPAIR PROGRAM, City of NewOrleans, American General Financial Services, Inc, UnitedStaresofAmerica Bankruptcy,South Savings and Loan, deborah collins, emmett collins, jessie b. veal jr., michael veal, reginald veal, jandra veal, deborah veal johnson, bradfordd.borchers, VINCENT JCIUFFETELLI, micah r. conrad, george roach,jack erkilla lindsaymarieday,melissa leaday,stephen day,JACQUELINE MARIE GEISSINGER, jade knutson PONTCHARTRAIN PK SQ 9LOT 10 PAULINE AND MITHRA 40 OVER VARX 116 OVER 101 SGLE/BR 11/RM A/R Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 5301 Pauline Dr,New Orleans, LA 70126

TAXSALE

154889-542199-aug22-1t $1,251.60

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:853-484 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS CLAIBORNE WILLIAMS,III, INDIVIDUALLY ANDASSURVIV‐INGSPOUSEIN COMMUNITY WITH ADRENE DAVISWILLIAMS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 11, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges i d

aug22-sep26-2t $131.53 p g servitudes, appurtenances, andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, being composed of a portion of LotH-125,and a portionofSec‐tions7,65and 103, Township 14 South, Range 23 East,South‐westernLand District of Louisiana; West of theMissis‐sippi River, designated as ORLEANSVIL‐LAGE,SECTION 4, allinaccor‐dancewith a survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated April3,1970,ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 10036,regis‐teredinCOB 731, folio 30,and according to which survey said lotisdesig‐natedand mea‐suresasfol‐lows,to-wit: LOT27, SQUARE "F", bounded by Mt.Blanc Drive, Mt.JuraCourt Mt.Revarb Court, theSouth Boundaryofthe Subdivision, Mt Arbois Court, RochesterDrive and Mt.Kennedy Drive. Said LOT 27 begins 60.01 feet from the corner of Mt BlancDrive andMt. Jura Court, andmea‐suresthence60 feet frontonMt. BlancDrive,the same width in the rear,bya depth of 90.66feet alongthe side‐line nearer Mt Jura Court, by adepth of 91.33 feet alongthe opposite side line.All in ac‐cordance with a plan of survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,dated Janu‐

ary26, 1972, resurveyed Au‐gust 5, 1975, acopyof which is at‐tached to act recorded at COB 842, Folio198. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

RACHEL E. BREAUX Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $109.83

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-583 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS TODD K. KUBO

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 2, 2024, Ihave

seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all of thebuildings and improvements thereonand all of theservi‐tudes, rights, ways,privi‐leges, prescriptions, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereof known as TIMBERLANE ESTATES, UNIT NO.4,desig‐natedasLOT 3, SQUARE 11, bounded by MarleneDrive, Michelle Court, LapalcoBoule‐vard, ChristinaPlace, FairfieldAv‐enue,and the westernbound‐aryofthe subdi‐vision.Said lotmeasures thence 60.60 feet fronton MarleneDrive, a furtherfront on Marlene Driveof29.45 feet or atotal frontage on MarleneDrive of 90.05 feet, a depth on its Northside, the line of subdivi‐sion between Lot3 andLot 2 of 107.77 feet a depth on theopposite sideline of 110 feet,a width in therearof90 feet.All as more fully shownonsur‐veybyGilbert Kelly,&Cou‐

y turie, Inc.,dated November 5, 1979; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting the property

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐pal No.712 Mar‐lene Dr., Gretna, LA 70056.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $96.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-198 SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVIC‐INGLLC VS CURTIS HAGANS ANDTERRI HA‐GANS A/K/A TERRI DAVISHA‐GANS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 15, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,and all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servitudes and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisianain SCOTSDALE SUBDIVISION, beinga resubdi‐vision of the Odom Tractde‐scribedon a survey made by J.J. Krebsand Sons,Inc.dated 01/06/65 approvedbyJef‐f il

pp fersonCouncil on 06/23/65.

LOT15, SQUARE "E"being bounded by Loch Lomand DriveThird Street,the Easternand Northern boundaryofthe ScotsdaleSub‐division.Lot 15 commences at adistanceof 874.35 feet from thecornerof Loch Lomand Drive, andThird Street, measures thence 60 feet frontonLoch Lomand Drive, same widthin therear, by a depthof100 feet between equaland paral‐lel lines.

Allasmorefully shownonsur‐veyofSterling Mandle,dated 11/07/78. Subjecttoease‐mentsand re‐strictions per survey dated 11/7/78; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affectingthe property

Theimprove‐mentsbearthe municipalad‐dress1253 Lochlomand Dr Harvey,LA

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL

TRUST2006-EQ1

ASSET-BACKED

g September 26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $98.71

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-321

j p rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

P. GREEN A/K/A

LYNETTE GREEN

By virtue of and in obedienceto

aWritof

SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 4, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

That portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Woodland West Subdivi‐sion,inaccor‐dance with theplanof subdivisionby S.X. Landry,Civil Engineer,dated November 6, 1963, andrevised June 30, 1984, andaccording thereto, thesaid Lotisdesig‐natedasLot No.60, Square 6, beingbounded by N. VonBraun Court, Vulcan Street,and Golf (HarveyCountry Club Estates, Inc.)Couse.Lot no.60com‐mences 240.54 feet from thecornerof Vulcan Street andNorth Von BraunCourt, andmeasures 70 feet front on NorthVon BraunCourt, same in width in therear, by a depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.All in accordance with asurveyby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie Inc.,dated No‐vember 5, 1986.

GITSIT SOLU‐TIONS, LLC, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUTSOLELYIN ITSCAPACITY AS SEPERATE TRUSTEE OF GIT‐SITMORTGAGE LOAN TRUST BBPLC1 VERSUS TOYA BROWNROBERTSON A/K/ATOYA LASHAY BROWN, DAMON BROWN A/K/ADAMON LOUISBROWN, JEROME DEMEO BROWNA/K/A JERONE LOUIS BROWNA/K/A JEROME DEMEO BROWN, SR JESSICABROWN A/K/AJESSICA DEMEO-BROWN A/K/AJESSICA LYNN BROWN, JUDI BROWN A/K/AJUDI LORENE BROWNGILMORE, JOSHUA DEMEO BROWNA/K/A JOSHUA PAULEE BROWNAND JENNIFER BROWNA/K/A JENNIFER LA‐TRICE BROWN

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $106.65

NO.30com‐mences at adis‐tanceof556.13 feet from the corner of FAIR‐LAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORD ROAD, andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonFAIR‐LAWN DRIVE, same width across therearby a depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lel lines. Allin ac‐cordance with survey of Gilbert, Kelly andCouturie, Inc.,dated May 25, 1988.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

andConnecticut Avenue,and which LotD commences150 feet from thein‐tersection of Delaware Av‐enue and40th Street andmea‐suresthence50 feet fronton Delaware Avenue,same width in the rear,bydepths between equal andparallel linesof120 feet

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-727 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VS MICHELLE HEIN‐DELROUSSEAU A/K/AMICHELLE HEINDEL BROWNDI‐VORCED WIFE OF/AND CRAIGJOSEPH ROUSSEAU

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

FOERSTNERG

MEYER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 19, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

aug22-sep26-2t $105.07

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-036

ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/AQUICKEN LOANS INC. VS KATHLEEN BONCKKELLER A/K/AKATH‐LEEN B. KELLER A/K/AKATH‐LEEN KELLER

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-821

626, folio 54 and on aplanofresubdivisionby WilliamMaier C.E.,dated July 8, 1966, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder ordinanceno. 7874, adopted August 25, 1966, regis‐teredinCOB 644, folio 68, beingdesig‐natedasLot 20A,inSquare 3A which square is boundedby Highland Drive, Glenwood Drive, Square 4 (Oakview Drive) andthe north boundaryofthe subdivision. Lot 20A commences at adistanceof 1,111.64 feet from thein‐tersection of Highland Drive andGlenwood Driveand mea‐suresthence 56 feet fronton Highland Drive, 56.004 feet in width in the rear,bya depth on theside line of Lot19A of 132.51 feet anda depth on theopposite side line of 133.15 feet All in accordance with thean‐nexedsurveyby S.K. Landry, Land Surveyor datedJanuary 25, 1972, re-sur‐veyedonFebru‐ary17, 1972 and August 9, 1972. This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August22, 2025, b

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 4, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedto sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in TerrytownSub‐division No.8, designated as LotNo. 41, Square 128, bounded by CarolSue Av‐enue,EastMar‐linCourt,Merid‐ianStreet and Behrman Highway; the said LotNo. 41 commences at a distance of 135 feet from the corner of Meridian Street andEastMarlin Courtand mea‐suresthence60 feet fronton East Marlin Court, same width in therear, by a depth of 115 feet between equaland parallel lines; all measurements areinaccor‐dancewithPlan of Survey by Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated November 21, 1977; subjectto restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐i i i

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTION3-A, beinga part of OakdaleSubdi‐vison, Section "B", First Ward,all in ac‐cordance with survey thereof by AdloeOrr, Jr., andAssociates, dated October9,1959, revisedJuly15, 1960,approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 4707, adoptedAugust 25, 1960,regis‐teredinCOB 514, folio 345, andinPlan Book 40,folio 37; andaccord‐ingthereto,said lot is desig‐natedand measures as follows: LOTNO. 30, SQUARE NO.65. which said square is bounded by FIELDING AVENUE, COOPER ROAD, FAIRLAWN DRIVEand CON‐CORD ROAD; said LOT

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 26, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allofthe rights ways,servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, in that part thereof knownas Greenlawn TerraceSubdivi‐sion.According to thesurveyof J.J. Krebs and Sons,Inc dated February 19, 1975, resur‐veyedMay 20, 1975, said prop‐erty is desig‐natedasLot D, Square 73, and said square is bounded by Delaware Av‐enue,40th Street,39th Street

U.S. BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE FORHOMEEQ‐UITY ASSET TRUST2003-8 HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2003-8 vs QUINCY QUINN, IN HISCAPACITY AS INDEPEN‐DENT ADMINIS‐TRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF PATRICIA AND LAWRENCE RANKINS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune25, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildingand improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, prescrip‐tions, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, in that part thereofknown as Highland WoodsSubdivi‐sion,all as shownona plan of subdivi‐sion by William Maier, C.E., datedMarch 15, 1965, registered in COB

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 18, 2025, August 22, 2025 jul18-aug22-1t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-319 WILMINGTON TRUST, NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEOF MFRA TRUST 2015-1 VERSUS WALTER BAILEY ANDKEACHA DRAKEBAILEY

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly10, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings d i

Lots 1-16, Square C, Lots 1-21; Square D, Lots 1-21, Square E, Lots 116; Square F, Lots 1-15, Parcel 7(Townsend North(Private Street), Parcel 8 (RevereLane (Private Street)), Parcel 9(thecontinua‐tion of Wynd‐hamNorth (Pri‐vate Street), Parcel 10 ( thecontinua‐tion of Wynd‐hamSouth(Pri‐vate Street)), Parcel 11 (Town‐shend West(Private Street)), Parcel 12 (Jemison Lane(Private Street)). Lot2,SquareD, TheCommons at Lake Timber‐lane is bounded by Townshend North, Parcel FF-1A(side), Bayou Fatmaand Par‐celFF-5E(side), andmeasures 45.99 feet frontonTown‐shendNorth hasa widthin therearof 108.60 feet,has adepth along thesidelinead‐jacent to Lotl of 92.69 feet and a depthalong the opposite side‐line of 101.79 feet.All in accordance with survey by JohnsonProfes‐sional Land Sur‐veyors, Inc.,dated Sep‐tember 9, 2003, resurveyed De‐cember 1, 2003, to locate forms, resurveyed De‐cember 18, 2003, to locate slab resurveyed June 7, 2004, acopy of which is an‐nexedhereto andmadea part hereof;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 1005 Townshend North, Gretna, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

g andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the reights, ways , privileges, servitudes, advantages,ap‐purtenances, andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining situated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Sections 14,56,86 and88, township 14 South, Range24 East,Westof theMississippi River, composed of a portionofde‐strehanDivision beinga portion of theresubdivi‐sion of ParcelsFF-1 ANDFF-2Latim‐berlaneEstates, as shownon a plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc C.E. 7 S.,Dated May9, 1986 approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo17031 recorded in the ClerkofCourt's Office for theParishof JeffersoninCOB 1590 Folio20re‐subdivided with lots 25A,26A and 65A Square A, TheCommons at Lake Timber‐lane as shown on aplanof resubdivisionby Landmark sur‐veying,Inc., datedAugust 15,1997 as well as that plan entitled Privacy EntryGatePlan forthe Com‐mons at Lake Timberlane dated November 14, 1997, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 20221 recorded in theClerk of Court'sOffice forthe Parish of Jeffersonunder Instrument NO9802013, in COB2976, Folio 188; said prop‐erty beingfur‐ther resubdivided as perplanofre‐subdivisionby Landmarksur‐veying,Inc.L.S., dated Juen 2, 1998 ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish CouncilonFeb‐ruary10, 1999 under OrdinanceNo. 20578 filedand registered under Instru‐ment No.9913038 in COB 3002 folio 950; as correctedby plan of Land‐mark Surveying, L.S. entitled Act of Correction to theCommons at Lake Timber‐lane,dated May 10, 1999, adoptedbythe JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 21303 filedand registered in COB 3056, folio 273 into theCom‐mons at Lake Timberlane said property beingfurther resubdivided as perplanofre‐subdivisionof Richmond W. Krebs,Profes‐sional Land Surveyings,L.S datedAugust1, 2001, last re‐visedSeptem‐ber17, 2001, and that EntryGatePlan forthe Com‐mons at Lake Timberlane (HarveyBoule‐vard entrance) adoptedbythe JeffersonParish CouncilonOc‐tober24, 2001, under Ordi‐nanceNo. 21414 filedand registered in the office of the ClerkofCourt forthe Parish of Jeffersonunder Instrument No 10162762 in COB 3064, folio 313 andaccording to which said property is des‐ignatedas Square A, Lots 24A1, 25B,26A1; Square B,

g 16, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in Square 5ofHar‐bor Estates Subdivision, which said square is bounded by HeatherStreet, WayneAvenue Emile Avenue and DollyStreet, designated as LotNo. 116 on a plan of survey made by AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,Sur‐veyors,dated July 17, 1972, a copy of which is annexedtoan actofsalebe‐fore JamesJ Donelon, Notary Public,dated September 5, 1972 andac‐cordingto which survey, said Lot116 measures fiftyone(51’)feet fronton HeatherStreet, same widthin therear, by a depthofone hundred (100’) feet between equal andparallel lines. Said Lot 116 commences at adistanceof 204.49’ from thecorner of Heather Street and WayneAvenue This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

aug22-sep26-2t $194.53

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-296 BRAVORESIDEN‐TIAL FUNDING TRUST2022RPL1 VS SHICOLAD MARTIN A/K/A SHICOLAMAR‐TIN

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust h

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $89.18

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-588 EF MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS ALVININTERNA‐TIONAL LLCAND ALVINWOOTEN By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly16, 2025, Ihave seized andwill

proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public

auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of theservi‐tudes, rights, andappurte‐nances there‐unto applying situ‐ated in the STATEOF

LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐

FERSON

TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISIONin SectionNo. 3 beingpartof OakdaleSubdi‐vision SectionB,First Ward, allinac‐cordance with plan by Adloe Off, Jr.&Associ‐ated,C E. datedOcto‐ber9,1959, re‐visedJuly15, 1960, approved by theJefferson Parish Council, under OrdinanceNo. 4787, datedAu‐gust 24, regis‐teredCOB 342, folio 345, plan No.40, folio 37, Office of the Court, Parish of Jefferson, and said ground is more fully de‐scribedand designated as followsto-wit:

LOTNO. 12, SQUARE 60 which said square is bounded by Farmington Place, DanielsRoad, East Forest Lawn Drive, FriedricaStreet LotNo. 12 mea‐sures60feet frontonFarm‐ington Place, thesamewidth in therearby a depth between equaland parallel line of 110 feet.Lot No 12 lies nearer to andcommences at adistanceof 460 feet from thecornerof Farmington Placeand DanielsRoad, all amorefully shownonre‐cent survey of Sterling Mandle datedAugust 14, 1980; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affectingthe property

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear themunici‐pal: 518 Farm‐ington Place, Terrytown, LA 70056

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t

$106.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:866-364

BANK OF AMER‐ICA, N.A. VERSUS ROBERT F. ALT‐MEYERAND LISADURNING ALTMEYER

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly7 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

APORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentshereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, thereof knownasUNI‐VERSITYCITY SUBDIVISION andwhich por‐tionsofground accordingtothe plan thereofby Rene A. Harris,Inc., con‐sultingengi‐neers, datedDe‐cember 20,1962, recorded at COB 48, FOLIO 6A of the recordsofthe Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, des‐ignatedas follows:

LOT26-A SQUARE 85

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $72.24

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO:865-869

FIRSTAMERI‐CANBANKAND TRUST VERSUS ROBERT COSTEA,ASIN‐DEPENDENTAD‐MININSTRATOR FORTHE SUCCESSION OF ROBERT P. BELL‐FLOWER

24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 17, 2025,I have seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

West Esplanade Avenue)which is thepoint of beginning, measures thence North01 degrees 05' 28" West adistance of 1611.35 feet to apoint on theSoutherly rightofwayline of CanalNo. 11; thence mea‐sures south87de‐grees 53' 36" West adistance of 526.27 feet to apoint;thence South02 degrees 06' 24" East adistance of 78.18 feet to a point; thence South016 de‐grees 59' 46" East a distance of 28.00 feet to a point; thence alongthe arcof acurve to the left having ara‐dius of 234.00 feet (the long chordofwhich bearsSouth 58 degrees 23' 53" West 118.01 feet) a distance of 119.30 feet to a point; thence alongthe arcof acurve to the righthaving a radius of 394.00 feet (the long chordofwhich bears South11de‐grees 24’ 39" West 509.67 feet)a distance of 554.25 feet to apoint; thence along thecurve of an arctothe right having aradius of 822.00 feet (the long chordofwhich bearsSouth 45 degrees 44' 59" West adistance of 318.00 to a point thence;mea‐suresinan Easterlydirec‐tion alongthe Northerlyright of waylineof 35th Street (now West Esplanade Avenue)a dis‐tanceof576.24 feet to thepoint of beginning. Forinforma‐tional purposes only:Improve‐mentsthereon bear Municipal No.1500 West Esplanade Avenue,Unit13D, Kenner, Louisiana70065.

proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 1, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, City of Kenner in that part thereofknown as Southlake Village,Section 1, PhaseB,and in accordance with Kenner City Ordinance No.7661, regis‐teredinCOB 2881, folio 208 which approved thePlanofSub‐division by J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc. dated8/8/93, said Lotisdes‐ignatedasLot 7 in SQ.“D” which Sq.isbounded by LITTLEBAYOU LANE,TECHE DRIVE, CYPRESS BAYOULANE ANDTURTLE BAYOUDRIVE (FORMERLY BOEUFBAYOU DRIVE.)

Said lotcom‐mences 387.14 feet from thein‐tersection of Little Bayou Lane andTeche Driveand mea‐suresthence65 feet frontonLit‐tleBayou Lane, thesamein which the rear,bya depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

Improvements ThereonBear theMunicipal Number:217 Lit‐tleBayou Lane, Kenner LA,70065. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

WA.MAIO‐RANA,JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025 aug22-sep26-2t $8

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-897

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit PETERS.TITLE Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $83.89

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-145

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS CARROLC.DU‐RALL A/K/A CARROLDURALL

Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allofthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in City of Gretna,Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that thereof knownasNew Mechanickham, and accordingto a printofsurvey by Hotard and Webb, C.E., datedSeptem‐ber22, 1950, said lotisdesig‐natedasfol‐lows,towit: Lot5 Square 21, bounded by 22ndSt, Stafford Street,21st,and Hero Subdivi‐sion Lot5 com‐mences at adis‐tanceof86feet from thecorner of 22ndStreet and measures 42.50 feet fronton StaffordStreet same in width in therear, by a depth of 139.34 feet on thesideline nearer to 22nd Street and a depth of 135.64 feet on the opposite side‐line.All in ac‐cordance with a survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor,dated November 7, 1984, said lot situated in Gretna Gardens Subdivision

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $8

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-110 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS HARVEY A. BIL‐LOTAND DEBRA V. BILLOT A/K/A DEBRAAMBRO‐GIOBEASLEY BILLOT

y Plaintiff

Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ACertain Piece or Portionof Ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in whatisthereof knownasADDI‐TION TO GITZINGERSUB‐DIVISION,more fullydescribed as LOTNO. 21 of SQUARE NO 32; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand outstanding min‐eral rights of record affecting theproperty. Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 4425 14thStreet Marrero, La 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $74.89

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-617

FEDERALHOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION,AS TRUSTEEFOR THE BENEFITOFTHE FREDDIEMAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2020-3 VERSUS JAMIEBOLOTTE ANDCLINTON ANTHONY BOLOTTE

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 22, 2025, September26, 2025

aug22-sep26-2t $135.77

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE

ONECERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT,being des‐ignatedasUnit 13D of Chardon‐nay VillageCondo‐miniums, cre‐ated pursuant to theDeclara‐tion creating Chardonnay VillageCondo‐minium,dated August 25, 1981, recorded in the Conveyance records of theClerk and Recorder of the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisianaas COB 1010,FOLIO 474 / INST.No. 982849, as des‐ignatedand shownonplan of Joseph F. Varisco, Jr., Registered Land Surveyor,dated February 9, 1981,revised April27, 1982 andJuly27, 1981 annexedas Exhibit Btosaid declaration, to‐gether with its undividedper‐centageinterest in andtothe CommonEle‐mentsofthe Condominium as setforth in theDeclaration on file andof record andsub‐ject to andwith assumption of allterms covenants, con‐ditions, provi‐sions, restric‐tionsand obligations set forthinthe Dec‐laration as it ex‐ists or as from time to time amended in accordance with theterms of theDeclara‐tion.SaidCon‐dominium being situated on thefollowing describedprop‐erty,to-wit: ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Parcel 22-A ChateauEstates South, being a resubdivisionof Parcel 22, Chateau EstatesSouth, allinaccor‐dancewith a survey thereof by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., datedJanuary 4, 1973,revised May7,1973, ap‐proved by the City of Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 1526, adopted May14, 1973, registered in COB789, folio 938, Jefferson Parish,dated January4,1973, revisedMay 7, 1973, said Parcel is designated as Parcel 22-Aand measures as follows: Commencing at aIntersectionof theWesterly rightofway of Duncan Canal andthe Northerlyright of wayof35th Street (now

RACHELLE LIBBY AARON VERSUS KENT LIBBY By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 16, 2025, Ihave seized andwill

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 30, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 24, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish

IMPROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUBDIVI‐SION THEREOF KNOWNAS LAKE TIMBERLANE ES‐TATES, SECTION NUMBER 3EX‐TENSION, ALLIN ACCORDANCE WITH APLANOF RESUBDIVISION BY J. J. KREBS & SONS,INC DATEDOCTOBER 21, 1988, AP‐PROVED UNDER ORDINANCENO. 17660, SAID ORDINANCE BEINGFILED AT COB2133, FOLIO 67 ON FEBRU‐ARY9,1989. ACCORDINGTO SAID PLAN,SAID LOTISDESIG‐NATED, LO‐CATEDAND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOT 34 OF SQUARE G, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY BRADFORD PLACE, LAKE TIMBERLANE ES‐TATESSECTION NO 2(SIDE), LAKE TIMBERLANE ES‐TATESSECTION NO.2 EXT. (SIDE),ABBEY WAY(SIDE). NEWBURY COURT(SIDE), DEVONROAD, LAKE TIMBER‐LANE ESTATESSEC‐TION NO.3 (SIDE),PARCEL CC (SIDE),PAR‐CELDD-2(SIDE) AND MANHATTAN BOULEVARD (SIDE),AND WHICHLOT FORMSTHE CORNER OF BRADFORD PLACEAND DEVONROAD ANDMEASURES THENCE 65 FEET FRONTON BRADFORD PLACE, SAME WIDTHINTHE REAR,BYA DEPTHOF 102 FEET BE‐TWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES. ANDACCORD‐INGTOA SUR‐VEYBYJ.J KREBS& SONS, INC.,DATED SEPTEMBER5, 1989, SAID LOT HASTHE SAME DESIGNATION, LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS AS MENTIONED ABOVE. ANDAC‐CORDINGTO MORE RECENT SURVEY MADE BY DADING, MARQUES& AS‐SOCIATES,INC DATED SEPTEMBER15, 1992, SAID LOT HASTHE SAME DESIGNATIONS, LOCATIONS, ANDDIMEN‐SIONSASMEN‐TIONED ABOVE, EXCEPT SAID SQUARE IS SHOWN TO BE BOUNDED BY BRADFORD PLACE, NORTH BOUNDARY OF SUBDIVISION, EAST BOUND‐ARYOFSUBDIVI‐SION,ABBY WAY, DEVON ROAD SOUTHBOUND‐ARYOFSUBDIVI‐SION,NEWBURY COURTAND MANHATTAN BOULEVARD

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-018 NEWREZ LLC

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly11, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber1,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND

KATE SOTO‐LONGO Attorney for

D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS JERRYJOSEPH SEVIN, JR. (A/K/A JERRYJ SEVINJR.,JERRY J. SEVIN, JERRY SEVIN) By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 3, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN TRACTOF GROUND,situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, and knownas CROWNPOINT, andaccording to ablueprint of survey made by Hotard and Webb, CivilEn‐gineers, dated March25, 1949, attached to an actof partialrelease executed by Brittmar Landry, Notary Public datedApril 7, 1949, forMrs EthelRo!lesson, recorded in COB 267, folio 351, said tractof ground immedi‐ately adjoinsLot No Sixty-One(61) andmeasures 190 feet Title (192.18 feet Ac‐tual)front on thePublicHigh‐way, awidth across therear of 51.86 Title (52.90 feet Ac‐tual), anda depthalong the sideline of Lot No.Sixty-One (61) of 404.02 feet Title(405.42 feet Actual), and a depthalong the opposite side line of 314.56 feet Title(316.86 feet Actual). Allofwhich is more fully shownonthe plan of survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Sur‐veyor, datedApril 19, 1988, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoCOB 2816, folio 220, official recordsofJef‐ferson Parish Louisiana. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:Allfunds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit AMYR.ORTIS

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans

Advocate:

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jul18-aug22-1t $89.18

p between equal andparallel linesof208.71 feet Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNum‐ber28Fairfield Avenue,Gretna, La.70056.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with BankLetter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:850-435

GULF COAST BANK AND TRUST VERSUS T.J.'S CARNIVAL SUPPLIES, INC.

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 19, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

WA MAIORANA,JR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:859-908

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A vs DERRICK AN‐THONYMARTIN A/K/ADERRICK A. MARTIN A/K/ADERRICK MARTIN

videdbyplanof Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants, Inc.,dated De‐cember 14, 2001, revisedMarch 15, 2002, ap‐proved by JeffersonParish Councilunder ordinanceno. 21576 adopted May22, 2002, filedin COB3077, folio 491. Beingfur‐ther resubdi‐videdbyplanof Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants, Inc.,dated June 21, 2002, ap‐proved by Jef‐ferson Parish Councilunder ordinanceno. 21671 adopted October9,2002, filedinCOB 3085, folio 918, andmore particularly de‐scribedasfol‐lows:

70058, on Au‐gust27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

g described prop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theSTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,inthat part thereof knownas GOLDEN HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION,SEC‐TION K, being a resubdivision recorded Entry No 795398 in COB 910 folio 471, andasper act of dedication recorded in COB 911 folio 531, andsaid property is more particu‐larlydescribed as follow to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in STATEOF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,in FARM BLOCK NO.5,OAKDALE SUBDIVISION, being aresubdi‐vision of apor‐tion of LotE-1 Farm BlockNo. 5, in accordance with aplanof resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E.&S., datedAugust8, 1975, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNO. 12112 on Sep‐tember 4, 1975, andrecordedin COB845, folio 171 andthe Act of Dedication be‐fore Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public,dated October14, 1975, recorded in COB846, folio 471, beingall of former Lot14 anda portionof Lot15, nowre‐designated as LOT14A ac‐cordingto a plan of resubdi‐vision made by Wilton J. Dufrene, regis‐tered surveyor,dated March11, 1988, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 17519 on June 8, 1988, recorded as Instrument #8826955 in COB ______, folio

BAYVIEWLOAN SERVICING VERSUS KM HOMES REAL ESTATE, LLCAND FIORELAL VASQUEZAKA FIORELA VASQUEZ TRIGUEROS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 31 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27,2025at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, and is more fullyde‐scribedas fol‐lows,towit: LOT14, SQUARE F, WESTSIDE TERRACESUBDI‐VISION;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber13, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27,2025at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

Lot2G, Square 13, Floral Acres SubdivisionAd‐dition No.1 is bounded by Primrose Lane,Dandelion Drive, Jasmine Lane (side) and Azalea Drive (side) andmea‐sures50 feet fronton Primrose Lane, hasthe same width in the rear by adepth of 100 feet between equal andparallel lines. Allinac‐cordance with survey by John‐sonProfes‐sional Land Surveyors, Inc.,dated Sep‐tember 19, 2003, resurveyed No‐vember 4, 2003, to locate forms, resurveyed No‐vember 13, 2003, to locate slab, resurveyed Feb‐ruary8, 2004, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoact registered in COB3120, page 297.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior securityin‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

LOT12, SQUARE 1, which square is boundedby Ames Boule‐vard,the 80-Ar‐pent Canal, theeast‐erly line of the subdivisionand AveryDrive, same in width in therear, by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

THEIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NUMBER:5528 AVERY DRIVE, MARREO, LOUISIANA 70072.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as STONEBRIDGE, Resubdivision approved by Or‐dinanceNo. 15014, regis‐teredinCOB 1019, folio 674, January, 1982. Allasmorefully shownonplan of resubdivision prepared by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,dated Au‐gust 31, 1981 more fullyde‐scribedas follows, to-wit: LOT284, SQUARE 11, which Square 11 is boundedby Lake Louise Drive, Lake Lynn Drive, Lake FrancisDrive andLakeKris‐tenDrive and which Lot284 measures 80 feet fronton Lake Louise Drive, same width in the rear,bya depth of 125 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

____, more par‐ticularlyde‐scribedasfol‐lows: Lot14A com‐mences at adis‐tanceof226 feet from theinter‐sectionofFair‐fieldAvenue andCarol Sue Avenue and measures thence 74 feet frontonFair‐fieldAvenue same width in the rear,bya depth b l

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1152Tallow Tree Lane,Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part knownasFloral AcresSubdivi‐sion Addition No.1, formerly desig‐natedasa por‐tion of Area H, Live OakPlanta‐tion,inaccor‐dancewith survey by Adloe Orr, Jr &Asso‐ciates,C.E., datedAugust 12,1963, being resubdivided by that plan of resubdivisionby AdloeOrr,Jr.,& Associates,C.E., datedOctober 9, 1963,approved by theJefferson Parish Council under ordinance no.6566 adoptedApril 9, 1964, recorded in COB 590, folio 940, andasrevised by plan of re‐subdivisionby Don A. Garland, C.E., datedJanuary 22,1982, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilon February 17, 1982,under emergencyordi‐nanceno. 15060 recorded under entryno. 1005497 in COB 1021, folio405, in conjunction with ordinance no.15088 ap‐proved by theJefferson Parish Council on March17, 1982,recorded under entryno. 1007502 in COB1022, folio 434; beingfur‐ther resubdi‐

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-715

BANK OF LOUISIANA VS JASONWHITNEY JACKSON, SR ANDKAMALA BAKERJACKSON

TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JEFFREYM TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 18, 2025, August 22, 2025 jul18-aug22-1t $87.07

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-622

SELENE FINANCE LP VERSUS ROOSEVELT CARTER AKA ROOSEVELT CARTER,SR.

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear municipal number: 1117 Lake Louise Drive, Gretna, Louisiana70056. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 18, 2025, August 22, 2025 jul18-aug22-1t $91.38

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gust27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as FloralAcres Addition No.3 andaccording to asurveyby R.P. Bernard, Surveyor,dated June 8, 1978, said portion of ground is designated as Lot206, Square 29, which square is bounded by Gardenia Lane,Buttercup Drive, Jasmine Lane,and Dan‐delion Drive, andaccording to which survey,saidlot commencesat a distance of two hundred sixtyfour andsixtytwo hundreths feet (264.62')from theintersection of Gardenia Lane andBut‐tercup Drive and measures thence fiftythreefeet (53') frontonGarde‐niaLane, same widthinthe rear,by adepth of one hundred feet (100')between equaland paral‐lellines;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty. Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.120 Garde‐niaLaneWest‐wego, Louisiana 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with theimprove‐mentsthereon andall servitudes rights,and ap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longing, situ‐ated in the State Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in TERRY‐TOWN SUBDIVI‐SION,Section 3A, beingpart of OakdaleSub‐division,Section "B", FirstWard, allinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veybyAdloe Orr, Jr.and As‐sociates,C.E datedOctober 9, 1959, revised July 15, 1960, ap‐proved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ord. No 4707, adopted August 25, 1960, registered in C.O.B. 514, folio 345, andinPlan Book 40, folio 37; andaccord‐ingthereto, said lotisdesig‐natedand de‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: LOTNo. 9, in SQUARE NO.66, bounded by Fairlawn Drive, Cooper Road Wright Avenue,and ConcordRoad; Lot9 com‐mences at adis‐tanceof496.13 feet from the corner of Fair‐lawn Driveand Cooper Road, andmeasures 60 feet fronton Fairlawn Drive, same widthinthe rear,bydepths of 110 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property Improvements thereon bear MunicipalNo. 632 Fairlawn Dr, Terrytown, Louisiana, 70056. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

P. SHIELDS (A/K/A KATHER‐INE

PARKER SHIELDS)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 15, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,CITY OF KENNER,and in that part thereofknown as UNIVERSITY CITY SUBDIVI‐SION SECTION2,and in SQUARE NO 34 thereof, which square is bounded by E. LOUISIANA STATEDRIVE,E RICE PLACE, OLE MISS DRIVEand E. PURDUE PLACE, said lot is designated as LOTNO. 3-A, commencesat a distance of 127 feet from thecorner of E. Louisiana StateDrive and E. Rice Place, andmeasures thence in thedirection of E. Purdue Place 62 feet fronton E. Louisiana StateDrive, same in width in therear, by a depthof110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale. NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune12, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana,

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune18, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust27, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing d ib d

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-572 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS CURTIS OWENS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune11, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-991 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS STEVEN LLOYD DAIGLE By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 1, 2025, Ihave

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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PHHMORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS EDWARD J. SHIELDS, SR ANDKATHERINE

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 18, 2025, August 22, 2025 jul18-aug22-1t $83.36