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LSU: Kiffin leaving Ole Miss to take over Tiger football program TULANE: Sumrall accepts offer from University of Florida
COACHES ON THE MOVE Kiffin’s salary expected to top $13M
Wave coach will stay until season ends
BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer
When hiring him two years ago, Tulane University knew football coach Jon Sumrall might not stay long if he maintained the recent success of predecessor Willie Fritz. That possibility became a reality on Sunday morning when Sumrall accepted an offer from Florida to become its coach a day after the Green Wave clinched its fourth consecutive appearance in the American Confer- Sumrall ence championship game and the host role for the third time in four seasons. Tulane athletic director David Harris confirmed Sumrall would coach the Wave against North Texas at Yulman Stadium on Friday and in the College Football Playoff if the team qualified — as Sumrall made clear he wanted to do Saturday night. “We just believe that it’s the right thing to do for our studentathletes,” Harris said. “We are just really appreciative that he has the love and concern for his players first and foremost in his mind, that he wants to help them finish the right way. When I thought
BY WILSON ALEXANDER Staff writer
When the private plane carrying Lane Kiffin landed Sunday night, it pulled into a hangar out of sight from a small crowd of fans who had gathered in the misty cold. They peered through a chain-link fence, trying to see the new LSU head coach. Kiffin was greeted inside by school officials, then he got into a car along with his family and the coaches he brought with him from Ole Miss. Escorted by police, four black Chevrolet Suburbans pulled out of the hangar to bring him to the LSU football operations building. There was no sign of Kiffin himself as the fans chanted “LSU” until he rolled down his window. With his agent Jimmy Sexton on the phone, Kiffin pumped his fist and gave a thumbs up, drawing a loud cheer. “We’re never losing again,” one man declared. “He’s going to win five championships,” yelled another. That’s right — the Lane Kiffin era has begun at LSU. LSU finalized the hire Sunday,
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Metairie jeweler counts down to closing time Hyme Tyme to shutter doors after 32 years
BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer
The clock struck 10 a.m. in the Hyme Tyme jewelry store as Jaime Parrellada set about solving his first puzzle of the day. A dainty, silver women’s wristwatch sat before him. Parrellada expertly took it apart, examined its innards, and like a deadpan surgeon in a hospital drama, looked up and delivered the grim news. Irreparable. “I put a battery in it. It’s not working,” Parrellada said to the customer as he removed his magnifying glass, known as a loupe. “I wouldn’t put any money into it.”
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It’s not a prognosis he makes lightly after serving as one of Metairie’s bestknown watchmakers of the past three decades. He tries to repair what he can, and has fixed innumerable watches, clocks and jewelry over his 32 years running Hyme Tyme from the Oakridge Place Shopping Center on Metairie Road. But that wristwatch was one of his last. On Nov. 11, Parrellada, 67, told customers he would soon close his shop’s doors and retire. He plans to focus his time on taking care of his mother, who used to help run the shop. Parrellada is among a dwindling number of watchmakers — the general term for a watch technician — who’ve tried to keep the craft alive. But as parts get
Options for new BR bridge weighed Environmental review underway
BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer
STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER
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Traffic angst is commonplace in the Baton Rouge area. For decades, city officials and the state Department of Transportation and Development have floated ideas for improving the situation. Potential solutions have ranged from the more modest, like widening roadways, to the grandiose,
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