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Gov. Jeff Landry and state leaders are betting big that SpaceX, Meta, Hyundai megaprojects will permanently cure the state’s long economic malaise
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BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL | Staff writer At the recent event announcing that Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to build the world’s largest commercial spaceport in coastal Vermilion Parish, even Gov. Jeff Landry, who negotiated the $100 billion deal, seemed stunned by the magnitude of the whole thing. “I’ve struggled, really struggled to find the words,” Landry told more than 400 elected officials, lobbyists and business leaders gathered in an event space in Abbeville. “It is hard for people to wrap their head around.” Starbase Louisiana, as Musk has dubbed the project, is the largest single capital investment in the state’s history. It promises to bring thousands of jobs, potentially tens of billions in economic activity and a foothold in a growing industry, as SpaceX hopes to eventually launch as many as 1,000 rockets a year into orbit. And it’s just the latest of several megaprojects that Louisiana’s residents are grappling with. In July, social media giant Meta announced it will double the size of its data center in Richland Parish, a now $50 billion investment that promises 1,000 jobs and thousands more construction workers. In the Shreveport area, Amazon Web Services is building an $18 billion data center across three campuses. In Ascension Parish, Hyundai is forging ahead with an $8 billion steel mill. Along the coast, meanwhile, more than $75 billion is flowing toward terminals to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Landry and his economic development chief, Susan Bourgeois, have said the megaprojects, which total $250 billion since Landry took office in 2024, represent
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Child sex crime arrests surge in crackdown
AG’s task force means more stings, statewide cooperation BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER Staff writer
Louisiana is on track to more than double the number of arrests for child sex crimes it made two years ago. The dramatic increase — from 303 arrests in 2024 to a projected 717 this year — coincides with an expansion in the network behind those investigations. Every sheriff’s office in the state and several local police departments have now joined a task force organized by Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office, and leaders say that is allowing agencies to share information more quickly and more easily conduct investigations across parish lines. That partnership has become necessary, officers say, as the internet gives predators easy access to young potential victims. “When I was growing up, my mom would say, ‘Hey, don’t ride your bike by such and such’s house. He’s a sex offender,’” said Chris Masters, the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agent who oversees the Internet Crimes Against Children task force. “You don’t have that now. There’s access to your children who are on their phone while they’re sitting on the couch next to you.”
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Trash to treasure: Lil Wayne lyric pages are on sale for $5M
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Gov. Jeff Landry and his administration have changed laws and offered billions in tax incentives to lure major companies to Louisiana.
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“That is what drives opportunity ... and hedges against the ebbs and flows of oil and gas, which is still our sweet spot.” SUSAN BOURGEOIS, Louisiana Economic Development secretary
Sheets of paper were pulled from garbage in 1999 BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer
During nearly 60 years of practicing law, Louis Koerner Jr. primarily served as a “hired gun” for other attorneys litigating personal injury claims. Maritime law is his specialty. Now 85, Koerner has acquired another, less traditional specialty: New Orleans rap star Lil Wayne. The Uptown attorney, whose musical tastes tend more toward traditional jazz and zydeco, represents a client who owns an exceedingly rare piece of hip-hop history: lyrics handwritten by Lil Wayne early in his career. How Koerner’s anonymous client — he’s identified in court filings as “undisclosed
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U.N. endorses map that better shows Africa’s size The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups. Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member states voting in favor. Only the U.S. voted against it while six other countries — Serbia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine — abstained. The vote encourages governments and institutions around the world to replace the traditional Mercator map, commonly used since the 16th Century, with the Equal Earth projection that advocates and geographers say shows locations more accurately. The Mercator projection shows Greenland and Africa as appearing to be about the same size whereas in the Equal Earth projection that shows continents in their true proportions, Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland. Friday’s resolution does not ban the Mercator projection or impose a replacement, but only encourages the use of the Equal Earth projection, the U.N. said in its report. “Maps shape our understanding of the world,” the global body quoted Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey as saying before the vote. “They guide education, nourish the imagination, and influence collective perceptions.”
Missouri asks high court to restore voting map Missouri and its Republican leaders asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a congressional map engineered by GOP lawmakers in the state to favor the party in November’s midterm elections. The emergency request Friday follows a ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court casting aside the new map and delivering a victory to Democrats, who would likely lose a House seat if the new map was allowed to stand. The Republican-backed map was already used during the state’s primaries earlier this year. “Missouri has completed a primary election, yet it now faces the unprecedented scenario of being forced to apply a starkly different congressional map in the 2026 general election,” the state and GOP leaders write in the filing. “Voting starts in Missouri’s general election in 15 days. Election officials and public commentators are unsure whether it is even possible to comply with the Missouri Supreme Court’s order.” The dispute is one of almost a dozen redistricting-related cases being fought across the country, as some states have sought to redraw their district lines for partisan gain ahead of the midterm elections. Republican leaders in Missouri redrew their congressional districts to favor their party last year, at the request of President Donald Trump.
38 compete in Hungary grave-digging contest
NYERGESUJFALU, Hungary — Like death itself, this was no joke. A grave-digging contest in a Hungarian cemetery may sound like the opening line of a comedy sketch. It proved to be anything but as 38 competitors grabbed picks and shovels on Saturday. The Hungarian Association of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators organizes the contest to showcase the grave-digging trade and its skills, and shake off death-related taboos. The dry summer-baked soil in the public cemetery in Nyergesújfalu, northern Hungary, proved a worthy adversary for the 19 two-man teams. They huffed and puffed and sweated as they raced for the title of quickest-dug and most stylish grave. “Speed is the main thing here, not the beauty,” said Róbert Nagy, the victor with his teammate László Kiss. “When you have to dig a grave for a funeral, you have to be very careful about the exact dimensions and to make sure that it is beautifully carved.” Their winning time was 1 hour, 21 minutes, digging to contest specifications of graves 51/2 feet deep, 61/2 feet long and 2.6 feet wide.
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U.S. strikes 3 Iranian oil tankers Attack comes after U.S. says warships targeted with missiles
BY AMIR VAHDAT, TOQA EZZIDIN and CARA ANNA Associated Press
CAIRO — U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles, the American military said Saturday, warning that it would “if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.” Experts called it a dangerous escalation after Iran’s previous attacks at sea targeted commercial shipping. The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as “small potatoes” — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, offagain war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country on Feb. 28. Both sides have sought to inflict both military and economic pain, and negotiations have collapsed. The military’s statement said an American aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded “multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks” while patrolling in the region and no U.S. personnel were hurt. It wasn’t clear when the Iranian missiles were fired. The statement said that two Iranian oil carriers were “permanently disabled” and the third, unladen one, was destroyed. The U.S. statement called
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A swimmer stays near the shore as a motorboat passes commercial vessels anchored Friday in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. the tankers part of a shadow network helping to fund Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and its armed proxies in the region. Iran’s state broadcaster said later Saturday that Iran targeted three oil tankers and three American vessels in response to the U.S. strikes. This couldn’t be immediately confirmed. A spokesperson with Iran’s joint military command warned that strikes against U.S. military ships would be more severe if the U.S. continues to interfere with Iranian shipping, the state broadcaster reported. That Iran targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier with a ballistic missile “indicates that Tehran is becoming increasingly willing to accept risks it previously sought to avoid, including directly threatening some of the
most important U.S. military assets in the region,” Danny Citrinowicz, an Iran expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, said on X. Earlier, Iranian state television had said that four U.S. missiles struck a tanker about 6 miles from Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil. Kharg Island has been repeatedly targeted during the war, including in U.S. strikes on military sites there in March. The U.S. said that one tanker was struck off Kharg Island and another was struck near Jask, east of the Strait of Hormuz. The unladen tanker was hit in the Gulf of Oman, and the U.S. said its crew had been “directed to abandon ship.” The statement
shared what it called video footage of the strikes. After the U.S. statement, Iran’s state broadcaster reported the attack of the two other tankers, saying their crews had evacuated. “We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command. Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the attacks a war crime, and said that the consequences for continued U.S. aggression, including “economic warfare,” would rest with Washington and its allies. Between the war and the disabling of ships during the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, it’s not immediately clear how many Iranian oil tankers have
been targeted. On May 8, the U.S. military said that it fired “precision munitions” into the smokestacks of two Iranian oil tankers, both unladen. The latest strikes came nearly a week after the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks following a month of relative calm, with the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian communities along it again, being targeted. At least five people were killed earlier in the week during a U.S. bombardment of southern Iran. One strike hit a wedding. Masoumeh Zarei, 13, was wounded in the attack. She spoke to The Associated Press at a hospital while being treated for injuries to her abdomen. She said the wedding celebration had already begun when she set out to join it. She never made it there. She was knocked unconscious when a telecommunications tower was struck. Her next memory was of waking up in a hospital. “The party had just started, and we wanted to go there,” Zarei said, her voice hoarse. “I had made my nails really pretty for the party, but everything changed.” Her friend, 14-year-old Kiana Karimi, also was wounded and in intensive care. She told the AP that she heard five explosions. “The first three explosions at the telecommunications tower threw us to the ground,” Karimi said. “I quickly got up to pick my brothers up off the ground. Then there were two more explosions, and after that I don’t remember anything.”
Putin meets with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin Talks on ending the war in Ukraine renewed
for three days, starting at midnight today,” presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s Tass news agency. Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was prepared to halt strikes on Moscow until Monday. He said he spoke on Saturday afternoon with the U.S. delegation after their arrival in Moscow. “From now through the end of Saturday, as well as on Sunday and Monday,
By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday for talks to try to revive a stalled push to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Putin, Kushner and Witkoff spoke for more than three hours in closed-door talks that come as both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks. Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both agreed to pause strikes on each other’s capitals while the talks took place. Washington’s push to end the fighting has lost momentum as U.S. attention has been focused for the past six months on the Iran war. The last known visit to Moscow by Witkoff and Kushner, U.S. President
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff on Saturday before talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow. Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was in January, when they also held talks with Putin at the Kremlin. Both U.S. envoys will also visit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, for the first time in the peace process on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. At the start of the meeting in Moscow, Putin asked
Kushner and Witkoff to pass on his warm wishes and gratitude to Trump, and described the situation in Ukraine as “not simple.” Russian forces launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv
Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 alive from debris 10 days after floods BY SHRISTI KAFLE and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s office, bringing the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued on Friday. Nepal’s army said a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and
South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from a 740-foot tunnel and that he was undergoing a health assessment. Images showed him being evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the flight. A photo released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed two rescuers carrying the man, called Lu Haitao, out of the tunnel. CCTV shared audio of Lu talking to an officer, saying how he repeatedly shouted whenever he saw the rescue crews’ lights, but they could not hear him. “When they rescued me today, when they shone (the light) before my eyes, I couldn’t believe it,” he said.
Lu was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, according to CCTV. Rescue efforts have increasingly focused on 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities said. Specialized rescue teams from India, China, South Korea and the United States have been searching through debris, damaged structures and tunnels at the projects, hoping to find survivors. In flood-hit Nuwakot town, a woman was rescued alive from a house, Nepal’s army spokesperson said Saturday. Officials said she was airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow, and we expect the Russians to do the same regarding Kyiv,” he said. The U.S. envoys were met at the airport in Moscow by Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Tass reported. Dmitriev shared photos of him meeting with the U.S. delegation as they disembarked, alongside the caption, “Welcome to Moscow Peacemakers.”
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Trump continues heralding economic boom
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom. But Friday’s surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration from Trump. The August job numbers might have been a welcome break from after months of sluggish hiring and concerns about inflation that have been weighing on Trump and his party two months from Election Day. But speaking from the Oval Office, Trump instead launched into a grievance session about inflation and interest rates. His anger was aimed at the financial markets, the Federal Reserve and U.S. trade partners. He objected to the commonly accepted notion in economics that the surprise gain of 162,000 jobs in August could contribute to inflationary pressures. “Success does not cause inflation. Stupidity causes inflation,” Trump vented in the Oval Office, as he declared it “crazy” that the stock markets fell Friday on inflation concerns. The combination over his second term of a drop-off in hiring and higher prices has dogged Trump and his pledge to instantly unleash historic levels of growth. “When I win the election, we will immediately begin a brand new Trump economic boom,” Trump said at an August 2024 rally in North Carolina. But so far, the economy has grown at roughly 2% annually, slower than the gains during the Biden administration. Trump blamed his inability to deliver stronger growth on higher interest rates for U.S. government debt, saying on social media that America
WASHINGTON — A chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of the Kennedy Center, according to a spokesperson who said the damage underscores the need to shut down the historic arts venue for renovations sought by President Donald Trump. No one was injured when a piece of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center’s grand foyer collapsed Friday evening, said Roma Daravi, the center’s vice president for public relations. Photos provided by the center showed a large hole in the high ceiling and debris littering the red carpet in part of the hallway that connects the Kennedy Center’s three main performance auditoriums. The damage occurred during stormy weather in Washington. The Kennedy Center’s Trump-aligned board is fighting in court to move forward with plans to add Trump’s name to the building’s facade and to close the center for two years as it undergoes $250 million in renovations. Daravi called the partial ceiling collapse Friday “another example of the urgent need to close for renovation and revitalization, as our Chairman President Trump has championed.” “This structural failure stems from decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership, and there’s no justification for further delays in restoring America’s cultural center,” Daravi said in a statement.
But solid jobs report causing problems for him
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President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom, but Friday’s surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration from the president. could retaliate by stopping trade with foreign countries. Rates have been climbing in response to persistently high inflation fueled by Trump’s tariffs and oil shortages from the Iran war. The national debt has now crossed the daunting threshold of $40 trillion and rates on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note on Friday rose to 4.79%. As the promised growth has yet to materialize, the president has lost some of the public’s trust in his ability to steer the world’s largest economy. His own policies have enabled, in part, the inflation and high interest rates that he wishes to blame on others. “The administration’s credibility on growth, inflation, rates, debt and deficit dynamics have taken a hit given the outsized predictions that are not aligned with economic reality,” said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at the consultancy RSM US. If the Fed did as Trump wanted and cut its benchmark rate so that more money could flow into the U.S. economy, the potential influx of cash could make inflation even worse and only add to his political and economic headaches. But the president disputed this foundational concept in monetary policy. He said Friday that gross domestic product would grow at “12, 13, 14, 15%” if the rates were lower as he seemed to shrug off the inflation risks.
“We could have a GDP that would break every single record,” Trump said. The president’s approval rating on the economy was a lowly 32% in the middle of the summer, according to polling by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. When Republicans were last facing midterm voters in 2018 under Trump, his economic approval rating was 50%. Trump’s threat to cut off foreign trade could endanger growth, further hurting his ratings. His recent levying of tariffs against Canada have become problems for Republicans in the Maine and Michigan Senate races. Trump officials say their policies are working as intended. They say the development of artificial intelligence will lead to more productivity to boost growth. They say that last year’s tariffs should ultimately bring more factory work to America, while Trump’s tax cuts will create
more business investment and his administration’s efforts to identify fraud will create savings for taxpayers. “I expect higher growth,” said Christopher Phelan, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. “We’re doing stuff to make good things happen.” Phelan said recent job gains have been about two times larger than what’s needed to match population growth. He considers it as entirely possible that productivity gains could push up overall growth for the next several years, even as he acknowledged that growth alone might not be enough to solve all of the country’s financial challenges. Because the costs of Social Security and Medicare are rising faster than revenues, growth alone is unlikely to meaningfully reduce budget deficits.
If U.S. economic growth could exceed 3% growth annually for the next decade, that would only be enough to stabilize the government’s already high debt load, according to an analysis by Ernie Tedeschi, head of economic insights and research at Stripe, the financial technology company. Tedeschi said he would be “thrilled” if AI could help to deliver those kinds of gains for 10 straight years, but history shows that growth that large due to advancements in computers were likely “wildly optimistic.” “We should absolutely not be planning for the optimistic scenario,” Tedeschi said. Up until the president’s comments about interest rates on Friday, the Trump administration has spent the past week trying to make voters feel more confident about the economy.
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By Amanda McElfresh | amcelfresh@theadvocate.com This article is brought to you by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. A prostate cancer diagnosis can create an immediate sense of urgency. For many men, the first instinct is to have the tumor removed as quickly as possible. But, physicians at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Metairie encourage patients to take a different approach: slow down, receive education on different treatment options, have in-depth discussions with their significant others and make thoughtful decisions that will help them achieve their desired quality of life. “Because prostate cancer is not nearly as aggressive as other forms of cancer, it’s okay to take a couple of months to get different opinions and make a decision,” said Dr. Scott Delacroix, a urologic oncologist at Mary Bird Perkins in Metairie. “We define success as a patient being happy with their treatment choice three or four years from now. More often than not, patients change their minds. They don’t leave with a final treatment plan after their first visit with us. We encourage them to get more information.” The clinic specializes in genitourinary cancers, including prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular, with a team that includes two fellowship-trained urologic oncologists, a medical oncologist and other specialists. Dr. Delacroix said that allows each patient to receive in-depth, personalized care and conversation. It also means that Mary Bird Perkins offers state-of-the-art cancer treatment processes. Dr. Delacroix noted that Mary Bird Perkins has Elekta Unity, an MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy system. There are only 25 such units in the nation, and Mary Bird Perkins has the only one on the Gulf Coast. The technology gives doctors a clearer, real-time view of a patient’s tumor and surrounding anatomy, and allows them to adjust radiation so it is concentrated on the tumor while limiting exposure to healthy organs and tissue. “We’ve had patients who are concerned about radiation because they’ve seen family members go through it 25 years ago and have a terrible experience. We educate them a lot on how much has changed and advanced since then,” said Dr. Matthew Mutter, a urologist at Mary Bird Perkins in Metairie. “It’s important to tell them that what they read online or hear from family is not always accurate anymore, or may not apply to them. The treatment education is so important.”
Dr. Delacroix said that when surgery is the best option, a prostate removal is typically an outpatient procedure in which the patient can go home the same day. However, active surveillance is increasingly common for prostate cancer patients. Dr. Delacroix said this is becoming the preferred method when the cancer is localized and at a low risk of spreading. While men of all ages can be candidates for active surveillance – in which doctors regularly monitor the cancer with MRIs and biopsies – it can work especially well for younger men who are interested in preserving sexual function and growing their families before considering more aggressive treatment. “I think the most complex part of what we do is matching the right treatment to the patient. That involves understanding what kind of quality of life they are looking for, their desires and goals and what side effects they are willing to potentially tolerate,” Dr. Delacroix said. “It can take them a few weeks to determine those goals. We also emphasize that most men who are treated for prostate cancer are going to be able to resume normal lives. That’s why we unpack the long-term consequences of each treatment.” Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Metairie is located at 2800 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Suite 140. Services include disease treatment, medical oncology, palliative care, patient navigation and social services, and support and survivorship. Visit marybird.org/metairie/ to learn more or schedule an appointment.
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Continued from page 1A possessor” — acquired the pages of lyrics, 27 years ago, triggered a legal dispute. In 2023, Koerner sued Wayne in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. He wanted to establish his client’s legal ownership of the “Lil Wayne notebook” — actually several sheets of loose-leaf paper — and their authenticity. That would reassure potential buyers if his client ever wanted to sell them. Which he does. For a lot. The current asking price? A cool $5 million. Wayne apparently prefers to compose lyrics in his head, not on paper. Thus, handwritten Wayne lyrics are nearly unheard of. Koerner and his client are not aware of any others being publicly offered for sale. “It’s the only one like it,” said Koerner’s client, who agreed to be quoted for this story if he were not publicly identified. “There’s no comps. It’s one of one. This is the only written history of his early work. To a lot of fans, this is the Holy Grail of how Lil Wayne thinks, how he formulates what he’s going to say.” Holy Grail or not, the lyric sheets’ existence is something of a miracle. One rapper’s trash, it seems, can be a rap fan’s treasure.
Pulled from the garbage In August 2021, Koerner needed someone to do repair work on his 7,000-square-foot, 139-year-old post-Greek Revival mansion in the Garden District. Apropos of nothing, the man doing the work said to Koerner, “Guess what I have?” He proceeded to tell the tale, later chronicled in court documents, of how he came into possession of Lil Wayne’s lyric sheets. In 1999, while still in high school, he got a summer job at a car dealership. One day, Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan Williams, better known as “Birdman” or “Baby,” showed up with an entourage to trade in several luxury vehicles for upgrades. Days later, dealership staffers cleaned out the Cash Money cars. While waiting for his mom to pick him up from work, Koerner’s future client noticed discarded items from the rappers’ cars in
a garbage can — CDs, DVDs, papers. His co-workers helped themselves to the CDs and DVDs while he retrieved several pages of written lyrics. He thought they were interesting enough to keep. He eventually deduced that the handwriting belonged to Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. of Hollygrove, better known as Lil Wayne. In 1999, Wayne was 19 years old and on the brink of stardom. In the coming years, his solo albums established him as one of rap’s most respected and successful artists. But when those lyric sheets were first dug out of the trash, Wayne wasn’t yet a star. He had neatly written out the lyrics to “I Feel” and “We On Fire.” Both songs appeared on the 1999 Cash Money Records album “Guerrilla Warfare” by the Hot Boys, the all-star quartet that included Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk. The pages also contained two lines titled “Grown Man.” A song with that title appeared on Wayne’s 2005 album “Tha Carter II.” The phone number for Club Whispers, the New Orleans East nightclub popular with rappers, is scrawled on a page. Another sheet has two lines titled “Hit Da Block.” There is a doodle of a building labeled “Magnolia Project” and a wild-haired man. Unaware of their potential value, the finder stuck the papers inside a copy of rap magazine The Source with Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls on the cover. He then tossed the magazine in a box of yearbooks on a shelf at his house in New Orleans East, where it remained undisturbed and largely forgotten for years.
Close call in Katrina The house flooded in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. For months, the lyric-finder and his family were displaced. When he finally returned to the ruins, he discovered that the water hadn’t reached the box on the shelf. The lyric sheets survived. He kept them as he moved several times. In early 2019, he decided to sell them via the online auction agency Moments In Time. Given the scarcity of handwritten Lil Wayne lyrics, he assigned an asking price of $250,000. The celebrity news site TMZ published an article on March 25, 2019, about the sale. That got the attention of Jona-
According to Koerner, his client was offered $2,500 and an autographed photo of Lil Wayne. That offer, in Koerner and his client’s view — affirmed by a consultation with AI platform Claude — was at least three zeros short. They now believed the value “exceeds $3 million.” Koerner offered to negotiate a private sale to Wayne. No such sale happened. Eventually, Davis decided not to continue the legal fight. In early 2024, he entered into a joint agreement on behalf of Wayne to accept a default judgment. Judge Kern A. Reese of Orleans Parish Civil District Court’s Division L signed off on a final judgment on Feb. 2, 2024, affirming that the lyric sheets belong to Koerner’s client. STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE
Attorney Louis Koerner Jr. holds a photocopy of a page of Lil Wayne’s early handwritten lyrics in New Orleans on Friday.
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Lil Wayne performs with the Roots on the Festival Stage during the third day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans on April 26, 2025.
than Davis, the prominent New York entertainment attorney who has represented Lil Wayne in various legal matters. In 2025, Davis successfully defended Wayne against a $20 million lawsuit brought by one of the rapper’s previous attorneys. Two days after the TMZ story posted, Davis sent a cease-anddesist letter — later quoted in Koerner’s lawsuit — from his Rockefeller Center office to Moments In Time. “Mr. Carter is the owner of the notebook, which he is demanding be returned to him,” Davis wrote. “Mr. Carter did not abandon his notebook. He merely misplaced
it and is gratified that it has been found.” The letter continued, “By his own admission, the purported owner of the misplaced notebook … mined the car at the dealership and took off with the notebook, apparently recognizing that he had stumbled on something of significant value … He absconded with the notebook and hid it in his garage for many years.” Davis demanded that Moments In Time stop the sale, reveal the identity of the “purported” owner and “request that he contact us immediately.” Moments in Time removed the listing and informed the seller that he might have a legal problem. Then, in August 2021, he went to work on Koerner’s home.
‘Clandestine’ or good faith?
More valuable than Dylan? They now reside in a safe-deposit box, on sale for $5 million. For comparison, at a 2014 Sotheby’s auction, a bidder paid just over $2 million for a 1965 draft of Bob Dylan’s iconic “Like A Rolling Stone,” written in pencil on four sheets of hotel stationery. Four years earlier, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” sold for $1.2 million. Koener and his client believe these Lil Wayne lyrics are worth more. Koerner took the case on a contingency basis — he’ll earn a percentage of any sale. He’ll consider “all reasoned and reasonable inquiries.” In 2020, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gifted Wayne a Lamborghini after the rapper was stopped by Saudi customs officials for trying to enter the kingdom with more than $25,000 of jewelry. Thinking outside the box, Koerner reached out to a bin Salman representative about a possible purchase, to no avail. His client would love for someone to buy the lyric sheets and donate them to a museum. “I rescued it from the trash,” the client said. “I saved history, unbeknownst to me. I believe I found this for a reason. “I thought it was interesting. Then it became something very interesting. And very interesting is worth a lot of money.”
The attorney was intrigued by the man’s story and agreed to represent him. Going on the offensive, Koerner sued Lil Wayne, as represented by Davis, in Civil District Court. He cited a Louisiana law that grants ownership of a movable object “by prescription” to whomever has possessed it for 10 years. Koerner described the legal back-and-forth between the two sides as “gentlemanly.” To avoid litigation, Davis offered a deal: “Mr. Carter is willing to pay your client a small reward for his Email Keith Spera at kspera@ good citizenship upon its return.” theadvocate.com.
A pink backpack, a cancer diagnosis and a new era of care for pediatric cancer
This article is brought to you by Manning Family Children’s In the summer of 2024, Violet Williams was the picture of a happy preschooler. She was sassy, vibrant and obsessed with everything pink. Whether she was buried in a book or jumping at the Sky Zone Trampoline Park, she was always on the move. But in late August 2024, Violet came down with a very high fever. She tested positive for pneumococcal strep, and her symptoms rose and fell in ways that looked like common childhood illnesses. Her pediatrician prescribed steroids that made Violet feel better for a short time, but as it turned out, the steroids masked early signs of a life-threatening diagnosis. In early November, when the high fevers returned, her mother, Rihanna Williams, began the steady cycle most parents know too well: Tylenol, Motrin, medication reminder alarms day and night, and frantic calls to the pediatrician. “The pediatrician told us to wait and watch,” Williams said. “But there were no answers that made any sense.” Williams knew that her intuition was telling her something was wrong. That intuition became impossible to ignore, and she made the decision to take Violet to the Emergency Room at Manning Family Children’s. It was a decision that saved Violet’s life. Bloodwork revealed a hemoglobin level of 5.3, far below normal. “Other values were off as well,” Williams said. “That’s when the doctors told us they were 90% sure Violet had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).” ALL is a fast-growing blood cancer where the bone marrow produces too many immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts. Williams, who worked as an emergency room nurse for 12 years prior to her
current work with patients at the Sickle Cell Center of Southern Louisiana, had seen every kind of crisis. But nothing prepared her for this moment. “I was in disbelief about the diagnosis, but I also felt a bit relieved because now we had an answer and Violet could get treatment,” she said. The team at Manning Family Children’s worked fast and Violet’s oncologist, Dr. Pinki Prasad, laid out the treatment plan. “Dr. Prasad was absolutely amazing,” Williams said. “She walked us through everything and answered every question we had. She explained what to expect with treatment and how Violet might respond to the chemotherapy.” Violet remained in the hospital for 18 days, receiving her first rounds of chemotherapy. During those early days, Williams and her husband John took turns staying by her side—day and night—while juggling work and care for their young son, Locke. While the diagnosis brought fear, it also brought a path forward. Dr. Pinki Prasad, Violet’s oncologist at Manning Family Children’s, outlined a treatment plan that utilized a cutting-edge protocol called Blinatumomab, or “Blina,” which is now becoming a national standard of care. Historically, treating pediatric leukemia meant weeks or months confined to a hospital bed. But Blina, a targeted immunotherapy, allows children to receive chemotherapy while living their lives at home. The process is deceptively simple. The patient wears a small, specialized backpack that houses a portable infusion pump. It connects to a chest port, delivering 28-day courses of around-theclock chemotherapy. “Our focus has been on building a comprehensive
training system for parents, so they feel confident managing their child’s care at home,” said Lynn Winfield, senior director of Patient Care Services at Manning Family Children’s. “We want them to have the freedom to read, play and rest at home rather than inside a hospital room.” Violet returned to the hospital twice a week to have the medication bag changed and the pump reset. Rihanna and John also had access to a 24/7 telephone support line to ask questions about the equipment. For the Williams family, the Blina protocol was a lifeline. Violet tolerated the chemotherapy well, and Blina gave the family a sense of freedom once she was discharged. She chose a bright pink backpack— nicknamed “Googly Girl”—to hold the infusion pump. “Blina gave Violet the freedom to be a little girl,” Rihanna said. “She was even able to go to the playground during her first 28 days of treatment.” Because of the outpatient protocol, Violet didn’t have to miss the major milestones of childhood. She attended her kindergarten classes during her second Blina cycle, played at the park and maintained a normal routine with her younger brother. When she began losing her hair, she navigated it with the same sassy resilience she brought to everything else, opting to wear a pink wig only on “Crazy Hair Day.” “Blina gave Violet time—time at home, time with her brother, time in school and time to be six,” Rihanna said. “For our family, following this standard of care at Manning Family Children’s has offered a sense of freedom that can’t be explained in words. But we are enjoying that freedom to its fullest.” As Violet transitions into maintenance therapy, her family is acutely aware that the technology behind
that pink backpack changed more than just their schedule—it changed their perspective on healing. September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, and for the Williams family, the focus is on the power of community-based, compassionate care. They credit Dr. Prasad and the entire team at Manning Family Children’s for treating Violet as a whole person, not just a patient. Manning Family Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders has the largest group of hematology and oncology physicians and nurses dedicated exclusively to pediatrics in the Gulf South. The Center cares for more than 1,100 children each year. To put it in perspective, Manning Family Children’s treats more Louisiana kids with cancer than all other facilities combined. The staff within the Center are specially trained to care for the unique needs of children and work alongside a medical staff of more than 200 pediatric specialists including pathologists, radiologists, oncology surgeons and neurosurgeons. The hospital knows that caring for children with malignancies and blood disorders commands a delicate balance of medical care and emotional support, so they work with patients and their families to ensure the whole child is being cared for, body and mind. Manning Family Children’s is also the only hospital in Louisiana, and among a select group nationally, to serve as an activated treatment center for newly approved Sickle Cell gene therapy treatment. For more information about the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Manning Family Children’s visit manningchildrens.org.
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Widow of airman killed in Mideast U.S. envoy calls violent frustrated by attempt to get benefits
Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’
BY JACK BROOK and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Comments come after weeks of West Bank unrest
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WASHINGTON — The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East said it took a viral social media post to get resolution from the Pentagon on issues related to her husband’s benefits and basic pay months after his death. Maj. Alex Klinner, 33, was one of six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq in March while supporting operations against Iran. He’s one of 18 U.S. service members killed, along with 790 wounded, since the war began more than six months ago. The Air Force reached out to his widow, Libby Klinner, last week to clarify that his final paycheck would include hazard pay and combat-related tax breaks. This occurred after she voiced frustration on social media at being told by a military officer assigned to support her after her husband’s death that he was ineligible for those benefits because “we were not at war.” “My husband lost his life because we’re in a war, and then I was told that because it’s not technically a war, we lose out on something,” Klinner told The Associated Press. “It all comes down to principle.” Her post, made last weekend, gained national attention. Vice President JD Vance promised to look into her case after being asked about it during a White House briefing on Thursday. “We want to be as helpful as we can and ensure she gets everything that she is entitled to,” Vance said. “My message to her would be, ‘We love ya, we’re grateful for the sacrifice and we very much take very seriously our commitment to get you what you need to get.’ ” In response to a separate
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U.S. Air Force Capt. Alex Klinner was killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq in March while supporting operations against Iran. question, Vance rejected the use of the word “war” to characterize U.S. fighting in Iran, saying that “there is no active shooting.” The military has launched strikes against targets in Iran twice last week, and Iran has retaliated by firing on U.S. allies in the Gulf. On Friday, President Donald Trump called U.S. strikes “intermittent” and defended Vance’s comments. “I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. In late July, the Trump administration created a new, separate category in the Pentagon’s casualty count system for those killed and wounded in renewed U.S.Iran fighting. Pentagon officials said the change was necessary because “Operation Epic Fury,” the original name for combat operations against Tehran, had ended. Since July 7, all U.S. casualties in the Middle East have been tallied under “Overseas Operations.” Libby Klinner said Air Force officials contacted her last week to say they were initiating a review of her husband’s pay. The Air Force acknowledged to her Thursday that it had initially provided inaccurate information and clarified that she was receiving the full pay
and benefits her husband was owed, she said. She said she was told that her husband’s paycheck had already included but incorrectly itemized the combatrelated hazard pay and tax breaks. The pay incentives commonly known as “combat pay” are $225 per month and are not conditioned on a formal war declaration but just that the service member be in an area where there is “grave danger of physical injury” or be “killed, injured, or wounded by a hostile fire event,” according to a military website. Alex Klinner’s final paycheck would have included half that amount since troops are paid twice per month. It is difficult to calculate how much in federal tax breaks Klinner would have been receiving without more information. Klinner declined to specify the amount of money she was initially told her husband, an eight-year Air Force veteran from Birmingham, Alabama, would be ineligible to receive. The Air Force said officials spoke with Klinner last week to “ensure all her questions are fully addressed” and confirmed that “all eligible combat theater benefits were included” in her husband’s pay.
This exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. MMA’s presentation is supported by Teiger Foundation, Visit Jackson, Southern Poverty Law Center, Baker Donelson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, and Clarion Ledger.
Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (Portrait of Manasie Ree Horn with Reels as Necklace) (detail), c. 1970 (printed later). Inkjet print, 29 ½ x 29 ½ in (74.9 x 74.9 cm). Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Renée Harbers Liddell and Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, 2024.70.1.
On view July 25 – November 8, 2026
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JERUSALEM — The United States ambassador to Israel condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank again on Saturday, calling the behavior an “act of terror” as he visited with Palestinian American residents shaken by months of attacks. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to such settlers as “terrorists,” a word that U.S. officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants. “If there are squatters that come in and put up their own flags and take possession of something that does not belong to them, if they burn a car, if they torch a mosque, if they go into someone’s home and vandalize it, paint graffiti on the walls, that’s a criminal act. But it extends beyond a criminal act. It’s an act of terror,” Huckabee said during his visit to the village of Turmus Ayya, which has reported frequent attacks by settlers over the past year. Such attacks have surged
since the war in Gaza began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the United Nations humanitarian office. Huckabee also used the term “terrorists” last month after weeks of unrest in the West Bank town of Qusra, where settlers surrounded several homes including one owned by a Palestinian American. Days later, residents of the West Bank village of Bazariya said settlers burned a mosque and left a message on a wall in graffiti reading “Huckabee regards from the terrorists” in Hebrew. “I’m glad they admitted it,” the ambassador said Saturday of the incident, adding: “I don’t think that’s what they intended to do, but I do think that they represent a very
tiny minority.” A week ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the actions of a “handful of rioters,” and the foreign ministry called the settlers’ actions “a disgrace.” Netanyahu’s government is the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel’s history. It has presided over a surge of settlement construction in the West Bank. Most of the international community views settlements as illegal. On Saturday’s visit to Turmus Ayya, the ambassador began his remarks by making clear he was addressing U.S. citizens, who make up a small percentage of the roughly 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank but a significant part of the village’s population.
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By Amanda McElfresh | amcelfresh@theadvocate.com This article is brought to you by FranU. Choosing a college involves more than comparing degree programs, tuition and admission requirements. Students also need to find a place where they can envision themselves building relationships and learning the skills that will prepare them for a successful future. That’s why FranU’s Open House, its largest recruiting event, is designed to give prospective undergraduate students a true sense of what daily life is like on the Baton Rouge campus. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, October 10, from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration is available now at franu. edu/openhouse. “Open House is a great opportunity to get a feel for the FranU culture and the type of educational experience we offer. I think it’s so important to visit a campus in-person,” said Zoe Ramachandran, FranU Director of Undergraduate Admissions. “Several of our program directors and faculty are at the informational booths, so attendees can learn more about the different paths of study.” FranU offers healthcare-focused bachelor’s degree programs including nursing, health sciences, medical laboratory science, respiratory therapy and psychology. Aside from healthcare, other undergraduate programs are offered in areas such as business administration, theology and Great Books. Ramachandran said she encourages prospective students to familiarize themselves with FranU’s available majors before the Open House. “I think it helps attendees maximize their visit when they have an idea of what their options are,” she said. “The Open House is a great opportunity for prospective students to learn more about how each major is structured and what they can expect from their classes.” Current FranU students will also be at the Open House to answer questions about the campus culture and opportunities for student involvement inorganizations.FranU hasclubsfor students from multiple majors, including an Art Club, Beauty & Brains (designed for women students), Environmental Care Organization and the Powerlifting Club. Other organizations are centered around individual majors, giving students the chance to study together and learn from one another. “One of the best things about Open House is that this is where relationship-building begins,” Ramachandran said. “Some of the attendees will
end up being classmates together. Some will be in classes with current FranU students they meet, and some will be taught by the faculty members they meet. Relationships are a major priority at FranU, and you start to see the seeds of those being planted at Open House.” RepresentativesfromFranU’sadmissionsandfinancial aid offices will also be at the Open House to answer questions about the application process, paying for college and qualifying for scholarships. Staff can explain how scholarshipapplications are evaluated a nd help families understand upcoming deadlines. Those conversations can be especially usef ul in early October si nce many scholarship deadline arrive near the end of the calendar year. “This is a great time to talk about the financial aspect,” Ramachandran said. “Every college handles admissions and scholarships differently, so Open House is a chance to learn about how we handle that here at FranU and what families need to know to meet all of those deadlines.” FranU Open House attendees are encouraged to register in advance at franu.edu/openhouse. The event is completely free. Food will be provided. The event will begin at St. Francis Hall, 5414 Brittany Drive, Baton Rouge. FranU offers an education grounded in Catholic values, academic rigor and a commitment to personal and spiritual growth. Its Baton Rouge campus has been nationally rated as the safest in Louisiana, reflecting a deep commitment to student well-being and a secure learning environment. FranU has more than 20 areas of study and a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, giving each individual an opportunity to cultivate their talents and become a servant leader in their chosen field. Visit www.franu.edu to learn more.
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Turning Point lays groundwork to shape 2028 primary BY HANNAH FINGERHUT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Alongside the familiar sounds of roosters crowing and thrill seekers screaming on rides at the Iowa State Fair, there was a chorus of boos from Turning Point Action activists who were heckling Democratic politicians making their way through the crowds. Videos of the confrontations got hundreds of thousands of views on social media, a burst of attention for a conservative youth organization that is charting its next chapter after last year’s assassination of its leader Charlie Kirk. But the true test of Turning Point Action’s clout was unfolding inside the exhibition center, where staff members were registering voters, handing out buttons and signing people up for social events. “Building the foundation for 2028,” said one of the flyers. While Democrats have punted Iowa from the top of its presidential primary calendar, the state’s caucuses will still kick off Republicans’ next nominating process. Turning Point Action is positioning itself to shape that contest, a reminder that preparations for the next White House campaign are already in motion even though no candidates have announced and the midterm elections aren’t over yet. Turning Point Action wants at least one staffer in each of Iowa’s 99 counties to mobilize the conservative grassroots. “It is important to us to see high voter participation in the caucuses,” said Tyler Bowyer, the organization’s chief operating officer. “That’s your measuring stick.” In addition to Iowa, Turning Point Action grew its footprint in New Hampshire and Nevada for this year’s midterms, which could also help in 2028.
The likely beneficiary of this initiative would be Vice President JD Vance, who is widely expected to launch a campaign. Turning Point leaders including Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, have been clear they’re ready to throw their support behind Vance if he jumps in. More than a dozen Republican officials, activists, lawmakers and strategists in Iowa said Turning Point’s imprint in the state was visible but still something of a mystery, and some privately question whether the organization’s impact will match the buzz that it generates online. But others have eagerly welcomed the organization to the state. “A year ago, Iowa was virgin — no Turning Point. And many of us complained,” said Kelley Koch, a former Dallas County Republican chair, to a gathering of MAGA Nation Iowa, the grassroots organization she founded. “Finally, Turning Point Action listened to us.” When asked about his 2028 ambitions, Vance demurs and says he’s focused on his current job, but he’s expected to be an immediate Republican frontrunner if he decides to seek the presidency. Bowyer said Turning Point Action wants to be supportive without “being pushy.” “We haven’t officially endorsed as an organization yet because no one’s announced, right? But, you know, depending on who announces and when we endorse — yeah, of course we’ll be out campaigning on behalf of who we endorse,” he said. Bowyer said Vance can bridge the gap between the Make America Great Again movement, which Trump launched more than a decade ago, and younger voters who were attracted to Charlie Kirk’s brand of conservatism. “It’s a natural fit,” he said. Bowyer acknowledged
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A Turning Point Action staffer gives an American flag to a voter on Friday at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. that Turning Point Action’s growing infrastructure in early primary states could cause some agitation on the right if it is seen as throwing its weight behind one presidential candidate. But, he said “that’s not why we do it,” describing the goal as boosting turnout in the Iowa caucuses to send a strong signal heading into the general election. Other potential candidates include Marco Rubio, Trump’s secretary of state. However, Rubio has said he wouldn’t run against Vance. Sen. Ted Cruz has not announced a campaign, but he has already made several visits to Iowa this year and said in a recent podcast hosted by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick that, “It’s no secret that I want to be president.” Although Iowa has shifted rightward over the last decade, it’s considered a political battleground in this year’s midterm elections because of Trump’s sagging approval ratings, declining access to healthcare and tariff-driven turmoil in the agricultural industry. Sen. Joni Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds, both Republicans, are retiring, and there are fiercely contested races to replace them. Democrat Josh Turek and Republican
Ashley Hinson are seeking the Senate seat, while Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn want to be governor. Two battleground congressional districts will
help determine control of the House as well. The spotlight on Iowa this year is an opportunity for Turning Point Action to demonstrate its clout. The organization said it hired four staffers on the ground last year. After Lahn’s surprise win over Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra, Turning Point Action said it would double its manpower in the state before the midterms. Young activists regularly post on social media from county fairs and Republican committee meetings. They upload selfies on sidewalks or stoops to show days spent knocking on doors. “We’re newer in Iowa,” a Des Moines-based senior field staffer, Kylie Kloewer, told a visitor who stopped by Turning Point Action’s booth at the state fair. The booth featured signs emphasizing that there are
only two genders and one that said “men can’t get pregnant,” the kind of confrontational culture war messaging that Charlie Kirk practiced on college campuses. Some people nodded and chuckled, while others raised their eyebrows as they wandered by. Those who walked up to the table could sign up for social clubs that host events, including barbecues and volleyball games. “Any involvement is success,” said Kelsey Newberry, who is based in the organization’s Phoenix headquarters and was helping at the Iowa State Fair. “You’re bringing people together as a community. The more you talk to your neighbors, the better.” “And even if they’re not ready to get activated now,” Newberry added, “being around like-minded people might encourage them in the future.”
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Washington Parish Sheriff Jason Smith points to a recent child pornography case that spanned three parishes and four law enforcement agencies. Covington police investigator Brian Brown called Smith last month with a tip: A man in Smith’s parish was believed to have child porn on devices in his home. The suspect, Jeffrey Venezia Jr., lived in Bogalusa, but STAFF FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL JOHNSON worked about 75 miles away Attorney General Liz Murrill announces arrests made in on the west bank of the MisOperation Restricted Domain while surrounded by law sissippi River. So Smith’s team picked enforcement partners during a news conference at the up the phone and called the Louisiana Department of Justice in Baton Rouge on May 18. Louisiana Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force, of which Internet crimes against children arrests his agency is a member, and roped in West Baton Rouge Louisiana task force has made more arrests as more sheriffs deputies to arrest Venezia have come on board. 717 on an outstanding misdeTask force arrests: meanor traffic warrant. While Venezia was in cus545 tody in West Baton Rouge 477 Parish — and unable to destroy potential evidence — Washington Parish deputies 303 were executing a search warrant at his home, where they eventually found child porn, deputies say. The entire operation unfolded in a matter of hours. Venezia was booked into the 2024 2025 2026 2026 Washington Parish jail on Monday and charged with (so far) (projected) multiple counts of possesSource: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's office Staff graphic sion of child pornography and weapons charges. Bail was set at $150,000. tion crimes in Louisiana and “They’re going to respond so many other places, and to these ads and messages A surge in arrests that was apparent when she from kids who are not right Cases like Venezia’s il- took office in 2024. next door, because they lustrate how dramatically “I could see that it’s get- don’t want to run into someLouisiana’s approach to on- ting worse, and it’s going to body that they know.” line child exploitation has keep getting worse, not betThat willingness to cross changed. ter,” Murrill said. “I could parish lines is one reason the In January 2024, Murrill’s see we needed to be throw- task force’s statewide reach task force had just eight ing more resources at the has become so important. partnering agencies. That problem, because it’s out- Investigators can now do the year, it made 303 arrests. pacing our ability to keep up same thing the offenders do: The task force now has with it.” operate across jurisdictions. more than 80 agencies inMasters noted Livingston With her office’s investivolved, including all state gative arm — the Louisiana Parish Sheriff Jason Ard as sheriff’s offices. It is on pace Bureau of Invesa partner who reguto make 717 arrests, accord- tigation — as the larly uses stings ing to recent numbers pro- lead agency, Murrill to catch offenders vided by the Attorney Gen- grew the task force across the state. eral’s Office. until every sher“You’ll see SherCases that used to be ju- iff came aboard. A iff Ard make 20 arrisdictional headaches, re- handful of police rests in a month,” quiring coordination with departments joined, Masters said. “Well, small agencies with little too. all those offenders Masters resources in rural parishes, Masters says aren’t from Livingsmove much faster now that they’ve been able to use ton Parish, but his guys are the task force has an open their resources to help train posing as children that live line of communication with smaller departments that in Livingston Parish. And officers in every parish. otherwise wouldn’t be able if you’re willing to harm a Smith says his ofto get that train- child in Livingston Parish, fice jokes that everying on their own, he’s willing to put you in jail one wants to be on a giving them new in Livingston Parish.” task force “because On Wednesday, Murrill antools to help invesit sounds cool.” But tigate these types of nounced the results of “Opthe effectiveness of crimes. eration Bottom Dweller,” a the ICAC in the past One of the tools three-day undercover sting two years comes the task force has operation hosted by her ofdown to a simple leaned into in the fice and Assumption Parish Smith thing: familiarity. past couple of years Sheriff Leland Falcon that “Because we’ve is sting operations, led to the identification and worked together over a cou- in which agents pose as arrest of 10 suspects across ple of years now … every- children online and catch multiple states. body’s familiar with what offenders trying to solicit That investigation also inneeds to happen,” Smith them for sex. volved the Berwick Police said. “It just makes everyIn the two years since he Department, the Departbody much more comfort- was elected Washington Par- ment of Homeland Security, able in taking action quickly ish sheriff, Smith said he’s Morgan City police, and instead of burning up a lot of learned that many preda- sheriffs in Livingston Parenergy trying to remember tors don’t like to commit ish, St. James Parish and St. who to call in one parish, and hands-on crimes involving Mary Parish. what the situation might be children like sexual battery, In small parishes, a few in another parish.” rape and trafficking in their sheriff’s deputies have to own backyard. cover larger geographical Snaring predators “They’re going to go hunt- areas. And in more populous Murrill says there is an ing in Livingston or in St. parishes like Orleans, Baton “epidemic” of child exploita- Tammany,” Smith said. Rouge or Livingston, depu-
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Tips pouring in While Masters says the increase in arrests shows that the statewide network is working, he also notes the massive increase in tips that agencies get each year. According to the attorney general’s stats, in 2016 Louisiana received just 863 cybertips — which are reports of suspected online child sexual exploitation sent by the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children. Ten years later, the attorney general’s current projections show that number will be around 93,000 this year, which Murrill and Masters say reflects the increased access to children on social media platforms like Snapchat and TikTok. While Murrill has targeted internet crimes against children through her office’s criminal division via the task force, she’s also taken aim at platforms in civil court. A little more than a year ago, she sued Roblox, an online gaming platform that has been criticized over content moderation related to child safety. Last week, she filed separate lawsuits against Snapchat and Discord, arguing both platforms enable child predators to easily exploit kids. Still, the criminal side remains a top priority, which is partly why the task force recently opened a regional in-house location at the
Kenner police headquarters, referred to as the “Orleans Metro task force,” with plans to do the same thing in other regions. Masters is happy that the task force is achieving “results that have never been seen before.” He says the number of arrests the team has been able to make is something its members hang their hat on. But the staggering number of tips Louisiana receives each day for crimes against kids continues to surge, which Masters says is a constant reminder that the fight is far from over. “We identified a problem, and we found a solution. But look, it’s not a permanent solution,” Masters said. “We’re going to have to continue to keep growing, continue to stay up with the technology and continue bringing back results.” Email Patrick SloanTurner at patrick.sloanturner@theadvocate.com.
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Continued from page 1A the state’s best hope for reversing decades of stagnant population and wage growth. “We are creating quality jobs across different sectors — data centers, a clean steel mill, aerospace and aeronautics,” Bourgeois said. “That is what drives opportunity ... and hedges against the ebbs and flows of oil and gas, which is still our sweet spot.” As the list of the megaprojects grows, though, so do the questions about whether they’ll deliver and what the state and its people are giving up in return. The Landry administration has changed laws and offered billions in tax incentives to lure the companies. Data centers, in particular, are starting to create a backlash in some areas, echoing broader national concerns about artificial intelligence. Secrecy about the deals has become a hot topic, too, along with debates about whether large industrial investments can change the trajectory of a state that has been outflanked by its peers for the past half century. It’s a pivotal moment for the state, and economists, development leaders and others say it’s still too early to say how it will all play out. A lot can change between the time projects are announced and up and running. And how the state leverages the opportunities it has created will be the key to ending decades of economic malaise. “Investment in Louisiana has grown by a magnitude almost overnight,” said GNO Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht. “While this is an extraordinary opportunity, we now have to ensure that Louisiana residents get the jobs, and Louisiana firms get the business.”
Different industries For decades, Louisiana depended on oil and gas, agriculture and its other natural resources to power the state’s economy. But since the oil price collapse of the 1980s, the state has struggled to keep up with the rest of the nation across a range of economic and quality-of-life measures. Between 2000 and 2025, Louisiana’s economy grew 50% more slowly than the country as a whole, and since 1970, its household earnings have remained stuck at 48th of the 50 states, running more than 30% below the national average, according to the Urban Land Institute. It has backslid even as it has continued attracting big industry. Between 2015 and 2023, under Landry’s predecessors, Louisiana drew $90 billion in new capital investments, mostly LNG plants and petrochemical facilities tied to the state’s energy industry. But job growth remained flat during that period and the state lost 52,000 people, a Data Center report found. “We’ve maintained our ability to attract oil and gas investments,” said retired LSU economist Jim Richardson. “But those industries don’t create the jobs they once did,
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Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during a December 2024 event in Rayville to announce that Meta will build an artificial intelligence optimized data center in Richland Parish.
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SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the SpaceX announcement at Magdalen Place in Abbeville on Aug. 25.
2023. The numbers were not independently verified by the state. SpaceX also has said it employs a little more than 4,000 people at the facility, 70% of whom are local. A recent report from Texas A&M, meanwhile, shows that property values have skyrocketed in the county, creating wealth for some while pricing others out. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said at the Abbeville announcement last month that job numbers in Louisiana could well exceed 3,000. “Sixty to 80% of our employees at Starbase Texas are local hires, and we will repeat that here,” Shotwell said. “We need people with all skills — not just engineers, but welders, builders, technicians, restaurant workers.” Rob Lalka, a professor focused on entrepreneurship at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, said that while 3,000 jobs is “not going to change our economy,” he predicts the ripple effect will be significant because of the workers and spinoff companies that follow Musk and SpaceX. “What this will do is create an ecosystem that attracts the smartest rocket scientists in the world,” he said. “There will be opportunities for innovators and companies to work with them.”
‘Not the only option’ To attract the investments and potential jobs, the state has promised record tax breaks. The value of the incentives offered to SpaceX totals more than $27.5 billion, STAFF PHOTO BY JAVIER GALLEGOS
Excavators suspend a giant Hyundai-Posco Louisiana Steel banner displayed underneath the Louisiana flag during the Hyundai-Posco Louisiana Steel groundbreaking ceremony in Ascension Parish on Friday. in part because of automation and technology.” That’s one reason state leaders have focused on other areas. The Hyundai steel mill, which broke ground last week outside of Donaldsonville, promises between 1,200 and 1,300 permanent jobs at an annual salary of nearly $100,000. Site selector Didi Caldwell, of Global Location Strategies, says it is an example of advanced manufacturing, a sector that has a track record of creating new hubs of economic growth. The prospects of other sectors are less clear. Gary Wagner, an economist at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said that data centers, a new sector Landry introduced to the state two years ago, have a questionable track record of improving long-term economic prosperity. A few recent studies have shown the facilities can stimulate economic activity — and Meta’s Hyperion project in Richland Parish, which is drawing thousands of construction workers, is boosting local sales tax collections, funding teacher bonuses and attracting new businesses to the area. But Wagner said that the economic literature on data centers suggests that “if
there is a measurable impact on job growth and income over the long term, it is minimal.” In a rural area like Richland Parish, Bourgeois counters, even 1,000 jobs is a big deal. “I think we lose sight of the significance of that number,” she said.
‘People with all skills’ At the SpaceX announcement, Landry seemed to acknowledge the shortcomings of the state’s historic reliance on oil and gas, framing the deal as a new kind of project. “For generations, industry came to Louisiana not to build lasting prosperity but to extract wealth,” he said. “What Elon Musk and his team is offering Louisiana is different. They are offering us a permanent future and lasting prosperity.” It’s hard to measure what that will look like in part because there’s no comparison. Starbase Louisiana aims to be the busiest spaceport on the planet, with a planned footprint that is 10 times the size of the company’s headquarters in Boca Chica, Texas. In December, the company reported a $13 billion economic impact and the creation of 24,000 direct and indirect jobs there since
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according to a letter from Louisiana Economic Development in July to SpaceX executive Ben Lancaster. The incentives, the largest in state history, include a property tax break worth $23.5 billion and $3.6 billion in a sales tax rebate. The Meta deal, which will bring an estimated 1,000 full-time jobs to Richland Parish, includes an incentive package that was valued at more than $3 billion earlier this year, before the recent expansion. To lure Hyundai to Donaldsonville, the state agreed to a $2.6 billion incentive package. Critics have raised concerns about the incentive packages, the nondisclosure agreements under which they were negotiated and the state laws that were changed along the way to facilitate them. Jan Moeller, president and CEO of Invest in Louisiana, a research group that advocates for equitable economic policies, has said that tax incentives aren’t necessarily bad, but they need to provide a return on investment that justifies what is given away. “We have all these needs in state government and a budget shortfall,” said Moeller. “That is why it is important when the richest man in the world comes to Louisiana and spends money and creates jobs, that his company also pays taxes.” Bourgeois, like other economic development leaders, says tax incentives are a standard practice and needed to land big deals. The foregone revenues, they argue, would not exist but for the projects in the first place. As for the NDAs, which have been more widely used
by Landry than any of his recent predecessors, the governor said last month that they were necessary to maintain the state’s competitive edge. “You think I want Texas to steal my thunder?” Landry said. “You think I want other states to know what we’re working on? … Corporate America has competition, and they want to have discussions with elected officials to ensure that policies meet their expectations.”
Changing perceptions Though changes to the state’s economic outlook will take years to show signs of progress, one thing is already starting to change: Louisiana’s perception as a favorable place to do business among site selectors, the professionals who decide where companies ought to locate new facilities. “Louisiana has done a fantastic job showing that it can execute fast on big, complex deals,” said Larry Gigerich, a site selector with Indianapolis, Indiana-based Ginovus, whose past clients include BP, Oracle and FedEx. “Speed to market is critical.” Still, the major announcements are just the first step. Now, the state has to ensure that projects get completed quickly, attract other companies and result in money flowing back to the state — and is invested back into local communities, housing, schools and healthcare. That’s important, Gigerich said, because those “quality of place” things are needed to attract and retain talented people. “That is the next piece of the puzzle for Louisiana,” Gigerich said.
Free Tulane Future of Energy Forum to bring global energy conversation to New Orleans Sept. 28-30
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As energy demand rises and emerging technologies reshape how power is produced and used, some of the industry’s biggest questions will take center stage in New Orleans later this month. The third annual Tulane Future of Energy Forum will be held on the university’s uptown campus Sept. 28-30, bringing more than 150 speakers from around the world together to explore the economic, technological and geopolitical forces influencing the global energy system. The forum is free and open to the public. Registration is now open at energyforum.tulane.edu. This year’s theme, “Connected Power: Connecting Leaders. Powering Progress,” reflects an emphasis on the relationships among energy production, infrastructure, technology, investment, public policy and consumers. “Energy is ubiquitous. You are either making it, transporting it, or using it and Tulane has an opportunity and an obligation to help people understand how connected the energy system is and how every decision has an impact,” said Pierre Conner, executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute. “I’m excited that we can convene so many thought leaders from the world’s energy ecosystem to discuss where we are, where we want to be, and where we deserve to be.” Specific topics will include nuclear energy, capital investments, LNG, solar power, protecting water resources, artificial intelligence, oil and gas, carbon storage, and the role Louisiana and New Orleans can play in the world’s energy future. Additional discussions will center around energy’s role in elections, the United States’ relationship with Canada and the role of Venezuela. The forum will feature speakers from government, industry, law, academia and more. Scheduled speakers include David LaCerte, commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Jonathan D. Brightbill, general counsel, U.S. Department of Energy; Dustin Davidson, secretary, Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy; Jason Wells, chair, president and CEO of CenterPoint Energy; Darryl Willis, corporate VP, Microsoft; Tommy Faucheaux, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, among many others.
“We are so proud to offer this free to the public. Other similar events charge a lot for this type of access to the world’s thought leaders,” said Frédéric Sourgens, James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law at Tulane University Law School. “We feel strongly as an educational institution that everybody should be able to participate in these discussions. This is everybody’s energy system. We want them to be informed and participate.” The 2026 Future of Energy Forum comes at a pivotal time for Louisiana and the world. Conner noted that the Gulf Coast is still a top global producer of oil and gas, and many states are advancing projects related to liquefied natural gas, solar energy and carbon capture. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of massive data centers to power AI technology is raising questions about future energy needs and the associated costs. “The best way to overcome the uncertainty we are seeing now is to provide more information and transparency around projects and policies,” Sourgens said. “We want people to feel more comfortable about what comes next. I think we can contribute to that discourse as a university and make sure Louisiana is at the forefront of the world’s energy future.” The Future of Energy Forum is designed to encourage conversations beyond formal presentations. Multiple sessions will take place simultaneously, similar to the “cubes” used to organize Jazz Fest performances. Attendees are encouraged to review the event schedule in advance and build an itinerary around the subjects most relevant to them. “We encourage people to come with an open mind. We will be discussing a lot of new concepts and perspectives. We know the solution to the future we want will be a mixture of somewhat competing interests. We want people to be open and inquisitive as these discussions take place,” Conner said. “This forum gives us the ability to have those conversations because of the caliber of people we will have here. We can get as detailed and sophisticated as anyone wants.” Visit energyforum.tulane.edu for a full schedule, list of speakers and registration information.
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered a vote on packing the U.S. Supreme Court that was doomed from the get-go but aimed at getting Democrats on the record for an issue he thinks could put the opposition party in a political bind. The resolution would have enshrined in the Constitution that the Supreme Court Mark could have only Ballard nine justices. But the measure required a two-thirds majority in both chambers, plus approval by three-quarters of the states — none of which was likely to happen this year, said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who studies the federal judiciary. “It’s largely performative and has to do with showing they’re doing something ahead of the midterms,” Tobias said of the Republican effort. After coming up more than 50 votes shy, Johnson chucked the rest of the House’s to-do list and sent reps back home to campaign for the rest of September. Johnson can thank two Democratic representatives for giving him an opportunity for political theater. Their two votes provided the margin needed to pass a resolution that continues government operations until December. Otherwise, government would’ve shut down on Oct. 1. Five Republicans, including Rep. Clay Higgins, RLafayette, voted no. Early voting for the Nov. 3 congressional midterms begins Oct. 20 in Louisiana. Voters are to decide if Republicans will continue to control all levers of governmental power or
Gov. Landry names Rep. Wright to DOTD job
Gov. Jeff Landry has named Rep. Mark Wright, R-Covington, to a top role at the state transportation department, according to a news release Monday. As commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Development’s Office of Multimodal Commerce, Wright will “oversee the office’s efforts to strengthen Louisiana’s integrated transportation network, including ports, waterways, rail, aviation, public transportation, and commercial trucking,” the news release said. Wright is a forWright mer chair of the House Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee and has a professional background in maritime commerce, having served as vice president of the American Waterways Operators. “Mark brings a unique combination of legislative experience, transportation knowledge and strategic leadership to this role,”
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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. if they prefer Democrats run the U.S. House, and perhaps the U.S. Senate. Polls indicate that more voters are being persuaded by Democratic themes of high prices, long war and social safety-net cuts. Republicans have focused their campaigns on having lowered taxes and closing the border.
Court packing politics Bringing in the “court-packing” motif reinforces GOP allegations that Democrats are communists. “For years, Democrats have called for packing the Supreme Court with more left-wing judges,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, wrote in an email. “A Supreme Court that is not equal to the legislative and executive branches or is capriciously altered with left-wing political judges will end the court’s inde-
said Transportation Secretary Glenn Ledet. “His understanding of how our ports, waterways, railroads, airports and highCapitol ways work togethBuzz er to move people STAFF and commerce will REPORTS be a tremendous asset to DOTD and to the people of Louisiana.” Wright has represented the northshore area since 2017 and is term-limited. He ran unsuccessfully this year for a seat on the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities. Wright said in a post on X that he is resigning from his House seat to take the job. “I’m grateful for this opportunity to serve Louisiana as I finish my terms in the House,” Wright said in the release. “I really look forward to working with Gov. Landry, Secretary Ledet, and other leaders during this exciting growth era in Louisiana. Having spent a large portion of my legislative and professional career dedicated to maritime, ports and transportation, it’s gratifying to help Louisiana grow and lead the
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, pauses for questions on Sept. 2. pendence, threaten the freedoms of Americans.” Though changing the composition of the Supreme Court may become a thing in 2028, Democrats haven’t come to an agreement on the issue. True, a number of leading lights in the Democratic Party — Vice President Kamala Harris and
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttieg to name two — favor expanding the number of justices. But a number of prominent Democrats disagree, including retired Justice Stephen Breyer and Joe Biden, who as president had a commission look into the restructuring possibilities. Many Democrats are angered at recent 6-3 Supreme Court decisions that support Trump and GOP bucket list issues — particularly the Louisiana vs. Callais decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, cost Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, his seat and opened the door for Republican-led states to redraw the districts that helped elect Black candidates to Congress. Into that milieu, Johnson opted to run a messaging vote. “If we go down the road of packing the Supreme Court, it
nation into the future.” A special primary election to fill Wright’s Louisiana House District 77 seat representing St. Tammany Parish is scheduled for Feb. 6, with a runoff election set for March 13 if needed.
Hollis unveils new 9/11 collectible coins The U.S. Mint engraved a remembrance to terrorist victims on a limited number of the Enduring Liberty Half Dollar and delivered the coins to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. The Mint engraved a “privy mark” on 2,983 of its specialissue 250th national birthday half dollars to also mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The privy mark includes the date “911-01” encircled by the phrase, “ALWAYS REMEMBER.” “The iconic symbols of freedom and enlightenment, along with the ‘Always Remember’ privy mark, reflect the resilience of the victims’ families and the Nation,” said Mint Director Paul Hollis, of Covington. “While we will never forget those fateful attacks, our
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nation continues to pass the torch of enlightenment to future generations in remembrance and in honor of the 2,983 victims.” Hollis, a former Louisiana legislator and member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Mint in February. A nu-
turns into a political palooza, and it would not serve the country,” Johnson, R-Benton, told reporters, adding that the vote forced Democrats to “put their money where their mouth is.” U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, DMaryland, counters that Congress is shirking its duty by memorializing only nine justices. Raskin taught constitutional law for a quarter century at American University Washington College of Law and is the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to set up federal courts. Congress changed the number of justices eight times since 1789, when the Supreme Court was established with six seats, one for each federal judicial circuit. Congress in 1801 lowered the number to five to stop President Thomas Jefferson from making more appointments. The next year, a new Congress returned the number to six. Then, in 1807, a seventh justice was added to match the number of federal judicial circuits at that time. Thirty years later, two more seats were added, again to match the number of circuits, which was the reasoning for adding a 10th justice in 1863. Congress dropped the number back to seven in 1866 to keep President Andrew Johnson from making nominations. Since 1869, the number has been set at nine. There are now 13 circuits. With the vote completed and the issue raised, many Republicans are headed to Dallas for a rare midterm national convention scheduled to begin Wednesday. More than 100 items and a slate of speakers, including Trump, are on the agenda in what is being called a rally to energize GOP voters. Email Mark Ballard at mballard@theadvocate.com.
mismatist, or professional coin collector, he has called the role a “dream job.” Both the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, as part of coordinated suicide attacks organized by the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. Terrorists hijacked two commercial airliners and flew into each of the skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York. A third passenger plane was crashed into the Pentagon across the Potomac River from Washington and a fourth plowed into a field in rural Pennsylvania when passengers attempted to retake control of the flight. At every anniversary of the attack, families of the victims gather at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, in the footprint of the twin towers, to read aloud the names of the 2,983 persons killed in the September 11 attacks and February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Moments of silence will mark the times when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck, the Pentagon was struck, the crash in Pennsylvania, and for those lost to 9/11 health effects.
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NEW YORK — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in the nation’s largest school system interact with the technology — will apply to “all software that uses student-facing generative AI” for students through eighth grade, the mayor’s office said. It described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country. At the same time, the city will establish twice-yearly AI literacy classes for all public high school students. It will also launch pilot programs allowing some high school students to use a handful of AI platforms under an educator’s supervision. Companion chatbots will be prohibited across all grades, officials said. The approach comes as students, parents and schools across the country attempt to navigate the use of AI tools in the classroom and elsewhere.
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New York City’s public school system will temporarily ban ‘all software that uses student-facing generative AI’ for students through eighth grade.
Reliance on AI Schools are working to teach children how to incorporate the technology while preventing them from relying too heavily on it or using it to cheat. “Each day when our children come to school, we teach them to ask questions, to challenge assumptions, to interrogate the premise, to ask why. When it comes to AI in our schools, we
‘Each day when our children come to school, we teach them to ask questions, to challenge assumptions, to interrogate the premise, to ask why. When it comes to AI in our schools, we hold an obligation to do the same,” New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
hold an obligation to do the same,” Mamdani, a Democrat, said at a news conference. The Los Angeles school district, where students returned to classrooms in mid-August, is temporarily blocking access to generative AI tools on student devices across all grades. The Los Angeles Unified School District said Wednesday that the ban will remain in place across the country’s second-largest school district as officials develop a student AI policy during the school year. In June, LAUSD became the first major school district to eliminate the use of school-issued devices for its youngest students as part of a sweeping screen time policy. The policy banned devices before second grade, set screen time lim-
In New York, the city will also recommend screen time limits for students, suggesting a daily cap of 30 minutes for students in grades three through five and 45 minutes for those in grades six through eight. Teachers will be allowed to use AI for instructional planning and operational tasks. At least 37 states have official AI guidance that schools can use as a blueprint, though there is no single definition of AI literacy or consensus on how it should be taught. New York state last year approved a ban on students’ use of cellphones in schools. City education officials will also conduct a broad review of all technology tools used in the school system and eliminate those deemed nonessential to learning. Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York, praised the screen time limits but said the city’s AI policy “leaves many questions unanswered,” including how the Education Department “will be more aggressive in demanding the products it purchases have AI safeguards.” Josh Golin, executive director of the children’s advocacy group Fairplay, said he would have preferred a longer moratorium and more time between the announcement and the start of the school year. “A year to evaluate is not nearly enough time,” he said, adding that the onus should be on AI platforms “to demonstrate that their products are effective at teaching kids, that they’re safe, that they’re not displacing face-to-face interaction and that they’re not leading to rampant cheating.” New York City public school students are scheduled to return to classrooms next week.
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live there. “You just can’t even make all this stuff up,” said Brad Baker, the county administrator. “We had one lady come up and talk about how we’re ruining the bear habitat. I don’t know that many bears that live on a white sandy beach.” Colten Wright, who leads the board of county commissioners, said the project has potential. “I understand some of the concerns and frustrations,” he said. “A number of them happen to be founded in fear and founded in bad information.” “There are so many people in Florida that don’t want visitors, that don’t want growth,” he added. “That’s part of it.”
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an idea to build parking and sidewalks at a coastal dune lake after some locals worried it could harm the environment. In Navarre Beach, which sits in one of the Gulf Coast’s fastestgrowing regions, some residents are also lamenting the new construction of a brightly-colored beach souvenir shop. And locals troubled by the boardwalk proposal are packing public forums and filling social media pages with dozens of frustrated posts. “People are upset,” said Cathy Holmes, who founded a local sea turtle conservation center. “We don’t want something big where people are shopping and there’s more trash being left behind and there’s more traffic.” Others are scoffing at the grievances and say they would enjoy a place to dine and shop along the beach. “Folks still complain there’s nowhere to eat,” one resident wrote
on a community social media page teeming with uproar. “So now there are plans to build a boardwalk which will have restaurants, bars, shopping and entertainment and Navarre doesn’t want it. Someone is going to build several things for us to do and eat and many of you are against it. Someone please make it make sense!!!!!!!”
Debate over growth Leaders are trying to ease the tensions with assurances that plans are not final. The county will likely hold public meetings this fall to discuss options for the project, which could cost several million dollars. The debate has become one of the most contentious in years for Navarre Beach, a narrow barrier island between Destin and Pensacola. It is an unusual moment of strife for a community that calls itself “Florida’s most relaxing place.”
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Still, some locals are pleading that county leaders listen to their worries that construction could disrupt bird habitat and disorient turtle hatchlings who use moonlight to guide them toward the water. The debate is also reigniting an old tension along the Gulf Coast, where some beach residents have long complained that inland leaders use coastal towns to drive tax revenues. Political tensions remain high in Santa Rosa County after some leadership shake-ups in a recent local election. But Gary Buroker, president of the Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association, said some locals’ stance is simple: “People that are here would like to see it stay like it is.” A decision about the project’s fate is likely several weeks away. But the furor is showing no signs of letting up. A crowd of residents wearing shorts and flip-flops recently filled a community meeting demanding answers from the county’s tourism leaders. Over nearly an hour, voices in the crowd rose at times with anger. And several wore T-shirts printed with their message. “Save our beach,” they read. “Don’t put up a parking lot.”
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The sandy shores of Florida’s Navarre Beach are known for sea turtles gliding through the surf, birds soaring in the breeze and empty dunes that sweep toward the gleaming waves. Soon, to the dismay of some locals, the vista may also include construction equipment. Plans to build a waterfront boardwalk with an event center, shops and food trucks are facing a growing revolt from some neighbors who say it will spoil the stunning natural beauty of Navarre Beach, which is among the last undeveloped spots on Florida’s Panhandle. To others, the development would be a welcome attraction that supports local businesses and provides a vital economic boost. But those arguments have done little so far to convince many residents who are racing to stop the project. “We have a piece of something that is still natural and wild and has not been touched by human hands,” said Erika Thomas, a local who is circulating a petition with more than 7,000 signatures against the development. “We don’t have a lot of those spaces anymore in this world. To me, that’s why this is important.” The tensions rippling through this beach community 230 miles east of New Orleans are one example of a story unfolding across the entire Gulf Coast. From Mississippi to Florida, many towns beloved by visitors from Louisiana are becoming embroiled in sometimes fierce debates about how to balance growth with preservation. In Orange Beach, Ala., a developer recently scrapped plans for a pirate-themed dinner theater after dozens of outraged locals argued it would turn their city into a flashy tourist strip. In January, leaders along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A abandoned
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Even snakes have to audition for the opera at the Met Princess the boa constrictor gets the part
BY DAVID R. MARTIN and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press
NEW YORK — Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a Mozart classic. In charge of deciding who gets the s-s-s-s-starring reptilian role is Zoe Ziegfeld, a carnival performer-turnedopera actor cast as the snake handler in the Met’s version of “Così fan tutte,” inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s. Ziegfeld takes each snake, lets it slither and wrap around, then hoists the animal over their head, rehearsing what they will do under the bright lights at center stage for each performance. Ziegfeld looks each one in the eye, almost faceto-face as they evaluate the snake’s demeanor. “I need to know that the
animal is comfortable with people and with what we are doing,” Ziegfeld said. In the coldblooded competition, a boa constrictor named Princess won. She is a larger snake with a better visual presence on stage. “We will be moving forward with Princess (the big sunglow boa constrictor who is yellow-peach) in rehearsals on a trial basis! She is a wonderful snake, and the trial is not about her, but rather about me and my strength,” Ziegfeld wrote in an email after the auditions were over. A slightly smaller brown boa constrictor named Nala from a second audition will be Princess’ understudy. This is the third time Ziegfeld has played the role of the snake charmer in the Met’s adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1790 opera. In Mozart’s original, two Italian soldiers decide to test their lovers’ fidelity by pretending to head off to war. They then disguise themselves and try to seduce each other’s girlfriends. In this version, the plot remains mostly the
a pleasure to entertain. And with snakes, it’s a delight to know that there are people watching who are in awe and people who are terrified. And those things happen at the Met and at Coney — so I would say they are more alike than different, to be honest,” Ziegfeld said. The snakes came to their audition thanks to Nancy Novograd and her company All Tame Animals. She got into the business when her horse appeared onstage at the Met in a production of “Carmen,” and now she provides the opera house with everything from elephants to insects. The first two snakes to audition were a bit small. One might have clashed with Ziegfeld’s top. But the key is personality, Novograd said. “Animals have to perform as do human talent. Sometimes they have a set type of behaviors that they have to demonstrate. And sometimes they just have to get along with the talent,” Novograd said. “So in this case, they have to be the right color, size, and Zoe has to like them.”
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Performance artist Zoe Ziegfeld, who plays the part of a snake charmer, holds a snake on Aug. 28 during auditions to select a snake for a part in an adaptation of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. same, but the setting is a 1950s Coney Island carnival complete with vibrant scenery and sideshow performers. Ziegfeld came to the role honestly. They spent a couple of seasons on Coney
Island doing eight snakecharming shows a day. When they tried out several years ago, live snakes weren’t allowed in the audition space. So instead, Ziegfeld brought video of their snake-charming act,
then hammered home their carnival sideshow bona fides by knocking a nail into their own nasal cavity in what was called the Human Blockhead act. “The music’s different. The money is different. It’s
Thousands rally in Croatia demanding toxic waste cleanup
Cubans, Afghans deported from U.S. arrive in Guyana
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ZAGREB, Croatia — Tens of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in Croatia, furious that authorities for months haven’t cleared a huge amount of illegally dumped hazardous waste that has triggered fears of major environmental damage in the European Union country. The illegal waste scandal in the central town of Gospic has fueled criticism of conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his government, which has faced mounting public anger in recent weeks. The issue first surfaced last February when Croatian police and Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, arrested 13 people suspected of illegally importing and disposing of hazardous waste. Europol said at the time that the suspects made at least 4 million euros ($4.2 million) in
illegal profit. More than a year later, Gospic residents fear that about 37,000 metric tons (40,000 U.S. tons) of waste that is still at an abandoned industrial site — mostly buried underground — was endangering their health. It includes remains of electronic equipment, plastics, construction materials and medical waste. An expert report published last month by Croatian anticorruption agency USKOK says that the soil at the site contained elevated metal concentration and that PFAS compounds, known as the “forever chemicals,” have also been detected in groundwater. Saturday’s protest requested that authorities present a clear plan to urgently and completely remediate the polluted sites according to clearly defined deadlines. Protesters are also demanding an immediate ban on waste imports.
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Thousands of people protest Saturday over the discovery of illegally imported and disposed waste, including hazardous and toxic materials, in downtown Zagreb, Croatia. Vjekoslav Busic, from the “Gospic Is Our Home” initiative behind the protest, said that residents had been reporting what they believed was suspected illegal activity since 2023. “The result to date: Not a single kilogram (pound) of hazardous waste has been removed from Gospic,” Busic said. Protester Ivan Rittinger said that authorities “are talking about this as if it were a tragedy, as if it just happened out of nowhere. Rittinger said that “someone made money out of it and someone was paid to look the other way.” “It was planned,” he said.
“This is not a tragedy. This is a crime.” USKOK said that it was investigating a Croatian company for allegedly burying illegal toxic waste at several sites across Croatia, with the largest amount found in Gospic. The government has said that the investigation is underway, as well as efforts to clear the area. Authorities also have said that multiple water and soil tests in Gospic came out negative for contamination. The site will be temporarily covered to protect it from rainwater, one company has been chosen to clear some of the waste while a long-term plan is drafted.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana’s government said Saturday it has received the first of six deportees from the United States under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program. Guyana’s Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said the six nationals from Cuba and Afghanistan arrived in the South American country Friday after being vetted by his administration and found to have no criminal background. He added the group was kicked out of the U.S. primarily because of immigration issues. Persaud said his administration reached an agreement to host the deportees after months of negotiations. He also told The Associated Press that “the U.S. has not made any further requests.” The arrangement will run for a
year and does not constitute permanent resettlement, he said. Those relocated to Guyana under the Assisted Voluntary Return Program will await the outcome of their immigration status determination while in Guyana. They could ultimately return to their country of origin or be relocated somewhere else. The U.N. International Organization for Migration is responsible for implementing the program, authorities in Guyana said, adding that the government will not bear any housing or supporting costs. Guyana, a founding member of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, is the latest of several member states to have received small groups of U.S. deportees. Others include St. Kitts and Nevis, Belize and St. Lucia, which was due to accept its first group this week, officials said.
U.S. phases out $45 million annual support for Namibia HIV program BY SONJA SMITH Associated Press
WINDHOEK, Namibia — The United States will start phasing out its financial support for Namibia’s HIV response programs, the latest among southern African countries to feel the effects of the withdrawal of foreign aid by the U.S. administration.
The U.S. will provide Namibia with $45 million for its HIV response in the 2027 fiscal year but the country will then start funding its own HIV programs, with the U.S. only providing “technical cooperation,” both countries said in statement. Namibia has received around $45 million annually through the U.S. President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in recent years. The United States says it has contributed more than $1.1 billion to Namibia’s HIV response since 2003. While the withdrawal of the funding was expected since the Trump administration’s “America First” approach to foreign aid was announced, it follows Namibia’s rejection
of proposed provisions for sharing health data and biological specimens with the United States. Namibia cited privacy, sovereignty and legal concerns for its decision. The Trump administration has been entering into country-by-country agreements that Washington says will reduce donor dependency, increase domestic financing
and safeguard American interests. The U.S. has signed agreements with about 30 countries since late last year, many of them in Africa. But Ghana rejected a proposed agreement over access to sensitive health data, Zimbabwe withdrew from a $367 million package over similar concerns, and a court challenge has put Kenya’s $2.5
billion agreement on hold. Zambia has also objected to data-sharing demands. Namibian officials previously said the proposed provisions in their original form were “not in compliance with Namibia’s national laws” and “infringed constitutional privacy protections and national sovereignty over biological resources.”
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N.O. East crime rates show major declines did four years ago, with fatal prospects of an area that has New Orleans East crime trends Orleans for good. With But after living in St. Tam- shootings, burglaries, armed for decades lacked the same Parish for several robberies and other violent level of investment awarded Crime has declined in recent years in New Orleans East, as it improvement, many years, she’s become home- crimes all down by double- to its counterparts west of has throughout the rest of the city the Industrial Canal. sick. rates in digit percentages. residents hope it the cityAndandasincrime NEW ORLEANS EAST CITYWIDE The average time it takes Jeffrey Schwartz, Mayor New Orleans 2022-2025 2022-2025 East reach historic lows, her for police to respond to Helena Moreno’s economic brings more retail thoughts of returning have emergency calls in that dis- development director, said
BY JONI HESS
grown stronger. “I’m still broken, but I’m at Staff writer peace,” Green said. While some individual After Rashida Green’s nephew, Jameel, was mur- neighborhoods in the East dered near her home in are still seeing more crime Little Woods a decade ago, than others, the area overall she decided to leave New is seeing less crime than it
trict has also been cut by more than half since 2022, according to an analysis of the city’s public safety dashboard. The downward trends raise new questions about the economic development
public safety improvements are always good for business and economic development in areas like New Orleans East. But it’ll take more than
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Big Freedia scraps hotel plans, pivots to restaurant, music venue BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer
Nearly four years after Big Freedia announced plans for a “micro” boutique hotel and music venue just off Frenchmen Street, the bounce artist and
her partner in the venture are rethinking their plans for the project, signaling new hope for a building that has been a neighborhood eyesore. Inflation, elevated interest rates and challenges securing financing are among the reasons
Freedia and Zach Kupperman, who purchased the building at 2114 Decatur St. in 2021 and has developed some of the city’s most successful boutique hotels in recent years, have been unable to make the project work. In the years since, the
two-story building has been cited by city regulators for “demolition by neglect” because of deteriorated porch and exterior cladding. Kupperman blamed the delays on damage from
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Kendall McManus-Thomas has never strayed too far from Warren Easton Charter High School. He first walked the halls as a 14-year-old freshman, staying late for band practice and student council meetings. He returned to the Canal Street campus as a student teacher, then climbed the ranks from substitute to chemistry teacher to assistant principal. He went on to lead two other New Orleans schools: Andrew Wilson Charter School and Benjamin Franklin High School, one of the state’s top-ranked schools. Now McManus-Thomas is back at Easton, this time as principal McManusand CEO. Thomas It’s a pivotal moment for the historic high school. Once among the city’s highestperforming high schools, Easton’s academics have dipped. And its standalone ninth grade academy, the only one in the school system, remains a work in progress. “That’s the fun part,” McManus-Thomas said last week in his second-floor office, as students jockeyed for his attention before a school pep rally. “Every school has room to improve and to become better. We can never rest on our laurels.” McManus-Thomas, who started in his new role in May and is known simply as “Dr. Mac,” already has a plan in place to accelerate achievement at Easton. He’s limiting screen time in the
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Band remembers baritone horn player killed in scooter crash that are street safe, Moreno said. brother is a tuba player in the band. 14-year-old was NOPD Superintendent Anne KirkpatBut earlier that day, Damiri was a gas-powered scooter when rick said the person who was driving sophomore at Abramson riding he was struck and killed by a pickup the vehicle that crashed into the teen
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In the stands of the Joe Brown Stadium in New Orleans East on Friday evening, the Abramson Sci Academy marching band chanted one name over and over again. “Damiri Eves,” the Abramson Sci Academy musicians said as their classmates below played football against Sarah T. Reed. “We’re here for you.” Damiri, a 14-year-old sophomore at Abramson, was supposed to play with the band at the game that night. He was a baritone horn player. His older
truck at the intersection of Norman Mayer Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard, the New Orleans Police Department said. “It’s hard to process. I’m just going through the motions. That’s all D. Eves I can do,” his father, Harry Eves III, 48, said. At the crash scene, Mayor Helena Moreno and other city officials met with Damiri’s family. The family asked officials to emphasize the importance of wearing a helmet and using scooters
was cooperating with the investigation, and that she did not expect charges related to the incident. Kirkpatrick said Damiri was not wearing a helmet during the crash. Eves said some of his son’s bandmates also met them at the accident scene and later went to the family’s house. He said his son was just an “all around good kid.” He had a great sense of humor, liked to play video games, and was well-liked in the band. The director of the band, Johnnie Van Buren, said Damiri had recently been
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The Abramson Sci Academy high school band pays tribute on Friday to one of their baritone horn players, sophomore ä See BAND, page 2B Damiri Eves, who died earlier that day.
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“He has a belief in the kids,” she said, “and a belief that we can really get this school back to what it was.”
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classroom, raising academic expectations and giving students more say over their high school experience. His office whiteboard is filled with suggestions scrawled by students, including ID cards for student government members and a big brother-big sister program. He envisions a school with “amazing, robust” academics that also nurtures students’ personal growth. “Where they find their community,” he said, “and they are reaffirming themselves and their futures.”
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New Orleans roots
Kendall McManus-Thomas speaks to students transitioning between classes at Warren McManus-Thomas grew up in New Orleans East, Easton High School in New Orleans on Thursday.
miles away from Easton. But his mother saw the school, which accepted students from across the city, as a path to a safer, secure future with its tight-knit alumni network and rigorous courses. The start of his tenure at Easton was marked by tragedy when his father was murdered after the first day of school. McManus-Thomas leaned on school leaders and peers for support. “Especially when you’re going through things,” he said, “it’s like you have fam-
ily around you.” He put down roots at the school, joining color guard and band and briefly the football team, evidence of which can be found in the old yearbooks piled in his office. Just days into his junior year, Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. McManusThomas evacuated to Lafayette with his grandmother, where he finished high school. At Lafayette High School, he realized he was behind his peers.
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Continued from page 1B lowered crime rates to attract retail opportunities, Schwartz said. “It’s been an issue of perception and narrative way more than it’s ever been about the reality on the ground,” he said.
Data shows improvements Across multiple measures, the East, covered by the 7th District in NOPD data, is seeing less crime. The Metropolitan Crime Commission, a nonprofit that tracks the performance of the city’s criminal justice system, noted in a July report that the 7th District “experienced the largest longterm reduction in violent crime” when the first two quarters of this year are compared with the same time frame in 2022. Serious crimes were down by 74%. Between 2022 and 2025, the last full year of data available, fatal shootings declined by 69%, armed robberies by 60% and burglaries fell 24% over that time frame, according to city data. All other tracked crimes also fell, with the exception of thefts and nonfatal shootings. Four years ago, a resident was more than twice as likely to get carjacked in New Orleans East as they were to get carjacked anywhere else in the city, according
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Continued from page 1B Hurricane Ida, a subsequent fire and the resulting insurance claims. “We had all these obstacles,” Kupperman said. “Then, over time, we decided to shift the entire design and the vision for what the project was.” Now, the partners have new plans for the property. They recently secured approval from the Historic District Landmarks Commission to convert the 6,400-square-foot building into a ground-floor restaurant and music venue with two second-floor apartments. There’s no revised budget for the project, originally slated to cost around $5 million, and no timeline for a
to a Times-Picayune analysis that accounted for population size. But in 2025, the rate of carjackings in the East was roughly the same as the rate across the city, about 2 for every 10,000 people. The East also has nearly the same rate of fatal shootings, armed robberies, stabbings and unarmed robberies as does the rest of the city. It has a slightly lower rate of sexual assaults and residential break-ins per 10,000 people. Police response times to the 7th District still lag that of the city overall, but not by as much as they did in 2022. Then, the median response time for emergency calls from the East was about 16 minutes, compared with eight minutes elsewhere in the city. For nonemergencies, the East’s residents waited about an hour, three times longer than the rest of the city. “We had a very hard time dealing with that,” said Sylvia ScineauxRichard, a New Orleans East resident. “The community didn’t feel like their needs were being answered quickly enough, and then it became a habit in terms of what you could expect. It was really a problem,” she said. Now, police tend to respond to emergencies in the East in roughly 13 minutes, and in about 10 minutes elsewhere in the city, according to data. The area’s residents still wait about an hour for police to respond
groundbreaking. But Kupperman said they hope to secure permits by the end of this year.
Back on track The project delays are the latest of several headaches for Frenchmen Street, which was the heart of the city’s local music scene in the 1990s and 2000s but more recently has struggled to retain its authentic feel amid an influx of tourists in search of a street-party scene and an increase in the number of unlicensed street vendors. A large vacant building at the intersection of Frenchmen and Decatur streets that, for years, was in danger of collapsing, didn’t help matters. One hotel on the street closed; another was turned over to its lenders. Amid those conditions, Hotel Freedia stalled. An unsuccessful 2024 bid for the
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“Easton was a high-performing school, but I go a few miles down the road and I wasn’t performing to the level of my peers,” he said, adding that there were far fewer Black and Hispanic students at his new school. “The racial, socio-economic implications of that are hard.” The experience fuels his desire to combine academic rigor and a supportive community at Easton. When McManus-Thomas walks the halls, he carries
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a megaphone that he uses to direct students to classes. He hugs and fist-bumps teachers, some of whom have been at the school since he was a student. When teacher Andrea Spretor went on maternity leave 14 years ago, McManus-Thomas stepped in as a long-term substitute while studying chemistry education at Xavier University. As principal, he’s brought a contagious energy to Easton’s halls, Spretor said.
to less urgent calls. Citywide, the wait is 36 minutes. Mitch Crusto, a Loyola University law professor who owns property in the East, said crime trends there are good to see, and that they make sense, since crime across the city is down. Crusto said law enforcement shortages and systemic bias toward the area have been more of an issue than crime. When trying to redevelop his Plaza Drive property, at least one loan officer pointed to crime as a reason to not invest, he said. “Even when the excuses go away, it doesn’t stop institutions from redlining the area,” he said.
Community engagement Scineaux-Richard, who helped establish the state-authorized East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission, said residents in other city areas unfairly label the East as crime-riddled. Instead, she said, pockets of crime have thrived in some of the vast area’s neighborhoods, just like certain neighborhoods elsewhere in the city. She said recent declines come after better community engagement with city officials, improved police accountability and additional resources. “Whatever they did, it’s working,” she said. Anthony Jackson, a New Orleans East resident who owns a private security firm, said more neighborhoods in the area are engaging in
community policing: contracting with security firms, relying on block captains and communicating about any suspicious activity. Jackson, the former president of NOPD’s Police Community Advisory Board, said residents have long struggled to trust law enforcement, but that’s starting to change. “They’re starting to see results. And when the community sees results, people become more invested in law enforcement and reducing crime in their communities,” he said.
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ing the norm,” Gaudin said. He added that city officials have relied heavily on community engagement in addressing crime, but that to sustain the trends, social services and economic development play a key role. Schwartz, the mayor’s economic development czar, said sometimes challenges arise around land use and zoning issues or when property owners and developers neglect to comply with city code enforcement. Many blighted New Orleans East properties also sit vacant because their owners won’t sell or they can’t afford to repair them. The private sector can also lack urgency, he said. That said, Moreno’s administration and its partners are “laserfocused” on lifting projects off the ground, Schwartz said, such as Lincoln Beach and the New Orleans East Investment and Jobs Corridors that Moreno announced in July. The plan aims to find available land, handle zoning issues and create a property inventory to market to investors. All of it is a bid to stimulate economic growth tied to the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility and a new port in St. Bernard Parish. “New Orleans East truly has what every retailer and business would be looking for,” Schwartz said.
City officials say that various city departments have worked collaboratively in recent years to improve neighborhood conditions that often lead to crime, and to use data to target areas most in need of resources. They’ve worked to fix broken streetlights, mitigate blighted property, open communication with business owners and residents or seizing pariah businesses that cause issues in the community, said Andre Gaudin, a prosecutor under District Attorney Jason Williams. Gaudin was a key figure in launching the district attorney’s Data Informed Community Engagement initiative, which helps identify violent hot spots and diagnose the root causes for violence. “That’s kind of the breakthrough that hasn’t existed before in New Email Joni Hess at joni.hess@ Orleans, but is now kind of becom- theadvocate.com.
include adding 1,000 square feet, a restaurant with about 130 seats, bars on both floors and an outdoor swimming pool with room on a landscaped pool deck for performances from DJs and small bands. Big Freedia’s manager, Reid Martin, said the restaurant, which will offer “elevated soul food,” grew out of the success of the bounce artist’s pandemic-era kitchen livestreams and outdoor cooking shows. “It’s going to be kind of a loud, bright place,” Martin said. “But it still feels comfortable, with a bunch of different zones that people can hang out and eat, and when it’s appropriate, dance.” Kupperman, whose past New Orleans projects have included the Hotel St. Vincent, the Uptown Trader Joe’s and several boutique hotels, said Queen Diva would provide a unique venue for live performances from Freedia and others. Food, music, fun “This is an intimate setting New plans for the proper- — very special, 50 people,” ty, to be called Queen Diva, he said. “There’s an element
adjoining Frenchmen Hotel also contributed to delays. The vacant building was cited for code violations. “It’s been allowed to become an eyesore over the past five years,” said Perry Dolce, who owns the neighboring building that houses the Louisiana Music Factory record store. “The property was left to rot.” Freedia and Kupperman say the project is now back on track. Last year, they bought out Kupperman’s partners in the venture, and they are negotiating with city regulators over the code violations. Landmark commission staff say they’re working on a deal with the developers not to fine them as long as the project meets certain benchmarks, deciding that “utilizing this money towards renovation of the building and a return to commerce is the best course of action.”
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McManus-Thomas has run this play before: Set the bar high, then exceed expectations. During his tenure at Wilson, student test scores went up, moving the school from failing to C-rated. At Franklin, he focused on improving Advanced Placement exam pass rates, and the school shot up more than 40 spots on U.S. News and World Report rankings to 53rd. At Easton, McManusThomas has set another lofty goal: outperform the state and district academically. This year 31% of New Orleans students across all subjects and grades met grade-level targets on state tests, but only 20% of Warren Easton students met the bar. McManus-Thomas has already made some changes to usher in the school’s next chapter, which he calls “next-gen Easton.” He instituted a policy that students spend no more than 25% of class time on screens, and he directed teachers to group students by skill level to foster collaboration. “We’re just getting back to the fundamentals,” he said. He’s also reviewing data to
determine the future of the ninth grade academy, which opened across the street from the main campus and has increased enrollment. Students say he has brought more joy to Easton. Last week the school held its first pep rally of the year, which featured rising New Orleans bounce artist BJ So Cole. Teachers and students received awards for demonstrating Easton’s values of tradition, excellence, family and pride. McManus-Thomas’ presence has helped the school feel “like a second home,” said 12th grader Da’ron Smith. Senior Ja’Reiah Carter said it’s meaningful to have a principal who was once an Easton student and teacher and “can see our perspective of things.” “He listens to the students’ voice,” Carter said, adding that seeing McManus-Thomas interact with students in the hallways makes her feel “loved, safe and appreciated.” Getting to know the students at Easton today, years after he was one of them, McManus-Thomas said he feels inspired. “These kids are spunky, witty, they have so many different skills I didn’t have,” he said. “Our kids are different in every great way.”
night, hours after the death of their friend. “They really didn’t have to,” he said. Continued from page 1B But they wanted to. “It felt good,” said Purnell getting a lot better as a play- Russell, 17, a fellow barier. “His playing ability start- tone horn player. “It means ed getting better. His under- a lot just to honor him and standing of music started give him that respect he degetting better. It’s very, very, served.” very unfortunate,” he said. “He held a big weight in Van Buren said he wasn’t our section. It was a big loss sure whether his bandmates for us. We took it real hard,” would want to play on Friday Russell said.
of connection and talking and intimacy; it’s not just the music element, and this is kind of the only place you’d be able to see that.” The two second-floor apartments will be about 600 square feet each and could be rented as long-term or short-term units.
A resurgence? The new plans for the property along with plans for another significant development nearby offer hope that Frenchmen Street’s fortunes could again be turning — and for the better, said Dolce. Earlier this year, the family office of New York billionaire Michael Novogratz acquired the historic building at the corner of Frenchmen and Decatur that had been vacant for years, along with the adjacent dive bar Check Point Charlie. The prominent corner on the edge of the Marigny and French Quarter had in recent years been marred by scaffolding outside the former and vagrants outside
Among the people honoring Damiri on Friday night with the band was his older brother, the tuba player. Eves said his older son insisted on playing that Friday night with the band. “He wanted to play. He said, ‘I play for me and my brother,’ ” he said. Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@theadvocate. com.
the latter. In July, Novogratz’s company finalized the purchase of the apartment building at 511 Esplanade Ave., the third piece of the complex needed to move forward with the ambitious project, whose concept documents envision about 40 hotel rooms, along with a restaurant, bar and music venue. In a text message Thursday, Novogratz said he expects the project to take at least three years but that it is moving forward. “We are making progress, just not ready to announce plans and name yet,” he said. Two other hotels are planned nearby. In January, the City Council overruled landmark commissioners and approved a 128-room Home2Suites by Hilton hotel at 621 Elysian Fields Ave., though a neighborhood association has a pending lawsuit seeking to block it. And construction has begun to transform the former brewery and bottling plant at 2121 Chartres St. into a 53-room hotel.
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New Orleans Area Deaths Barkley, Constance Borders, James Bourgeois, Eloise Burlingame, James Cox, Myrna Dickson, Marcus Fauria, Audrey Fernandez, Alvin Froeba, David Giambelluca, Sr., John Glaser, Peter Hebert, Elizabeth Kennelly, Constance Lee, Louise LePre, Ann Moppert, Dorothy Puglia, Anthony Ralph, Hazel Shinn, Thomas
New Orleans DW Rhodes Fauria, Audrey Ralph, Hazel Jacob Schoen Fernandez, Alvin Froeba, David Hebert, Elizabeth Lake Lawn Metairie Borders, James Burlingame, James Glaser, Peter Moppert, Dorothy
River Parish Millet-Guidry Cox, Myrna
St Tammany Grace Funeral Puglia, Anthony
West Bank Mothe Kennelly, Constance West Leitz-Eagan Giambelluca, Sr., John
Obituaries Barkley, Constance Wilbourn Carriere
Constance Wilbourn Carriere Barkley whispered her last "I love you's" to her daughters in the early morning hours of June 27, 2026. She left this world accompanied by Willie Nelson's rendition of "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain." She loved Willie and once recounted, in her uniquely wonderful dialect that, "He kissed me on the lips and I didn't catch anything." When asked her occupation, Constance would smile and say, "Loving wife and mother." Warmth, unconditional love and devotion for family and friends defined her. She was married to Newton Buckner Barkley, Jr. (Bucky) for 63 years and raised three daughters: Charlotte Barkley Mercer (Steve), Constance Barkley Lewis (Dale) and Virginia Barkley. She was born on January 3, 1937 to Charlotte Wilbourn Carriere and Charles Pierre Carriere, Jr. in Meridian, Mississippi, the hometown of her maternal grandparents. She spoke fondly of summers with her Meridian cousins, George and Mary, and the life lessons she learned from her beloved Granny. Constance lived the first 86 years of her life in New Orleans. Following the death of her husband, she moved to Atlanta to be nearer to her girls. She graduated from Louise S. McGehee School where she served as 8th
and 12th Grade Class President; later, as a McGehee parent, she served as President of the Parents' League, President of the Alumni Association, and as her Class Representative in her 80's. During the 1957 Carnival season, she was selected to reign as Queen of both the Krewe of Proteus and the High Priests of Mithras, a rare honor reflecting her family's deep roots in the civic and cultural life of New Orleans. In later years, she trained Carnival kings and queens for their ceremonial roles with her unpretentious air of elegance and grace. Constance was cheerfully industrious, consistently rising to leadership positions - from President of the High School Board at D.H. Holmes Department Store to Treasurer of her freshman class at Randolph Macon. She began her entrepreneurial career at age 12 selling Christmas cards and taught ballroom dancing to 5th and 6th graders. Her interests were diverse; she worked as a key punch operator for the Army Corps of Engineers, became a certified New Orleans tour guide from Delgado Community College, and served as the Southeastern representative for Camp Greystone. She launched her mother in her "Cheese Straws and Confectionaries" business and served on the Board of the Marrero Land and Improvement Association for 43 years. She knitted silk scarves that she both sold and donated. In 2025 when she exhibited her scarves at her Lenbrook Senior Living Community art show, she was delightfully surprised when she received a commission. She remained curious and adventurous throughout her life. She lived to love, serve, and encourage others, setting a high standard for her daughters. She volunteered as a teacher's aide at Robert E. Lee public elementary school in New Orleans. When her children had school holidays, she brought them to read, sing, and make crafts with the students. She was active in the Orleans Club, Le Petit Salon, and the Colonial Dames of America. She held numerous leadership positions with the Junior League of New Orleans; as a League Sustainer, she enjoyed being active in the Interior Decorating Club and the Garden Club. Some of her favorite volunteer memories were sewing puppets for hospitalized children, performing the Can Can in the Junior League fundraiser Follies, and single handedly creating a show-stopping patio garden that won a certification as an official "North American Host Butterfly Garden." A plaque hangs at Junior League headquarters as evidence of her work. She had a unique way of moving through life and was quietly independent. When she wanted the living and dining rooms in her home repainted, she simply did it herself wearing a dress and heels - yes, even when on the ladder rolling the ceilings. When her landscape service proved unreliable, she mowed her lawn weekly again, in a dress and heels. Her daughters fondly remember shopping trips when she would try on a dress at Town & Country and say, "What do you think?" Following their ambivalent responses, she would say, "Well, I can wear this to the grocery." In her later years she created her Circle of Five, a group of men from whom she accepted help, each favor always compensated with a thank you note and a little treat. When she moved to Atlanta, she expanded the circle to include her hairdresser, her private yoga instructor, and the staff at Lenbrook who drove her, delivered her coffee, and helped her on the bus for her Wednesday grocery run. She met one of the original Circle of Five, Joey Baudier of American Luxury Limosine, in 2003. After he drove her several times, he went home and told his wife, "I don't know what to do with this woman. She loves me so much and is more affectionate than anyone in my family." For the next 23 years, her favorite pastime was having Joey drive her around New Orleans and the Southeast. Constance could turn the most mundane outing into a memorable experience, especially when something tickled her funny bone. Her hearty laugh was contagious. Her friends and daughters will remember her as always being available for conversation, compassion, or conspiracy.
She had diverse hobbies including painting, pottery, and hosting parties for her cherished extended family. She was an avid sports enthusiast and even treated following the weather as a sport, referring to herself as "The Hippy Dippy Weather Lady." She would keep track of impending storms in the cities where her daughters lived and call to alert them to any and all developments with vigor! She loved riding the Lenbrook bus to the grocery with her new friends and spoke of writing a book about their escapades. Ironically, her last outing was riding that bus. As detailed as ever, she called her daughters in Atlanta to say, "It's 1:37 pm. I've fallen at Kroger, Aisle 26. Can you come pick me up?" Three weeks later, heaven called. Constance is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother Charles P. Carriere, III. She is survived by her daughters, her grandchildren Annie Dorman Mercer and Worth Westcott Mercer, her great-grandson Matthew Mercer, her sister -in-law Cynthia Doyle Carriere, her cousins, nieces and nephews. Her daughters send special thanks to Joey Baudier, Beverly Martineau, Jay Schwall, and Dr. Dedric Clarke for their devoted love and care. She was a bright light through her last breath . For those grieving her departure, 89 years were not enough. We are comforted by remembering what she would often say when signing off: "Wrap your arms around yourself, give yourself a huge hug, and carry on in your own wonderful way!" Carry on in your own wonderful way, mama. We will miss you every day. Service in New Orleans will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 12 noon at St.Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1545 State Street, followed by a reception at Audubon Clubhouse, 6975 Magazine Street. In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor can be made to Louise S. McGehee School, Second Harvest Food Bank, www.la-adoptafamily.com, or a charity of your choice. Love, hugs and kisses, and all best wishes.
Borders, James Buchanan
James Buchanan Borders IV, a nationally respected arts administrator, cultural advocate, journalist, actor, author, nonprofit consultant, father, and grandfather, died on August 21, 2026. Borders devoted his life to strengthening Black arts, culture, education, and civic life. At Brown University, he was a principal organizer of the 1968 Brown University Black Student Walkout and helped advance African American experience for future students and faculty. He also co-founded the company that became Rites & Reason Theatre, recognized as the first African American dramaturgical company in the Ivy League. His wide-ranging career united artistic practice with institution building. He acted with the Free Southern Theater and as a member of the Screen Actors Guild. Borders cofounded The New Orleans Observer and the New Orleans Tribune. He served as managing director of the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, the executive director of the Louisiana Division of the Arts, and finally as the founder of J.B. Borders & Associates, advising arts organizations, cultural centers, community development groups, and socialservice nonprofits. In later years, he focused on writing and publishing. He authored Marking Time, Making Place: An Essential Chronology of Blacks in New Orleans since 1718 (2015). Born in New Orleans on April 5, 1949, he was the eldest son of the late Florence E. Borders of New Iberia, LA and the late James Buchanan Borders III of Macon, GA. He was preceded in death by his wife of 16 years, Elizabeth Acosta Borders, and daughter Crystal Samuel, who died at age five. He is survived by his daughter, Mia Borders; his son, James B. Borders V, and daughter-in-law Rosalind;
grandchildren Zelda, Gustavo, and Langston; brother Sylvanus Edwards Borders; sister Thaïs Adams Gay and niece Julie Adams; countless cousins and extended family; and his longtime companion and life partner, Brenda Marie Osbey. A memorial honoring his life and work is scheduled for Thursday, October 8 at the André Cailloux Center at 6p. He cherished his family and leaves a legacy of cultural leadership, intellectual rigor, creative vision, and steadfast commitment to the communities he served. Those who wish to honor his legacy and work can donate to the Borders Foundation through www.thirdcoastnola.com/ borders-foundation.
Bourgeois, Eloise Orr
Eloise Orr Bourgeois, affectionately known as "Sisty," passed away on August 31, 2026. Known for her sharp intellect, brilliant wit, and refreshing honesty, she was a treasured presence to everyone who knew her. Born on October 9, 1950, Eloise grew up in WinstonSalem, North Carolina. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School and earned her degree in Fine Arts from the University of Georgia. She went on to share her passion for creativity as art teacher in Jefferson Parish public schools for 20 years, inspiring countless students. A woman of deep faith, Eloise was a lifelong Episcopalian and devoted member of St. Martin's Episcopal Church. She served faithfully on the Altar Guild, as a Stephen Minister alongside her husband, and as a leader of an adult christian formation program known as the Disciples of Christ in Community (DOCC). Driven by a passion to help others find peace and healing, she was notably one of the few women to lead Ignatian Spirituality Project (ISP) retreats for women of Bridge House at Manresa House of Retreats. Her deep spirituality and artistic gifts uniquely converged in her stunning religious icon paintings, which remain a lasting testament to her faith, talent, and creative soul. Above all, Eloise's greatest masterpiece was her family. She shared 53 wonderful years of marriage with her beloved husband, Wayne Bourgeois, building a life centered on love, devotion, and faith. She was the cornerstone of her family, offering endless love, quiet strength, unwavering encouragement, and deep care to everyone around her. Eloise was preceded in death by her parents, Lynn Huie Orr and Eloise Bassett Orr; and her brothers, Lynn Huie Orr, Jr. and William "Bill" Lyman Orr. She is survived by her devoted husband, Wayne Bourgeois; her brother, Wayne Keith Orr (Martha); her children, Barbara Ormsby (Geoffrey), Ridge Bourgeois (Gretchen), and Catherine Nemeth (Jonathan); and her six cherished grandchildren, Gavin, Octavie, Dylan, Cade, Joshua, and Hudson. She will also be deeply missed by her extended family, friends, former students, and fellow parishioners. Her legacy lives on in the family she cherished, the students she inspired, the faith she shared, and the beauty she created. Her life was marked by grace, creativity, service, and love, and her memory will remain a blessing to all who knew her. The family extends their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. David Barrington for his compassionate care, prayers, and steadfast support throughout Eloise's treatment. A visitation will be held on Friday, September 11, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 2216 Metairie Road, Metairie, Louisiana. A memorial service celebrating Eloise's life will follow at 12:00 p.m.
The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Sunday, September 6, 2026 ✦ 3B Burlingame, James Montgomery 'Monty'
James Montgomery Burlingame IV, known to all as "Monty," passed away in the early morning hours on Friday, August 28th at the age of 72. A lifelong New Orleanian, Monty attended St. Martin's Episcopal School and excelled in academics and athletics, including football, basketball, and track and field, still holding the school record for the long jump (22' 8 ½"). Monty went on to attend The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a Varsity Letter in track and field as a long jumper. While at Chapel Hill, Monty was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Order of Gimghoul, where he met lifelong friends who continued their banter together until the very end. After graduating from UNC, Monty returned to New Orleans to attend Tulane Law School, where he formed even more lifelong friendships that remained steadfast throughout his life. In the fall of 1982, he went on a first date with the love of his life, Julie Waters, and the rest was history. Monty enjoyed a lifelong career in law and devoted much of his time to serving his community through organizations he cared deeply about, including the boards of Milne Home for Boys, St. Martin's Alumni Council, Carrollton Boosters, and NOSA (New Orleans Soccer Academy). Over the years, he served them in a variety of capacities, including President for many. He was also a member of several Carnival organizations. However, Monty's true calling was on the softball, baseball, and soccer fields as coach to his three children whom he loved dearly. He was their number one supporter in all endeavors, and he would never miss an opportunity to coach, manage, or cheer on his children's teams. Monty's reach extended far beyond his own children. Known affectionately as "Coach Monty" to most of the city and beyond, he impacted so many who encountered him on the fields, teaching valuable lessons that extended far beyond the sidelines and stayed with them throughout their lives. It was truly one of his greatest pleasures in life. Monty was the life of every party he set foot in. He had a remarkable zest for life and was described by many as a shining light, bringing joy, laughter, and (sometimes inappropriate) fun to everyone around him. He was always thinking about others, never met a stranger, and had an uncanny ability to connect with the people around him. His infectious personality had a larger-than-life impact on all of those who were lucky enough to encounter him. Monty never wavered as he battled and overcame three separate cancers over the span of almost a decade, but was taken too young after complications following his latest cancer treatment. He will be missed dearly, and his absence will be a void impossible to fill. He is preceded in death by his father, James "Jim" Montgomery Burlingame III. Monty is survived by his beloved wife, Julie, whose enduring commitment shone through to the very end; and his three children and seven grandchildren: Brooke and Frank Adams (Eleanor, George, and Helen), Caroline and Reiss
Eagan (Lee, McCall, Marshall, and Julia), and Court and Allie Burlingame. He is also survived by his mother, Joella Burlingame; his sister, Ann Inge (Richard); his brother, John Burlingame (Ashley); and countless adoring nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and out-laws. Please keep Monty in your hearts and continue to tell (and re-tell) the many memories and "Montyisms" of his remarkable, one-of-a-kind life. We will always think of him as we raise a glass of champagne at Galatoire's, a cold beer at Carrollton Boosters, or a Bushwacker at the Flora-Bama. A visitation will be held for friends and family at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130, on Friday, September 11 at 10:30 a.m. A memorial service will follow at 12:00 p.m. A private burial will be held separately. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in memory of Monty to St. Martin's Episcopal School (https://www.stms aints.com/giving/givingonline), MD Anderson (https://gifts.mdanderson. org/), or a charity of your choice.
Cox, Myrna Joy
Myrna Joy Cox, quietly passed away on September 1, 2026. She was 89 years old. She was born in Garyville, LA, on October 25, 1936, to Antione and Marie Tamplain Ocmand. She enjoyed the company of her brothers, Claude, O'Neil, Gillespie, Wilbert, as well as her sister Alice. She married Donald Cox, Sr. on November 28, 1957, and they enjoyed many happy years and remained in love until his passing on April 7, 2020. She was a dedicated member of the St. Peter's Church Community, and served as a member of the Altar Society and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. She held various jobs, but her greatest role was as wife, mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother. She will be loved and remembered always by her children, Jacqueline Cox Taylor, Donald Cox, Jr. (Gina), Janet Cox Hall (Johnny), and Daryl Cox (Anna), As well as her grandchildren, Cory (Hannah), Daniel (Sarah), and Evan (Achona) Taylor, John (Megan), Josh (Kati), and Joelle Hall, and Christopher (Lynnsey) Cox and Rebeca Cox Jurisich (Alan), her great grandchildren, Evelyn, James, Genesis, and Nathanael Taylor, Lisa and Donald Taylor, Kylie, Kallie, Owen Hall, Gabriel, Zayn, and Shadia Ayyad, Riley, Sofia, and Samuel Cox. Myrna leaves a legacy of faith, love, kindness, generosity, humor, and determination to her children, grandchildren, and great grand children, as well as to all who knew her. The family wishes to thank the staff of St. Anthony's Nursing Home, John Stassi Community Center, and Notre Dame Hospice for their tireless and tender care of our mother. A celebration of her life will be held at St. Peter's Church, 1550 Hwy 44, Reserve, LA on Saturday, September 12, 2026 visita-
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Fernandez, Alvin Hypolite
Dickson, Marcus David 'Curly'
Alvin Hypolite Fernandez, Jr, 78, died September 2, 2026. He was a lifelong resident of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marcus David (Curly) Dickson Passed away at the age of 98 years. He joined the Masonic Lodge in 1952 eventually becoming a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. Marcus is survived by his loving wife of 75 years Elinora V. Dickson, daughters Deborah and Rebecca, granddaughters Amy, Olivia and Celby, great granddaughters Jordan and Gabriel. Grandson Elliot (deceased 2014). Marcus earned his way in life living in 22 different states working as a pipe weldor, weldor foreman, and inspector. He stared his sole owneship company, Dickson Welding Inc. in Elkart, Kansas in 1956.Dickson Welding was relocated to Boothville, Louisiana in 1964. Marcus taught the welding trade to over 300 men who wanted to learn and better themselves. He was an example and financial mentor to those who didn't know how to manage money and secure their future. He was a prolific reader well versed on many subjects. Marcus was a self-made man having survived losing everything in Hurricanes Betsy and Camille. After Hurricane Camille in 1969, Dickson Welding relocated to Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Dickson Welding, Inc. grew to employ over 200, working for major oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico, (America). Curly Dickson was a man of extraordinary principles and a generous Character. ====
Fauria, Audrey
Mr. Fernandez grew up in Mid-City, graduating from Warren Eastern High School. He was in the US Army. After returning from the Army, he returned to New Orleans and went to Delgado. He was a mechanic for over 40 years, owning Al's Body Shop. He also owned Scat's Bar on Banks Street. He has lived in Venetian Isles for over 40 years. He loved fishing, hunting, and shrimping. He loved his boat "The Voodoo Queen". His greatest joy was his children and grandchildren. Mr. Fernandez is survived by his partner, Erma Pittari, his son Alvin Fernandez III (Jennifer) and their son Brandon Fernandez, his two daughters, Melissa Abuelhawa (Bobby) and their children Daniel Colindres and Ebrahem Abuelhawa, and Lacie Giovingo (Nicholas) and their children Amelia and Emma Giovingo and his great-granddaughter, Kimberly Colindres. He is also survived by three siblings, Charles Fernandez, Wayne Fernandez, and Ann Glover and multiple nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Alvin Fernandez, Sr and Patricia Dussel Fernandez.
David carried his Chalmette roots proudly. A Chalmette Vista Eagle and graduate of Chalmette High School, he was fondly remembered as the fastest guy in St. Bernard Parish. He went on to build a rewarding career in the food industry that spanned more than 30 years, forming lasting friendships along the way. David found great joy on the golf course with his closest friends on the Brad Tour and Wannabe, and he poured his heart into organizing the Buppa Memorial each year in loving tribute to his father. Yet nothing meant more to David than time spent with family and friends. The camp held a special place in his heart—a place filled with laughter, stories, and the simple happiness of being together. Some of his most treasured moments were there, with a cold beer in hand, a tray of boiled crabs on the table, and a beautiful sunset shared with the people he loved most. Those memories will forever bring smiles through the tears. Cheers to you, David. Your love will remain with us always, and we'll meet you at the end of the run. Family and friends are warmly invited to come together to celebrate David's life and the love he shared so freely at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 1643 Metairie Road, Metairie, LA 70005, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by the Funeral Mass at noon. David will then be laid to rest at St. Roch Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, LA. The family invites you to share thoughts, fond memories and condolences online at schoenfh.com.
Giambelluca, Sr., John Michael
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, September 9th from 9:30 to 11 am at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St, New Orleans, 70119. A service will be celebrated at 11 am in the J. Garic Schoen Chapel. Arrangements are by Jacob Schoen & Son. The family invites you to share thoughts, fond memories and condolences online at schoenfh.com.
Froeba, David Thomas
Audrey Heno Fauria departed this life on August 25, 2026, at the age of 97. Born February 21, 1929, in New Orleans, Audrey lived a life rooted in faith, family, service, and joy. A devout Catholic, devoted mother and grandmother, she will be remembered for her generous spirit, independence, love of family, and lifelong care for others. Audrey was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney J. Fauria; parents, James and Lucille Mermillod Heno; and siblings, Frank Heno, James Heno, Raymond Heno, Althea H. Jacques, Shirley H. Roux, Celestine H. Ozine, Lovina H. Demazeliere, Dorothy H. Lebrane, and Helen LaBeaud. She is survived by her children, Elena (Clement) Charbonnet and Sidney (Vaughn) Fauria; grandchildren, Clement (Lashaye) Charbonnet, Shane (Cedrina) Charbonnet, Andre (Jennifer) Charbonnet, Danielle (Andy) Horn, Sidney (Kristen) Charbonnet, Christian (Victor) Fauria-Robinson, and Gretchen (Edgar) Chase; thirteen greatgrandchildren; two greatgreat-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and caregivers. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 2916 Paris Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119. Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m. Rosary at 9:10 a.m. Arrangements entrusted by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, La 70125. Please visit
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David Thomas Froeba, affectionately known as "Froeba" to his many friends, passed away on August 28, 2026, surrounded by the family he loved so dearly. Born on February 24, 1963, David was the cherished son of the late Thomas Ralph Froeba and Alice Mae Rareshide Froeba. His generous spirit, easy laughter, and gift for making others feel welcome will be remembered by all who were fortunate enough to know him. At the center of David's life was his family. He shared 38 beautiful years of marriage with his beloved wife, Cherie Berry Froeba, his loving partner through all of life's joys and seasons. He was an endlessly proud and devoted father to Whitney Froeba Condon (Benjamin) and Michael David Froeba (Kate), and being "Buddy" to his five precious grandchildren—Elizabeth Condon, James Froeba, Callahan Condon and the newest additions August Condon, and William Froeba—who brought him immeasurable happiness. David was also the loving brother of Susan Frolich (Kim), Beth Seamon (Ray), Julie Riedl (Greg), and Kathy Walsh (Mark), and his late twin brother, Michael Froeba. His loving cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless dear friends will miss his warmth, his humor, and the unmistakable joy he brought to ev-
John Michael Giambelluca, Sr., entered into eternal rest on September 1, 2026, at the age of 83. He was Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 24, 1942. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 45 years, Vanessa LeBlanc Giambelluca; his mother, Rosa Rita Bacino Giambelluca; his father, Loreto "Lawrence" Giambelluca, and his oldest sister Lucy Giambelluca Sperier. Growing up in Algiers, John transformed into a gifted athlete and excelled in many sports. After high school and college, with a degree in Linotyping, John began working at his father's printing company in New Orleans. John's entrepreneurial spirit emerged early in life. Over the years, he owned many businesses, most recently the legendary Visko's Restaurant and G&K Tires, both located in Gretna, Louisiana. He will be remembered for his devotion to his family, his generous spirit, and the treasured daily lunches he shared with his close friends. He was the loving and devoted father of John Michael Giambelluca, Jr. (Scarlett), Jennifer Marie Giambelluca (Rick), Jeffery Mark Giambelluca (Heather), and Justin Mark Giambelluca (Rochelle). He was the beloved grandfather of Joshua, Brittany, Cynthia, Alexis, Ashley, Jordan, Jared, Jonathan, Jade, Jewel, Dylan, Justin Jr., Jacie, Jacelyn, Jianni; and proud great-grandfather of 15 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings, L.J. Giambelluca, Dr. Larry Giambelluca, Nancy Giambelluca Ballay and nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Westside/Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 5101 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, Louisiana 70072, on Wednesday, September 9, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Thursday, September 10, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 610 6th Street, Gretna, Louisiana,
from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. A Funeral Mass will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m., with interment afterward at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 1225 Whitney Avenue, Gretna, Louisiana. A celebration of John's life will continue from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Italian American Hall, 712 Porter Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053.
Glaser, Peter Leon
Peter Leon Glaser was born on March 2, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Hans and Rose Glaser, who had arrived in the city less than a year earlier after fleeing the Nazi occupation of Europe. New Orleans became the home Peter would love for the rest of his life. He attended Warren Easton High School before going on to Tulane University and then to LSU Dental School where he earned his Dental Degree in 1963. He then enlisted in the United States Navy as a dentist, serving aboard an aircraft carrier stationed in the Canary Islands. When his service concluded, Peter returned to New Orleans, opening a solo dental practice in a small building in Boutte, Louisiana which he built into one of the largest dental practices in the state of Louisiana. He was also a former President of the New Orleans Dental Association. Peter's generosity knew no bounds. He was endlessly generous with his friends and family and their friends and family. He was as active as he was generous. He could be found daily at the gym and managed some way to move his body every single day. He loved to ski especially in Telluride, Colorado, and was never happier than when he got to ski with his grandchildren. Peter never turned down an invitation to a party or any opportunity to have a good time. Peter is survived by his ex-wife, Jere; his three children, Todd, Laurie, and Allison; and his two grandchildren, Jules and Jesse, whom he adored. He is also survived by his brother Charles, his sister-in-law Cathy and his nieces Maggie and Rachel and his nephew Alex. He will be remembered for his generosity, his zest for life, and the countless people he welcomed into his home, his practice, and his heart. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at 11:00 AM in the Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. with Rabbi David Gerber officiating. A visitation prior to the service will begin at 10:30 AM. Interment will be in Gates of Prayer Cemetery (Joseph Street), New Orleans. Kindly omit flowers. Memorials are suggested to World Central Kitchen 5065 Taravella Rd, Marrero, LA 70072. To view and sign the family guestbook, visit lakelawnmetairie.com
nephews Elizabeth Osborne (Bernie), Timothy Hebert (Lynn), Shelley Hebert (Alyssa), Mollie Smith (Wayne), Madelyn Dooley (Kearn) and Margaret Robertson (Andrew) and was a special great aunt to many great nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind many dear friends inside and out of her ministry. Elizabeth attended St. Francis de Sales School in Houma for grades one through four, where she received her First Communion. She then attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School in New Orleans for grades five through eight and received the sacrament of Confirmation. She often credited her Catholic education with nurturing her deep love for the Eucharist. At Immaculate Heart of Mary, she came to know the Sisters of Christian Charity. Inspired by their witness, she enrolled at Maria Immaculata High School at the congregation's motherhouse in Wilmette, Illinois. When the school closed after her first year, she continued her education at St. Scholastica Academy in Covington, Louisiana, graduating in 1971. Through every season of change, the flame of her vocation continued to burn. In her autobiography, she recalled: "Despite misgivings, I decided to attend Mallinckrodt College in Wilmette, IL, to explore further [whether] I did have a call to religious life. A growing conviction of being called, of being chosen by God, prompted me to enter the novitiate of the Sisters of Christian Charity in 1973." In 1975, during her second year of novitiate, Elizabeth answered another life-changing call: to help found a new congregation, the Sisters of the Living Word. Through her ministry in education, she embodied the community's charism—to be a living word of God that frees the oppressed and brings new life. Throughout her life, Elizabeth trusted Jesus, the Living Word, to guide her path. At the time of her final vows in 1981, she wrote: "I believe He is always present, planning for a future full of hope" (Jeremiah 29). "I celebrate with my life the call to be His own, to live through love in Him" (Ephesians 1). Elizabeth devoted her life to serving God as an educator. Her ministry took her to Le Mars, Iowa; St. Anthony School in Gretna, Louisiana; Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, where she served as principal; St. Margaret Mary School in Slidell, Louisiana; and St. Edward the Confessor School in Metairie, Louisiana. At St. Edward the Confessor, Sister Elizabeth continued a rich legacy of service begun by two other Sisters of the Living Word, Sister Mary de Lourdes Charbonnet and Sister Julia Stump. With Sister Elizabeth's passing, more than sixty years of the congregation's ministry at the parish comes to a close—a legacy of faith, learning, and loving service that will endure in countless lives. Sister Elizabeth closed her autobiography with words that beautifully express the heart of her life and mission: "I want to speak His word by my life so all may be one in His Kingdom" (John 17). The Sisters of the Living Word, the Hebert family, and the St. Edward the Confessor Parish and
School community are deeply grateful for your love, support, and prayers for Sister Elizabeth. May her faithful witness continue to inspire us to make God's living Word visible through lives of compassion, courage, and hope. Family and friends are invited to gather in remembrance and gratitude on Friday September 18th at 8:15 am for a Memorial Mass at St Edward the Confessor Church, 4921 W Metairie Ave, Metairie, LA. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, September 22nd at 1:00 pm at Hebert Cemetery, 14100 Sweetbay Rd, Abbeville, LA. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Sisters of the Living Word Retirement Fund, 950 Lee Street, Suite 200, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. The family invites you to share thoughts, fond memories and condolences online at schoenfh.com.
Kennelly, Constance
Constance Marie Hoth Kennelly, a pioneering leader in the Louisiana credit union movement, passed away peacefully, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of leadership, service, fortitude, and love. Constance was born on October 24, 1942, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Elise Romagosa Hoth and Louis Hugo Hoth Jr. Although she was born in Tennessee, New Orleans was her true home. She was raised in the city and resided in Terrytown for the past 56 years. Constance built an extraordinary career in the credit union movement at a time when women were still breaking barriers in financial administration. Known professionally as Constance Nunes and later Constance Kennelly, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jefferson Parish School Board Employees Credit Union, dedicating herself to educators, school employees, and their families. After retiring from the Jefferson Parish School Board Employees Credit Union in 1997, Connie discovered that retirement could not keep her away from the profession she loved. In 1998, she became President and CEO of Tulane-Loyola Federal Credit Union, where she continued to champion the credit union philosophy of "people helping people." She devoted herself to her members and to the cooperative principles that guided her throughout her career. Her influence extended far beyond her own credit union. In 2004, Constance was elected National President of the Education Credit Union Council Inc. (ECUC), bringing her advocacy for school- and university-affiliated credit unions to a national stage. The council represented more than 8.3 million members and more than .5 billion in collective assets. She also served as an executive officer and secretary of CU Cooperative Branching, LLC, served on the board of CUNA, and held an executive officer
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position with the Louisiana Credit Union League, along with numerous other boards and professional organizations. Throughout the credit union industry, she became a respected voice for members and for the cooperative financial system. Her many years of leadership earned her some of the highest honors bestowed by the Louisiana credit union movement, including the Professional of the Year Award and the prestigious Claude J. Davis Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award. These honors recognized not only her professional excellence, but her lifelong dedication to the philosophy of putting people first. Perhaps one of the most meaningful chapters of Connie's career came in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In November 2005, she traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means about the critical role credit unions played in helping Louisianans recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Yet, for all of Constance's professional accomplishments, her greatest pride was her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald J. Kennelly, who passed away in 2019. She was a loving mother, stepmother, MiMi, sister, and friend. Her family was her source of great pride and joy, and she remained a cherished presence across generations. Constance is survived by her children, Regina Nunes LaCaze (Greg), Jacqueline Nunes Fouquet (William Watkins IV), Walter V. Nunes Jr. (Jennifer), and Michael C. Nunes (Shelly); her grandchildren Daniel Fouquet (Kierstyn), Vivian Nunes, Rebecca Nunes, Christian LaCaze, Annabelle Nunes, William LaCaze, Jack Nunes, and Tyler Nunes; and her great-grandchildren, Skylar Fouquet and Stella Fouquet. She is also survived by her stepchildren, Patrick Kennelly, Jennifer Kennelly, and Amy Broughton (Tanner); and her step-grandchildren, Maggie Bachman, Gus Bachman, and Ruby Melton. Connie was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald Joseph Kennelly; her parents, Elise Romagosa Hoth and Louis Hugo Hoth Jr.; her brother, Louis Hoth III; and her grandson, Ian Scott Shulman. Those who knew Connie will remember far more than the titles she held and the honors she received. They will remember her strength, intelligence, determination, generosity, and unmistakable adventurous spirit. Constance Marie Hoth Kennelly leaves behind a legacy of guidance, resilience, and love. She showed what is possible when intelligence is joined with compassion, when courage is matched with determination, and when success is measured not simply by what one accomplishes, but by how many lives are made better along the way. Her memory will live on in the family she cherished, her beautiful friends, the people she served, and the generations who carry her love and strength forward. Special thanks to Anvoi Hospice and all her caregivers along the way who quickly became friends. She will be deeply missed, forever loved, and lovingly remembered. Family and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Visitation at MOTHE FUNERAL HOME, 2100 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, beginning at 9AM until 11AM. Memorial Services will take place at the funeral home on Wednesday at 11AM. A private family burial will take place at a later date. The family invites you to share thoughts, fond memories and condolences online at mothefunerals.com. ___________________ _____________________
Lee, Louise Price Scott Bensabat
Louise Price Scott Bensabat Lee died August 18, 2026 in New Orleans at the age of 99. Born in 1927, Louise Price Scott grew up in Sewanee, TN, finishing her last two years of high school in Cleveland, OH, then began college courses at Western Reserve University. She then moved to New Orleans and attended Newcomb College, where her father was a chemistry professor at Tulane University. Her mother also taught chemistry, to nursing students at Tulane. While at Newcomb, Louise met and married her first husband, Albert Alfred Bensabat Jr. in 1947, and subsequently had three children: Albert Alfred III, Mary Louise and Marion Suzanne. The Bensabats traveled throughout the South as Albert Jr. managed various radio stations. In July 1955 Albert Bensabat died suddenly at the age of 29 in Thibodaux, LA. Louise Bensabat returned to Newcomb that September to complete her last remaining semester, earning a B.S. in chemistry in 1956. She became a research chemist at the Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) of the USDA, while raising her three children. While at the USDA, she met and married her second husband, Lenoir Valentine Lee, Jr., and they were married for over 50 years until his death in 2015. During her employment at the USDA, Louise Lee's original research spanned several areas, including (1) the isolation and identification of four compounds as constituents of peanuts, and a hemostatic factor in peanut meal; (2) the development of fundamental knowledge of the mode of infection and extent of aflatoxin contamination in peanut and cottonseed by mycotoxinelaborating strains of Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus; (3) the identification of hydroxyanthraquinone pigments as precursors of aflatoxins; and (4) the chemical inactivation of aflatoxin B, by ammoniation and heating under pressure. She authored or co-authored more than 85 scientific publications. Her work was characterized by unbounded enthusiasm, a unique ability to conduct original research, and particularly by her ability to apply original thinking to the solution of complex problems in agricultural research. In 1983 she was chosen as the Outstanding Alumnus from University College, Tulane University, and in 1985, she received the "Achiever" award — one of eight women in the New Orleans area honored for professional accomplishments. She worked for the USDA for 35 years. After retiring from the USDA, she was involved in P.E.O., and sewing and knitting groups, and was also active in St. Martin's Episcopal Church. She and Val traveled to Greece and Egypt, among other countries. She doted on her grandchildren, and everyone else's child, too. Louise Lee was predeceased by her husband, Valentine Lee; her parents, John Mark Scott and Mary Louise Price Scott; and her sister, Betty Grace Scott Bres. Survivors include her son, Albert Alfred Bensabat III; daughters Mary Louise Bensabat (Lisa Moore); and Suzanne Bensabat Inabnet (Ashley); grandchildren Travis Cabler, Leigh Anne Cabler May, Caitlin Mabile Hitt, Parker Inabnet, Ashleye Inabnet, and Courtney Inabnet Dickerson; 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews; as well as cherished former son-in-law Douglas Mabile; and devoted friends Joan Bennett and Beth-Ann Andrews. Huge appreciation goes to GeGe Simone and caregivers for their loving eldercare of Louise Lee in her last years at Pelican Homes. A service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 2216 Metairie Road, Metairie, LA 70001. Visitation 10 a.m.; service at 11 a.m. with a reception to follow.
LePre, Ann Halverson Brown
Ann Halverson (Brown) LePre passed away quietly at her home in Baton Rouge on August 4, 2026 after a long illness. She is predeceased by her son, Elbert Zane (EZ) Brown III, her parents, Eric and Anna May (Minnie) Halverson, brother, Michael Halver‐ son, and sisters, Margaret King and Patricia Dunn. She is survived by her Tami Leigh daughter, Brown, Daughter in law, Debbie Brown, grandchil‐ dren Kylie Brown and Zane Brown, IV, great grand‐ daughter Fae Brown, her sisters, Mary Catherine Burd & Jeannie Baker (Robert), brothers, Eric Halverson Jr. (Lorraine), Halverson Sr. Thomas (Denise), Brother in Law Paul King and a vast array of nieces and nephews. She began her working ca‐ reer in the real estate busi‐ ness before becoming part of the family business of E.J. Halverson and Associ‐ ates, and is one of the founders of Medical Ad‐ justment Services, LLC. She was a devout member of Bethany Church of Baton Rouge where she spent much of her time. Friends and family are invited to a Celebration of Life at the home of Jeannie Baker on September 27, 2026 start‐ ing at 11 AM at 6727 Vicks‐ burg St. New Orleans, Louisiana, and to consider wearing something laven‐ der, in memory of Ann’s fa‐ vorite color. Ann was an animal lover and an advo‐ of environmental cate preservation. In lieu of flowers, her family re‐ quests donations in her honor to Companion Ani‐ mal Alliance of Baton Rouge, www.caabr.org or planting a tree in her mem‐ ory through Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana www.crcl.org.
marked by extraordinary love, tremendous faith, and profound loss. Perhaps the greatest heartbreak of her life came in 1968 when she lost her beloved oldest son, Eugene "Kippy" Moppert, in the Vietnam War. Kippy's life and service were later honored by the Smithsonian Institution, where his letters and his American flag are preserved today. Dorothy lost her husband, Gene, when he was only 55 years old. Their life together was a cherished part of her memories. Several years later she developed one of the most special relationships of her life with Herb Berryman, who became her constant friend until his death. In 2021, she experienced yet another devastating loss when her youngest son, Christopher, passed away. Through it all, Dorothy had a wonderful sense of humor and a love for the simple pleasures of life. Among her favorite things to do later in life was watching reruns of Downton Abbey and Young Sheldon. Her faith in God carried her through the darkest chapters of her life. As she grew older, she became increasingly ready for the day when she could be reunited with her Savior, her beloved husband, and all the loved ones who had gone before her. Dorothy's life was not always an easy one. It was a life filled with both unimaginable grief and immeasurable love. She endured. She rebuilt. She remembered. She loved. And she never stopped believing. At 102 years old, Dorothy was finally ready to go home. May she rest in peace, reunited with those she loved, and held forever in the arms of the God in whom she so strongly believed. Special thanks go to Sandy, Beth, Julie, and the nurses from Compassus Hospice who helped care for her in the last year. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Puglia, Anthony 'Tony'
Moppert, Dorothy Ciufi Dottie
Dorothy "Dottie" Ciufi Moppert died peacefully in her home in Marrero on August 26, 2026, at the age of 102. She was born on January 12, 1924, in New Orleans to Lulu and Joseph Ciufi. Her mother was Lebanese and her father was Italian. Many would say that this remarkable combination contributed to Dorothy becoming a woman who loved deeply, believed strongly in her God, and was never afraid to speak her thoughts or offer her opinion. As a teenager, Dorothy experienced her first heartbreak when her brother, Alvin Cuifi, became a casualty of World War II. A few years later she married Eugene "Gene" Meyers Moppert Jr. Together they built a family and shared a life filled with love, friendship, dancing and weekends spent with their many friends. Dottie and Gene raised four children, Eugene Meyers Moppert III, Vicki Elizabeth Moppert, Jack Alvin Moppert and Christopher James Moppert. She was a beloved grandmother to her grandchildren, Eugene "Geno" M. Moppert IV, Sean Moppert, and Melissa Moppert, as well as five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Dorothy's life was
Anthony (TONY) Puglia, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away peacefully on September 1, 2026 after a brief illness. A longtime resident of Lacombe, LA, Tony became passionate with fishing and hunting at a young age, working alongside his father and uncle in a small store next to the family grocery, Puglia's Grocery on St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA. This is where his dreams began, opening his own Sporting Goods Store on Veterans Hwy., Metairie, LA in 1978. The rest was history. Some people own a business, but Tony built a legacy. Customers and friends far and wide relied on his knowledge in the business and became lifelong friends and business associates. Whether it was shopping for sporting goods, or standing beneath the great Shark for Mardi Gras. Further, he was a philanthropist giving to causes from schools, kids in need, and community causes. Above all, Tony was the Patriarch of his family; he gave selflessly and devoted himself wholeheartedly to those he loved. Tony is survived by his loving wife, Donna Lally Puglia, his son Anthony Puglia Jr. (Kaci), and stepdaughter Heather Drum Asevedo (Preston). He is also survived by his grandchildren, Hunter and
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He is preceded in death by his parents; Marianna LaNasa Puglia and George Puglia. The family would like to thank his Compassus Hospice Team for providing their care and support during this difficult time, with special thanks to his nurse, Joy. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Wish to Fish Louisiana (www.wishtofish.org) or a charity of your choice in Memory of Tony. A Visitation will be held for Tony at Grace Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 beginning at 11:00AM, with a Catholic Service at 12:30PM. Tony will be laid to rest at St. Lazarus of Bethany Memorial Garden.
Ralph, Hazel Mary
Hazel Mary Ralph (nee Christophe) departed this earthly life on August 27, 2026 at the age of 101. Born on April 27, 1925 to Mary Oliver and Anotole Christophe, Hazel was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, sister-inlaw, aunt, Nannan, and friend to many. At the tender age of 16, she married the love of her life, August, with whom she raised three children: Rhett, Sr. (Patricia), Audrella (also known as Audry) and Nona (Gregory). Four grandchildren, Marla, Adam, Rhett, Jr., and Brandon were her pride and joy. She was cherished by 4 greatgrandchildren, Miles, Maia, Amanda, and Alexandria Stewart. Hazel was predeceased by her husband, her siblings—Delores, Carmel, Anatole, Jr., Theresa, Angelina and John, and sisters-in-law Maguerite, Evelyn, Odette and Marion. A Christian Mass and Celebration of life will occur on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 11am at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 6201 Stratford Pl., New Orleans, with visitation from 10-11 am. Internment: Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.
Lt. Col. Thomas Graham Shinn, USMC (Retired), age 68, of Slidell, Louisiana, lost his second battle with cancer on August 15, 2026. He was born in Houma, LA to Col. Thomas W. (USAF Retired) and Virginia Graham Shinn on October 1, 1957. He traveled the world with the military, eventually landing in the DC area. He graduated from Radford University where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a 1st Lt. in the Marine Corps in 1978. His greatest joy was piloting his A-4 Skyhawk. Tommy was transferred to the New Orleans area where he switched to the 4th Marine Division Reserve unit 323. He valiantly served in the Gulf War (Desert Shield/ Storm) from 1990 - 91 as the Forward Air Control Officer. Tommy retired from the Marine Corps after 23 years in 2001. In civilian life in New Orleans, Tommy earned his MBA from Tulane's AB Freeman School of Business in 1989. He met and married his wife, Michon Breisacher, and planted roots. No more moving except for Katrina. He worked for Deloitte & Touch as a public accountant, Hibernia, and Capitol One as a commercial banker. Tommy embraced New Orleans and its culture. Tommy loved everything Mardi Gras and was thrilled to be a member of the Krewe of Hermes. Tommy was very active in the Deutsches Haus. He was a board member, Finance Officer and Former President. A gourmet cook, he used his collection of German recipes to plan the menus and run the kitchen during the annual Oktoberfest. Katrina prompted a six month stay in Shreveport and then the move to Slidell. Tommy and Michon became involved with Slidell Little Theatre and were awarded a Lifetime Membership for their dedication to volunteering. Tommy also served on the Board of Directors for the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy and the Northshore Harbor Center. Tommy worked hard, played hard, and loved harder. He was fiercely devoted to his family and was the supreme pet dad who could never say no to just one more furry critter. Tommy is survived by his wife of 36 years, Michon; his sister Cynthia Davenport, niece Ginger Davenport, uncle Charlie Graham, cousins Glover Pope (Tim) and Norman Jones (Carol), and the Breisacher family. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, September 12, from 2:00 5:00 pm at the Deutsches Haus, 1700 Moss Street, New Orleans, 70119. In lieu of flowers, bring your stories of "Tommy-isms" or honor his love of animals with a donation to an animal conservation or rescue organization.
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On Labor Day, we look forward to football, festivals and fall temps Editor’s note: This newspaper has published this editorial, with variations, on previous holidays. For those of us who live in south Louisiana, the arrival of another Labor Day tomorrow prompts a good bit of self-congratulation. We know, with relief and no small amount of pride, that we’ve survived another summer in a place where the mercury rises each May and stubbornly stays there, like a cat stuck in a tree. Summer doesn’t officially end until later this month — and both the hot weather and the risk of dangerous tropical weather linger for weeks after that — but Labor Day is the notch we informally place in the calendar to tell us a season has turned. It’s early autumn now, no matter what the purists might say. If our fellow Americans up north can claim some measure of their ancestors’ pioneer spirit by making it through frozen winters each year, then Labor Day is our time to brag. We’ve stared down one more summer yet somehow prevailed. And autumn in Louisiana means a lot of things — most notably the return of football. You’ll find us gathering at weekend tailgates, rooting for our favorite teams and participating in timehonored traditions that are the hallmarks of fandom. It’s also the start of our fall festival season, in which we celebrate the bounties of the land and waters of the state we love — from crawfish to pecans to cochon de lait. Labor Day is a way station between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, and it was put on the calendar precisely for that reason. In 1882, Peter J. McGuire, the founder and general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, suggested setting aside one day to honor America’s laborers. He saw room in the calendar between July and November, and thought the holiday would, in his words, “fill a gap in the chronology of legal holidays.” McGuire was a native of New York, but his gift for sensing an unmet need for celebration seems like a Louisiana way of looking at the world, doesn’t it? He would probably have felt at home here. New Yorkers observed the first Labor Day in 1882, and it became a federal holiday in 1894 after President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. Getting an extra day off was a big deal for workers back then, as a young labor movement struggled to achieve what many Americans broadly enjoy today: a 40-hour workweek and formalized vacation policies. Today, who is included under the mantle of the working class is the subject of much debate. But Americans have always valued hard work and enjoying the fruits of our own labor. The best gift of Labor Day, for those fortunate enough to have it off, is the day itself — a few spare hours to spend as we like before autumn begins in earnest.
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Should we care about the Yat accent fading? That’s because the Yat, like all acYats are going the way of the dodo, it seems. cents, is a snapshot of not just a place, Once a clear local marker, the disbut also a time. It arose in certain New tinctive accent that for so long defined Orleans neighborhoods, and then, as those folks moved out to the burbs, White, working-class New Orleans is the accent went with them. It never disappearing. That’s the conclusion of stopped evolving and changing an academic study and a subas it interacted with new people, sequent recent story by this places and developments, acnewspaper’s Jenna Ross. The bigger questions are cording to Katie Carmichael, what that means and whether the author of the study on which we should care. Ross based her story. For some, it’s the irrevoNowadays, in addition to ChalFaimon mette, one might find Yat spoken cable loss of something esRoberts in Metairie, or Kenner (bruh), or sentially New Orleans. The — gasp! — on the northshore. accent is closer to one from “Accents are always changNew York, “Brooklynese on quaaludes,” as one wag described it. ing, and change is the norm,” CarmiIts particular idioms: “Where y’at,” chael told me. And it’s not just here. “ya mamma n’em” and “Who dat,” are Increased mobility, the popularity such a part of local color that they are of mass and social media and more synonymous with the city. people attending higher education But it’s telling that Ross didn’t go to have flattened out many local dialects, one of New Orleans’ historic neighbor- including in New Orleans and across Louisiana, she said. hoods to find those who still speak it. And while New Orleans’ many acShe went to Chalmette. Specifically, to Rocky and Carlo’s diner, where Yatcents, including Yat, are perhaps the flavored banter and brown gravy still best known, Louisiana’s singular setreign supreme. tlement and immigration history have
contributed to a unique patchwork of dialects across the state, such as the Cajun of Acadiana or the drawl of the state’s northern reaches. Combined with the state’s high rate of nativism — the proportion of residents who were born here, especially before Katrina — the state was a strong incubator of regional ways of speaking. All of those accents are evolving, too. They won’t sound the same in 25 years as they did 25 years ago. New local quirks are appearing all the time, Carmichael said. “It’s not the case that there is ‘no local accent’ anymore — it just sounds different,” she said. So the disappearance of Yat may be sad, but it shouldn’t be unexpected. The accent, like all accents, is a product of evolution, not just a victim of it. Maybe one day we’ll hold a second line for its passing. But for now, all we can do is smile and say “Bye, bébé, and pass the red gravy.” Email Faimon A. Roberts III at froberts@theadvocate.com.
Seeing the hidden history all around us One of my favorite things is learning easy to miss when you’re traveling around the state, but I like to stop and the hidden history sprinkled in towns read them. They hold nuggets and cities across Louisiana. It of information that may give sometimes seems that like Foryou a new appreciation for the rest Gump, our state has an odd history of a place or at least connection to almost anything provide an interesting converhappening in the news. The recent death of Dolly Parsation starter at a dinner party. In Louisiana, we have a ton was a case in point. About Arnessa decent appreciation for our a week before, I was at dinner Garrett unique history. And to be honwith friends in Lake Charles and someone at the table said, est, sometimes it can hinder “Did you know Dolly Parton recorded our embrace of new things. But the her first record a few miles from many groups dedicated to preserving here?” our landmarks deserve our thanks. It was true. Goldband Records on They work tirelessly to gather inforChurch Street in Lake Charles remation and make sure that we are honcorded Parton’s “Puppy Love” in 1959 oring the past. Often we don’t realize when she was only 13 years old. The something is special until it is gone. If building doesn’t exist anymore, but the the stories are not passed down from Calcasieu Historical Society put up a generation to generation, they disapmarker where it once stood. pear. These historical markers are often What are some of the people and
places that belong to the hidden history in your city or town? We’d love to learn more about it. Drop us a line at letters@theadvocate.com. Turning to our letters inbox, we received 50 letters from Aug. 27-Sept. 3. The hottest topics will come as no surprise. The big announcement by SpaceX of a $100 billion project in Vermilion Parish prompted five letters as did the controversy surrounding LSU athletics and player eligibility. Other than that, the Ten Commandments posters drew commentary from three writers. We know that as football and election season get into full swing, we’ll hear from more readers. We are as eager as you to see how it all unfolds. Want to see your opinion published in The Advocate | Times-Picayune? Submit a letter to the editor.
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COMMENTARY La. Democrats are wrong to oppose term limit amendment The Louisiana Democratic Par- has served two terms. As the proposed amendment ty last weekend took a position both politically shortsighted and presumably would disqualify him from running again, philosophically defective. Democratic Party leaders Louisiana voters should wanting to grab the govreject the Democrats’ advice. ernor’s office naturally At issue is a state conthink it will hurt their chances. stitutional amendment The best way to conon the Nov. 3 ballot. The Quin amendment would forbid sider this, though, is Hillyer anyone from serving more long-term, not short. On than two terms, total, as a strictly practical level, governor. Current law restricts that which could benefit Demogovernors to two consecutive crats in 2028 — defeating the terms, but then allows them to amendment, and thus letting the run again after sitting out four current system stand so Edwards years. This amendment, for good can run again — could easily booreason, would eliminate the latmerang in future years. For comparison, examples are ter option. legion in Congress (especially State Democratic Chairman regarding judicial nominations) Randal Gaines said the Demoof one party breaking an old cratic State Central Committee opposes the amendment because custom or precedent for shortterm political advantage, only to “it limits the democratic rights see the other party use the new and choices of voters.” Many precedent for massive advantage observers think their opposition when it retakes power. stems from a more short-term, If Louisiana remains a strongly purely political consideration: Republican-leaning state, the The party has been so moribund odds are greater that a two-term lately that handicappers think Republican could build a power just about the only Democrat with a chance to win the 2028 gu- base and get elected in future years to a nonconsecutive third bernatorial race is former Gov. term than they are that even EdJohn Bel Edwards, who already
wards could win in 2028, much less that another Democrat could pull the three-term later on. And with a strange subset of national Republicans led by Vice President JD Vance now citing infamous former Louisiana Gov. Huey Long as a positive role model, Democrats really should worry about a Louisiana Republican governor using the thirdterm option to amass a scary, Long-like power base. Even those hardball political calculations, though, should matter less than the principles involved and what they mean for Louisiana’s people. The entire design of American government, one rightly copied by all 50 states, is intended to disperse power, not centralize or concentrate it. The U.S. Constitution’s vaunted separation of some powers and blending of others is constructed, as founder James Madison wrote, so that “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” And, he wrote, “In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.” Yet over time, both nationally and in state after state, executive power has grown to a disturbing
extent. No matter who writes the laws, the reality is that when one person controls the entire apparatus of how laws are implemented and enforced, the potential is greater for larger abuses by the one executive. States differ, of course, in how much power, by law and custom, is concentrated in each state’s governor. Yet even in a notably “weak governor system” such as Alabama’s, in which the Legislature can override a governor’s veto by the same simple majority that passes a bill in the first place, legislators often cower before a governor’s dominion. Louisiana’s system, by contrast, is considered not just to feature a “strong governor” system, but perhaps the nation’s strongest, due to our executive’s powerful role in crafting the budget, the massive authority over so many appointive positions and the particularly impregnable line-item veto system. For all those reasons, it always has been wrongheaded for Louisiana’s Constitution to allow a return to power of governors who already served two terms. The potential for fiefdom-building and corruption is immense.
This is especially true when legislators are themselves termlimited, as they are here. If state representatives, with their power already diffused 105 ways, must leave office after three terms, it is especially foolhardy to allow governors to keep coming back for as many two-term stints as they can secure. From 1980-1984, Louisiana saw how the threat of a return to office of a former two-term governor can hobble a current administration. When the earnest, honest Republican Gov. Dave Treen tried to institute reforms, the specter of the wily former Gov. Edwin Edwards running a “shadow administration” blocked Treen repeatedly. It is dangerous to democracy for one person to be able to exercise such domination. Again, witness Long, who essentially built his own private army to beat down his opponents. Proposed Amendment 4 on the November ballot wisely would make such abusive situations less likely. Louisiana Democrats are wrong to oppose it. Email Quin Hillyer at quin. hillyer@theadvocate.com.
One voice that La. Republicans often ignore More than 30 years ago, when I covered Keystone Cops feel to it. my first big campaign as a reporter for this After the recently adopted party primanewspaper, I made a rookie mistake. ries were abruptly canceled and the disOne of the gubernatorial candidates I tricts hurriedly redrawn following the U.S. was assigned to follow had been enSupreme Court’s decision in the Callais case, voters in two congresdorsed by the Louisiana Republican Party. I assumed that would be a big sional districts are now about to deal. elect new representatives the oldOn paper, Quentin Dastugue was fashioned way, via open primaries. a promising candidate — a smart, Both districts — the 5th vacated by witty state lawmaker with a sucU.S. Senate candidate Stephanie Republican Julia Letlow and the 6th by Democessful business and fiscally conGrace servative policy chops. Yet he had crat Cleo Fields — were specifically trouble raising money and never drawn to favor Republicans. made it to the starting line. The candidate You’d think that would mean they’ve got who did capture the imagination of Repub- nothing left to fight about. Think again. Both elections drew mullicans that year was a populist Democratic state senator named Mike Foster, who ran tiple major Republican candidates. And in as a Christian conservative gun-owning both cases, instead of just being satisfied everyman (never mind that he was the that one of them will very likely go to Congrandson of a governor and lived on a plan- gress, party leaders are inexplicably picktation), switched parties and went on to be ing favorites, creating a pair of circular a popular — a relatively moderate — twofiring squads in the process. term governor. In the Baton Rouge-centered 6th District, Let’s just say it was a learning experithe party’s eight-member executive comence. mittee — with no input, notably, from the This fall, the state Republican Party is much larger state central committee — again trying to point voters in its chosen narrowly voted to support one of two longdirection. And again, I can’t help wondertime legislators, state Sen. Blake Miguez. The problem: The other one, state Sen. ing how many of those voters care. It doesn’t help that the endorsement pro- Rick Edmonds, is from Baton Rouge, while Miguez hails from Erath in U.S. Rep. Clay cess for the fall congressional races has a
Higgins’ district, although he did buy a house in the state capital. Also, Miguez has tangled in the past with Gov. Jeff Landry, who, according to coverage by reporter Tyler Bridges, was none too pleased and leaned on the party to reconsider. Days later, it issued a revised joint endorsement. In the 5th, the same small group acting behind closed doors created another mess when it bypassed three Republican sitting legislators entirely, instead voting 4-3 to anoint an appointed member of the state Board of Regents from Monroe, Misti Cordell, over state Rep. Michael Echols, R-Monroe, state Sen. Stewart Cathey, RMonroe, and state Rep. Gabe Firment, R-Pollock. An intriguing question is why. A more relevant one, though, is whether it matters. A party endorsement can bring national money, and the recipient gets to advertise being the favored candidate — or in the case of Miguez and Edmonds, one of the chosen two, anyway. One could argue, for example, that the party’s endorsement of Landry a year before the 2023 governor race, when he still faced a number of other Republicans, set him up for his outright primary win. On the other hand, there was considerable anybody-but-Landry sentiment at the start of the race, and perhaps a more moderate
candidate of similar stature — Billy Nungesser, Garret Graves, even Bill Cassidy — might have given him a run for it. There’s something comical about the party’s current infighting, because the stakes are actually pretty small. Unlike 1995, they don’t have to worry about picking the candidate best positioned to defeat a Democrat, either statewide or in these two open congressional districts. They already got what they wanted from the Supreme Court, which gave them the ability to draw five solidly Republican seats out of six without worrying about the pesky Voting Rights Act of 1965. Thanks to Landry and his legislative allies, they also got closed party primaries that favor more ideologically pure candidates, even if they’re on hold for this particular election. But it’s apparently still not enough. The handful of people who sit on the GOP’s executive committee don’t just want a Republican. They want their Republican. So much has changed since I got my start, but even in these days of total GOP domination, a smoke-filled room is — metaphorically speaking — still a smoke-filled room. And a lot of the time, voters prefer the fresh air. Email Stephanie Grace at sgrace@ theadvocate.com.
The Washington Post loses and labor wins Since her firing, Attiah’s words As Labor Day approached, I have been published by hundreds thought about Washington Post of digital and print publications, columnist Karen Attiah as the David in a battle with the Goliath streaming platforms and televiWashington Post. sion stations. The Post must like Attiah, 40, was fired by The that, eh? Post, 148. With the help of WashIn 2025, The Post didn’t ington-Baltimore News like some things Attiah Guild General Counsel wrote on the Bluesky soAmos Laor, Attiah arcial media platform the gued that her firing was a day offensive, conservawrongful termination. In addition, Attiah said she tive loudmouth Charlie Will writing as an opinion Kirk was murdered. Sutton was columnist, that The Post “Part of what keeps didn’t use progressive disAmerica so violent is the insistence that people perform cipline, and that her posts were care, empty goodness and absolu- protected speech under the First Amendment. tion for white men who espouse Almost wherever we work, hatred and violence,” she wrote employees get fired. Firing is not on Sept. 10, 2025. easy in union shops. Unions have “Refusing to tear my clothes collective bargaining agreements and smear ashes on my face in with their employers. In a union performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence shop, that usually includes a speis. ... not the same as violence,” cific, written process that must be she posted later that day. followed — sentence by sentence, That’s what she said. There word by word — or there is no were other posts, but the newspa- firing. The progressive discipline is most effective when the identiper cited these two in her termination the next day. They said her fied employee better understands posts violated company policy, company concerns, makes changthat they were “unacceptable” es and continues working. comments and showed “poor In the work world, there are injudgment.” The paper feared dependent contractors, statutory threats. or nonemployees, exempt and
nonexempt employees, W-2 employees and other classifications. Basically, however, most of us work in at-will, just cause, rightto-work or union situations. Right-to-work states prohibit businesses and workplaces from requiring employees to pay dues to a union or to join a union as a condition of employment. Some confuse that with at-will employment. That’s different. Atwill employees can be fired for almost any legal reason at any time. Hired one day; fired another. And the employee can leave anytime without notice. Sometimes the risk is worth it because the employee gets higher compensation and maybe additional benefits. Just cause or contractual employees cannot be fired without clear, specific, documented reasons, including inappropriate conduct or not doing the job well. There are 26 states that have right-to-work laws, including Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. Arizona, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin are also right-to-work states. Louisiana is in that group, too — but we have unions. According to National Conference of State Legislatures data, more than a dozen states
have workforces that include 10% or more union employees. Four states have fewer than 3%. Eleven states have 3%-5.9% union workers, including Louisiana. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 4.4% of all Louisiana workers were union employees last year. Most of those union workers are in the greater Baton Rouge and the greater New Orleans areas. In New Orleans, for example, though our news organization is not unionized, all television stations in the market have some employees who belong to unions except for WGNO. Anchors, producers and reporters belong to Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Photographers belong to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. New Orleans Association of Black Journalists President Greg Lee is a veteran journalist teaching journalism at Loyola University New Orleans. He has worked at several news organizations, including two with unions, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Lee wasn’t surprised when Attiah was fired. After all, he said, the same news organization had refused to publish an already-written endorsement of
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Vice President Kamala Harris for president. He wasn’t surprised when Attiah won either because “The Washington Post had a really weak argument.” Many are off on Monday, but they don’t know why. Well, in the 1800s lots of people worked 10- to 12-hour days, often seven days a week. Child labor was the norm. New York City workers started a major labor movement. There were unofficial “labor day” activities. More than 100,000 marched demanding an eight-hour work day in 1872. About 10,000 people took off, without pay, to protest work conditions in 1882. Weekends became a thing. Normal work weeks became 35-40 hours. The first official Labor Day came in 1887. It became a federal holiday in 1894. None of that happened without organized labor. The Post must rehire Attiah as a columnist, with back pay. She told me her team is in talks about what that might look like. The Post should get her back in ASAP. If not, she’s going to walk away smiling with a lot more than back pay. Email Will Sutton at wsutton@ theadvocate.com.
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LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt runs with the ball for a big gain in the second quarter against Clemson on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. LSU won its season opener 51-10 in coach Lane Kiffin’s debut.
Kiffin, LSU give nation something else to talk about in rout of Clemson BY JON BLAU Staff writer
As LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt rolled to his right, the entirety of the Clemson defense lagged behind. There was an alley for the fleet-footed quarterback to take — if his surgically repaired right foot could take him there. A lingering question of the preseason was answered emphatically as Leavitt punched his right foot into the turf of Tiger Stadium and cut inside of a Clemson safety chasing hard toward the sideline. A pursuing
defensive end threw himself at Leavitt in desperation, but the quarterback splattered to the turf in the purple of LSU’s end zone for a 13-yard score. The final seven points of a 31-3 first half on Saturday more than proved the Arizona State transfer is ready to run. The totality of a 51-10 win over Clemson made a number of statements in Lane Kiffin’s LSU debut. The defensive coordinator Kiffin retained, Blake Baker, unleashed a defense that discombobulated the Clemson offensive line, racking up 11 tackles for loss, four sacks and another five quarterback hurries. Leavitt and running back Dilin Jones ran over and
around the visitors, each totaling 113 yards. LSU, which finished with 309 yards on the ground, had more rushing yards at half, 213, than the program’s season-high of 166 yards in a full game versus South Carolina last season. Before the third quarter ended, Leavitt was pulled. The stadium was clearing out at that point, as LSU fans decided it was best to get home at a reasonable hour after a weather delay pushed kickoff back two hours.
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Tulane opens season with ugly loss at Duke Error-prone Wave hangs around before being put away late BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer
DURHAM, N.C. — After stumbling, bumbling and fumbling for three rough quarters, Tulane still trailed Duke by only seven points early in the fourth. One final mistake sealed the deal in an ugly 17-3 season-opening defeat under new coach Will Hall on Saturday at Wade Wallace Stadium. Nickelback TJ Smith committed a pass interference penalty on a third-down deep pass that likely would have fallen incomplete and given Tulane the ball back with a chance to tie the score. Eight plays later, running back Nate Sheppard powered his way into the end zone as the Blue Devils
went ahead 17-3 with 6:44 left. “It was one of two pass-interference calls where we really panicked on conversion downs defensively,” Hall said. “We were in position. It was obviously a really poor performance. It was a sloppy game, and they played way less sloppy than we did.” Sheppard, a sophomore from Mandeville, ran all over Tulane for a career-high 227 yards on 35 carries. It was the most yards given up by a Tulane defense since East Carolina’s Holton Ahlers gained 288 yards in 2021 during a 2-10 season. When Sheppard was not doing damage, the Wave beat itself, racking up 15 penalties, missing a field goal and committing a
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Duke running back Nate Sheppard gets past the Tulane defense in the second quarter of Saturday’s season opener in Durham, N.C. AP PHOTO BY DAVID BREACH
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Rays place LHP Cleavinger on 15-day injured list
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Tampa Bay Rays placed left-handed reliever Garrett Cleavinger on the 15-day injured list before Saturday night’s game against the Texas Rangers with forearm tightness and called up right-hander Ty Johnson from Triple-A Durham. Cleavinger is 4-4 with a 4.79 ERA in 51 appearances. He pitched in the Rays’ 7-6 win over Texas on Friday night, allowing two hits — including a grand slam by Elías Díaz — and one walk without retiring a batter. Johnson, who was born about 45 miles east of Globe Life Field in Rockwall, Texas, was 4-1 with a 3.03 ERA for Durham in 21 games, including 10 starts. He is looking to make his major league debut. To make room on Tampa Bay’s roster, infielder Oliver Dunn was designated for assignment.
GAME OF THE DAY
No. 2 Oregon overcomes slow start BY ANNE M. PETERSON AP sportswriter
EUGENE, Ore. — Dante Moore threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 2 Oregon overcame a slow start to down resilient Boise State 34-27 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday. After trading field goals to tie the game at 27 in the fourth quarter, Dakorien Moore scored on a 62-yard reception to give the Ducks the lead for good with 7:51 left to play. Oregon has won 16 straight season openers at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks have 39 straight wins at home against nonconference opponents, the longest streak in the nation. “I think, you know, we’ve learned a lot this offseason. There’s been times at our practice where the offense has started super slow, and coach (Dan) Lanning said, ‘Hey, it’s adversity. What you gonna do?’ So it all just comes back to how we respond,” Dante Moore said. He opted to stay at Oregon after throwing for 3,565 yards and 30 touchdowns last season when the Ducks went 13-2. Oregon was hurt by 10 penalties for 90 yards, but had 497 total yards on offense compared to Boise State’s 274. “We won the game with total yards and some situations, but we didn’t really win the critical situations,” Lanning said. “They won some of those critical situations. They played better in special teams than us today. They did better on fourth down. We kind of gave them an opportunity, a chance to hang around.”
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Oregon wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan, right, dives for a touchdown while defended by Boise State defensive back JeRico Washington, left, during a game against Boise State on Saturday in Eugene, Ore. Boise State returned quarterback Maddux Madsen, who threw for 181 yards and three scores in the opener after finishing last season with 2,334 yards passing and 18 touchdowns. The Broncos, who join the rebuilt Pac-12 this year, went 9-5 last season in the Mountain West and fell to Washington 38-10 in the LA Bowl. Boise State, which went into the game as 24½ point underdogs, scored on the first series of the game, with Madsen hitting Cam Bates with a 13-yard scoring pass to cap an 11-play, 75-yard drive. The Ducks tied it on Jordon Davison’s 1-yard dive early in the second quarter.
After Evan Stewart muffed a punt and the Broncos recovered, Sire Gaines scored on a 37-yard reception to give Boise State the lead again. Canaan Moore added a 29yard field goal to extend it with 2:48 left before halftime. With 19 seconds left, Dante Moore found Jamari Johnson with a 27yard pass to close the game to 17-14 at the break. The half was reminiscent of the last meeting between the teams in 2024. The Ducks fell behind 20-14 at halftime but pulled out a 37-34 win with a field goal as time expired. After Gage Hurych’s 26-yard field goal, Oregon went ahead on Jeremi-
ah McClellan’s 8-yard TD catch. But the Broncos tied it up again before the end of the third quarter on Madsen’s 7-yard scoring pass to Matt Wagner. Hurych and Canaan Moore traded field goals in the fourth quarter before Dakorien Moore’s touchdown. “You put your all into something, you put all the chips on the table, and you come up short — it hurts,” said Broncos coach Spencer Danielson. “You put your toe in and you’ve got your eyes other places, you can walk away easier because you can make excuses. We’re not going to make any excuses. We’ve got to find a way to be better.”
FIFA’s Infantino declines questions about his future
KATOWICE, Poland — FIFA President Gianni Infantino declined to answer questions about his future as he arrived at the opening of the Under-20 Women’s World Cup while under continuing pressure since abandoning his plan to sell off World Cup profits. Infantino was in the stands speaking with Polish soccer federation president Cezary Kulesza as host nation Poland faced Argentina on the opening day of the tournament Saturday. Infantino did not answer when asked if he had considered resigning and whether he still intends to stand for a fourth term next year. Legal action over the original attempt rumbles on and Europe has a leading role in efforts to oust Infantino ahead of next year’s FIFA election.
F1’s Gasly claims first pole position in qualifying
MONZA, Italy — Alpine’s Pierre Gasly claimed his first-ever pole position in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday. The F1 driver seemed as surprised as everyone when he was informed on the team radio that he was fastest immediately after the session. “Let’s go! Been waiting for that one!” exclaimed Gasly, who took his only Formula 1 win at Monza in 2020. Gasly looked strong throughout the session and finished 0.060 seconds ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell. Russell was among drivers to express surprise at Gasly topping the timesheets. “To be totally honest I don’t think we thought they were in the fight and it goes to show what a great job he did,” Russell said.
TOP 25 ROUNDUP
Russell shows off dual-threat ability for Alabama BY HENRY SKLAR Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Keelon Russell accounted for 335 yards and a touchdown, and No. 13 Alabama opened the season with a 48-10 victory over East Carolina on Saturday. Russell, a sophomore making his first career start after beating out Austin Mack during training camp, ran for 86 yards and a score. He also threw for 249 yards, including 130 of those to Ryan Coleman-Williams. Coleman-Williams dropped two passes in the second quarter, but Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer says his big bounce back is indicative of the trust they have in the newly named team captain. Russell also showed why Alabama entrusted him with the offense. His ability to escape pressure and create plays with his legs was apparent from the opening drive when he broke free from pressure for a 23-yard run. Russell directed five consecutive scoring drives to start the game, and Alabama (1-0) finished with 480 yards and 27 first downs. The Crimson Tide, who ranked 15th in the Southeastern Conference in rushing last season, totaled 227 yards on the ground. Mitch Griffis completed 10 of 16 passes for 137 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. For Alabama’s defense, the 2 rushing yards are the fewest they have allowed against an FBS opponent since Mississippi State had (minus)-1 in 2021. NO. 6 INDIANA 52, NORTH TEXAS 16: In Bloomington, Ind., Josh Hoover threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns, including a 15-yard
score on his first pass with No. 6 Indiana, and Turbo Richard rushed for two more scores to help the defending national champs open the season with a rout of North Texas on Saturday. After celebrating last year’s title during a pregame ceremony, Indiana extended the Football Bowl Subdivision’s longest active winning streak to 17 games and the FBS’ longest active home winning streak to 16. Jahiem White rushed 14 times for 61 yards and one score as well as catching seven passes for 36 yards in his North Texas debut. NO. 1 OHIO ST. 56, BALL ST. 3: In Columbus, Ohio, Jeremiah Smith had two highlight reel-worthy touchdown catches, Julian Sayin passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns, and Ohio State tuned up for next week’s matchup against No. 5 Texas with a rout of Ball State. The Buckeyes (1-0) went threeand-out on their opening drive before finding the end zone on seven of their next nine possessions. Smith had eight receptions for 151 yards, all in the first half. He started Ohio State’s scoring with a 48-yard, one-handed, over-theshoulder grab in the end zone off a play-action pass by Sayin. NO. 23 HOUSTON 33, OREGON ST. 20: In Houston, Conner Weigman threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score, Re’Shaun Sanford II and Makhi Hughes added rushing scores and Houston beat Oregon State in the teams’ season opener. Weigman completed 20 of 30 passes and tossed a 31-yard scoring pass to Amare Thomas in the first quarter. Weigman also scored on a 1-yard rush with five minutes left in the fourth, increasing Hous-
ton’s lead to 33-20. Sanford had a 56-yard touchdown run with 61/ 2 minutes left in the second quarter to put the Cougars up 16-7. Hughes added a 1-yard score with 6:40 remaining in the third to increase the lead to 26-7. NO. 3 GEORGIA 63, TENNESSEE ST. 3: In Athens, Ga., Gunner Stockton passed for three touchdowns, Nate Frazier ran for three scores and No. 3 Georgia overwhelmed Tennessee State on Saturday. Georgia (1-0) scored touchdowns on its first five possessions, all with Stockton at quarterback. Frazier scored on a 48-yard run on his first carry and added a 14yard touchdown run on his second carry. Stockton completed 15 of 16 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns. Georgia backup quarterback Ryan Puglisi led two touchdown drives, the first capped by Frazier’s 3-yard scoring run, to open the second half. Frazier ran for 72 yards on only four carries. NO. 5 TEXAS 59,TEXAS ST. 7: In Austin, Texas, Arch Manning passed for 305 yards and four touchdowns, including two to Cam Coleman, and No. 5 Texas eased into the season with a win over Texas State on Saturday. Manning connected with Coleman for Texas’ first touchdown and with Ryan Wingo on the Longhorns’ next possession. Graceson Littleton’s 59-yard fumble return touchdown put Texas ahead 28-0 in the second quarter. Coleman played his first two seasons at Auburn and was one of the top transfers in the country when he signed with Texas. He caught three passes for 70 yards in his
Longhorns debut. Raleek Brown, who transferred from Arizona State, also scored twice. NO. 18 PENN ST. 45, MARSHALL 0: In State College, Pa., Rocco Becht threw for 271 yards with four touchdowns and No. 18 Penn State beat Marshall to begin the Matt Campbell era on Saturday. Becht, a transfer who followed Campbell from Iowa State to Happy Valley, was in command in his Beaver Stadium debut and secured his FBS-leading 27th win as a starter. Koby Howard had six catches for 161 yards with a touchdown. Brett Eskildsen, Benjamin Brahmer and Zay Robinson caught touchdown passes, and new defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn’s defense held Marshall to just 147 yards. NO. 20 TENNESSEE 56, FURMAN 9: In Knoxville, Tenn., Faizon Brandon threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more to lead No. 20 Tennessee to victory over Furman on Saturday. In a little over two quarters, the freshman hit Mike Matthews on scoring passes of 55 and 57 yards to spark the Volunteers to a 42-0 lead before redshirt freshman quarterback George MacIntyre took over. DeSean Bishop rushed for 97 yards and a score but lost a fumble. Justin Baker’s 73-yard TD run was a fourth quarter highlight. Tennessee scored 21 points in the second quarter. While the Vols’ offensive had trouble asserting itself early — rushing for just 32 yards in the first quarter — they generated 144 yards in the second quarter. Brandon ran for two touchdowns and threw for another in the first 30 minutes.
Andonian takes over as Los Angeles Sparks GM
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Sparks have hired a new general manager from the NBA ranks. Ariana Andonian will officially join the organization next month, the Sparks said Friday. She replaces Raegan Pebley, who was fired in mid-July after 2½ years. The Sparks (15-25) are headed toward a sixth consecutive losing season. The organization owns three WNBA championships, but none since 2016. Andonian, 31, has been general manager of the Delaware Blue Coats, the NBA G League affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers, while also serving as the 76ers’ vice president of player personnel. Andonian is a California native who graduated from the University of Southern California.
Yankees OF Grisham placed on IL with hamstring strain
SAN DIEGO — The New York Yankees placed center fielder Trent Grisham on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain Saturday and recalled outfielder Jasson Domínguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Also on Saturday, three-time MVP Aaron Judge took batting practice on the field for a second straight day and ran the bases again as he works toward returning from a broken right rib. Grisham said he felt something in his hamstring Friday night while getting thrown out trying to steal second base in the second inning of a 3-2, 10-inning loss to the San Diego Padres. In the bottom of the inning, he had a hard time getting to Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single. He was taken out in the third.
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THE VARSITY ZONE Texas giant North Shore too much for John Curtis BY MIKE COPPAGE Contributing writer
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Justin Morgan of Brother Martin avoids a flying tackle attempt by a Southside defender on Friday during the Crusaders’ 38-19 win in Youngsville.
Brother Martin stifles Southside in opener BY ERIC NARCISSE Staff writer
If you don’t think the Southside Sharks played well in their season opener against Brother Martin on Friday, you’re not alone. Sharks head coach Jess Curtis would be the first to agree with that assessment. “We couldn’t play any worse,” Curtis said. “I credit (Brother Martin). Late They had a great game Friday plan. They are well-coached. They played great, and we didn’t play great.” Everything that could go wrong did for the Sharks, who lost 38-19 to the Crusaders in Youngsville. “They beat us in every aspect,” Curtis said. “That’s why this game is on the schedule. It shows that we need to go back to work and get some things fixed and be a lot better. This is the kind of competition you’re going to play deep in the playoffs, and that’s where we want to be.” The Sharks know they won’t accomplish the things they’d like to this year if they are turning the football over four times like they did against the Crusaders, missing tackles that result in first downs or scores and shanked punts that provide opposing teams with great field position. “We’re a lot better than we played (Friday),” Curtis said. “People can bury us if they want. We will be back. We will be back. We’ll be back Thursday.” The Crusaders seemed determined to not allow Sharks running back Justin Williams to beat them as they did a great job of not letting him break any big runs. Williams, whose longest run of the game was 7 yards, finished with 61 yards on 19 carries. “You have to play assignment-sound football,” Cru-
Acadiana 47, Central-B.R. 35 Airline 48, Wossman 42 Alexandria 44, Bryant, Ark. 20 Amite 34, Franklinton 19 Avoyelles 42, Ville Platte 12 Beau Chene 30, East Iberville 6 B.T. Washington 54, Arcadia 0 Beekman 37, Buckeye 20 Belle Chasse 48, McMain 6 Benton 34, Shreveport Northwood 26 Berwick 42, Morgan City 7 Brother Martin 38, Southside 19 Brusly 34, Port Allen 0 Carroll 20, Woodlawn (Shr.) 14 Carrollton, Ga. 61, Baton Rouge Catholic 27 Carver 18, Landry/Walker 12 Cecilia 49, Northside 0 Cedar Creek 55, Delhi Charter 14 Chalmette 55, Ehret 14 Church Point 24, Jennings 8 D’Arbonne Woods 57, Madison 0 Delcambre 34, Hanson Memorial 0 Denham Springs 49, Albany 0 Destrehan 35, Saint Paul’s 14 Dunham 56, Parkway 15 Dutchtown 62, Magnolia Excellence 0 East Ascension 49, Easton 18 Elton 55, Basile 7 Erath 39, Loreauville 29 Eunice 54, Bunkie 35 Galena Park North Shore, Texas 27, John Curtis Christian 17 Hammond 26, Prairieville 12 Hannan 56, Northlake Christian 0 Haughton 42, Homer 30 Haynes Academy 29, Centerville 6
verted on a fake punt. A few plays later, Padgett’s swing pass to Jarvis Stevenson netted a first down, and the junior QB snuck it in from the 3 for a 17-14 lead. “There were a lot of positives, no doubt,” Curtis said. “In the first quarter, we played very poorly offensively. The defense kept us in it. We got a little momentum offensively and did what we do. “But we have to find a way to do better. We’re not into moral victories here.” When the Mustangs moved ahead 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, Isaac Hrabovsky returned the ensuing kick near midfield, then took a pitch from Padgett and rambled down to the North Shore 10, but a flag wiped out the play. “Obviously, that’s a huge momentum swing,” Curtis said. “We had it at their 10 with a ton of momentum, but we grabbed their jersey. It was a tough call.” Late in the second quarter, Curtis was stopped in the red zone when a pass intended for Stevenson was tipped and intercepted by the Mustangs.
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Thursday’s games Collegiate-Baton Rouge vs. Abramson at Joe Brown, 5 p.m. Country Day at Willow Covington at Franklinton Haynes vs. Sophie B. Wright at Pan American Higgins vs. Morris Jeff at Pan American Santa Fe Christian (Calif.) at Newman South Plaquemines at Bogalusa
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Luca Catanzaro of Brother Martin intercepts a pass against Southside in their game on Friday at Southside High School in Youngsville. saders head coach Mark Bonis said. “I thought we played with really good eye discipline. … The whole game plan was really being eye disciplined, (and) being sound in defending the option. Our defense was salty. They had fun.” The Sharks were able to break a couple of big runs in the game, using the Crusaders’ aggressiveness towards Williams against them. Southside’s first score came on an 85-yard touchdown run by Kollen Francois that cut Brother Martin’s lead to 21-6 with 5:54 remaining in the first half. In the second half, the Sharks enjoyed another big run, this time from quarterback Parker Dies. Dies got free for a 72-yard run, and four plays later, he scored a touchdown on a 3-yard run to pull the Sharks to within eight at 21-13 with 8:34 left in the third quarter. Dies finished with a teamhigh 111 yards and a score on 16 carries while completing 9 of 18 passes for 87 yards and three interceptions. “That’s not a representa-
tion of Southside football that we put out there,” Curtis said. “Sometimes, you tip your hat to the other team. Especially when it is a good team, tough team, and a well-coached team. We just never answered until it was too late.” The Crusaders were led by receiver Easton Royal, who finished with a game-high 122 yards and two touchdowns on five receptions, while quarterback Justin Morgan completed 7-of-13 passes for 162 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 52 yards on nine carries. “We’re better than we played in every phase,” Curtis said. “You name it, we did it. We’ll take this loss as a team and as a staff. We’ll be back and we’ll be better off for it. It’s Week 1. “Heck, that’s what we do, I guess. Now, it’s time for us to run the table like we do every year. No time to hang our head. We have to go back to work Sunday.” Email Eric Narcisse at enarcisse@theadvocate. com.
Iota 70, JS Clark Leadership Academy 28 Jena 26, Mangham 12 Jonesboro-Hodge 14, Lakeside 8 Kaplan 34, Ascension Episcopal 7 Karr 48, Lafayette Renaissance 21 Kentwood 42, Westminster Christian 6 Kinder 59, Westlake 13 Lafayette 39, Live Oak 23 Lafayette Christian 30, Carencro 6 Lake Arthur 41, Holy Savior Menard 12 Lakeshore 35, Fontainebleau 14 Leesville 46, DeRidder 22 Lena Northwood 38, Plain Dealing 0 Logansport 44, Many 38 Loyola Prep 55, Captain Shreve 34 Mandeville 35, Salmen 17 Mansfield 42, New Iberia 0 Minden 20, North Webster 14 NDHS 28, Northwest 14 New Iberia Catholic 49, Vermilion Catholic 0 North Central 51, Acadiana Christian 0 North DeSoto 52, Union Parish 7 North Vermilion 28, St. Martin’s 7 Northeast 26, Thrive Academy 18 Northshore 47, Lutcher 35 Oak Grove 28, West Ouachita 0 Opelousas 48, Pineville 0 Opelousas Catholic 29, Breaux Bridge 8 Ouachita Christian 42, Haynesville 6 Parklane Aca., Miss. 38, Parkview Baptist 14 Peabody 33, Ferriday 14 Pearl River Central, Miss. 42, Pearl River 28
Ascension Catholic at Hammond Bonnabel at Mandeville Brother Martin at St. Paul’s Carver at Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic Cohen at St. John
Covenant Christian at Riverside De La Salle at Northshore East Jefferson at Fontainebleau Edna Karr at Huntington Episcopal at Northlake Christian Jesuit at St. Thomas More John Curtis at Louisville (Miss.) John Ehret at East St. John Kennedy at H.L. Bourgeois Lakeshore at Slidell Loranger at Chalmette McDonogh 35 vs. Booker T. Washington at Pan American, 7:30 p.m. McMain at Young Audiences Pearl River at South Terrebonne Patrick Taylor at Ben Franklin Parkview Baptist at Hannan Pine at Pope John Paul II Ponchatoula at Prairieville
Riverdale at Belle Chasse Salmen at Live Oak Sarah T. Reed vs. L.B. Landry at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium St. Augustine at Destrehan St. Charles at Hahnville St. Martin’s at White Castle Vandebilt Catholic vs. Rummel at Yenni Warren Easton vs. Holy Cross at Gormley West Jefferson at Shaw West St. John at St. James
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Texas powerhouse North Shore scored two late touchdowns to survive a scare from John Curtis on Friday night at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium in Lafayette. North Shore, out of Houston suburb Galena Park, is the reigning champion of Late the largest Friday division in Texas (Class 6A, Div. I). The Mustangs trailed the Patriots 17-14 in the fourth quarter before rallying to win 27-17. “We have to find a way to execute better right there in the fourth quarter, but that’s why you play these types of games against an opponent that’s going to help you down the road in district and the playoffs,” Patriots offensive coordinator Jeff Curtis said. The Mustangs (2-0), who entered the game ranked No. 1 in Texas by High School On SI, appeared to be in control of the game at halftime with a 14-3 lead. “I think we just had to adjust to the speed of the
game,” Curtis said. “We haven’t seen that physicality and quickness since St. Aug in the playoffs last year. “We have a lot of new guys playing. Once we settled in, we played our brand of football and had success offensively.” After the Patriots forced North Shore (2-0) to go three and out on its first possession of the third quarter, London Padgett fired a long pass on third and 15 to Keigon Linton for a first down at the Mustangs 20. Following a hydration timeout, Padgett connected with tight end Caden Battard from 17 yards out to cut it to 14-10. “North Shore is a really good football team,” Curtis said. “We had a hard time blocking them, especially on their pass rush where they could pin their ears back. I’m proud of how London fought. He took a lot of hits, showed toughness and gave us a chance to win.” Following another three and out by the Mustangs, Curtis took advantage of great field position at the North Shore 43 and con-
Pine 30, Varnado 0 Plaquemine 21, Zachary 16 Pope John Paul 62, Thomas Jefferson 7 RHS 6, Crowley 0 Richwood 58, General Trass (Lake Providence) 0 Riverside Academy 40, Kennedy 32 Rosepine 48, Montgomery 20 Rummel 34, University 28 Ruston 42, Neville 16 Shaw 20, Hahnville 14 Slidell 17, Holy Cross 13 South Beauregard 34, St. John 9 South Terrebonne 43, Country Day 34 Southern Lab 42, Belaire 6 Springfield 48, Collegiate Baton Rouge 8 St. Amant 49, Woodlawn (BR) 6 St. Charles Catholic 34, Legacy School of Sport Sciences, Texas 28 St. Frederick Catholic 35, Delta Charter 12 St. James 35, East St. John 7 St. Michael 49, Loranger 14 St. Thomas More 35, Teurlings 0 Sulphur 56, St. Louis 34 Thibodaux 21, E.D. White 20 Tioga 49, Red River 12 Welsh 51, Abbeville 16 West Feliciana 56, Scotlandville 20 Westgate 54, Liberty 8 Westminster Christian-Lafayette 41, Acadiana Renaissance Charter 22 Istrouma 24, White Castle 15 Winnfield 20, Glenbrook 6
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LSU 51, CLEMSON 10
BOX SCORE No. 11 LSU 51, Clemson 10 Clemson 3 0 0 7 — 10 LSU 17 14 13 7 — 51 First Quarter CLEM_FG Hauser 49, 13:28. LSU_FG Starzyk 49, 10:16. LSU_D.Jones 1 run (Starzyk kick), 3:36. LSU_J.Ross 30 interception return (Starzyk kick), 2:07. Second Quarter LSU_Leavitt 8 run (Starzyk kick), 7:54. LSU_Leavitt 13 run (Starzyk kick), 1:10. Third Quarter LSU_Watkins 32 pass from Leavitt (Starzyk kick), 8:21. LSU_D.Jones 12 run (pass failed), 3:24. Fourth Quarter LSU_Wright 30 pass from Clark (Starzyk kick), 6:43. CLEM_Eziomume 11 run (Hauser kick), 3:14. CLEM LSU First downs 8 37 Total Net Yards 145 644 Rushes-yards 26-40 58-309 Passing 105 335 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-65 1-18 Interceptions Ret. 1-1 1-30 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-1 22-36-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-19 0-0 Punts 10-40.4 2-31.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-41 7-80 Time of Possession 23:50 36:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Clemson, Green 4-21, Davidson 7-20, Eziomume 1-11, Vizzina 5-4, Chr.Johnson 3-0, Wesco 1-(minus 7), Reynolds 5-(minus 9). LSU, Leavitt 12-113, D.Jones 23-113, Clark 4-23, Gage 9-22, Watkins 1-14, Wilson 1-9, Berry 4-9, Longstreet 1-3, Durham 3-3. PASSING_Clemson, Vizzina 10-16-1-83, Reynolds 4-6-0-22. LSU, Leavitt 16-28-1-230, Clark 5-7-0-72, Longstreet 1-1-0-33. RECEIVING_Clemson, Moore 4-31, Wesco 2-29, T.Brown 2-11, Preston 1-25, T.Smith 1-6, Sellars 1-4, Burroughs 1-1, Patt-Henry 1-1, Bentancur 1-(minus 3). LSU, Watkins 7-110, T.Green 4-58, Wilson 4-35, Wright 3-70, J.Harris 1-32, Barber 1-15, Jayc.Brown 1-14, D.Jones 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS_LSU, Starzyk 48.
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Clemson defensive end Will Heldt attempts to tackle LSU running back Dilin Jones on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
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LSU defense swarms Clemson Visiting Tigers toothless on offensive end
BY REED DARCEY Staff writer
The LSU offense received most of the attention in the offseason. How could it not? The Tigers hired Lane Kiffin, and gave that side of the ball a major face-lift. Lost in all that buzz was the LSU defense, a unit that asserted Saturday that perhaps it should’ve been a bigger storyline ahead of Kiffin’s first year in Baton Rouge. The LSU offense rolled through the season opener, but the defense smothered the visiting Tigers, shoving them into one of the worst offensive showings of coach Dabo Swinney‘s tenure. How bad was it? Clemson punted on seven of its first nine drives. Five of those possessions were three-and-outs. Its offense ran 26 plays in the first half, and 11 of them went for either zero yards or a loss. Through three quarters, Clemson had four first downs and zero rushing yards on 20 attempts, and it was 0 for 11 on third down. LSU picked off quarterback Chris Vizzina once and sacked him four times before he was replaced after halftime. Its defense also recorded 10 tackles for loss. Vizzina was under duress all night, completing only 6 of 11 passes for 51 yards. LSU also controlled the line of scrimmage. Edge rusher Jordan Ross, a Tennessee transfer, was one of the stars of the first half. Late in the first quarter, he intercepted a Vizzina pass, returned it 30 yards for a touchdown, trotted to the sideline, dunked on LSU’s basketball hoop, jogged back onto the field and dropped Vizzina for a 4-yard loss. Linebacker Whit Weeks looked healthy. He dropped a runner behind the line of scrimmage on one key snap of the first half. Defensive end Princewill Umanmielen, an Ole Miss transfer, looked like a force off the edge. He sacked Vizzina once in the first half. Safety Ty Benefield made a couple of big plays, too, such as the third-down pass break-up that forced Clemson into a field goal on its first drive of the game. Clemson only scored on that drive because LSU quarterback
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LSU defensive end Jordan Ross scores after a pick-six against Clemson in the first quarter Saturday at Tiger Stadium. The LSU defense stymied Clemson all night in a rout. Sam Leavitt threw an interception on LSU’s second play from scrimmage after receiver Malik Elzy let a slightly off-target pass slip through his hands. Without that play, Clemson might’ve been shut out through three quarters — an impressive performance for an LSU defense that largely flew under the radar during an eventful offseason.
they each spent time with NFL franchises in August. Neither tight end Dae’Quan Wright nor defensive tackle Zxavian Harris was added to the roster when the Tigers finalized it Friday. LSU can still add them. It left two spots on the roster open in case Kiffin and his staff decide to reverse course later in the year. But Tuihalamaka is good to go. He logged special teams snaps on Tuihalamaka suits up Saturday. On defense, he worked LSU made a last-minute addi- as the Tigers’ fifth defensive end. tion to its roster Friday, and he Umanmielen and Ross were the was one of the plaintiffs in the starters, while Dylan Carpenter and high-profile eligibility lawsuit that Lamar Brown rotated onto the field was filed in Louisiana on Aug. 19. behind them. Junior Tuihalamaka, a fifth-year edge rusher from Notre Dame, Historically late kickoff officially suited up for the Tigers LSU fans had to wait 10 months on Saturday. He started practic- for one of the most highly anticiing with LSU earlier in the week, pated seasons in program history. and he became officially eligible Once it arrived, they had to wait to play against Clemson on Thurs- just a little while longer. LSU-Clemson was originally set day, when a Baton Rouge judge granted him and the suit’s roughly to kick off at 6:49 p.m. Then a line 40 other plaintiffs a preliminary of heavy rain and lightning passed over Tiger Stadium around 5 p.m., injunction. Tuihalamaka did not sign an forcing officials to push the kickNFL contract this summer. That’s off back. an important distinction: LSU The game wound up beginning has two former Ole Miss starters at 8:40 p.m., which is tied for the turned fifth-year plaintiffs com- latest kickoff time LSU has on remitted to play this season, but cord for any matchup played in
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LSU linebacker Whit Weeks celebrates after making a big stop against Clemson in the first quarter on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
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Continued from page 1C Before they left, they witnessed Kiffin deliver a victory on the national stage. Quickly and decisively, before most of the country went to bed. LSU finished with 644 total yards to Clemson’s 145. It was a much-needed shift in the conversation after a preseason where LSU was at the forefront of the national conversation for reasons other than football. Heisman winner Jayden Daniels’ attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter. A pair of transfers were taken to court
by Ole Miss for breach of contract. A pair of ex-pros who played for Kiffin at Ole Miss were made eligible by a court order, he tried to add them before the season, and LSU and Kiffin were sued by the Southeastern Conference. “Imagine if we had pro players,” Kiffin quipped during his halftime interview with ESPN with his Tigers up 28 points. LSU could have used one, perhaps, on its first offensive series when a Leavitt pass was thrown behind receiver Malik Elzy and went through his hands on its way into Clemson cornerback Ashton Hampton’s paws for an early turnover. That set up the other Tigers with an opportunity for early momentum, but
Tiger Stadium or elsewhere. The Tigers’ 2017 season opener, a win over BYU in the Superdome, also began at 8:40 p.m. The time was also unusually late for Clemson. The visiting Tigers said that the game they played on Saturday was only the third matchup in program history that began at 8:30 p.m. or later. The other two, a 1982 win over Wake Forest and a 1991 win over Duke, both took place in Tokyo.
Lagniappe Before Saturday, LSU hadn’t opened its season at home against a power-conference opponent since 2004, when it began the last year of Nick Saban‘s tenure as head coach with a 22-21 overtime win over Oregon State. ... LSU-Clemson took the clear top billing in college football’s slate of Week 1 games. ESPN’s “College GameDay” was in town, and the Tigers issued more than 900 media credentials for the game. Seventeen NFL teams were represented as well. ... Before kickoff, LSU held a moment of silence for both Jerry Stovall and Skip Bertman — the two legendary athletic department figures who died in August. The capacity crowd gave Bertman a loud cheer when his name was announced.
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LSU wide receiver Winston Watkins celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Clemson on Saturday.
Clemson moved just 2 yards before kicking a 48-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead. There were no more points to be had until a garbage time touchdown after LSU answered with 51 of its own. LSU controlled the ball with Leavitt and Jones’ legs, including a direct-snap touchdown run by the Wisconsin transfer from the 1-yard line to retake a 10-3 advantage. Baker then dropped edge rusher Jordan Ross into coverage to pick off a pressured Christopher Vizzina. Ross raced to the end zone to make it 17-3, dunking on the basketball hoop on the LSU sideline that had a Clemson paw on the backboard. Leavitt’s back-to-back rushing touch-
downs of 8 and 13 yards piled on, and Kiffin and Charlie Weis Jr. did not ease off the throttle. Leavitt hit Winston Watkins for a 32-yard score, and Jones added a 12-yard touchdown run as LSU went up 44-3 before the fourth quarter began. Kiffin opted to go for two points on the latter score, which was unsuccessful. Leavitt was pulled after that, but the LSU offense didn’t completely shut down. Backup quarterback Landen Clark tossed to Phillip Wright for a 30yard catch and run touchdown to make it 51-3. Email Jon Blau at jon.blau@ theadvocate.com
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The Golden Band from Tigerland marches down Victory Hill before LSU’s home opener against Clemson on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
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The LSU Golden Girls walk down Victory Hill ahead of LSU’s season opener on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
SIGHTS & SOUNDS
LSU edge rusher Jordan Ross runs into the end zone for a touchdown after a pick-six against Clemson on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.
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LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green gets first-down yardage on a pass play in the second quarter against Clemson on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
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LSU coach Lane Kiffin looks to the video board between plays in the first quarter against Clemson on Saturday.
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Kiffin: ‘Wasn’t easy’ to leave off ex-pros BY REED DARCEY Staff writer
LSU coach Lane Kiffin said Saturday in his appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay” that “it wasn’t easy” to come to a decision Friday on the roster status of the two exNFL players who are now eligible to play for the Tigers. Kiffin and his staff chose not to add tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris to their roster prior to Saturday’s season opener vs. Clemson. But they did decide to leave two of the 105 spots open to ensure they could add both players to the team later in the season. “I feel for the players,” Kiffin said, “and I believe that you fight for what you believe in, and I believe these kids have the opportunity to play, just like all the other kids around the country that are winning court cases and being put on rosters. “But at the same time, I’m the head coach of LSU. And I had to make a decision that is for the big picture of LSU and the LSU football program with the uncertainties of what potentially could
have come by adding them to the roster.” It’s unclear what ramifications LSU could face if it adds Wright and Harris to the roster. When Baton Rouge judge William Jorden sided with the athlete plaintiffs in a ruling he issued Thursday, he enjoined LSU with both the NCAA and the SEC, preventing the school from standing in the way of the players’ newly won right to play fifth seasons. That decision aims to protect the Tigers from a new SEC rule that bars players who had signed contracts with NFL, NBA and WNBA teams from competing in the league. But LSU, Kiffin and athletic director Verge Ausberry are also now defendants in a lawsuit that the SEC filed in an Alabama federal court Thursday. In the filing, the league is seeking legal cover to enforce its new rule, which carries strict penalties for any program that violates it. The conference’s presidents and athletic directors voted to allow commissioner Greg Sankey to issue a half-season suspension to a program’s coach, cut the sports
program’s budget in half and strip the university in question of its conference voting privileges. The reaction from the SEC and college football world over LSU’s decision to try to add these players didn’t surprise Kiffin. “I think it was the perfect storm. I think it was LSU. It was Lane Kiffin. It was a player that had an NFL uniform on. He used to play at Ole Miss,” Kiffin told “Marty and McGee” on Saturday. “The part I feel bad about? None of that’s his fault. And he has to sit at home today and watch everybody else play? Including players that got six years, that he knows that are older than him? Wrong.” LSU’s decision not to add Wright and Harris to the roster Friday bought it time to sort through all the legal complexities of the situation. Ryan Downton, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement Saturday that leaving Wright and Harris off the initial roster was a “measured decision” that should “lower the temperature” and “let level heads prevail” — for now. “We couldn’t get exactly the reasons or exactly what that would
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LSU coach Lane Kiffin talks with radio sportscaster Chris Blair on ‘The Lane Kiffin Show’ on Thursday at Court to Table. mean if we added them,” Kiffin said. “So, with that, (we) made the decision, which is the best interest of the team and the university.” The SEC rule does not apply to new LSU defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka, a former Notre Dame player who was a plaintiff
in the initial lawsuit. He did not sign with an NFL team this summer, and he was officially added to the Tigers’ roster on Friday. He was active against Clemson on Saturday. Email Reed Darcey at reed. darcey@theadvocate.com.
U.S. OPEN
Zheng pulls off comeback over Keys BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP sportswriter
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Dick Gould, a 17-time champion coach at Stanford, looks on as he is honored at the U.S. Open on Saturday in New York.
Coaching legend Gould celebrated BY BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press
NEW YORK — Want to know how good Dick Gould’s teams were at Stanford? The answer was right there on his shoes. Gould returned to the U.S. Open on Saturday and was honored during the first match of the night session. The longtime coach, who had John McEnroe among his many future pros, hadn’t been back to the event in years but his former players wanted to celebrate him this year. Gould wore specially designed Nike sneakers that were made for him for the occasion. White and cardinal red, one had a 17 on it, signifying his total of NCAA national championships, with his record of 776-148 on the tongue. “I loved coaching. I really enjoyed working with the age group, especially the 18 to 22-year-olds,” Gould said. “It’s the first time away from their parents, and you want to be independent, and the other hand, you can’t quite be, and sometimes some poor advice to help navigate things with you in a subtle way.” Gould was at Stanford from 1966-2004. Only four coaches at any level of college, men’s or women’s, won as many national titles, and his players won 17 individual NCAA cham-
pionships. Some of his best, topped by McEnroe and twins Mike and Bob Bryan, went on to win multiple Grand Slam titles. He hadn’t been able to catch up with all of them on his first day back, noting that they are actually working at the U.S. Open or in tennis. John and Patrick McEnroe, who also played for Gould, are broadcasting the event. Bob Bryan is the U.S. Davis Cup captain. “I think that’s one of the things I’m most proud of, just the idea that they’re still involved in tennis and they’re giving back to the game in some shape or form,” Gould said. Gould had four players in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1983. He wonders now how good his, or any college teams, could be in the age of name, image and likeness, and with players now allowed to accept prize money while retaining eligibility. “With all the NIL money, transfer portals and stuff, it’s just the Wild West out there,” Gould said. “One day to the next you don’t know what the rules are going to be. “Now I think you could technically buy a championship by raising an extra amount of money for a year or two of players,” he added. “That’s a sad situation, if that were to happen, but I think it is a possibility nowadays.”
NEW YORK — Zheng Qinwen was on her back with her arms in the air, celebrating a U.S. Open victory maybe only she believed was possible. Madison Keys fought off tears as she tried to explain how Zheng, way down and all but out, somehow got the win. Zheng, the Olympic gold medalist, extended her return to the U.S. Open on Saturday with a spectacular and stunning rally, winning the final seven games to eliminate No. 22 Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5. “I feel like I obviously got off to a really good lead, and then I just got really — I mean, got really scared, like I couldn’t swing,” Keys said. “I don’t know. Tennis just feels really hard right now, so I feel like that kind of took over.” Hours later, 13th-seeded Naomi Osaka joined her in the fourth round by defeating Elise Mertens 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, in a match that lasted two hours, 38 minutes. The two-time champion from Japan put her head on her racket after the final point, stunned herself at the victory. “Honestly, I can’t believe I won this match,” Osaka said. “I’m literally shocked that I won this match.” Not quite as big a comeback as Zheng, but Osaka was down 4-2 in the third set and apologized for expressing so much frustration throughout a tough night. “There was a certain point, I don’t know, I felt like I put my entire heart on the court and then I just kept trying every single point,” Osaka said. “I didn’t feel like I played amazing, and it was really getting me down. I was very negative on myself.” Osaka avoided the kind of exit men’s No. 9 seed Taylor Fritz endured, blowing a two-set lead and falling to No. 24 Francisco Cerundolo 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. “I don’t know how I let that happen today,” Fritz said.
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Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates after she won her match against American Madison Keys during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in New York.
Top seeds knocked out Amanda Anisimova, like Fritz and Keys a past runnerup at the U.S. Open, also was knocked out when the No. 10 seed lost to No. 24 Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 7-5. No. 5 Flavio Cobolli, the French Open runner-up, lost in four sets to No. 28 Alexander Blockx to leave the men’s draw without six of the top 10 seeds. Keys won a three-set match in the previous round in a match tiebreaker when she fought off five match points. Two days later came a collapse that was as out-ofnowhere as that comeback. The 2017 runner-up rebounded after losing the second-set tiebreaker to charge out to a 5-0 lead. Zheng held but Keys had a match point while serving at 5-1, and once she couldn’t convert that, the turnaround was on, with Keys at one point banging her racket into her head repeatedly and pulling off her visor in disgust. “I’m just telling myself keep holding every single point, never give up, stay there and somehow little by little it just happened,” Zheng said. She won the gold medal
for China at the 2024 Olympics after reaching the Australian Open final that year, and has been ranked as high as No. 4. But after elbow surgery, she is down to No. 121 and had to go through qualifying just to make the main draw. “The hard work pays off,” said Zheng, who will play 2022 U.S. Open champion Iga Swiatek next.
Gauff moves on Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, beat Cristina Bucsa 6-3, 6-4. Either No. 17 Alex Eala from the Philippines or 14th-seeded American Iva Jovic is up next. “Honestly, I feel like I’m definitely used to getting to Week 2s now because I feel like I woke up today and I was like, ‘Oh, we’re already in Round 3,’ ” Gauff said. “So, I think that’s a good sign, just feeling like I’m not feeling tired.” Keys, who won the 2025 Australian Open for her lone Grand Slam title, said she was going to have to make some unspecified changes she has been putting off. “I think she started playing better; I started playing poorly,” Keys said. “Then I
felt like I couldn’t play tennis anymore, and it just felt like it was a much bigger deal than just playing a tennis match all of a sudden.” Fritz stormed through his first two rounds, losing a total of 11 games, and there was no hint of trouble when he broke Cerundolo to open the third set. But Cerundolo broke right back and started to feel more comfortable in his first time playing in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Anisimova missed repeated chances by converting just 3 of 16 break-point chances (19%). Potapova, a 25-year-old who was born in Russia but now represents Austria, went 6 for 8 and matched her best showing in a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the fourth round. Anisimova made the final at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2025, falling to Aryna Sabalenka in Flushing Meadows. But after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, the American was eliminated in the third round of the last three majors this year. Potapova will play No. 5 seed Mirra Andreeva, the French Open champion.
Southeastern falls to South Alabama; Kansas St. hammers Nicholls Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. — Bishop Davenport threw for 154 yards and a touchdown and ran for another as South Alabama beat Southeastern 39-14 on Saturday. Davenport completed 18 of 27 passes without an interception. South Alabama rushed for 241 yards and three touchdowns, with PJ Martin leading the way with 69 yards on 18 carries. The Jaguars scored the first 19 points as Davenport connected with Brendan Jenkins for a 26-yard touchdown
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less than two minutes into the game, and Trae’von Dunbar added a 1-yard rushing score late in the first quarter. Southeastern (0-2) cut the deficit to 22-14 early in the third quarter on Kyle Lowe’s second touchdown pass to Lonnie Shinn. Lowe threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted twice. Shinn caught four passes for 54 yards and both Southeastern touchdowns. Kansas State 71, Nicholls 3: In Manhattan, Kansas, Avery
Johnson threw for 199 yards and accounted for four touchdowns in just over a half, Rodney Fields ran for 101 yards and a score, and Kansas State opened the Collin Klein era by trouncing Nicholls. The Wildcats (1-0) piled up 559 yards of offense and finished just five points shy of the single-game school record. The Colonels (1-1) were coming off a lopsided win over Mississippi Valley State, but they found the going much tougher against a team with Big 12 title aspira-
tions. They went three-andout on their first five possessions and finished with 122 yards of offense. Ean Rodrigue was 7 of 19 for 30 yards for Nicholls. Tamaj Hoffman had 43 yards on the ground. Mississippi State 62, UL-Monroe 13: In Starkville, Mississippi, Kamario Taylor passed for 354 yards and four touchdowns, added 59 yards and a score on the ground, and Mississippi State cruised past UL-Monroe in the season opener for both teams. Mississippi State’s 62 points is tied for the 14th
most in program history. The Bulldogs scored on all seven of their first-half drives and eight straight overall, finally punting with 6:52 left in the third quarter. Taylor was electric in the first half. The sophomore completed 21 of his 32 pass attempts. For the Warhawks, Aiden Armenta was 10 for 16 for 63 yards and Austin Carlisle rushed for 50 yards on seven carries. Louisiana Tech 80, Northwestern State 6: In Ruston, Blake Baker accounted for three of Louisiana Tech’s 10 touch-
downs as the Bulldogs opened their season with a rout over Northwestern State. Louisiana Tech set a program best in points scored, surpassing the 76 it put up against Rice on Nov. 29, 2014. The Bulldogs led 63-3 at halftime. Baker tossed a 75-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Mickens on the Bulldogs’ first play from scrimmage. Baker added a 27-yard TD pass to Jay Wilkerson on their next possession. Baker’s 9-yard TD pass to Eli Finley made it 42-3 midway through the second quarter.
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THREE AND OUT: GUERRY SMITH’S TOP TAKEAWAYS FROM THE GREEN WAVE’S LOSS AT DUKE
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WHAT WE LEARNED What a brutal start. Duke running back Nate Sheppard always was going to be tough to stop, but the Green Wave sabotaged its chance to win with a boatload of mistakes and some missed tackles because it did not wrap up.This one started poorly when the Blue Devils converted five long third downs on their opening touchdown drive. Offensively, the Wave killed any chance it had with a series of false starts and holding calls on the line.With Tulane down only seven in the fourth quarter, an unnecessary interference penalty on TJ Smith turned what would have been a fourth down into a Duke touchdown drive.
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TRENDING NOW A quarterback quandary. Zeon ChrissGremillion was pulled at halftime after struggling in the passing game. Kadin Semonza looked like he might provide a spark with a couple of big passes in the second half, but they turned into only three points as Tulane struggled to hold up on the offensive line. Chriss-Gremillion won a tight battle for the starting job in preseason camp, but the quick hook indicated a lack of confidence in the choice.The Wave has a host of issues to clean up, but it remains unclear who the best option is at the most important position on offense.
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FINAL THOUGHTS This was ugly. In an opener that featured a ton of sloppiness for both teams, neither of which looked anything like the reigning conference champions they were,Tulane could not take advantage of all of the opportunities Duke gave it.The Wave was fortunate to lose by 14 considering how much it struggled at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Duke held Tulane to 258 yards and 10 first downs while Sheppard rushed for 227 yards — more than Tulane’s total yardage until garbage time. Everything needs to be better against South Alabama next Saturday.
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Tulane quarterback Kadin Semonza looks for an open receiver against Duke defense on Saturday in Durham, N.C. Tulane lost its season opener 17-3.
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Continued from page 1C costly fumble at the end of a rare long gain. Duke hardly was clean itself, missing a 32-yard field goal, committing eight penalties and failing to convert a pair of fourth downs in Tulane territory while quarterback Walker Eget missed open receivers in the end zone at least three times. The sparse crowd booed him when he returned to the field in the fourth quarter after backup Dan Mahan relieved him for one snap. The Wave was too toothless offensively to take advantage. Hall benched starting quarterback Zeon Chriss-Gremillion after a scoreless first half and went with Kadin Semonza the rest of the way. Chriss-Gremillion was 6 of 9 for 64 yards and rushed five times for 15 yards. The offense managed three first downs while he played. “I just felt like Zeon’s eyes were dancing on a few plays,” Hall said. “We needed a spark, and Kadin provided that. He took us down the field every time, but we fumbled and had penalties.” Receiver Destyn Hill coughed up the ball at the end of a 39-yard catch and run at the end of Semonza’s first series. Two holding penalties, a false start and a chop block sabotaged his next three possessions before the Wave finally scored on a Jackson Courville field goal with 13:37 left. “We’re a young group,” Tulane center Gavin Marks said. “We should have prepared better. It was extremely frustrating. We’ve just got to keep our morale high. We can’t get down after a bad play.” The Wave was fortunate to be down only 10-0 at halftime after almost nothing went right. The defense could not get off the field on the opening possession despite forcing Duke into a third and 9, a third and 6, a third and 12, a third and 7 and a third and 6. Sheppard converted the last one, avoiding three tackles with cuts before running through safety Jack Tchienchou to reach the end zone
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TUL — FG Courville 37, 13:37. DUKE — Sheppard 14 run (Salas kick), 6:44. TUL DUKE First downs 11 20 Total Net Yards 270 381 Rushes-yards 26-54 49-250 Passing 216 131 Punt Returns 2-12 4-5 Kickoff Returns 1-24 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-0 13-29-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20 0-0 Punts 7-45.0 4-54.25 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 15-109 8-41 Time of Possession 25:09 34:51
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RUSHING — Tulane, J.Daniels 8-31, Turner 4-15, Chriss-Gremillion 6-7, Lucas 3-3, K.Semonza 5-(minus 2). Duke, Sheppard 35-227, Campbell 1025, Mahan 2-8, (Team) 1-(minus 1), Eget 1-(minus 9). PASSING — Tulane, K.Semonza 11-22-0-152, Chriss-Gremillion 6-9-0-64. Duke, Eget 13-27-0-131, (Team) 0-1-0-0, Mahan 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING — Tulane, Hill 5-79, Brown-Stephens 4-16, Richardson 2-29, Turner 1-44, Z.Lewis 1-27, C.Semonza 1-11, Mitchell 1-8, Lucas 1-5, Mmahat 1-(minus 3). Duke, Burton 3-38, Campbell 3-22, Sheppard 3-19, Hasley 2-36, Moore 1-11, Taylor 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS — Tulane, Courville 43. Duke, Salas 32.
for a 9-yard score. Sheppard, who had 51 yards on 11 carries on the drive, broke tackles repeatedly on his way to 139 yards before halftime. He raced 47 yards on the first play of Duke’s third drive despite being stopped near the line of scrimmage, getting free and forcing safety Kevin Adams to chase him down at the Tulane 21. “He’s a good back,” said Adams, who made a team-high 11 tackles and ran down Sheppard at the end of an early long run. “He’s stronger than I thought he was, and he has some breakout speed, too.” Sheppard’s 22-yard gain through a big hole kick-started another Duke drive, but the Blue Devils again failed to turn it into points. Eget overthrew a wideopen receiver for what would have been a touchdown. A false-start penalty forced Duke into third and long, and after Hall declined a second penalty to create a fourth and 7 from the 31, linebacker Chris Rodgers tackled running back CJ Campbell just shy of the
“We’re a young group. We should have prepared better. It was extremely frustrating. We’ve just got to keep our morale high. We can’t get down after a bad play.” GAVIN MARKS, Tulane center
Hamilton plays after getting injunction Fifth-year senior DT makes three tackles BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer
DURHAM,N.C.— Fifth-year defensive tackle Kam Hamilton entered during the first series and was a major part of Tulane’s line rotation on Saturday, making three tackles in the Green Wave’s 17-3 loss to Duke. Hamilton, who started 23 games for Tulane before going undrafted April as a Notebook in fourth-year senior, received an injunction in court that allowed him to return. He began practicing two weeks ago, but the Wave did not confirm his eligibility to play until an hour before kickoff at Wade Wallace Stadium. Hamilton, who was auto-enrolled in the draft, participated in workouts with the Saints and Arizona Cardinals but never signed an NFL contract. The NCAA recently adopted a rule change that granted five years of college eligibility, and although players from the Class of 2022 were not grandfathered in, Hamilton is one of many who sought redress in the court system. His injunction specifies that Tulane will not be penalized if he is ruled ineligible down the road. The American Conference issued a statement last week that participating in an NFL tryout would not trigger a punishment if players like Hamilton were ruled ineligible in the future. Hamilton, a former Zachary High standout, graduated from Tulane in May after never redshirting. He made 15 tackles as a freshman reserve, 24 tackles and four sacks as a sophomore, 21 tackles and 41/ 2 sacks while starting nine games as a junior and 29 tackles and three sacks while starting 13 games last season. He was a third-team All-American Conference pick in 2024. Born legally deaf, Hamilton requires hand signals to know the defensive calls on each play but adjusted rapidly at Tulane, which was the only FBS school to offer him a scholarship. “I think he can help us a lot,” coach Will Hall said. “He’s a Tulane guy. When everybody was cleared to have another year, it was great for him to get another year back. He’s been at Tulane his whole career. Our players were excited to have him back.”
Bad weather first down on the sideline —needing a replay overrule to correct an awarded first down. A promising opening drive for Tulane ended when Chriss-Gremillion was stuffed for a 3-yard loss on third and 4 from the Duke 37, leading to a punt that went into the end zone. Aside from a 44-yard catch and run by Maurice Turner after Chriss-Gremillion scrambled away from pressure, the offense struggled the rest of the way. Backto-back deflected passes — the second of which Chriss-Gremillion hit the back of defensive tackle David Anderson — Jackson Courville banged a 43-yard field goal off the right upright. The next possession was worse. A pair of bubble screens that lost yards bookended a second false start by left tackle Dominic Steward and a pass that hit Turner in his face mask. A short punt set up Duke at the Tulane 48. After a 20-yard completion converted another long third down, Sheppard broke three tackles on one play to move the ball to the 10. Eget then missed open tight end Jeremiah Hasley in the end zone twice in a row, forcing the Blue Devils to settle for a 23-yard field as time ran out. The second half was more of the same. Even as Duke failed to stretch its lead, Tulane could not capitalize. It was the Wave’s first game without a touchdown since a 24-6 loss to Auburn in 2019, when Hall was the offensive coordinator. “Most of it can be fixed, but it’s got to be fixed,” Hall said. “It’s got to be fixed on Monday, and it’s going to be fixed on Monday.”
Lightning in the area, which was accompanied by a brief downpour, delayed the start of the game for 90 minutes and emptied Wallace Wade Stadium. The teams finally went on the field for warm-ups at 3 p.m. as the pre-game clock was set to 60 minutes, and there were no further delays. The rain cooled some sweltering conditions with the temperature reaching 95 degrees earlier in the day. “We tried to handle it the best we could,” Hall said. “Our leadership did a good job of being positive. When you’re the visiting team, you don’t have all the resources you have when you’re the whole team, but that’s no excuse. We control our performance.”
On the road This was Tulane’s first scheduled road opener since 2020, when the Wave played at South Alabama in Hall’s second year as offensive coordinator for Willie Fritz. Tulane opened at Oklahoma in 2021 but only because Hurricane Ida forced that game to be moved from Yulman Stadium. The Wave is 1-8 in seasonopening games away from home this century, with the come-from-behind 27-24 victory at South Alabama its only win. The list of opponents includes Alabama, Oklahoma twice, Ole Miss and BYU.
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SCOREBOARD Odds Sports Betting Line College Football Sunday
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY at WASH 21½ 23½ at ND 20½ 20½ at OLE MISS 6½ 6½
O/U UNDERDOG (51½) Wash St (46½) Wisconsin (55½) Louisville
FAVORITE SMU
O/U UNDERDOG (53½) at FSU
Monday
MLB
OPEN TODAY 2½ 3
Sunday
American League FAVORITE LINE at BALTIMORE OFF at CLEVELAND OFF at KANSAS CITY OFF at TEXAS OFF at SEATTLE -257 at WHITE SOX OFF National League FAVORITE LINE at CINCINNATI OFF at PHILA OFF at N.Y METS OFF at MIAMI OFF St. Louis -125 at LA DODGERS OFF Interleague FAVORITE LINE at PITTS OFF at HOUSTON OFF at SAN DIEGO OFF
UNDERDOG Boston Detroit Toronto Tampa Bay Athletics Minnesota
LINE OFF OFF OFF OFF +203 OFF
UNDERDOG LINE Milwaukee OFF Atlanta OFF San Fran OFF Chi Cubs OFF at COLORADO +103 Washington OFF UNDERDOG LA Angels Arizona N.Y Yankees
LINE OFF OFF OFF
Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta x-Indiana x-New York x-Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut
W 26 26 24 24 15 11 10
L 14 14 16 16 25 29 30
Pct GB .650 — .650 — .600 2 .600 2 .375 11 .275 15 .250 16
x-Minnesota x-Golden State x-Las Vegas x-Dallas Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle
W 31 29 27 24 16 15 14 8
L 9 11 13 16 24 25 26 32
Pct GB .775 — .725 2 .675 4 .600 7 .400 15 .375 16 .350 17 .200 23
WESTERN CONFERENCE
x-clinched playoff spot Friday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Saturday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Sunday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Pro football NFL Glance Wednesday’s Games
New England at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
San Francisco vs L.A. Rams at Melbourne, VIC, 7:35 p.m.
Sept. 13 Games
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, noon Baltimore at Indianapolis, noon Buffalo at Houston, noon Chicago at Carolina, noon Cleveland at Jacksonville, noon N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, noon New Orleans at Detroit, noon Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, noon Arizona at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. Miami at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m.
Sept. 14 Games
Denver at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
Tennis US Open Results Saturday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $5,438,400 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Saturday from US Open at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):
Men’s Singles
Third Round Francisco Cerundolo (24), Argentina, def. Taylor Fritz (9), United States, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Alexander Blockx (28), Belgium, def. Flavio Cobolli (5), Italy, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3.
Women’s Singles
Third Round Anastasia Potapova (24), Russia, def. Amanda Anisimova (10), United States, 6-2, 7-5. Zheng Qinwen, China, def. Madison Keys (22), United States, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Mirra Andreeva (5), Russia, def. Nikola Bartunkova, Czechia, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Iga Swiatek (8), Poland, def. Marie Bouzkova (25), Czechia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
Men’s Doubles
First Round Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (15), United States, def. Bart Stevens, Netherlands, and Filip Pieczonka, Poland, 6-1, 7-6 (1). Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (2), Argentina, def. Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela, Mexico, and Hendrik Jebens, Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac, United States, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Yuki Bhambri, India, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons, United States, def. Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, and Ray Ho, Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, and Juncheng Shang, China, def. Fabian Marozsan, Hungary, and Sebastian Baez, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4. Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner, Germany, def. Noah Johnston, United States, and Yannik Alvarez, Puerto Rico, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Manuel Guinard (7), France, def. Finn Reynolds and James Watt, New Zealand, 6-2, 6-4. Christian Harrison, United States, and Neal Skupski (5), Britain, def. Arthur Reymond and Luca Sanchez, France, 6-0, 7-6 (3).
Women’s Doubles
Second Round Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, and Erin Routliffe (9), New Zealand, def. Leylah Fernandez, Canada, and Janice Tjen, Indonesia, 6-4, 6-4. Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, and Ellen Perez (10), Australia, def. Qianhui Tang, China, and Elena Pridankina, Russia, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Xu Yifan and Wang Xiyu, China, 6-3, 6-4.
Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, and Anna Bondar, Hungary, def. Magda Linette and Maja Chwalinska, Poland, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Ingrid Neel, Estonia, and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Ena Shibahara, Japan, and Lanlana Tararudee, Thailand, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. Storm Hunter, Australia, and Desirae Krawczyk (13), United States, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Magali Kempen, Belgium, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Auto racing
St Louis City 9 6 7 34 33 Colorado 10 11 1 31 31 San Diego FC 8 8 6 30 40 Minnesota United 7 7 8 29 30 Real Salt Lake 8 9 4 28 34 Portland 8 10 4 28 39 Seattle 7 9 5 26 24 LA Galaxy 6 9 8 26 28 Austin FC 6 10 6 24 28 Sporting Kansas City 4 15 3 15 20 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.37 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, .000 mph. 2. (7) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, .000. 3. (60) Ryan Preece, Ford, .000. 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, .000. 5. (71) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, .000. 6. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, .000. 7. (19) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, .000. 8. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, .000. 9. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, .000. 10. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, .000. 11. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, .000. 12. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, .000. 13. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, .000. 14. (21) Josh Berry, Ford, .000. 15. (35) Riley Herbst, Toyota, .000. 16. (41) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, .000. 17. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, .000. 18. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, .000. 19. (42) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, .000. 20. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, .000. 21. (34) Todd Gilliland, Ford, .000. 22. (67) Corey Heim, Toyota, .000. 23. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, .000. 24. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, .000. 25. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, .000. 26. (97) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, .000. 27. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, .000. 28. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, .000. 29. (4) Noah Gragson, Ford, .000. 30. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, .000. 31. (88) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, .000. 32. (33) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, .000. 33. (38) Zane Smith, Ford, .000. 34. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, .000. 35. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, .000. 36. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota, .000. 37. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, .000. 38. (66) Chad Finchum, Ford, .000.
Orlando City at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Columbus at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte FC at CF Montréal, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. New England at New York City FC, 7 p.m. Colorado at Austin FC, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Houston, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. New York at Los Angeles FC, 9:30 p.m. St Louis City at Portland, 9:30 p.m. San Jose at San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Seattle ppd. LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 12
Charlotte FC at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m. New York at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m. Portland at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at St Louis City, 7:30 p.m. CF Montréal at Colorado, 8:30 p.m. New York City FC at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. Seattle at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m. Houston at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
EAST
SOUTH
Alabama 48, East Carolina 10 Alabama St. 34, Lane 0 Appalachian St. 55, Maine 3 Auburn 17, Baylor 16 Duke 17, Tulane 3 ETSU 48, Tusculum 14
Omega European Masters
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At Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club Crans-Montana, Switzerland Purse: $3.3 million Yardage: 6,830; Par: 70 Third Round Paul Casey, England 67-64-63—194 -16 Nacho Elvira, Spain 67-62-68—197 -13 E. Lopez-Chacarra, Spain 65-67-65—197 -13 M. Steinlechner, Austria 66-68-63—197 -13 E. Van Rooyen, South Africa 67-67-63—197 -13 Angel Ayora Fanegas, Spain 64-68-66—198 -12 Todd Clements, England 64-68-67—199 -11 Francesco Laporta, Italy 67-67-65—199 -11 Keita Nakajima, Japan 67-63-69—199 -11 Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain 66-65-69—200 -10 Joel Girrbach, Switzerland 70-63-67—200 -10 Harry Hall, England 65-68-67—200 -10 Angel Hidalgo, Spain 70-63-67—200 -10 R. Højgaard, Denmark 68-66-66—200 -10 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden 66-66-68—200 -10 Romain Langasque, France 68-67-65—200 -10 T. Lawrence, South Africa 64-63-73—200 -10 David Puig, Spain 66-67-67—200 -10 Patrick Reed, United States 66-67-67—200 -10 Antoine Rozner, France 66-67-67—200 -10 Matt Wallace, England 68-66-66—200 -10 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 69-68-63—200 -10 Danny Willett, England 69-66-65—200 -10 Sean Crocker, United States 73-64-64—201 -9 Jeremy Paul, Germany 65-64-72—201 -9 B. Stone, South Africa 69-63-69—201 -9 Ashun Wu, China 63-68-70—201 -9 Davis Bryant, United States 66-66-70—202 -8 Thomas Detry, Belgium 68-64-70—202 -8 Ryan Gerard, United States 69-68-65—202 -8 Calum Hill, Scotland 68-67-67—202 -8 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-69-66—202 -8 Adrian Meronk, Poland 66-68-68—202 -8 Fred Biondi, Brazil 67-67-69—203 -7 Manuel Elvira, Spain 66-70-67—203 -7 A. Halvorsen, Norway 69-66-68—203 -7 Hao-Tong Li, China 67-68-68—203 -7 Z. Lombard, South Africa 69-68-66—203 -7 Edoardo Molinari, Italy 71-63-69—203 -7 Jack Yule, England 65-69-69—203 -7 I. Cantero Gutierrez, Spain 66-71-67—204 -6 Quentin Debove, France 68-67-69—204 -6 Marco Penge, England 68-68-68—204 -6 Tom Vaillant, France 69-68-67—204 -6 Alejandro Del Rey, Spain 67-69-69—205 -5 Dylan Frittelli, South Africa 71-65-69—205 -5 Sergio Garcia, Spain 70-63-72—205 -5 Nathan Kimsey, England 71-65-69—205 -5 David Law, Scotland 70-67-68—205 -5 Joshua Berry, England 67-68-71—206 -4 J. Kruyswijk, South Africa 67-66-73—206 -4 Niklas Lemke, Sweden 65-70-71—206 -4 Stefano Mazzoli, Italy 67-70-69—206 -4 Guido Migliozzi, Italy 68-69-69—206 -4 Yurav Premlall, South Africa 68-67-71—206 -4 Shubhankar Sharma, India 64-68-74—206 -4 D. Van Driel, Netherlands 69-68-69—206 -4 Gregorio De Leo, Italy 70-63-74—207 -3 Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 68-67-72—207 -3 J. Trey Schper, South Africa 67-69-72—208 -2 K. Aphibarnrat, Thailand 70-67-72—209 -1 M. Hollick, South Africa 69-68-72—209 -1 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 67-69-73—209 -1 Marcel Schneider, Germany 70-67-72—209 -1 Yanhan Zhou, China 70-67-72—209 -1 Ugo Coussaud, France 66-69-75—210 E S. Soderberg, Sweden 71-64-75—210 E
Soccer MLS Glance W L T Pts GF 16 2 5 53 47 12 4 6 42 56 11 6 4 37 39 11 7 4 37 36 10 7 5 35 40 8 7 7 31 49 7 8 8 29 36 7 10 5 26 32 7 11 4 25 37 5 7 10 25 32 5 7 10 25 28 6 10 6 24 34 6 13 3 21 25 5 11 6 21 30 5 12 5 20 31
GA 17 41 28 27 32 51 31 46 54 38 36 39 38 46 39
W L T Pts GF 13 4 4 43 48 12 7 3 39 30 10 7 6 36 36 10 8 4 34 39 9 6 7 34 41
GA 18 26 22 33 37
Elon 38, Davidson 0 Georgia 63, Tennessee St. 3 Georgia Southern 31, Charleston Southern 0 Jacksonville St. 49, E. Kentucky 7 James Madison 20, Liberty 13 Kentucky 45, Youngstown St. 13 McNeese St. 52, Texas Wesleyan Rams 0 Memphis 42, Arkansas St. 24 Mercer 62, Presbyterian 3 NC Central 27, Elizabeth City St. 6 Old Dominion 31, Norfolk St. 10 South Alabama 39, SE Louisiana 14 South Carolina 57, Kent St. 0 South Florida 19, FIU 9 Southern Miss. 49, Alcorn St. 3 Stetson 45, Webber International Warriors 10 Tennessee 56, Furman 9 Tennessee Tech 24, Chattanooga 9 The Citadel 43, Charlotte 41, 3OT Troy 24, Sam Houston St. 21 Vanderbilt 28, Austin Peay 9 William & Mary 22, Delaware St. 15 Wofford 17, Gardner-Webb 13
MIDWEST
Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City West Division Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles
Friday’s Games
L 57 61 65 71 73
Pct GB .596 — .567 4 .542 7½ .500 13½ .486 15½
W 74 72 67 64 63
L 67 70 74 77 79
Pct GB .525 — .507 2½ .475 7 .454 10 .444 11½
W 73 70 66 56 53
L 69 72 76 86 88
Pct GB .514 — .493 3 .465 7 .394 17 .376 19½
Cleveland 7, Detroit 6, 1st game Pittsburgh 1, L.A. Angels 0 Boston 1, Baltimore 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 4, Detroit 3, 10 innings, 2nd game Toronto 9, Kansas City 2 Houston 3, Arizona 1 Tampa Bay 7, Texas 6 San Diego 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, 10 innings Athletics 7, Seattle 6
Saturday’s Games
Detroit 6, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 6, Pittsburgh 1 Toronto 4, Kansas City 3 Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3, 10 innings Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 5, Baltimore 0 Arizona at Houston, n N.Y. Yankees at San Diego,n Athletics at Seattle, n
American League ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Jack Perkins to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Joey Estes from Las Vegas. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated C Kyle Teel from the 10-day IL. Optioned C Drew Romo to Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Designated RHP Carlos Hernández for assignment. Placed RHP Colin Holderman on the 15-day IL. Reinstated RHP Slade Cecconi from the 15day IL. Recalled RHPs Austin Peterson and Daniel Espino from Columbus (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed LHP Steven Okert on the 15-day IL retroactive to Sept. 1. Recalled LHP Bryan King from Sugar Land Space (PCL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent OF Drew Waters outright to Omaha (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent RHP Sam Bachman on a rehab assignment to Rancho Cucamonga (CAL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Troy Taylor from Tacoma (PCL). Placed LHP Hoby Milner on the family medical emergency list. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHP Shane McClanahan on the 15-day IL. Recalled RHP Alex Cook from Durham (IL). Reinstated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day IL. Placed RHP Manuel Rodríguez on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 3. TEXAS RANGERS — Sent C Kyle Higashioka on a rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated RHP Jameson Taillon from the 15-day IL. Optioned LHP Ricky Tiedemann to Buffalo (IL). Sent OF Daz Cameron outright to Buffalo. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Designated CF Jorge Barrosa for assignment. Reinstated LF Tommy Troy from the 10-day IL. CINCINNATI REDS — Transferred 1B Michael Toglia to the 60-day IL. Optioned 2B Ivan Johnson to Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of CF Carlos Jorge from Louisville. COLORADO ROCKIES — Claimed LHP Hayden Harris off waivers from Atlanta. Optioned LHP Hayden Harris to Albuquerque (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated C Christian Bethancourt for assignment. Reinstated SS Konnor Griffin from the 60-day IL. Optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHP Isaac Mattson from Indianapolis. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed C Jesus Rodriguez on the 60-day IL. Claimed RHP Joel Kuhnel off waivers from Milwaukee. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reinstated RHP Andre Pallante from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Ryan Fernandez to Memphis (IL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Designated RHP Max Kranick for assignment. Sent LHP Tom Cosgrove outright to Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Jack Sinclair from Rochester.
FOOTBALL
National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed LB Bralen Trice to the practice squad. Released DE Khalid Kareem from the practice squad. BUFFALO BILLS Released LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Waived T Ryan Hayes. CHICAGO BEARS — Released WR Ray-Ray McCloud. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived G C.J. Hanson, QB Chris Oladokun and RB E.J. Smith from injured reserve with injury settlements. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Signed WR Ronnie Bell, G Evan Neal and LB Azeez Ojulari to the practice squad. Released LB Jahfari Harvey, T Kamar Missouri and TE Albert Okwuegbunam from the practice squad. Waived WR Chase Roberts from injured reserve with an injury settlement. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Waived LB Kyle Kennard from injured reserve with an injury settlement. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived T Carter Warren. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived LB Jacob Roberts from injured reserve with an injury settlement. Waived WR Dontae Fleming. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived LB Michael Heldman and RB Devin Neal. NEW YORK JETS — Waived TE Connor Hulstein and RB Dominic Richardson. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived T Amari Kight. TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived LB Dominique Washington. WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Waived LB T.J. Maguranyanga from injured reserve with an injury settlement. Waived DB Malik Spencer.
Cincinnati 34, Boston College 15 Indiana 52, North Texas 16 Iowa 40, N. Illinois 0 Iowa St. 38, SE Missouri 10 Kansas St. 71, Nicholls 3 N. Dakota St. 38, Fordham 0 Nebraska 49, Ohio 21 North Dakota 62, St. Thomas (Minn.) 26 Ohio St. 56, Ball St. 3 Tarleton St. 20, Bowling Green 13
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 31, North Alabama 14 Houston 33, Oregon St. 20 Rice 31, Houston Christian 3 Texas 59, Texas State 7 Texas Tech 33, Abilene Christian 10 Tulsa 24, Oklahoma St. 10 UTSA 45, UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 16
FAR WEST
Air Force 34, Duquesne 0 Colorado St. 35, Wyoming 13 E. Washington 34, N. Iowa 24 Montana 45, Drake 10
East Division Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York
W 84 79 71 67 64
L 57 62 71 76 77
Pct GB .596 — .560 5 .500 13½ .469 18 .454 20
Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati
W 88 80 71 70 67
L 54 62 71 72 74
Pct GB .620 — .563 8 .500 17 .493 18 .475 20½
Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado
W 84 74 74 58 54
L 57 67 68 84 87
Pct GB .596 — .525 10 .521 10½ .408 26½ .383 30
Central Division
West Division
Friday’s Games
Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 1, L.A. Angels 0 Milwaukee 10, Cincinnati 7 N.Y. Mets 10, San Francisco 6 Chicago Cubs 6, Miami 1 Houston 3, Arizona 1 St. Louis 7, Colorado 6 San Diego 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 5, Washington 3
Saturday’s Games
San Francisco 9, N.Y. Mets 5 Chicago Cubs 6, Miami 5 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2 L.A. Angels 6, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee at Cincinnati, n Arizona at Houston, n N.Y. Yankees at San Diego, n St. Louis at Colorado, n Washington at L.A. Dodgers, n
Sunday’s Games
Sunday’s Games
Boston (Tolle 8-6) at Baltimore (Bradish 7-12), 12:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Ureña 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Skenes 9-11), 12:35 p.m. Detroit (Jobe 1-2) at Cleveland (Williams 13-7), 12:40 p.m. Arizona (Rodriguez 14-5) at Houston (Lambert 8-7), 1:10 p.m. Toronto (Arrighetti 7-8) at Kansas City (Dobnak 2-3), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Seymour 9-6) at Texas (Gore 8-10), 1:35 p.m. Athletics (Jump 6-9) at Seattle (Woo 10-9), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Cole 8-7) at San Diego (King 9-9), 3:10 p.m. Minnesota (Ober 7-4) at Chicago White Sox (Burke 8-6), 5:20 p.m.
Milwaukee (Harrison 10-4) at Cincinnati (Singer 5-13), 11:10 a.m. Atlanta (Mahle 5-10) at Philadelphia (Nola 6-10), 12:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Ureña 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Skenes 9-11), 12:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Boyd 8-3) at Miami (Phillips 4-6), 12:40 p.m. San Francisco (Webb 8-8) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 4-4), 12:40 p.m. Arizona (Rodriguez 14-5) at Houston (Lambert 8-7), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Leahy 10-4) at Colorado (Gordon 1-4), 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Cole 8-7) at San Diego (King 9-9), 3:10 p.m. Washington (Alvarez 2-6) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 9:10 p.m.
WILD CARD GLANCE
New England at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Austin FC at Vancouver, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego FC, 8 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL MAJOR SCORES Army 59, Bryant 3 Colgate 35, Holy Cross 10 Lehigh 45, Georgetown 14 Monmouth (NJ) 31, Sacred Heart 24 Navy 42, Towson 15 Penn St. 45, Marshall 0 Pittsburgh 59, Miami (Ohio) 14 Richmond 28, Howard 21 Robert Morris 29, W. Virginia St. 9 Stonehill 21, New Haven 3 Syracuse 66, New Hampshire 3 Temple 38, Rhode Island 14 Uconn 56, Lafayette 7 Villanova 17, Bucknell 16 Wagner 31, S. Connecticut 7 West Virginia 31, Coastal Carolina 24
Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore Central Division
National League
W 84 80 77 71 69
Sunday, September 13
Saturday
Vancouver Houston Los Angeles FC San Jose FC Dallas
30 28 33 32 33 39 29 35 41 54
Wednesday’s games
Golf
Western Conference
East H Division
Nashville 0, New York City FC 0, tie Saturday, September 5 Houston at Charlotte FC, 6:30 p.m. D.C. United at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:30 p.m. San Diego FC at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m. CF Montréal at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Austin FC, 7:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. New York at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. New England at LA Galaxy, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 9:30 p.m. St Louis City at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.
After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday
Nashville Inter Miami CF Chicago New England Charlotte FC Cincinnati New York City FC New York Orlando City Toronto FC D.C. United Philadelphia Atlanta CF Montréal Columbus
American League
Friday’s games
NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 Lineup
Eastern Conference
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League New York Boston Cleveland Toronto Texas Baltimore
W 80 77 72 71 70 69
National League L 61 65 70 71 72 73
Pct WCGB .567 +8½ .542 +5 .507 — .500 1 .493 2 .486 3
Chicago Philadelphia San Diego Arizona Miami St. Louis
W 80 79 74 74 71 71
L 62 62 67 68 71 71
Pct WCGB .563 +5½ .560 +5 .525 — .521 ½ .500 3½ .500 3½
BOX SCORES Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2
Detroit 6, Cleveland 0
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 0 2 0 Schwarber dh 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 Turner ss 4 1 10 3 0 0 0 Harper rf 4 0 20 4 0 0 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 21 4 0 0 0 Bohm 1b 3 0 00 4 0 0 0 Sosa lf 4 0 00 2 0 0 0 Marsh lf 0 0 00 3 1 1 1 Realmuto c 3 0 01 3 0 0 0 Stott 3b 4 0 00 Hill cf 4 1 20 Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 33 4 9 4 Atlanta 001 000 100 — 2 Philadelphia 210 100 00x — 4 DP_Atlanta 0, Philadelphia 1. LOB_Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 10. 3B_Hill (1). HR_Acuña (15), Riley (16), Schwarber (41). IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta 4 4 3 Pérez L,8-9 3 2⁄3 7 4 0 0 1 Kerr 3 1⁄3 1 0 Suter 1 1 0 0 1 2 Philadelphia Wheeler W,12-5 6 3 1 1 2 9 Bowlan H,13 1 1 1 1 0 1 Alvarado H,14 1 1 0 0 0 1 Duran S,30-32 1 0 0 0 0 1 ABS Challenge_Dubón (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bohm (Strike-Confirmed); Pérez (Ball-Confirmed); Kim (Strike-Confirmed); Alvarado (Ball-Confirmed). Umpires_Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Ryan Additon; Second, Clint Vondrak; Third, Steven Jaschinski. T_2:23. A_43,241 (42,901).
Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h bi Torres dh 5 2 2 0 Kwan lf 4 0 00 Lee 3b 3 1 0 0 Martínez rf 4 0 10 Greene lf 5 3 4 4 Ramírez 3b 4 0 00 Callahan lf 0 0 0 0 Adell dh 2 0 00 Dingler c 4 0 0 1 Fry 1b 3 0 10 Malgeri rf 5 0 3 1 Genao 2b 3 0 10 Torkelson 1b4 0 0 0 Halpin cf 2 0 00 Peck ss 3 0 2 0 Hedges c 2 0 00 McKinstry cf4 0 0 0 Rocchio ss 3 0 00 Báez 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 37 6 11 6 Totals 27 0 3 0 Detroit 101 001 300 — 6 Cleveland 000 000 000 — 0 E_Peterson (1). DP_Detroit 2, Cleveland 0. LOB_Detroit 8, Cleveland 3. 2B_Malgeri (3), Greene (27). HR_Greene 2 (18). SF_Dingler (4). S_Halpin (5). IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Valdez W,9-10 7 3 0 0 1 3 Finnegan 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brieske 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Messick L,11-9 6 7 3 3 2 12 Festa 1 3 3 3 1 1 Peterson 2 1 0 0 0 3 HBP_Valdez (Adell). ABS Challenge_Dingler (Strike-Confirmed); Lee (Strike-Confirmed). Umpires_Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Jacob Metz; Second, Tom Hanahan; Third, Manny Gonzalez. T_2:24. A_30,862 (34,788).
Chicago Cubs 6, Miami 5
San Francisco 9, N.Y. Mets 5
Chicago
San Francisco
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Baldwin c Acuña rf Olson 1b Harris cf Dubón lf Albies 2b Smith dh Riley 3b Kim ss
Miami
ab r h bi ab r h bi Armstrng cf 4 0 1 1 Stowers dh 4 1 21 Suzuki rf 3 1 1 0 Hernández lf 4 0 0 0 Busch 1b 5 1 2 1 Conine 1b 2 2 12 Bregman 3b 3 0 0 0 Lopez ss 3 1 10 Happ lf 4 0 2 2 Marsee cf 3 0 00 Hoerner ss 5 0 3 1 Caissie rf 3 0 01 Ramirez 2b 5 0 0 0 Ramírez ph-c 1 0 0 0 Conforto dh 3 2 2 1 Mack c 3 0 01 Shaw ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Ruiz ph-rf 1 0 10 Amaya c 3 2 2 0 Pauley 3b 2 0 00 De Los Snts ph 1 0 0 0 Serna 2b 0 0 00 Sanoja 2b-3b 4 1 1 0 Totals 36 6 13 6 Totals 31 5 6 5 Chicago 003 111 000 — 6 Miami 000 220 100 — 5 DP_Chicago 2, Miami 1. LOB_Chicago 11, Miami 8. 2B_Amaya (10), Busch (26), Lopez (31), Ruiz (11). HR_Conforto (14), Conine (15), Stowers (19). S_Amaya (2). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 3 3 3 5 3 Assad 4 2⁄3 1 1 1 1 2 Thielbar 1 1⁄3 2 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Thornton H,6 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Rolison W,8-1 0 0 0 1 1 Zeferjahn S,5-8 1 2⁄3 Miami 2 5 2 5 Gusto L,1-4 4 ⁄3 10 5 2 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 0 Vodnik 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 Faucher Fulton 2 1 0 0 1 1 Zuber 1 0 0 0 2 2 HBP_Gusto (Bregman), Thornton 2 (Hernández,Lopez). ABS Challenge_Assad (Ball-Confirmed); Gusto (Ball-Overturned to Strike); CrowArmstrong (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Hernández (Strike-Confirmed); Zeferjahn (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Pitch timer violations_Busch (batter). Umpires_Home, Chris Conroy; First, Ben May; Second, John Tumpane; Third, Brennan Miller. T_3:22. A_26,141 (37,446).
Detroit
New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi Cox cf 5 1 1 0 Lindor ss 5 0 00 Devers 1b 4 2 2 3 Soto lf 4 0 00 Eldridge dh 3 1 1 0 Bichette dh 4 0 00 Basabe 2b 4 1 1 2 Benge rf 4 0 00 Hill lf 4 0 0 0 Young 1b 4 2 20 Knizner c 3 0 0 0 Semien 2b 3 1 10 Whitcomb 3b4 0 1 0 Ewing cf 2 2 12 McCray rf 4 2 2 1 Alvarez c 4 0 00 Koss ss 4 2 2 3 Baty 3b 3 0 1 3 Totals 35 9 10 9 Totals 33 5 5 5 San Francisco 102 030 021 — 9 New York 020 000 102 — 5 E_Devers (8). DP_San Francisco 0, New York 1. LOB_San Francisco 1, New York 5. 2B_Eldridge (20), Baty (19). HR_Devers 2 (35), Koss 2 (3), Basabe (5), McCray (2), Ewing (8). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Molina W,3-0 5 1 2 0 1 6 Sanmartin 1 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 1 Kuhnel ⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 1 Seymour H,6 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 1 Foley 1 2 2 2 1 0 New York Thornton L,3-5 5 7 6 6 1 6 Devenski 2 1 0 0 0 0 Yan 1 1 2 2 1 2 Hagenman 1 1 1 1 0 0 ABS Challenge_Eldridge (Strike-Confirmed); Alvarez (Strike-Confirmed); Ewing (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Baty (Strike-Overturned to Ball). Ejected_Vitello. Umpires_Home, Jeremie Rehak; First, David Rackley; Second, Dan Iassogna; Third, Brock Ballou. T_2:35. A_30,046 (42,136).
THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Sept. 6
1905 — Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers in a 15-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader. The score is the most lopsided margin of victory for a no-hitter in AL history. 1912 — Smokey Joe Wood of the Red Sox, on his way to a 34-win season, beat Washington’s Walter Johnson 1-0 at Boston. The victory was Wood’s 14th consecutive, two shy of Johnson’s AL record of 16 straight. 1924 — Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns pitched two complete games against the Chicago White Sox and won both, 6-2. 1943 — At 16 years, eight months and five
days, Philadelphia A’s pitcher Carl Scheib became the youngest player to appear in an American League game. 1976 — Los Angeles catcher Steve Yeager was seriously injured when the jagged end of a broken bat struck him in the throat while he was waiting in the on-deck circle. 1981 — Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 to tie a National League record of seven shutouts by a rookie pitcher. 1995 — Cal Ripken played in his 2,131st consecutive major league game to surpass Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record. Ripken received a 22-minute standing ovation and went 2-for-4, including a homer, in Baltimore’s 4-2 win over California.
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All teams are contenders Eagles achieved rarity in division last season in NFL’s weakest division BY SCHUYLER DIXON AP pro football writer
BY ROB MAADDI
AP pro football writer TAMPA, Fla. — How many wins will it take to win the NFC South this season? A losing record was good enough twice in the past four years and no team has won more than 10 games since Tom Brady led the Buccaneers to a 13-4 record in 2021. The Carolina Panthers ended Ta m p a B a y ’s reign NFC South four-year atop the division by winning a tiebreaker among three 8-9 teams last season. A strong finish for the Falcons didn’t save Raheem Morris’ job and Atlanta ended up hiring twotime AP NFL Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski. The Saints went 4-1 down the stretch after a 2-10 start, and may have found a quarterback in Tyler Shough. This is the weakest division in the NFL, so 8 to 10 wins might get it done again.
Buccaneers The Buccaneers have a coach — Todd Bowles — who is on the hot seat and a quarterback — Baker Mayfield — who called out the organization for not giving him the contract extension he wanted, saying he felt “disrespected.” Mayfield is motivated to prove he deserves to be paid among the best QBs in the league after a disappointing second half in 2025. He was an MVP candidate when the Bucs opened 6-2 but battled injuries as the team struggled. Despite losing Mike Evans in free agency, the Bucs have the talent to be dynamic on offense under first-year coordinator Zac Robinson. Defense has been an issue for the Buccaneers going back to ’21 when they blew a chance to repeat with Brady. Licht didn’t make any big splashes but bolstered the defense with several key additions in free agency. The most impactful move came through the draft when edge rusher Rueben Bain slipped to Tampa Bay. He’s a potential game-wrecker.
Panthers Bryce Young had his best season last year, helping the Panthers overtake the Buccaneers. But Carolina didn’t give him a contract extension and the 2023
The Philadelphia Eagles are the first in a generation with back-toback titles in the NFC East, a division that didn’t have another team with a winning record last season. The New York Giants, with just two playoff appearances since the franchise’s fourth Super Bowl championship 15 years ago, hired a perennial winner in John Harbaugh soon after the coach parted ways with Baltimore. The Dallas Cowboys spent the entire offseason focused on trying NFC East to fix one of the NFL’s worst defenses, and Washington’s hopes revolve around a healthy Jayden Daniels reversing last year’s slide from contender to also-ran.
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New Orleans Saints running back Audric Estime runs the ball against the Dallas Cowboys during a preseason game last month. No. 1 overall pick will likely play out the season. Young’s fifthyear option for 2027 was already picked up so the team seems prepared to take another season to evaluate him. Young has a top playmaker in Tetairoa McMillan, who was the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. And, running back Chuba Hubbard gives the offense a balanced attack. But injuries have hampered the offensive line in training camp and that was evident when the Panthers had a joint practice against Houston’s defense. “We’ve got to be better,” Young said after that one.
Falcons Stefanski came to Atlanta with an impressive resume after twice leading the lowly Cleveland Browns to the playoffs. Now, he’s trying to lead the Falcons to their first winning season since 2017. Tua Tagovailoa was signed to be the No. 1 quarterback but he didn’t separate himself and Michael Penix returned from knee surgery to make it a competition. Whichever QB is under center should give the ball to Bijan Robinson as often as possible. The All-Pro running back is one of the
best all-around players in the NFL and he’s not the only playmaker in Atlanta’s offense. Drake London and Kyle Pitts got new contracts and heightened expectations. They’re all in a new system under first-year coordinator Tommy Rees and offensive line coach Bill Callahan.
Saints Shough went 5-4 as a starter and finished runner-up for the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. He gives the Saints reason for optimism after some dismal seasons. New Orleans added veteran running back Travis Etienne and drafted receiver Jordyn Tyson — injured to start the season — in the first round to join Chris Olave and versatile back Alvin Kamara on offense. Second-year coach Kellen Moore knows how to use his playmakers — he won a Super Bowl as offensive coordinator in Philadelphia in 2024 — so the Saints could have a formidable offense if key players are healthy. Defense is a concern following the loss of Bryan Bresee to a knee injury and the departure of veteran leader Demario Davis in free agency.
Top-heavy division features champions, ’26 favorite Rams BY JOSH DUBOW
AP pro football writer San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch was relaying a lesson to coach Kyle Shanahan that he had learned from reading a book earlier this offseason by John Wooden. The Hall of Fame basketball coach had written about the importance of not losing sleep thinking about the competition and instead let them lose sleep worrying NFC West about your team. Just then the news broke that the rival Los Angeles Rams had acquired the reigning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Seattle is coming off a Super Bowl title after knocking out both the 49ers and Rams in the playoffs. The Seahawks still have defensive whiz-kid Mike Macdonald as head coach and recently rewarded young stars Devon Witherspoon and Jaxon Smith-Njigba with market-setting contracts. The Rams came within a play or two of both winning the division last season and beating the Seahawks in the playoffs with a starstudded roster featuring reigning MVP Matthew Stafford and star receiver Puka Nacua.
Rams The Rams were the overwhelming favorite to win it all once they acquired Garrett and those odds got even better when Donald made his decision to come out of retirement, giving Los Angeles two multiple time Defensive Players of the Year on their front line. But the recent history of big
last season. They will need better health — and better play on defense — if they want to keep pace this season. When healthy, the offense should be dynamic with coach Kyle Shanahan calling plays for Brock Purdy and a star-studded supporting cast led by All-Pro Christian McCaffrey, Kittle and Evans. The offense needs to be one of the best in the league since the defense isn’t nearly as strong as it was during runs to the Super Bowl in 2019 and ‘23. Healthy seasons from Warner and Bosa would proSeahawks vide a big boost, but more players The Seahawks enter the season need to emerge as threats to presa bit overlooked thanks to the sure the quarterback and create splashy moves made by the Rams. takeaways for San Francisco to While most of the key parts are succeed. back this season, Seattle will need to replace key players such as Su- Cardinals Arizona has the longest odds to per Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III; key secondary pieces Riq win the division of any team in Woolen and Coby Bryant; and of- the NFL this season thanks to the fensive coordinator Klint Kubiak. three powerhouses at the top of But Sam Darnold has estab- the NFC West and a roster with lished himself at quarterback the too many holes. The rebuilding job past two seasons after early ca- for LaFleur won’t be a quick one reer struggles and Macdonald’s but there are some intriguing podefense should be one of the best tential building blocks on offense again with stars such as Leonard in All-Pro tight end Trey McBride, Williams, Byron Murphy II, With- receivers Marvin Harrison and Michael Wilson, left tackle Paris erspoon and Nick Emmanwori. No NFC team has repeated as Johnson and rookie running back Super Bowl champions since Dal- Jeremiyah Love. But Arizona is still looking for an las in 1992-93 and the most recent team from the NFC to make it answer at quarterback that might there in back-to-back seasons was not come for at least another year. Veteran Jacoby Brissett is the Seattle in 2013-14. placeholder for now and third49ers round rookie Carson Beck could San Francisco somehow man- get a shot. With the toughest proaged to threaten the Seahawks jected schedule in the NFL, the and Rams despite being one of the Cardinals could be in position to most injured teams in the league pick a quarterback next year.
preseason favorites hasn’t been great. The most recent time the favorite entered the season with plus-500 odds or better to win it all like the Rams and ended up as champions, according to Pro Football Reference, came in 1994 when San Francisco won it all after adding defensive stars Deion Sanders, Ken Norton and Rickey Jackson among others. The talent is there with the additions on defense and an offense that was one of the most potent in the league last season.
The Eagles have set a Super Bowl standard. Two titles in three appearances over 10 years have made playing in the final game of the NFL season the bar, rather than an aberration. So the Eagles can be excused for not getting very excited about winning a second straight division title. Last season went so far off the rails, Philadelphia fired beleaguered offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo — whose house was egged as he became the top target for the frustrations of fans — and replaced him with Sean Mannion. Quarterback Jalen Hurts will have a new offensive coordinator for the fifth consecutive season.
tirely on trying to fix a defense that was one of the worst in franchise history. Dallas drafted safety Caleb Downs and edge rusher Malachi Lawrence in the first round. Those are the headliners among many moves on defense, including hiring 34-year-old Christian Parker as defensive coordinator after Matt Eberflus lasted just one season.
Giants Harbaugh’s arrival after 18 years leading the Ravens boosted expectations for the Giants, who are 13-38 the past three seasons. Harbaugh brings a Super Bowl ring and gravitas. Harbaugh worked his players hard for the first several weeks of training camp, which was a different level of intensity than under Brian Daboll. Making sure Dart is prepared to start strong has been a focus. Top receiver Malik Nabers appears on track for the opener after working back from a torn ACL in his right knee. He and Dart overlapped for less than a half of one game last year.
Commanders
After following a trip to the NFC championship game with a 5-12 showing, the Commanders reshuffled Dan Quinn’s coaching staff. Offensive coordinator David Blough replaces Kliff Kingsbury, and Daronte Jones takes over for Joe Whitt on defense. Daniels was brilliant as a rookie but played only seven games last season. Protecting him got more complicated after left tackle LaCowboys remy Tunsil injured a triceps in Quarterback Dak Prescott still training camp and needed surgery. Washington also tried to give has star receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens and productive Daniels another playmaker by signrunning back Javonte Williams for ing free agent Stefon Diggs, who is Brian Schottenheimer’s second sea- from the area and played at Maryland. Diggs had 85 catches for 1,013 son as coach and play-caller. As a result, the focus has been en- yards for New England last season.
Bears will have their NFC North title tested BY DAVE CAMPBELL AP pro football writer
The Chicago Bears were one of the best stories in the NFL last season under new coach Ben Johnson, with the development of quarterback Caleb Williams, an impeccable turnover margin, and the team’s steely late-game resolve serving as driving forces behind their first division title in seven years. Their NFL-record seven wins after trailing in the last two minutes of regulation included a stunner over the Minnesota Vikings, whose go-ahead with 50 NFC North touchdown seconds left was washed out by a kickoff coverage gaffe that led to a 56-yard return and game-winning field goal by the Bears as time expired. That’s how fine the line can be between success and failure in this league, a thin margin for error that’s sure to test the Bears this year in their quest to repeat as NFC North champions in this remarkably competitive era for the division.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love throws a pass during a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh on Aug. 13.
on coach Matt LaFleur entering his eighth year with a 3-6 record in the playoffs, but quarterback Jordan Love is a good place to start with the goal to become a true Super Bowl contender again.
Vikings There’s heat on Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell to win, too, entering his fifth year without a playoffgame win. The roadmap to returning to the postseason goes through an effective debut for Kyler Murray, who will be the fourth different starting quarterback in four years to open the season for Minnesota following McCarthy, Sam Darnold and Kirk Cousins. O’Connell’s work in 2024 toward revitalizing Darnold’s career suggests immense potential for Murray to succeed, with wide receiver Justin Jefferson leading the list of capable skill-position support.
Johnson got the job with Chicago because of his prowess as Detroit’s offensive coordinator, and the brash 40-year-old did not disappoint in his debut as the Bears leaped from last in the league in total yards in 2024 to sixth in 2025. Johnson said in a recent interview with The Athletic his goal is for the Bears to break the NFL’s all-time scoring record. After posting the most passing yards in franchise history in 2025, Williams has plenty of momentum as his grasp of Johnson’s offense and playing in the pros continues to grow. He has Lions young wide receivers Rome Odunze The trio of quarterback Jared and Luther Burden and tight ends Goff, running back Jahmyr Gibbs Colston Loveland and Cole Kmet to and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. mature along with him. Brown is tough to top in the NFL for overall talent, giving the LiPackers ons a sturdy base for their desired Green Bay has largely owned the bounce-back from a 9-8 finish. NFC North since its current itera- Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta tion was formed in 2002, but guess and Isaac TeSlaa give Goff even which team has now gone the lon- more capable playmakers. Penei gest since its most recent division Sewell remains one of the game’s title? Yes, the Packers have grabbed best offensive tackles, too. The Lithe NFC’s last wild-card spot in each ons also get a boost from a schedule of the past three seasons, but their that has them playing four of the most recent NFC North crown came five worst teams in the league from in 2021. There’s plenty of pressure last season.
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Waterfowl survey reveals both good and bad news Duck totals down, but number of May ponds up
U.S. WATERFOWL SURVEY The 2026 Waterfowl Survey conducted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service on traditional midcontinent breeding areas with the top 10 species and the number of ponds (Prairie Canada & North-Central U.S.) observed in May and June compared to 2025 survey and percentage changes from 2025 and the long-term average (LTA, since 1955). Six other species are included in the total ducks count.
BY JOE MACALUSO Contributing writer
About the only good news coming from this year’s annual waterfowl breeding count survey is the increase in the number of breeding ponds across the Canadian provinces and northern U.S. states. The news from the Tuesday report is that numbers of breeding ducks — 10 speNotebook cies in the midcontinent survey and six more species in the Eastern survey — is that this year’s estimate is the lowest since 1993 for mallards and an overall 2% decline in the total number of ducks. This year’s estimate is 33,439,000 compared to 33,980,000 in last year’s survey. The current estimate is 6% lower than the longterm average, a set of survey numbers that began in 1955. The good news is the likely carry-over of the increase of 14% in the number of May ponds survey, which could lead to better fall flight numbers in 2027 as ducks move north for next year’s breeding cycle. The 4,761,000 pounds are more than 2025’s 4,180,000, but is 9% lower than the long-term average. The survey is a joint effort by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Canadian waterfowl biologists. Mallard numbers were estimated at 5,900,000, which puts the species at 26% lower than the 70-year average. The overall numbers are far short of the high-water mark of 2015 when the estimate was 49,521,000 breeders. Mallards are the key to setting seasons, and the near 6 million in this year’s survey likely will trigger another 60-day, 2027-2028 season for Louisiana hunters. There is, however, the possibility of slipping down on that Adaptive Harvest Management scale to a 45-day season in the near future, if mallard numbers continue to decline and the May pond count slips a couple of notches. The aerial survey conducted in May showed dry conditions in the Montana-Dakotas area (down 10% from 2025), but wetter lands across most of the Canadian prairies provinces (up 29% from last year). “Although pond counts were higher in Canada, breeding conditions for ducks across most of the prairie pothole region are rated fair to poor,” former LSU professor now Delta Waterfowl president and chief scientist Frank Rohwer said. “While production likely will be
Species Mallard Gray Wigeon Greenwing Teal Bluewing Teal Shoveler Pintail Redhead Canvasback Scaup Total ducks May ponds U.S./Canada
2026 5,859,000 2,351,000 2,940,000 2,334,000 3,962,000 3,289,000 1,988,000 931,000 782,000 4,155,000 33,439,000 4,761,000
Percent change 2025 from 2025 from LTA 6,554,000 -11% -26% 2,414,000 -3% +13% 3,191,000 -8% +12% 2,550,000 -8% +6% 4,432,000 -11% -22% 2,758,000 +19% +24% 2,239,000 -11% -48% 918,000 +1% +28% 690,000 +13% +32% 3,675,000 +13% -15% 33,980,000 -2% -6% 4,180,000 +14% -9% Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
better in some areas, it’s not the greatest news for duck hunters.” Ducks Unlimited top biologist Steve Adair said, the drier conditions and low ponds count in 2024 “almost certainly resulted in low production in 2025 and slight to moderate declines in returning breeding populations this year. Mallards are now at their lowest level in over 30 years. This provides a stark reminder that our conservation work is far from done.” One species not listed in the survey, ringnecks, have become a solid contributor to Louisiana hunters’ success in recent seasons. Ringnecks were the only species in the Eastern survey to show an increase from last year to this survey — up 9% from 2025 and 16% above the long-term average.
a total that surpassed 2025’s 18,500 pounds. If you missed this collection and want to help, then making a donation to this program will help offset fees for processing donated deer and hogs during the hunting seasons. Website: h4hla.org
New regulations
We’re two weeks away from new bass and sac-a-lait regulations on the popular Saline-Larto Complex, a central Louisiana place known far and wide for first-rate sac-alait action. Beginning Sept. 20, the new bass regulations call for a minimum “keeper” length of 14 inches and a daily creel of eight. Sac-a-lait will have a 10-inch minimum size limit with daily catch of 25. This vast complex of waterways Pecan Island holds up in Catahoula, LaSalle, Heard recently from several Avoyelles, and Rapides parishes expected to hunt the Pecan Island and includes Saline, Larto Lake area about the uncertainty of their and Shad lakes and “all associated hunting seasons now that officials water bodies.” are backing the construction on the SpaceX project, which is pro- Off the island jected to cover 130,000 acres. If you’ve heading to Grand Isle, With teal season beginning Sept. then know the Corps of Engineers 19 and the big duck season in early is in the first stages of constructing November, most of the complaints 31 breakwaters off the island into center around continuing their wa- the Gulf. terfowl leases. The new breakwaters will occupy the gap between the exMany thanks isting breakwater fields on the The Hunters for the Hungry eastern and western ends of the folks are thanking donors for the island to reduce beach erosion 19,465 pounds collected in Au- and provide better resistance to gust’s Clean Out Your Freezer Day, storm surges.
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY
BUGS & BEERS: 6:30 p.m., Skeeta Hawk Brewing, 455 N. Dorgenois St, New Orleans. Casual fly-tying. Open to public. Email A.J. Rosenbohm: ajrosenbohm@gmail.com. Website: neworleansflyfishers. com
THURSDAY
JUNIOR SOUTHWEST BASSMASTERS MEETING: 7 p.m., Seminar Room, Bass Pro Shops, Denham Springs. Boys & girls age-group bass tournaments for ages 7-10, 11-14 & 15-18 anglers. Call Jim Breaux (225) 772-3026.
FRIDAY
GBRFB SPORTING CLAYS SHOOT: 745 a.m. check in, Bridgeview Gun Club, 1365 Mike Cazes Rd., Port Allen. Benefits the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. Sponsorships available. Four-shooter teams. Website: brfoodbank.org/scc
HUNTING SEASONS
DOVES: South Zone: Sept. 5-20; North Zone: Sept. 5-27. TEAL: Sept. 19-27, statewide.
ONGOING
STATEWIDE TOURNAMENT & ANGLERS RODEO/S.T.A.R.: Through Monday, Coastal Conservation Association’s summerlong fishing event. Website: ccalouisiana.com/ star
LOTTERY HUNTS
WMA YOUTH-ONLY WATERFOWL HUNTS: Ages 10-17. Application deadline Sept. 30 for hunts on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. Application fee $8.50. See Wildlife & Fisheries lottery hunt webpage. Email David Hayden: dhayden@wlf.la.gov WHITE LAKE CONSERVATION AREA WATERFOWL HUNTS: Sept. 30 deadline for two youth-only hunts & 30 marsh hunts. $8.50 application fee. Youth hunters must have Hunter Safety certificate. Email Lance Ardoin: lardoin@wlf.la.gov
AROUND THE CORNER
SEPT. 14 — RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m., Bluebonnet Regional Library, 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge. Open to the public. Email Brian Roberts: roberts. brian84@gmail.com. Website: rsff.org SEPT. 15 — LAFAYETTE KAYAK FISHING CLUB MEETING: 6 p.m., Pack and Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Call (337) 232-5854. Website: www.lafayettekayakfishing.com SEPT. 16 — FLIES & FLIGHTS: 7-9 p.m, Rally Cap Brewing, 11212 Pennywood Ave., Baton Rouge. Casual fly-tying & quarterly gear swap. Open to public. Email Chris Williams: thefatfingeredflytyer@ gmail.com
SEPT. 17 — ACADIANA FLY RODDERS PROGRAM: 6 p.m., Pack and Paddle, 601 E. Pinhook, Lafayette. Open to public. Email Darin Lee: at cbrsandcdc@gmail.com. Website: acadianaflyrodders.org SEPT. 19 — NSCA REGISTERED SPORTING CLAYS: Bridge View Gun Club, Port Allen. SEPT. 19 — ALTO FLIES & PIES FLY FISHING FAIR: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., First Baptist Church Gym, Natchitoches. Free. Fly tying, casting seminars/ instruction. ArkLaTexOma Fly Tiers event, Website: www.arklatexomaflytyers SEPT. 20 — NSCA SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT: Covey Rise Lodge, Husser. 250 targets in Main Challenge, Super Sport, 5-Stand & 12-gauge True Pair. Register on ScoreChaser. Call lodge (985) 7470310, Ext. 6.
FISHING/SHRIMPING SHRIMP: Fall inshore season open statewide except for Breton/Chandeleur sounds; all outside waters open. OPEN RECREATIONAL SEASONS: Private recreational red snapper (thru Sept. 7); greater amberjack (through Oct. 14); gray triggerfish; gag grouper (thru Sept. 30); flounder; lane, blackfin, queen and silk snappers & wenchmen among other snapper species; all groupers except closed for goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters. CLOSED SEASONS: commercial greater amberjack; bluefin tuna; goliath & Nassau groupers in state/federal waters.
LDWF UPDATES SPECIAL CLOSURE: Through Sept. 9 until noon daily, Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge (controlled alligator harvest). CLOSED: Hope Canal Road/boat launch (Maurepas Swamp WMA, levee construction); Reserve Relief Canal Boat Launch by order of Corps of Engineers (Reserve Relief Pump Station construction) with alternate launch locations at Pete’s Landing, the Akers boat ramp & Bonnet Carré Spillway boat launch. DRAWDOWNS: Saline Lake (through Oct. 5); Iatt Lake (through Oct. 5); Clear-Smithport Lake (through Nov. 16); Lake Bistineau (through Nov. 30); Henderson Lake (through Nov. 2); Cheniere Lake (through Nov. 15); Chicot Lake (Sept. 8-Jan. 4); Grand Bayou Reservoir (Sept. 8-Jan. 4); Vernon Lake (Sept. 15-Jan. 5). EMAIL: jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
BASS FISHING RESULTS Bassmaster Elite CLAYTON, N.Y. — Final top five from the four-day Bassmaster Elite held on the St. Lawrence River with anglers, their hometowns, number of bass weighed in parentheses (five-bass daily limit), total weight in pounds and ounces and prize winnings. Also listed are Louisiana anglers, the big-bass, contingency winners, Angler & Rookie of the Year winners and final Angler of the Year standings (top 10 & Louisiana anglers). Only the top 50 in the 99-angler field moved to the third round, and only the top 10 advanced to the final round: Top 5: 1, Evan Kung, Pickering, Canada (20) 109 pounds, 9 ounces, $100,000. 2, Trey McKinney, Carbondale, Illinois (20) 107-9, $20,000. 3, Tucker Smith, Birmingham, Alabama (20) 107-1, $15,000. 4, Cory Johnston, Otonabee, Canada (20) 106-7, $12,500. 5,
Cole Sands, Johnson City, Tennessee (20) 105-10, $11,000. Louisiana anglers: 36, Caleb Sumrall, New Iberia (15) 70-3, $5,500. 74, Tyler Rivet, Raceland (10) 44-1. 98, Greg Hackney, Gonzales (5) 21-10. Phoenix Boats Big Bass: Sands, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, $2,000. Rapala CrushCity Monster Bag: McKinney, 30 pounds, 11 ounces, $2,000. Angler of the Year: Trey McKinney, 735 points, $100,000. Rookie of the Year: Caleb Hudson, Lincolnton, Georgia, 621 points, $10,000. Angler of the Year standings: 1, McKinney, 735 points. 2, Johnson, 731. 3, Drew Cook, 674. 4, Sands, 657. 5, Brandon Cobb, 656. 6, John Garrett, 629. 7, Caleb Hudson 621. 8, Fisher Anaya 619. 9, Paul Marks, 618. 10, Andrew Loberg 617. 35, Tyler Rivet, 521. 69, Caleb Sumrall, 425. 74, Greg Hackney, 381.
Briscoe can make Darlington history with win BY PETE IACOBELLI
“When you’re able to win two years in a row, that confidence just builds more and more every single time,” Briscoe said. “So this is always one I’ve got circled on the calendar and one where the circle gets bigger.”
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DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe liked Darlington Raceway from the moment he first drove here seven years ago. He’ll like it a lot more if he can make history with his third straight win at the Southern 500 on Sunday. Only NASCAR ä Cook Out Hall of Famer Jeff Southern Gordon would have more, with 500. 4 P.M. four straight vicSUNDAY, USA tories from 199598 at the track dubbed “Too Tough to Tame.” Briscoe recalled his opening practice in an O’Reilly Auto Parts Series car back in 2019. “After the first five laps, I thought, ‘Man, this place is awesome.’ ” His affinity for Darlington has only grown since then. He won the TripleA tier series race here in 2021, then took the past two Southern 500s to match a feat that only seven other drivers, including Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson and Dale Earnhardt — all Hall of Famers — had ever achieved. Winning three in a row? “That’s definitely on the radar,” Briscoe said with a grin. “To do that three times in a row would be something really, really special.” It also would be a strong start for
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Chase Briscoe walks to the drivers meeting before a NASCAR Cup race at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 29 in Daytona Beach, Fla. Briscoe is seeking his third straight win at the Southern 500 on Sunday. the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s latest attempt at a NASCAR Cup championship, a chase that begins Sunday. Briscoe finished fifth in the standings, 45 points behind regular-season champion and JGR teammate Denny Hamlin. The margin is manageable, especially with the format change, where none of the 16 competitors in The Chase will be eliminated during the next 10 races. Briscoe brings with him an understanding of how to make his car
better during his time on Darlington’s oddball layout. While others complain about the egg-shaped oval’s tight corners and tire-chewing surface, Briscoe has pushed all the right buttons to get to victory lane the past two years. He used a drama-filled, threewide pass late in the race to win in 2024 to qualify for that year’s playoff grid. A season later, Briscoe had a dominant machine as he led 309 of 367 laps for his second Southern 500 in a row.
and 14 playoff race wins. He has made the Championship 4 at the final race four times, including last year. But he has not broken through for a title. He sits ninth all-time with 64 NASCAR victories, including four this season to take the 2026 reguHamlin’s best chance? lar-season title. He hopes to add a Denny Hamlin enters NASCAR’s few more on the way to celebratplayoff Chase as the favorite and ing in Homestead in a couple of with experience in the reset for- months. “I’m a little bit ahead and mat, in which none of the 16 com- I’ve got enough races to prove that petitors will be knocked out. But we’re the best,” he said. what if the 45-year-old future Hall of Famer doesn’t win the cham- Preece staying aggressive pionship this year or before he Ryan Preece, who won his way chooses to leave the sport? into the playoffs with a victory at “It would mean a lot personally,” Daytona last week, plans to stay Hamlin said this week while pre- aggressive and focused in the postviewing the playoffs. “But also if season. It’s the only strategy that I quit today, I’m still really happy make sense to him. with the stats we were able to “We have nothing to lose,” said put on the stat sheet and the wins Preece, seeded 16th in the 16-driver we’ve been able to get. It certainly grid. “When I look at where we’re would be very gratifying, but what at, if we’re aggressive and it doesn’t matters to me is my dad saw me work out we’re still at the bottom.” when I was at my absolute best, and that was at Phoenix last year.” Betting favorite Hamlin’s father, Dennis, was his Hamlin and Tyler Reddick are son’s biggest supporter, and Ham- the co-favorites to win the Southlin said that his dad’s sacrifices ern 500 on Sunday, tied at plushelped him achieve all he has in 500. Briscoe, looking for his third racing. Dennis died last Decem- straight win at Darlington’s crown ber at 75, a few weeks after his son jewel event, is next at plus-600. competed for the title at Phoenix. Following Briscoe is Kyle Larson Denny Hamlin holds the re- (plus-850), Christopher Bell (pluscord with 19 playoff appearances 1000) and Ryan Blaney (plus-1100).
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My porch is a disaster. Grandma would understand I’m writing this column in a place I’ve dreamed about for a long, long time — my new screened-in porch. My grandmother, who lived a block from my childhood home in Mississippi, had a screenedin porch that played a pivotal role in my youth and childhood. It was quite small, but I was the only person who ever spent much time there. I adored that porch. I’m sure all those hours spent there, left to my own devices, planted the idea of having a screened-in porch of my very own. Our “dream porch” is quite a mess right now — a heavy unopened pack of warped wooden flooring still wrapped in plastic dominates one end of the porch. Two giant ceiling fans that don’t have lights are leaning against a porchscreen support looking a lot like a helicopter. Nine plants in various stages of palliative care line the screen near the old screen door we salvaged leading outside. A pile of boxes and a couple of plastic tubs create a pathway to the door to our kitchen, with a bag of 18 caladium bulbs just waiting to be planted. Even so, I’m happy to be sitting here — though it doesn’t feel completely real. There are elements of our porch that would thrill my grandmother. I’ve never known another person who appreciated a bargain more than her. She was a seamstress who could fix things up with ease. She found treasures all over. A nail here, a new seam on a pillow there — and voila, an old chair was “good as new,” her very favorite phrase. The fact that I’m sitting in a chair someone gave me would thrill my grandmother, who was a child of the Depression. She would have wanted to know its provenance — who gave it to me, why anyone would get rid of a perfectly good patio set, and then she would wonder whether there were any more where that came from. Because my grandmother sewed so much for so many people, I would spend hours at a time alone on her porch. Mind you, I wasn’t lonely, just by myself, trying my best to make things with the scraps of fabric she would pass me through the big, wide-open dining room window. I remember trying to make a Diane von Furstenberg-style wrap dress for a one-eyed doll one of my cousins must have left at my grandmother’s. I was operating sans needle and thread, but I still believed
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allroom dance instructor William Anderson said it takes three hours for him to costume properly for the Southern Decadence parade. It’s a metamorphosis that can’t be rushed.
“I have to get in the zone,” he said, “I set up lighting, drink a
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William Anderson marches in the annual Pride Parade on Royal Street in the French Quarter on June 13.
glass of wine and put on music.” “I love the ’70s, the Carpenters, The Eagles and disco, like
Kool and the Gang or The Commodores,” he added. ä See ANDERSON, page 9D
THROUGH THE YEARS
Unlike the Ursuline nuns, RICHARD CAMPANELLA the remote colony. Capuchin Jesuit High’s BY whose girls’ academy has priests arrived in the early Contributing writer been in continuous operation 1720s, followed by the Jesucentennial in September 2026 comhere since 1727, the Jesuits its in 1725 and the Ursulines have a distinctly bifurcated in 1727. memorates the hundredth Mid-City history in New Orleans, split To support their mission, anniversary of Jesuit High the Jesuits purchased land South Carrollton Av- by a 74-year absence. evokes order’s School’s French authorities first from city founder Jeanenue campus, while the prior two-part year marked three centuries invited Roman Catholic or- Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de since the Society of Jesus ders to Louisiana to bring history ä See JESUIT, page 8D first arrived in New Orleans. ministry and education to
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DINING SCENE Respite a new N.O. bistro that’s a refreshing delight We started with fig martinis the color of a violet sunset for an early dinner in that liminal hour between summer afternoon and evening. There would be raw oysters, medium-rare steak and a whole grilled fish to share. These form the foundation at Respite, the small new restaurant in the cluster of diagonal interIan sections off Bayou McNulty Road. WHAT’S But there were COOKING surprises on the short menu too, based on farmers market finds that week or perhaps what a farmer friend dropped off for the chef that morning. Respite is a neighborhood bistro with the scale of a wine bar and the ethos of a farm-to-table gastropub. Its beauty lies in anchor dishes that fully live up to their promise, with the added delight of changing dishes spun from small-batch local harvests served next to them. The food is straightforward but distinctive, special without being fancy, and the same goes for the feel around the 28-seat space, divided between a curving bar and a single row of tables. Prices are approachable, with most dishes between $12 and $20, plus a few larger shared dishes.
and can go up against any other in town. The strip steak arrives still confidently crowned with its thick band of fat next to audibly crisp fries. It’s finished with chimichurri that gleams with tallow and is chunky with garlic and aromatic with herbs. It’s a regal cut for a reasonable price at $38. Grilled oysters are plump and just ready to burst, snapping with green garlic butter. Use more of the stretchy, sticky Leo’s bread to get every bit of it. Eggplant Milanese is a sleeper. It has the buttery tenderness of an avocado under the crunch of its breaded shell, ready to mix around tahini and labneh in one recent version.
Grilled oysters are topped with green garlic butter and served with grilled Leo’s bread at Respite, a STAFF PHOTOS BY IAN MCNULTY New Orleans bistro. Respite is a small neighborhood bistro in New Orleans off Bayou Road, serving steak, oysters, martinis and a farm-to-table menu.
Two friends, one vision Respite is the result of two women who became friends around their shared ideas of cuisine and hospitality. They spun together their own handmade vision of this, with the help of other friends skilled in the building trades and encouraging mentors. Sage Ellis runs the front of the house, and Haley Vaughan is the chef. She was previously chef at Honey’s, that shape-shifting Marigny cafe that moves from coffee shop to wine bar through the day. They opened Respite this summer in a building that had once been a sheet metal workshop (and more recently Mayor Helena Moreno’s campaign headquar-
Respite restaurant owners Sage Ellis and Haley Vaughan are two friends who connected on a love of food and hospitality.
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A fig martini carries a lovely violet hue at Respite, a New Orleans bistro.
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Respite doesn’t take reservations, and there’s often a wait at prime dinner hour. Sidewalk chairs serve as the waiting area, and the space of a drink is usually enough time for a table turn. the pocket park and colorful The restaurant is open until crossroads outside like a natural 11 p.m. Thursday through Satmural. urday (10 p.m. otherwise), so a later dinner is possible. What to try But the real flex in the hours is the opening time, 3 p.m., which Vaughan’s kitchen is too small proposes a different kind of visit. to field a very lengthy menu, but Call it the snacking hour. Apart the chef is also too enthralled from the shared dishes, much of with the latest find to keep a the menu lends itself to a nosh predictable script, a recipe for next to a cocktail or something changing variety. from the wine list, which is strong Cue the la let, rolls made from on undervalued European wines, betel leaf, otherwise normally seen at local Vietnamese markets with many bottles at $60 or less. The cocktail list is short, just a and festivals. These were filled Manhattan, a riff on the classic with rice and, like the dolmas daiquiri and the aforementioned they resemble, the wrapper is fig martini, which brings a gentle the main act, tasting bitter and peppery and made just a bit crin- jamminess behind the gin. This cocktail doesn’t shout for attenkly from the grill. The night’s whole grilled fish is tion; it seduces instead. marked on a chalkboard next to Respite is indeed a respite a selection of oysters from Gulf from the trend of restaurants waters and further afield, which going over the top on splashy all might change daily. design and eye-catching dishes, The fish is usually plate-sized, which too often can be aimed like the recent examples of porfirst at the social media feed ingy and lane snapper. These are stead of the diner. The feed that ideal to share around the table as matters at Respite is at the table. everyone takes turns dragging We left feeling welcome, well fed snowy drifts of the flesh off the and eager to return — everything bone and hunting for the best a restaurant should give. morsels around the cheeks and fins. Email Ian McNulty at The steak frites is a beauty imcnulty@theadvocate.com.
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n Accolades The 2026 Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation of the Louisiana Landmarks Society took place on a recent Wednesday evening Michael Cohn, Paula in the historic Peer Gallier Hall, the former City Hall of New Orleans. An impressive example of Greek Revival architecture, it was one of the finest works of James Gallier, an Irishman who came to New Orleans in the Beth Jacob, Kyle Resmondo, Angela O’Byrne 1830s. The building was dedicated on May 10, 1853. Established in 1960, the Louisiana Landmarks Society “is the oldest nonprofit preservation advocacy organization in Louisiana.” Sponsor appreciation in the top category, Host, tapped the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Marble mentions were for Elkins, New Orleans & Company, AO Studios Architecture, MKRed, and the Historic New Orleans Collection. Michael Mancuso is the LLS board president and Anthony “Tony” Marino,William “Bill” G. Barry Jr., Louise Saenz, Susan Couvillon, Celeste Marshall, and Peter M.Wolf, the officers. The 2026 selection committee was composed of Mancuso and Wolf, as well as Fallon Samuels Aidoo, Inaki Alday, Bryan Block, Renee D. Bourgogne, Eleanor Burke, Eugene Cizek, Michael Duplantier, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Kevin Harris, Nicole Hobson-Morris, Hilary Irvin, James Logan, Ray Scriber, and Sandra L. Stokes, chair of the Stacey Pfingsten, Charlie preservation awards committee. Before the throng of hundreds sat for the awards ceremony Ward and the emceeing of Mark Romig, they enjoyed food and drinks. Music, too. At 6:30 p.m., the program began with then-LLS executive director Stacey Pfigsten and Michael Mancuso making opening remarks. Four chandeliers glittered above. Aware of all the accolades that were to come, emcee Mark Romig commented, “Stay with us. We have lots of awards.” Indeed, there were: 19. As each of the touted projects was called out, the winning team came forward for applause and photos. Attendees followed the procedure via the extensive printed program that showed before-after photos of the recognized properties with acknowledgements of the teams and text about the work. A special tribute featured Peter M. Trapolin, FAIA (1954-2025), founding principal of Trapolin-Peer Architects and a defining force in New Orleans preservation for at least four decades. The architecture firm has been recognized with 22 LLS Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation, “the most awarded to any New Orleans firm.” Several individual awardee names in the printed program were Rick Fifield, James Michalopoulos,Tatianna Macchione,Andrew Williams, Dana and Leo Palazzo, Rene Fransen, John Mills, Thomas M. Smith, Ryan Nugent, Stephen Bergeron, Manuel and Marissa Russ, Pfeffer Torode, and Emily Knollenberg. At the conclusion, and after all the accolades, Mark Romig addressed the crowd, saying, “The bar is open. See you next year!” That became a cue for further socializing and tuning an ear to the musical designs of Eddie Torrez and Jason Mingledorff.
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n Hail to the Scholar The Louisiana Association of the Society of the Cincinnati requested the pleasure of one’s company for “Cocktails in Honor of Barthelemy d’Oysonville French Scholar.” The Founders’ Room of the New Orleans Country Club was the location and cocktail attire, the dress. Each year, the association welcomes a noted French Scholar and the 22-year-old Barthelemey, who hails from Cooper Woods, Karla duPlantier, the Lyon, France, is a current master’s stuRev. David duPlantier dent in philosophy, exchange program at Columbia University in New York. Among his interests are choir singing, guitar, piano, soccer, tennis, sailing, poetry, and novels. Add cycling, Alps crossing. The Scholar Program honors the historic alliance between the U.S. and France during the American Revolution. Each year, the Society’s French branch selects a descendant to tour the States to foster the long-held transatlantic friendship between the two countries. Will Blanchard, Nell The blue and white flag of Carmichael the Society greeted guests as they entered the Founders’ Room, and small groupings of the American, French, and Cincinnati flags were seen on the mantel. Seasonal flowers centered the tables, where guests sat to enjoy such taste treats as fried oysters, fried eggplant fingers with powdered sugar, crab cakes, short ribs, vichyssoise, and lemon squares. Among those welcoming guest of honor Barthelemey Brooke and Greg Harris d’Oysonville were Louisiana Association of the Society of the Cincinnati President Monroe Kelly, and President General, Society of the Cincinnati, Joel Daves with spouse Stephanie. Also, the Very Rev. David duPlantier with Karla,Will Blanchard with Nell Carmichael, Dr. Cooper Woods,Ann and Gene Preaus, Cindy and Ed Bush, Brooke and Greg Harris, Cliff Jackson, and Mary and Scott Monsted. The nation’s oldest patriotic organization, the Society takes its name from Roman statesman Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (c. 519-c. 430 BC), who, after battlefield glory, went back to his farm and plowing fields. So did George Washington, the Society’s first president.
n Luncheon Levity St. Catherine of Siena Women’s Club Installation Luncheon occurred in the St. Catherine of Siena Parish Center with, as the theme, “In the light of faith, all things are possible.” The quote from St. Catherine was chosen by the outgoing president, Cynthia Hayes. Pastor the Rev. Timothy J. Hedrick, J.C.L., blessed and in- Beth Gambel, Joann Connell stalled new officers. Club members and new hospitality committee chair Joann Connell decorated the event room with linens of blue and ecru, resulting in a pretty and festive atmosphere. Beth Gambel, new vice president of spirituality, along with new treasurer Julie Nimmo and member Corinne “Bean” Nettleton, spearheaded the floral arrangements of yellow PHOTOS BY JEFF STROUT roses. More pleasures of the table were those from Pigeon Catering, including Caesar salad, grilled chicken breast, and mini desserts, such Jane Alvarez, the Rev. Tim Hedrick, Sister Sylvia as ooey gooey bars and brownies. Thibodeaux, Cynthia Hayes All listened attentively to the guest speaker, Louisiana-born Sister Sylvia Thibodeaux, who joined the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1956, moved to Nigeria in 1973, and, upon her return to the U.S., served as superior of the order from 1998 to 2006, leading them through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She is working toward the canonization cause of Mother Henriette DeLille, the order’s founder. The incoming club co-presidents are Jane Alvarez and Susanne Baber and the co-presidents-elect are Jackie Appleton and Maria-Kay Chetta. More new inductees were Melinda Bourgeois, Debbie Comeaux, Leslie Breaux, Carol Pfister, Lacey Glorioso, and Donna Reuter. Also present were Sarah Naremore, Debbie Romagosa, Nora Vaden Holmes, and past club presidents Shannon Mayeux and Terri Stuckey.
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BOOKS Cartoonist Bunny Matthews, at his home office in Abita Springs, in 2016
A SKETCH IN TIME
Iconic New Orleans artist Bunny Matthews’ wit, humor and controversy chronicled in new biography BY RIEN FERTEL Contributing writer
“Bunny Matthews: His Life,Art, and Obsessions,” by Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand,The Historic New Orleans Collection, 336 pages. “Be witty. Be nasty. Be silly. Don’t be boring.” Those words, written by Bunny Matthews in 1988, might as well have been his personal motto. The iconic New Orleans cartoonist and music critic, best known as the creator of the Vic and Nat’ly comic strip, could be simultaneously witty, nasty, silly and lightyears from boring, all in a single, simple, penciled panel — the unmistakable work of the artist mononymously known as Bunny. Now, five years after his death, comes “Bunny Matthews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions,” a beautiful, blockbuster tome of a biography, bursting with 400 images, co-authored by Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand. They make this project’s perfect pair. She’s a longtime music writer, with stints at the Times-Picayune and Gambit. He’s a comics aficionado and author of “Krazy,” an award-winning biography of the influential New Orleans cartoonist George Herriman. Together, these longtime critics have produced a candid portrait of a beloved local artist and complicated man, but also, to the book’s benefit, a chronicle of the last 75 years of, as Vic and Nat’ly would put it, “Nawlins cultcha.”
His first byline He was born Will Bunn Matthews III, Feb. 15, 1951, in Monroe, the last in a line of sons named after a middling Confederate colonel out of Arkansas, an ancestral lineage that would cause much displeasure. He would write years later, “These numbered names are like iron chains that one spends years trying to rip off.” His mother had the good sense to nickname him Bunny. The Matthews family moved often in Bunny’s younger years, hopping from his birthplace of Monroe to Shreveport, Metairie, then across the border to Dallas. Along the way, Bunny started drawing, all the time, with any material at hand: cartoons and comic strips in crayon and colored pencils, which he had the gumption to assemble into illustrated anthologies. He inked his own newspaper, simply titled, in a deliciously apropos gesture to the incendiary style that would define his journalistic career, Devil. In 1959, at the age of 8, he earned his first byline, printed in the Dallas Times Herald: a Baby Boomerific story about a Ford Falcon rocketing to the Moon. Later that year, his family moved back to Metairie, where Bunny attended Airline Park Elementary. “He was just drawing all the time, every day,” a classmate remembered. An inordinate number of his peers were Sicilian suburbanites, the first wave of White flight migrants, in Bunny’s words, “the offspring of Vic and Nat’ly.” Naturally, Bunny greeted the ’60s with open arms. He pledged allegiance to the Beatles, who made their first Ed Sullivan appearance the week he turned 13. He wore his hair shaggy and played the drums in several ga-
‘BUNNY MATTHEWS: HIS LIFE, ART, AND OBSESSIONS’ The exhibit opens Sept. 18 at the Historic New Orleans Collection. It will run through May 9. WHAT: Bunny Day WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 19 INFO: HNOC will offer a free day of activities related to the exhibit and book, featuring an author talk, book signing, costume contents and more. MORE: hnoc.org. rage bands. A new generation of counterculture comics inspired an aesthetic swerve. Alongside Mad Magazine and Robert Crumb’s Zap Comix, there were the freak-out stylistics of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, which Bunny dutifully copied, designing custom Rat Fink and crew T-shirts for friends, and later for sale at a French Quarter head shop. At East Jefferson High School, Bunny cartooned and columned for the student newspaper, the Tom-Tom. He specialized in satire, skewering typical teenage touchstones: school cliques, smoking in the bathroom, cafeteria food. But it was his music reviews that best portrayed the artist as a young man. Bunny’s senior year write-up of Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced” got him sent to the principal’s office for running a picture of a Black man in the paper, taboo during the early days of integration.
Dean of Southern Rock Critics After graduating in 1969, Bunny’s early 20s drifted by in a psychedelic haze. He dropped out of LSUNO once his high draft number made mandatory service impossible, hustled records for the legendary vinyl peddler Jim Russell, and, in 1972, wrote a handful of music reviews for a new alt-weekly, Figaro, before unexpectedly absconding to Providence, Rhode Island. Fensterstock and Tisserand have a hard time explaining Bunny’s motivation for the move — he likely didn’t know himself — but narratively, his New England sojourn set up a prodigal return,
in 1974, alongside the shifting tide of New Orleans’s music scene. That year, the Wild Magnolias dropped their landmark debut. Piano wizards like Professor Longhair and James Booker were being rediscovered by a new generation of White, hipster enthusiasts. Tipitina’s and WWOZ would soon join the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to form a triumvirate of cultural institutions that would globally spread the New Orleans brand. Bunny had a hand in it all. Back freelancing at Figaro, he endeavored to be the Dean of Southern Rock Critics. His indepth, often gonzo-tinged profiles — he interviewed the oft-troubled Booker, for instance, at a drug rehabilitation center — made him a local heavyweight that, had he wanted the opportunity, would have warranted a gig working for Rolling Stone and the like. His reviews were often testy, pulling no punches, for which the Neville Brothers nicknamed him the Hatchetman (imagine being cool enough to earn a nickname from Art Neville!).
‘New Orleansese’ on display In 1976, Figaro allowed space for Bunny’s first cartoon column since high school. F’Sure featured satirical slices of life based on “actual dialogue heard in the streets of our metropolis.” Bunny’s “New Orleansese,” as he called the local patois, could be simultaneously charming and derogatory, usually spot-on, frequently funny. “If you git da baby, swell it! We ain’t havin’ geese clowns ova fo’ no pahtee!” “41 dollars dat plum wanted t’unclog da turlet — I ain’t no millionaire!” “Hot?! Dis?! Dis ain’t nuttin! Ya oughta come here in August an’ bring ya whole family an’ da dog — dat oughta be great fo’ yo noives.” His characters looked like they hadn’t ever seen the inside of an air-conditioned room: stippled, scratchy, drippy grotesqueries escaped from some bayou bestiary. Kudos goes to the team at the Historic New Orleans Collection, custodian of Bunny’s archive, for the book’s layout and design, a masterpiece of an art monograph. F’Sure led to a surge in gig work: Posters, flyers and calendars for Tipitina’s and other musical venues, advertisements for a host of local businesses and record covers. Bunny’s immense output, the case can be made, became the principal visual style of New Orleans in the 1970s and ’80s. When some future historian finally sets out to chronicle that era — for my money, the city’s most interesting decades, culturally and politically — Fensterstock
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and Tisserand’s biography will be an invaluable resource.
‘Violent disgust’ But success spoiled Bunny Matthews. He could be egotistical, downright mean, occasionally infuriating and rightfully had trouble convincing any publication to hire him on a full-time salary. Like many outsiders who fall under the city’s sway, Bunny was a New Orleans exceptionalist — its stalwart defender, a phonysquashing provincialist. His contrarian views earned the Hatchetman hate mail by the sackfull. “I’m generally a very calm person,” wrote one naysayer, “so whenever I want to experience feelings of violent disgust I read one of Bunny Matthews’ reviews. His pretentious, meandering dribble almost always achieves the desired results.” The ire was often well earned, as Bunny fearlessly roasted each and every one of New Orleans’s sacred cows. He deemed Jazz Fest “the most horrible time of the year,” but also confessed to dutifully attending the Fair Grounds every day. Or consider the beating Bunny bestowed on his former idol Professor Longhair, in a rambling essay published in 1988: “This heritage stuff is just so much baloney. Kids, you should listen to Professor Longhair once and then toss his records into the proverbial gumbo pot. The same goes for all the rest of our native rhythm and blues heroes. Our heritage is dead weight and must be thrown overboard. Tipitina’s should do the right thing and take that awful banner of Longhair’s head over to the levee and burn it.” Bunny’s music column eventually landed in The Times-Picayune, which eventually brought him to the editorial attention of the Picayune’s Sunday supplement, the unfortunately titled Dixie.
The pinnacle and then a shock Jan. 3, 1982, saw the first printed appearance of Vic and Nat’ly, the characters that would largely define the rest of Bunny’s life and career. An outgrowth of his F’Sure days, the characters — married owners of an Upper 9th Ward corner bar — spoke, acted and, yes, ate New Orleansese to the nth degree. To Bunny’s editor Jeannette Hardy, “They looked like creatures spawned in the swamp and seasoned with 50 years’ worth of fried oyster, hot sauce and pickled eggs.” To New Orleans, locals and tourists alike, Vic and Nat’ly were a hit, remnants of a Yat-centric culture being gentrified to extinction, a reminder of a world and a way that once was — the pinnacle of the city’s growing Ain’t Dere No More ethos. Alongside a plethora of Vic and Nat’ly merchandise, there was the Vic and Nat’ly Po-Boy Festival, “Vic and Nat’ly’s New Orleans Music Revue” at Le Petit Théâtre, and even a local cable access program, “Da Vic and Nat’ly Show,” which was canceled after just 13 episodes following a sequence on sex toys that Bunny
drew up in response to Gov. Edwin Edwards signing a law banning “obscene devices.” After the demise of Dixie, the comic strip jumped to Gambit and OffBeat in 1988. The next year, Bunny, New Orleans’s chief defender at all costs, shocked his friends and fans by relocating across the lake to Abita Springs.
Once progressive, then ‘pervy’ A crucial element of Fensterstock and Tisserand’s biography is the story of Bunny’s family life. He was a thrice-married father of two sons — the third marriage, to Debbie Murphy, stuck to the end — who, like most parents, struggled to balance the homework scale. The freelance life caused ongoing financial stress. There were failed attempts at reaching a national audience: a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster of musician portraits à la Robert Crumb and a nationally syndicated Vic and Nat’ly cartoon program. Abita Springs, according to those who knew Bunny best, changed the man. The once progressive prankster had become a conservative curmudgeon with pervy tendencies. Astute readers couldn’t help but notice that Nat’ly underwent what the medical establishment calls augmentation mammaplasty. He painted a repulsive portrait of Dorothy Mae Taylor, the City Council member who led the crusade to desegregate New Orleans’s Carnival krewes in the early ’90s, hanging by a rope from the King of Rex’s float. A few years later, a Vic and Nat’ly comic portrayed Jazz Fest as a Nazi concentration camp.
His art remains inescapable A lymphoma diagnosis came in 2015. Four brain surgeries. Long nights of writing things on Facebook perhaps meant to provoke, disgust or just share what he was thinking. “Once he had been an artful provocateur,” Fensterstock and Tisserand write, “but now he was turning into a poisonous troll.” Bunny’s wife, Debbie, passed away from her own bout with cancer in 2018. Three years later, he followed. For many who grew up in the city or, like me, moved here during his heyday, Bunny’s characters, his stippled sketch work, continue to define — for better or worse — the New Orleans of today. Vic and Nat’ly no longer appear in newsprint, but Bunny’s art remains inescapable: passing Leidenheimer delivery trucks, the toothy Krewe du Vieux jester logo, the framed and laminated comic strips that hang like totems on the walls of local businesses. I’ve now lived long enough in the city to occasionally catch a glimpse of a very Vic-ish five o’clock shadow looking back my way. I gasp in horror, then winkingly try out my best attempt at Bunny’s New Orleansese, “Yeah you rite!” Rien Fertel is the author of four books. He recently won his fifth Best Critical Review Award from the New Orleans Press Club.
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that got them in the door to be considered for jobs and internships. On his advice, some pursued master’s and doctorate degrees. And at least once, he has taught a mother and child duo a generation apart.
BY DESIREE STENNETT
‘An extraordinary talent’
Staff writer
In the half-century that S. Carver Davenport has led the Dillard University Concert Choir, he has taught thousands of students, traveled across the South, visited countless colleges, churches and grand auditoriums and performed for two sitting presidents. Still, his favorite spot is behind his piano in his classroom. There, he has inspired and developed the small historically Black university’s best singers since 1975, pulling musical selections from a range of genres and eras and singing one or two measures at a time over and over at evening practices until perfection. “All these years, I have seen how the students are passionate about singing ... and how they take what and how I teach to heart,” said Davenport, 75. “I see how they engage with the audience and how they recruit other students to be part of a singing organization that doesn’t necessarily sing what they hear on social media. “I see how much they want to showcase their talent and to display the love that they now have for this kind of music.” But his work has always been about more than the songs.
‘Safe spaces’ Moniqua Osbey met Davenport in 2009. Four years after Hurricane Katrina, Osbey found herself back in New Orleans living in a shelter for homeless domestic violence survivors with her two toddlers. When she was accepted to Dillard, she moved her young family into on-campus housing. Not everyone was supportive of that, she said. One professor told Osbey she could no longer bring her children
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S. Carver Davenport directs his students during a choir rehearsal at Dillard University in New Orleans. to class, citing a policy she had implemented when she worked in university administration before Osbey enrolled. Another professor, she recalled, told her it was “unbecoming” to have a single mom on campus and thought her presence would “influence other students negatively.” “Dr. Davenport, when I told him about it, he was very disappointed and upset because he felt the complete opposite,” Osbey said. “He felt that if people saw a young, single mother on campus with her kids turning her life around, that would encourage young mothers to continue their education.” She joined the choir to fulfill an academic requirement. But the choir, and Davenport, became her family. First, Davenport would watch her young children — 3 and 4 years old at the time — when Osbey was in class. Eventually, everyone in the choir got involved. Other stu-
dents who lived on campus would babysit in their dorm rooms and when someone who lived off campus offered help, Davenport would let them use his office to watch the kids. And he didn’t stop there. Between practices and performances, Davenport first allowed Osbey to bring her children to evening choir rehearsals. Then, as the university moved to phase out on-campus family housing, Davenport successfully lobbied Dillard’s then-president, Marvalene Hughes, to let Osbey stay. He pushed university officials to allow her to continue to catch the campus shuttle with her children when she needed it and made sure she could access the theater department’s laundry facilities. “All of these safe spaces, he created,” she said. Davenport is still like a grandfather to her children who, as adults, still call him “Pawpaw.” When she unexpectedly went into labor with her third child
eight years ago, Davenport got to the hospital before her family could. He cut the umbilical cord. This spring, the New Orleans City Council honored him as the longest-tenured choral director at any HBCU in the nation, and voted unanimously to name the intersection of Gentilly Boulevard and Allen Street near campus the Dr. S.C. Davenport Honorary Intersection. “Dr. Davenport has elevated the university’s music program to national and international recognition,” council member Eugene Green said at a council meeting earlier this year. “Through his leadership, mentorship and artistry, he has shaped generations of students and left a lasting imprint on the cultural fabric of New Orleans.” Current and former students talk about how Davenport helped them find housing, guided their career paths and even gave them money to eat. His has been the name-drop
But in the end, he always brings them back to the music. “I listen to recordings from freshman year of me singing versus how I sound now, and Doc has completely transformed my whole way of singing,” said Andreus Lowry, a senior choir member who called the choir his second home. “My voice, my breathing, everything. ... I’ve grown in every aspect.” Dillard President Monique Guillory — the sixth president since Davenport’s tenure began — called him an “institution” at the university and an “extraordinary talent.” “His students understand and appreciate the high standards he expects of them because he exemplifies those standards himself in everything he does — no excuses and no exceptions,” she wrote in a statement. “For five decades, Dr. Davenport has not simply led our choir; he has helped shape the lives of generations of Dillard students and contributed immeasurably to the cultural and musical legacy of this University. His impact will resonate at Dillard for generations to come.” For Davenport, the honors are heartening. But what keeps him there after so many years is the family he has built with his students. In his early years at Dillard, Davenport, who started teaching at 25, said he was like a brother to many students. But that was 50 years ago. “I was old enough to be their brother, then their father, now their grandfather and perhaps, in some cases, their great-grandfather,” he said. “I smile about that often.” It gives him the sense of purpose he needs to continue.
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Tips for better ZZZs when you’re traveling Little things can make a difference in sleep comfort
Place a towel along the floor to block it. Better still, book or ask for a room with a foyer and second door between the room and the corridor, more likely in older, upscale hotels. This genteel architectural detail provides both light and sound insulation.
BY GEORGE HOBICA
Tribune News Service (TNS) Here’s a disturbing fact: A third of U.S. adults fail to get the recommended minimum of seven hours of daily sleep. As many as 70 million Americans experience chronic sleep disorders or disturbances, with 20% of those reporting daytime drowsiness. And although I don’t have equivalent statistics, I’m almost certain that they are worse when people are traveling. And it’s not just jet lag. Other than bringing earplugs and an eye mask, here’s what to do about it, whether you’re staying in a hotel, flying or cruising.
Cool, dark, quiet Three things are essential in choosing hotel accommodations. While air conditioning can be taken for granted at most hotels these days, a dead quiet room with floor-to-ceiling blackout drapes that obliterate any trace of light is also needed. Even the slightest crack between the window and the drapes can be a problem. When I think of pitch-black hotel rooms, I think of Las Vegas. Maybe because of the desert environment — blinding light, intense heat — the Bellagio, the Cosmopolitan, the Vdara, the ARIA and others offer thick, pitch-black drapes that help keep rooms cool and dark. I spoke to Nicole Fournier, VP of Interior Design at MGM Resorts, to find out how they manage this so consistently. “We have very strict drapery standards,” she said. “In addition to drapes, our windows have blackout liners, and on windows where the drapes meet in the middle, we
Always ask if there’s a convention or large group in the hotel during your stay and what floors they’re booked on (do this when you reserve). Groups tend to get rowdy, like the gaggle of teenagers celebrating someone’s Sweet 16.
Room choices matter
Different planes
Always request a room at the very end of the corridor and at the top of the hotel. The farther away from elevators and foot traffic, the less chance of noisy neighbors careening past your room in the middle of the night.
Beware conventions and groups
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use a ‘bypass’ drapery system that overlaps them by five inches so there’s no light gap.” Wherever light can sneak in — whether at the top, bottom or sides of the window — extra care is taken to defeat light-creep. “Vegas is a 24/7 town,” she said, “and our guests need to rest and recharge to enjoy it all.”
Bring your own pillow This is key. I once asked Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Models, what her No. 1 travel tip was. “I always advise my girls to bring their own pillow when they travel,” she said, “because they’ll sleep better, which means they’ll look better.” Your pillow is too bulky to lug on a plane, you say? Then bring a travel-sized version with the same composition and firmness as your favorite one at home. You can find travel pillows at a reasonable price from Royal Pillow in Miami (royalpillow.com).
Sleeping better when flying It’s often hard sleeping on a long overseas or red-eye flight, even if you’ve booked one of those pricey lie-flat seats. Planes are noisy — even the most luxe seats are worse than your bed at home, there’s turbulence to jolt you awake, the air is as dry as a desert, and you’re flying at an equivalent cabin altitude of 8,000 feet (you’re basically on a mountain). If you’ve tried to sleep at high altitude when skiing or hiking, I’m sure you’ve experienced weird dreams and restless sleep. That’s because it’s harder to breathe at higher altitudes, and less oxygen to the brain (hypoxia) changes normal brain activity.
Choose the right room and floor
A third of U.S. adults fail to get the recommended minimum of seven hours of daily sleep.
in New Haven and the Westgate New York Grand Central have been fitted with triple-paned windows that keep rooms both quiet and cool.
Their 16-by-20-inch travel pillows, If the hotel has rooms overlookin a variety of firmnesses, start at ing an interior courtyard, such as $14.95. at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza or New York’s Sherry-Nethlander, Other sources of light book them. You’re less likely to Sleep-disrupting light doesn’t hear sirens and other street noise, and they’re often cheaper. Who just come through windows. There are the annoying LED and cares if there’s no view? You’re other lights constantly blinking in there to sleep. Or try a windowless room. The the modern hotel room, starting with the clock radio, if there is one, Standard Hotel in London, for one right by the bed. (Pro tip: Just un- example, offers these (look for the plug it. Not only does it shed light, “standard king interior category”). but there’s no telling if the previ- Search online for “hotels with winous guest set the alarm). dowless rooms” for more ideas. Anything else that emits even They provide the ultimate in quiet the smallest amount of light either and darkness, often at bargain needs to be unplugged or taped prices. over such as the room’s thermoAvoid rooms with connecting stat control, TV, smoke detector doors to an adjacent room. (cover just the blinking light, not the device’s sensors), or anything Book older hotels else with annoying LED standby Hotels built in the last century lights. Just remove tapes when you or earlier often have thicker walls. check out. But make sure the windows have Even the best window drapery been updated to reduce street cannot defeat the light sneaking noise. under the door from the hallway. Options such as the Hotel Marcel
On these planes the cabin interior is pressurized at 6,000 feet, 2,000 feet lower than on other aircraft types. It makes a huge difference on longer flights, especially if you have breathing issues to begin with. On older airplane models the cabin humidity is typically 5-10%, actually drier than a desert. The resulting dehydration inhibits rest on longer flights as thirst and dry mucus membranes (torture for contact lens wearers) take their toll. The 787 and A350 keep cabin humidity higher — up to 25%— than on older planes, making for a much more restful flight.
Choose a window seat A window seat allows travelers to control the window shade, and one can rest their pillowed head against the cabin wall. Plus, over-wing seats are more stable if there’s turbulence (think of a plane as a seesaw with the wing at the fulcrum).
TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER By Christopher Elliott
Refund sought after Avis charged extra for returning car rental early I booked a car in Spain through Booking.com for a rental with Avis. Everything seemed fine until I had a family emergency and had to return the vehicle early.At no stage during the booking process or at the rental desk was I informed that returning the car Christopher early would result in an increased cost. Elliott Imagine my shock when I saw an unauthorized charge of $673 on my credit card. Returning the car early effectively doubled my rental cost. I never received any communication about this fee. It’s unjustified — Avis could have re-rented the car the second I dropped it off. I’m a medic, and I often work in the North Sea where mobile signals are difficult, so I’ve had to try and manage this via email
and WhatsApp. It’s incredibly frustrating because Avis eventually admitted it was at fault and issued a refund, yet it’s still holding onto about $130. I want the full amount owed, not a partial amount. Can you help me get my remaining money back? — Christine Grosart, Evercreech, England Avis should have refunded you the moment it overcharged you. Actually, scratch that — it should have never charged you in the first place. If a company admits it made a mistake, it shouldn’t be a struggle to get a full refund. It certainly shouldn’t require a medic to take time away from her duties in the North Sea to chase down a missing $130. Rental car companies often have automated systems that
trigger early return fees or rate changes if you drop the car off sooner than planned. While their policies often state that rates are subject to change if the rental period is altered, those changes shouldn’t be applied in error, as Avis later admitted happened in your case. You could have avoided part of this by carefully reviewing the final receipt before leaving the rental lot. I know, you’re tired and want to get home, but that’s the moment you have the most leverage. You also did the right thing by starting a paper trail. As I always say, if it isn’t in writing, it didn’t happen. When you run into a wall like this, you can always escalate your complaint to the executives
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at Avis or Booking.com. You can find those contacts on my site at Elliott.org. I’ve dealt with similar fuzzy math from rental companies before. In a previous case involving Budget (which is owned by the same parent company, Avis Budget Group), a customer was hit with a cleaning fee that felt more like a penalty than a service charge. It seems these errors have a habit of leaning in the company’s favor. I reached out to Avis on your behalf and asked it to review your case. “We can confirm that the additional charge related to a quoted rate change due to early return was applied in error and should not have been charged,” a repre-
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sentative told me. It turns out part of the missing money was an additional driver fee that you signed for at the time of rental. Avis sent over a copy of your signed agreement to prove it. “Charges that are clearly included and accepted on the signed rental agreement are considered contractually agreed upon and are not eligible for refund,” the company noted. Your total refund comes to $552. While you didn’t get the driver fee refunded, you received the rest of your money back. Christopher Elliott is the founder of Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers solve their problems. Email him at chris@elliott.org.
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ARTS & CULTURE Exhibit at Nous Foundation explores evolution of La. maps ‘Borders in Motion’ is free, open through Sept. 30
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To all the map people out there — you know who you are — navigate to the Nous Foundation Gallery at 602 Toulouse St. to catch the exhibit “Becoming Louisiana: Borders in Motion, 1683-1814” while you can. The free exhibit, which closes Sept. 30, uses wall-sized line drawings derived from historic maps of the region Dave (from the holdings Walker of the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Library of Congress) made during the title time span. The idea is to demonstrate how the concept of “Louisiana” changed during the decades leading to statehood, and how it “was represented, contested, and transformed over time,” says the introductory wall text, by mapmakers charting the regional reigns of France, Spain and upstart colonists, as well as the indigenous originals who preceded them all. Whole regions in the maps swell and shrink as imperial control shifts. When recognized at all, the placement of Indigenous tribes shifts, too. QR codes direct the viewer to zoomable versions of the ornate and often cartographically approximate original maps. “Initially we wanted to have the original maps next to the new maps, but it was a little too much because we have a small space,” Head Curator Rudy BazenetTilton said. “So, I thought it would be nice to have a QR code and to allow people to scan them to see them in real time and then move on to the next map and do that again and kind of like be able to zoom in.”
The Nous Foundation Founded in 2021, the nonprofit New Orleans Foundation for Francophone Cultures moved in 2025 to its current space — in a building that’s part of the Historic New Orleans Collection’s French Quarter campus. In addition to the Toulouse-facing gallery, there is a French language bookstore and
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A gallery view of ‘Becoming Louisiana: Borders in Motion’ is open through Sept. 30 at the Nous Foundation Gallery. a co-working space. Visitors are typically a combination of locals and tourists. “We do have a large social media presence — we’re really present on Instagram,” Executive Director Scott Bazenet-Tilton said. “So, I think people figured out about it that way. I think what’s been really exciting for us, though, is the foot traffic. “For us, the focus is on locals coming in, and we’re really happy to play that role. We joked when we opened the space that we were bringing French back to the
French Quarter, right?” “ … Being the only Francophone organization in the Quarter, it’s really important to be able to provide that accessibility, because it’s a huge part of how New Orleans markets itself.”
Louisiana’s America “Becoming Louisiana” joined a series of Nous Foundation exhibits designed to localize the semiquincentennial year celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. “Musique(s)!” gathered 28 artists
to acknowledge the centuries-long local tradition of music sung in French and Creole in an exhibition, album, book and short documentary. Opening in early October, “Vie, Liberté et Recherche du Bonheur: The Reception of the Declaration of Independence in Louisiana” will use “textual resources — articles, letters — to see how French speakers here in Louisiana received the news of the American Revolution,” Rudy Bazenet-Tilton said. A catalog surveying the exhibits is also in the works. “Maps are one of those things that, I don’t know, brings out the schoolkid in you,” Scott BazenetTilton said. “To me, the mystery of mapmaking is, how did they do it? How did they know? And so boiling it down to just the lines is actually really good because it summarizes what that map was. “People who are interested in maps, I think for them this is really different.” The Nous Foundation Gallery’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Dave Walker focuses on behindthe-scenes coverage of the region’s many museums here and at www.themuseumgoer.com.
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had been casting their eyes Uptown. Downtown had become congested, whereas Uptown beckoned with leafy environs and recently electrified streetcar lines. Houses went up by the hundreds, creating new residential neighborhoods in need of schools and churches. The administrators of the recently renamed Tulane University of Louisiana were also looking for a new home. They and their Jesuit neighbors both realized the ideal space was the former Foucher tract — the sole Uptown plantation that had never been subdivided. Its riverside section of St. Charles Avenue had become Upper City (now Audubon) Park in 1879, and, six years later, hosted the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. But the lakeside section of St. Charles remained open. In 1889, Father John O’Shanahan, superior of the Jesuits’ New Orleans Mission, purchased part of this parcel for $22,500. In 1891, he established the Holy Name of Jesus Church and parochial school. That same year, Tulane administrators bought the adjacent property, and in 1893 augmented it with an acquisition from the real estate company developing Audubon Place. In 1894, work began on Gibson Hall and three other buildings, and by year’s end, Tulane moved its classes Uptown and eventually demolished the old Common Street campus. Now it was the Jesuits’ turn to make the move. In July 1904, The Daily Picayune reported “the Jesuit Fathers are preparing to extend their educational influence by establishing a school uptown, on the property owned by them, opposite the Audubon Park,” because the current campus at “Baronne and Common is overcrowded (with) over 400 pupils.” The new Uptown institution would start with a grammar and secondary school and eventually shift to higher education. Fundraising began in 1907, and three years later, work began on Marquette Hall. Classes commenced in 1911 at what was soon renamed Loyola University. An early commencement bulletin described the new “Tudor Gothic” campus as “admirably situated … on St. Charles Avenue, opposite Audubon Park … easily accessible … from all parts of the city.” With the new Loyola campus dedicated to higher education, the old downtown campus became Jesuit High School for secondary education. But the problem of urban congestion persisted, and the Jesuit fathers set out once again to find a more suitable location. In 1923, they secured an ideal site on South Carrollton Avenue
between Banks and Palmyra, a former dairy across from the New Orleans Baseball Park. Long known as the Breisacher Property, the land had risen in value from $4,000 in 1896 to $115,000 in 1923 — testimony to the ongoing development of what is now known as Mid-City. Because the Jesuits first had to cash out their downtown property before constructing anew, they moved their 540 students into an interim building on Howard Avenue. Demolition then proceeded on Baronne and Common for the construction on the Pere Marquette Building. Unfortunately, the piledriving destabilized the adjacent Immaculate Conception Church, which was subsequently disassembled and rebuilt. Construction on the new Jesuit High School on South Carrollton progressed through spring 1926 at a cost of at least $1,250,000. “Among the unique features of the school building is the fourteenfoot corridor with classrooms on one side only,” reported the Times-Picayune in July. “This will shut the evening sun, invite cool breezes and guarantee that quiet so helpful for successful classwork. The physics and chemistry departments have been planned with great care and equipped with all modern conveniences … and a large hall accommodating some 700 boys will answer the purpose of an assembly room.” Classes began in the new Jesuit High School on Sept. 24, 1926, and continue a century later for nearly twice that number of boys. (Disclaimer: my son is one of them.) Loyola, meanwhile, enrolls over 4,300 students on a campus situated between the vibrant Holy Name of Jesus parish church and parochial school — all adjacent to Tulane University, the Jesuits’ neighbor, in one form or another, for nearly 180 years. And back downtown on Baronne Street remains the majestic Church of the Immaculate Conception, roughly marking the geographical origin of the Society of Jesus in New Orleans, and still affectionately known as “the Jesuits Church.” Richard Campanella, a geographer with the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment, is the author of “Draining New Orleans;” “Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences;” “Bienville’s Dilemma;” and other books from LSU Press. The writer’s son Jason attends Jesuit High School. Campanella may be reached at http://richcampanella. com, rcampane@tulane.edu, or @nolacampanella on X.
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as a knock on the Catholic religion, Anderson said. In fact, he said, “we’re echoing what they would do.” Nash said Anderson regularly produces splendid costumes, because he has the crafting skills to translate his ideas into reality. “I look at him and say ‘I’ve got to step up my game,’ ” Nash said laughing.
Continued from page 1D Those who regularly attend the steamy Labor Day weekend procession in the French Quarter will certainly recognize Anderson. He’s that striking, tall, goateed guy that often sports a mile-wide, flat brimmed hat, bejeweled bib necklace, kimono and glittering eyelashes that jut out like the teeth of a Venus flytrap.
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Performance art S o m e h o w, A n d e r s o n stands out in a parade where absolutely everyone stands out in one way or another. He’s got a knack for creating an ensemble that’s outlandish yet elegant. Delirious, but dignified. And he deports himself with a certain studied grace, an economy of motion. Despite the heat of the Decadence parade, Anderson always seems to keep his cool. Over the past several years, Anderson has become an icon of Decadence and other events popular with the LGBTQ community — Easter, Halloween and Pride weekends. Wearing a stunning rainbow ensemble, Anderson was on the cover of The Gambit weekly newspaper’s 2026 Pride Festival edition. The 65-year-old considers costuming a form of performance art. His parade wardrobe communicates a gay aesthetic, but it is not drag. He is not a “female illusionist,” as he puts it. Yet, one of cinema’s great drag performances underlies all of Anderson’s creative life.
Finding sanctuary Anderson grew up on the West Bank. It wasn’t easy, he said, being a gay kid in a strict Southern Baptist household. “I was closeted, and I didn’t feel like I fit in,” he said. “I was bullied and teased as a young boy in school.” Anderson was a senior in high school when he first found an unexpected island of acceptance. Back in the late ’70s and ’80s, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” played regularly at the Sena Mall in Metairie. The musical comedy featured an alluringly libertine, cross-dressing, vampirical mad scientist named Dr.
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William Anderson, a well-known regular at Southern Decadence, shows off his latest costume in New Orleans. Anderson said he and his mentor stayed together for 12 years, during which time he became an instructor himself. To this day, he guides students in everything from the foxtrot to the tango to the bolero. Classic ballroom dance, and particularly Latin dance, “is my passion,” he said. Lane Barry said she’s taken dance instruction from Anderson for 28 years. “We just hit it off from the beginning,” she said. Anderson, she said, teaches all levels of dance from beginner to advanced. “He’s so adaptable. He’s a wonderful choreographer, he’s inventive and creative. You can tell he loves what he does.” Different dances, Barry explained, require different A passion for dance attitudes. The Cha Cha, she Anderson was always a said, needs to be sassy while natural artist. As high school a waltz needs to be fluid and graduation loomed, an art beautiful. “You have to be a good acteacher encouraged him to enter an art contest with tor, and he is,” Barry said of a prize of $5,000 meant to Anderson. “He can put the be used for college tuition. flavor of the dance into his Anderson won with a pencil instruction.” drawing inspired by, what Perpetual indulgence else, “Rocky Horror.” He said he attended classSometime during his caes for a while at Delgado reer as a dance instructor, Community College, but by Anderson began creating then he’d also begun taking costumes for his students to ballroom dance instruction. wear during recitals — a skill When he fell in love with the which facilitates his Decainstructor, his life waltzed dence personae. He began off in another direction. parading regularly in 2012.
Frank-N-Furter — played by the late Tim Curry — who was surrounded by a cast of ghoulish punksters. It’s still customary for audience members to sing along to the score, costume like the characters, and even mimic parts of the movie during the projection. Young William Anderson said he saw the movie maybe 100 times, and joined in with the antics of the ad hoc cast. “Basically, I was just a Transylvanian who would get up and do the ‘Time Warp,’” he said, referring to Rocky Horror’s theme song. The movie, remembered for its gender fluidity, made Andrews “feel like I fit in society,” he said. “It gave me an outlook to be my inner self.”
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Several weeks before the Decadence parade, Anderson had already begun planning his costume. It includes references to the 2026 Decadence parade theme, “Phoenix Rising, Together We Rise,” and some of this year’s parade colors: red, black and gold. Anderson said he isn’t an official representative of any of the parades he participates in. But he realizes that he’s become a recognizable part of the scene. At least, “I would like to think so in my head,” he said. “Basically,” he said, “I’d like people to ask ‘What is William Anderson going to do to top last year?’” he said. What’s certain is that Anderson has found a sense of acceptance and belonging in the Southern Decadence parade and other events, just like he did at the old Sena Mall theater singing the “Time Warp.” “It so funny,” he said of his parade appearances, “when I’m out like that, I actually go up to people and thank them for coming to my party.” The 2026 Southern Decadence parade begins at 3 p.m. Sunday.
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could have done, perhaps followed by a wistful, “Well, it has special meaning to me.” Miss Manners is aware that this will not take away the sting of this woman’s hurtful comments, but perhaps your crestfallen look will make her think twice about doing it to someone else. Eh, probably not. Dear Miss Manners: A few years ago, my significant other suddenly passed away. Not long after, his daughter got married. My brother flew in from another state to be my plus-one, which I very much appreciated, given the circumstances, and we were both able to enjoy the beautiful occasion. My first cousin recently reached out to me, excited to share the news that her son will be getting married and wanted my brother and me to attend. Based on her knowledge of the prior wedding I attended, she suggested my brother could be my plus-one again, and I agreed. She asked me for his address and I obliged. Shortly thereafter, and to my surprise, I received a “save the date” envelope addressed as: Ms. Jane Doe and Mr. John Doe. But we are siblings, at
Dear Miss Manners: How does one politely respond to someone who hijacks a compliment about an item of jewelry and basically turns it into an appraisal? When a guest asked me about my necklace, I responded that it is a Jerusalem cross, that the gems are opals and that it is a treasured gift from my mother from her recent trip to Jerusalem. Judith My mother and I have Martin October birthdays and MISS enjoy wearing opals, our MANNERS birthstone. That was apparently the perfect opportunity for another guest to grab the necklace and examine it, indicating that she was a “jewelry expert” because her husband was a jeweler. She told me, “Those aren’t opals, probably doublets” and went on for some time until I could extricate myself. How does one address people with such boorish behavior? Gentle Reader: By screaming when she grabbed the necklace from you, for starters. Otherwise, a tight smile as she nattered on was about the most you
TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2026. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.) Also on this date: In 1522, the Victoria, commanded by Juan Sebastian de Elcano, arrived in Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the globe on an expedition launched in 1519 by Ferdinand Magellan; Elcano and 21 others were the only survivors of the expedition, which set out with five ships and 270 men (Magellan was killed in the Philippines a year earlier.) In 1781, British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, a onetime American officer, ordered British forces to burn New London, Con-
necticut. In 1914, in World War I, the first Battle of the Marne began as French and British troops attacked advancing German forces, stopping the advance and avoiding the capture of Paris. In 1949, Howard Unruh, a resident of Camden, New Jersey, shot and killed 13 of his neighbors. (Unruh, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was incarcerated for 60 years until his death in 2009.) In 1972, the Summer Olympics resumed in Munich, West Germany, a day after the deadly hostage crisis that left 11 Israelis, five Arab abductors and a West German police officer dead. In 1975, 18-year-old tennis star Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia, in New York for the U.S. Open, requested political asylum in the United States. In 1997, a public funeral was held for Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in London, six days after her death in a car crash in Paris.
In 2006, President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA was running secret prisons overseas and said “tough” interrogation techniques had forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies. In 2018, the Supreme Court of India decriminalized consensual sex between adults, legalizing homosexuality in the country. In 2022, Liz Truss began her tenure as U.K. prime minister; she would resign just 49 days later. Today’s Birthdays: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 89. Cartoonist Sergio Aragonés is 89. Rock singermusician Roger Waters is 83. Comedian-actor Jane Curtin is 79. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 68. Country singer-songwriter Mark Chesnutt is 63. Actor Rosie Perez is 62. R&B singer Macy Gray is 59. Actor Idris Elba is 54. Actor Justina Machado is 54. Actor Anika Noni Rose is 54. Actor Naomie Harris is 50. Rapper Foxy Brown is 48. Actor/singer Deborah Joy Winans is 43.
different addresses — not even in the same state. I feel I should have received my own announcement, and my brother should have received his own, as well. If they are concerned about a head count, when sending the actual wedding invitations, they could simply omit the option for a plus-one. Should I say something to my cousin, or the bride and groom? What is the etiquette here? Gentle Reader: This is particularly perplexing, since you and your brother have the same relationship to this cousin. Why would he not get his own invitation for that reason alone? Not doubt, she was just saving a stamp — and/or, since you had discussed it beforehand, she did not feel like addressing two envelopes. But if it really bothers you and you want to get her back, Miss Manners recommends you and your brother split the cost of the present and put both of your names on it. That will teach her. Find Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; or email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com.
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South Louisiana is reinforcing convention infrastructure as competition grows in events industry BY IANNE SALVOSA Staff writer
Baton Rouge and New Orleans are planning major expansions of their convention facilities in an attempt to get a larger share of the increasingly competitive events business. A team has been assembled in Baton Rouge to tackle the redevelopment of the aging Raising Cane’s River Center, replacing it with a long-awaited convention center and headquarters hotel. New Orleans, already used to hosting major events, is planning a new headquarters hotel to accompany the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, which is undergoing renovations. But a few financial hoops must be cleared before the hotel is a reality. Cities across the United States are investing millions in infrastructure to support large, multiday events as attendance makes a slow but sure recovery from the pandemic. International conflict and rising operational costs
are making it harder to attend and host events, encouraging planners to prioritize fewer conventions, according to an international outlook by the Professional Convention Management Association, whose members collectively organize more than 3 million events annually. “Competition is only getting stiffer and stiffer,” said Sherrif Karamat, CEO of PCMA. The River Center saw more than 100,000 more visitors last year than it did in 2019 and the New Orleans Convention Center had returned to pre-pandemic event numbers by 2023, though attendance numbers lagged. PCMA’s annual market survey found that almost half of respondents, many of whom are meeting planners, saw an increase in attendance at their most recent in-person event compared with the last pre-pandemic event, though the increase hasn’t been seen all around the industry. The increase in business isn’t coming from the cities one might expect. Second-, third-
and fourth-tier cities like Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis are ramping up their game, Kamarat said, as the competition heats up on an international stage. Dollars from conventions and meetings flows into vendors, hotels, local businesses and transportation. A key tenet is their multiday or even multimonth structure, making the economic impacts of smaller, more frequent events like concerts pale in comparison. Louisiana has a strong foundation for hosting with its renowned culture and traditions, Karamat said, but continued investments in convention centers, hotels, airports and other infrastructure are key to future success in the modern events industry. “They give you a little bit of fame in a moment,” he said of sporadic, seasonal events. “But business events are every day during the course of the year that are driving economic
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“We already have what so many destinations are trying to create — the culture, hospitality, food and experiences.” JIM COOK, president and CEO, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans
Chevron CEO says patience pays off in Venezuela oil deal BY KEVIN CROWLEY
Bloomberg News (TNS) Big Oil has often employed the “hang around” playbook: secure legal rights to a giant resource — and then, eventually, figure out how to produce it profitably. But few companies have taken it to the extremes of Chevron Corp. For two decades, Chevron stayed in Venezuela while all its major peers quit after former President Hugo Chavez nationalized foreign assets atop the world’s largest oil reserves in the mid-2000s. The Houston-based company endured U.S. sanctions, accounting write-offs, arrests of its employees and accusations of collusion with a regime rife with corruption and human rights
abuses. The payoff came on last week: a landmark deal that will provide Chevron with billions of barrels of reserves, enough to last into the 2040s — and perhaps beyond. It still remains to be seen how easy it will be to boost output in a country where there are still significant political and legal questions. It’s unclear whether whoever succeeds President Donald Trump in the White House will stick to his strategy in Venezuela. And in Caracas, there’s no guarantee that whatever leader comes after acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez will remain as cooperative with the U.S. But for now, at least, Chevron is encouraged by its long game.
“You have to have some patience and look at this out over time and not become discouraged. Not pick up and leave when things are difficult,” Chevron Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth said in an interview. “You have to hang in there until all the conditions come together: the technology, the economics, the markets, the politics.” The strategy had its costs. Employees worked through hyperinflation, power cuts and frequent breakdowns in law and order, while executives spent countless hours and political goodwill in Caracas and Washington to keep the operations in good working order. Cash flow was minimal.
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Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ offers financial (and life) lessons During my first semester of college, Dolly Parton made her movie debut in the comedy “9 to 5.” The movie’s title track became my anthem for adulting. It was the winter of 1980, and I was Michelle in my first semester Singletary at the University of THE COLOR Maryland at College OF MONEY Park. The previous summer, I worked as an intern at the Baltimore Sun. The paper provided a four-year scholarship that included tuition, room, board and books, as well as paid internships at the Sun and its sister paper, the Evening Sun. If I did well at Maryland and in three more promised summer internships, a job would await me upon graduation. I was so scared of failing. My grandmother, Big Mama, told me that once I graduated, I would become responsible for my disabled brother, who was just three years younger than me. Mitchell suffered from debilitating seizures as a result of his epilepsy, which made it difficult for him to work. If I could make a
career in journalism, my income would support us both. And I did it, covering many of his expenses, until he died at age 32 from a massive seizure. Parton died on Aug. 25 at 80. I immediately thought about how she inspired me with lyrics that chronicled the travails of women who endured sexism and unequal pay in the workplace. I didn’t realize until now that the inspiration for the song was 9to5, a Boston-based organization founded by clerical workers in 1973 to advocate for fair pay and working conditions for women in the workplace. Parton wrote the song after being introduced to the group’s mission by her co-star Jane Fonda. “9to5 is deeply saddened by the loss of the legend, advocate, and ally Dolly Parton,” the organization wrote in a statement. “Inspired by the real stories and experiences of 9to5 members, she gifted us an anthem that has resonated for decades with working people and reminds us there is still so much work to be done. Through her music and her work in film, she helped bring national attention to the real issues that women
continue to face in the workplace to this day: sexism, harassment, unequal pay, and how the wealthy exploit our labor.” Adulting is hard enough — trying to figure out how to pay your bills, save, maybe have enough left over to invest for retirement, and still have some fun. But when financial challenges are coupled with workplace inequity, every step forward comes with a reminder of this line from the song, “They let you dream just to watch ’em shatter.” I saw my struggle to make it, just like the clerical staff at the office she wrote about. Parton sang, “There’s a better life, and you think about it, don’t you?” I did. I never take for granted what that scholarship meant for my family and me, but it came with a downside: doubts that I was equal to the White men who dominated the newsroom. Although the minority scholarship opened a door for me, walking through it meant facing hostility on the job. I overheard two White reporters disparaging the scholarship
created to increase minority representation on the Baltimore Sun’s staff. The Baltimore papers had long been criticized for lacking reporters who looked like the communities they covered. During one summer internship, an editor made my life miserable without even trying to hide her racism. She routinely passed me over, saving the best assignments for the White interns. Once, she took an idea I brought to her and gave it to a White male intern she favored. When he decided he didn’t want to do the story, she gave the assignment back to me. Today, nearly half a century after Parton first released “9 to 5,” diversity, equity and inclusion programs are still characterized by critics as giving an unfair advantage to women and minorities who have been historically marginalized. But DEI was — and is — about taking corrective measures rather than providing unfair preferential treatment. Even once I moved on to fulltime jobs, I was underpaid when compared with colleagues with similar experience. At times I felt that “it’s a rich man’s game no matter what they
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growth in different sectors of that community, and it’s creating permanent jobs in different sectors.”
Infrastructure investments Inaction and contract disputes have plagued convention center improvements in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. But it’s not too late for them to step up their game. High demand for events signals room for Baton Rouge and New Orleans’ construction to get a bite of event industry growth, Karamat said. “This is just a matter of our community really focusing on something that has been needed, but there’s been other priorities,” said Charles Landry, a Baton Rouge attorney who is involved in the River Center redevelopment and the new LSU arena. “Well, now this has become one and that’s very important.” The redevelopment won’t occur in a vacuum — downtown Baton Rouge plans to revitalize its riverfront with a youth sports complex and other amenities to create a more attractive “front porch” to the city, according to the Plan Baton Rouge III road map for development. Baton Rouge can serve as an alternative location for events with dates that may not work out in New Orleans venues, he said. Given its central location between New Orleans, Lafayette and St. Francisville, visitors can bounce between the cities and see what south Louisiana has to offer. Access to the cities is key, Karamat said, nodding toward Nashville, Tennessee, and its Music City Center, which has brought in more than $4 billion in direct economic impact in the past decade, as an example. The center is in early planning stages for expansion, running concurrently with expansions at Nashville International Airport, which has a $4.5 billion plan to accommodate 40 million passengers annually. The airport saw 26.7 million passengers in the most recent fiscal year. New Orleans is gearing up to support even more visitors in the future with a $3.6 million Louis Armstrong
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The crowd cheers during the Bocuse d’Or international culinary competition in July at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. New Orleans International Airport master plan for the next 20 years that could bring a new terminal, gates and parking garage, in addition to ongoing projects like a connector road for express shuttles. The River District area surrounding the Convention Center is undergoing a makeover, including a renovation to the Audubon Aquarium and the new Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park. “We have to continue investing and evolving if we want to win new business and keep longtime customers coming back,” Jim Cook, president and CEO of the Convention Center, said in the statement. The New Orleans Convention Center, which hosts more than 100 events each year, will be able to attract 27 more conventions each year with the addition of a headquarters hotel, according to an analysis by hospitality consulting firm HVS. The Convention Center commissioned a study from PCMA members on the impact of the headquarters hotel plan, which found that 82% of respondents would be more willing to plan events in New Orleans if the center had a hotel.
High expectations Business events have stepped up their game over the years, providing out of the box gifts that go beyond the typical branded pens and tote bags. It’s raised the stakes for conference planners, said Victoria Armstrong, founder of Curate For Women Who Work. Curate, based in Baton Rouge, has hosted an annual conference for the
past five years and will host in New Orleans for the first time this month. Armstrong said the Crescent City has a larger capacity for large, multiday events than Baton Rouge and is a part of a natural progression for the conference as it moves toward a long-term goal of hosting in a new city each year. Low hotel capacity is a struggle for hosting Baton Rouge events, she said, having to factor in capacity, transportation and safety of her guests as they leave events at night to travel back to their hotel. There are 8,500 hotel rooms in East Baton Rouge Parish, but 2,000 are committable — meaning the hotel and planners can agree to block out rooms for a specific events, according to Visit Baton Rouge. “There are more conferences, brunches, networking events, especially between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,” Armstrong said. “I think that’s really good for the ecosystem.” Meeting planners also look for convenience, said Cook from the Morial Convention Center. Planners must block out hotel rooms and coordinate meeting spaces for large events, making a headquarters hotel a key piece for easy planning. Other emerging values sought in host cities are sustainability, technology and community engagement, he said. “We already have what so many destinations are trying to create — the culture, hospitality, food and experiences people want,” Cook said.
Executives, including Wirth, typically met questions from analysts and reporters with terse, legally-worded answers. Rivals including ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. and ConocoPhillips instead chose to pursue compensation claims from the Chavez nationalization through international arbitration and court orders. Chevron plans to invest $7 billion over the next five years through its joint venture partnerships in Venezuela. The deal is part of a U.S. government-led push to revive the Latin American country’s oil industry. Executives from Chevron, GE Vernova Inc. and Eni SpA on Wednesday joined U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Rodriguez to unveil a wave of energy deals aimed at boosting the nation’s crude production. Wright said the deals represented “tens of billions” worth of investments. Within five years, Chevron estimates it will be producing 600,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude per day at a cost of less than $20 a barrel. Brent crude closed near $95 a barrel on Wednesday. At current prices, Chevron’s Venezuelan oil would be among the most profitable barrels on the planet. Things changed for Chevron on Jan. 3 when U.S. special forces captured Venezuela’s former leader Nicolas Maduro. Though the strongman leader was arrested on narco-terrorism charges, Trump was clear the raid was also about reclaiming what he called “our oil.” As the only U.S. oil major operating in Venezuela, Chevron immediately moved into
call it/ And you spend your life puttin’ money in his wallet 9 to 5.” But Parton didn’t just reflect on our struggles; she spent a lifetime using her wealth and the stage to lighten them, whether through her song catalog or funding programs like her Imagination Library, which mails free books to children. She was a financial role model, refusing to give up publishing rights, referring to her songs like children who would take care of her in her old age. She built an empire on her own terms. “But you’ve got dreams he’ll never take away/ In the same boat with a lot of your friends/ Waitin’ for the day your ship’ll come in/ And the tide’s gonna turn and it’s all gonna roll your way.” This is why “9 to 5” became my anthem for adulting and continued to inspire me for decades. Music can soothe your soul when it’s so easy to become discouraged. And Parton’s lyrics give you the resolve to keep fighting for what you’re worth, despite the adversity you face. Email Michelle Singletary at michelle.singletary@washpost. com.
pole position to ramp up production and lay claim to the country’s best oil fields. “Chevron was pragmatic,” said Miguel Tinker Salas, Venezuelan historian and emeritus professor at Pomona College in California. “They understood they were sitting on the largest deposit of oil in the world and that the government needed them, especially with ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips leaving.” To be sure, Eni of Italy and Spain’s Repsol SA also stayed in Venezuela during the years of hostility with the U.S. and operated under similar restrictions as Chevron. Eni on Wednesday signed a 25-year contract for the Junin 5 field, which has about 35 billion barrels of oil in place, as part of the broader unveiling of deals. The U.S. is meanwhile coming under increased scrutiny for its foray into Venezuela, particularly after Trump announced a plan late last week to take majority control over a huge amount of the nation’s oil wealth in an unprecedented maneuver. The venture comes months after Trump laid out his vision for what he called the Donroe Doctrine — a 21st century version of the Monroe Doctrine that warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere. The developments are spurring analysts and academics to look back to an earlier era of neocolonialism, when the U.S. exerted out-sized power over Latin America and its natural resources. For Chevron, it’s not the first time the company has employed the “hang around” strategy to considerable effect. When Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001, it inherited vast swathes of drilling rights in the Permian Basin
at a time when there was little knowledge of how to extract crude profitably from shale. Rather than selling, as some of its rivals did, Chevron stayed put. About 15 years later, when smaller companies perfected horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques, Chevron was sitting on an area the size of Yellowstone National Park in the heart of what became America’s most prolific oil field. In 1993, Chevron signed what some called the “deal of the century” to develop the giant Tengiz field in Kazakhstan soon after the fall of the Soviet Union. Cost overruns, technical difficulties and political complexity meant the production ramp-up was slower than expected. It was only in 2025 — more than 30 years later — that Tengiz reached its full potential of 1 million barrels of oil equivalent a day. “It’s important to be in good, high-quality resource positions,” Wirth said. “They’re also sometimes not the easiest resource to produce.” The big test for Chevron now is to prove that this time, in Venezuela, it will be different. A change of government in Caracas or Washington could just as quickly upend the deals signed Wednesday. But Chevron is in a strong position to weather whatever storm may be coming, according to Schreiner Parker, partner and head of emerging markets at Rystad Energy. “Chevron made its Venezuela bed a long time ago, and now it is finally in a position to sleep in it,” he said. “That patience has given Chevron decades of relationships, infrastructure and operational knowledge that its rivals cannot easily replicate.”
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Southern Hotel owner embraces hospitality challenges BY GRACE MAYER
Staff writer
Lisa Condrey Ward, the owner and developer behind the bookedand-busy Southern Hotel in Covington, has been interested in historic preservation since she was a kid growing up in northern Louisiana in the 1960s. Every summer, her mom took her to tour historic Antebellum-era homes in nearby Natchez, Mississippi. Though she grew up to become an attorney, historic preservation became her passion, and between 1982 and the early 2010s, she renovated 10 historic homes in Lake Providence, New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish. The experience ultimately inspired her to tackle the renovation and reopening of the Southern, a dormant 1907 hotel and the biggest renovation project she’s taken on to date. “It was a place where the lights hadn’t been turned on for 50 years,” Ward said. “It was like there was this black hole because of how prominently it was located in downtown Covington.” Since reopening in 2014, the hotel, which has seen steady revenue growth of a little less than 5% a year on average, has been widely credited with reviving downtown Covington. In the last decade, restaurants have filled in around the hotel, including the former Star Theater which was renovated and reopened as a restaurant earlier this year. In this week’s Talking Business, Ward talks about the hotel’s expansion plans, the challenges of running a hotel at a time when consumers are spending less and what other developments downtown Covington needs. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. In 2022, you announced plans to expand the Southern Hotel and purchased and cleared property for it. That expansion has faced a standstill since. Where are those plans at today? A little over a year after announcing those plans, I put the
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brakes on the expansion. When I paused the project, my team was seeing interest rates go up every three weeks. We made projections off of 6% interest rates, and right before we picked up the building permit, those rates rose to 8.5% with no end in sight. I just decided this was not a good time, and I really hate that because it was a tough decision. Interest rates have gotten a little better now, but I fully expect them to go back up again, because inflation is not gone down. People are still doing projects, but most of the projects I’ve seen go forward in the parish right now aren’t as big as what I’m trying to do. Have your plans for the expansion changed since announcing them? In the last four months, we have started making changes to them. Originally, we planned to add 25 hotel rooms and some condos. Now, we’re just going to add hotel rooms, and more than we originally planned, and nix the condo idea. The demand for condos is there in Covington; we’ve just decided to streamline the idea. We always knew we could probably do a little more than 25 rooms.
busy with hosting some corporate function. We’re also very fortunate in that we are so supported by the local community. I’m not a hotel on the side of the road that is solely dependent on travelers. Even if you haven’t seen your business dip, I’m sure you’re thinking ahead, especially since inflation is expected to go up again. How do you mitigate those challenges? We have a certain brand. We’re not going to make a big deviation from who we are, what we do and the services we provide. That being said, we need to be even more thoughtful about ensuring people who stay with us or host events with us are getting the value they expect from us. Maybe they aren’t doing as big an event as they wanted to, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t do the quality event that they want to with us. How have you seen the hotel lead to other projects in Covington, and besides your own project, what other development do you think Covington needs? We need more housing, and we need more accessible housing for younger people. When we first opened, labor was our biggest struggle. It took us a while to deSTAFF FILE PHOTOS BY CHRIS GRANGER velop a labor pool that understood The Southern Hotel in Covington, which reopened in 2014, has been the level of service we wanted to provide and had the training to widely credited with reviving downtown. do all that. We found managers in New Orleans, and a lot of our serThe economies of scale are always budget. I don’t know if we’re ever going to really see that get under vice people come to us from Tangoing to make sense, right? I can control. add 25 rooms, but I don’t need to gipahoa Parish or Slidell, because The hospitality industry can go up and add another general manager. To it’s more affordable to live in those down quite a bit, especially with inflation. run the hotel, there are a lot of areas. various expenses that are there no Has that affected the Southern Hotel? Since the hotel reopened, you The bottom line is hotels, resmatter what, and I realized I could just have so many more people have more rooms to support those taurants and bars — that’s all diswalking around downtown Covexpenses. cretionary income for consumers. ington. That’s a big benefit to the What’s the biggest challenge with running There’s always a fear that when shops and restaurants nearby. a hotel today? people are paying $4.50 at the gas Today, we have 38 restaurants Insurance and higher deductpump, and with what they’re paywithin walking distance of the hoing everywhere else, they’re going tel. When I did this project, I truly ibles have become a larger exto have to let something go. It’s believed that Covington was at a pense for us in recent years. Our in the back of my head, because point that it would support a small insurance has probably gone up expenses have gone up for everyhotel. Fortunately, it’s kind of been over 30% since Hurricane Ida. I an “if you build it, they will come” had to put a new roof on the hobody, and they’ve certainly gone situation. up for the hotel. tel following that storm. It cost Fortunately, we really haven’t $249,000, but I had a $250,000 deductible. I got zero benefit from seen any significant slowdown in Email Grace Mayer at grace. business. Almost every day we’re that insurance. It’s just hard to mayer@theadvocate.com.
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ACROSS THE REGION
LSU recognizes successes of grad-led companies BY TIMOTHY BOONE
Staff writer
The 16th annual LSU100, which recognizes the fastest-growing businesses either owned or led by LSU graduates, is out. The exact company rankings on the list will be announced at a private event in November. LSU also released the Roaring 20, a list of the 20 companies owned or led by graduates that had the highest revenue.
Roaring 20 In alphabetical order, businesses include: n Argent Financial Group*, Ruston, wealth and investment management n Audubon Cos.*, Metairie, engineering, procurement and construction management n B&G Food Enterprises*, Morgan City, Taco Bell franchisee n Danos, Gray, oil and gas services n Grand Isle Shipyard*, Galliano, fabrication for the oil and gas industry n HNTB Corp.*, Kansas City, Missouri, engineering and architecture n ISC Constructors*, Baton Rouge, industrial engineering, construction and maintenance n J.P. Oil Co.*, Lafayette, oil and gas n Lipsey’s, Baton Rouge, wholesale firearms sales n Lyons Specialty Co., Port Allen, convenience store distributor n MAPP, Baton Rouge, general contractor n NewEdge Advisors*, New Orleans, registered investment adviser n Performance Contractors*, Baton Rouge, general industrial contractor services n Provident Resources Group*, Baton Rouge, developer and operator of healthcare facilities, student housing and senior living n PSC Group*, Baton Rouge, transportation and logistics services n Red River Bank*, Alexandria,
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Soon-to-be-graduates walk across LSU’s campus to the commencement ceremony on May 15. LSU recently released its annual LSU100, a list of the fastest-growing businesses either owned or led by LSU graduates, and the Roaring 20, a list of the 20 companies owned or led by graduates that had the highest revenue. community bank n Royal Automotive Group*, Baton Rouge, automobile sales n Sealevel Construction*, Thibodaux, heavy civil construction n The Newtron Group, Baton Rouge, electrical construction and instrumentation n Turner Industries Group*, Baton Rouge, industrial construction and fabrication
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Other companies on the fastestgrowing list are: Alexander Contractor Services, Aligned Incentives, American Safety, Answering Bureau, Anytime Flooring, Arkel Constructors, Associated Office Systems of Louisiana, Bank of St. Francisville, Bear Process Safety, Brousseau & Lee, BUILD Commercial *Also made the 100 fastest-growing list Construction, Catalyst Bank,
Four Corners Capital, Gauthier Amedee, Geauxgarcia Photography, Greenleaf Architects, Gregory Switzer Architecture, Gros Flores Positerry, Hargrove Roofing, Highflyer Human Resources, Immense Networks, Instructional Data Solutions, Integrated Payment Solutions dba Paystar and International Pumps and Parts dba Industriflo. Also, ITinspired, JH Operating Co., JCW Creative, JMH Properties dba WorkStay, Kidder & Schultz CPAs, Kin Capital Partners, Landco Construction Services, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, Loadstar Product Handling Services, Loyd J Bourgeois Injury & Accident Lawyer, Manheim Architecture, Mansfield, Melancon, Cranmer & Dick, McClure, Bomar & Harris, Mid South Extrusion, Miller Safety Consulting, Moran Consultants, Moreau Physical Therapy, Myers Construction & Development, Next Level Solutions, NOLA DMC, Orion Engineers + Constructors, Pacifica Engineering Services, PALA Interstate, Paperless Environments, Percipience, Premier Geotech and Testing, Quality Engineering & Surveying, and ROSA Enterprises Corp. dba The UPS Store 2305. Also, Sasso, School Food and Wellness Group, Secure Shredding and Recycling, SEJ Services, Sigma Engineers and Constructors, Stuart & Co. General Contractors, Success Labs, Sustainable Design Solutions, TAP Innovations, The Anderson Group Real Estate Services, TigerBytes IT Solutions, Triform Therapy, Unitas Consulting, Vectura Consulting Services, VGraham, Wellworth Bank and Xdesign. Nominations are submitted by individuals, colleagues, clients, former classmates or the businesses themselves. Businesses submit financial details confidentially to be considered for the top 100 list and the Roaring 20.
Chabert Insurance The Ehrhardt Agency, CompuFlow Solutions Crescent Payroll Solutions, Currency Bank, DAA Media + Marketing, DDG, DelVal Flow Controls USA, DonahueFavret Contractors and Dunlap Government Solutions. Also, Energy Pipe & Supply, ES2, Evergreen Tractor & Equipment, Extreme Nitrogen, Fairway Consulting and Engineering, Fit- Email Timothy Boone at ness Evolved, Forte and Tablada, tboone@theadvocate.com.
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JCPenney brand CEO points to new efforts to stir up sales BY BRIAN WOMACK
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
DALLAS — JCPenney’s Michelle Wlazlo is driving the storied department store ahead, even as the company faces some headwinds with sales and store operations. The brand CEO, whose company underwent a massive merger with the parent company of brands such as Aéropostale and Brooks Brothers last year, has overseen new ventures that are showing promise, giving customers new options to buy their favorite jeans, jackets or jewelry. “We are well-positioned,” Wlazlo said. “I’ll tell you that for sure.” JCPenney has been navigating changing consumer sentiments and evolving customer tastes while it competes with retailers large and small across the country. U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in July from the previous month but climbed 5% from July 2025, according to a U.S. census report. JCPenney has taken on some store closures, with about eight sites expected to shutter this year, the company said. “I think we’ve shown our commitment to having a store base, but you know we have to evaluate market conditions,” Wlazlo said. And that doesn’t mean every store’s closure is the end for JCPenney in a local market. In the Chicago area, the department store, after moves by the government, shut down. But JCPenney found another way to serve the region, and there are plans for a location that’s even closer for many of its customers. “We want to be responsible with our real estate portfolio, and that was a great chance ... where something happened with one of our stores, but (were able to get a) store nearby,” Wlazlo said. Still, the company has seen sales continue to face challenges. In the quarter that ended in early May, total net sales fell by more than 4%, a filing shows. “Between, you know, the gas prices that really peaked as we got into the April time period and
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Michelle Wlazlo, left, executive vice president and chief merchant at JCPenney, and David Beckham speak during a promotional launch at JCPenney at Roosevelt Field Mall on Oct. 12, 2023, in Garden City, N.Y. JCPenney has been navigating changing consumer sentiments and evolving customer tastes while it competes with retailers large and small across the country. Wlzalo has overseen new ventures that are showing promise, giving customers new options to buy their favorite jeans, jackets or jewelry. all the other things going on ... we did see a slight pullback,” she said. However, Wlazlo said during the interview that was held during the final week of last month, the company was seeing customers come back. “We’re seeing good results on early back-to-school markets so far and our back-to-school products,” she said. JCPenney is trying some new approaches this year with that key shopping season. One effort: a price lock guarantee for back-toschool for about 31/2 weeks. It’s helpful as different parts of the country have different sched-
ules for returning to school. For example, some Texas schools have been in school for several days while New York state has districts that start in September. And she pointed to other moves. One of them is tied to the merger with Sparc Group that formed Catalyst Brands last year. It brought together clothing labels that included Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand and Nautica. Earlier this year, the company took a fresh step with loyalty efforts, as JCPenney and Aéropostale combined their rewards programs so every dollar a cus-
tomer spends at either store earns money for shopping at both spots. The program racked up more than a million users within a matter of weeks. JCPenney shoppers are spending at Aéropostale, and, in addition, “We’re seeing the Aero customers coming over, and they are using the salon — fine jewelry, our home category,” Wlazlo said. JCPenney is looking more broadly for other ideas. The company, joining retailers such as Nordstrom and Ulta, has set up a marketplace offering. This lets JCPenney offer items beyond its own lineup as third-party companies sell their products via its platform
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on its website. It’s a “significant new business” for the company, Wlazlo said. “Our marketplace soft-launched in late June and is expected to continue ramping up throughout this half,” Wlazlo said in a separate statement recently. “The team is currently testing vendors in select categories, and we currently have [about]100 third-party sellers focused mostly on clothing, footwear and accessories.” That number is expected to grow substantially as it reaches into other categories including home, electronics, outdoors, beauty and jewelry.
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Ten Reasons the $100 Billion SpaceX Deal Matters On Tuesday in Vermilion Parish, Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois, and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell announced that SpaceX will invest $100 billion to build its largest launch facility anywhere, a spaceport on the Louisiana coast big enough to reshape how Louisiana thinks about its own economy. As big a number as is $100 billion*, the actual impact on Louisiana and Greater New Orleans may be bigger. Here are a “Top 10” reasons why: 1. 2.
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It is the largest capital investment in Louisiana history – At $100 billion, the project, called Starbase Louisiana, surpasses every prior single investment in the state The jobs pay nearly double the local wage – The project is expected to create 3,000 direct jobs over ten years at an average salary of $92,600, 192% above Vermilion Parish’s current average wage. At the company’s Starbase Texas, roughly 70% of Starbase’s 4,000-plus workers are locals The training pipeline is already being built – The Louisiana Community and Technical College System expects to handle the bulk of workforce training for SpaceX’s new hires. UL Lafayette is aligning engineering and cybersecurity coursework to the project, and One Acadiana is standing up Acadiana FAME, an earn-and-learn advanced manufacturing program with South Louisiana Community College, with the first students starting in fall 2027 Louisiana’s industrial base will benefit – Shipbuilding and marine services, metal fabrication and welding, machining, energy services, industrial gas supply, electrical and instrumentation work, heavy lift, and port logistics are the skill sets Starbase construction and operations will draw on, the same base that has long served Louisiana’s oil and gas industry New Orleans East’s Michoud will benefit – Michoud sits on the Intracoastal Waterway with barge capacity that has shipped Saturn V and SLS stages for decades, and has the waterway access, skilled workforce, and manufacturing floor space that SpaceX will need to augment its operations New Orleans CBD will benefit – Autonomous shipbuilder Saronic already
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runs a model where its marine vessels are built in Franklin, Louisiana (near Lafayette), while its engineers and naval architects work out of a downtown New Orleans office. GNO, Inc. will be working for SpaceX to do the same 7. SpaceX is supporting coastal restoration – SpaceX has committed $100 million to Louisiana’s coastal master plan, administered through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, in partnership with the state and Vermilion Parish, on land the region has been losing to erosion for decades 8. SpaceX makes South Louisiana strategically vital – After Russia cut off pipeline gas to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, Louisiana’s LNG terminals turned the Gulf Coast into infrastructure the federal government (and world) depends on. A new high-volume launch site does the same for space. TheNextWeb noted that a second launch complex “removes a single point of failure from a system the Pentagon and NASA increasingly depend on.” That puts Starbase Louisiana in the same category as the LNG terminals: a strategically vital site for America 9. Louisiana is now “America’s Space State” – The Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East has built the hardware behind every era of American human spaceflight for 65 years, but Louisiana has never been known as a “Space State.” That will now change, branding Louisiana as a center of space innovation 10. Louisiana wowed the world – LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois says the process began with a phone call on February 5. Six months later, the state had closed a $100 billion decision, the kind of megaproject that typically takes years. This demonstrated a totally new institutional capacity for Louisiana, and will spur other companies to consider the state
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PEOPLE IN BUSINESS Staff report South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations.
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Mandy May has been hired as the new director of development of the New Orleans Wo m e n & C h i l d r e n ’s Shelter. M a y , who is the founder and May leader of the NOLA Bombshells dance krewe and was recently included in Gambit’s 40 Under 40 list, has volunteered for the shelter since 2017.
EMS Academy. Hernandez, a Monroe native, previously worked as a critical care paramedic for Acadian in New Orleans, moving to EMT-Basic in 2021 and to paramedic last year.
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Baton Rouge Bailey Richard has been hired as the new director of marketing for CC’s Coffee House. Richard has experience with branding, marketing and franchising for companies including Raising Cane’s, Walk-On’s Sports
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Bistreaux and Off the Hook. He most recently directed marketing for R&R Brands. Dr. Andrew Faucheux is now medical oncologist for Mary B i r d P e rkins Cancer Center at its Essen Lane campus. Faucheux, who was chief resident at Wake Faucheaux Forest University School of Medicine before coming to Baton Rouge, has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications and national presentations with a focus on immunotherapy, lung cancer, hematology and supportive oncology care.
Future Use of Energy in Louisiana, the LSU-based public-private energy research initiative, picked Chris Johnson, North America vice president of oilfield services and equipment at the energy technology company Baker Hughes, to chair its industry advisory board. Kelly Guillot has been hired Ben André, director of adby Hancock Whitney as a vanced manufacturing at
highly challenging operating environment. Still, it’s positioned to grow over the long run. And its stock is attractively priced, Clorox (NYSE: CLX) has struggled in recent years, but the worst with a recent forward-looking of its troubles could price-to-earnings ratio of 18, well below its five-year average of 23. be in the rearview That’s a dirt-cheap valuation for mirror, leaving it a company with industry-leading a promising highbrands spanning multiple product yield dividend stock. (Its yield was categories — such as Brita, Burt’s Bees, Clorox, Fresh Step, Glad, 4.7%.) Motley recently Clorox completed Hidden Valley, Kingsford, LiquidFool Plumr and Pine-Sol. its acquisition of Clorox may lack the glitz and Gojo Industries in glam of a high-octane growth April, adding the Purell brand to stock, but it’s precisely the kind its health and hygiene portfolio, of deep value stock that long-term which accounts for more than income investors look for. half of Clorox’s total net sales and remains the key driver of its overall sales growth. Fiscal 2027 (which began July 1) will mark the first full year in which Clorox will report after Seth Klarman is a respected inits $580 million enterprise revestor and CEO of the hedge fund The Baupost Group. His 1991 source planning overhaul, which book “Margin of Safety: Risktook longer and cost more than Averse Value Investing Strategies expected. But it should make the for the Thoughtful Investor” is overall business more efficient, integrating financial, supply chain long out of print and considered a cult classic. These quotations atand sales functions under a new cloud-based system. tributed to him can help us invest Clorox has worked on immore successfully. n “There is nothing esoteric proving its profit margins and efficiency, but it remains in a about value investing. It is simply
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vice president and commercial banker. Guillot, who has more than a decade Guillot of banking experience with JPMorgan Chase, also serves on the finance committee of the nonprofit Big Brother Program in Baton Rouge.
the process of determining the value underlying a security and then buying it at a considerable discount from that value. It is really that simple.” n “Few are willing and able to devote sufficient time and effort to become value investors, and only a fraction of those have the proper mindset to succeed.” Becoming a successful value investor does take time and skill. If you’re not up for that, remember that you can do quite well over the long run with one or more simple low-fee index funds. n “Every security or asset is a ‘buy’ at one price, a ‘hold’ at a higher price, and a ‘sell’ at some still higher price.” This is a good reminder that great stocks can be overvalued and that you should aim to buy great stocks at great, or at least good, prices. n “You have to be able to stand things going bad before they go good.” Every stock investor should expect occasional downturns and disappointments. Patience and some risk tolerance are necessary. n “(People) invest without much attention to risk, because risk is unpleasant to contemplate and difficult to measure.” Even won-
engineering and project mittee for 13 years, will sucmanagement company ceed Randy Nail as CEO and Worley, was named the vice board chair. chair of the advisory board.
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HoganTaylor, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based business advisory and public accounting firm that last year expanded to Baton Rouge and this year merged with Vernon Hawthorn, Wa y m o u t h & Carroll, announced a leadership transition will take place at the start of next Nail year. Randa Vernon, a member of the firm’s operating com-
derful businesses face risks that careful investors should consider before buying. n “If someone asked me to invest their money with the goal of turning a quick profit over the next six to twelve months, I’d have no idea how.” Wealth grows most reliably over long periods.
Ask the Fool: Capital allocation explained What’s a company’s “capital allocation”? — D.B., Omaha, Nebraska It’s how the company spends its money. Management may decide to spend its capital to hire more employees, build more factories, pay down its debt, pay its shareholders a dividend (or increase the dividend), buy back some of its shares, buy another company, invest and/or save for a future opportunity. When management decides how to allocate capital, it should pursue the most productive plans to grow larger, financially stronger and more valuable. Ideally, therefore, it shouldn’t overspend on an acquisition or buy back shares when they’re overvalued. Shareholders can lose out when a company’s capital is not allocated
Tracy Young, a certified registered nurse anesthetist from Lafayette, has been appointed president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology. The naYoung tional professional association represents more than 67,000 CRNAs and student nurse anesthetists in the United States. Do you have personnel changes to share or other ideas for our business coverage? Drop us a line at biztips@theadvocate. com.
effectively. I saw that Verizon Communications was removed from the Dow. Is it in trouble? — R.P., Everett,Washington Nope. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 companies meant to collectively reflect our overall economy. Every few years or so, one or more companies get ejected to make room for new additions. The businesses removed are not necessarily in any trouble; it’s just that the ones being added are deemed more appropriate. Verizon was removed in June, replaced by Google parent Alphabet. Verizon has been performing well enough, but Alphabet is bigger, growing faster and investing heavily in artificial intelligence (among other things). AT&T, another telecom giant, was booted from the Dow in 2015 and replaced by Apple. Interestingly, General Electric, one of the original 12 companies in the Dow when it began in 1896, was removed from the index in mid-2018 and replaced by Walgreens. Less than six years later, Walgreens, which had become Walgreens Boots Alliance, was itself removed — and replaced by Amazon.com.
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MADE IN LOUISIANA
South Louisiana lighting firm blazing a global path BY GRACE MAYER
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Years before Metairie-based Oracle Lighting was a global brand for aftermarket car and truck accessories, the company’s founder, Justin Hartenstein, was designing accessories for his own vehicle from his dorm room at the University of New Orleans, where he was an undergrad. The year was 1999, the internet was in its infancy, and Hartenstein was posting pictures of his early creations to an eBay store and online message boards dedicated to the automotive community. The products, including custom car lights, began to gain a following among drivers keen to customize their vehicles. “People really liked the stuff, and I didn’t really have any intention of making it into a business,” Hartenstein said. “I basically PROVIDED PHOTO BY ORACLE LIGHTING started building some very niche car parts and then just expanded Tiffanie and Justin Hartenstein are the co-founders of Oracle Lighting, out from there.” a Metairie company that creates lighting products for the automotive What started as a hobby has industry. grown into a $10 million-a-year business that designs, manufactures and sells automotive light- “I basically started building some very niche car parts and then ing products, from multicolored just expanded out from there.” LED headlights to steering wheel JUSTIN HARTENSTEIN, Oracle Lighting co-founder and tire light rings. In the last 20 years, Oracle Lighting has expanded its reach into a global business They quickly learned from early with international customers and pany after graduating in 2005, a 32-person operation in Metairie. right after Hurricane Katrina, as mistakes, namely their need to many locals were leaving the city acquire patents to protect Oracle Early ‘brand ambassadors’ and businesses were struggling to Lighting’s designs from being While Hartenstein was unknow- reopen. They were determined to copied by other companies and iningly building out Oracle Light- build a business in Jefferson Par- dividuals. Today, the company still finds copycats — as far as China, ing’s first product line at UNO, he ish, where they grew up. also met his future business partIt started as a direct-to-con- where Oracle Lighting pursued ner and wife, Tiffanie Hartenstein, sumer website. The Hartensteins and won a patent infringement a business student at the college. managed and fulfilled orders from lawsuit. The company’s products, which She knew little about cars, but over a home office. As online orders time she developed his passion for rolled in from all over the country, Oracle Lighting brought to car the industry. stacks of products and customer shows and product exhibitions, “That’s why we work so well packages waiting shipment crowd- eventually caught the attention of together,” said Tiffanie Hartens- ed their kitchen, dining room and West Coast Customs, which at the time hosted an automotive reality tein, co-founder and CEO at Ora- spare bedroom. “We would carry our orders to television show with celebrities. cle Lighting. “I can focus on the operation and the business deci- the post office, like 45 orders once That show featured Oracle Lightsions, and he gets to focus on what or twice a week, and we were so ing’s products on cars for Justin he wants to do, which is creation.” proud of it,” Tiffanie Hartenstein Bieber and the Black Eyed Peas. The couple founded the com- said. The company’s lighting also ap-
peared on a Hummer in a Britney Spears music video. “More customers were putting our products on their vehicles, and there was just this really easy word-of-mouth and our customers were so excited about it,” Tiffanie Hartenstein said. “They became the best brand ambassadors for us unintentionally.”
Product pipeline Over time, the company’s operations moved and expanded to include a main office in Metairie, two warehouses and a small office on the northshore. Just as the business has evolved, so has Justin Hartenstein’s creative and innovation process. Early on, any idea that came to him in a light-bulb moment became a product. Now, he conducts market analyses on the front end, then brainstorms potential products with a team of three industrial designers. He’s rarely short on ideas: The company releases around 50 new lighting products for sale each year and the company has secured around two dozen product patents, applying, on average, for five patents a year. “Keeping the sales and marketing team at a high enough pace just to keep up with his ideas is challenging,” Tiffanie Hartenstein said. “His innovation alone is what drives the business forward.” From those brainstorm sessions, Oracle Lighting’s team will then use its in-house 3D printers, of which it has nearly a dozen, to create prototypes of product parts and perform stress tests before finalizing designs. “We’ll actually physically take the circuit board component and then install that into the lighting housing and then assemble it with the lens and everything, and then seal it up,” Justin Hartenstein said. Altogether, Oracle Lighting has developed a line of more than 11,000 products, including headlights, taillights and interior lighting. The company sells directly to large distributors specializing
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in truck accessories, who then sell the products to car accessory shops and a few dealerships. The products are largely tailored to Jeep, Ford, Ram and Toyota vehicles, mainly trucks. The company also designs products for other companies, including vehicle manufacturers and boutique car brands. “Larger manufacturers can’t do or don’t want to design a light for a vehicle that’s only going to have like 300 produced a year,” Justin Hartenstein said. “For us, that’s actually kind of our sweet spot.” Around 80% of Oracle Lighting’s business comes from designing, engineering, manufacturing and selling their own catalog of products. The other 20% comes from designing custom lighting products for other vehicle manufacturers — a growing sector of Oracle’s overall business. “It’s an exciting side of the business to grow, because I feel like we’re ready for it,” Tiffanie Hartenstein said.
Global business Oracle Lighting has attracted a growing number of international clients, particularly in Canada and Germany, where there are many American car enthusiasts, especially for bespoke “muscle cars.” The company also has a big customer base in the Middle East. Tariffs, inflation and gas prices have slowed the company’s recent growth and sales last year, for the first time since 2018, were flat. “There’s this whole thing that happens when gas prices go up,” Justin Hartenstein said. “The whole automotive industry just kind of slows down.” But the second half of 2026 is brighter and the Hartensteins say they’re poised for growth. “Our operation is pretty robust,” Tiffanie Hartenstein said. “It can handle a fair amount of growth right now before adding a big addition.” Email Grace Mayer at grace. mayer@theadvocate.com.
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Shelly Marie Redmond, a Shreveport dietitian, says one of her first priorities with clients is to get seafood into their meal plans. “Fish can add so much to our well-being,” she said. “It’s rich in protein, which can help us lose weight, but it also is full of healthy omega-3 fats that protect our hearts and decrease inflammation.” But not all of this underwater bounty is created equal when it comes to health. In particular, the debate over wildcaught seafood vs. farm-raised seafood can become complicated, balancing concerns around nutrition, contamination, overfishing and environmental degradation. Dana Honn, chef-owner of New Orleans-based restaurants Nikkei Izakaya and Tempero’s Kitchen as well as found-
er of the Tropical Foodways Institute and the Louisiana Shrimp Festival, says that creating hard and fast rules between wild-caught and farm-raised seafood is not easy. “It really depends on the type of seafood and the species of finfish that we’re talking about,” Honn said. Further complicating Honn matters is that there simply is not enough wild seafood to feed the world’s growing population. The World Wildlife Fund reports that roughly 85% of global marine fish stocks have been fully fished, depleted or overfished. “Not everyone on the planet has access to the best seafood, but I would
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‘Blockbuster’ new drug could help reduce La. obesity rates Retatrutide likely to hit markets next year, doctor says
struggle with high obesity rates. The experimental drug retatrutide will probably hit markets next year, said Dr. Eric Ravussin of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. “It’s going to be a blockbuster,” BY RACHEL MIPRO Ravussin said. “Now it’s just a and MARGARET DELANEY question of the pricing. When you Staff writers start with these drugs and they are A new obesity medication is com- not covered by insurance, is it going, one that may prove a “block- ing to be the one that everybody is buster” in states like Louisiana that going to use? I don’t know yet. It
would be if it was the same price or accessible to most people.” Retatrutide, an injectable weekly shot, appears to be highly effective as an appetite suppressant and weight loss medication, according to parent company and drug manufacturer Eli Lilly. Ozempic and Wegovy are both GLP-1 receptor agonists using semaglutide that reduce appetite and control blood sugar levels. Weight-loss management medi-
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cations like Mounjaro and Zepbound combine GLP-1 receptor agonists and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, or GIP, receptor agonists to create a “dual-action” medication that both suppresses appetite and helps the body process insulin. The three-receptor targeting in retatrutide, attacks GLP-1, GIP and glucagon hormones, making the weight-loss drug a “triple threat.”
“It is a change, but the GLP-1 is the major effector on food intake, decreasing food intake, improving association,” Ravussin said. “The fact that you stop a meal, and even not being very interested in what was before a food that people would love, with high fat content and high sugar content. It’s still the same hack, but it’s added peptides for different mechanisms.”
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The choices people make in the first few hours awake can influence energy, hunger and food choices for the rest of the day. Although daunting to establish, a consistent morning routine helps regulate appetite, supports healthy metabolism and makes it easier to stick with long-term healthy habits. The key isn’t perfection, it’s consistency. Quick fixes aren’t going to be the answer, according to Mandy Keown, a nurse practitioner at the lifestyle wellness clinic at Ochsner Medical ComplexThe Grove in Baton Rouge. Finding realistic, purposeful choices Keown and starting them slowly will be the best way to build habits. “We can always build,” Keown said. “We don’t have to make all of these changes at once.” Here are five morning habits that can help with weight loss: n A good night routine is a good morning routine: Not getting enough sleep is a surefire way to have a bad morning. Not only will the crankiness set in, a lack of sleep or poor sleep also impacts weight management. Poor sleep can increase hunger hormones, decrease feelings of fullness and make it harder to make healthy food choices. The sweet spot for adults is to get seven to nine hours of sleep each night. Tricks like making the room cold, blocking out light and staying away from technology before bed have been shown to improve sleep health. n Water first thing: After a full night’s sleep, most people wake up mildly dehydrated, Keown said.
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Continued from page 1X never tell someone that they shouldn’t eat fish just because they can’t have or afford the best,” Honn said. “It just so happens that here in Louisiana, we have the best right in our backyard. And while there is no universal rule for wildcaught vs. farm-raised, there are some helpful guidelines we can pay attention to.”
When to go wild Generally, wild-caught fish is lower in calories and saturated fat, thanks to a more active lifestyle that includes migration, hunting and avoiding predators. They contain a healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats than farm-raised fish, which have restricted movement and are typically fed high-calorie pellets meant to accelerate growth. This is certainly true with salmon, the most common finfish consumed in the U.S. “I’m not saying that all farmraised fish is bad for you because, just like on land, there are responsible agricultural practices,” said Honn, “but salmon is an example where big industrial aquaculture has produced terrible results.” To illustrate this, Honn served a dish at his former restaurant Carmo which featured three types of salmon side-by-side-by-side. It included wild sockeye from the Pacific Ocean and responsibly farm-raised Verlasso salmon from the pristine fjords of Chile’s Patagonia region. The third salmon, however, was just an empty spot on the plate. “It was meant to represent the Atlantic-farmed salmon so often encountered at restaurants and in grocery stores, but that I would never give to my diners,” he said. “You can eat beautiful, delicious wild salmon, or you can eat salmon raised in pens with a worse ratio of omega-6 to omega-3, and that has to be artificially colored pink to even remotely resemble salmon. To me, the choice seems clear.” Shrimp is another example where seafood experts are unanimous. Wild shrimp from the waters off the Louisiana coast are considered healthier than its farmraised counterparts. This isn’t just because of its natural diet of plankton and small sea life instead of commercial feed pellets. Wild shrimp also avoid being treated in cramped ponds with antibiotics or chemicals to prevent disease outbreaks — contaminants that are passed on to human consumers. Michael Nelson, executive chef at GW Fins, a fine-dining seafood restaurant in New Orleans specializing in wild-caught seafood, says that in addition to health concerns, seafood raised on large, industrial farms is also less tasty. “At the restaurant, I make my
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Doctors say the choices people make in the first few hours awake can influence the rest of the day. “Not everybody’s drinking right before they go to bed,” Keown said. “We have quite a few hours that we’ve not had anything to drink. On top of the fact that we do tend to lose water while we sleep, just by breathing or sweating.” Drinking water or an electrolyte drink first thing can help replenish fluids, rehydrate the cells, increase energy and support normal body functions before adding caffeine. Electrolytes help speed up the hydration process, even if it’s a pinch of salt or a slice of lemon in water, Keown said. n Get some sunshine: Morning sunlight helps regulate the body’s internal clock. “Even if it’s just 10 minutes of it,” Keown said. “It helps to tell our internal clock, ‘Hey, it’s time
decisions based on taste,” he said, “but it also affects health because if you want consumers to eat healthy things, it has to be delicious.” You can smell, taste, and see the difference in the seafood produced by big commercial producers, Nelson insists. “It doesn’t taste as fresh,” he said. “Instead, there are ‘off’ flavors that get stored in an extra layer of fat between the skin and the flesh. You’re tasting what they feed and treat the animals with to plump them up and keep them alive. That can’t be healthy for us.” Global Seafood Alliance, an international nonprofit whose 8,000plus members include certified aquaculture producers and corporations, and which advocates for responsibility and safety in the industry, considers quality to be a primary and achievable goal. “The health benefits of seafood are well documented and are essentially the same, whether wild or farmed,” the organization said on its website in a detailed response to aquaculture critics earlier this year. “Farmed fish is a high-quality protein loaded with essential vitamins, and oily species like salmon have an abundance of omega-3 fatty acids, which are crucial to heart, brain and eye health.”
When is farm-raised OK? Even advocates for wild-caught seafood like Nelson, however, understand that avoiding farmraised fish entirely is impractical and unnecessary. “There’s a finite amount of wild fish in the world for people to eat, so we definitely need some form of aquaculture,” he said. “I just think we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard: rather than raise these ‘Frankenfish’ that barely resemble what they are supposed to be, we should follow the lead of people like my friend with a trout farm in California who is approaching the practice in a healthier way.” For example, the majority of Louisiana’s catfish is farm-raised, as is nearly 90% of the crawfish the state consumes. It has been illegal to sell wild-caught redfish in the state for decades. Honn says this is an example of where aquaculture can be used to protect and even improve upon our limited wild fisheries. “Aquaculture has been around for thousands of years, and there are examples where it is very aligned with the environment,” he said. “The result can be just as healthy for us, and on top of that, it helps protect our wild fish and support the local economy in these coastal communities.” In the case of oysters, farmed and wild varieties have nearly identical nutritional value. This is because farmed oysters, also called “off-bottom,” are raised in the same waters as their natural counterparts.
to wake up. The sun’s out. This is our time to shine.’ ” Getting out in the sun boosts vitamin D, which boosts up mood and energy as well. Research from the Northwestern Medicine Study shows that people exposed to bright light early in the day tend to have a lower BMI, regardless of diet or activity. n Protein before 10 a.m.: Approximately 1 in 5 Americans are “breakfast skippers.” Skipping breakfast, as part of time-restricted eating patterns such as intermittent fasting, has become increasingly popular as a weightmanagement strategy. But scientific evidence to support this is lacking. Many studies have shown that breakfast skippers are at an increased risk for weight gain (like
Eating before 10 a.m. is a suggestion, but ideally the best time to break fast is one to two hours after waking up. A study published in the National Library of Medicine found that eating the main meal late (after 3 p.m.) was predictive of difficulty in weight loss. n Make a plan, be mindful: Planning ahead reduces the chances of making impulsive food choices. “We tend to make those compulsive decisions where we may eat out of convenience, whether it’s like convenience stores, snack machines, fast-food restaurants,” Keown said. “Whereas, if we know what we’re going to eat throughout the day and we are prepared, we can have it ready to go.” Planning for the week ahead of time, sitting with the grocery list before going to the store and practicing mindfulness in the morning can go a long way to decreasing stress at the beginning and throughout the day, according to Keown. One of the main benefits of mindful approaches for weight loss is to help people recognize emotional eating. In one small study of people with heart disease, participants were encouraged to recognize that eating healthfully and exercising is really challenging, and that pretending that it isn’t just makes it all the more distressing. Instead, they were taught a practice called diffusion, in which they distanced themselves from unhelpful thoughts, feelings and beliefs. This helped them tolerate the distress of trying to make hearthealthy behavior changes. Participants gave high marks to the program and made positive changes in their diet and exercise habits.
increased hunger driving hormones) and chronic disease. Research suggests that breakfast is important, but simply eating breakfast may only be half the battle. The true victory comes when you eat a high-quality breakfast packed full of protein and nutrients. Protein-rich breakfasts are the best bang for your buck when it comes to weight management. Having protein, 20 to 30 grams of it, each morning helps to reduce midmorning hunger, support muscle maintenance and stabilize energy levels throughout the day. “With animal proteins, you really want to aim for a lean protein like chicken, turkey or fish,” Keown Email Margaret DeLaney at said. “And with plant-based pro- margaret.delaney@theadvocate. com. teins, nuts and seeds.”
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Fish are netted to be prepared for the kitchen direct from a tank inside Williby’s Catfish, a market and restaurant in New Orleans. Thomas Hymel holds an invasive silver carp from the Atchafalaya River. He’s exploring product opportunities in the LSU AgCenter’s Seafood Processing Demonstration Lab.
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“Oysters got their nutritional and mineral makeup from the waters they grow in,” said Justin Trosclair, owner of Lady Nellie Oyster Farm in Grand Isle. “If you had off-bottom and wild oysters growing beside one another, there wouldn’t be any difference from a health standpoint.”
Keeping it local Even many of the more sustainable aquaculture operations still inject additives like sodium tripolyphosphate to their harvest. Producers will say this is to prevent the loss of water during thawing, known as “drip loss,” while critics suggest it is to enhance the size of the seafood so they can be sold for more money. But Thomas Hymel, a fisheries specialist at LSU AgCenter, says that the practices most harmful to our health take place at international aquaculture facilities. “There are a lot of regulations here in the U.S. that limit the use
of chemical contaminants on the seafood produced here,” he said, “but unfortunately we have a lot of seafood imported from countries without those rules — in Southeast Asia and India for example — that are full of things like dangerous antibiotics.” So Hymel says to maximize health you should definitely make sure your seafood — whether farm-raised or wild-caught — is local. “Our local seafood industry is full of amazing people and an incredible product,” he said, “whether it’s our fishermen out there catching wild fish, our crawfish farmers in rice fields, or our catfish farmers doing taste tests to make sure their product is the highest quality. And you can get it without a bunch of hands transporting it across the globe. Louisiana has a reputation as a worldclass producer of healthy seafood, and so if you can get that here, it’s a no-brainer.”
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GLP-1 medications: why nutrition still matters Guest column by Peyton Cherry, registered dietitian with Lifestyle Nutrition at Ochsner Health
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ou’ve probably heard a lot about GLP-1 medications lately. Whether it’s Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound, these medications have become a major topic of conversation for their impact on blood sugar management and weight loss. Researchers are also discovering benefits beyond weight loss, including cardiovascular benefits and improvements in fatty liver disease and sleep apnea, along with a lower risk of kidney disease in some people with diabetes. GLP-1 medications can be powerful tools, and people often see the best long-term results when they pair treatment with healthy nutrition, regular movement and support from their healthcare team. GLP-1 medications mimic glucagon-like peptide-1, a naturally occurring hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, slows digestion and signals fullness. Many people experience reduced hunger, eat smaller portions and feel full longer. As weight comes off, protecting overall health and muscle is just as important. That’s where nutrition comes in. Dr. Amanda Fontenot, obesity medicine director at Ochsner Health, emphasizes the importance of preserving muscle during weight loss: “Muscle loss with significant or rapid weight loss has always been an issue, and we need to take steps to stay ahead of it.”
quickly without enough fluid can make constipation worse.
Other Nutrition Considerations
Because GLP-1 medications slow digestion, high-fat meals may worsen nausea, reflux, bloating or fullness, so smaller portions may be better tolerated. Eating less can also make it harder to meet vitamin and mineral needs. Food should remain the primary source of nutrients, with supplements used based on guidance from your healthcare team.
The Bottom Line
may also lose about one pound of lean mass, including muscle. Preserving muscle supports metabolism, long-term weight maintenance and bone health. Individual protein needs vary based on body size, age, activity level and health goals. For a simple starting point, divide your goal weight by two. For a target weight of 150 pounds, that’s about 75 grams of protein per day at minimum.
Don’t Forget About Exercise
Strength training is one of the best ways to help preserve muscle while losing weight, and it doesn’t require hours in
the gym. Resistance bands, bodyweight exercises or lifting weights a few times each week, along with walking or other cardiovascular exercise, can support muscle health and strength.
The Role of Fiber
GLP-1 medications can cause digestive changes, including constipation, bloating, diarrhea and discomfort. Fiber supports digestion, blood sugar control and fullness. A good target for most adults is 25 to 35 grams per day. Increase fiber gradually and drink enough water. Adding too much fiber too
GLP-1 medications can be powerful tools, especially when paired with nutrition, exercise, hydration, sleep and support from your healthcare team. As Dr. Fontenot says, “Treating obesity happens in layers.” Medication is one layer; healthy habits and ongoing care are others that can help support lasting results.
Want to learn more? Peyton Cherry, MS, RD, LDN, will lead a free community workshop on nutrition strategies for people taking GLP-1 medications on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 6 p.m. at Ochsner Fitness Center in Elmwood. The workshop is open to the public. Scan the QR code here to reserve your free spot.
Make Protein a Priority
If one nutrition goal deserves special attention while taking a GLP-1 medication, it’s protein. Some muscle loss can occur with weight loss, especially without enough protein and regular exercise. Dr. Fontenot notes that for about every three pounds of fat lost, people
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Continued from page 1X Retatrutide has similar reported side effects as to on-market GLPs, such as nausea and diarrhea. “These side effects can be present, even though it’s mild to moderate in nature,” said Dr. David Lau, a professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. “It can lead to discontinuation of the drug.” Eli Lilly announced successful Phase 3 trials of the drugs. In this phase of testing, large-scale trials are conducted in patients to test efficacy, safety and compare results to on-market medications. The company published results for TRIUMPH-1, a Phase 3 clinical trial, in May and presented their findings at the American Diabetes Association conference in New Orleans in June.
defines a dietary supplement as August 2023, 35.7% of youth and Dietary supplement use in America any product, other than tobacco, 60.2% of adults used any dietary Percentage of Americans who used any dietary supplements in intended to supplement diet supplement in the past 30 days, one month by age group: 75.9% and not intended to replace and 11.3% of youth and 38.7% food. Dietary supplements of adults used two or more. contain vitamins, minerals, herbs Children age 2-11 were 60.3% or botanicals, amino acids or more likely to take any dietary other substances, including supplement in the past 30 days 46.3% 41.9% prescription and over-the-counter at 41.9%, than infants who were supplements. 1 and under at 28.6%, and kids 30.1% 28.6% The national rate of dietary and young adults who were 12supplement use has steadily 19 at 30.1%. increased over the last decade, The percentage of adults rising from 33.1% in 2013 to taking any dietary supplement 35.7% in 2023 for youth, and increased with age, from 46.3% Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages 60 from 53.8% in 2013 to 60.2% in among those 20-39, to 60.3% 0–1 2–11 12–19 20–39 40–59 and over 2023 for adults. among those 40-59, to 75.9% Between August 2021 and among those 60 and older. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff graphic
The 80-week trial studied adults with obesity and weight-related health conditions. Participants taking the highest weekly dose — 12 mg — lost an average of 70 pounds over the duration of the study. Trial participants on the 4 mg dose lost around 47 pounds in the same time frame. “Obesity is a chronic disease, and people living with obesity deserve treatment options that match the complex biology of their neurometabolic disease,” said lead investigator Ania Jastreboff, director of the Yale Obesity Research Center, in a May news release about the results. “It was impressive to see that every dose of retatrutide resulted in clinically meaningful weight reduction for nearly all participants.”
weight over two years. “It matches what you can achieve with weight-loss surgeries. In many ways, that would put the bariatric surgeons out of business,” Lau said. “Not every person with obesity needs to lose 30% body weight. The majority of the obesity-related complications greatly improve with 10% body weight loss.” In late July, the company announced the success of two more trials, TRIUMPH-2 and TRIUMPH-3, with similar results. “When it comes to efficacy, retatrutide certainly trumps all the other weight-loss medications that are currently available,” Lau said. “That’s the reason why the public is so attractive to this medication, even though it’s not available and not officially approved by the FDA.” Stoking the black market The company is expected People with severe obesity to file for FDA approval in on the highest dose lost on the first quarter of 2027; average 30% of their body however, public controver-
sy emerged after Eli Lilly approved a 79-year-old to use the drug pre-federal approval. Eli Lilly filed six lawsuits against med spas, a compounding pharmacy and other vendors that the drugmaker said are stoking a black or gray market for “fake retatrutide” to people hoping to gain access to the drug before its officially available. The emergence of blackmarket copies of weight management drugs is “primarily because of the cost,” Lau said. “Don’t forget that obesity prevalence is seen greater in people from lower socioeconomic status,” Lau said. “They can’t afford it, so they resort to compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide because it’s a lot cheaper.” A study released in late August by a Massachusetts-based data analytics company found that people taking Eli Lilly’s experi-
mental weight-loss drug, retatrutide, outside of clinical trials lost significantly less weight than patients participating in the trials. Black-market users lost an average of 4.7%, 5.3%, and 7.2% of their weight after taking “reta” for three months, six months and one year, respectively.
The market keeps growing Lau, director of the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Center in Alberta, Canada, founded the first interdisciplinary weight management clinic in a hospital over 40 years ago. “At that time, we were still focusing on the narrative that people can lose weight by eating less and moving more,” Lau said. “We know that that narrative really doesn’t work.” Since then, the world has rallied behind weight management drugs. More than 12% of Americans said they were taking a GLP-1 drug
such as Ozempic or Wegovy either to lose weight or treat a chronic condition in 2025, according to a poll from KFF. Louisiana alone spends over $1 billion in weight-loss drugs in 2023. People with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 are eligible for medications to treat obesity. “To put things in context,” Lau said. “The latest data reports that 40% of adult Americans have a BMI above 30. You’re talking about a large number of individuals who are eligible for obesity management.” On top of that, people with BMI between 25 and 30 who have comorbidity associated with obesity, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea or fatty liver disease, also are eligible for weight management medications. “That’s why it’s such a huge market,” Lau said. “And it’s a very competitive space.”
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Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Today’s deal is from a competition in Norway. South was Norway’s Per Bryde Sundseth. His three-heart bid was wide ranging after East’s pre-empt and North’s raise to four hearts was an example of Scandinavian courage. East overtook the king of clubs opening lead with the ace and led the jack of clubs. Sundseth made the far-sighted play of ruffing with the six of hearts. The ace and another diamond came next. West rose with the king and led a third diamond, ruffed by East with the nine of hearts and over-ruffed with the queen. West might have done better by ducking the king of diamonds. Sundseth would have had trouble if he mis-guessed the diamond position. Even if declarer had guessed correctly, West would not have lost his diamond trick. Sundseth continued his clairvoyant play by leading the eight of hearts to dummy’s king, noting the fall of the 10 from East. He ruffed dummy’s remaining club with the ace of hearts and completed his masterpiece by leading the carefully preserved
SUBJECT: AMERICAN MILITARY SUCCESSES
Answer________
(Example: In 2026, U.S. forces captured this Venezuelan leader in Caracas. Answer: President Maduro.)
8. In this war, U.S.-led coalition forces won a decisive victory, driving the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
two, crippling its supply lines.
Answer________ FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. This crucial victory repelled the last major German offensive in Western Europe. Answer________ 2. This three-day conflict ended Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North.
9. General Andrew Jackson was victorious in this final major battle of the War of 1812. Answer________ 10. A key 1898 victory in Cuba, featuring Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Answer________
Answer________ 3. This naval battle, six months after Pearl Harbor, was a turning point in the Pacific Theater. Answer________ 4. General Eisenhower commanded this massive Allied invasion of France in 1944.
three of hearts to dummy’s five, finessing West for the seven! The jack of hearts drew the last trump. Sundseth cashed his diamonds and the ace of spades, conceding the last trick to the defense. Beautifully played! Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Content Agency Inc., 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY. 14207. E-mail responses may be sent to gorenbridge@ aol.com. © 2026 Tribune Content Agency
Answer________ 5. This decisive 1781 victory effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolution and paved the way for U.S. independence. Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 6. This 1945 battle was the site of the photograph of the flagraising on Mount Suribachi. Answer________ 7. General Grant’s siege of this city split the Confederacy in
PH.D. LEVEL 11. Operation Just Cause removed this de facto Panamanian ruler from power. Answer________ 12. U.S. Marines and U.N. forces stormed this Korean port city, marking a turning point in the Korean War. Answer________ 13. This 1813 naval victory by Oliver Perry allowed the U.S. to recover Detroit. Answer________ 14. This 1777 victory over the British persuaded France to enter the war as an American ally. Answer________ 15. The 2011 Navy SEALs mission Operation Neptune Spear eliminated this terrorist. Answer________
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) It’s time to set goals and timelines. Start by adding to your qualifications, and consider how you want to use your experience and attributes to bring in more cash. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Activities that allow you to express yourself or enhance your creative imagination will lead to interesting conversations and opportunities. An energetic approach will put you in the spotlight. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Overreacting will cost you. The only area where too much action will help is in competitive situations. Play to
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tell you. Misinformation will lead to bad choices and stress. Pay more attention to where and how you live and the ones you love. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Research is necessary. A hands-on approach to how you handle matters will make a difference in the outcome. Don’t trust someone trying to tell you that you need something you don’t. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication
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