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La. colleges need $4B in Black voters maintenance, study says showing up

Education leaders sound alarm on aging facilities

early in La. elections Democrats face uphill campaigns in state

BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

Black voters turned out in big numbers Tuesday on the first day of early voting, a good sign for the uphill campaigns of Democrats running for Congress, including Senate candidate Jamie Davis. The figures tell the story. Black voters account for 31.3% of all voters in LouisiH H H H H H ana, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. They were 31.7% of voters on the first day of early voting, and that percentage appears likely to grow in the coming days based on past results. The initial figure is significant because Black voters in Louisiana typically undervote, meaning their share of the overall vote is usually less than their 31.3% share of the electorate. Tuesday saw the second-highest turnout for Black voters on the first day of early voting since it became an important factor in 2008, said John Couvillon, a Baton Rouge-based pollster who closely tracks early voting results in Louisiana and other states. What’s more, 45% of the first-day voters were

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A $10 million statewide evaluation concluded that Louisiana universities have a backlog of repairs and maintenance, including $1.4 billion for the University of Louisiana system. BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

Colleges and universities in Louisiana have piled up a backlog of overdue repairs and maintenance — from urgent plumbing to electrical to HVAC needs — with a price tag of $4 billion, according to preliminary results from two years of campus assessments. The LSU system and the University of Louisiana system account for the bulk of the maintenance needs, with respective backlogs around $2.1 billion and $1.4 billion. The Louisiana Board of Regents

heard early findings from the facilities consulting firm Gordian, which is conducting a $10 million statewide evaluation of Louisiana’s college campuses, during a meeting Wednesday. Southern University in Baton Rouge, which has said it needs over $50 million to fix its electrical grid after repeated and prolonged power outages over the past year, hosted the meeting. Regents members and higher education leaders have described the maintenance backlog as a pressing issue that affects all students across Louisiana — and the state’s ability to retain them.

“Our customers are the students,” Board of Regents member David Aubrey said. “We have to be more customer-centric. The students, they’re mobile now. They have a dollar amount. Other states are trying to take our students.” The full study will be complete by the end of the year, representatives from Gordian said. Regents members said the results will shape how they advocate for funding from the Legislature during the 2027 session and provide recommendations to universities about how to use their

Hospital offers free genetics screening for cancer Statewide testing initiative targets 100,000 adults

BY GRACE MAYER Staff writer

Genetic mapping for a person’s susceptibility to certain types of cancer and heart disease will be made available at no cost to 100,000 Louisiana adults, under a new initiative that LCMC Health will unveil Thursday. The voluntary screening, which will be open to anyone age 18 and older, could also be used to better treat participants for countless other ailments

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Conservation groups urge FAA to weigh SpaceX plans BY KRISTIN ASKELSON and DEAN BOUDREAUX

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Three conservation groups are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to preserve environmental reviews for commercial space projects, warning that proposed regulatory changes could weaken protections for Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and wildlife. The Louisiana Wildlife Federation, National Wildlife Federation and Pontchartrain Conservancy

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submitted a joint comment letter Aug. 24 asking the FAA to withdraw or substantially revise a proposal that would allow the agency to waive requirements under 13 federal environmental and natural-resource laws when approving commercial space launch and reentry licenses, permits and site authorizations. The groups’ concerns come as SpaceX pursues a proposed launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish. The proposed site near Pecan Island and Freshwater City

encompasses about 136,000 acres of marshland, according to the groups’ letter. The proposal involves federal environmental requirements under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act. The groups argue that project-specific reviews are needed to identify potential effects on wetlands, water quality, wildlife and other coastal resources before

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Deputy killed, officer wounded at rural home

CANTON,Texas — A Texas sheriff’s deputy was killed and a police officer wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a person as the officers served warrants at a rural home, authorities said. The law officers were outside the home late Tuesday when shots were fired toward them from inside and they returned fire, Van Zandt County Sheriff Kevin Bridger said. The sheriff’s statement added that the suspect was later found dead inside the home from a gunshot wound. The home is near Canton, a small city of about 5,000 people some 60 miles southeast of Dallas. Deputies had gone to the home to assist Canton police as they served felony warrants for aggravated assault and aggravated assault on a peace officer, Bridger said. The suspect’s name has not yet been released. The injured officer was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police said in a news release. He was shot in the right arm and needed surgery, police said.

Visitor killed by piece blown off Wright home SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona desert home of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright remained temporarily closed to the public on Wednesday after part of a roof blew off in high winds, killing a visitor from Brazil who was touring the historic property last week. Witnesses say Rogério Renato Mateucci, 55, was struck in the head and died instantly Friday, according to police in Scottsdale, east of Phoenix. He was killed by a piece of plexiglass roofing, said Sgt. Allison Sempsis, a police spokesperson. Wind gusts of up to 38 mph were recorded at the Scottsdale Airport that day, according to the National Weather Service. The 1937 home and surrounding compound, called Taliesin West, have low-slung roofs and rock walls that appear to blend into the surrounding desert. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, the property draws up to 100,000 visitors a year, according to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, its owner. It served as Wright’s winter home as well as a “desert laboratory” for his students.

Arrest made in road-rage killing on N.Y. bridge NEW YORK — A long-retired New York City police detective was arrested Wednesday in the road rage killing of a motorist on the George Washington Bridge, police said. Victor Romero, 62, was charged with murder in the death of Koran Irvine, 46, who was found wounded and unconscious in the driver’s seat of a vehicle on the New Jerseybound side of the bridge’s upper level just after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Irvine, of Valley Cottage, New York, was pronounced dead at a hospital. The shooting near the end of the evening rush snarled traffic for hours on the busy Hudson River span that connects Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Romero, of Haverstraw, New York, retired from the New York Police Department in 2001. A telephone number listed for him in public records rang unanswered. Irvine worked for Con Edison, the utility said in a statement, calling the shooting a “senseless act of violence.”

Suspected gunman faces firearms offenses WASHINGTON — A Washington man accused of wounding a Georgia National Guard member who tried to help break up a fight has been charged with multiple gun crimes. Jarrell Lamont Jackson, 41, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. He is accused of shooting Georgia National Guard member Karon Jones, 20, in the leg when guard members sought to intervene in the fight Sunday. Three members of the unit returned fire, wounding Jackson. Neither man sustained lifethreatening injuries.

‘He was just for bait,’ sister says

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Policemen walk in front of destroyed cars in the yard of a multi-story residential building damaged by a Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

Russia agrees to resume three-way talks on Ukraine By The Associated Press

Russia agreed Wednesday to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, potentially setting up the first such talks since February. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed “in principle” to restart the talks after Nov. 10, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters following a meeting in St. Petersburg between the Russian leader and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. The talks will focus on “building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends,” Ushakov said. Witkoff’s talks with Putin about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine took place as U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he supported the push from Washington to restart talks swiftly. “The agenda is clear: to end the war, bring peace closer, and, as I understand it, prepare everything for a meeting at the leaders’ level,” Zelenskyy said in an audio message issued late Wednesday. Russia, he added, “has said many times already that it is ready to meet in one format or another. Then something changed. Things were canceled. We’ll see what happens this time.” Shortly after his message, a missile alert sounded over Kyiv, and loud explosions were heard in the capital. Representatives of the three countries held three rounds of negotiations early this year, meeting twice in Abu Dhabi in January and February, followed by further talks in Geneva in February. However, little progress was reported beyond exchanges of prisoners of war as Moscow and Kyiv stuck to their longstanding basic demands.

The discussion in St. Petersburg lasted about three hours, the Kremlin said, and came a day after Witkoff met with Zelenskyy and some European leaders in Norway’s capital, Oslo. The proposals that emerged from the Oslo meeting “contained little of real value in the context of resolving the Ukrainian crisis,” Ushakov said. However, he later told Russian state TV that while Moscow isn’t “fully satisfied” with the Oslo proposals, they are a step in the right direction. Witkoff and Putin met at St. Petersburg’s Constantine Palace, with Ushakov and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev also at the table. Trump’s sonin-law, Jared Kushner, joined the discussion by video, Ushakov said. During the meeting, Witkoff and Kushner proposed a three-way meeting with the U.S., Russia and Ukraine at the technical level and shared progress on their talks with Zelenskyy a day earlier, according to a U.S. official familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting. In televised opening remarks, Putin said he was ready to consider prospects for the restoration of U.S.-Russia economic ties and that he was prepared to discuss the U.S.-led conflict with Iran. Moscow stands ready to use its relationship with Tehran to help bring peace, he said. At the White House on Tuesday, Trump increased the pressure on Zelenskyy to come to an agreement with Russia as relations between the two leaders have soured again. “We want Zelenskyy to make a deal,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’ve given a lot to Ukraine. We’ve gotten absolutely nothing back except grief, death, tremendous monetary loss.” If that doesn’t happen, “I think it’s going to be a very bad thing,” Trump said.

Idaho prosecutor to seek death penalty for mom charged with murder of twins BY REBECCA BOONE Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the 2025 deaths of her twin toddlers. Andrea Shaw, 23, has pleaded not guilty and has said the 18-month-old twins became sick and died after receiving flu shots and routine childhood vaccinations. But Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke wrote in court documents that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering and wrote that suffocation “is the only conceivable explanation” for their deaths. Deputy prosecuting attorney Ryon Sirucek notified the court of his intent to seek the death penalty last week. In the court document, Sirucek said the state would try to show that four aggravating factors Shaw make capital punishment appropriate in the case: That more than one murder was committed at the time; that the killings were especially heinous, atrocious or cruel; that the defendant showed “utter disregard” for human life and that she would likely pose a continuing threat to society. Shaw’s attorney, Joseph Filicetti, did not immediately respond to a voicemail and text message requesting comment. In July, Filicetti wrote in a text message that Shaw “denies anything and every-

thing” and that the state “cannot prove” the criminal charges. The twins were found dead in their shared bed May 1, 2025, according to court records. They had been vaccinated eight days earlier, and the day after their vaccinations Shaw took them to the emergency room, reporting that they were lethargic and felt feverish. The doctor felt the symptoms were a reaction from the vaccinations, and the twins were given Tylenol and a popsicle and sent home, according to the court records. A few days after the twins’ deaths, Shaw went on an internet show produced by Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He has not been affiliated with the group since December 2024, when he formally resigned as chairman to join President Donald Trump’s administration. Medical experts point out that the childhood vaccines at issue — hepatitis A, influenza and DTaP — are safe and effective for kids and recommended by various medical groups. Shaw is also a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit brought by Children’s Health Defense and others against the American Academy of Pediatrics, accusing the organization of racketeering and lying about the safety of vaccinations. The American Academy of Pediatrics has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, calling it the “latest missive in a campaign targeting” the academy and its “use of science-backed evidence in vaccine policy.”

Associated Press. She said she expected Hubbard to stay with her in Colorado. “Steven James Hubbard is the face of America,” BY DASHA LITVINOVA she said. “They could do and ERIC TUCKER that to anybody. They just Associated Press happened to see him. ‘Oh, Russia on Wednesday that’s an American, let’s go freed an American who had get him.’” been jailed for more than four years on charges of Putin a ‘humanitarian’ fighting as a mercenary in Witkoff, a key Trump Ukraine, a deal completed administration figure who during a visit by a top U.S. has tried without success envoy and at a time when to steer Russia and Ukraine President Donald Trump toward a settlement to end has taken a series of actions a war that will hit the fivemeant to benefit Moscow. year mark in February Trump told reporters at 2027, thanked Putin for the White House that he releasing Hubbard, telling had asked Russian Presi- him, “Because of you, he’s dent Vladimir Putin during going home to his family.” “You talk so much about a recent call to free Stephen Hubbard and that, un- my president, President like previous releases, the Trump, being a humanitarU.S. did not have to give up ian. You are a humanitarian anyone in return. also, sir,” Witkoff said. “He is the happiest man Kremlin spokesman Dmiaround,” Trump said of try Peskov told Russian meHubbard, describing the dia Wednesday that Hub74-year-old retired teacher bard’s release was “raised from Michigan as a “very by the American side for high-quality, innocent man.” a certain time,” and Putin Hubbard’s release oc- decided to free the man out curred during a visit to of “humanitarian considerSt. Petersburg by U.S. en- ations.” Speaking to reporters afvoy Steve Witkoff, who in a face-to-face interaction ter the talks, Putin aide Yuri with Putin praised the Rus- Ushakov said the Kremlin sian leader as a “humani- leader had pardoned Hubtarian” as the men held bard, who upon his release talks about Moscow’s full- was taken to St. Petersscale invasion of Ukraine. burg’s Pulkovo airport for Hubbard, who before his Witkoff to bring him home arrest had lived in Ukraine to the United States. for years, was sentenced in Video showed Witkoff and 2024 to nearly seven years Hubbard shaking hands, in prison during closed with the newly released court proceedings. Pros- American thanking the enecutors said he had signed voy. Witkoff introduced Pua contract with the Ukrai- tin envoy Kirill Dmitriev to nian military after Russia’s Hubbard and described him invasion in 2022, and that as someone “who had a lot to he fought alongside Kyiv’s do with this happening.” “We just met President forces until being captured Putin, he sends you blesstwo months later. The U.S. government un- ings and wishes you good der President Joe Biden’s things,” Witkoff added. Hubbard, a U.S. Air Force administration designated Hubbard as wrongfully de- veteran, taught English tained, and his legal team overseas and retired in and family have disputed 2012 to Cyprus, where one the Russian allegation, say- of his sons is a Christian ing he was not involved in Orthodox priest. He later moved to Ukraine to be any military activity. “He was just for bait. with a woman he had met, It was all about bait. And his lawyers said, remaining that’s why they kidnap in the country after the reAmericans,” his sister, Pa- lationship ended and living tricia Hubbard Fox, said there at the time of Russia’s in an interview with The 2022 invasion.

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Macron slams ‘stupid’ claims about riots Trump, others blame Muslim migrants

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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that foreign leaders — including those “on the other side of the Atlantic” — were seeking to exploit France’s tense social climate for political gain following a weekend of street violence and looting. Protests over soaring living costs have led to widespread rioting and looting that have drawn worldwide attention and shocked many French citizens. U.S. President Donald Trump has used the violence to rally his political supporters, making unsubstantiated claims that Muslim migrants are responsible for the unrest, and urging Macron to “close your borders and take control before it is too late!” Macron responded by saying there “has been foreign manipulation of information in the aftermath” of the looting in Paris and other French cities last weekend. “And that has led to comments that are as unacceptable as they are stupid, from many people, including foreign leaders,” he said. Asked by a reporter if he was referring to Trump, Macron replied: “Among others.” He added that there have been “AI-generated images depicting scenes that never actually happened in France. We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false.” Macron did not specify which AI-generated images he was referring to, nor how he knew the content was false. French Foreign Minister JeanNoel Barrot said his office can provide the countries concerned with the necessary clarification, “to help them avoid spreading or amplifying false information and

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A man walks past a looted store in Paris on Sunday after a demonstration against rising living costs and in solidarity with students’ grievances. making baseless claims on social media.” Macron and Trump once enjoyed a good relationship but Trump regularly mocks the French president in his public speeches. “The fact is, all the people who are speaking ill of our country right now are people who don’t love our country,” Macron said. “So those people really bother me.” “When I see leaders who are in the middle of election campaigns, whether in the region or on the other side of the Atlantic — who sometimes naively repeat AI-generated content or spread narratives that certain circles are clearly trying to promote about what happened in France — they’re using our country for their own political campaigns,” said Macron. “And we don’t need that.”

Macron secures diesel supplies

bin Salman “to continue efforts to secure and diversify oil and gas supplies,” according to his office. Earlier this month, the Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products, beginning with substantial quantities of diesel after the fuel’s price hit a record high in the United States. “I would remind you that France initiated the G-7 meeting that led to the release of strategic reserves, which, through implementation at the national level, will help bring down prices starting in early November,” Macron said.

Macron was speaking in Qatar at the end of a tour of key energy suppliers in Gulf Arab states, where he secured an additional 100,000 metric tons of diesel per month from the United Arab Emirates, with a further 100,000 tons to be confirmed in Bahrain. Macron’s office said he traveled to the Middle East to find solutions to the energy crisis and rising energy prices, and to secure supplies of oil, gas, diesel and jet fuel. The Élysée said nearly 295,000 additional tons of diesel per month could be secured, including supplies from Saudi Arabia — equiva- New protests planned in France lent to more than 10% of France’s Petrol, energy and food prices monthly diesel consumption. Ma- have surged in recent months, cron later traveled to Saudi Arabia and it remains to be seen whether to meet Crown Prince Mohammed Macron’s announcement will ease

protesters’ anger. He said the additional diesel supplies addressed “some of the anxieties.” “I also hear the concerns of our high school and university students. Those concerns stem from other factors, but in any case, I think things are moving in the right direction,” he added. High school students have raised concerns about underfunded schools, dilapidated facilities and staff shortages, particularly in lower-income neighborhoods. Some also say school days, which often run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., are exhausting and the university admissions system is complex and unfair. France has had two consecutive quiet nights since the weekend’s unrest. Curfews have been imposed in parts of several major cities, including small areas of Paris. Further protests are planned for Thursday and Saturday following calls from student unions and groups within the “yellow vest” movement, whose demonstrations over fuel prices shook France in 2018 and 2019. Paris police said Wednesday they would ban Thursday’s planned protest in the French capital, citing concerns for public safety and the protection of property. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who met union representatives on Wednesday, said a “massive” security operation was planned for Saturday to prevent a repeat of the violence by small groups of rioters that had exposed shortcomings in security measures. “We are using the legal means at our disposal to prevent further incidents of this kind,” Macron said. “Those who intend to cause disturbances in city centers next Saturday will be prevented from doing so. Tomorrow, we will also have a very detailed update on the implementation of these measures, including anticipation, intelligence gathering and security, not just for Saturday, but also for the coming weeks.”

Chemical tank leak in Ohio forces evacuations City allows plume to vent BY JOHN SEEWER and KATHY MCCORMACK Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio — A ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to the potentially toxic leak and the possibility of an explosion. More than 50,000 people in Toledo, Ohio, were advised to stay indoors as a precaution. City leaders were allowing the chemical to vent instead of trying to stop the leak, saying that would be more dangerous. Videos show a plume still swirling from the tank early Wednesday afternoon, more than 14 hours after the tank began leaking Tuesday night in an industrial area. Some residents felt irritation in their eyes and throats and sought treatment, and

city officials said one sheriff’s deputy who responded to the blast later drove himself to a hospital because he felt unwell. Mark White Jr., who lives within the affected area, was sleeping with his windows open and woke to what he described as a burning plastic smell. He decided to evacuate to a shelter at an elementary school because he has asthma. “I don’t know what this chemical can do to my lungs, long term or anything,” White said. MC Tank Transport said the tank contained glycidyl methacrylate, which it described as “an industrial chemical used to make certain plastics, paints and coatings perform better.” The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said without elaborating that the leak happened because of an error while the material was being transferred. Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said Wednesday afternoon there was no rea-

son to panic and that the city state line into Michigan. was working with state and Schools across the city were federal environmental officials. He said they decided to allow the tank to continue releasing the chemical because there was little threat to the public and that it would be more dangerous to ask first responders to go near the chemical trucking company’s facility where more tanks were stored. “There’s no question the situation is improving,” said Kapszukiewicz, who added that drones monitoring the leaking tank show its temperature is dropping and that the plume is diminishing. Still, it could take hours before the tank is safe to approach, he said. Nearly 1,000 residents were told to evacuate overnight within a 1-mile radius of the leak. A shelter-in-place order for more than 50,000 people covering a 3-mile radius included neighborhoods along the Lake Erie shoreline and stretched just across the

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Pope’s doctors say tests show he needs no more cancer treatment By The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV got good news from his doctors: The pontiff will need no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday. Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. Leo was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic on Saturday, four days after surgery, and said he would gradually resume his activities. The pope’s personal physician, Dr. Luigi Carbone, and his surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, said in a statement that results of the final postoperative tests on tissue removed during the pope’s surgery confirmed the diagnosis

and that the cancer had not spread. “A subsequent oncology assessment confirmed that no further treatment is necessary,” the doctors said. The pope had the lower section, or lobe, of his right lung removed to try to ensure that all the cancer was removed. Additional treatment is offered in such cases if followup testing finds signs that the cancer has spread, such as through the lymph nodes, or has certain other signs that it might be particularly aggressive. Surgery often can be enough when tumors are caught very early, such as when someone has an Xray or other scan that shows a spot long before it’s large or causing symptoms. The pope appears to have had one of those “incidental findings,” a nodule in his lung spotted during another exam. In an interview with Vatican News on Saturday, Mar-

garitora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, confirmed that the nodule was found by chance during routine abdominal examinations, and that the pope had not been experiencing any symptoms. “The statements suggest that this is a Stage I lung cancer for which surgery is highly effective and expected to be curative,” said Dr. Stephen Liu, a lung cancer expert at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. He said the lack of further treatment suggests a relatively small cancer, and that it had not spread to lymph nodes. The pope’s next major engagement is an ambitious Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. Margaritora told Vatican News that there was “no clinical reason” to prevent the trip, which includes a dozen flights, two helicopter rides and high altitude stops.

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spaces efficiently. Regents will be requesting over $702 million in capital outlay funding for new and continuing projects for the fiscal year 202728, according to a budget recommendation approved by the board Wednesday. Capital outlay can help finance the construction and renovation of public facilities. The LSU flagship campus in Baton Rouge alone has a $1.1 billion maintenance backlog, according to LSU spokesperson Meg Casper Sunstrom. The biggest needs across the system are “mechanical, electrical and roofing infrastructure,” she said. The average construction age of LSU buildings is 46 years old, which is placed in the “higher risk” category of the Gordian assessment. This means that the outer shells of the buildings and mechanical systems are reaching the end of their life cycle. The building age profile reflects any major renovations that reset the life cycle, rather than always being a literal age, according to representatives from Gordian. LSU President Wade Rousse called deferred maintenance a “critical issue” that all higher education institutions in the state are confronting. “The LSU system is actively looking at innovative solutions that can bring in recurring funding to begin to tackle our backlog,” Rousse said. “In the meantime we are thankful for our generous donors and supporters who have filled in the gaps when asked, but that pathway is unsustainable long term.” The Southern University system average construction age was 44, compared to 39 at Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges and 45 at the UL system. UL had the largest percentage of buildings in the highest-risk category at 35%, meaning their life cycles are past due and failures are possible, according to the Gordian age profile index. LSU had 32% in

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Continued from page 1A in the future, officials said. LCMC Health leaders said they hope their system’s $10 million investment will increase access to the cutting-edge medical technology, which is typically not covered by insurance. Genetic screening is part of a larger shift in healthcare toward precision, or “personalized,” medicine: a growing focus among doctors that aims to tailor treatments to an individual based on their genetic makeup. Along with many other health systems around the country, LCMC has been investing more in these types of resources to improve health outcomes in Louisiana, which typically ranks among the lowest in the nation. “Louisianans will get precision care they need today and the information needed to improve their health in the future,” LCMC Health CEO Greg Feirn said. “This initiative is really born out of our pursuit around cancer and research, and doing what’s right for the community.” Determining one’s genetic makeup can reveal if someone may be at a higher risk for certain cancers or cardiovascular health challenges, and lead to earlier diagnosis and more personalized and effective treatment, officials said. LCMC will launch the program early next year, called Uniquely You, in collaboration with Helix, a population genomics company based in California that has partnered with over a dozen other healthcare organizations on similar programs. LCMC plans to complete screen-

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Students walk past an older building on campus at Southern University. this category, while the LCTC and Southern systems had a distant 12% and 16%. The highest-priority needs across the systems were interior finishes — walls, ceilings and other internal surfaces — plumbing, HVAC and electrical, according to Gordian. Chris Herring, the vice president for facilities, capital planning and development at UL, said in an interview that universities need “consistent and reliable” funding of the deferred mainte-

nance program and other sources to help tackle the backlog. The program was created with Act 751 in 2024 to authorize up to $2 billion in bonds to address aging facilities on college campuses from 2026 to 2036. “The funding levels have varied on a year-to-year basis,” Herring said. “It’s hard for our institutions to plan on out years what needs they need to address when there’s uncertainty in terms of the dollars that will be coming in the following year.”

Chandler LeBoeuf, executive vice president of the LCTC system, also brought up the need for consistency. LCTC has a backlog of $247 million, he said in a response to emailed questions. The system has 17 projects underway through Act 751, including roof replacements at South Louisiana Community College and an electrical distribution upgrade at Baton Rouge Community College’s Acadian campus. “What helps most going forward is sustained, predictable funding, so our colleges can plan repairs

proactively rather than reacting to facility emergencies,” LeBoeuf said. “Every day, our students are learning in welding shops, nursing labs, and hands-on training spaces. When a roof leaks or the HVAC fails, their learning gets interrupted. We want to keep them on track, because they are the nurses, welders and technicians that Louisiana’s families and employers are counting on.”

ing for 100,000 Louisiana adults over five years starting with 20,000 in the first year. Participants don’t need to be LCMC patients, officials said. The health system is investing $10 million toward covering the costs of the screening. For individuals, genetic tests can add up to thousands of dollars even with insurance. Partnering with Helix cuts the price per screen down to around a hundred dollars each, officials said. The screening will outline one’s entire genetic profile, noting a variety of factors like someone’s ancestry and if someone struggles with sleep. It will also screen patients for four inherited genetic variants, specifically any predispositions for breast and ovarian cancer, Lynch syndrome and high cholesterol, the latter of which can lead to heart disease or stroke. LCMC officials said they’re making this investment because it will improve health outcomes for people in Louisiana, which faces some of the worst outcomes and highest cancer rates in the country. Offering these services also poises LCMC to compete with Ochsner Health, the state’s largest health system, which also has a genetic screening program. In 2019, Ochsner announced a partnership with a company to screen patients who showed higher risks for hereditary cancers and heart disease, with results then stored in the patient’s electronic health record. Researchers at LCMC and its two academic partners, Louisiana State University and Tulane University, will also be able to leverage the data to conduct a study and advance discoveries for treatments. “The meat of the study is to

identify these cancer genes that put people at a high risk of cancer and heart disease genes,” said Dr. Frank Smart, a cardiologist with LSU Health New Orleans. The data collected from the screenings, which will be deidentified and stripped of any personal identifying details before being used for research, will go into a larger database at Helix. The California company has partnered with 17 health systems in the U.S. on similar programs, including HealthPartners Institute and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Helix has also worked on a genetic testing program in Nevada. “Often many of the individuals who have very serious risks in their families or within their DNA are just completely unaware,” said James Lu, co-founder and CEO of Helix. “This is a real opportunity to help individuals understand that risk much sooner and also help them get the right type of care.” That was the case with Deenya Craig, who participated in HealthPartners’ free genetic screening program in Minnesota. Craig said the screen showed she had a higher risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer, which explained why cancer affected so many of her family members. She was able to take a more proactive approach to screening and prevention as a result, including choosing to get a double mastectomy. “I didn’t cry. I wasn’t scared when I got my result back. I was more upset that I had cracked the genetic code of our family, and some of that information came too late,” Craig said. “But future people in our family don’t have to have cancer. The know they can take preventive measures.” About 79,000 people have re-

ceived screening results through the HealthPartners program since 2022, a spokesperson said in a statement. Samples for the Louisiana screenings can be collected either in a blood sample or a buccal swab from the inside of a person’s cheek. Those samples will then be sent to Helix, which will perform the genetic screening. Samples can be collected at LCMC locations or through an at-home cheek swab kit sent to patients. If a participant were to test positive for a genetic mutation, LCMC would then help that person connect with a genetic counselor, who would provide recommendations on how to approach their care, free of charge, LCMC officials said. While the data collected will give patients greater insight over their health, it will also help researchers make advancements in cancer care and the treatment of other diseases, they said. In 2018, a health system and researchers in Nevada launched the first-of-its-kind program with Helix, said Joseph Grzymski, who founded the Healthy Nevada Project. He is also vice president and chief of genomics with Renown Health, the largest health system in northern Nevada, which is collaborating on the genetic screening with Helix. The Nevada project, which is ongoing, has been pivotal to helping researchers and doctors better understand genetic risks and recommend more personalized, preventive care for patients, Grzymski said. Since then, 16 other health systems around the country have partnered with Helix. “There’s so much evidence that genetics help diagnose a patient’s risk for certain cancers and dis-

eases,” Grzymski said. “We want to get these genetic scorecards in the hands of primary care physicians and patients before they develop disease.” LCMC officials acknowledged that some people may initially be hesitant to participate in the program, with concerns about the confidentiality of their personal data and how it’s used. They said genetic screen results will be stored in a patient’s medical health record. Patients will also be asked for permission to use their deidentified data in the study and within Helix’s larger database, and they can withdraw their data at any point in the future. The research study — and the community outreach and resulting research conducted from it — will also play a part in LCMC’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation application, said Dr. Lucio Miele, the director of the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center. Gaining NCI status, which LCMC is working on with LSU Health New Orleans, would bring added research dollars, patients and jobs to the state. Dr. Smart, the cardiologist with LSU, said he sees great potential for this study to advance the pharmacogenomics field, which explores how an individual’s genetic profile affects their response to medications. “Right now, if I give you a cholesterol medication, I’m guessing which one you’re going to take and which value will work for you. Doctors are pretty good at guessing. Nonetheless, we’re still guessing,” Smart said. “If I know what your genetic profile is, I can know ahead of time that you’re going to respond to one thing better than another. This is information that is truly novel.”

pose the commercial space industry or the economic opportunities it could bring to Louisiana. They argue, however, that environmental reviews are especially important for a project in a coastal area already vulnerable to land loss and hurricane storm surge. The proposed site is near the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and other important coastal habitats. The groups said the wetlands support migratory waterfowl, shorebirds and fisheries, as well as species of conservation concern, including the whooping crane. “Pecan Island is a celebrated piece of Louisiana’s ‘Sportsman’s Paradise,’ one of the most productive wildlife habitats in the U.S. and incredibly susceptible to coastal erosion and hurricanes,” said Rebecca Triche, executive

director of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. “The environmental reviews outlined in those 13 statutes matter even more in a place like this.” Triche said in an interview Tuesday that the two filings address different parts of the federal push to expand commercial space. She said the siting request is “seeking feedback on what makes a good location” and “even more so what might not be a good location.” She said the siting criteria could help regulators “rule out pretty quickly” the unsuitable sites. Aviation, ports and waterways, public access and oil and gas activity are “considerations that might not be covered by some of those other permits,” she said. Triche said the Vermilion Parish site “needs to be looked at more

closely.” She said the area is very wet and undeveloped and known as bird migration habitat and wintering ground for waterfowl. “There’s a lot of wetlands there,” she said. She said the letter asks whether the site is “hospitable to the type of activity” that multiple launches a day would require. She said the federation does not know what launch pressure and heat the site would have to manage. “We’re not sure what all of that is proposed,” Triche said. “I’m not saying SpaceX did not consider that.” Triche listed whooping cranes, piping plovers and sea turtles as threatened or endangered species in the area. She said more than 5 million birds pass through Louisiana during the fall migration,

many through the southwest part of the state. “How can you account for that? How can you mitigate for that?” she asked. Triche said the federation has not received a response from the FAA on either letter. She said the group is “trying to learn more about the details of what went into deciding that this site could be hospitable.” She encouraged the public to weigh in on the siting request. Comments can be submitted through regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA-2026-9736 until Oct. 26. The groups urged the FAA to retain project-level environmental reviews so potential impacts can be identified and alternatives and mitigation measures considered before development proceeds.

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Some La. candidates have big fundraising edge Miguez has raised more than any other House challenger

Early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm congressional elections began Tuesday and continues until Tuesday, except for Sunday. The FEC reports only show money raised and spent by candidates’ committees. Spending by outside BY MARK BALLARD groups like super PACS are reportStaff writer ed separately and not included in WASHINGTON — State Sen. Blake the candidate reports. Miguez, the Republican from New Iberia running for the Baton The Baton Rouge-area race Rouge-based 6th Congressional The 10 candidates in Louisiana’s District, has raised more money 6th Congressional District reportthan any other House challenger ed raising $9.3 million total. in Louisiana and is sitting on three Miguez raised $7.6 million, spent times more cash than all nine of his $5.5 million and had $2.1 million competitors combined in the last left. About $2.7 million of those two weeks of the election, the lat- contributions came in chunks largest campaign finance reports show. er than $2,000 per check. In the U.S. Senate race, DemoMiguez’s closest competitor, crat Jamie Davis, a farmer and state Sen. Rick Edmonds, Rformer Tensas Parish Police juror, Baton Rouge, raised $646,895, raised a respectable $4 million to spent $13,368 and had $233,528 Republican U.S. Rep. Julia Let- left. About a third of Edmonds’ contributions are larger than low’s $6.8 million. Davis has $942,253 to spend $2,000. The state Democratic Party has during the final two weeks as he mounts a long-shot campaign in a backed Lindsay Garcia, of Walker. state dominated by Republicans. She raised $92,545 and had $27,700 Letlow, R-Baton Rouge, enters the in the bank. Pat Forbes, who was home stretch with $1.4 million and endorsed by former Gov. John Bel the endorsement of President Don- Edwards, raised $117,994 and has $70,662 left. Former Baton Rouge ald Trump. The reports were filed with the Metro Council member Chauna Federal Election Commission late Banks, a Democrat, didn’t a file a last week and posted over the FEC report, which indicates she weekend. It’s the last look into fun- didn’t raise enough money to meet draising by the 39 candidates run- the thresholds. “Miguez is a fundraising maning in Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts and the two candidates chine,” Baton Rouge pollster John competing for one of the state’s Couvillon said. “He’s the type two Senate seats. of guy who’ll wake up at 4 in the

morning to raise $100,000, then rinse and repeat the next day. That’s a problem that Edmonds has. He doesn’t really have very much money.” On the other hand, Edmonds started the race earlier and had a little more time to define himself before “all those third-party groups started dominating the air waves,” he added. Both Miguez and Edmonds have the backing of political action committees — Miguez from the national Club for Growth, a conservative group based in Washington, and Edmonds from the Louisiana First Victory Fund, based in Baton Rouge. Couvillon notes that a fundraising advantage does not necessarily mean a candidate will win. He conducted a recent poll that showed Edmonds leading the field with 13.8% support and Miguez in third with 9.7%. Democratic candidate Banks had 13.2% of the vote. The survey of 760 likely voters with a 3.5% margin of error is only a snapshot, and the results indicate most voters haven’t landed on a candidate yet, Couvillon said.

Republican candidate Misti Cordell, head of the Board of Regents, reported raising $632,558, spending $457,775, and sitting on $174,784. She made a $206,500 loan to her campaign. State Rep. Gabe Firment, R-Pollock, entered the race in July and raised $374,000 between then and September for a total of $423,490 since he started in July. Firment had $286,224 left in his treasury. State Sen. Stewart Cathey Jr., RMonroe, reported raising $238,550, spending $50,233 and has $188,317 in cash. Among the leading Democratic candidates, state Rep. Pat Moore, of Monroe, raised $22,129, spent $9,328 and had $12,800 of cash on hand. Antonio Wilson, a contractor from Tallulah, raised $55,344, spent $22,058 and had $33,286 available. Wilson has lent his campaign $22,919.

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than his three opponents together reported raising. He still had $576,648 available for advertising, rallies, expenses and campaign staff pay. His main opponent, Democratic candidate John David Day, of Lake Charles, raised $131,996 and has $84,200 left. Nationwide, House candidates have raised about $2.23 billion for the campaign, according to the FEC. The 39 House candidates on Louisiana’s ballots raised $55.7 million of that amount. But Louisiana’s total is misleading because Johnson reported raising $26 million and Scalise pulled in $11.6 million. As the two top leaders in the lower chamber, part of their job is to raise big bucks for fellow partisans. They also reported spending about $30 million — almost all of that in contributions to party election funds and individual candidates. Conrad Cable, a Farmerville farmer running as a Democrat against Johnson, said he had raised $947,433 since the House stopped voting Sept. 16 on legislation, then a few days later went home to campaign. He’s raised $1.75 million since entering the race from 59,239 individual donors. While a respectable amount for a challenger, it pales in comparison. Johnson may have helped fellow Republicans, but he kept $7.5 million for the last two weeks.

All four Louisiana House incumbents hold huge financial advantages over their challengers. They include Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson; Rep. Troy The race in northeast Louisiana Carter, D-New Orleans; and Rep. In Louisiana’s 5th Congressional Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette. Carter, for instance, had $666,420 District, state Rep. Michael Echols, R-Monroe, leads financially among in reserve and his main challenger, the nine candidates running to re- Libertarian Lisa Ballay, of New Orplace Letlow. He reported receipts leans, had $510. of $3.2 million, spent $2.2 million, Higgins, who has never raised big and had $972,833 in cash reserves. dollars, picked up $893,280 for his Of that, $2.4 million comes from a fifth campaign since he was elected Email Mark Ballard at loan Echols made to his campaign. in 2017. That’s still five times more mballard@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1A Democrats, while 39% were Republicans — in a state that now has more Republicans than Democrats. In addition, the overall turnout on the first day of voting, 114,655, was the third highest since 2008, Couvillon said. “Democrats ran the tables,” he tweeted. Davis, a farmer from Tensas Parish, is attempting to pull off a major upset by defeating U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Baton Rouge, in a race that national handicappers expect her to win comfortably. No Democrat has captured a Senate race in Louisiana since 2008. The Letlow campaign expressed no alarm Wednesday about the early voting numbers. “Julia is going to win because Louisiana voters want a senator who will lower costs, keep the border secure, and put Louisiana first, not one who will hand Chuck Schumer control of the Senate,” the campaign said in a statement. “Julia is taking that message to all 64 parishes, and we’re going to keep working to earn every vote between now and Election Day.” Early voting continues through Tuesday, except for Sunday, in advance of Election Day on Nov. 3. It is taking place at 112 locations throughout Louisiana from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Driving up turnout As The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reported Sunday, Davis and other Democrats are trying to drive a big turnout of Black voters propelled by high fuel and grocery prices from President Donald Trump’s war against Iran, Gov. Jeff Landry’s moves against Black elected officials in New Orleans and Davis’ attempt to make history by becoming the first African American elected statewide in Louisiana in 150 years. Democrats are also pointing to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that led the Legislature in May to eliminate the Black-majority seat of U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge. Besides Davis, a disproportionately large turnout of African American voters also would buoy the two sets of other Democrats who are running for open congressional seats that the state Legislature designed to elect a Republican. Pat Forbes, Chauna Banks and Lindsay Garcia are among the 10 candidates running to represent the 6th Congressional District. It in-

Voters cast their ballots on the first day of early voting on Tuesday at the Louisiana State Archives building in Baton Rouge. cludes 14 parishes, with half of the voters located in East Baton Rouge Parish. The favorites are two Republican state senators: Rick Edmonds, who represents Baton Rouge, and Blake Miguez, who represents a district south of Lafayette that is not in the 6th Congressional District boundaries. Three Democrats are running to represent the 5th Congressional District. It includes 21 parishes, stretching from Monroe through Alexandria south to Amite and Bogalusa. The Democrats are state Rep. Pat Moore of Monroe, Antonio Wilson and Dan McKay. The four Republicans topping the polls are: state Rep. Gabe Firment of Pollock, state Rep. Michael Echols of Monroe, state Sen. Stewart Cathey of Monroe and Misti Cordell, the appointed chair of the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Hurdles remain Davis’ candidacy has yet to prompt any visible concern from Letlow’s campaign. She is running two positive commercials on TV, and neither she nor any outside conservative group is attacking Davis. Letlow didn’t mention Davis when she held a get-outthe-vote rally Tuesday in Lafayette and bashed Democrats as a bunch of “socialists” who want to “defund the police,” “support open borders” and “want to shut down American oil and gas.” Davis does not support any

of those positions. In a sign of the hurdle he faces to win, no national Democratic Party groups have stepped up to send money to Louisiana for his campaign so far. The dynamics of the race could change over the next week, however, if Black voters continue to overperform during the seven-day early voting period. African Americans have turned out in large numbers during the early voting period in Georgia and South Carolina. For Davis to top Letlow, he would have to meet what political operatives say is the magic Democratic formula in Louisiana: receive 90% of the Black vote, 30% of the White vote and have Black voters account for 33% of the overall electorate. While Couvillon found that Black voters accounted for

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31.7% of the overall electorate on the first day of early voting, that figure actually understates their turnout that day, he said as he dug into the results. The first day of early voting included 52,500 mail-in ballots received by the Secretary of State’s Office and 62,000 people who voted Tuesday, Couvillon said. Of the mail-in ballots, the Black voter share was 27.5%, he said. Their share

was 34.9% of those who voted Tuesday. In a potentially good sign for Democrats this year, the turnout of Black early voters grew in two recent elections — in March 2025 and May 2026 — as the early voting period progressed, Couvillon said. “I don’t think it’s just a one-day spike,” he said. The Letlow campaign is pushing back on that notion. Although Democrats

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outnumbered Republicans by seven percentage points on the first day of early voting in 2022, the Letlow campaign said, Republicans ended up enjoying a narrow advantage by the end of early voting, and U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Madisonville, romped to reelection with nearly 62% of the vote. Email Tyler Bridges at tbridges@theadvocate. com.

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Downtown Lafayette plan, Northgate Mall may benefit BY CLAIRE TAYLOR

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Lafayette City Council members, acting as the board for two economic development districts, have agreed to provide $500,000 toward a downtown redevelopment plan and, in principle, $1.25 million to redevelop the former Northgate Mall.

Serving as the board for the Downtown Lafayette Economic Development District, City Council members on Tuesday agreed to use EDD tax revenue to pay half of the $1 million cost to generate an urban redevelopment plan for downtown. The EDDs are specially defined areas that collect an extra 1% tax on sales within the district and a

2% hotel occupancy tax in the district. Consultants working on the downtown redevelopment plan are expected to analyze housing and retail markets, redevelopment opportunities, infrastructure, mobility and parking as well as strategies to support implementation of the plan and public-private investment.

The City Council voted in April to allocate $500,000 for the downtown redevelopment plan, using $100,000 from its reserve accounts and $400,000 from the fiscal year 2025-26 Downtown Capital budget. Mayor-President Monique Boulet vetoed the funding allocation, citing concerns about a lack of “thorough and competent” legal review and what she viewed as an expansion of the Downtown Development Authority’s authority and boundaries.

The Lafayette Consolidated Government has accused the DDA of grossly overstepping its role, describing it as “merely an advisory board and recommending body” whose role is to collect taxes and help prevent blight downtown. Rather than use Downtown Capital budget money, City Council members, acting as the board of the Downtown Lafayette Economic Development District,

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Proposed RV park courts SpaceX workers Property in Vermilion Parish pending regulations

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Domestic violence survivor Brandi Melissa, who is also an advocate for legislative reform to benefit other survivors, speaks during an event at the Family Justice Center of Acadiana in Lafayette on Wednesday.

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Billi Lacombe, executive director of Faith House, left, speaks during an event to recognize the advocacy work of domestic violence survivor Brandi Melissa.

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Domestic abuse survivor and advocate Brandi Melissa returned to Lafayette on Wednesday to share her story, more than three decades after a Lafayette physician performed surgeries that helped save her life. Community members and elected officials gathered at the Family Justice Center of Acadiana wearing purple in solidarity with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, for a “Survivor’s Story, A Doctor’s Gift,” event organized by state Rep. Annie Spell, R-Lafayette, to honor Melissa and the late Dr. Terry Alan Cromwell. Cromwell died in May, but Melissa said, “his work did not end when he walked out of the operating room. Its impact continued in every year of my life that followed. My life is one of the reasons his work mattered.” Melissa said she was conceived through sexual violence and suffered serious injuries while her mother was pregnant with her as a result of abuse inflicted by her father. Those injuries led to significant medical complications and lifelong consequences.

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Pat Lewis funeral set for Saturday He served as Lafayette City Council chair

BY KRISTIN ASKELSON Staff writer

Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Lafayette City Council Chair Patrick “Pat” Lewis, who died Oct. 19 at The Carpenter House. He was 69. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church. The Rev. Peter Emusa, the church’s pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Walters Funeral Home. Lewis spent 14 years in banking before working for 26 years in the Lafayette Parish school system’s transportation and sales tax divisions. In the transportation department, he helped manage operations and hire more than 200 school bus drivers, according to his obituary. He later worked as a sales tax auditor before retiring. After retirement, Lewis pursued several business ventures, including insurance sales and Klassroom Xpress, a business that included a restaurant and sno-ball stand.

He also served eight years as an elected member of the Lafayette City-Parish Council and City Council. Lewis was elected to the ninemember City-Parish Council in 2015 and chosen by his colleagues to serve as vice chairman. After the city and parish governments split into separate councils, he was elected to the City Council in 2019. The council selected him as its first chairman in 2020. In 2023, Lewis ran for Louisiana House District 44 but lost to Lafayette Parish School Board member Tehmi Chassion. Lafayette City Council Chair Kenneth P. Boudreaux

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Funeral arrangements have been announced for former Lafayette City Council Chair Patrick ‘Pat’ ä See LEWIS, page 4B Lewis, who died Oct. 19. He was 69.

A proposed RV park near Kaplan is already advertising monthly spaces to workers expected to build SpaceX’s proposed $100 billion spaceport in coastal Vermilion Parish, adding a new dimension to the parish’s debate over how to regulate RV parks ahead of the anticipated development boom. The Rocket Farm, a proposed “contractor campground” on Farmer Road about 30 miles from the planned launch site, is advertising 17 RV spaces, including 14 for monthly rentals. The business is accepting reservations for $700 a month and marketing the property specifically to contractors working on the spaceport. “Your Home Base 30 Miles From the Pad — Built for the Crews Building the Future,” the business says on its website. The property is being marketed as a long-term campground with fullhookup RV sites, metered electricity, level pull-through pads and free Starlink Wi-Fi. It offers multi-spot RV lot leases specifically tailored for industrial subcontractors and SpaceX

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Police charge suspect in May fatal overdose Staff report Lafayette police have arrested a man on a second-degree murder charge in a May overdose death, the first such arrest the department has made this year. Terrance Gary, 46, was booked into jail after a warrant was signed, Senior Cpl. Tyler Mitcham of the Lafayette Police Department said Friday. Officers were called May 27 to the 300 block of Fisher Road, the parking lot of Vermilionville, where they found a man unresponsive inside his vehicle, Mitcham said. The man was identified as Van Bellinger. “They were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced deceased on scene,” Mitcham said. “Upon doing an autopsy, we learned that he did overdose, at which point the investigation started,” he said. Mitcham said investigators developed probable cause for Gary’s arrest on the murder charge. He declined to say what substance caused the overdose. “It’s the first arrest we’ve made in 2026 charging someone with murder in reference to an overdose,” Mitcham said. Mitcham said the investigation is ongoing.

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Bien sûr! Saints in Paris provide opening for state

We love Paris every moment, but we especially love Paris this week as the Saints will become the first NFL team to play in France with a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. A large contingent from Louisiana has already descended on the City of Light for the game, and despite recent unrest, it appears that Paris has rolled out the red carpet for Saints fans — and vice versa. For the Saints and the state, this is more than just a game; it’s an opportunity to strengthen ties with a place where so much of our history comes from. Ever since Bienville planted a flag on the upper banks of the Mississippi, establishing La Nouvelle Orléans in 1718, France has had an outsized influence on our language, food, culture and traditions. Indeed, the Saints’ symbol, the fleur-de-lis, was once the emblem of French nobility. With this game, the Saints are hoping to use that history to stoke enthusiasm for a sport that’s not well known beyond American shores. The NFL is seeking to expand its overseas market with games played in Australia, Brazil, the U.K, Spain, Germany and Mexico in addition to France this year. Two years ago, the Saints won the exclusive rights to market the team in France, and since then, the organization has spent time and money cultivating fans. It’s also an opportunity to market the state, and officials with Louisiana Economic Development have planned a full-on charm offensive. A business expo called Louisiana Now is set for Friday to showcase all the state has to offer. Gov. Jeff Landry has invited dignitaries and business leaders to an exclusive dinner. New Orleans Mayor Helena made the trip in order to make contacts and bring business back home, she said. French President Emmanuel Macron, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the executives of major companies — including SpaceX, Meta, Sodexo and Chanel — are expected to be in attendance at various events. In Louisiana, we always know how to throw a good party, so there’s no doubt the Saints fans in Paris will have a good time. As this game comes amid demonstrations in France that began with students protesting poor conditions but devolved over the weekend into rioting and looting, we also hope everyone remains safe. Team owner Gayle Benson expressed confidence Monday that the game and all the pregame events will go off as planned, and for that we are glad. It’s always exciting when Louisiana is featured on a global stage because it truly highlights what a special place we live in. We hope that the Saints game in Paris is the start of a long and fruitful partnership. And we hope the Saints come home with a win. Now, how do you say “Who Dat” in French?

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What if all executions could be watched by the public?

LSU researchers identifying barriers to school attendance The recent editorial in this newspaper rightly highlighted Louisiana’s student absenteeism crisis. Regular attendance is essential to learning, yet many students face obstacles that make getting to school difficult. Addressing those challenges requires shared responsibility among families, schools, courts, nonprofits, healthcare providers and state leaders. This is a statewide public health and education priority. Louisiana Department of Education Superintendent Cade Brumley and the Power of Presence initiative recognize that attendance is more than counting absences. Schools are identifying barriers and using data-driven strategies to respond, and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education continues supporting policies that reinforce consistent attendance. LSU’s development and evaluation of the TASC (Truancy Assessment and Service Centers) model demonstrates the value of early identification of elementary students’ chronic absences. At LSU’s Social Research & Evaluation Center, we emphasize cross-agency collaboration and supportive strategies because absenteeism often reflects complex family or community challenges. Statewide coordination and

community partnerships can keep students connected and engaged. The Louisiana Supreme Court’s Families in Need of Services – Assistance Program (FINS-AP), through a legal process of judicial intervention, brings public and private services together to identify needs, establish family service plans and support educational completion. With additional funding from Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature, FINSAP is expanding statewide. Judges, educators, nonprofits, law enforcement, district attorneys, healthcare providers and community organizations are working together to help children attend and stay in school. Organizations such as Attendance Matters Louisiana and Attendance USA strengthen this work through professional learning opportunities. Parents remain essential allies. Readers can help by asking their local schools how to support attendance efforts. Continued attention, compassion and coordination will reduce absenteeism and expand opportunity for every student.

Could there be something positive about a public execution? Last Tuesday’s newspaper had an editorial about streaming the upcoming military execution by firing squad, saying, “there is nothing positive about making the execution available for public consumption,” and that streaming the execution would be “barbaric” and like “Iran.” Is viewing execution, or execution itself, or both, “barbaric?” Executions in the U.S. are already public to some extent. A limited number of people are invited to view executions. What if executions could be viewed by all? The heads of two Florida inmates caught on fire during executions in the electric chair. Last year in South Carolina, only two bullets hit a prisoner’s chest and the three-person firing squad missed the prisoner’s heart altogether. Reports say the inmate cried out and moaned and groaned for 45 to 75 seconds. Recently, Tennessee botched the execution by lethal injection of Christa Pike, causing obvious pain and suffering and her survival until they try to execute her again. What if all U.S. executions were publicly viewable? Wouldn’t the public be better able to make an informed decision about whether to support the death penalty or whether it is barbaric and makes us like Iran or other repressive regimes? If we’re not ashamed of the punishment we impose and how we impose it, why hide it from public view?

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America used to be better than this I cannot grasp how a person with a functioning conscience can continue to support Donald Trump’s actions. Among the latest, Trump is withholding intelligence previously shared with Ukraine, blaming President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for high fuel costs in the United States, proclaiming that Zelenskyy should be replaced and throwing his support to Russia’s Vladimir Putin via an oil deal that, by most reports, will do little for the U.S. but significantly impact Ukraine. Attacks on immigrants, both legal and illegal, have gone far beyond Trump’s initial proclamation that he would rid the country of “the worst of the worst,” the rapists, murderers and drug dealers among us. Additionally, the proposal to impose a $70,000 fee on international students wishing to work in the U.S. has been resurrected. To quote a recent editorial in this newspaper, “Clearly we have lost our way as a country when we no longer

welcome immigrants who contribute to our society.” And, “When the American Dream isn’t open to all, ambitious young strivers from around the world will dream of somewhere else.” What might that mean? Look at the last names of Nobel laureates and authors of scientific papers and breakthroughs, of local high school students named as National Merit Finalists or acknowledged for perfect ACT scores, of LSU and Southern University students being awarded Ph.Ds in the sciences. And, look at the last names of the hard-working individuals who roof our houses or clean them, pick our crops, help care for our children, lend their craftsman skills in support of local contractors and/or simply become good neighbors in our community. We used to be better than the actions above suggest. May God help us move back in that direction.

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Carter should make the Black Caucus moderate

When New Orleans Democratic Rep. Troy Carter becomes chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) after next month’s election, he ought to use his position to be a moderating influence in the increasingly left-wing Democratic Party. Carter himself has a reputation as someone willing to act in bipartisan ways, and as a pragmatist at times rather than a hard-line ideologue. And he will lead a caucus that largely represents voters who, according to poll after poll after poll, are more pragmatist, and at least somewhat more moderate, than the Quin predominantly White, Hillyer radical activists who support members of, or fellow-travelers with, the Democratic Socialists of America. Official DSA statements say the organization wants to abolish the U.S. Senate, replace the offices of the presidency and Supreme Court, offer blanket amnesty to illegal immigrants, abolish prisons (“as part of a long-term program”), have the government own most large corporations, create transgender sanctuary cities, defund the police and eliminate “the entire global system of capital,” among many other rather crazy ideas. And, of course, the DSA detests Israel’s very existence. Large percentages of Black voters, though, reject such nonsense. At the peak of the “defund the police” movement, for example, Black Democrats were noticeably less likely than White Democrats to support funding cuts or reductions in the number of police on the street. And Black voters on the whole have long been less liberal on “social issues” than White Democrats. And in terms of electoral choices, Black voters for some 70 years have tended to support Democratic candidates they see as more electable over those they see as more ideologically hard-left or progressive. Of course, Carter is an astute politician who doesn’t need to read this column in order to know all this. Still, it all should carry weight in Carter’s mind as he leads the CBC. It was somewhat disheartening, therefore, to see Carter in July tell this newspaper’s Tyler Bridges, in response to questions about the likely higher numbers of far-left Democrats in the next Congress, that what they offer are

Nationally, murder fell 18.1%, robbery fell 18.5% and America’s violent crime rate is its lowest since 1900. Trump and the Republican Congress made tax cuts permanent. The downside is they didn’t attack the $40 trillion debt. The president also significantly reduced the number of federal employees and repealed 129 regulations for every new one, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Plants and manufacturing jobs have returned or been brought to America. Ford is moving Lincoln production out of China starting in 2030. Toyota is shifting a major portion of its Tacoma production from Mexico to Texas by 2030. GM, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and others are expanding U.S. production. Power plants and refineries are being built. Why don’t more people know this? It’s because the major media largely ignore it, preferring to focus on the horse race and Democrats, who have no policies. It takes time to turnaround the failures of the Biden and Obama administrations, but things are moving in the right direction. Putting Democrats back in the majority in the House, Senate, or both will stall this progress. If only the president would make the campaign less about himself and start asking some of the above questions for voters to ponder, or would it be illogical to expect that of him?

Leave it to a comedian with a national TV platform to express what troubles a lot of us, even if we hesitate to talk about it — for fear of being ridiculed as backward-looking worrywarts. “When the people who are making AI are scared of AI, it’s time to shut the whole thing down until we can figure out what the hell is going on,” Bill Maher declared on his HBO program, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” back in April. He was responding to various speculations, in many cases erroneously attributed to leaders of the frontier artificial intelligence labs, assigning percentage likelihoods of AI models destroying humanity. “We’re f****** around with something that has a 20% chance of extinction. Twenty percent!” Maher continued. “Wasn’t that about what the odds were for Trump beating Hillary in 2016?” Yet aside from the doom scenario some highlevel insiders suggest of an unanticipated, civilization-ending “Oops” — that is, of the bots going rogue, doing what they’re not supposed to do — there is the question of the harm they do when they beClarence have exactly as Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk or Sam Altman want Page them to. Consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the lives of users. I can’t be the only one who finds the programmed-in sycophancy of chatbots distasteful. Indeed, there is a hidden danger in chatbots that sound too much like a caring, agreeable confidant. And perhaps no one is more vulnerable than children. One thinks of the tragedy of Sewell Setzer, the 14-year-old boy from Orlando who killed himself in 2024, after forming a reportedly intense attachment to a bot modeled after a character in “Game of Thrones.” Or Adam Raine, 16, who killed himself in April last year after months of confiding in ChatGPT, according to his parents’ lawsuit, claiming the chatbot failed to intervene when he discussed self-harm and provided help when prompted that included an offer to help draft the teen’s suicide note. (By the way, if you or someone you know is going through a difficult time or having thoughts of suicide, help is available. Just call or text 988 to reach the free and confidential Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the U.S. and Canada, 24 hours a day.) Admittedly, chatbots have a useful role to play, as the telephone once did, in improving the way humans connect with one another for business or social purposes, although like any other new and useful tool, this too, can be a double-edged instrument. One assessment that’s attracted a lot of welldeserved attention this season is Jill Lepore’s book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State.” Lepore is a professor at Harvard Law School and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New Yorker, and as she explained to The FAS Current, a Harvard publication, in the book she wanted to describe the ways in which governments and corporations use information technologies to dominate political discourse, and to ponder whether “whether liberal constitutional democracies can survive this moment in time.” Lepore explained that her book draws heavily on the work of Hannah Arendt’s writings in the 1950s, which examined totalitarianism and the ways it “render(ed) humans superfluous,” a function which Lepore ascribes to AI today. We see signs of this dynamic everywhere, such as when Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently announced a new Autonomous Warfare Command is in the works to lead a joint force of unmanned autonomous warfare powered by AI. It even has a handy Orwellian nickname: AutoWarCom. Heaven help us. Another probing inquiry, “Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines,” by Sherry Turkle, approaches the dangers of AI from the standpoint of individuals’ personal relationships with technology that mimics human interlocutors. “When you’re talking to a chatbot,” Turkle said in a fascinating discussion with Ezra Klein of The New York Times, “that chatbot does not care if you cook dinner after the conversation or commit suicide.” This discreet charm has wider social and political implications as well, Turkle argues. Our anodyne, “frictionless” interactions with chatbots teach us to fear and avoid real-life interactions and the conflict and awkwardness they bring. “I don’t really believe you can have a democracy unless you’re willing to have these moments of discomfort,” Turkle told Klein. “I don’t believe you can really talk across differences or really confront what’s going on in the world and the country without being able to be extremely uncomfortable.” Indeed, AI offers many new advantages, but the technology also poses new challenges, often growing out of old problems that we have yet to fully resolve.

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U.S. Rep. Troy Carter acknowledges applause after being announced as a guest at New Hope Baptist Church in New Orleans on Oct. 18. “very bold ideas” which “are not going to be silenced.” Instead, he said, his job will require “harnessing those ideas, harnessing that energy, and morphing it into a position that we can all work on to advance what’s best for the American people.” Sometimes ideas and energy should be harnessed and given direction and impetus, but sometimes ideas are so dangerous or even hateful that they absolutely should be thrown to the side by those trying to govern. Just as some of us on the political right keep trying (often without success) to keep noxious nostrums from holding sway — in other words, to hold our own “side” more accountable — so too should those in Democratic leadership police their own side. Advocating Palestinian control of Israel’s land “from the river to the sea,” or supporting school boards that refuse to tell parents that their staff are supporting their children’s gender transitions, or even providing free healthcare for illegal immigrants — as all 10 of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates did — are not ideas remotely helpful to the public weal. Surely Carter knows this. And Carter recognizes the stakes. “My term as chair of the CBC will dovetail into the picking of the next president, which will give me an opportunity to be at the table and highlight that all roads to the White House

will go through the South,” Carter told Bridges on Sunday. This could give Carter in 2028 at least a version of the role that Black Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn played in the key presidential primary in his home state of South Carolina in 2020, when his endorsement saved the race for then-former Vice President Joe Biden, who was seen as more moderate than avowed “democratic socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders. The goal should be to keep the Democrats within the broad mainstream of the American political spectrum rather than at its left-most edges. Some of us are never going to like the bigger, more active government, or its abundant social spending, that Carter favors. Still, there are ways to push those ideals within the mainstream rather than, as the far-left would do, blow up (figuratively speaking) the whole constitutional system. Carter has always worked hard to deliver on local priorities for his Louisiana constituents. In his new role heading the CBC, whose 63 current members represent more than one-seventh of the entire House, here’s hoping he also delivers Louisiana’s sensible, practical values to a national political scene too often characterized by extremes. Email Quin Hillyer at quin.hillyer@ theadvocate.com

The illogical 2026 elections August and September. Median houseIf politics were logical, Republicans should be leading in the polls and hold income rose to $88,667 in August, looking forward to maintaining, even nearly the highest income level ever, expanding, their congressional majori- and up to roughly $2,500 in real terms from when Trump’s second term beties. Putting aside President Donald gan! In his four years in office real Trump’s annoying personality, incomes barely budged under his vulgar language and his Biden.” According to the Census narcissistic behavior — as difBureau, the poverty rate fell to 10.2% last year, the lowest on ficult as that might be for many record dating back to 1967. people — Republicans should be It gets better. asking voters these questions: The president promised to Do you remember why you votcontrol the southern border and ed out the Democrats two years Cal ago because of their economic Thomas he has. A White House press release makes the case: “Illegal and crazy policies like transgenborder crossings have plummeted der athletes in women’s sports? If you to their lowest level since the 1970s, do, why would you return them to the majority in Congress, which will result with migrant encounters at the U.S.Mexico border dropping dramatically in investigations and another possible in 2025. The U.S. achieved negative impeachment of the president and net migration in 2025 — the first time members of his cabinet? in over 50 years — reversing decades Will that improve your life? of unchecked migration and restoring Yes, the Iran war is frustrating, but control over our sovereignty.” Plus, the the unacceptable alternative to stopping the fanatical Iranian regime from administration claims to have deported 500,000 immigrants with criminal regetting a nuclear weapon is allowing them to have one. cords. Yes, there has been some overDo you know nothing about their fun- reaction by ICE, but this pales when compared to the crimes committed by damentalist doctrines that teach they have a duty to kill Jews, Christians and the deportees. Want more? anyone else who believes differently Except in big cities like Chicago and from them? Are you unaware of recent economic St. Louis where, to some, murders approgress? According to the Unleash pear to have become the “new normal,” Prosperity newsletter, which offers in- the administration can legitimately sider updates on what’s happening with brag about the decline in overall crime. According to FBI data, violent crime in the economy:“After four months of America dropped 9.7% in 2025 — the decline due to high energy prices, real household income showed a rebound in largest one-year decline in history.

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New suit questions Hyundai Steel bonds Port issued $400M for terminal project

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Two environmental groups are challenging the Port of South Louisiana’s approval process for $400 million in bonds intended to finance a marine terminal dock that will support Hyundai Steel’s planned $5.8 billion mill in Ascension Parish. Rural Roots Louisiana and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade filed suit Friday under the state’s Bond Validation Act, challenging the port’s bond proceedings at the latest stage after the State Bond Commission approved the application Sept. 17. The $400 million from the port is

part of $1.3 billion that the commission approved last month. The suit also challenges a $15 million loan deal to Hyundai from the Louisiana Economic Development. Micah Cormier, spokesperson for the port, said the agency does not comment on pending litigation. LED Strategic Communications Manager Jacey Wesley also said LED does not comment on pending litigation. Hyundai says it is not in a position to comment on the claims, since it is not named as a party in the suit. “The company remains focused on advancing the project in compliance with all applicable requirements on delivering jobs and economic opportunity for the region,” Senior Manager of Media Relations Stephanie Malin said.

The lawsuit is one of several legal challenges the groups have brought against state agencies over the Hyundai project. The filing follows a separate lawsuit filed in April that questioned how and where the port publishes legal notices about its decisions and activities. The port initially said it had published notice in its official journal, L’Observateur, which circulates in St. John the Baptist Parish. However, the plaintiffs later determined that no such notice had been published. A hearing for a motion to dismiss that case is scheduled for Nov. 17, said Pam Spees, attorney for the plaintiffs. According to the lawsuit, the port adopted a resolution in August

2025 that preliminarily authorized the issuance of $400 million in revenue bonds. The resolution did not identify Ascension Parish as the proposed terminal’s location or name the company the terminal would serve. On agendas, the port referred to the item as “Project Henry.” The plaintiffs also say Ascension Parish residents did not receive legally required notice before the port proceeded with the bond issuance. The port has jurisdiction over St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes, though with approval from the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, it was able to undertake the construction in Ascension Parish. “This is the Port of South Louisi-

ana, which doesn’t have jurisdiction over Ascension. So you wouldn’t assume that this has anything to do with the parish outside of the port’s jurisdiction and you certainly wouldn’t know it has to do with Hyundai,” Spees said. The plaintiffs also question specifically $15 million of the $400 million that came from LED. In June, the port entered into a “confidential memorandum of understanding” with LED under which the state agency agreed to loan the port $15 million from its FastSites allocations, according to the petition. The plaintiffs argue that because the agreement created a debt obligation, the port should have submitted it to the State Bond Commission for approval before signing.

Domestic violence survivor Brandi Melissa smiles as she is introduced during an event at the Family Justice Center of Acadiana on Wednesday.

medical care Melissa needed. Melissa credited Faith House of Acadiana with helping her family navigate those uncertain days before the family relocated to Baton Rouge. “Faith House became part of our family story during the immediate aftermath of violence,” Melissa said. “Their support helped my mom and our family navigate the uncertainty of things that followed.” “What makes today’s gathering meaningful is the way that Brandi has transformed her experiences into a mission of advocacy,” said Billi Lacombe, executive director of Faith House of Acadiana. Melissa’s advocacy focuses on what happens after survivors decide to leave abusive situations. She has supported efforts to ensure protective orders are processed more quickly and to recognize children harmed by domestic violence as victims in their own right.

She also hopes to help develop a proposal for Louisiana’s 2027 fiscal session, tentatively titled the Louisiana Survivors Safety and Stability Act of 2027. The proposal would seek to strengthen the state’s domestic violence shelter and community services network and provide practical resources for survivors seeking safety. “What happens after a survivor decides to leave?” Melissa said. For Melissa, returning to Lafayette was an opportunity to recognize the people whose actions changed the course of her life while continuing to push for a future in which other survivors have access to protection and support. “I cannot go back and change what happened to me and my family, but I can use this, the life I was given, to try to make the past safer for someone else,” she said.

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Continued from page 1B When a hospital in New Orleans determined that reconstructive surgery on her skull was too risky, the procedure was ultimately performed at Lafayette General. When complications later developed, Cromwell performed another head surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes. Between 1984 and 1991, Cromwell performed two surgeries on Melissa, beginning when she was just 5 months old and continuing through age 7. The procedures took place at Lafayette General and Our Lady of Lourdes hospitals. “His work gave me more life to live, more time to grow, more time with my mom, more opportunities to speak, to advocate, and to try to make a difference for other families,” said Melissa.

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Continued from page 1B crews. The website also touts the location’s proximity to downtown Kaplan. But the land sale for the proposed park has not closed and remains pending. Brison McPhail, identified as the owner in Louisiana Secretary of State business records, lists the property’s address as his own. The business was filed with the Secretary of State on Sept. 23. The plans come as the Vermilion Parish Police Jury considers new regulations for RV parks, including a proposed 50-space limit and a requirement that parks bordering residential neighborhoods install privacy fencing at their own expense. The measures remain under consideration as jurors weigh how to accommodate anticipated growth while preserving the parish’s longstanding approach of allowing development in unincorporated areas without traditional zoning restrictions. The proposed SpaceX

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Continued from page 1B agreed Tuesday to use EDD tax revenue to cover half the cost of the $1 million redevelopment plan. Also on Tuesday, serving as the board of the Northway Economic Development District, City Council members agreed in principle to provide up to $1.25 million in EDD tax revenue to redevelopment of the former Northgate Mall on Evangeline Thruway. Breaux Bridge businessman Jacoby Landry bought the 20.8-acre mall in a credit sale in June 2025 for $2.8

STAFF PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK Her mother died in 2017 from the long-term effects of the violence she endured. Melissa said the impact of the abuse continued long after her family escaped her father. The family lived in a rural area surrounded by sugar cane fields, with limited access to a telephone. When they finally fled, they left with little more than the clothes

spaceport could bring thousands of construction workers and high-paying jobs to the region, increasing demand for housing and putting pressure on roads and other public infrastructure. Parish Administrator Keith Roy has argued that limits on RV parks are needed to protect neighboring property owners and prevent traffic problems as new parks are developed. “Do you really want hundreds of RVs next to your house?” Roy asked during an earlier discussion of the proposal. “You need to protect the future for landowners as well. If everybody’s trying to go into the same spot, it’s going to block off traffic.” The proposed ordinance would prohibit RV parks from offering more than 50 on-site spaces and require privacy fencing for parks next to residential neighborhoods. Jurors have also been reviewing RV regulations in neighboring areas, including Cameron Parish, to see how other communities handle camper density and conflicts with nearby landowners. The proposal has drawn objections from jurors who

they were wearing. Her mother was given only a short time the next day to retrieve the family’s belongings, including assistive devices Melissa needed because of her disabilities. The family faced the challenge of finding shelter while also trying to secure the equipment, transportation, food, clothing, schooling and

question whether the parish should impose restrictions on one type of development while leaving other land uses largely unregulated. Council member Scott Broussard, a critic of the proposal, questioned whether residential subdivisions would face similar limits. “If they put up a subdivision, are we going to tell them how many houses they’re allowed to put up?” Broussard asked. Broussard also argued that developers building new subdivisions near existing RV parks should be responsible for installing privacy fences if they want them. “They come in developing knowing that there’s an RV park next door,” he said. “It’s really on them to build that privacy fence if they want it.” Broussard has argued that the parish’s lack of zoning restrictions is part of what makes it attractive to businesses such as SpaceX. A 2014 parish resiliency report discussed the possibility of introducing zoning ordinances in unincorporated areas, but the parish ultimately did not pursue

Boudreaux described Lewis as a man who worked hard, persevered and cared about others. “Today, we remember Pat not simply for the office he held, but for the man he was,” Boudreaux said. Boulet said Lewis was always looking for ways to help the people he served

and offered condolences to his family. Lewis is survived by his wife of 48 years, Tracy; their two children, Dana LewisBroussard and Dustin Lewis; two sisters, Geraldine Mouton and Adeline Broussard; and two grandsons, Mason Broussard and Myles Lewis.

million with guidance from programs offered through the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, which provided a letter of support for the EDD funding. Called The Hub, Landry has plans for a comprehensive remake of the property with around $50.9 million in planned investment. The $1.25 million, if given final approval, would be a reimbursement for money Landry spends on redeveloping the property. More than a year ago, Landry said he envisioned a mixed-use business center with small retailers and professional service providers along with a boutique medical spa, fitness center and

possibly indoor pickleball courts. As of May 31, the Downtown EDD had collected $2.65 million in tax revenue and the Northway EDD had collected $2.29 million.

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those plans. The potential spaceport development has renewed questions about whether the parish has the regulations and staffing needed to manage a surge in construction and new businesses. The

Email Ja’kori Madison at jakori. madison@theadvocate.com.

parish’s permit office, for example, is staffed by one person. “One person’s definitely not going to be enough to staff that office,” Broussard said during an earlier discussion. “The time to get

things together is now.” The Police Jury has not finalized the proposed RV park regulations. Email Kristin Askelson at kaskelson@theadvocate. com.

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Loomis defends vision after Benson’s comments

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

VERSAILLES, France — If any part of Mickey Loomis felt uneasy hearing his boss publicly call him out last week, then another part of the New Orleans Saints general manager understood where owner Gayle Benson was coming ä Saints vs: from when she ripped Steelers 8:30 A.M. her team’s poor start SUNDAY, NFL NETWORK to the season. “I think every once in a while we all need to be a little uncomfortable,” Loomis said. “That’s OK.” Loomis, speaking to reporters for the first time since Benson’s remarks, said he didn’t expect to start 2-4 but still backed the Saints’ direction as they practiced Wednesday at Municipal Stadium Montbauron ahead of the NFL’s first-ever game in Paris. Loomis declined to evaluate Kellen Moore’s performance, other than to say he still supported him and that the coach was only in his second year. In her comments last week, Benson called out Loomis and said it was his job to build a roster capable of sustained success.

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LSU wide receiver Jackson Harris, left, turns upfield after shedding a tackle attempt by Mississippi State safety Kendel Dolby in the first quarter on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL JOHNSON BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

From the moment Trey’Dez Green traded his pads for sweatpants, Lane Kiffin had a problem to solve. The star LSU tight end is out with a knee injury, an ailment that has kept him off the field since the Week 3 loss at Ole Miss. His absence meant that Kiffin needed a new primary weapon for quarterback Sam Leavitt, someone who could step into Green’s place. Enter Jackson Harris. Harris has caught six passes in three of the four games since Green’s injury. He’s scored all five of his touchdowns during this stretch and accumulated 339 of his 456 yards receiving since Green went down. ä See LSU, page 3C

Freshman catching on to help UL passing game

BY KEVIN FOOTE Staff writer

The wide receiver position has been a season-long issue for UL, and it remains a mystery heading into the 4 p.m. Saturday road game against Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. All season, one or both of the expected starters, Shelton Sampson and Landon Strother, have missed ä UL at games. Sampson is back Southern Miss but still not up to speed, and Strother is out again 4 P.M. SATURDAY, with his second signifiESPN+ cant injury. The good news is there are more viable options than most expected going into August camp. One of those is redshirt freshman Trenton Chaney. Redshirt freshman Russell Babineaux leads the team with 15 receptions, followed closely by Chaney with 14 catches for 169 yards. “I feel like I’m getting better not just game by game, but practice after practice,” Chaney said. “I’m getting more comfortable ... every day with my prep and just

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De’Vion Lavergne is the most productive player returning to UL men’s basketball team, but coach Quannas White has 11 newcomers to bolster the roster.

Cajuns coach White happy with his options

BY KEVIN FOOTE Staff writer

Second-year UL men’s basketball coach Quannas White said Wednesday during Sun Belt media days via Zoom that he’s relishing the many options at his disposal after enduring last year’s injury-plagued season. “All summer and into the fall, we can play as many as 10 guys, maybe even 11,” White said. UL fans will need to bring a roster to the season opener Nov. 2 against Akron in the Cajundome. Five players returned, but only three of them received significant playing time last season. Oklahoma State transfer Jamyron Keller was supposed to get a lot of run, but he suffered a season-ending injury after just two games. He was averaging 17 points a game at that early juncture. “Having Jamyron Keller back is big,” White said. “He led us in scoring after two games last year. He’s a kid who has Big 12 experience. He can score the ball at three levels, but the other good thing about Jamyron is he can defend.” The three returnees in the regular ro-

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The LSU women’s basketball team soon will take on what’s arguably the toughest nonconference schedule it has face since coach Kim Mulkey took over the program in 2021. First, the Tigers will play a string of nine tuneups in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center — two exhibition contests and seven regular-season matchups. The stretch, which begins at 7 p.m. Thursday against the University of North Texas at Dallas, will give Mulkey chances to experiment with her rotation and evaluate the two freshmen expected to compete for minutes. “They’re gonna have to play,” Mulkey said on Oct. 13. The sixth-year coach was referring to Lola Lampley and Anna Minaeva. Lampley is a 6-foot-2 former McDonald’s AllAmerican from Indiana. Minaeva, 17, is 6-5 and from Russia. Both will play in the post for the Tigers. They’re expected to log heavy minutes in November, in large part because LSU is already down two post players who were on the roster at the start of the academic year. Junior Kate Koval left the program, and Spanish forward Noa Morro underwent surgery to address a stress fracture in her shin. While Morro recovers (she’s out until at least late November), Mulkey expects Lampley and Minaeva will be “thrown to the wolves.” They’ll have “great moments,” she said, and “notso-great moments” against the stiff competition LSU is set to face both before and after the calendar flips to 2027. The Tigers have played only four Top 25 nonconference teams across the last five sea-

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LSU post player Lola Lampley takes a foul shot during the first practice of the season on Sept. 21 at the PMAC. sons. This year, they have three preseason AP Top 25 teams on their nonconference schedule — No. 2 UConn, No. 12 North Carolina and No. 25 North Carolina State — and a fourth that received

votes in the preseason poll but missed the cut (Villanova). Mulkey told The Advocate in August that although she didn’t intentionally build a tougher nonconference schedule, she was confident that her new-look

roster could handle some challenging battles in November and December. “I don’t ever want to overschedule,” Mulkey said. “Losing is one thing. But if you’re losing with kids that can get over it, and they don’t just melt, then you can schedule nonconference a little bit tougher.” The good news for LSU is that it has time before the schedule stiffens up, and Morro could return right around the time it does. After the Tigers play their two exhibition games on Thursday against UNT Dallas and on Oct. 29 against Loyola-New Orleans, they’ll host Southeastern Louisiana in their season opener Nov. 2. From there, LSU will face Texas Southern, McNeese State, Denver, Troy, Fairleigh Dickinson and Belmont before traveling to Fort Myers, Florida, to take on Villanova and NC State the week of Thanksgiving. Then comes an ACC/SEC Challenge road game against North Carolina, a matchup with Houston in Houston and the UConn showdown, which will tip off in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 20. LSU also has tuneups against Northwestern State, Stonehill and Alcorn State sprinkled in among those contests. It’s a compelling slate, one that will show just how ready Lampley, Minaeva, Morro and the rest of the newcomers are to dive into Southeastern Conference play come January. “In some ways,” Mulkey said, “it’s gonna be a team that probably has a few ups and downs, but at the end of the day, I think their mindset is very good, and I have not gone to practice yet where I’ve left upset.” Then Mulkey cracked a smile and laughed. “So maybe I need to get upset about something, right?”

Ex-LSU coach Brown gets Wooden Legends honor Former LSU men’s basketball coach Dale Brown has been named as the 2027 recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Tuesday. Brown coached the Tigers from 1972-97, leading LSU to two Final Four appearances, four Southeastern Conference regular-season championships and LSU’s only SEC Tournament title. Brown retired as the SEC’s second-winningest men’s coach with 448 career victories and still ranks fourth in that category behind only Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp (846), Florida’s Billy Donovan (467) and John Calipari (460) at Kentucky and Arkansas. Brown, who turns 91 on Oct. 31, will be formally honored during the John R. Wooden Award ceremony in April 2027 in Los Angeles.

Giants turning to McCarthy over Winston as quarterback

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — John Harbaugh and the New York Giants are turning to J.J. McCarthy to start at quarterback for their game Sunday at Houston. McCarthy got the nod over Jameis Winston, who started the previous four games since Jaxson Dart was sidelined for the foreseeable future because of a knee injury. The Giants (3-2-1) are in the middle of the pack on offense league-wide as they start a third player in seven games at football’s most important position. They have their bye week after playing the Texans but are making the change to McCarthy now that he has fully grasped offensive coordinator Matt Nagy’s system.

Goodell: NFL welcomes a review of Hurts situation

NEW YORK — The NFL welcomes an investigation into the Philadelphia Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots after the players’ union asked for one, commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday. Goodell said in his news conference at the end of the NFL’s annual fall meeting that Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, has gone through the steps that were followed and added that the union had a right to call for a review. Hurts is on injured reserve and expected to miss the rest of the season after a blood clot in his left calf traveled to his lungs. The Eagles and agent Nicole Lynn said Monday that Hurts has deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli.

DB Franklin appeals LSU men release roster with 14 players on it Bills NFL’s 1-game suspension BY TOYLOY BROWN III

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Coach Will Wade’s basketball roster at LSU is practically complete after a tumultuous offseason centered on eligibility. The team website Wednesday listed 14 players expected to suit up for the Tigers this season. In June, that total was four, and it was just 10 players for the McNeese State exhibition game Oct. 8. The newest additions on the public roster are 23-year-old French center Brice Dessert, 22-year-old Italian-Senegalese wing Saliou Niang, 24-year-old Israeli center Gilad Levy and fifth-year UCLA transfer guard Skyy Clark. Wade said after the 63-60 McNeese win, in which he played just seven players, that his full team will be dangerous in the Southeastern Conference. “I mean, we’re about to be loaded up here now,” he said. “Better watch out.” The NCAA cleared Dessert and Niang to play for LSU on Tuesday. Levy is expected to get the same result, but there is paperwork still left to be taken care of, a source with knowledge of the program told The Advocate. Levy, who is 7-foot-3, was the last player to commit to the program Aug. 25 and likely won’t be able to participate in LSU’s final exhibition game at noon Saturday against Florida State on the road. Clark obtained eligibility last Friday through a temporary injunction for a fifth year in a Kentucky lawsuit. While he was among the original plaintiffs in the same California eligibility

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LSU center Michael Ruzic dunks the ball against Central Florida on Oct. 14 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. lawsuit that fellow UCLA transfer and LSU teammate Donovan Dent is a part of, he signed a request for partial dismissal without prejudice Aug. 13, according to court documents.

Wade previously had former St. John’s star RJ Luis signed and among the 15 players he had practicing with LSU since Sept. 2. Although Luis received a preliminary injunction to play,

Wade said during SEC media days that Luis isn’t on the roster after the SEC implemented rules that would enact severe penalties on the program if he played. The first four players LSU announced on June 11 were college transfers that didn’t need a fifth year of eligibility through the courts. Those players were senior guard Abdi Bashir (Kansas State), junior guard Divine Ugochukwu (Michigan State), senior forward Mo Dioubate (Kentucky) and senior guard Austin Nunez (UTSA). The scholarship players that followed were fifth-year point guard Dent and 20-year-old Croatian center Michael Ruzic. Dent was eligible to play through a temporary restraining order since Aug. 18, and on Tuesday he was among a group of more than 70 plaintiffs granted a preliminary injunction in his agebased eligibility lawsuit filed in California. Ruzic, a 7-footer, was cleared by the NCAA a few hours before the Tigers took the floor at McNeese. The four remaining players on the roster are likely walk-ons, including freshman forward Jordan Bender, center Strake Pearson and guard Bradley Fife, all unranked high school recruits, and senior Luke Stansbury, son of LSU associate head coach Rick Stansbury. Luke Stansbury played in 10 games at Stephen F. Austin from 2023-25. After LSU’s last exhibition game at Florida State, it will play its regular-season opener against LSU New Orleans on Nov. 3 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills defensive back Sam Franklin appealed the NFL’s decision to suspend him for one game without pay for allegedly spitting at a Raiders opponent during a game last weekend, the player’s agent said on Wednesday. The appeal was launched within hours of the NFL issuing the suspension, with a hearing scheduled to take place on Thursday. “We adamantly deny Sam spit on anyone,” Franklin’s agent Harold Lewis told The Associated Press by phone. “We look forward to the process to fully exonerate him tomorrow at the hearing and (provide him) the apology he deserves.” Franklin said he was defending himself without resorting to spitting at anyone.

Locksley is out as coach for Maryland football

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Michael Locksley is out at Maryland in the first big move of the new college football coaching cycle. The university announced Locksley’s exit Wednesday, four days after the Terrapins lost at home to Rutgers for their fifth straight defeat. Maryland fired defensive coordinator Ted Monachino on Sunday, which seemed to indicate the school was keeping Locksley for the time being. But now the Terrapins — who have an open date this week — are making an even more significant change. Co-defensive coordinator Aazaar Abdul-Rahim takes over as interim coach. Maryland hired Locksley in December 2018, about a month after coach DJ Durkin was fired.

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the transfer portal that had some familiarity with each other,” White said. Ware and Pounds began their careers together at Old Dominion. Middleton and Pounds once played at the same prep school together. The roster also will include incoming freshmen in 5-9 guard Isaiah Wilks from Oklahoma, 6-8 forward Tyshawn Duncan from Alexandria, 6-6 forward Derrick Florence from Alabama and 6-10 forward Mikhail Dulkay from Russia. “I’m really excited about the season,” White said. “I like the group that we’ve recruited and the guys that we brought back. Having coached in this league for a year now, experience is the best teacher. So having that year under my belt, I’ve learned a whole lot.” In addition to having more scoring help, White believes the increased depth will allow UL to apply more full-court pressure. “We’re doing some different things defensively in terms of wanting to speed up our opponents, because we do have the depth,” White said. “But again, you have to earn playing time. You have to keep it every day in practice. We don’t take any days off. We’ll let the practices and the games determine how many guys we’re able to play.”

tation were De’Vion Lavergne (9.9 points, 3.3 rebounds) at 30.2 minutes a game; Todd Jones (3.1 pts, 3.9 rebs) at 16.5 minutes; and Jeremiah Evans (3.0 pts, 2.0 rebs) at 10.9 minutes a game. “Getting De’Vion Lavergne back is also big, because he’s a guy that we believe in and that can score at all three levels,” White said. Among the 11 newcomers are four Division I transfers in 6-3 guard Trent Middleton from North Carolina A&T, 6-foot guard Mekhi Cooper from Lindenwood, 6-8 Dani Pounds from Tennessee Tech and 6-7 Josiah Harris from Cleveland State. “Dani averaged about eight or nine rebounds last year,” White said. “That’s really critical for us because rebounding is important. It helps win games. It helps create second- and third-chance opportunities, which is needed. “It really helps going along with a guy like Todd Jones, who has taken a step this summer. Not only has he gotten better and stronger, but he’s more consistent.” Then there’s junior-college transfer Deion Ware to aid with the ballhandling behind Keller. “During the recruiting process, Email Kevin Foote at we wanted to recruit guys out of kfoote@theadvocate.com.

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He’s become Leavitt’s go-to target, and he now leads the Tigers in receiving yards. Despite leaving early with an ankle injury Saturday, he caught six passes for 85 yards against Mississippi State. He told reporters Tuesday that he’ll be ready to go for this weekend’s matchup at Auburn (11 a.m., ABC). “I feel like if the game went differently, I could have went back out there and played,” Harris said. “So we’ll be all good for this week.” Harris, a redshirt junior who transferred to LSU from Hawaii, thoroughly impressed Kiffin and the LSU coaching staff on tape in January. At 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds, he’s a long and physical receiver, a bigger body who can win against man coverage on the outside. He was a star in his only season in Honolulu, snatching 49 passes for 963 yards and 12 touchdowns after earning limited playing time in two years at Stanford. “We need to actually throw the ball to him more,” Kiffin said after LSU’s loss to Kentucky. “Wins against press (coverage); he’s really fast out there. I really like his progression.” For an offense missing the frame of the 6-7 Green, Harris and 6-5 Roman Mothershed have been big targets for Leavitt. Mothershed even has been a target for Harris, who threw a 41yard touchdown pass to the Troy transfer against Kentucky. Harris never has been a quarterback, but he made it known

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Continued from page 1C trusting myself ... doing the same routine over and over. “It’s just coming together slowly.” Chaney’s talent level has never been in question. The issue is staying healthy as well as mastering the finer points of playing receiver at the collegiate level. “When I was injured, it was a little tough to maintain my regular process,” the 5-foot-9, 178-pound receiver said. “I couldn’t do the physical activity stuff. I wouldn’t say it was hard to bounce back, but

to offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. that he could chuck it. During practices, he’s joined the quarterbacks for some throwing drills. “He throws the ball really well, as you saw,” Kiffin said. “We actually called the play earlier in the game, and they were in a different defense. So we checked out and came back to it later, and he made a great throw.” Harris hasn’t been the only receiver stepping up in Green’s absence. LSU is deep at wide receiver, even as Mothershed has shifted to tight end with Green out of the lineup. Winston Watkins, who followed Kiffin from Ole Miss, has more than 400 yards receiving and has been Leavitt’s top option in the slot. Freshman Corey Barber and Old Dominion transfer Tre Brown have earned more playing time lately. Even Zach Grace, who had zero career catches until his 22-yard touchdown grab at Kentucky, has been targeted more often despite primarily being a blocking tight end. At running back, Dilin Jones has become Leavitt’s go-to option on check-downs in the flat. Filling the chasm left by Green has been a team effort. Even without their star tight end, the Tigers are better at passing the ball now than earlier in the year. Leavitt’s improved accuracy has played a big role, but LSU also has found weapons ready to step up in Green’s absence. No receiver has made that leap more than Harris. “A lot of those plays (to Harris) were a kind of similar type of play-action, Trey’Dez type of plays,” Kiffin said after the Texas A&M win. “It was really good.”

you have to get back comfortable sticking your foot in the ground and cutting ... stuff like that.” Chaney has played in five of the seven games while learning the basics of the position. “Learning the defense and my alignment, my assignment, my read before the ball is snapped. I had trouble with that stuff before fall camp, and I’m gradually fixing it,” he said. “It’s slowing down in my head.” The Cajuns employed more of a running strategy in the 33-6 win over Troy on Saturday, but Chaney led all receivers with four targets, three receptions and 45 yards. Sampson had one catch on three targets for 6 yards.

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Rookie WR Tyson won’t debut in Paris

Saints wide receiver Jordyn Tyson warms up before a game against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 11.

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

VERSAILLES, France — Jordyn Tyson will not make his NFL debut on an international stage. Speaking with reporters at Municipal Stadium Montbauron, where the New Orleans Saints practiced Wednesday, general manager Mickey Loomis said Tyson will not practice with the team this week. “But he is improving, and we feel like we’re getting closer,” Loomis said. “I don’t have a specific timetable for that yet, but we’re encouraged.” Tyson suffered a hamstring injury during an Aug. 13 joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has spent the entirety of his rookie season on injured reserve. With the Saints’ bye on tap next week, Tyson would not make his debut until Week 9 against the Cleveland Browns in New Orleans at the earliest. Tyson missed time throughout his college career at Colorado and Arizona State with multiple injuries, the last of which was a hamstring injury that prevented him from participating in workouts throughout much of the draft process. Asked about that history and any pre-draft concerns the team may have had about Tyson, Loomis reiterated that Tyson’s current situation is “not the same injury that he had before,” and that injuries like this “can happen to any player.” “It’s unfortunate that it happened at the very beginning of his career, but hopefully this is the one and only injury that he has,” Loomis said. “We’re really encouraged by what we saw in training camp when he was practicing before he got injured, and we’re looking forward to having him back.” The passing attack mostly has produced at a high level without Tyson. Among NFL wide receivers, Chris Olave ranks second in yards (480) and third in receptions (43), while Devaughn Vele has played well as the No. 2 option with 28 re-

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practiced Wednesday. He missed most of the second half against the Giants with what Moore described as a migraine. Speaking to reporters after practice, McKinstry described it as a sinus issue that may have been related to the illness that had been running through the locker room the past few weeks. “It just kind of settled in throughout the game, my head started hurting real bad and I lost a little vision in my eye from my headache,” McKinstry said. “So it was a decision to Injury update trust my brothers and let them go Right guard Cesar Ruiz made the out there and do their thing.” trip to Paris with his teammates, but he did not participate in practice Speaking of arrivals Wednesday after suffering a knee Kicker Daniel Carlson did not make injury against the Giants on Sunday. the flight from New York to Paris Rookie Jeremiah Wright took Ruiz’s with the rest of his teammates, but place against the Giants, playing he had a good reason. 42 offensive snaps. The Saints kicker and his wife, “This is a thing we’ll take day Katherine, were expecting the arby day and see how this thing pro- rival of a baby. “He’s still in the States,” Moore gresses as the week goes,” coach said. “We’ve talked through this Kellen Moore said. Linebacker Kaden Elliss returned to all, we’re all on the same page. He practice for the first time since he should be out here shortly.” Carlson is coming off one of his suffered a calf injury against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 3. In his better games with the Saints. He three-game absence, the Saints have missed his first field goal attempt allowed 31.7 points and 415 yards per from 55 yards against the Giants game — well above their 27.7 points last but rebounded to connect on and 340.3 yards per game averages field goals of 58 and 51 yards. New Orleans does have kicker with Elliss in the lineup. “Kaden’s obviously an important Charlie Smyth available on the pracpart of our defense,” Moore said. tice squad. “It was good to see him out there, “We’re expecting (Carlson) to and we’ll see how the rest of this be here,” Moore said. “Obviously, week progresses.” we do have Charlie if something Cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry also goofy happened.”

ceptions for 294 yards. Quarterback Tyler Shough has cooled off a bit lately after a torrid start, but he is still on pace to throw for more than 4,000 yards and 34 touchdowns. New Orleans has not felt compelled to rush the No. 8 pick in this year’s draft back to the field before he is ready. “We’re being probably a little more cautious than we would ordinarily,” Loomis said. “But still, the timeline is the timeline.”

Does Loomis think he’s accomplished that? He said the results haven’t achieved that yet in an “outcomebased” business. But capable? Yes, Loomis said, he believes this roster is still capable. “I like the direction we’re going,” Loomis said. “We’re a young, developing team and you know, we have to recognize that. I recognize that. We’ve got a young coach (23) games into his career. And that’s where we’re at.” The expectations for that young, developing team are different than they were a year ago. New Orleans’ late-season surge to finish 6-11 led many, including the Saints, to believe they would make another jump in 2026. That growth was fueled by the belief in quarterback Tyler Shough. The 27-year-old has, in some ways, lived up to the hype this season. He’s been the center of the offense, ranking third in passing attempts, sixth in passing touchdowns and 13th in yards. Shough also has been the league’s most pressured quarterback and reportedly has played through a broken left hand for the last two games. Loomis said he’s “excited” about what he’s seen from Shough, specifically the way he performs and how he reacts when it doesn’t go well. But he noted the second-year quarterback still has less than a full season’s worth of starts. Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh

Steelers will be his 16th. “I think the expectations are a lot greater than what his résumé is so far,” Loomis said. Loomis wasn’t willing to discuss expectations for Moore, such as whether the Saints should be further ahead in his second season. Loomis has long said he doesn’t believe in handing out evaluations before a season is over. “That’s for later down the road,” he said. “Like I said, he’s 23 games into his career and with a rebuilding team. Let’s not forget that, you know. But I like what I see.” That answer still differed from Loomis’ earlier comparison of former coach Dennis Allen’s struggles to Hall of Famers such as Bill Belichick and Chuck Noll, though that came after Allen completed his second season with the Saints. Repeatedly on Wednesday, Loomis said he’s focused on the process so it leads to the right outcomes. He noted, for instance, how close the Saints were to beating the Detroit Lions and Las Vegas Raiders. He said young teams have to “learn how to win,” adding that’s where the Saints are in the process. Loomis also was asked about his own process and decisions that arguably have contributed to New Orleans’ poor start. For example, his choice to draft Jordyn Tyson eighth overall came with plenty of questions given the wide receiver’s lengthy injury history, and the selection hasn’t paid off so far. The rookie has yet to play because of another hamstring injury. “The injury that he has (now) is not the same injury that he had before,” said Loomis, referring

to Tyson’s past hamstring issues. “So those can happen. They can happen to any player. It’s unfortunate that it happened at the very beginning of his career, but hopefully this is the one and only injury that he has. “We’re really encouraged by what we saw in training camp when he was practicing before he got injured, and we’re looking forward to having him back.” When that might be remains a mystery. Tyson won’t play this week, and Moore was noncommittal about whether the rookie might be ready after New Orleans’ bye week following the Paris trip. Still, as much as Loomis harped on having a young team, he acknowledged the team’s timeline for success doesn’t have to be incremental. The Saints’ first year with Drew Brees and Sean Payton resulted in an NFC championship game appearance, and they made the Super Bowl three years after that. Loomis was careful not to assign a timeline to New Orleans’ current path to contention. “We do want it to be faster,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be four years. I would agree that our ‘09 team was the culmination of ’06, ’07, ’08. Hopefully it’s faster than that, but I don’t wanna put a limit (on it).” Left unsaid is that Benson might not give him that time if the results don’t come soon. “Look, we’re capable of going on a run and being successful,” Loomis said.

“Our running backs do a good job and our O-line,” Chaney said. “We run the ball a good bit. We just try to be more physical on the perimeter and when the ball does come our way, we try to make the best of our opportunities.” Including the tight ends, seven different UL targets have at least double-digit receptions for tripledigit yards. KeDarius Wade leads the group in yards with 226 yards and two touchdowns on 11 grabs. “KeDarius Wade has played all year, so you feel really good about that,” UL coach Michael Desormeaux said. “I think with Russ and Trent, you got two guys that are playing really well in the same spot. Maybe that gives you

an opportunity to play one or some of them a little bit more.” One advantage Chaney has is a longtime relationship with quarterback Lunch Winfield. The Lutcher graduates have been playing football together since the backyard days prior to their high school years. “Yes, that relationship goes back before high school,” Chaney said. “It’s just a regular nature for us. It’s just always been us.” The matchup against Southern Miss may lend itself to the running game agaub. The Golden Eagles are dead last in the Sun Belt against the run at 252 yards a game, compared to No. 4 against the pass at 194.7 yards a game.

Troy ranked significantly higher against the run than the pass but the Cajuns ran for 243 yards and passed for only 108. Despite the lack of consistent production through seven games, Chaney said he remains confident. “My confidence has always been through the roof,” he said. “I’ve always been heavy on myself about confidence because without confidence, you’re really nothing. If you don’t have confidence, then you might not make the play. You might overthink it. I always preach to myself about having confidence.”

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SCOREBOARD Odds

No. 1 St. Thomas More sweeps past rival Teurlings Catholic BY ERIC NARCISSE Staff writer

The St. Thomas More volleyball team moved closer to securing another district title Tuesday, sweeping past Teurlings Catholic in another dominant performance. The Cougars (28-4, 5-0 District 4-II) cruised to a 25-18, 25-10, 25-17 win at Teurlings. “I thought we executed really well,” coach Jessica Burke said of the Cougars, ranked No. 1 in the LHSAA’s Division II power rankings. “I thought that we were aggressive and we did a really good job of maintaining that state of aggression throughout the game, which is one of our focuses this year.” Not only were the Cougars aggressive, but they were balanced. “I think that’s kind of how we traditionally try to run our offense,” Burke said. “We have kids that can terminate the ball everywhere, so we don’t necessarily need to rely on one player. I think any of our players have the ability to take over a game if they need to. “When we’re passing really well, defending well, and we’re able to have all three of our options, my setter (Clare Thompson) is just able to read and react based on what the block on the other side is doing. She’s able to spread the offense when have really good first contact.” Freshman Lauren Froehlich recorded six kills, four digs, two blocks and one assist. “I thought it was a coming-out party for my (freshman) middle blocker,” Burke said. “We’ve been working really hard to get her faster and more up to varsity speed. She’s always been a great blocker. But the offensive side we’ve still been working on because it’s a big change. The tempo coming from eighth grade to varsity is a big change. So that was really cool for her to be able to shine in that way.” The Cougars have shined to the tune of winning 14 of their past 15 matches and 24 of their past 26. “We were super aggressive and all we needed to

BY ERIC NARCISSE Staff writer

The football season hasn’t gone as well as Teurlings Catholic hoped it would, but that hasn’t stopped the Rebels from continuing to fight. You are what your record says you are, but the 1-6 Rebels have remained competitive. “When you look at our schedule, if you just look at the record and you’re somebody Courville across the state up north or in New Orleans, you might think we have a really bad football team. We really don’t,” coach Michael Courville said. “We’ve lost six games, but it’s to six teams that I think all can win state championships, or all will be there at the end. We’re fighting. We’re improving. We are getting better. It just hasn’t gone the way we’d like it to on the scoreboard.” Last week, the Rebels nearly picked up their biggest win of the season against Lafayette Renais-

Friday

FAVORITE at VIRGINIA at UCONN at TULSA Air Force NC State

Saturday

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St. Thomas More middle hitter Abby Strother spikes the ball as Teurlings Catholic’s Courtlin Moran defends on Tuesday at Teurlings.

do is kind of maintain that,” Burke said. “I know that Teurlings is one of the better teams in our area, so respect to them. But I definitely think we had such a fast start that it was going to be hard to overcome.” The loss halted Teurlings’ win streak at seven. Burke said she doesn’t think STM is peaking yet. “I definitely think that we are continuing to get better,” she said. “We’re not necessarily looking to peak right now, but instead kind of maintain a slow rise. Our goal is just to get better every session, every game and fine tune some things and maybe even add in a couple of layers as we head to the postseason.”

Courville cited Kelly’s arm strength, ability to extend plays with his legs and leadership qualities as his biggest attributes. “He’s pretty elusive,” Courville said. “He’s pretty good in space and understands the right cuts to make you miss. He’s a bigger kid at about 195 pounds, so he’s a little tougher to tackle. He’s strong, physical and he throws a good deep ball.” The Rebels, who will travel to face Westgate at 7 p.m. Friday, still have hopes of qualifying for the playoffs. With only two regular-season games remaining because of the closure of Comeaux High, Teurlings is ranked No. 22 in the LHSAA’s Division II select power rankings. “If we were to get a win Friday against Westgate with their undefeated record, it’ll shoot us up the power rankings,” Courville said. “Our strength of schedule right now is high. It’s in the top three in our bracket and one of the better ones in the state. “If we win the next two games, we are definitely in. I think if we split the next two, it’ll be close. I feel confident that we will get in, but there’s certainly no guarantee.”

Receiving

Sulphur (5-2) at Acadiana (4-3) Cecilia (5-2) at Opelousas (5-2) Northwest (4-3) at Rayne (3-4) Franklin (3-3) at Delcambre (5-2) Westminster (3-4) at Collegiate-BR (0-5)

Friday’s games

New Iberia (1-6) at Lafayette (4-3) St. Thomas More (6-1) at Southside (4-3) Acadiana Renaissance (3-4) at Lafayette Renaissance (5-2) Loreauville (5-2) at Lafayette Christian (5-2) Livonia (1-5) at Carencro (3-4) Hanson (3-4) at Westminster-Lafayette (7-0) Liberty (0-7) at Northside (1-6) Teurlings (1-6) at Westgate (6-0) Lake Charles Prep (6-1) at North Vermilion (5-2) Abbeville (2-5) at Erath (3-4) Crowley (3-4) at Church Point (4-2) Breaux Bridge (0-7) at Beau Chene (6-1) Eunice (7-0) at Mamou (2-5) Iota (3-4) at Ville Platte (0-6) St. Martinville (2-5) at Kaplan (5-2) Catholic-NI (4-3) at West St. Mary (4-3) Lake Arthur (7-0) at Notre Dame (7-0) Houma Christian (1-6) at Gueydan (1-5) Highland Baptist (0-7) at Ascension Christian (7-0) Central Catholic (3-4) at Jeanerette (4-2) JS Clark (4-3) at Sacred Heart (7-0) St. Edmund (4-3) at Opelousas Catholic (1-6) Vermilion Catholic (1-6) at Centerville (3-4)

Rushing

Player Justin Williams, Southside Pierce Gable, Westminster-Laf. Thomas Carter, Loreauville Kristian Aubrey, Aca. Ren. Jaden Celestine, Lafayette Blathon Citizen, Church Point De’Maurion Cormier, Kaplan

Passing

Player Kennan Brown, Laf. Ren. John Parker Robison, CHNI Noah Antoine, Westgate Landen DeRouen, Erath Grayson Hemard, STM Carson Gurzi, Carencro Collin Rideau, Opelousas

No. 30 27 21 12 16 14 19

Yds. 601 467 463 405 377 369 362

Avg. 20.0 17.2 22.0 33.75 23.5 26.3 19.0

Avg. 8.0 11.5 8.2 7.2 8.6 9.5 7.6

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Yds. 1400 1184 1135 1098 1004 958 919

TD 15 9 18 12 15 6 9

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at SMU 17½ 19½ (55½) Cal LSU 6½ 7½ (51½) at AUBURN at TCU 6½ 9½ (56½) West Virginia at MIAMI (FL) 23½ 20½ (49½) Pittsburgh at N’WESTERN 16½ 16½ (58½) Rutgers at TOLEDO 2½ 3½ (45½) W. Michigan Texas Tech 11½ 10½ (56½) at CINCINNATI Indiana 6½ 7 (41½) at MICHIGAN at FAU 10½ 7½ (51½) Rice Miami (OH) 1 2½ (40½) at C. MICHIGAN at KENT STATE 3½ 3 (46½) Akron Baylor 2½ 2½ (52½) at KANSAS Oregon 13½ 8½ (50½) at ILLINOIS Hawaii 7 3½ (47½) at N. ILLINOIS at BUFFALO 4½ 3 (44½) Bowling Green at S. CAROLINA 2½ 2½ (50½) Tennessee at GA. TECH 5½ 4 (49½) Boston College Oklahoma 2½ 4½ (44½) at MISS. STATE at UCLA 13½ 13½ (44½) Michigan State at ALABAMA 2½ 13½ (50½) Texas A&M North Texas 1½ 2½ (62½) at NAVY at BALL STATE 9½ 14½ (51½) Sacra. St. BYU 9½ 6½ (43½) at UCF Iowa 2½ 6½ (40½) at MINNESOTA Kansas State 2½ 3½ (56½) at ARIZONA ST. at TROY 17½ 14½ (51½) UL-Monroe at OHIO 9½ 12½ (48½) E. Michigan UL 10½ 10 (52½) at SO. MISS at LA. TECH 8½ 12½ (45½) Old Dominion at NEVADA 5½ 5 (46½) San Jose State Boise State 16½ 12½ (51½)at WASH. STATE San Diego St. 1½ 1½ (63½) at COLO. ST. Georgia State 1½ 2½ (58½) at ARK. ST. at OKLA.STATE 14½ 13½ (56½) Colorado at CLEMSON 1½ 2½ (49½) Virginia Tech at KENTUCKY 9½ 10½ (51½) Vanderbilt USC 1½ 3 (50½) at WISCONSIN at ARIZONA 10 10½ (50½) Iowa State at TEXAS 9½ 3½ (54½) Ole Miss at TEXAS ST. 9½ 12½ (61½) Utah State at N. CAROLINA 9½ 7½ (47½) Syracuse UTSA 4 2½ (51½) at TULANE at NEW MEX. 3½ 4½ (41½) N.D. State at UTAH 5½ 6½ (56½) Houston

NBA

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at PHILADELPHIA 2½ (235½) Cleveland at OKLAHOMA CITY 7½ (235½) Denver

Pro football NFL glance AFC East

Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami South Jacksonville Indianapolis Houston Tennessee North Cleveland Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati West Kansas City Denver Las Vegas L.A. Chargers

NFC East

N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas Washington South Carolina Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay North Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit West San Francisco Seattle Arizona L.A. Rams

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Sunday’s games

TD 4 6 8 6 5 3 5

Pittsburgh vs. New Orleans in Paris, 8:30 a.m. Cincinnati at Baltimore, noon Cleveland at Tennessee, noon Indianapolis at Minnesota, noon Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon N.Y. Giants at Houston, noon San Francisco at Atlanta, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon Denver at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Rams at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 7:20 p.m. Open: Buffalo, Jacksonville, L.A. Chargers, Washington

Monday’s game

Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:15 p.m.

Volleyball

Major League Baseball

Tuesday’s results

World Series glance Best-of-7; x-if necessary; All games at 7 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Tampa Bay

Friday: Game 1: Tampa Bay at Milwaukee (Misiorowski 16-5) Saturday: Game 2: Tampa Bay at Milwaukee Monday: Game 3: Milwaukee at Tampa Bay Tuesday: Game 4: Milwaukee at Tampa Bay x-Wednesday, Oct. 28: Game 5: Milwaukee at Tampa Bay x-Friday, Oct. 30: Game 6: Tampa Bay at Milwaukee x-Saturday, Oct. 31: Game 7: Tampa Bay at Milwaukee

St. Thomas More def. Teurlings 3-0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-17)

College football

Westminster def. CHNI, 25-8, 25-20, 15-25, 25-15

Delaware 61, Missouri State 38 Marshall 20, South Alabama 13 Middle Tennessee 26, FIU 23

CATH: Amelie Trappey 15 kills 18 digs 7 assists; Mackenzie Batiste 18 assists 9 kills 19 digs; Addisyn DeRouen 19 digs; Charlotte Shea 5 kills 7 digs 1 block 7 digs; Caroline Meyer 4 kills 2 blocks 2 digs. Record: CHNI 21-4.

Yds. 1184 1121 1062 1012 876 868 838

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 6½ 2½ (47½) Duke 15½ 14½ (50½) UMass 1½ 1½ (54½) Army 5½ 4½ (44½) at WYOMING 7½ 6½ (55½) at STANFORD

New England at Chicago, 7:15 p.m.

TEUR: Hebert 1 ace 3 digs; Leonard 3 kills; Bergeron 5 kills 7 digs; Trahan 20 digs 3 aces; Luneau 1 kill 1 dig; Moran 3 kills 2 digs 1 ace; Landry 2 kills 12 digs 14 assists; Turner 8 assists 6 digs; Sheppard 2 kills 3 digs; Robin 3 kills 5 digs; Bergeron 3 kills 1 dig.

Att. 148 97 128 140 101 91 109

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3 4½ (44½) at PHILADELPHIA

Thursday’s game

St. Thomas More def. Teurlings 3-0; Westminster def. Catholic-NI 3-1; Lafayette Christian def. Iota 3-0; Lafayette Renaissance def. Acadiana Renaissance 3-2; St. Martinville def. Northside 3-0; Sulphur def. Acadiana 3-0; Barbe def. New Iberia 3-0; St. Thomas More def. Notre Dame 3-0; Acadiana def. Port Barre 3-0; Beau Chene def. Cecilia 3-0; Westgate def. North Vermilion 3-0; Lafayette Christian def. Opelousas Catholic 3-0; Alexandria def. Church Point 3-1; Acadiana Christian def. Centerville 3-0; ESA def. Highland Baptist 3-0; Delcambre def. Crowley 3-0; Sam Houston def. Notre Dame 3-2; Loreauville def. Opelousas Catholic 3-0; Rayne def. Sacred HeartGC 3-0; Eunice def. South Beauregard 3-2; Livonia def. Eunice 3-2; Westminster-Lafayette def. Vermilion Catholic 3-2; St. Edmund def. Opelousas 3-2; Morgan City def. Acadiana Christian 3-1; Loreauville def. Hanson 3-1; Highland Baptist def. Vermilion Catholic 3-1

Area leaders

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Pittsburgh 1½ 3½ (44½) vs. New Orl. at CAROLINA 1½ 3 (44½) Tampa Bay Cleveland 3 1½ (37½) at TENNESSEE at NY JETS 2½ 4½ (39½) Miami San Fran. 4½ 2½ (49½) at ATLANTA at HOUS. 5½ 10½ (43½) Giants at MINN. 3 6½ (41½) Indianapolis Cincinnati 3½ 1½ (48½) at BALT. Denver 7½ 4½ (43½) at ARIZONA at DETROIT 1½ 3½ (53½) Green Bay LA Rams 8½ 4 (48½) at LAS VEGAS at SEATTLE 3 2½ (42½) Kansas City

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Liberty 9½ 10½ (50½) at KENN. STATE James Madison 12½ 10½ (56½) at APP/STATE at MEMPHIS 10½ 10 (54½) East Carolina

Player Khylon Edwards, Catholic-NI Carter Champagne, Erath Cayden Lancelin, Westgate Jackson Semien, North Vermilion Markez Davis, Northwest Shemar Taylor, Lafayette Ren. Tate Collins, Erath

Games start at 7 p.m.

Sunday

Thursday

PREP REPORT

Thursday’s games

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at CHICAGO 1½ 3 (50½) New England

College football

sance before falling 32-27. “We’re a half inch away from beating a team that I think is very, very good in LRCA,” Courville said. “We have just taken some growing pains, and (suffered) injuries that really hurt us this year. But a lot of credit goes to our opponents because they’ve just been very good or elite, and we have been on the shorter end of the stick. “But I’m really proud of our kids because they could easily have folded or quit or not shown up. It’s been tough, but they’re still here getting better and improving.” Quarterback DJ Kelly, who was initially deemed ineligible by the LHSAA after transferring from Ascension Episcopal and sat out the first three weeks of the season, was granted clearance to play beginning in Week 4 against Lafayette Christian. Courville said Kelly’s presence provided a jolt to the locker room. “DJ has been an outstanding teammate,” Courville said. “He’s handled everything very maturely and not like a 17-year-old kid probably would or should. He gave us a Email Eric Narcisse at spark. He gave us a boost.” enarcisse@theadvocate.com.

Week 8 schedule

Thursday

FAVORITE Dallas

FOOTBALL

Football

Saturday’s games

NFL

Monday

Teurlings not typical 1-6 team Rebels continue to fight despite record

State schedule

North Vermilion def. Westgate 25-11, 25-4, 25-3

NVERM: Ellery Dupuys 2 aces Kyla Landry 1 dig; Charlie Knickerbocker 1 kill; Amelia Addison 1 ace 2 kills 1 dig; Elliot Black 2 aces 1 assist; Chloe LeBlanc 5 aces 1 assist 2 kills; Gabby Caruso 1 dig; Londyn LeBlanc 2 aces 2 kills 1 dig; Ellie Martin 1 ace 5 kills 1 dig

Lafayette Christian def. Iota 25-15, 25-21, 25-18

IOTA: Greta Brown 9 kills; Addison Toups 5 kills 9 assists; Camryn Lantier 3 blocks; Ella Lopez 5 blocks; Regan McGee 17 digs; Bryn Doucet 21 digs; Elizabeth Miller 11 digs; Jaycie Willis 8 assists 10 digs.

Thursday’s schedule

Southside at Lafayette Acadiana Renaissance at St. Thomas More David Thibodaux at Beau Chene Westgate at Carencro Teurlings at Lafayette Renaissance Port Barre at Lafayette Christian Notre Dame at DeQuincy Abbeville at St. Martinville Rayne at Breaux Bridge Crowley at Cecilia Eunice at Pineville Iota at Iowa Glencoe at Highland Baptist Ascension Episcopal at Vermilion Catholic Episcopal of Acadiana at Westminster-Lafayette.

Scores, schedule Tuesday’s scores

Wednesday’s game

New Mexico St. (2-4) at Sam Houston (1-5), n

Thursday’s games SOUTH

Liberty (5-1) at Kennesaw St. (1-5), 6 p.m. James Madison (7-0) at Appalachian St. (4-2), 6 p.m. East Carolina (3-3) at Memphis (5-2), 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s games EAST

NC Central (2-5) at Delaware St. (4-3), 4 p.m. Yale (3-2) at Penn (2-3), 6 p.m. UMass (4-3) at UConn (3-3), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

Duke (4-2) at Virginia (4-3), 6 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Army (4-2) at Tulsa (4-3), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST

Air Force (5-1) at Wyoming (4-3), 8 p.m. NC State (3-3) at Stanford (3-4), 9:30 p.m.

LSU (5-2) at Auburn (4-2), 11 a.m. Southern (3-4) at Texas Southern (1-5), 2 p.m. Nicholls (2-5) at Northwestern St. (0-7), 2 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe (0-6) at Troy (3-3), 3 p.m. Old Dominion (2-5) at Louisiana Tech (4-2), 4 p.m. UL (5-2) at Southern Miss (1-5), 4 p.m. Southeastern (4-3) at Stephen F. Austin (7-0), 5 p.m. UTSA (6-1) at Tulane (3-3), 7 p.m.

Pro basketball NBA glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Philadelphia New York Boston Brooklyn Toronto Southeast Division Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington Central Division Detroit Chicago Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

San Antonio Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans Northwest Division Oklahoma City Denver Minnesota Portland Utah Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Tuesday’s scores

Detroit 121, Boston 113 Philadelphia 106, New York 100 Oklahoma City 116, San Antonio 104

Wednesday’s games

Atlanta at Orlando, n Milwaukee at Washington, n Charlotte at Brooklyn, n Chicago at Toronto, n Minnesota at Miami, n Indiana at New Orleans, n Utah at Memphis, n Dallas at Houston, n Golden State at L.A. Lakers, n Phoenix at Portland, n Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, n

Thursday’s games

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.

WNBA Finals

(x-if necessary); (Best-of-7) Golden State 1, Atlanta 1 Saturday: Golden State 68, Atlanta 64 Monday: Atlanta 79, Golden State 65 Wednesday: Golden State at Atlanta, n Saturday, Oct. 24: Golden State at Atlanta, noon Monday, Oct. 26: Atlanta at Golden State, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, Oct. 29: Golden St. at Atlanta, TBA x-Saturday, Oct 31: Atlanta at Golden St., TBA

Hockey NHL glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W Boston 10 7 Tampa Bay 9 7 Ottawa 9 6 Florida 9 5 Toronto 11 5 Buffalo 9 4 Montreal 9 4 Detroit 9 3 Metropolitan Division GP W Carolina 11 8 N.Y. Rangers 11 7 N.Y. Islanders 9 5 Washington 9 5 New Jersey 9 5 Pittsburgh 10 3 Philadelphia 11 2 Columbus 8 3

L OT Pts 2 1 15 2 0 14 3 0 12 2 2 12 4 2 12 3 2 10 3 2 10 3 3 9

GF 36 31 24 30 38 27 30 23

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Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Utah 10 7 3 0 14 38 31 Minnesota 10 6 2 2 14 31 25 Dallas 9 5 3 1 11 23 15 Colorado 10 5 4 1 11 41 31 Winnipeg 9 4 3 2 10 24 26 Nashville 8 3 2 3 9 23 24 St. Louis 9 4 4 1 9 29 29 Chicago 9 3 6 0 6 21 36 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 11 8 3 0 16 44 30 Edmonton 9 7 1 1 15 41 27 Seattle 10 6 3 1 13 39 34 San Jose 10 5 4 1 11 27 35 Anaheim 9 4 5 0 8 26 29 Vancouver 11 2 8 1 5 33 51 Los Angeles 7 1 4 2 4 17 27 Calgary 8 2 6 0 4 17 37 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Tuesday’s games

N.Y. Islanders 3, Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 5, Washington 2 New Jersey 4, Colorado 3 Toronto 6, Columbus 2 San Jose 4, Montreal 3, OT St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 3, Boston 2, OT Edmonton 4, Minnesota 3, OT Seattle 4, Detroit 3, SO Carolina 6, Vancouver 3 Tampa Bay 6, Vegas 2

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Florida at Ottawa, n Philadelphia at Buffalo, n

Thursday’s games

Anaheim at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 6 p.m. Nashville at Boston, 6 p.m. San Jose at Ottawa, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m. Vegas at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 7 p.m. Carolina at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 8 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Utah at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Transactions FOOTBALL NFL

NFL — Suspended Buffalo DB Sam Franklin one game without pay for unsportsmanlike conduct. ATLANTA FALCONS — Designated CB A.J. Terrell Jr. to return from injured reserve. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DT Eric Johnson to the practice squad. Released DE Nadame Tucker from the practice squad. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Designated LB Cooper McDonald to return from injured reserve. Signed LB Aiden Fisher to the practice squad. Waived LB Cam Jones. Released RB Nate Carter from the practice squad. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed OLB Darryl Peterson III from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed NT Jalen Hunt to the practice squad. Placed DE Kobie Turner on injured reserve. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released S Rayshawn Jenkins. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DL Naquan Jones to the practice squad. Released LB Eugene Asante from the practice squad. WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Signed LB Austin Keys and TE Quentin Moore to the practice squad.

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National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled RW Jared Wright from Ontario (AHL).

Easy frittata pairs sweet potatoes, prosciutto

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I was looking for a simple dinner and noticed I had a few eggs on hand. An easy frittata came to mind. For this version, I paired creamy sweet potatoes with prosciutto, the thinly sliced, dry-cured Italian ham. The secret to making a frittata is low heat cooking and precooking the filling before adding the eggs. I cooked the potatoes in the microwave, so they are sweet and tender and sauteed the mushrooms in the skillet and then added the eggs, cooking them on low heat. Helpful hints:An easy way to chop chives is to cut them with a scissors. Two crushed garlic cloves can be used instead of minced garlic.

Autumn Frittata Yields 2 servings. Recipe is by Linda Gassenheimer. ½ pound sweet potato, cut into ½-inch cubes (about 2 cups) 4 whole eggs ½ cup nonfat milk 2 sliced scallions (about ¼ cup) 2 tablespoons chopped chives Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 cup sliced mushrooms 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 ounces prosciutto, cut into 2-inch pieces ¼ cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese ¼ whole wheat baguette

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1. Preheat the broiler. Wash potatoes (do not peel) and cut into ½-inch pieces. Place in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high 3 minutes. Set aside. 2. Whisk eggs and milk together and add scallions, chives, salt and pepper to taste. 3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the mushrooms, garlic and potatoes. Saute 4 to 5 minutes. 4. Add egg mixture and gently stir vegetables to make sure egg mixture spreads throughout the pan. Lower the heat to low. 5. Add the prosciutto and press into the egg mixture. Cook 10 minutes until the mixture starts to set. Sprinkle the cheese on top. Place skillet under broiler about 6 inches from the heat. Broil 2 minutes to melt the cheese. 6. Divide the frittata in half and place on two dinner plates. Serve the baguette with the frittata. NUTRITION INFO PER SERVING: 457 calories (42 percent from fat), 21.6 g fat (6.5 g saturated, 8.1 g monounsaturated), 408 mg cholesterol, 32.0 g protein, 44.9 g carbohydrates, 5.3 g fiber, 1115 mg sodium.

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From spooky stuffed peppers to wonton ghosts, try these Halloween recipes Jack-o’-lantern Stuffed Peppers Serves 4.

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You won’t believe secret ingredient for egg rolls BY GRETCHEN McKAY

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) Since it was introduced as an appetizer on New York City menus in the 1930s, perhaps no dish is more associated with ChineseAmerican food than crunchy, humble Recipe, the egg roll. 6C Yet there is some confusion as to how the crispy rolls, which are served with hot mustard and a sweet-andtangy condiment known as duck sauce, got their name. Some believe it’s because the dish came to be made with egg-rich dough wrappers that blister when

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4 orange bell peppers (try to pick the most orange ones) 1 pound Italian sausage removed from its casing

1 onion, chopped fine 3 cloves garlic, chopped fine 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning ¼ pound peeled, cooked

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Wash the peppers and set them aside. 2. Place the sausage into a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Loosen it as it cooks into crumbles. When it is completely cooked, remove it from the pan and set aside. Add the chopped onion and garlic to the fat left in the pan. Continue cooking, stirring as needed, for about 10 minutes. Add the Italian seasoning and shrimp. Stir. Return the cooked sausage to the pan and stir. Turn off the heat. 3. Add the breadcrumbs and half of the cheese to the pan and stir until the mixture is uniform. Add the olive oil and mix again. I don’t suggest additional salt and pepper since the cheese and sausage are both salty and seasoned, but you can season according to your taste. 4. Prepare the peppers while the stuffing is cooking. Cut the tops off each pepper and set them aside. Be sure not to remove the stem. Clean the seeds and ribs from the inside of the peppers with a knife and spoon. Sometimes a pair of kitchen shears makes it easier. You can rinse out the seeds in the sink if necessary. 5. With a small sharp knife, cut

shrimp, chopped 2 cups breadcrumbs, more may be needed ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided ¼ cup olive oil

triangular eyes into the side of each pepper, leaving at least a halfinch of uncut pepper above the top of the eyes. Cut a toothy smile into the peppers under the eyes. Set the peppers aside. 6. Stuff the peppers. If you feel that there isn’t enough mixture to fill larger peppers, you can add more breadcrumbs. Divide the stuffing into the 4 peppers, pushing down with a spoon, but not so hard that the stuffing oozes out of the face you have cut. 7. Sprinkle the tops of the stuffing with the remaining cheese. Replace the tops and place into an oiled Dutch oven. 8. Cover with the lid and place into the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and cook another 15 minutes. 9. You can serve the peppers right out of the oven or brush them with a bit of olive oil to make them shiny. You can also serve them in a “pool of blood” of your favorite tomato sauce, allowing everyone to spoon the sauce over their pepper. Let your imagination go wild. There could be accompanying mozzarella stick finger bones with sliced almond fingernails.

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pooky season has arrived yet again, but many Halloween traditions have changed over the years. Trick-or-treating has become less about children combing the neighborhood, in favor of more controlled environments. Whether you decide to throw a little party with themed food or have a festive evening at home, consider whipping up these dishes. Rather than creating recipes that might seem odd, I thought it would be fun to make things that are obviously on theme, but familiar. There are only so many pumpkin-flavored things that you can eat, so this column is devoted to sparking the imagination. I love stuffed peppers, so I decided to refresh a stuffed pepper recipe, turning orange peppers into jack-o’-lanterns. You could also use a variety of peppers. Pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, so

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Dear Miss Manners: We have kept an icy silence for some weeks. Witnesses a close neighbor who has to the evening agree with now berated my husband me that nothing that could and me several times for even have been recomments she found offensive. motely perceived as The first time, her offensive was said. 6-year-old child was There have been close to harming some other minor our infant daughter, instances. Last and my husband night, while at the Judith asked him to back home of a third Martin neighbor, she again off — not unkindly, MISS and only after givtook offense at a MANNERS question I asked ing the neighbor a about her husband. chance to intercede first. The neighbor shouted She told me I was “just at my husband that he was mean.” When I objected, politely, to tell her no ofnot to speak to her son in that way, and enumerated fense was meant and she a list of his other perceived must have misunderstood offenses. my question, she shouted, Another time, we en“Just change the subject!” She never apologized for joyed what seemed to be her behavior and I now a perfectly pleasant dinfeel forced to keep my ner at their home, but I received an email the next distance. She and her husband day telling me I had again insulted her son and saying invite us over frequently, and we see one another on she would keep some disalmost a daily basis. She tance from us for a while. I immediately responded often confides in me and seems in general to conwith an apology, but she

sider me a friend. Is there any way I can tell her that I find her erratic and unpredictable attacks off-putting? Or must I keep my distance and simply pray she will not explode again? Gentle reader: Is your goal to reform this person or to minimize future contact with her? Miss Manners would heartily understand the latter, which would require only an emphatic, but distant and continued, politeness to achieve. She has no idea what would accomplish the former, and little inclination to find out. Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners. com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2026. There are 70 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 22, 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong was formally stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and received a lifetime ban from Olympic sports after the International Cycling Union chose not to appeal doping charges against Armstrong by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Also on this date: In 1797, André-Jacques Garnerin of France made the first successful parachute drop, descending about 3,000 feet to the ground from a balloon over Paris. He was hailed as the first successful parachutist and went on to make some 200 additional descents. In 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico that year in a military rebellion. In 1934, bank robber Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd

was shot to death by federal agents and local police at a farm near East Liverpool, Ohio. In 1962, in a nationally televised address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a naval blockade of all offensive military equipment shipped to Cuba. In 1968, Apollo 7, the first crewed mission of NASA’s Apollo space program, returned safely from orbit, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1975, the Soviet space lander Venera 9 descended to the surface of Venus and transmitted the first photographs ever from the surface of another planet, revealing a harsh, rocky landscape. In 2016, the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. (The Cubs would go on to beat Cleveland in the World Series in seven games, their first series championship since 1908.)

In 2019, Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in a ceremony at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace in the presence of foreign dignitaries. Naruhito assumed the duties of emperor, a position with ceremonial roles but no political power, after his father Akihito abdicated earlier in the year. Today’s birthdays: Black Panthers co-founder Bobby Seale is 90. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 88. Actor Derek Jacobi is 88. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 83. Physician and author Deepak Chopra is 80. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 74. Actorcomedian Bob Odenkirk is 64. Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano is 63. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 58. Reggae DJ and singer Shaggy is 58. Film director Spike Jonze is 57. Argentine President Javier Milei is 56. Former MLB All-Star Ichiro Suzuki is 53. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 51. Actor Corey Hawkins is 38. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 36. Rapper 21 Savage is 34. Rapper Roddy Ricch is 28. Rapper Baby Keem is 26.

The Best Egg Rolls Makes about 16 egg rolls. Recipe is from “Have You Eaten Yet?” by Ming-Na Wen.

Liz Williams makes a pumpkin face quesadilla at home.

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Pumpkin-faced Quesadillas Serves 1.

llas by cutting out eyes and a mouth. Keep the other 2 corn or wheat tortillas tortilla whole. Set tortillas 3 tablespoons queso fresco aside. 1 tablespoon cheddar, grated 2. Mix the queso fresco, 1 tablespoon prepared salsa, cheddar and salsa in a small drained bowl until it is spreadable. 1 teaspoon unsalted butter Spread it evenly on the unPinch of ground cumin or cut tortilla. Place the cut smoked paprika tortilla on top. 3. Add the butter to a 1. Using a sharp paring skillet and allow it to melt knife, create a jack-o’-lan- over medium heat. Place tern face in one of the torti- the uncut side of the torti-

lla on the skillet and cover for 1 minute. Remove the cover and flip the tortilla onto the cut side. Allow to brown for no more than 1 minute, preferably less. With a spatula, remove the quesadilla from the pan and place it face-side up on a plate. 4. Sprinkle with either cumin or smoked paprika and serve with additional salsa on the side, if desired.

Wonton Ghosts Prepared wonton wrappers (or make large ghosts with spring roll wrappers) Olive oil as needed 1 cup orange marmalade 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Tear pieces of aluminum foil and make balls the size of a marble. Make as many as you have wrappers. Place a foil ball onto the center of each wrapper and squeeze the wrapper around it. This will give the ghost a head, and the remaining wrapper will be the flapping ectoplasm. 2. Cover a baking sheet with olive oil. Place the wonton wrappers onto the sheet, leaving a half-inch spacing between them on all sides. The wrappers should sit on the sheet with the heads up and the sides on the sheet. 3. Using a pastry brush, lightly paint the wonton

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Continued from page 5C why not use peppers of all colors? I have supplied a stuffing recipe of Italian sausage and shrimp; you can use that or your own family recipe. Just be sure to carve the peppers before you stuff them. Instead of pancakes on Halloween morning, I suggest getting the day started with pumpkin-faced quesadillas. Even on a busy school day, these come

Liz Williams makes wonton ghosts at home. wrappers with olive oil. Place in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Check the wrappers. They should be crisp. If they are still soft, leave in the oven for an additional minute. 4. Melt the marmalade in a microwave-safe bowl for 1 minute. If the marmalade is still firm, heat in 30-second intervals until it becomes liquid. Remove from

the microwave. 5. While still on the pan, use a brush to paint marmalade onto the ghosts. When cool, pull out the aluminum foil. You can stuff the heads with a surprise like a nut, seed butter or cheese, but they are fun even without a stuffing. 6. I suggest serving them on top of a bowl of peeled grape “eyeballs.”

together quickly enough to satisfy all of the hungry mouths at the table. And if anyone forgets it’s Halloween, they will remember right away when faced with a platter of these. When carving the eyes and mouth, remember to only carve one tortilla in the quesadilla and do it before cooking. You can decide how scary to make the face! Don’t forget sweet treats on Halloween. These wonton ghosts are only slightly sweet, but they have lots of impact. You can squint your eyes and imagine these

phantoms flying right off the plate into your mouth. I brush them with orange marmalade, but you could use honey. Add a dab of peanut butter or soft cheese in the head of the ghost if you are so inclined. Or you can serve them plain. Trick-or-treat! Liz Williams is founder of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans. Listen to “Tip of the Tongue,” Liz’s podcast about food, drink and culture, wherever you hear podcasts. Email Liz at lizwillia@gmail.com.

FOR DUCK SAUCE AND MUSTARD: 1 cup applesauce 1/3 cup apricot jam 2½ tablespoons white vinegar 3 teaspoons rice vinegar 1 teaspoon light soy sauce ½ teaspoon mushroom dark soy sauce 2 tablespoons Chinese mustard powder FOR FILLING: 3 teaspoons light soy sauce, divided 5 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided 1 tablespoon cornstarch, divided ¼ teaspoon mushroom dark soy sauce 1 pound ground meat (chicken, pork or turkey) 12 ounces large, raw shrimp, shelled and deveined 2½ teaspoons kosher salt 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion 2 cups fresh chopped cabbage 3 cups finely chopped celery ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper ½ teaspoon mushroom or vegetable bouillon powder 3 tablespoons creamy natural peanut butter, or other seed or nut butter FOR EGG ROLLS: 16-ounce package egg roll wraps

1 large egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water

2 or 3 cups vegetable or peanut oil, for frying

1. Make duck sauce: Mix applesauce, jam, white and rice vinegars and light and mushroom soy sauces in a medium-sized bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve egg rolls. 2. Make mustard sauce by mixing 2 tablespoons Chinese mustard powder with 2 tablespoons water. Set aside. 3. Make filling: In medium nonreactive bowl, combine 2 teaspoons light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon oil, ½ tablespoon cornstarch and mushroom dark soy sauce. 4. Add ground meat, mix well and set aside in the refrigerator. 5. Massage shrimp with the remaining ½ tablespoon cornstarch, then rinse well with cold water. Transfer to a bowl, add ½ teaspoon salt and marinate shrimp in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then chop the raw shrimp into small pieces. 6. Heat a large wok to high heat and add 2 tablespoons oil. Add seasoned ground meat and cook, stirring frequently, until meat is browned, about 5 minutes. Remove meat from

wok and set aside. 7. Lower temperature to medium-high and add 2 more tablespoons oil. Add onion and cook, stirring constantly, until tender, 3-5 minutes. Add cabbage and celery, remaining 2 teaspoons salt, white pepper and mushroom powder. To keep vegetables on the drier side, spread them out in the wok to help the water evaporate. 8. Cook until vegetables begin to soften but are still crunchy, not wilted, about 5 minutes. 9. Turn off heat. Spread vegetables around side of wok, leaving the center open. Drizzle in peanut butter, spreading as evenly as possible over vegetables. 10. Return heat to mediumhigh and add remaining 2 teaspoons oil and the shrimp to center of wok. Cook shrimp, stirring constantly, until pink, 2-3 minutes. Then mix well with vegetables. Add cooked ground meat and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. 12. Assemble egg rolls: Place one egg roll wrap-

per with a corner pointing toward you. Add about 3 tablespoons filling to center, about 2 inches from corner. Roll the corner over the filled roll and gently tuck it under the filling, keeping gentle pressure so that the wrap will be tight. 13. Brush egg wash over edges and remaining unrolled parts of the wrapper. Fold corners over the top of stuffing, then continue rolling the wrapper toward the opposite corner. Place rolls on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling. 14. Heat 2 or 3 cups oil in wok over medium-high heat until temperature is 300-350 F. 15. Gently place, one at a time, 3 or 4 egg rolls into the hot oil to deep fry. Turn them once one side browns. Adjust oil’s temperature to maintain frying oil temperature. Remove egg rolls to a rack set over a sheet pan to drain oil. 16. Serve with duck sauce and Chinese mustard sauce.

Wen’s family since 1943. In her new cookbook, Continued from page 5C “Have You Eaten Yet?: Family Recipes from a Restaurant Daughter,” Wen shows adventurous they’re fried while others say it’s because early itera- cooks just how easy the deep-fried appetizers are to tions of the dish — includmake at home with a steping a recipe for “dan gun” in “The Chinese Cook Book” by-step pictorial. She also shares her family’s recipe (1917) — were wrapped in for a meat, shrimp and vega thin egg omelet that was then pan fried. gie filling that includes an Typically filled with a unexpected flavor enhancer savory mix of ground pork, — creamy peanut butter. water chestnuts, carrots, “No, peanut butter did not lots (and lots!) of shredded accidentally make its way green cabbage and someinto the recipe’s ingredient list,” she writes. “It’s the times shrimp, egg rolls secret weapon to achievare a main attraction at Pittsburgh’s Chinatown Inn, ing the creaminess in the which has been owned and filling, and it gives the egg operated by actor Ming-Na rolls a nice, subtly nutty

flavor.” Somehow, it just works. Not only does peanut help bind the ingredients together and make rolling easier, but it also adds a richer mouthfeel. Cook’s tip: While everyone loves digging into a fat egg roll, be careful not to overfill the wrappers (3 tablespoons is sufficient) or the dough might tear. And don’t forget to seal the edges with an egg wash or water. Otherwise, the oil could seep inside or cause the roll to pop open in the pan. If you don’t feel like making duck sauce from scratch, jarred is fine! Same with the Chinese mustard.

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCOTT MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND CHAPTER 14 ARTiCLE II. - NOISE WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Scott desires to amend Chapter 14 Article II. - Noise in the municipal code, as hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council for the City of Scott, in regular session assembled, that Chapter 14 Article II. Noise is amended to read as follows: Sec. 14-25. - Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “A” weighted sound level is the sound level as measured using the “A” weighting network with a sound level meter meeting the standards set forth in ANSI S1.4-1983 or its successors. The unit of reporting is dB(A). Sounds measured with the “A” weighting network approximate the response of human hearing when measuring sounds of low to moderate intensity. Agricultural activities means those activities performed on farmlands in order to cultivate the soil, produce crops, or raise livestock. ANSI means the American National Standards Institute which·serves as the administrator and coordinator of the United State private sector voluntary standardization system. ANSI facilitates development of American National Standards (ANSs) by establishing.consensus among qualified groups. ANSs in the fields of acoustics and sound measurement are developed by the Acoustical Society of America in order to standardize practices and equipment. “C” weighted sound level is the sound level as measured using the “C” weighting network with a sound level meter meeting the standards set forth in ANSI S1.4-1983 or its successors. The unit of reporting is dB(C). The “C” weighting network is more sensitive to low frequencies than is the “A” weighting network. Commercial facility means any premised, property or facility involving traffic in goods or furnishing of services for sale or profit including, but not limited to: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Banking and other financial institutions; Dining establishments; Establishments for providing retail or wholesale goods or services; Establishments for recreation and entertainment; Establishments providing commercial living accommodations and commercial property used for human habitation, when such is the source of the sound under investigation Office buildings; Transportation; Warehouse.

Community service facility means any nonresidential facility used to provide services to the public, including but not limited to: (1) (2) (3) (4)

Club meeting halls, offices and facilities; Organization offices and facilities; Facilities for the support and practice of religion; Schools.

Construction means any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration or similar action, including demolition of buildings or structures. Continuous sound means any sound with a duration of more than one second, as measured with a sound level meter set to the “slow” meter response. Decibel (dB) is a relative unit for the measurement of sound pressure. It is based upon a reference pressure of 20 micropascals (zero decibels) which is the average threshold of hearing for a person with very good hearing. The decibel scale IIS logarithmic, and as such, an increase or decrease of three dB is a doubling or halving of sound pressure. Demolition means and dismantling destruction or removal of buildings, structures, or roadways. Emergency work means any work or action necessary to deliver essential public services including but not limited to, installing or repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone, sewer facilities, or public transportation facilities, trimming or removing trees on public rights-of-way and in utility easements, dredging navigational waterways, or abating life-threatening conditions. Enforcement agency means any agency with law enforcement powers and jurisdiction in Scott at the source of a sound which is the subject of a complaint or enforcement action under this article. Extraneous sound means a sound of high intensity and relatively short duration which is neither part of the neighborhood residual sound, nor comes from the sound source under investigation. Extraneous sounds are excluded from measurements of the neighborhood residual sound level and the total sound level. Frequency means the time rate of repetition of sound waves in cycles per second, reported as Hertz (Hz). “Frequency” is sometimes colloquially referred to as “pitch”. Low frequency sounds can correspond to the bass notes in music. Low frequency sound waves travel farther and penetrate structures more efficiently than high frequency sound waves. Impulsive sound means either a single pressure peak or a single burst (multiple pressure peaks) that has a duration of less than one second. Industrial facility means any activity and its related premises, property, facilities, or equipment involving the fabrication, manufacture, or production of durable or nondurable goods. Scott means the geographic are of the City of Scott, in which area this article enacting the noise control code is to apply and be enforced. Motor vehicle means any vehicle that is propelled other than by human or animal power on land. Muffler means a properly functioning sound dissipative device or system for abating the sound of escaping gasses on equipment where such a device is part of the normal configuration of the equipment. Multi-dwelling unit building means any building comprising two or more dwelling units, including but not limited to, apartments, condominiums, co-ops, multiple family houses, townhouses, and attached residences. Multi-use property means any distinct parcel of land that is used for more than one category of activity. Examples include, but are not limited to: (1) A commercial, residential, industrial or public service property having boilers, incinerators, elevators, automatic garage doors, air conditioners, laundry rooms, utility provisions, or health and recreational facilities, or other similar devices or areas, either in the interior or on the exterior of the building, which may be a source of elevated sound levels at another category on the same distinct parcel of land; or (2) A building which is both commercial (usually on the ground floor) and residential property located above, behind, below or adjacent. Music box means a self-contained, portable, hand-held music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment capable of emitting sound that is audible at distances exceeding the permissible limits established within this noise control code. Neighborhood residual sound level means that measured value which represents the summation of the sound from all of the discrete sources affecting a given site at a given time, exclusive of extraneous sounds, and those from the source under investigation. Neighborhood residual sound level is synonymous with background sound level. Neighborhood residual sounds are differentiated from extraneous sounds by the fact that the former are more steady state, although they may not be continuous. Noise control administrator means the person selected by the Scott Mayor, or his/her designee, as the person charged with the responsibility of exercising the powers and duties set forth herein. Noise control officer means any government employee, including law enforcement officers, who has received noise enforcement training. The employee must be acting within his or her designated jurisdiction in order to be considered a noise control officer. The noise control officer may exercise such discretion as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this noise control code. Noise sensitive means a facility whose operations may be detrimentally impacted by excessive sound levels. Such facilities include but are not limited to: (1) (2) (3)

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Schools; Houses of worship; Medical facilities.

Plainly audible means any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties. As an example, if the sound source under investigation is a sound amplification or reproduction device, the detection of the rhythmic bass component of the music is sufficient to verify plainly audible sound. The noise control officer need not determine the title, specific words, or the artist performing the song. Portable, hand-held music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment means any contained, portable, hand-held music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment capable of emitting sound that is audible at distances exceeding the permissible limits established within this noise control code. Private right-of-way means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk, alley or easement that is owned, leased, or controlled by a non-governmental entity. Public celebrations means and includes organized special events or activities sponsored and/or produced by governmental or quasigovernmental organizations that are of general public interest and that are open to public attendance, including, by way of example only and not by way of limitation, Mardi Gras, Village Beats series, Boudin Festival, and

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high school football games. Public right-of-way means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk, alley or easement that is owned leased, or controlled by a governmental entity. Public space means any real property or structures thereon that are owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental entity. Real property line means either (a) the imaginary line including its vertical extension that separates one parcel of real property from another; (b) the vertical and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that is part of a multi-dwelling unit building; or (c) on a multi-use property, the interface between the two portions of the property on which different categories of activity are being performed (e.g., if the multi-use property is a building which is residential upstairs and commercial downstairs, then the real property line would be the interface between the residential area and the commercial area). Residential property means property used for human habitation but not limited to: (1) (2)

Private property used for human habitation; Commercial living accommodations and commercial property used for human habitation; Recreational and entertainment property used for human habitation Community service property used for human habitation; Hospitals or long-term care medical facilities.

(3) (4) (5)

Sound level meter means an instrument that conforms to ANSI S1.4-19 83 or its successors. Total sound level means that measured level which represents the summation of the sound from the sound source under investigation and the neighborhood residual sounds which affect a given place at a given time, exclusive of extraneous sound sources. Weekday means any day beginning on Sunday at 8:00 p.m. and ending the following Friday at 6:00p.m. Weekends means beginning on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and ending on the following Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Sec. 14-26. - Applicability. (a) This noise control code applies to sound originating from, or received by, any property in Scott. (b) This noise control code shall be equally applicable to all properties in Scott, regardless of the permitted land uses or zoning classification of any such property. The provisions of this noise control code shall not be superseded or otherwise rendered inapplicable by any other law, ordinance, or regulation which would purport to permit a·use of property in violation of this article. Sec. 14-27. - Noise control administrator. The noise control administrator/city executive assistants shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Coordinate the noise control activities and noise control.code enforcement activities of all departments and enforcement agencies inthe City of Scott and cooperate with all other public bodies and enforcement agencies to the extent practicable; and (2) Review the actions of Scott and advise of the effect, if any, of such actions on noise control; and (3) Review public and private projects, subject to mandatory review or approval.by other departments or boards, for compliance with this noise control code; and (4) Promulgate and publish rules and procedures within his or her office to establish techniques for measuring noise, and to provide for clarification, interpretation, and implementation of this noise control code; and (5) Review at least every three years the provisions of this noise control code and recommend revisions consistent with technology to reduce noise, or to address new sound sources within Scott; provided, however, that failure to review and /or recommend revisions shall not affect the validity of the provisions then in effect; and (6) Grant, review and revoke enforcement periods pursuant to section 14:33, below; and (7) Grant, review and revoke variances pursuant to section 14:34, below; and (8) Perform any other functions authorized in this noise control code. Sec. 14-28. ~ Noise control officers. Where the provisions of this noise control code require the measurement of sound with the use of a sound level meter, such measurement shall be made by a noise control officer. When the assessment of sound thought to be in violation of the provisions of this noise control code does not require measurement with a sound level meter, or when the level or noise is measured by a noise control officer, and is determined to be in violation of the provisions of this noise control code, any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction in the area where the violation takes place, may issue a citation and/or summons for. the violations or this noise control code. Noise control officers shall. have the powers and duties assigned to them in this noise control code, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Investigate and pursue possible violations of this noise control code for sound levels which equal or exceed the sound levels set forth in this noise control code, when measured at a receiving property located within the designated jurisdiction of the noise control officer, in accordance with section 14:29, below, and upon confirming violations of this noise control code, have the authority to issue citations and/or summons for same. (2) Cooperate and assist any law enforcement officer in the parish in measuring sound to determine if same is in violation of this noise control code or any other sound regulation having provisions requiring the measurement of sound with sound level meters. (3) Cooperate with noise control officers of adjacent jurisdictions in enforcing each jurisdiction in enforcing each jurisdiction’s noise ordinances. (4) Perform any other functions for noise control officers authorized by this noise control code. Sec. 14-29. - Maximum permissible sound levels. (a) Continuous sound. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the sound level limits listed in Table I, as measured at any location at or within the property line of the receptor property. Sound pressure levels in excess of those established in Table I shall constitute prima facie evidence that such sound is in violation of this noise control code. Table I dB(A) Residential

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(b) Impulsive sound. (1) Between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., impulsive sounds which occur less than ten times in an hour shall not equal or exceed 20 decibels above the permissible sound levels limits in Table I. Impulsive sound which repeats ten or more times in any hour shall not exceedthe permissible sound level limits in Table I. (2) Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., impulsive sounds which occur less than four times in an hour shall not equal or exceed 20 decibels above the permissible sound level limits in Table I. Impulsive sound which repeats four or more times in any hour shall not exceed the permissible sound level limits in Table I. (c) Amplified sound. If the source of sound is an amplified sound reproduction device, and the complainant states that the rhythmic bass component of the music is disturbing within the complainant’s residence, the noise control officer may take sound level measurements within the residence of the complainant. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any amplified source of sound in such a manner that it exceeds the total sound levels by the permissible sound levels limits set forth in Table II when measured within the residence of a complainant. These sound level measurements shall be conducted with the sound level meter set for “C” weighting, “fast” response. Such measurements shall not be taken in areas which receive only casual use such as hallways, closets and bathrooms. For the purposes of these measurements, the ambient sound level is that sound level which is measured in the residence when the sound source under investigation is not prominent, or in a room on the same floor that is relatively unaffected by the sound source under investigation. The C-scale.is more sensitive to low frequency sound levels that the A-scale, and an increase of five dB is perceived by humans as being plainly louder, and a ten dB increase is perceived as being twice as loud. Examples of amplified sound reproduction devices, include but are not limited to, sound systems which augment music or voices such as those used for public announcements or as utilized by disc jockeys in playing music. Table II Amplified Sound Reproduction Device

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Maximum Permissible Sound Level Limits Indoors Across a Real Property Line dB(C ) Above Ambient Week nights 10:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. Weekend nights 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. 3 dB(C)

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5dB(C)

(d) Steady pure tones. If the sound under investigation is a mechanical device, and is, in the investigating officer’s opinion, emitting a sound with a steady tonal quality, the permissible sound level limits in Table I shall be reduced by five dB(A). The sound emissions must be comprised of a single frequency or a narrow cluster of frequencies, which may be referred to as a whine, hum or buzz. The measured sound levels of such a source must not fluctuate by more than plus or minus three dB. Such sound sources include, but are not limited to: heating, ventilating or air-conditioning units; refrigeration units; and transformers. Nothing to the contrary withstanding, sound sources from residential heating, ventilating or air conditioning units can not exceed 55 dB(A) at night. (e) Supplemental standards. In addition to the standards specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and/or of this section, no person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the.operation of any source of amplified sound on property which is either: (1) Plainly audible between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m, at a distance of 200 feet in any direction from any property line of the source property; or (2) Of such volume as to be unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing, or a nuisance to reasonable persons of normal sensibilities within the area of audibility; or (3) Disturbing to the peace, quiet, comfort, or repose of a person on any other residential property or persons in any public space. The standards established by this subsection ( e) shall not require measurement of sound. Sec. 14-30. - Procedures for the determination of sound levels. (a) Where the measurement of sound is required, the sound level shall be measured with a sound level meter. The sound level meter and calibrator shall be recertified annually at a laboratory approved by the noise control administrator. A field check of meter calibration and batteries shall be conducted.before and after every set of measurements, and at least every hour as necessary. (b) Total and neighborhood.residual sound level measurements shall be taken in accordance with procedures approved by the noise control administrator. Calculation of source sound levels shall conform to accepted practice. (c) To the extent that plainly audible sound may constitute a violation of this noise control code plainly audible sound shall not require measurement with a sound level meter. Sec. 14-31. - Exceptions. The operational performace standards established in this noise control code shall not apply to any of the following noise sources: (1) Agricultural activities, properly muffled; (2) Unamplified bells, chimes or carillons while being used in conjunction with religious services; (3) Emergency energy release devices; (4) Emergency work; (5) National Warning System (NA WAS):systems used to warn the community of attack or Imminent public danger such as flooding, explosion or hurricane; (6) Noise of aircraft operations; (7) Public celebrations; (8) Surface carriers engaged in commerce by railroad, exclusive of loading and unloading; (9) Sound from the locomotion of properly muffled motor vehicles on a public rights-of way. “Properly muffled” shall mean the use of a device to minimize the emission of sound rather than maximize the emission of sound. (10) Events which are operating within the time and volume parameters set forth in a variance issued by the noise control administrator. (11) Collection of residential refuse and residential recyclables. Sec. 14-32- Restricted uses and activities. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 14:29 and/or 14:31, the following standards shall apply to the activities or sources of sound set forth below: (1) Power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment shall not be operated on residential property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. All motorized equipment used in these activities shall be operated with a muffler. During the permissible hours of operation as established herein, the operation of power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment on residential.property shall not be subject to the provisions of section 14:29. (2) Power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment, excluding emergency work, shall not be operated within 250 feet of a residential property line when operated on commercial or industrial property, between the hours· of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends or federal holidays, unless such activities can meet the limits set forth in Table I of section 14:29. In addition, power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment, excluding emergency work, utilized on commercial or industrial property shall meet the limits set forth in Table I of section between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. All motorized equipment used in these activities shall be operated with a muffler. At all other times, the limits set forth in Table I of section 14:29 do not apply to power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment. (3) Collection of commercial refuse or commercial recyclables may not be conducted within 250 feet of any residential property between the hours. of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends. For the purposes of this provision, collection of commercial refuse or commercial recyclables at. apartments, apartment houses or complexes, condominium, and/or co-ops will b~ classified as commercial collection. (4) The operation of any commercial truck with refrigeration units may not be conducted within 250 feet of any residential property between the hours· of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m; on weekdays or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends. (5) Construction and demolition activity, excluding emergency work, shall not be performed between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays. All motorized equipment used in construction and demolition activity shall be operated with a muffler. (6) An exterior burglar alarm and/or fire alarm of a building or motor. vehicle must be activated in such a manner that the alarm terminates its operation, after activation, within five minutes if the sound is emitted without interruption and ten minutes if the sound emitted is intermittent. At all times, the limits set forth in Table I of section ____ do not apply. (7) Domestic animals, and any other animal not in a state of natural liberty, may not make more than 60 vocalizations in any ten-minute period. At all times, the limits set forth in Table I of section 14:29 do not apply. Animal establishments, .commercial kennels, pet shops, and veterinary hospitals shall be exempt from the vocalization limitations of the subsection (7). (8) Self-contained, portable, hand-held music or sound amplification of reproduction equipment, including but not limited to devices refrred to as “music boxes,” radios, stereos or any similar devices, shaIl not be operated on a public space or public right-of-way in such a manner as to be plamly audible at a distance of 100 feet in any direction from the equipment during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 50 feet in any direction from the equipment during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sec. 14-33- Enforcemer1:t and penalties. (a) The noise control officer shall classify a violation of this noise control code as a “major” or “minor” violation for the purposes of an enforcement and compliance period, if applicable, as follows: a violation shall be classified as major if it is not deemed a minor violation. A violation deemed to be minor if: (1) The violation is not the result of willful, reckless or grossly negligent conduct of the violator; and (2) The activity or condition constituting the violation has not been the subject of an enforcement action against the violator in the immediately preceding 12 months; and (3) The violation is not the result of the operation of a sound reproduction or amplification device of any kind, including, but not limited to, music boxes, with the exception of safety warning devices. (b) If the violation is deemed to be minor, the noise control officer shall issue an enforcement document notifying the violator that the activity or condition must be corrected and compliance achieved within 30 days or less, at the discretion of the noise control administrator, or any other reasonable period of time, not to exceed 180 days, to be determined based upon the nature, extent and impact of the violation and a reasonable estimate of the time needed to correct the violation.

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The violator may request, from the noise control administrator, an extension of the compliance deadline, and the noise control administrator may approve any reasonable request for an extension if the violator can demonstrate that a good faith effort has been made to achieve compliance. The noise control administrator shall offer special consideration, during the six month period immediately following final enactment of this noise control code, for preexisting sound sources which will require physical plant modifications to come into compliance. If, during the compliance period established in the enforcement document, the sound emissions for which the violation has been assessed increase in duration or intensity, the noise control administrator may revoke the compliance period. In determining whether to revoke the compliance period, the noise control administrator may consider the following factors: the relative increase in intensity; whether the change of sound emissions is directly related to ongoing sound abatement measures, and the anticipated duration·ofthe increased sound levels. If the violator does not correct a minor violation within the compliance period, the violator shall be subject to the penalties established by subsection (t) of this section. If the noise control administrator has reason to believe that the violator is not acting in good faith during the compliance period, it may qonduct further investigations during that period, and if the violator has not achieved compliance within the compliance. period specified in the enforcement document, the no.ise control administrator may prosecute any violations documented during the compliance period. If the violation is not deemed to be minor, it shall be classified as a major violation, and the violator shall be subject to the penalties established by subsection (f) of this section without allowing a period of time to correct the violation. Any major violation of this noise control code, and any minor violation of this noise control code not corrected in.accordance with an enforcement document, is unlawful and punishable under section 1-12, except that the fine specified in section l-12(a) shall be modified as follows: the minimum fine shall be $150.00. Notwithstanding any other provision fo this noise control code, any enforcement agency with jurisdiction may, in its discretion, immediately terminate (or provide for the immediate termination of) any activity or conduct causing a violation of this noise control code, without regard to the classification of the violation as “major” or “minor”. Nothing in this noise control code shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of any enforcement agency with jurisdiction to immediately terminate (or provide for the immediate termination of) any activity or conduct causing a violation of this noise control code or to maintain or restore peace and order under any other provision of law.

Sec. 14-34- Variances. Variances shall be for a period not to exceed one week and shall not be granted more than six months in advance of the first effective day of the activity for which the variance is granted; provided, however, that a variance may be granted more than six months in advance for events that are scheduled as part of a program or events, or series of same, sponsored by a public body, or having been held for at least the previous five prior years, and/or that have a regular schedule that is published or promoted more than six months in advance of the event or the last event in the series. In the discretion of the noise control administrator, variance may be granted for an event or series of events that are held on days identifiable by event, such as Mardi Gras, which may have a variable date each year, or for alternate locations that are in the same general area, as

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in the event of rain-outs. No more than twelve (12) variances per year shall be requested or issued for the same location to the same person, group of persons, legal entity, organization, or any affiliate thereof (including but not limited to, officers, employees, family members, or.related persons or organizations) (1) Any person who owns or operates a sound source in one of the following categories may apply for a variance from the noise control administrator: a. Private celebrations; b. Nighttime construction projects; or c. Homeowner construction projects. (2) Applications for a variance shall supply information including, but not limited to: a. The nature, time, date and location of the noise source for which such application is made; b. The reason for which the variance is requested, including the hardship that will result to the applicant, his/her client, or the public if the variance is not granted; c. The nature and intensity of noise that will occur during the period of the variance; d. A description of interim noise control measures to be taken by the applicant to minimize noise and the impacts occurring therefrom; and e. The name, address and means of contacting a responsible party during the hours of operation for which the variance is issued. (3) The noise control administrator may charge the applicant a fee ofup to $50.00 per variance to cover expenses resulting from the processing of the variance application. This fee shall be waived for non-profit organizations certified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code upon presentation of proof of such certification to the noise control administrator. (4) The determination as to whether a variance shall be granted is within the sound discretion of the noise control administrator. In making the determination as to whether a variance shall be granted, the noise control administrator shall consider: a. The character and degree of injury to, or interference with, the health and welfare of persons in the vicinity of the sound to result from the variance, and the character and degree of injury to, or interference with, the reasonable use of property which is caused or threatened to be caused b the sound which may result from the variance. b. The measures to be taken by the applicant to minimize any injury to, or interference with, the health and welfare of persons or property which is caused or threatened to be caused by the sound which may result from the variance. c. The ability of the applicant to apply best practical noise control measures. d. The number of previous variances requested by the applicant, by the applicant’s organization, and by the applicant’s affiliates, including but not limited to the applicant’s officers, employees; family members, and related persons or organizations. (5) The variance shall enumerate the conditions of the variance including: a. Specific dates and times for which the variance is valid; b. Sound level limits which may not be exceeded at the nearest affected residential property; and c. Noise control measures which must be implemented by the holder of the variance. (6) The variance may be revoked by the noise control administrator, a noise control officer an enforcement agency, or any law

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enforcement officer having jurisdiction if the terms of the variance are violated. (7) A variance may be revoked by the noise control administrator, and the issuance of future variances withheld, if there is: a. Violation of one or more conditions of the variance b. Material misrepresentation of fact in the variance application; or c. Material change in any of the circumstances relied upon by the noise control admimstrator in granting the variance. (8) Any application for a variance must be made two business days or more before the variance is to take effect so as to allow for notice to be given to the surrounding land owners and community. If the noise control administrator grants the variance, notice of the variance will be made public by posting the details of the variance on the outside of the office of the noise control administrator which such posting shall take place at two business days in advance of the event for which the variance has been granted in order to provide notice of the same. This ordinance shall not affect or repeal any other section not addressed by this ordinance. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. Any provisions of the code of ordinances which are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance having been submitted to a vote in regular session assembled of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Scott, the vote thereon being as follows:

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Notice of Proposed Telecommunications Tower: Public Participation Harmoni Towers Gate‐ way LLC is proposing to construct a new 180 foot tall monopole style telecommunications tower approximately 502.64’ from Nicholson Dr. and 384.95’ from River Road, also known as 16100 River Road, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 30 19’ 59.388” N, 91 08’10.104” W. The height of the tower will be 54.86 meters above ground level (202.2’ feet above mean sea level) and 56.08 me‐ ters above ground level including appurtenances (206.2’ feet above mean seal level with appurte‐ nances). The tower will not require FAA lighting. Specific information re‐ garding the project is available by calling Fore‐ sight Communications, LLC at 806-281-3853 dur‐ ing normal business hours. Interested per‐ sons may review the ap‐ plication for this project at www.fcc.gov/asr/ applications by entering Antenna Registration (Form 854) file no. A1390392 and may raise environmental concerns about the project under the National Environmen‐ tal Policy Act rules of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR § 1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific rea‐ sons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Re‐ quest for Environmental Review must be filed within 30 days of the date that notice of the project is published on the FCC’s website and may only raise environ‐ mental concerns. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Request for Environmen‐ tal Review online at www.fcc.gov/asr/environ mental-request. If the filer is unable to submit electronically, or if filing electronically would be unreasonably burden‐ some, the request may be submitted by mail to FCC Request for Environ‐ mental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th

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SHERIFF'S SALE ASSURANCE FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC Versus No. 20265150 DEREK TODD DAVID A/K/A DEREK DAVID AND KIM ANNETTE THIBODEAUX 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PARCELS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ VANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOTS 13 AND 15 OF VIEUX CHENES SUB‐ DIVISION, PHASE III, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SHAPE, FORM, DIMENSION, BOUNDARIES AND MEA‐ SUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY DAWSON ENGINEERS,

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INC., DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1992, REVISED FEBRU‐ ARY 16, 1993, ATTACHED TO THAT CERTAIN ACT RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 1993-6026 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE A PART HEREOF BY REF‐ ERENCE THERETO. (“PROPERTY”). MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 417 GOR‐ DON CROCKETT DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70508 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.04 SHERIFF'S SALE BANK OF ERATH, ERATH, LA Versus No. 20265527 BURNS CONSTRUCTION OF ACADIANA, L.L.C., AND HENRY T. BURNS, JR. 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, appraise‐ ***WITH*** ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON BE‐ AND THEREUNTO LONGING, SITUATED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT 45 OF COUNTRY COVE ESTATES PHASE II, LOCATED IN SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 3 EAST,

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SAID PROPERTY HAVING A FRONTAGE ON RIDGE RUN WITH FURTHER DI‐ MENSIONS, BOUNDARIES, SHAPE, FORM, LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION AS SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY OF SAID SUBDIVISION, DATED OCTOBER 4, 2014, PREPARED BY TRAVIS LAURENT AND ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 1439622 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT’S OF‐ FICE. MUNICIPAL AD‐ DRESS: 144 RIDGE RUN LANE, CARENCRO, LA 70520 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.33 SHERIFF'S SALE FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Versus No. 20236221 BERNARD HARRISON AND ELLA HARRISON 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITH*** appraise‐ ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ VANTAGES THEREUNTO

and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON THEREUNTO BELONGING, SITUATED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT 66-A (0.67 ACRES) OF ARROW‐ HEAD SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, SAID PROPERTY HAVING A FRONTAGE ON ROBLEY DRIVE, WITH FURTHER DIMENSIONS, BOUNDARIES, SHAPE, FORM, LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION AS SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY OF SAID SUBDIVISION DATED JANUARY 18, 2007, PRE‐ PARED BY MONTAGNET AND DOMINGUE AND AT‐ TACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 2007-25675 OF THE RECORDS OF THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT`S OF‐ FICE. (“PROPERTY”). MU‐ NICIPAL ADDRESS: 2415 ROBLEY DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70503

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BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT FOUR‐ TEEN (14) OF BROOKHOL‐ LOW SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SHAPE, FORM, DIMENSIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEA‐ SUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY MADER-MIERS ENGINEER‐ ING, INC., DATED MAY 6, 1992, RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 199200016109 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO; SUBJECT TO RESTRIC‐ TIONS, SERVITUDES, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OUTSTANDING MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD AF‐ FECTING THE PROPERTY. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 104 COUNTRY MORNING, LAFAYETTE, LA 70508 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.26 SHERIFF'S SALE FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Versus No. 20252199 BOOKER TERRIO AMOS A/K/A BOOKER AMOS AND BETTY PARISH AMOS A/K/A BETTY AMOS 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of AMENDED SEIZURE AND SALE issued in the here‐ inabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the

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legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ VANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT FORTYTHREE (43) OF TRACT E OF LE TRIOMPHE, PHASE I, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY SELLERS, DUBROC & ASSOCIATES, INC., ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 85-22508 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND MADE PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE, AND BEING DE‐ SCRIBED WITH REFER‐ ENCE THERETO AS HAV‐ ING A FRONTAGE ON SPY‐ GLASS LANE AND HAVING SUCH DIMENSIONS, BOUNDARIES, BOUND‐ ARIES AND MEASURE‐ MENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY. MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 301 SPY‐ GLASS LANE, BROUS‐ SARD, LA 70518 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.04 SHERIFF'S SALE FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Versus No. 20257454 BARBARA BAILEY 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale

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LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $33.90 SHERIFF'S SALE FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Versus No. 20263261 TRE AN‐ THONY THIBODEAUX 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PARCELS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON AND THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING, SITUATED IN SECTION 43, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIG‐ NATED LOTS THIRTEEN (13) AND FOURTEEN (14) OF YOUNG ACRES SUBDI‐ VISION, PHASE I, SAID PROPERTY HAVING A FRONTAGE OF 50.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, ON JOL‐ LENE DRIVE WITH THE FURTHER DIMENSIONS, BOUNDARIES, SHAPE, FORM, LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION AS SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY OF SAID SUBDIVISION DATED MAY 1982, REVISED APRIL 21, 1983 AND MAY 17, 1983, PREPARED BY GER‐ ALD G. REAUX & ASSOCI‐ ATES, ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 1983-20016, OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT. MUNIC‐ IPAL ADDRESS: 122 JOL‐ LENE DRIVE, CARENCRO, LA 70520 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19,

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2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.97 SHERIFF'S SALE GLENDA CALLOWAY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF OUIDA BOWEN CALLOWAY Ver‐ sus No. 20261353 SAIRAM 2109, LLC, BOARDWALK SUITES LAFAYETTE PART‐ NERS, LLC AND GM PROP‐ ERTIES, LLC 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITH*** appraise‐ ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON AND THERETO BELONG‐ ING. TOGETHER WITH ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES AND ADVANTAGES THERE‐ UNTO BELONGING AND ALL APPURTENANCES THEREOF, LOCATED IN SECTION TWENTY-THREE (23), TOWNSHIP NINE SOUTH (T-9-S), RANGE FOUR EAST (R-4-E), LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA CONTAINING THREE AND 2/10 (3.2) ACRES AND BEING MORE CLEARLY SHOWN ON THAT PLAT OF SURVEY BY MICHAEL J. BREAUX & AS‐ SOCIATES, INC. DATED JUNE 28, 1994 AND AT‐ TACHED TO ORIGINAL ACT NO. 1994-032450, RECORDS OF THE CLERK OF COURT OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, SAID PROPERTY BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE IN‐ TERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF LA HWY 182 (N. UNI‐ VERSITY AVENUE) AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF ALCIDE DO‐ MINIQUE DRIVE (1/2” I.R.), SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE POINT OF BE‐ GINNING: THENCE LEAV‐ ING SAID RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF ALCIDE DOMINIQUE DRIVE, SOUTH 65 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST, 404.77 FEET (1/2” I.R.); THENCE LEAVING SAID RIGHT OF WAY NORTH 24 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 52 SECONDS WEST, 477.44 FEET (5/8” I.R.); THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF INTERSTATE 10, NORTH 71 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST, 323.89 FEET (LDH THENCE MONUMENT); ALONG A RIGHT OF WAY FLARE, SOUTH 54 DE‐ GREES 33 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST, 167.00 FEET (2” 1.P.); THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, 200.40 FEET (5/8” I.R.): THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST, 200.07 FEET (5’8” 1.R.): THENCE NORTH 65 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST, 200.00 FEET (5/8” 1.R.); THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF LA HWY. 182 (N. UNI‐ VERSITY AVENUE) SOUTH 24 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 46 SECONDS EAST, 100.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PROP‐ ERTY IS BOUNDED NOW, OR FORMERLY, AS FOL‐ LOWS: NORTH BY INTER‐ STATE 10; EAST IN PART BY LA HWY. 182 (N. UNI‐ VERSITY AVENUE) AND EXXON CORPORATION; SOUTH IN PART BY EXXON CORPORATION AND ALCIDE DOMINIQUE DRIVE; AND WEST BY LOT 1, PROPERTY OF ALCIDE DOMINIQUE. THE PROP‐ ERTY IS SUBJECT TO THOSE TWO (2) EASE‐ MENTS SHOWN ON SAID SURVEY WHICH ARE RECORDED UNDER ACTS NOS. 550888 IN BOOK P59, PAGE 443; AND 566216 IN BOOK B-62, PAGE 5, OF THE RECORDS OF THE OF‐

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FICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AT‐ TACHMENTS, RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ADVAN‐ TAGES, BATTURE AND BATTURE RIGHTS THERE‐ UNTO BELONGING OR IN AN WISE APPERTAINING, INCLUDING ALL IMMOV‐ ABLE BY NATURE OR DES‐ TINATION, NOW OR HERE‐ AFTER FORMING PART OF AND ATTACHED TO OR CONNECTED WITH SAID PROPERTY OR USED IN CONNECTED WITH SAID PROPERTY OR USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “PROPERTY”). MU‐ NICIPAL ADDRESS: 1605 N. UNIVERSITY AVENUE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70506 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY PURCHASE THE FULL AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $57.05 SHERIFF'S SALE LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC Versus No. 20246229 ISSAC J. AL‐ MANZA 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: LOT 153, COUNTRY LAKES PHASE II SUBDIVISION, LOCATED IN SECTION 19, T-10-S, R-3-E, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN SURVEY ENTITLED “FINAL PLAT OF COUNTRY LAKES PHASE II” PRE‐ PARED BY BARRY J. BLE‐ ICHNER, PE, PLS, LLC, DATED FEBRUARY 18, 2014, AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 20, 2014, AT FILE NO. 2014-00006346, RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA. TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING. MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 300 AGAR‐ IAN AVENUE, RAYNE, LA 70578 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $33.04 SHERIFF'S SALE LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC Versus No. 20247547 ANTWANET JORESE ROBINSON 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at bli i h

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Public Notices Sheriff Sales g public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: LOT 34, A CERTAIN PAR‐ CEL OF GROUND IN ACA‐ DIAN LAKES SUBDIVI‐ SION, PHASE 1 “A RESI‐ DENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO‐ DEVELOPMENT”, GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING TO OR ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED AS FILE NUM‐ BER: 2020- 00043600, OF THE CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA. MU‐ NICIPAL ADDRESS: 118 NOVA LAKE DRIVE, DUSON, LA 70529 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $32.40 SHERIFF'S SALE LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC Versus No. 20262866 EVALYN MARIAH LANDRY A/K/A EVALYN M. LANDRY A/K/A EVALYN LANDRY 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN IRREGU‐ LARLY-SHAPED PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHT, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THE NORTHERLY SIXTY-SIX AND FOUR TENTHS (66.4) FEET OF LOT NINE (9) OF TROSCLAIR SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY ROLAND W. LAURENT DATED SEPTEM‐ BER 8, 1958, REVISED FEB‐ RUARY 24, 1960, AT‐ TACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 393658 OF THE

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RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, AND BEING DESCRIBED WITH REFER‐ ENCE THERETO AS HAV‐ ING A WESTERLY FRONTAGE OF 66.4 FEET ON CALAIS STREET AND BOUNDED WESTERLY BY CALAIS STREET, NORTHERLY BY CALAIS STREET, EASTERLY BY LOTS 17 AND 18 AND A PORTION OF LOT 19, AND SOUTHERLY BY THE SOUTHERLY TEN (10) FEET OF SAID LOT 9. MU‐ NICIPAL ADDRESS: 100 CALAIS STREET, LAFAYETTE, LA 70501 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.90 SHERIFF'S SALE LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING LLC Versus No. 20253507 PAIGE BRADEE PELLERIN 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of FI FA issued in the here‐ inabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON AND THEREUNTO BELONGING, SITUATED IN SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 3 EAST, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, CONTAINING 1.50 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS “MUR‐ RAY M. THIBODEAUX” AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY MICHAEL P. MAYEUX, PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR, DATED JUNE 2, 2009 AND RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO, 200940647, RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT; SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED, NOW OR FOR‐ MERLY AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: NORTH BY GLADYS M. VANCE, HEIRS OR AS‐ SIGNS; SOUTH BY HANKS ROAD; WEST BY WEN‐ DELL I. THIBODEAUX, HEIRS OR ASSIGNS, AND EAST BY MURRAY M. THI‐ BODEAUX, HEIRS OR AS‐ SIGNS. -AND THAT CERTAIN 1995 LEG‐ ENDS MOBILE HOME, VIN: HL3735AL, IMMOBILIZED BY THAT ACT DATED OC‐ TOBER 21, 2010 RECORDED OCTOBER 28, 2010 UNDER ENTRY NO. 2010-43160 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE

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PARISH, LOUISIANA. WHICH HAS THE AD‐ DRESS OF 922 HANKS ROAD, DUSON, LA 70529. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $37.33

SHERIFF'S SALE MISSY ANN ATKINS Ver‐ sus No. 20223128 AUTRY GENE MOREAU 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of COMMISSION TO SELL is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS AND THE COMPONENT PARTS THEREOF, LOCATED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, BEING LOUISIANA, KNOWN AND DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT FIVE (5) OF WILLOW BEND SUBDIVI‐ SION, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY R. DOUGLAS MCGEE & AS‐ SOCIATES, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS ATTACHED TO ENTRY NO. 79-19098, RECORD OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT HAS FURTHER DIMENSIONS, BOUND‐ ARIES, SHAPE, FORM, LO‐ CATIONS, AND CONFIGU‐ RATIONS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY AC‐ QUIRED BY BECKY BRANT LEBLANC BY THAT CER‐ TAIN ACT OF CASH SALE DEED DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2013, AND FILED UNDER ENTRY NO. 201348500, RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 204 AMANDA DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70507 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $35.61

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SHERIFF'S SALE PENNYMAC LOAN SER‐ VICES, LLC Versus No. 20261883 JOSHUA DUHON 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ VANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT NINETY ONE (91) OF OAK SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, FORM, DIMEN‐ SIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY WALTER S. COMEAUX, III, P.L.S., COMEAUX ENGI‐ NEERING & CONSULTING, ATTACHED TO THAT CER‐ TAIN ACT RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 2009-00044364 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 303 COLES CREEK DRIVE, CARENCRO, LA 70520 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.97 SHERIFF'S SALE PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC Versus No. 20260645 ANTHONY HOANG LE, (A/K/A ANTHONY LE) 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND

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FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUB‐ DIVISION KNOWN AS AVERY MEADOWS, PHASE 1, AND BEING DESIG‐ NATED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVI‐ SION, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF SAID PARISH AND STATE, AS LOT 3, SAID SUBDIVISION, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE AND DIMEN‐ SIONS AND BEING SUB‐ JECT TO SUCH SERVI‐ TUDES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID MAP. THE IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NUM‐ BER 305 JUDICE LANE, DUSON, LA 70529. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $32.83 SHERIFF'S SALE U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION Versus No. 20263544 FABIO MELO PASSOS A/K/A FABIO M. PASSOS A/K/A FABIO PASSOS 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ VANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO (332) OF GRAND POINTE SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1-B, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH DIMENSIONS, BOUND‐ ARIES AND MEASURE‐ MENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY MONTAG‐ NET AND DOMINGUE, INC. DATED AUGUST 18, 2010, LAST REVISED SEPTEM‐ BER 21, 2010, A COPY OF

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WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THAT CERTAIN ACT RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 2010-39433 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE A PART HEREOF BY REF‐ ERENCE THERETO. MU‐ NICIPAL ADDRESS: 300 BRIGHTWOOD DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70508

70508

ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS

LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $38.19

PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $35.61 SHERIFF'S SALE U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE CABANA SERIES IV TRUST Versus No. 20237200 UBALDO J. MORAN AND OMAIRA JOSEFINA MORAN 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PAR‐ CEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, PARISH LAFAYETTE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS SECTION 23, 26, AND/OR 86, T10S. R4E, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING KNOWN AND DESIG‐ NATED AS A LOT 26 OF AUSTIN VILLAGE SUBDIVI‐ SION, PASE 1, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH MEASURE‐ MENTS, BOUNDARIES, CONFIGURATIONS, AND DIMENSIONS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN AND DESCRIBED ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY MONTAG‐ NET & DOMINGUE, INC., DATED AUGUST 24TH 1993. A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THAT CERTAIN ACT AND FILED UNDER ENTRY NO. 9336785, RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE THERETO. SAID LOT BEARS THE MUNICIPAL ADDRESS OF 100 HAMLET LANE, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70508. TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING. MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 100 HAM‐ LET LANE, LAFAYETTE, LA

ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026

SHERIFF'S SALE UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC Versus No. 20253493 JITENDRA PATEL AKA JITENDRA C. PATEL 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITH*** appraise‐ ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***OCTO‐ BER 28, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUB‐ DIVISION KNOWN AS CHEMET PARK AND BEING DESIGNATED ON THE OF‐ FICIAL PLAN OF SAID SUBDIVISION, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF RECORDER OF SAID PARISH AND STATE, AS LOT NUMBER THIRTYTHREE (33), SAID SUBDI‐ VISION, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVI‐ TUDES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID MAP; SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, SERVI‐ TUDES, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OUTSTANDING MIN‐ ERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD AFFECTING THE PROP‐ ERTY. MUNICIPAL AD‐ DRESS: 107 CHEMET ROAD, YOUNGSVILLE, LA 70592 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 & OCTOBER 22, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.11 SHERIFF'S SALE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF QUERCUS MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST Versus No. 20235743 JASON WOODS AND CASMERE WILSON WOODS, (A/K/A CASMERE WOODS)

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15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of AMENDED SEIZURE AND SALE issued in the here‐ inabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITH*** appraise‐ ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THERE‐ UNTO BELONGING AND ALL APPURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT FIFTY-ONE (51) OF SOUTHFIELD SUBDIVI‐ SION, A SUBDIVISION OF THE PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY COMEAUX ENGINEERING & CONSULTING DATED NOVEMBER 17, 2011, AT‐ TACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 12-649 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND MADE PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, AND BEING DESCRIBED WITH REFER‐ ENCE THERETO AS HAV‐ ING A FRONTAGE ON NEWSHIRE DRIVE AND IS BOUNDED WEST BY NEW‐ SHIRE DRIVE, EAST BY LOT 54, NORTH BY LOT 50, AND SOUTH BY LOT 52 AND HAVING SUCH OTHER DIMENSIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEA‐ SUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY. WHICH HAS THE AD‐ DRESS OF 102 NEWSHIRE DRIVE, BROUSSARD, LA 70518 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $37.76

Public Notices Sheriff Sales p and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR in Lafayette, Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***NOVEM‐ BER 25, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON AND THEREUNTO AND WITH ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, SERVITUDES, PRIVILEGES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO APPERTAIN‐ ING, SITUATED IN SEC‐ TION 33, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 3 EAST, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, CONTAINING 0.449 ACRES, AND BEING KNOWN AND DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT 3 OF PRIM‐ FELL SUBDIVISION, PHASE I (A RESIDENTIAL DEVEL‐ OPMENT) ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION PREPARED BY TIMOTHY L. COLLINS, RLS, DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 2002, REVISED OCTO‐ BER 14, 2002, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 200252532 OF THE RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE THERETO, SAID LOT HAVING A FRONTAGE OF 105.01 FEET ON LANDRY ROAD, AND IS BOUNDED SOUTHERLY BY SAID LANDRY ROAD, EASTERLY BY LOT 2, WESTERLY BY LOT 4 AND NORTHERLY BY CHAD M. DOUCET OR ASSIGNS, AND HAVING SUCH OTHER DIMEN‐ SIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A 2002 SCHULT HOMES MANUFACTURED HOME, MODEL NUMBER 44283011, LENGTH 044 X 027, SERIAL NUMBER SN229235A AND SN229235B AS RECITED IN THE SUBJECT MORTGAGE RECORDED JANUARY 5, 2010, AS INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2010-00000423. BEING THE MUNICIPAL 5508 ADDRESS OF LANDRY ROAD, DUSON, LA 70529. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: OCTOBER 22, 2026 & NOVEMBER 19, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $41.19

SHERIFF'S SALE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST F Versus No. 20256688 JE‐ REMY P. DORE, (A/K/A JE‐ REMY DORE)

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15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ***WITHOUT*** ap‐ praisement, to the last d hi h bidd

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An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday as they scrambled to make security updates. The FBI’s cyber division warned the vulnerabilities could allow malicious actors to remotely execute code in the programming language, PHP, which powers websites and web applications. That raised the risk of sensitive data and networks being compromised, said the agency, which recommended that operators take websites offline if they can’t update them immediately. “The potential impact is enormous,” said Ismael Valenzuela, vice president of labs, threat research and intelligence at cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf, adding that PHP powers roughly 70% of websites where the server-side programming language is known. The PHP Foundation, which includes developers who work on securing the programming language, said Wednesday it had released fixes for the vulnerabilities, along with instructions on how to update systems.

Natural gas project approved off Scotland

LONDON — The U.K. government approved a natural gas project off Scotland’s coast over the objections of environmental groups on Wednesday, saying it would improve energy security even as the country transitions to renewable sources. Gas from the Jackdaw field east of Aberdeen, which was stalled by a court ruling in 2024, is expected to start flowing into the U.K. gas distribution network later this year. The government said that it will reduce reliance on foreign energy threatened by the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war. Authorities have yet to rule on the Rosebank project west of the Shetland Islands, which is expected to produce mainly crude oil. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that the decision would “protect hundreds of jobs and help keep millions of homes warm this winter.” On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that the approval for the Jackdaw field was “great news.” “The U.K. has started drilling in the North Sea, one of the greatest and most prosperous areas of OIL in the World. They should go FULL BLAST,” he wrote.

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Childcare costs weigh on voters Candidates have more than cost of gas and groceries to contend with

BY MORIAH BALINGIT AP education writer

Like so many Americans, Jenny Escolastico has watched wearily as the cost of living has risen, straining her household budget. But as a mother of two children under 5, she faces added pressure that could shape how she votes in November: childcare costs. Escolastico’s household outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, is relying solely on her husband’s income. She’s staying home with her children, at least in part because she simply can’t afford to work. “What I would be spending on childcare would be more than what I would be making if I were working full time,” said Escolastico, an Air Force veteran who later worked in human resources. “Childcare is another rent, another car note.” Even though her son now attends state-funded prekindergarten, returning to work would still mean finding him after-school care, plus fulltime childcare for her daughter. Those costs are top of mind as Escolastico, who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, weighs whether to vote Democratic next month. She lives in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested 7th Congressional District, one of a handful that will determine which party controls Congress next year. The midterm elections have been dominated by anxiety over rising prices for gas, groceries and housing, a liability for Trump and his Republican Party. For millions of parents of young children, childcare is one of the largest strains on the family budget.

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Diana McGuire leads her 4-year-old son Noah by the hand across the playground at St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center in Indianapolis, Ind., in May.

About three-quarters of U.S. adults saw the expense of childcare as a “major problem” in the U.S., and 64% supported the federal government providing freeor low-cost childcare for children too young for public school, according to an AP-NORC poll from June 2025. In the 7th District north of Philadelphia, both candidates are making childcare part of their pitch to voters. Like Escolastico, about 16% of the district’s voters were undecided as of September, according to a poll from Franklin and Marshall College. Democratic nominee Bob Brooks, a retired firefighter, has campaigned on establishing universal prekindergarten, expanding full-day kindergarten, increasing funding for Head Start and making more working families eligible for federal childcare assistance. He’s cited his own experience pitching in on childcare for his two granddaughters. “The cost of caring for the Both parties discuss childcare people you love keeps climbing, Childcare costs have risen and nobody in Washington seems faster than inflation from 2020 to notice,” Brooks said in a news to 2024, with the U.S. average release. The incumbent, freshman Refor full-time childcare topping $13,000 in 2025, according to publican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Child Care Aware of America. himself a father of two kids un-

precarity of the childcare industry. To keep providers open, the federal government spent more than $50 billion on the industry, funding staff training, higher wages, protective gear and childcare assistance for more families. In 2021, President Joe Biden, a Democrat, proposed offering subsidies to most American families so they would never pay more than 7% of their household income on childcare. It was narrowly defeated in Congress. Three years later, the last of the pandemic aid expired. Waitlists for childcare assistance exploded, forcing low-income households to sideline a parent from the workforce or forgo necessities to foot a childcare bill. Since then, more candidates have campaigned on childcare solutions. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, pledged to make childcare free for all residents. The Democratic governors of New Jersey and Virginia elected last year both campaigned on plans to increase Childcare an urgent priority childcare funding. The DemocratThe urgency over early child- ic nominee for mayor in Washinghood policy was accelerated by ton, D.C., won the primary in June the pandemic. Daycare closures after proposing to cap childcare and weekslong quarantines laid expenses at 7% of a household’s bare the necessity and financial income.

der age 3, has embraced more modest approaches that rely on tax breaks to lower costs. He cosponsored a bill to expand the federal tax credit for childcare expenses. The proposal, ultimately folded into Trump’s sweeping bill of tax breaks and cuts to social programs, also increased tax incentives for private employers who subsidize or provide childcare for their workers. “I will continue to work together with both sides to ensure that working families get the resources, representation, and support that they deserve,” Mackenzie said in a statement. Trump himself had campaigned on cutting childcare costs by using tariff revenue, a plan that has yet to materialize. More recently, he expressed skepticism of federal money for childcare. “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare,” Trump told an Easter luncheon.

profit A SpaceX-Tesla megamerger Strong report from would be worth trillions SpaceX Deal could pad Elon Musk’s personal fortune further

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on Sept. 28.

BY BERNARD CONDON

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AP business writer

NEW YORK — The history of corporate mergers is littered with failure but investors in Tesla and SpaceX seem to believe Elon Musk can pull off the biggest tie-up of all time. Stocks of both companies rose sharply Wednesday after Musk said that each had formed “special committees” to discuss a possible combination. The deal would be worth trillions of dollars, a massive melding of the world’s biggest provider of rocket launches and satellite internet service with the second largest electric vehicle maker. Musk says a deal makes sense given the future of both companies relies heavily on artificial intelligence. The two have already combined forces in AI chip production and a possible — perhaps impossible — project to make flying cars. In early afternoon trading, SpaceX shot up 8% and Tesla 3.5%.

The world’s biggest deal At current market values, the combination would create a $3.5 trillion behemoth. The biggest company now on the market, chipmaker Nvidia, is valued at $5.2 trillion. The combination had been rumored for months before Musk told financial analysts on a Tuesday conference call that dual commit-

tees of directors had been assembled to discuss the issue. He added that, as the biggest owner of both companies, he cannot interact with the committees, and isn’t even privy to their discussions. Musk owns 11% of SpaceX, though he holds a majority of the voting control, and 19% of Tesla. If the deal goes through, it would almost certainly top the current record holder, Vodaphone AirTouch’s deal for Germany’s Mannesmann to create a mobile giant back more than a quarter of a century ago. In today’s dollars, that deal was worth $354 billion. Musk said in the conference call that there’s “lots to be gained from cooperating on developing super intelligence,” the new term for artificial intelligence he adopted after President Donald Trump last month ordered U.S. officials to use it to remove any negative connotations. Specifically, Musk pointed to the companies combined efforts to make AI chips at their Terafab factory in Texas and the need

for AI to make Tesla’s humanoid robots work. Tesla also needs AI for its vehicles to operate without drivers, a challenge that could be met more easily with a SpaceX satellite hook up. And Tesla could benefit if SpaceX’s project called Starmind is successful in putting massive data centers in orbit. Another possible reason Musk likes a combination: It will make him richer. A change-in-control provision in a hotly debated, potential trilliondollar Tesla compensation plan approved last year, says many of the performance targets would be considered automatically met in certain kinds of mergers, including requirements that Tesla deliver 20 million vehicles, put million self-driving Tesla robotaxis on the streets and deploy a million robots. With Wednesday’s gains in Tesla and SpaceX, Musk regained the status of the world’s first and only trillionaire. Forbes estimates his net worth at $1.004 trillion, up $80 billion after a few hours of trading.

helps lift tech stocks

BY STAN CHOE

AP business writer NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose Wednesday following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies. SpaceX helped lead the market and climbed 7.8% after reporting a stronger profit for the summer than analysts expected. Elon Musk, who runs the company that makes money from artificial-intelligence technology, rockets and other businesses, also said that SpaceX took a step to consider a possible merger with Tesla, his electric-vehicle company. Other stocks rallying on profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations included Capital One Financial, which rose 2.5%, and Winnebago Industries, which climbed 10.7%. On the losing side of Wall Street was Netflix, which fell 5.3% even though the streaming service reported a stronger profit than analysts expected. Investors focused instead on worries that Netflix’s momentum may be slowing. The company’s forecast for revenue growth in the final three months of the year fell short of analysts’ expectations. AT&T fell 6.4% even though it likewise delivered a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.