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RAISING AWARENESS OF KEEPING OURPLANET HEALTHY AND CLEAN

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A Minden man was extradited fromCamden, Arkansas on charges of simplekidnapping Monday morning when heallegedly didn’t return hischildren to their mother.

Eric M. Denny, 34, of the200 block of Lauren Lane,was charged with simplekidnapping. Bond was set at$25,000. Minden PoliceChief Steve Cropper saysDenny was taken into cus-tody without incident.

“He had visitation rights,and picked up his kids during visitationbut didn’t bring them back,” he said. “Themother of the children found out he was inArkansas, and we gave him the opportuni-ty to bring the kids back, and he refused.”

Cropper says they contacted authoritiesin Arkansas to be on the lookout forDenny. Camden authorities made contactwith Denny and the children, Croppersays, in the parking lot of Walmart upthere.

“It wasn’t long after that BOLO went outthey found him,” the chief said. “He justdidn’t want to bring the kids back.”

Cropper says it was a custody dispute,and the children were never in any danger.

Denny was arrested in Arkansas Friday,he waived extradition Monday morning,and Minden police picked him up soonafter, Cropper said.

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The Environmental Protection Agencywill host the second in a two-part series ofeducational workshops as officials reviewthe recommended disposal method ofmillions of pounds of M6 propellant storedat Camp Minden.

This second workshop set for Thursday,April 23, will be at the Louisiana Wildlifeand Fisheries Building, 9961 Highway 80,just outside of Camp Minden. The meetingwill take place from 6 until 8 p.m.

David Gray, director of external affairsfor EPA Region 6, says the workshops areeducational in nature as well as a forumfor feedback.

“Our EPA-sponsored workshops aredesigned to provide interested citizenswith educational information as well as anopportunity for feedback,” he said. “Lastweek the workshop was on air monitoringand sampling and this week the workshopis about preparedness - both importanttopics as we look toward the disposal ofmaterials at Camp Minden. We are lookingto add future workshops based on the

Second EPAworkshop setfor Thursday

CAMP MinDEn CLEAnUP

A scheduled electrical outagewill take place at midnight, Fridayand last one hour.

City officials say the outage isnecessary to repair electric infra-structure damaged by a motor

vehicle accident. The possibleareas affected by this outage willinclude Berry Drive, EmeraldDrive, Lewisville Road (fromLakeshore Drive north to city lim-its), north side of Pecan View

Drive, north side of VirginiaAvenue, Bonnie Lane, Ellis Drive,Roy Street and Howard Street.Residents in the near vicinity ofthese listed areas may be includ-ed in this outage.

STAFF REPORTS

For 21 years, CulturalCrossroads has provided thechildren of Webster Parishwith their first real art expe-rience.

Every spring, the smallarts organization transformsThe Farm, their four-acrehistoric estate into a child’screative play area. A largetent houses their temporarychildren’s hands-on museumwhere creative play and useof imagination are madepossible.

ChickenStock started thisweek for nearly 500 fourthgrade students who havebeen and will be bussed into spend a day with profes-sional artists. Students fromacross the parish are provid-ed “Kids Day at The Farm”free of charge thanks to gen-erous contributors who havecome to understand andappreciate the value of the

arts.Citizens Bank, Harper

Motors and Milebar HydroTesting of Shreveport are thisyear’s title sponsors.

Students will completetheir first giant mural depict-ing the lives of the threeThornton sisters who livedin Minden and were hon-ored and celebrated in 2009as the oldest African Ameri-can siblings in the world.The completed mural will bedisplayed to the public onSaturday when The Farmwill open to the public.

“Our kids days are strictlyfor the kids,” Chris Brous-sard, co-founder and chair-man of the week-long expe-rience. “It’s the part of festi-val week that the publicdoesn’t get to see. It’s thebest part of the weekbecause it is for the kids.”

“Saturday is the day thepublic gets to come,” Melissa

ChickenStock morethan just chickens

Electric outage scheduled for Friday

ACTIVITIESFOR THE DAY

n Children’s art and poetry con-test and exhibition (Awards cere-mony set for 3 p.m. in the Chil-dren’s Hands-on Museum tent.)n Children’s hands-on museumn Fine Arts exhibitionn Arts and Craftsn Farmers marketn Creation stationn Food vendorsn Leave Your Mark (CommunityArt Project will include theinstallation of personalizedceramic tile hand-painted by thechildren of Glenbrook School. Asa gift to The Farm, the art stu-dents at the school donatedtheir art. Festival goers will havea chance to help them install thetiles and create a wall of master-pieces for all to see this year andevery year.)

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Chris Broussard talks to the children at The Farm about the meaning of the mural behind her. Aspart of Kids Week at The Farm, several groups of kids are helping restore a mural of the Thorntonsisters, who received a nod by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest African Ameri-can living siblings in 2009. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

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Lifeshare Blood Centers will he host-ing a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. until 3p.m., Wednesday at Minden HighSchool.

Lifeshare representative MaryJoe Henderson says the goal is toreach 85 units during the drive. Ifthe goal of 85 units is collected,Minden High will be awarded a$500 scholoarship from Life-share Blood Centers.

Henderson says donations canbe given in busses parked outsidethe school or in the auditorium, butreminds that guests must check in at theoffice when giving inside the school.

Minden High Schoolhosting blood drive

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BATON ROUGE — A lit-tle-known drug derivedfrom the leaves of a South-east Asian tree would beadded to Louisiana's list ofillegal narcotics, under abill advanced to the fullHouse for consideration.

Depending on howmuch is ingested, Kratomcan act as either a stimu-lant known to make usersirritable, or a depressantwith an opium-like effect,Calcasieu Parish DistrictAttorney John DeRosiertold the House criminaljustice committee Tuesday.

"Whether you want tobe rockin' and rollin' orrelaxed depends on howmuch you take," DeRosiersaid of the substance,which can be purchased byanyone over the age of 18.

Kratom — which can besmoked, ingested in geltabs or steeped in tea — ison the Drug EnforcementAgencies list of "Drugs andChemicals of Concern."

DeRosier said packets ofthe drug, which retail foraround $35 each, wererecently the focus of acriminal investigation afterthe owner of a LakeCharles smoke shopreported the theft of$60,000 worth of Kratomfrom his business.

"We started researchingit then and discovered"Kratom is becoming "moreand more prevalent as adrug of choice, especiallyamong young people,"DeRosier said.

The drug, which hasbeen marketed on theInternet as "alternativemedicine," has "no legiti-mate medical use,"according to the DEA.

The criminal justicecommittee approved theprohibition bill (House Bill174) by Rep. BernardLeBas, D-Ville Platte, with-out objection.

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A proposal aimed atmaking it easier for veter-ans to get a college degreein Louisiana started mov-ing in the Legislature, win-ning approval Tuesdayfrom the House EducationCommittee.

The bill (House Bill 485)by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, would create a"Governor's Military andVeteran Friendly Campus"designation for schoolsthat meet a list of require-ments intended to ease thetransition to campus forstudents with a militarybackground.

"This is basically like aveterans' seal of approvalfor a university," said Rep.Wesley Bishop, D-NewOrleans.

For veterans, the cam-pus would be required towaive application fees,provide specialized orien-

tation programs, offer pri-ority class scheduling andadopt policies that allowfor quick readmission afterdeployment, among otherthings.

The Board of Regentswould handle the applica-tion review.

The education commit-tee backed the measurewithout objection, sendingit to the full House fordebate.

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Lawmakers are consid-ering whether to changethe terms used to describethe crime of sexual assault.

Authorities currentlyuse "simple rape","forcible rape" and "aggra-vated rape" to describe thevarying degrees of sexualassault charges.

Under a bill (House Bill139) backed by the Housecriminal justice committeeTuesday, those termswould be changed to third-degree rape, second-degree rape and first-degree rape.

Proponents of thechanges said they aregalled that the criminaljustice system uses termslike "simple rape" todescribe a serious crime.

"There is no such thingas a simple rape," Rep.Valarie Hodges, R-DenhamSprings, the bill sponsortold the committee.

The measure heads nextto the House floor for con-sideration.

Briefs from theLegislature’s

regular session

interest expressed byattendees.”

The workshop is toinform the public about“response preparedness,including how local offi-cials will notify you if anincident occurs, who willrespond, and some basicactions you should be pre-pared to take to protectyour family,” according to anews release.

“This is not a formalmeeting,” EPA officials sayin the release. “You willhave the opportunity tolearn from and talk directlywith agency representa-tives in an informal setting.

We welcome your partici-pation.”

EPA officials are in theprocess of reviewing amethod of disposal fornearly 16 million poundsof M6 propellant andanother several thousandpounds of clean burningigniter stored at CampMinden.

Camp Minden is desig-nated as a Superfund site,as defined by the EPA is,“an uncontrolled or aban-doned place where haz-ardous waste is located,possibly affecting localecosystems or people.”

In October 2012, anexplosion at Camp Mindenbrought attention to thealleged gross negligence ofExplo Systems Inc., a com-pany designed to take in

and dispose of discardedmunitions. Following aninvestigation by theLouisiana State Police, theLouisiana Military Depart-ment and other agencies,seven individuals with oraffiliated with the compa-ny were arrested and facevarious charges.

Earlier this year, a dia-logue committee wasformed in the wake of thedecision by the U.S.Armyto use the open burnmethod of disposal todestroy the improperlystored propellant. The dia-logue committee, spon-sored by the EPA, wasmade up of scientists,elected officials and con-cerned citizens that dis-cussed alternative meth-ods of disposal.

Most recently, DialogueCommittee member andconcerned citizen RonHagar is heading up theformation of the CitizensAdvisory Group that willhelp oversee the remedia-tion of the M6 from begin-ning to end. That commit-tee will be similar in make-up to the dialogue com-mittee.

For anyone who wouldlike to attend the CAGmeetings, they are at 6:30p.m., the second Mondayof every month in the Fam-ily Life Center at First Bap-tist Church of Doyline.

For specific needs orquestions, contact Jason T.McKinney, U.S. EPA com-munity involvement coor-dinator at 1-800-533-3508,toll free, or 214-665-8132,direct.

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SPRINGHILL — A jobfair for positions at Inte-griCo Composites will befrom 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Thursday at the FrankAnthony Community Cen-ter Center in Springhill.

IntegriCo Compositesannounced a year ago itsplans to establish a $20million manufacturingfacility in the North Web-ster Parish Industrial Parkand create 300 jobs.

The company manufac-tures transportation infra-structure components,including railroad tires,rail crossings and industri-al mats from landfill-bound plastic waste.

For more informationand to submit a resume,visitwww.integricolajobs.comand www.integri-colouisianajobs.com.

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Two Minden men werecuffed following a search ofa house that yielded severalgrams of suspected cocaineand more in suspectedmarijuana.

Boss F. Walker Jr., 34, ofthe 700 block of SibleyRoad, was arrested Satur-

day, April 18, and chargedwith possession with intentto distribute Schedule ICDS (marijuana) and pos-session with intent to dis-tribute Schedule II CDS(crack cocaine). Bond wasset at $30,000.

Courtland Jerel Hill, 29,of the 100 block of RebeccaRoad, was arrested Satur-day, April 18, and charged

with conspiracy to distrib-ute Schedule I CDS (mari-juana) and conspiracy todistribute Schedule II CDS(crack cocaine). Bond wasset at $33,500.

“We’d gotten an anony-mous call indicating therewere some people on thefront porch of this resi-dence on Sibley Road,”Minden Police Chief Steve

Cropper said. “Officersmade contact with thesetwo guys on the front porchand in plain view, theyobserved a partiallysmoked rolled cigar withwhat they believed wasmarijuana laying on theporch.”

At that point, officersplaced Walker and Hillunder arrest, Cropper says.

The officers asked for con-sent to search the resi-dence, and it was given, thechief says.

“Once inside the resi-dence, they located ninerocks of what field-tested tobe positive for crackcocaine, 31 grams of mari-juana and a set of digitalscales,” he said.

The two were transport-ed to the Minden Police sta-

tion, booked and transport-ed to Bayou Dorcheat Cor-rectional Center.

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Downer, ChickenStockchairman, said. “Mixingart and agriculture hasbeen a perfect fit for us.”

Artists and arts andcrafts vendors will be scat-tered around the land-scaped grounds thatinclude a variety of publicart sculptures and squarefoot garden beds.

The children’s art exhi-bition will open with thelargest exhibit of chil-dren’s work in the area.More than 1,000 pieces ofart from students K-12will have been judged ear-lier in the week with the

top 10 and winners ondisplay for Saturday’sevent.

The little blue housethat has served as a focalpoint for the property willbe open for tours. The lit-tle blue house was oncethe home of ZenobiaWest, who donated thefour acres to the organiza-tion some 15 years ago.The home was built dur-ing the Great Depressionand house many of theoriginal fixtures and fea-tures of that era.

“We use the house as abackdrop for storytelling,”Downer explains. “Weshare that time in our his-tory with the childrenwhen people grew what

they ate, made what theywore and lived simply.”

Chickens are on tap –live and painted. A pettingzoo area will include TheFarm’s chickens, Dr. AlanCameron’s Highland cowand calf, some goats andbunnies.

Live music in thecourtyard, great food andmore eye candy thanimaginable is on tap. Artstations will be set up toentice a variety of agegroups to sit down andcreate anything frompainting on canvas, mak-ing a crazy hat, weaving apotholder, to printing afish or watching a styleshow of altered couturedesigns by area children.

Admission to Satur-day’s event is $3 with allproceeds going to MindenHigh School’s band instru-ment project. Gates openat 10 a.m. and close at 5p.m.

ChickenStock wasfunded in part this year bythe Webster Parish Con-vention and VisitorsBureau, ShreveportRegional Arts Council,Louisiana Division of theArts and the LouisianaOffice of Culture, Recre-ation and Tourism.

To learn more aboutCultural Crossroads andThe Farm, visit them onthe web or Facebook.

A group of children spent time making a "crazy hat" to wear during one of the art sessions at The Farm Tuesday.This week is Kids Week at The Farm, giving children exposure to the arts by more than just painting. MichelleBates/Press-Herald

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Louisiana's unemploy-ment rate continued to fallin March, even as employ-er payrolls fell.

The state's jobless ratedeclined to 6.6 percentfrom 6.7 percent in Febru-ary. That's well above the5.5 percent the staterecorded in March 2014,and Louisiana is tied withWest Virginia for thefourth-highest rate amongthe states. Unemploymenthas declined in each of thepast three months as whathad been a rapid increasein job seekers has eased.

"Overall, it looks likehiring in Louisiana iscatching up with the rapid

growth in our workforce,"Louisiana Workforce Com-mission Executive Direc-tor Curt Eysink said in astatement.

The civilian labor forceand number of peoplereporting jobs both againset records in March.

The report found145,000 Louisianansunemployed in March.That's down almost 3,000from February but almost30,000 above March 2014.

Unemployment ratesfell in 23 states in March,rose in 12 and were flat in15. Slowing oil and gasdrilling meant that for thefirst time in years, North

Dakota didn't have thenation's lowest joblessrate. Instead, it wasNebraska with the lowestunemployment rate at 2.6percent. Nevada had thehighest rate at 7.1 percent.

The national unem-ployment rate was flatfrom February to March at5.5 percent, down from 6.6percent in March 2014.

Figures, adjusted tocancel out seasonalchanges, were releasedTuesday by the U.S. LaborDepartment.

The unemploymentrate is calculated by a sur-vey that asks how manypeople are looking for a

job. A second survey eachmonth asks employershow many people are ontheir payrolls, a measuremany economists use astheir top labor marketindicator.

Louisiana payrolls fellby 3,000 in March to 1.98million, a third month ofdecline after hitting an all-time high of almost 2 mil-lion payroll jobs inDecember. Employersreport 14,000 more jobsthan in March 2014. Thestate's payrolls have risen5.9 percent since bottom-ing out in early 2010 andare 2.3 percent above pre-recession levels.

Louisiana unemployment rate improves

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PERSPECTIVE

Dear Editor:

Scott A. Angelle is one ofseveral preparing and is fullyprepared for the high office ofGovernor of the State ofLouisiana. Scott comes from alarge Christian family; he isvery well prepared because ofLouisiana family. Manyachievements in the businessfield, oil and some varied expe-rience in the political field.

I will not attempt to try andlist all of his accomplishments;you can look them up and besure. You may have an oppor-tunity to speak with him some-where along the way. i do notknow Scott Angelle; have onlyheard him speak once on T.V. Ifeel strongly he is a man of hisword. And is a problem solverand a honest go getter.

Scott loves Louisiana, itspeople and is ready to serve.Please check him out whenyou do, I believe you will agree.Good luck Scott and God blessyou and your family.

For God, Louisiana & Amer-ica,

Jack L. Daniels1814 Donna Dr.DeRidder, LA 70634337-462-2702

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They say there's honor amongthieves, but I say: That dependson the thieves.

Your common street thief, yes— but not those princely CEO'sof corporate larceny. America'sworking families have learned theelites in the top suites arerewarded for being pickpockets,swindlers, thugs and scoundrels,routinely committing mass eco-nomic violence against themajority of America's workingpeople to further enrich andempower themselves.

But now comes a cabal ofabout two-dozen corporate chief-tains pushing a vicious new cam-paign of physical violence againstworkers. The infamous anti-laborbully, Wal-Mart, is among theleaders, but so are such presti-gious chains as Macy's and Nord-strom, along with Lowe's, Kohl'sand Safeway. Their goal is to gutour nation's workers compensa-tion program, freeing corporategiants to injure or even killemployees in the workplace with-out having to cover all (or, inmany cases, any) of the lostwages, medical care or burialexpenses of those harmed.

Started more than 100 yearsago, workers comp insurance isone of our society's most funda-mental contracts between injuredemployees who give up the rightto sue their companies for negli-gence when injured on the joband employers who pay for insur-ance to cover abasic level ofmedical bene-fits and wagesfor thoseharmed.Administeredby state gov-ernments, ben-efits vary, andthey usuallyfall far short ofmeeting thefull needs ofthe injuredpeople. But theprogram has at least provided animportant measure of help and abit of fairness to assuage the suf-fering of millions.

But even that's too much forthe avaricious thieves atop thesemultibillion-dollar corporations.Why pay for insuring employeeswhen it's much cheaper just tobuy state legislators who are will-ing to privatize workers' comp?This lets corporations write theirown rules of compensation toslash benefits, cut safety costs —and earn thieving CEO's biggerbonuses.

But who, you might ask, wouldhelp these corporate crooks intheir callous and calculatingscheme to rob workers of theirhard-earned benefits? Why, thatwould be the work of ARAWC —the Association for ResponsibleAlternatives to Workers' Compen-sation.

What a deal! But it's a raw dealfor injured workers. In Texas,which already has this write-it-yourself loophole, more than halfof the corporate plans — get this— pay nothing to the families ofworkers who're killed in job acci-dents! Similarly, under anARAWC-written opt-out provi-sion that a Tennessee senatorsponsored this year, employerswouldn't have to cover artificiallimbs, home care or even funeralexpenses of on-the-job accidentvictims.

Also, the Tennessee bill lets acompany simply walk away frommaimed workers after just threeyears or after paying only$300,000 in expenses. Corpora-tions always claim to "value"their employees — and this tellsus exactly how little that value is.

By the way, the CEO of ARAWCalso happens to be the head of"risk management" at the mingi-est of workplaces: Wal-Mart. Andthat's what this opt-out scamamounts to — corporate profi-teers hoping they can manage toescape paying for risking the livesof America's workforce. Yes, thisshifty move is a scurrilous crime,but it's a crime that pays richlyfor those at the top. And themoney can fill the hole in theirsouls where their honor used tobe.

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Dear Editor:

As we near our U.S. Memo-rial day we salute and appreci-ate our American Military,especially those fallen in com-bat, our active duty, and allveterans that have served ourcountry "honorably." Our USMilitary Reg's, regulations,state that anyone that defectsor deserts his post in a combatsituation will be charged witha penalty of death or lifeimprisonment.

Today we have U.S. soldierslocked up at Fort Leaven-worth. Their "crime", is doingdoing their sworn job as a U.S.soldier, in combat shootingand killing an enemy combat-ant, to include two U.S. ArmyOfficers, both Lieutenants.One is for giving the order tohis men to fire on the enemy.The other Lieutenant forshooting an enemy, he is nowparoled after serving five yearsof a fifteen year sentence.Something is very wrong withthis political situation in ourmilitary. I also know of andsupport a former U.S. NavyChaplain that was dischargedafter serving honorably overfifteen years. His crime was forpraying in Jesus Name in uni-form at a military funeral.Something is wrong America;our U.S. Military is our Nation-al Defense.

An Old Soldier,Jack L. Daniels

Rememberour militaryas we near

Memorial day

If the old saying is true thatthe numbers don’t lie, then thestory of this year’s legislativesession is quantifiably easy totell. The 144 members of theLouisiana Legislature face a $1.6billion governmental operatingdeficit this session. The gover-nor enters his eighth and finalyear, which means Louisianawill have a new leader in 2016.

Legislators have until 6 p.m.on June 11 to finalize action onall bills, including the budget. Inpreparation of this year’s ses-sion, legislators introduced over1,070 bills covering a host oftopics ranging from the budgetto education to health care tothe size of crawfish. Using a sim-ple word search of all intro-duced bills, it is quite easy to seewhere their focus is going in tothis annual spring ritual of poli-tics and policy.

There are 433 pieces of legis-lation dealing with the word“tax” and 143 for “taxpayer.”Unfortunately, the word “reduc-tion” was only found in 69 billsas compared to the word“increase” which is used in 201bills. Rather than cutting spend-ing, these numbers leave littledoubt with where officials arehoping to go to solve our statebudget challenge.

State government is estimat-ed to collect over $10.5 billion intaxes, licenses and fees, and feesprojected for FY16 but only $8.5billion is available to spend.(Meanwhile, expenditures antic-ipated for FY16 are $10.1 billion,leaving a $1.59 billion deficit.)While this appears to be a seem-ingly simple mathematicalanswer to our problems, theanswer is quite fuzzy since alarge portion of those dollars arenot easily usable in times likethis due to a budget locked upin restricted uses and dedicatedfunds.

Perhaps related to this self-inflicted obstacle, 55 bills areintroduced dealing with “dedi-

cations” and 244 are pertainingto “funds.”

The word “jobs” is found inonly 54 bills and “economy” islisted in only 22, despite the factthat our private sector growthhas been an impressive statisticcompared to our regional peersand should be a source of pridefor those running for electionthis fall. However, there is nodiscussion around the Capitol ofthe private sector growth wehave.

The unquenchable thirst formore of your dollars for govern-ment is simply drowning outany talk of the private sector.Even the governor’s speech tokick off the legislative sessiongave private sector growth onlya passing com-ment before hethen talkedabout theimportance ofraising taxeson inventory.

The lack ofinterest inlearning thelessons of ourgrowing pri-vate sectorshould bescary for any-one hoping for good economicpolicy to come out of this ses-sion. The money grab is on andfolks don’t care where themoney comes from.

Louisiana’s private sectorgrowth, while admired aroundthe country, is viewed almostwarily by most in the Capitol. Itis thought by some to be eitheran aberration or a source of guiltby those who value Louisiana’smight solely by the size of itsgovernment growth.

Instead of focusing on priori-ty issues to help grow our econ-omy even more, such as ele-mentary education (72 bills),higher education (59 bills),transportation (127 bills), healthcare (66 bills), workforce (40

bills) and coastal (22 bills), legis-lators aggressively filed instru-ments focused instead on grab-bing more of your dollars byintroducing a host of bills per-taining to credits (300 bills) andrevenue (251 bills).

Our state pension costs haveincreased 80 percent over thelast 10 years and our teacherpension costs have gone up 124percent over the same time,leaving a huge cost burden onthe budgets of K-12 and highereducation. These escalatingcosts are threatening the pro-ductivity of our government andour refusal to address the prob-lem is continuously increasingthe debt burden for our chil-dren. Despite this well-knownchallenge to our budget stability,lawmakers introduced only 19bills dealing with pensions.

Coincidentally, tobacco (34)and cigarettes (18) are men-tioned roughly the sameamount of times as tuition (32)and TOPS (14). Legislators seemto also have balanced intereston issues pertaining to locals(252) and businesses (255).

The 144 legislators represent-ing the 18th State of the Unionhave their work cut out for themand a quick subject review ofthe bills they have already filedpaints a clear picture of theplan. Efforts to raise taxes arebeing pushed more aggressivelythan ways to shrink a govern-ment that has grown $9 billionover the last decade.

A quick review of the billsintroduced this session tells adistinct story. The numbersbehind that story paint a clearpicture. Tax increases are envogue in the Capitol these days,even if the numbers behindtheir harmful impact on ourgrowing economy don’t add up.

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Friday, April 24

Eastside Missionary Baptist Church’s choir gospel quar-tet “The King’s Servants” will be hosting a fish fryfundraiser in Ark-La-Tex Collision’s parking lot from 11a.m. until 2 p.m. The fundraiser is to help fund a missiontrip to Alaska. Price is $10 per plate.

Saturday, April 25

Eastside Missionary Baptist Youth Fundraiser “RaceTowards a Mission” will begin at 8 a.m. with a Fun Runat the church. There will be a 5K at 8:30 a.m., a photobooth and face painting. Register online atwww.active.com or call 393-6150 for a race application.Prizes will be available for the winner of every agegroup.

Pine Grove Baptist Church will celebrate “AnnualWomen’s Day” at 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be SisterLillie M. Norton of Mt. Canaan Baptist Church.

Excel to the Top (a community-wide youth extravagan-za) for kids age 12 and older will be from 10 a.m. until 3p.m. at the Central Community Center, 5500 Hwy 531.,Dubberly. Free breakfast, lunch and registration withbreakfast/registration from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. Thisevent is sponsored by Marilyn Wallace.

Pine Grove Baptist Church will hold its first leadershipworkshop from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Registration is from 8until 9 a.m. Worship speakers include the Rev. JamesSmith and Sister Rashunda Myles of Galilee BaptistChurch in Dubberly, Sister Rosie Horne of Saint JoeBaptist Church in Rayville and Sister Ophelia Green ofGreater St. Paul Baptist Church in Minden.

Sunday, April 26

Miller Chapel Church’s pastor aide program will begin at2:30 p.m. with host pastor the Rev. Sherman Bradford.

Sunday, April 26-Wednesday, April 29

St. James Baptist Church will celebrate its AnnualRevival with guest speaker the Rev. Milton Caesar, pas-tor of St. Mark B.C. of Jonesville on April 26th at 6:00p.m. The Rev. Thomas N. Bessix, pastor of New GideonBaptist Church of Baton Rouge will be guest speakerApril 27 through 29 7 p.m. nightly. All are invited.

Monday, April 27-Wednesday, April 29

Annual youth revival, 7 p.m. each night at Mt. ComfortBaptist Church. Guest speaker will be Minister BrianJackson of Union Springs Baptist Church in Shreveport.Theme is “Doing What My Parents Say.” All are invited.

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sportsbriefs

nhl

Blackhawks beatPreds in 3OT

basketball

Coach Carlisle skills camps

CHICAGO (AP) —They played for 101 gruel-ing minutes, beginningTuesday night and runninginto early Wednesdaymorning.

The ChicagoBlackhawks, looking forcontrol of the first-roundseries. The NashvillePredators, searching for asplit of their first fourplayoff games.

Enter Brent Seabrook, aphysical defenseman witha penchant for big postsea-son goals.

Seabrook scored on abooming slap shot 1minute into the third over-time, and the Blackhawksbeat the Predators 3-2 inthe longest game of thisyear's NHL playoffs so far.

"Long game, it was alate night," a smilingSeabrook said. "It's nice toend that one."

Seabrook's long driveoff a pass from PatrickKane beat a screenedPekka Rinne on the 100thshot of the longest game inNashville history. RookieScott Darling made 50saves for Chicago.

"It was awesome,"Darling said.

Brandon Saad andAntoine Vermette alsoscored for the Blackhawks,who grabbed a 3-1 serieslead and can close out thePredators with a win inNashville on Thursdaynight.

Colin Wilson andJames Neal scored forNashville, which carried a2-1 lead into the third peri-od. Rinne finished with 45stops.

"Our guys are a resilientgroup," Predators coachPeter Laviolette said."They will not cave. Theywill not go away quietly.They'll be ready to playGame 5, I promise you."

AT H E N S — F o r m e rMinden High and LouisianaTech star Randy Carlisle ishosting a series of funda-mental basketball camps.

With over 30 years pro-fessional coaching experi-ence with a proven success-ful track record, Carlisle'spassion and skill for coach-ing and for the sport of bas-ketball itself is evident.Being success driven andmotivational, his teamshave received numeroushonors, awards and recogni-tions.

"The passion for basket-ball runs deep within myfamily as I, as well as myfather, son, and daughterhave achieved five StateChampionships, setting anextraordinary record for afamily to bear state ring,”Carlisle said.

The dates for the campsare the Saturdays, April 25,May 2, may 9 and may 16and will be held at 15520Hwy 9 in Athens at the oldAthens gym.

The camps are for boysand girls, kindergartenthrough seventh-grade (8:30a.m. till 10 a.m.) and grades8th through 12th ) 10:30a.m. till 12 p.m.).

The fee for the camp is$100 and each child mustbring their own basketball.

For more informationand the Parent/Guardianpermission forms pleasevisit ultimateseven.com orcall or text Carlisle at (318)579-3363 or (318) 579-3297.

Little Leaguers wereback on the diamondMonday and Tuesdayevening for the start ofanother exciting season atthe Minden RecreationCenter.

Coach PitchSouthern Stone 10

Roma 4Southern Stone picked

up their first win of theseason, led by CashFrizzle’s two homerunsand two RBI.

Remington Arendar hada triple for Souther Stone,while Connor Bolton, EliGreer, Cameryn Davis andGage Williams all had dou-bles. Ryan Reagan had twosingles, and JudsonBoothe, HudsonGlasscock, Derrick Bryantand Bo Clary added sin-gles.

Peyton Houston, GarrettAdams, Preston Blakelyand Brody Walker all hadbase hits for Roma.

Defiance Energy 5Minden’s Finest Storage 2

Landon Brewer homered,singles and drove in a RBI tolead Defiance. Jakob Frasieralso homered and drove in arun to help lead the way.Adding singles for Defiancewere Keshun Williams,Malachi West, BrendonFrasier, Tymarion Erving,Aiden Fizer, Jacoby Hartwelland Jayveion Jackson.

For Minden’s FinestStorage, Noah Cox, LyndonGarland, Blake Lewis,DeRodney Bryant,Kereggion Jackson andNolan Waller all had singles.

AATimberland Services 0Wrecking Crew 15

Wrecking Crew was ledby Braydon Winston whosingles and doubled. PrestonLuke Frye had a big gametoo, adding three singles ofhis own. Grayson Gorum,Hayden Hammett, JekoyeKnowles and Levi Pope allhad two singles, and KylerRay and Jack Price III hadbase hits.

Bandits 4Exterminators 0

Wyatt Whorton led theBandits with a double andsingle. Tanner Johnson addedtwo singles, while HaydenWatkins, Everonte Williamsand Willie Jenkins pitched inwith singles.

Connor Williams andGavyn Davis each singles tolead the Exterminators.

Alpha Energy 0Wonder Boys 11

Hunter Sutton had theonly hit for Alpha, a single.

For the Wonder Boys,Reagan Coyle had a biggame, hitting three home-runs. Easton Sanders andLandyn Huddleston got in onthe action with homeruns oftheir own.

Hudson Brown had atriple, Jaxon Smith had twosingles and Kevin Berry,Gaige Machen and BrysonRanger each had a single.

Lil’ Soldiers 2 Elm St.Dental 3

Quinn Jackson, EthanTurner, Seth Mangrum, EliSantelices and KennedyBurns all singles to help leadElm Street Dental to the win.

Brandon Davis Jr. had atriple to lead the Lil’Soldiers. Josiah Jordan,Christian Ambrosio,Kristofer Jackson andJonathan Bryant all singledfor the Lil’ Soldiers.

AAASkeeters 15 Minden

Farm & Garden 1Bruce Benton doubled

and drove in three, JadenBaugh singled twice anddrove in two and C.J. Davistriples and singled to leadSkeeters. Ethan Vice added asingle for Skeeters.

Jace Pate pitched forSkeeters, tossing a no-hitterin first start, while strikingout nine batters in an excel-lent outing.

Minden Farm & Gardenpitcher Gavin Hicks pitchedwell, striking out 11 batters.

Alpha Railroad 13Kirk’s Towing 0

Price Miller tripled andsingled to lead Alpha, whileSeth Levesque, MasonLewis and Trey Yetman allsingled.

Darrius Carter had thelone hit for Kirk’s, a single.

Price Miller pitched threeinnings for Alpha, giving upno hits and striking out ninebatters. Trey Yetman tossedone inning, giving up one hitwhile striking out the side.

Cooper Parker Dalestruck out four batters to leadKirk’s on the mound.

Dixie YouthU.S. Silica 6 Rangers 3Chance Hammon led

Silica with a double and twoRBI, and Thomas Rhamesdoubled and drove in one.Xander Turner singled anddrove in one run and KeeganFrizzell added a single.

Parker Cupples did it allfor the Rangers, totaling theironly two hits of the day, bothsingles.

Andrew Fegley struck outseven batters for the Rangersand only gave up one run.

Keegan Frizzell andConnor Humphreys bothstruck out six batters forSilica to help take the win.

Bulldogs 10 Tide 1Jackson Mayfield and

Grady Brasher each pitchedtwo innings and struck outfour batters to help theBulldogs to the win.

Seth Johnson, Jake Moroand Cooper Parks singled forthe Tide.

Johnson led the Tide onthe mound as well, strikingout three.

Tigers 1 MindenAthletic 2

Drake Freeman pitchedMinden Athletic to a win bystriking out eight batters infive innings on the mound.

Hayden Engel doubled,singled and drove in a run tolead Minden Athletic.De’Mareya Howard, KyleSpears and Blake Bradleyeach singled.

For the Tigers, RyanSheets pitched well, strikingout seven and allowing onehit. Jake Walker led theTigers at the plate with twosingles, and J.T. Edge sin-gled.

Swain’s Sluggers 2Braves 1

Caid Thomas and CaleHollis tripled to leadSwain’s. Luke Dickson sin-gled twice, while HaydenBrown, Je’Dyah Taylor,Brian Foster, Bryce Swainand Drew Cale all added sin-gles.

Javis Moore had the onlyhit for the Braves.

Cale Hollis and JacksonPowell each struck out sixbatters to lead Swain’s on themound, while ConnorDunfrey pitched well for theBraves, striking out sevenbatters.

DarlingsKennon Krushers 15Grey’s Jewelry 1

Bailey Haulcy had ahomerun and a single to leadKennon’s. Leigha Kennon-Gilbert and Dakota Howardeach doubled and singled,while Leyla Slaughter,Kristen White and KennadieKeener singled twice.

Aubrey Gorman, TatumOliver, Belle and Charlie alladded base hits.

Baylee Bonsall, LaurenBarrett and McKennaChreene each singled forGrey’s.

Lady Rangers 4Minden Lions Club 0Asia Blow, India Norton

and Chelsei Hampton sin-gled twice to lead the LadyRangers. Ahmani Hawkins,Haylee Guthrie, KabreyiaForbes, Kabryn Hayden andKyrin Clary each singled.

Sydney Bates and AaliyahAllen had base hits for LionsClub.

Dixie AngelsKennon Dazzlers 5Cooksey’s Tax 1

Ada Gilbert homered andsingled to lead the Dazzlers,and Elisabeth Cage singled.

Katelin Weston singledfor Cooksey’s.

Elisabeth Cage struck outeight batters in the circle forthe Dazzlers, while KelsieMorgan struck out five forCooksey’s. Hilary Batesstruck out three forCooksey’s.

Minden Athletic Divas8 Timberland 1

Ella Floyd doubled andhomered for the Divas tolead the way. SydneyRobinson added a triple,Gabby Salas had two singlesand Kenzie Warmack addeda single.

Floyd also struck out sixbatters to lead MindenAthletic.

Lauren Still had the onlyhit for Timberland, a single.Landry Malone struck out forbatters from the circle forTimberland.

PonytailsGotshall Girls 7 Sky

Rangers 0Taylor Bumgardner

homered to lead Gotshall.Bridgett Morgan had a biggame also, with a double anda single. Karli Gotshall,Hollan Haynes, OliviaMcKenzie, MadisonBumgardner and MadelineDunn all singled forGotshall.

Amari Knapp had theonly hit for the Rangers.

Taylor Bumgardnerstruck out six for Gotshall,and Ame’lia Coleman struckout five for the Rangers.

Subway 0 CWW Fire15

Hannah Mosley had ahomerun to lead the Fire,Laney Taylor doubled andAlex Reynolds singled.

Mosley struck out eightbatters on the mound for

CWW.Holly Estes, Kendall

Lynn and Reagan Lee allthrew well from the circlefor Subway.

Tuesday GamesAA

Lil’ Soldiers 2 AplhaEnergy 1

Josiah Jordan and KrisJackson doubled for theLil’ Soldiers, and ChristianAmbrosio added an RBIdouble to lead the way.Johnathan Bryant and J.R.Hogan added singles.

For Alpha, Hunter Bellled the way with an RBIsingle, and Jordon Dick,Hunter Sutton and DrakeLewis added singles.

Roughneck Rentals3 Elm St Dental 6 Levi Rhodes, Kennedy

Burns and Dawson Dayall had RBI doubles tolead Elm St. Dental.Ethan Turner and SethMangrum had two sin-gles, while QuinnJackson, Kaleb Corneliusand Connor Williamsadded singles.

Braxton Glover had asingle and a double withthree RBI to leadRoughneck. GarrettSimpson and ZanderPowell each had two sin-gles.

Wrecking Crew 6Braves 1

Braydon Winston ledthe Wrecking Crew withtwo singles and a double,while Levi Pope andGrayson Gorum doubled.Nick Ray, Preston Fryeand Kyler Ray all addedsingles for the Crew.

Eli Campbell had a biggame for the Braves withtwo doubles, and JesseMontoya added a doubleof his own.

Wonder Boys 17Exterminators 1

Bryson Ranger had asingle, double and triple,Easton Sanders a singleand two doubles, BrodyBower two singles and adouble and Reagan Coyleadded a single and dou-ble to lead the WonderBoys with multi hitgames. LandynHuddleston and KevinBerry had singles andHudson Brown doubledto round out the WonderBoy attack.

A.J. Sterling had a sin-

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gle to lead theExterminators.

AAALion’s Club 18Regulators 1

Bryce Powell had twodoubles and Jake Williamssingled and tripled to leadLion’s Club. Ethan Latourhad three singles , KevinJohnson had two singles andCaleb Condit, TravisRandall and BrandonWinston all singled.

Bryce Powell and DaytonSims combined for a no-hit-ter, with Powell striking outsix and Sims three.

Chase Hammons and RicHarris pitched for theRegulators, combining forfour strikeouts.

Alpha Energy 0Apaches 17

Landry Powell singledand tripled, Garrett Browntripled and MaddoxMandino and JakobeJackson each had two sin-gles and a double for theApaches. Cameron Popedoubled, Grayson Williamssingled and Tucker Pitmansingled.

Landry Powell struck outfour batters on the mound for

the Apaches, combiningwith Cason Clemens in relieffor a no-hitter.

Jaylin Williams struck outsix batters on the mound forAlpha.

Dixie YouthTigers 6 U.S. Silica 5

Peyton Allen had a twoRBI single, TrentonMcLaughlin an RBI singleand Caleb Rhodes andCameron Herman added sin-gles.

McLaughlin struck outseven batters on the mound.

Xander Turner had anRBI double for Silica,Thomas Rhames an RBI sin-gle and Keegan Frizzell anRBI single.

Corbon Kendricksmashed a double andMatthew Seales had a single.

Kendrick had a big gameon the mound too, strikingout 10 batters.

Rangers 5 MindenAthletic 7

Kyle Spears and BlaineSparks led Minden Athleticwith RBI singles, whileHayden Engel andDe’Mareya Howard addedsingles.

Spears struck out eightbatters on the mound forMinden Athletic.

For the Rangers, Parkercouples had three singles andan RBI, Andrew Fegley a

single and an RBI doubleand Trevor Chachere addedan RBI single.

Fegley also struck outeight batters on the moundfor the Rangers.

Dixie BoysGlenbrook 10 Farm

Bureau 1Cade Clemons singled,

doubled and drove in fourRBI to lead Glenbrook. NickMourad singled and doubledalso, driving in two RBI,while Haynes Mandino sin-gled, doubled and drove inone RBI. Trevor McLeanhad two singles and ThomasParnell had an RBI single forGlenbrook.

Trevor McLean and NickMourad each tossed twoinnings, combining to one-hit Farm Bureau.

Cade Volentine singledfor Farm Bureau, andBrittain Rangers led FarmBureau on the mound, strik-ing out seven batters.

Lakeside 2 HerbertTown & Country 3

Tyler Gillespie tripledand Gage Edwards had anRBI single to lead Herbert’s.

Trevor Randle doubledfor Lakeside and MichaelWatts had a run scoring sin-gle. Braedyn Frye and D.J.Harvey each added singlesfor Lakeside.

Drake Austin pitched for

Lakeside, striking out eightbatters in five innings ofwork, and Nathan Willis satdown five for Herbert’s.

DarlingsBlaze 7 GlobalPressure 2

Riley Robinson, HallieHarmon and Audrie Teutschall had two singles for Blaze.Addison Monk doubled andsingled, Jewelyn Hays dou-bled and Paiton Levesquesingled.

Kylie Ryan doubled tolead Global Pressure andLindsey Ryan singled.

State Farm 0 DirtDivas 12

Hadley Haynes andRebecca Mosley doubledand singled to lead theDivas. Vivian Still crushed atriple, Anna Willifordsmashed a double and MattiFowler had two singles.Isabella Vise and LaineyMercer had singles for theDivas.

Mackenzie McCoy dou-bled and singled to lead StateFarm, and Synyiah Rabbsingled.

Dixie AngelsCooksey’s Tax 7 Mark

Dunn Tigers 3Hilary Bates tripled and

Katelin Weston singled tolead Cooksey’s.

Cadence Williamson andKaleigh Foster doubled for

the Tigers, and GracelynPepper and AlyssaStreetman singled.

Kelsie Morgan struck outfive batters for Cooksey’s inthe circle. Alyssa Streetmansat down six for the Tigers.

Fuzion 0 MindenAthletic 10

Emma Pitman, MaciTanner and Ella Floyd all hithomeruns to power MindenAthletic. Sydney Robinsonhad two singles and KenzieWarmack, McKenzie Gatesand Clara Robinson alladded singles.

Gracie Green had a singleand Molly Fanning struckout three batters to leadFuzion.

Sarah Margaret Mosleyand Pitman each struck outthree batters for MindenAthletic.

PonytailsRangers 8 Subway 7

Nunu Franklin had atriple to lead the Rangers,while Kenya Harris,Anointess Scott, WhisperMason and KehonestyWilliams singled.

Reagan Lee doubled forSubway and Rayne Westsingled.

CWW Fire 4 GotshallGirls 4

Lawren Williams tripledto lead the Fire, and KayleeDavis and Hollie Payne sin-

gled. For Gotshall, Alyssa

Valentine, TaylorBumgardner and KarliGotshall all singled.

Karli Gotshall struck outfive batters for GotshallGirls, and Hannah Mosleysat down five for CWW.

Dixie BellesPink Pratique 3

Haughton Heat 9Myers and Ward led the

Heat with a double and asingle respectively, andGiese struck out four bat-ters to lead Haughton.

Kimberlee Shepard,Shania Freelon and KelseyJames tripled for PinkPratique. Nancy Silva, ShaWhiting, Ty Shehee andZimya Manning all singled.

Whitney Aubrey hadfive strikeouts from the cir-cle for Pink Pratique.

OWC 19 FirstMethodist 0

Karlee Osbon led OWCwith two doubles and a sin-gle. Halie Cross hit a home-run and a single, andKaylee Butler homered aswell.

Abigail Johnson doubledfor OWC and HaleyMachen, Abby Cross, OliviaOsborne and Chelsea Mayssingled.

Audrey Plants singled forFirst Methodist and alsostruck out two batters.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 — Minden Press-Herald 7

N A T I O N A L F O O T B A L L L E A G U E

NFL releases regular season schedules for all 32 teams

NEW YORK (AP) —Among the Patriots'rewards for winning theSuper Bowl is hosting theseason opener.

The opposition thisyear is another team withchampionship pedigree:

the Pittsburgh Steelers.New England and

Pittsburgh will begin theNFL season on Thursdaynight, Sept. 10 with agame matching quarter-backs with six SuperBowl rings and nine SuperBowl appearances: TomBrady vs. BenRoethlisberger.

Since Brady becameNew England's startingquarterback in 2001, he is6-3 against the Steelers —he missed the 2008 gamewhile injured — including

2-0 in the playoffs.Other prime-time

matchups on openingweekend will have theNew York Giants atDallas on Sunday, Sept.13; Philadelphia atAtlanta, followed byMinnesota at SanFrancisco in a Mondaynight doubleheader.

Both conference cham-pionship rematches willbe Sunday night affairs:Seattle at Green Bay inWeek 2, Patriots at Coltson Oct. 18.

Yet another Sundaygame will be the latestBrady-Peyton Manningfaceoff when the Patriotsare at Denver on Nov. 29.

Three days earlier, thetraditional ThanksgivingDay games will featureDetroit hosting theEagles, followed byCarolina visiting theCowboys.

The holiday eveningcontest is a renewal of theNFL's longest-runningrivalry, with Chicago atGreen Bay. The Packers

reportedly will honorBrett Favre that night,placing his jersey on thefacade of Lambeau Field.

"I think it's great, and itwill be great for our fans,the first time we've had aThanksgiving night gamehere at Lambeau Field,"Packers coach MikeMcCarthy said. "I think itwill definitely be a specialnight."

The Packers also openthe season at Chicago.

"Going to Chicago isalways a big game,"

McCarthy said. "Doing itWeek 1 with a new(Bears) coaching staffbrings some extra chal-lenges, but we're lookingforward to starting offwith the oldest rivalry inthe National FootballLeague."

Three games in Londonwill have the Jets againstthe host Dolphins at 9:30a.m. ET on Oct. 4; Buffalofacing host Jacksonvilleon Oct. 25; and Detroitagainst host Kansas Cityon Nov. 1.

Apaches, Cooksey’s Tax get big wins Tuesday nightbAsebAllContinued from page 6

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