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Baton Rouge Ranks Near Bottom in Wallet Hub List of Most Educated Cities BATON ROUGE, La —Baton Rouge ranks near the bottom of a list of the most educated cities in the United States, according to a Wallet Hub report.

Baton Rouge, home to LSU and Southern University, was ranked 106th among the country’s 150 largest metros.

The website determined overall ranks using factors called “educational level rank” and “quality of education rank.”

The city’s education level rank -- measuring how much education residents had received -- was 120th.

The city’s quality of education rank -- measuring public school ranking, the average quality of universities and number of enrolled students at top universities -- was 72nd.

See WALLET HUB LIST, on page 2

Cleveland Coon Announces Candidacy for Judge 19th District Division M

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Violence Against Women Law Needs Strengthening

for a Summit on Civil Rights and Equal Protections for Women. No date has been set.

President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law on September 13, 1994.

Summit participants will brainstorm solutions to end the gender bias in the justice system that affects the way cases are handled. They will also examine ways to allow survivors to sue their assailants in federal court – a VAWA provision the Supreme Court struck down in 2000.

In addition to the summit, the Vice President’s Office released a state-of-affairs report on the issue of violence against women.

“When VAWA was first passed, almost every state crime involving interstate elements (from gun crimes to cattle rustling) was covered by the federal criminal code – but not sexual assault and domestic violence,” the report reads. “Although there is still much to do, this anniversary gives us a moment to reflect on the vital, often life-saving work the Violence Against Women Act has inspired and supports. Since its passage 20 years ago, help has

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In July, bystander footage of an unidentified California highway patrol officer pummeling a Black woman on the side of the road hit the media. Last week, federal judge Mark Fuller was arrested for beating his wife, and subsequently accepted a plea deal for professional leave, six months of counseling, no charges, and an expunged record. And controversy continues after video surfaced of NFL Baltimore Ravens running back, Ray Rice, knocking his wife unconscious in an elevator last Valentine’s Day. The 2014 Miss America pageant stirred that pot over the weekend, when a judge asked a contestant about Janay Rice’s decision to remain in her marriage.

On the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), it seems there is still work to be done.

For this reason, Vice President Joe Biden, who co-sponsored the law in 1990 as a senator from Delaware, will convene legal scholars and professionals, and Department of Justice officials

Biden continues to take center stage on violence against women.

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The Expansion of the North Baton EBR Council Votes Rouge Sewage Treatment Plant to Dismiss Parish Attorney Mary Roper

Professor Cleveland Coon Professor Cleveland Coon is a candidate for Judge of the 19th Judicial District, Division “M”. He comes from a small rural community in Richland Parish, near Rayville, Louisiana, where he graduated from high school in 1972. He is a 1976 Political Science graduate of Southern University and A&M College, where he also earned his law degree in 1981. While in law school, Professor Coon was the Executive Editor of the Law Review.

After law school, Professor Coon served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Revius O. Ortique, Jr. Following his judicial clerkship, he was an associate at the law firm of White, Jones & Lombard.

Professor Coon moved back to Baton Rouge, and worked as a

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Residents in the University Place subdivision have questions with perceived discrepancies in the system the CityParish has set up to compensate residents in relocating from proximity to this sewer plant on Avenue M. BATON ROUGE, LA - The Metro Council met at 4 p.m. on the third floor of City Hall, 222 St. Louis Street and tried to discuss the expansion of the North Baton Rouge Treatment plant. See the full agenda from Aug 27, 2014.

The Metro Council was to consider the expropriation a portion of the Southern University’s campus that is needed to upgrade the North Baton Rouge Wastewater Treatment plant. The fine points of the city’s land deal with Southern University regarding the waste-

LSU EXPECTS MISS. ST. TO BE TOUGHEST MATCHUP

water plant nears its campus have yet to be worked out, that item was withdrawn from the agenda and will be taken up again after negotiations are complete.

The upgrades will help the plant run more efficiently and operate more cleanly, says Assistant Parish Attorney Bob Abbott. Abbott says the city is in negotiations with Southern University about extending the buffer to improve plant production ans expansion.

Abbott says the city has acquired 37 properties total, with more

waiting to be officially recorded.

In January 2013 the council approved a plan to buy out homes within three blocks of the plant, but the residents have grown frustrated with the buyout process. Mr. Greg Mitchell, who represents residents of the area says, “The homeowners have been given conflicting information and have been pressured to leave, all the while living in the “funk” coming from the wastewater plant.”

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BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Metro Council voted 8-3 Wednesday to oust Parish Attorney Mary Roper, after months of debate over her fate with the city-parish.

Roper’s firing came at the end of a tense and emotional two-hour hearing, which followed lawsuits, court decisions and behind-the scenes negotiations over Roper’s employment in a saga that began this spring.

Wednesday’s discussion provided the most comprehensive look so far at just how the council got to the point of publicly firing a woman who has worked for the city-parish for 21 years.

The situation “has been excruciating,” Roper said after the meeting. “I woke up to a nightmare on April 28 (when she was first called to a meeting with Mayor Pro-Tem Chandler Loupe) and it has not ended.”

Roper declined to say what she’ll do next, but her lawyer referred in court recently to the possibility of another lawsuit being filed. With the loss of her job, she’s losing about half of the retirement earnings she would have been entitled to if she stayed with the city-parish for four more years.

The three council members voting in favor of keeping Roper were Chauna Banks-Daniel, Ronnie Edwards and Tara Wicker. Council member Joel Boe was absent.

To hear the council members tell it -- at least the eight

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Attorney Mary Roper who voted for Roper’s firing -they’d lost confidence in Roper’s handling of the office. The fact that Roper sued the council last month over her potential firing didn’t help.

“She sued you,” attorney Murphy Foster, hired to represent the council against Roper, emphasized. “She’s at-will. She serves at your pleasure, just like any attorney serves at the pleasure of their client.”

Council member C. Denise Marcelle also said she was upset by the fact that Roper subpoenaed her at her workplace, seeking emails sent through her private employer’s system.

“You are jeopardizing my job by consistently and continuously sending subpoenas to my job,” Marcelle told Roper, saySee ROPER, on page 3

RELIGION

Oak Grove Baptist Church celebrates 100 years of community impact with its free and open-to-the-public, celebration in the Oaks on Saturday, October 4, 2014 ...See Page 4

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RED HAT SOCIETY CELEBRATION The Red Hat Society 10th year The early season performances of Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott have gotten the attention of LSU coach Les Miles...See Page 6

Anniversary celebration, using the theme of the chapter’s first gathering – “A Pause that Refreshes,” honored Charter members Empresses Gene M. Lane and Beverly Yearby..See Page 2

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AARP NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE

The AARP Mid-Town LA Chapter #5433 observed 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by serving at the St. Vincent DePaul Dining Room. Members of the chapter served more than 400 dinners on Friday,..See Page 5

STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK The Southwestern Athletic Confer-

ence has named Malcom Cyrus, Preston Clark, Javancy Jones, and Darryan Ragsdale football studentathletes of the week...See Page 6

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In the photo are the ladies that were present with the election to the new “Queen Mother,” Myrtly R. Joyner by former Queen Mother Emerita C. R. Nelson.

BATON ROUGE, LA — In August 2004, The Scarlet Gems with Purple Luster Chapter of the Red Hat Society, Inc. an international organization that is designed to allow women over 50 to greet life with energy, enthusiasm, humor, and spirited self assurance, was founded by Queen Mother Clotiel Riley Nelson. This group, seen adorned in red hats and purple attire, was among the first of its kind in the Baton Rouge area.

Over the years, members have been a part of a variety of activities, in and out of town, including teas, touring museums, holiday celebrations, enjoying different cuisines, participating in parades, attending plays, health fairs and Red Hat Conventions.

The 10th year Anniversary celebration, using the theme of the chapter’s first gathering – “A Pause that Refreshes,” honored Charter members Empresses Gene M. Lane and Beverly Yearby, along with 15 other members with eight or nine years of membership. The afternoon’s event also included a historical pictorial presentation

from left to right are Charter Members Beverly Yearby and Gene Lane, Mother Mary Charles, Queen Myrtly Joyner, and Queen Mother Emerita Clotiel Nelson.

– “Through the Years” and, in keeping with a Red Hat national initiative – Share the Hat, the chapterettes were given a beautifully decorated hat as a show of appre-

ciation for their loyal support of the chapter. A special highlight was a toast by Empress Evelyn J. Williams with Coca Cola in the same coke glasses used at the first gathering of the chapter.

The Founding Queen then gave the glasses as souvenirs from her Coca Cola collection.

Myrtly R. Joyner was installed as the new Queen Mother

by Queen Mother Emerita C. R. Nelson. Mary T. Charles, outgoing Queen Mother, started a tradition when she passed the Queen’s Hat, which belonged to deceased Queen Mother Dolores Frederick, to the new leader.

Mazie Malveaux has been named the new Vice Queen, replacing Vice Queen Luvenia S. Cotton.

As a show of appreciation, the spin-off chapter-Ruby Red with Purple Crystals, organized to accommodate members on the West Bank, presented the Founding Queen with a beautiful throw, crocheted by its Queen Mother Evelyn Johnson.

The Gems look forward to many more years of fun filled, enriching events with the chapter’s name listed on the Red Hat Society website’s 10 Year Chapters Roll of Honor.

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come on all fronts.”

According to the report there has been significant traction, both culturally and legally, on the issue.

The national rate of intimate partner violence against women has fallen 64 percent between 1993 and 2012, or 61 percent for Black Americans alone, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. VAWA-funded organizations have made gains in prosecution, and more services have become available for more survivors.

Today, VAWA has been expanded to serve LGBT survivors, those living in Indian country, undocumented immigrants, and college students. In 2000, the definition of dating violence was added to the law.

In 2005, healthcare organizations received VAWA funding to offer long-term mental and physical care for survivors.

But there are still lingering issues.

As Biden highlighted at a commemoration ceremony last week: “We have so much more to do, because there’s still sex bias that remains in the American criminal justice system in dealing with rape – stereotypes like she deserved it, she wore a short skirt still taint prosecutions for rape and domestic violence.”

Additionally, against women and dating violence are problems among youth; researchers have found that 1 in 10 teens will be harmed by someone they are dating, and 1 in 5 young women will be sexually assaulted during college. Until 2009, women age 18 to 24 have had the highest rates of being victimized by intimate partners—currently, women age 25 to 34 have the highest rates.

The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault was launched in response at the beginning of this year. Its mission is to increase research and prevention, improve schools’ response to sexual assault, and to increase transparency on government enforcement.

There’s also the contention that VAWA itself doesn’t have much powed it is largely a federal grant program to help public

entities do a better job of serving survivors, and support private entities that are already working around this issue. (The law also directs federal agencies to carry out already-existing laws and regulations).

Biden and proponents believe that in light of uneven law enforcement and judicial response at the state and local level, VAWA should be allowed to grant the federal government jurisdiction to enforce the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Additionally, other crimes involving interstate elements can be tried in federal court—this is not true for sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

In other words, survivors whose attackers have stalked them across state lines, or abused wives whose husbands have forced them to move away from support systems, or people who have been victimized via the Internet, must rely on state courts for justice. If they do not have a paper trail on their abuse along the way, it may be difficult to get a conviction for ongoing victimization, instead of a conviction for one incident in that state.

Since the 1970s, other legal figures and elected officials have argued that granting such jurisdictional powers would be to drag the federal government into “family disputes,” or overstep state rights.

In the meantime, the Obama Administration continues to produce campaigns, initiatives, federal guidance, and public resources to help eradicate violence against women.

“On the anniversary of this landmark legislation, we rededicate ourselves to strengthening the protections it first codified, and we reaffirm the basic human right to be free from violence and abuse,” President Obama wrote in a commemorative proclamation. “Too many women continue to live in fear in their own homes, too many victims still know the pain of abuse, and too many families have had to mourn the loss of their loved ones. It has to end— because even one is too many.”

Plant from page 1 Mitchell is unsatisfied (to say the least) with the city’s plans to construct a buffer zone, with a fence and foliage to keep back the smell. Roughly 25 remaining homes and vacant lots are needed to be purchased to complete the buyout. Many people from the community and Southern Uni-

versity are OPPOSED to this deal. Because they are saying that the North Baton Rouge Sewage Treatment Plant is still destroying the value of their community (University Place Subdivision) and the surrounding areas (Southern University and Scotlandville areas).

Wallet Hub List from page 1 New Orleans ranked 88th overall. The city ranked 118th for education level and 53rd for quality of education.

Some other nearby cities that ranked higher than Baton Rouge included Austin (11th); Huntsville (17th); Houston

(97th); Fayetteville, Ark. (75th); Birmingham (78th); and Dallas (80th).

Baton Rouge ranked higher than Mobile (113th); Jackson, Miss. (120th); Memphis (137th); and Beaumont, Texas (150th).

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WT Winfield Announces Prayer Does Make a Difference

apart. You must continue to hold on to your faith and stay before the Lord. But, it may be that the time has come when you may need to take some quality time for yourself and spend some of that time with God. Get on your knees before God and tell him of how you are feeling inside. And maybe the words wont come out exactly as you wish but you can have a good weeping, wailing crying falling, out tantrum and give all those problems to him.

While you are praying, you might forget some of the things that vexed you but God knows what you are going through. he can read the pain, which flows through your tears. even though he knows what’s troubling you, he still wants to tell him about it and bring your problems and burdens to him.

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Board Picks Familiar Face health SU’s Cade Library Going Through to Run Agency And Elects Nearly $2 Million In Repairs What’s Good For Your Heart IsOfficers GoodFor ForTheYour Brain 2014-2016

therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hands of God, that he may exalt you in due time, “casting all your cares upon him, for he cares for you,”(1st Peter 5:6-7).

After you finished having your tantrum. You may have a stopped up nose and swollen eyes and mucus running down your lip and dried tears on your face, but you’ll feel better after emptying yourself of those things which had been heavy on your heart.

Sometimes we go for weeks or months trying to take matters into our hands and try to solve our own problems. We are not super humans; we can’t handle everything alone. We need God’s help.

We have to let go of those situations and let God handle them. there are some things we can’t humanly do anything about.

BATON ROUGE, La - The (NAPSM)-A survey commissioned Community Association of Un- Did You Know? by two leading health organizations derprivileged Students Super- • Compared to the general public, found that although two out of three intendent Search Committee African Americans have a higher risk African Americans (61 percent) exended its six month long search of diabetes, high blood pressure and pressed concern about developing for a Superintendent/CEO and vascular dementia. heart disease and two out of five (40 recommended to the board the • More than 40 percent of African percent) expressed concern about name of Montrell Henderson Americans have high blood presdeveloping Alzheimer’s, only about who has experience with fun- sure (hBP) and are at risk for stroke, one in 20 are aware that heart health draising, community and stu- which can lead to greater risk for is linked to brain health. dent engagement, as well as developing Alzheimer’s or other the Alzheimer’s Association is board relations to become the vascular cognitive dementias. joining forces with the American agency’s next Superintendent/ • every year, more than 100,000 heart Association to educate African CEO. The board unanimously African Americans have a stroke.

Americans that by managing their approved the selection and a • having high cholesterol increases cardiovascular risk, they may also start date of September 15, the risk for stroke and may increase strengthen their cognitive health.

2014 with a four-year contract. the risk for Alzheimer’s.

“What’s good for your heart is Henderson who previous Montrell Henderson good for your brain,” says Jennifer headed Empowering Students Manage Your Risks Manly, Ph.D., Alzheimer’s Associawill take over an agency that is • Watch the numbers. remember tion spokesperson. “every healthy currently developing a strategic that desirable blood pressure is less heartbeat pumps about one-fifth of this alone.

120/80 mmhg. Keep your body hildRen from page 4 plan as well as dealing with than your blood to your brain to carry on inTim who has weight the McKenzie recommended range the student enrollment troubles theand daily processes of WT Winfield Construction crews working on repairs renovations at thinking, SouthernprobUniversity’s John B. Cade Library. The a child enrolled in the program something parents stated that and make sure that the total cholesering all children. the library citizens of theconsiderable nation mustwind and lemwater solving and remembering.” stated thatthan Superintendent received damage during Hurricane Gustav in 2008. is less 200mg/dL. Desneeds improving and Hen- terol the CDF Action Council, build- demand that our leaders free our “By the year 2030, the number of ignee Henderson has theinclude politiderson is the man to get the • healthy lifestyle choices ing on the bestinpractices in states the false ideological African Americans age 65 or older is cal experience, relationships, Winfield announcing his children from job done. Parents like Rachel staying mentally and physically acBaton - expected also damaged, resulting on the second, third and fourth and lessons learned about children tugsRouge, of war Louisiana among to more than doubleintocon6.9 and backing of involved, many rank in campaign reelection, he credits his and political staying socially reducBickham stated that their needs tive, Crews have begun work on $1.9 siderable damage to ceiling tiles floors. falling to through theHe bureaucratic who put excess profits ahead million,” said emil Matarese, M.D., file individuals in the comsuccess prayers. encourages thosemillion to be an individual on staff to ing your intake of fat and cholesterol inlives. repairs and renovations American throughheart the building. roof “If all goes well and there cracks of Medicaid and AssociationThe spokesso he has confidence parents, grandparents andSChiP, guard- of children’s not smoking. follow up with parents once andmunity at Southern University’s John B. was replaced last year. are no major delays,” Perry said, strongly urged Congress to enact how well did Congress protect person. “Although Alzheimer’s is that Henderson will have the ians to pray for our children daily: or you submit your application Visit www.alz.org/heartbrain Cade The library received not part of Construction crews re- “the repairs should be completed the Allschool, healthy Children inLibrary.

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This is strongly why we lies and, once they are in office, the CDF Action Council erybody engaged.

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(ADA), learning your risk for type 2 of every March.

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We sage to each presidential candidate. was sent subpoenas. they to thisrisk point. every child and pregnant mother For many, diagnosis may come People scoring 10 points or more are more than 9 pounds at birth. able all year long to determine the risk must continue to strive to be better.

Roper and her lawyer E. According to Roper, the now by enacting and adequately We must demand that our leaders seven to 10 years after the onset of at a high risk for type 2 diabetes and the Diabetes risk test is availfor developing type 2 diabetes.

He is a former member of the Wade Shows, however, mainproblems for her first started funding the provisions of the All commit to children as a condition type 2 diabetes. early diagnosis is are encouraged to talk with a health EBR School Board representing of our vote. tained that they filed the law- in 2009, just after Loupe was healthy Children Act. critical for successful treatment and care professional.

District #6, but now is a candidate suit only to have a judge clarify elected. She said Loupe asked Specious claims that we could can delay or prevent some of the An estimated 54 million Ameriinnot District #5money—$70 because of reapporand establish the process for her to step down from her posifind the billion Marian Wright Edelman is Presicomplications such as heart diseases, cans have pre-diabetes. those with tionment.

He is a graduate of CapiWednesday’s hearing. She had tion so that his friend, attorney over five years—to cover all dent of the Children’s Defense Fund blindness, kidney disease, stroke and pre-diabetes have blood glucose levtol High is and attended asked 19th Judicial District Greg Rome, could take her children belied by thatSouthern amount and its Action Council whose Leave amputation. els higher than normal but not high University andmonths LSU for fortax higher Judge R. Michael Caldwell to place. She said no. spent in eleven cuts No Child Behind® mission is to that’s one reason the ADA holds enough to be diagnosed with type learning majoring in engineerrule that she was not an “at-will” After that, she said their refor the top one percent of richest ensure every child a Healthy Start, the American Diabetes Alert® Day, 2 diabetes. ing.

He has furthered his education employee, and that instead of lationship was acrimonious and Americans and in seven months a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe a one-day wake-up call to inform the early intervention via lifestyle through seminars, workshops, spe- Start and a Moral Start in life and falling under the hearing pro- she was “slandered and libeled for the iraq War. We do not have American public about the serious- changes such as weight loss and cialty training and business school. cess laid out in the city’s Plan in the press.” But she and Loupe a money problem in America: We successful passage to adulthood W.T. has represented Baton Rouge of Government, she could only sat down, and she agreed to adhave a priorities and political will with the help of caring families asdeficit. a Presidential Caucus member, be No removed via lawsuit under for dress concerns that Loupe had it is time for all adults to and communities. appointment required most screenings.

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Oak Grove Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary With FREE Community Event PRAIRIEVILLE, LA – Oak Grove Baptist Church celebrates 100 years of spiritual growth and community impact with its free and open-to-the-public, celebration in the Oaks on Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. – 2 p.m., (located at 17450 Old Jefferson Highway, Prairieville, La. 70769; the corner of Hwy 73 and Hwy 42, one block off of Hwy 61).

The 100th Anniversary Celebration in the Oaks will host KLOVE; a Kidz Korner with inflatables and petting zoo; festival refreshments and tent seating with hamburgers, hot dogs, snowballs, popcorn, and beverages. There will be live Christian music and a gallery with documents and photographs highlighting key moments in the history of the church.

All activities and refreshments are free and open to the public, as is parking.

“We come to a monumental time in the life of our church – 100 years of God working through the people of Oak Grove Baptist Church,” says John W. Carrigan Jr., pastor of Oak Grove Baptist since 1981.

“I have been here for one third of those 100 years and have rooted a ministry that strengthens family, our community, and God’s grace.”

“Oak Grove Baptist Church was literally a family

church 33 years ago. Today, it retains the feeling of being family-focused, although most of the original family has gone on to be with the Lord. We know the joy and sadness of family happenings and we bind together under God,” notes Carrigan.

“One of the hallmarks of Oak Grove Baptist Church is its missions,” adds Carrigan.

“There have been at least 18 mission trips over the last 33 years. Young and old have participated in bringing the message of God to a world that desperately needs Him. We have had five couples go into full-time missionary service over the history of our church.

We are committed to the praise and service of God as we reach out to the world.”

Oak Grove Baptist Church was founded in 1914 as a family church. Today, it continues to impact the community with a strong sense of family in worship, praise, and service to God. Other outreaches of the church include children and youth ministries; Singing in the Oaks, a Christmas concert; nursing home ministry, and an annual women’s retreat. Led by pastor John Carrigan, Oak Grove Baptist Church provides Christian centered ministries for children, youth, college and caSee OAK GROVE, on page 6

RELIGION

Devil, You Can’t Steal My Joy; You Can’t Take From Me What You Didn’t Give Me

By Donald Lee

I believe there’s a big misperception generally that the devil is out to rob people of their “things” (as in material things). These material possessions include their homes, their jobs, their hobbies — things that they hold dearly to their hearts.

And when they lose these things, they also lose their “joy,” their peace, their sense of accomplishment. As a result, they become filled with depression, malice, hatred, hardened hearts, and they begin to wallow in self-pity and envy toward others.

Some people resort to entertaining thoughts of suicide. Some have committed suicide, literally, while others have done so emotionally or metaphorically. This is because they haven’t learned or understood that it is not the “things” that people have that the devil is after. Oh, sure, they are means to an end. Don’t get me wrong. But the devil knows that if he can deceive or dupe people out of their joy — if he can rob you out of your joy — he can render you harmless to his kingdom (of darkness), he can protect his interests, which include keeping people in defeat, his attempt to throw a jab at God. Romans 12:12 (NIV) says, Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. James 1:2-4 adds, Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because

you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

In other words, the Lord is reminding us that when the devil attacks us, the Lord has already installed in us a mechanism to continue functioning at an optimal level. That mechanism is the joy of the Lord, which the Holy Spirit in every believer possesses. The Spirit of the true and living God reminds us that trials and setbacks are nothing more than mere tests to

promote us to the next dimension in God’s blessings for our lives.

In them, we grow — we mature.

Philippians 4:4 tells us, Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! If that’s not reassuring, I don’t know what is.

Put another way, whenever the devil hits you with his best shot, know that the joy God gave you — when utilized — smacks the devil right back — hard!!! And rather than you getting frustrated and forfeiting the control God gave you, the devil gets frustrated. If anybody is to get frustrated and

become a nervous wreck, let it be the devil, not you.

So, when the devil attacks you, remember to remind him that he’s barking up the wrong tree.

Don’t let him steal your joy.

Donald Lee is founder-pastor of Kingdom Living Christian Center in Dallas. Join him from 9 p.m. – 10 p.m. (CST) Mondays through Fridays for prayer at (218) 862-4590 (code 279498#) and for the Sowing of the Word from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Sundays. He may be reached at (225) 773-2248 or pastordonjlee@yahoo.com.

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Baker Chamber Names Executive Director LaTania Anderson has been named executive director of the Baker Chamber of Commerce.

A native of Donaldsonville, she is responsible for coordinating the chamber’s activities, including member relations, corporate communications, community outreach and implementing the Mayor’s Economic Development Plan.

Anderson is a graduate of Southern University in Mass Communications and received her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, Baton Rouge. She is a certified grant writer and has more than 15 years of management experience specializing in public and intergovernmental affairs as well as emergency preparedness and awareness efforts.

In addition to her responsibilities at the Baker Chamber, she will continue her independent consulting contract with the city of Baker to write and manage grants. In the past five years she

AARP Chapter Observes National Day of Service & Remembrance

LaTania Anderson has secured more than $1.7 million in grant funding for Baker.

She previously was the intergovernmental affairs liaison/ deputy lead for FEMA and was instrumental in assisting municipalities with securing funding from the agency and grant funding for damages incurred in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike, Isaac and Gustav.

Roper from page 3 mony behind us,” Roper said.

“I was trying my best to give Mr. Rome a job, because Mr. Loupe said any time a position came open, ‘you know how I feel about Rome.’”

But Rome didn’t want the job, “so I displeased Mr. Loupe and I got fussed at,” Roper said.

Loupe called Roper’s story “fiction.” He acknowledges that he asked her to consider stepping aside in 2009, but said it wasn’t so a friend could take her place.

He said after Wednesday’s meeting he hasn’t been trying to get Rome a city-parish job.

Instead, he says that Rome had told Roper that the salary for the proposed prosecutor job wasn’t what he was looking for,

BUSINESS

and Roper replied that Loupe could “fix the salary issue.”

Loupe said he called Roper into a meeting to tell her he had a problem with that, and that she should never tell anyone he could “fix” someone’s salary.

Loupe’s concerns with the parish attorney’s office began shortly after he was elected.

There was a TV investigation about thousands of backlogged DWI cases in the city’s prosecutor’s office, which falls under the parish attorney’s purview.

Then, a chief prosecutor for that office was found guilty of fixing court cases for money, Loupe said. He asked questions of the parish attorney’s office, but no one had information.

Members of AARP Mid-Town LA Chapter #5433 pictured L to R: Eileen Kennedy; Harry Johnson; Beulah Credit; Lorena Williams; Lillie Claiborne; Alma Gathers; Albertha Warren; Mary Thompson; Bertha White; Mercedes Cobb; Rose Betz; Etha Lacour; Lois Holloway; Ruby Johnson; and William White.

By: Eileen Kennedy The AARP Mid-Town LA Chapter #5433 observed 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by serving at the St. Vincent DePaul Dining Room. Members of the chapter served more than 400 dinners on Friday, September 12th

at their regularly scheduled second Friday commitment of the chapter to the dining room each month. Many of the men and women served at the dining facility are veterans and the volunteer project of service reminded people of the importance of working more closely together to improve our world.

Board from page 3 board president. Bookter will serve a two-year term as board president at which time she will lead the organization’s twentytwo member board, guide policy,

approve the yearly budget, and conduct the annual evaluation of the superintendent.

CAUPS is a non-profit educational group designed to assist

student’s grades 3-8 with Learning Disabilities. CAUPS offers after-school tutoring programs, performing arts, and character building sessions for the students.

Study: Baton Rouge Among Best Cities for Hispanic Businesses

BATON ROUGE —Baton Rouge is a good place for Hispanic entrepreneurs, according to an article in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.

According to a national ranking by wallethub.com, a financial website, Baton Rouge is the ninth best city among 150 cities.

It also ranks seventh nationally for Hispanic purchasing power and No. 51 for Hispanic business friendliness.

The website also ranks the Capital City as having the fifthhighest rate of Hispanic entrepreneurship and the second-highest income growth rate for Hispanics.

Prayer from page 3 of Baton Rouge and particularly stakeholders and voters of District #5. W.T. is seeking your prayers, your support, your vote, and your recommendation in his election on November 4th. His number on the ballot is #118.

Ringing The Bells For Education is Winfield’s election theme.

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Payton Harps On Saints’ Mental Errors In 2 Losses

METAIRIE, LA - New Orleans safety Kenny Vaccaro shows no interest in defending the Saints’ performances in their first two games by pointing out how close they came to winning.

That fact that New Orleans led both games in the final 10 seconds of regulation, and lost each by a field goal or less, is of little solace.

“Honestly, a loss is a loss.

I don’t care what the points are,” Vaccaro said Monday, a day after the Saints’ 26-24 loss in Cleveland. “As a secondary I feel like we played terribly these last two weeks and it doesn’t feel like (the losses) have been by a combined five points, I’ll tell you that.”

The Saints will try to capture their first victory this Sunday, when they play the Minnesota Vikings in the Superdome, where New Orleans went undefeated a season ago. But while the comforts of home should help, the Saints may be without running back Mark Ingram, who gained 104 yards from scrimmage in Cleveland and scored his third touchdown of the season.

A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Ingram has a broken hand, and the timeline for his return is unclear. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Saints have not disclosed the injury.

Coach Sean Payton declined to discuss Ingram’s health on Monday, saying he’d follow his usual policy of not releasing any injury information until the next NFL-required injury report, which this week is Wednesday for New Orleans.

“He ran really well yesterday. I thought he played hard,” Payton said when asked about Ingram. “We will evaluate where he is at, but nothing today with specifics in regards to any of these guys with injury.”

In the meantime, there are myriad matters bothering Payton beyond Ingram’s playing status.

LSU safety Jamal Adams (33) and safety Rickey Jefferson (29) celebrate a defensive stop in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Louisiana-Monroe in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. LSU won 31-0.

BATON ROUGE, La. - The early season performances of Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott have gotten the attention of LSU coach Les Miles.

“Dak Prescott is as good a player as there is at his position in our conference,” Miles said Monday, as preparations began

Ingram helps propel Saints’ offense after sluggish start.

Payton said he and his staff are working this week to address an apparent lack of situational awareness that led to avoidable breakdowns on offense, defense and special teams.

He called it “the one thing that is most disappointing.”

As examples, he cited not only blown pass coverage assignments by the defense. On offense, mistakes included running back Pierre Thomas’ failure to recognize linebacker Karlos Dansby’s blitz on a third-down play in the fourth quarter. Dansby sacked Brees, taking New Orleans out of field goal range.

On special teams, Patrick Robinson was offside on a missed field goal. Cleveland got a second chance from closer in and converted.

The Saints made similar mistakes in their Week 1 overtime loss at Atlanta as well, Payton said.

“We’ve got to look closely at being prepared for those things

and being smarter in those situations,” Payton said. “That is the one thing that has stood out now — two weeks in a row.”

Payton was also bothered by the fact that many of the mental errors occurred before the snap.

“It’s critical that guys know where to be and what to do,” Payton said. “Those are things that we need to clean up in a hurry.”

Robinson had difficulties beyond his offside penalty. He was beaten on several key Cleveland completions, including Miles Austin’s touchdown in the first quarter. Late in the first quarter, Robinson was moved to the nickel back position and replaced at cornerback by Corey White, but fellow cornerback Keenan Lewis insisted that it wasn’t fair to single out Robinson when other cornerbacks are routinely beaten by top receivers for more yardage and more touchdowns in a given game.

“As a teammate I think he’s

one of the best, so we’ll keep rooting for him and keep pushing him and helping him and hope he can play well,” Lewis said.

For Vaccaro, frustration stems from his belief that the Saints’ secondary is an exceptional one — too good to blow assignments with games on the line, as they did in the final seconds at Cleveland.

The Browns were on the Saints’ 39-yard line with 13 seconds left when quarterback Brian Hoyer found receiver Andrew Hawkins uncovered at the 11, setting up the winning kick.

The Saints were blitzing when Hawkins caught the ball on the side of the field where Lewis and White were in coverage.

“We busted a play. We lost the game. It’s that simple,” Vaccaro said. “It would have been different if the guy had made a great catch and we were all there and everything was perfect, but we didn’t execute and we lost.”

SWAC Names Football Student-Athletes of the Week BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southwestern Athletic Conference has named Alabama State’s Malcom Cyrus (Autaugaville, Ala./Autaugaville) and Preston Clark (Jacksonville, Fla./University Christian), Jackson State’s Javancy Jones (Macon, Miss./ Noxubee, College), and Darryan Ragsdale (Brandon, Miss./Hinds College) from Alcorn State football student-athletes of the week.

OFFENSIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Malcom Cyrus (Alabama State) This is Cyrus’ first time this season earning offensive athlete

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purpose yards.

of the week honors. He was most of the Hornet’s offense in their 27-21 win over nationally ranked Tennessee State. The 5-10, 180 back rushed for a game-high 170 yards on 26 carries. He also caught three passes for another 86 yards, including a 70-yard catch and run that opened second half scoring for Alabama State. Cyrus finished the game with 256 all-

DEFENSIVE STUDENTATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Javancy Jones (Jackson State) Jones led the Jackson State defense with nine tackles, four for a loss, in the Tigers 59-0 rout of Virginia Lynchburg. He also forced a fumble and broke up a pass.

SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK – Preston Clark (Alabama State) The freshman kicker earned specialist of the week honors after going through the entire game

without missing a single kick. He connected on two field goals at 32 and 27 yards, respectively, and hit all three extra points, totaling nine points in the win. Clark also put in work as a punter averaging 33.5 yards per punt, even dropping one inside the 20.

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – Darryan Ragsdale (Alcorn State) The 6-0, 198 running back accounted for 111 of the Braves 295 rushing yards on 11 carries.

Ragsdale’s longest was a 35-yard run. He averaged 10.1 yards per carry.

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for the No. 8 Tigers’ Southeastern Conference opener against the Bulldogs on Saturday night.

“He’s a guy that stands back in the pocket and knows what he’s looking at. He makes the throws and he has the ability to pull it down. He runs with strength.

Southern Jags Falls to Northwestern State, 51-27 BATON ROUGE, LA - Zach Adkins was 30 of 35 and threw four touchdowns to lead Northwestern State to a 51-27 win over Southern on Saturday night.

Midway through the first quarter, defensive back JeMar Marshall recovered a fumble by Southern quarterback Deonte Shorts and ran the ball in 9 yards for a touchdown, giving Northwestern State (1-2) a 17-0 lead.

Adkins threw two more touchdowns in the second quarter to build a 34-7 lead by halftime.

Shorts was 13 of 21, threw one touchdown and ran for another score for Southern (1-2).

Austin Howard also played quarterback and threw a 79yard touchdown pass to Willie Quinn, but Howard also threw three interceptions.

Quinn had 107 receiving yards and Justin Morgan had 109 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Nine different receivers caught passes for Northwestern State, led by Cody Jones with 6 catches for 43 yards.

Tigers Suffer Tough Loss Against Houston BethuneCookman University Houston, Texas- On the second game on the road, the Grambling State University Tigers (0-2) suffered a tough loss to the University of Houston Cougars with a final score of 47-0 Saturday evening in Houston. Despite allowing over 40 points to the Cougars at TEDCU Stadium, the G-Men’s defense never gave up.

Grambling’s defensive line nicknamed the “Body Snatchers,” made four goal line stops against Houston. In the second quarter, the G-Men forced a fumble on Farrow, which was recovered by Tigers No. 56 Troy Roach. At the end of the third quarter, Brandon Byrdsong recovered a fumbled ball from Ward off of a 49-yard punt

by Sophomore Johnathan Wallace.

Dwight Amphy and Tyree Hollins led the Tigers with eight tackles

followed by Aaron Breed (6) and Mike Roach (5). Quarterback Stephen Johnson wrapped up a 1118-2 night for 151 yards. Junior receiver Chester Rogers finished the night with 85 yards on four receptions including a season-long 22-yard pass.

This is the second time that the Cougars have defeated the Tigers. The last time both teams played each other was back in 2006 at the old Robertson Stadium in Houston (42-22).

Next, the Tigers will travel to take on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats for their home opener Saturday, September 13th in Municipal Stadium with a 4:00 p.m. kickoff. The last time the Tigers played the Wildcats was in 2004 and defeated them in a close game (24-23).

Oak Grove from page 4 reer, adults and seniors, and local and international missions.

Oak Grove Baptist Church was established in 1914. A whiteframed church building with very high steps was erected on land donated by Hillard Andrew Webb and Victoria Melissa White Webb, who were instrumental in naming the church. Oak Grove Baptist Church was named for the high school previously situated across the road from the current home of the Oak Grove Community Center.

Oak Grove Baptist Church became a member of the Eastern Louisiana District Association on October 15, 1915 during the 73rd session. The first messengers to attend were E.D. Dixon, W. A. King, and T. L. Odom, with 102 Oak Grove Baptist Church members reported.

The present church structures were built under the auspice of H. Clayton Waddell’s ministry, 1949-1966. During this time, one acre of land was purchased behind

the church building to provide needed space for a cemetery. Cora Webb King with groundbreaking on March 8, 1953, and completion in 1962 donated land for the present sanctuary. Acclaimed architect, A. Hays Town designed the sanctuary with the members of the church and the community performed the construction.

John W. Carrigan Jr., pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, accepted the call to serve the church in June 1981. Carrigan received his Master Divinity Degree from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California in 1979. He continues to lead Oak Grove Baptist Church in worship and faithful ministry.

For more information about Oak Grove Baptist Church, visit www.ogbcprairieville.com or via www.

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