The St. Tammany Farmer 02-12-2025 by The Advocate

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Slidell senior lives out FFA motto

BY MARGARET ALBERT Contributing writer

At 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 30, the barns of the St. Tammany Parish Fair Grounds were humming with the confident, calm energy and excitement of agricultural students readying their show animals for competition in the 2025 Louisiana Southeast District Junior Livestock Show At 8 a.m., high school students filed into the show ring, each leading a Southdown lamb for the Sheep Showmanship competition. Among the contestants was Northshore High School senior Hudson Galloway a contender who entered the show ring with his 11/2-year-old lamb, Magnolia, and waited for the judging instructions. But Galloway was no ordinary contestant; prior to the festivities, the Slidell resident was chosen to reign with the show’s queen, Hammond high school senior Eliza Foster The king and queen were chosen based on their individual achievements in livestock activities,

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

PROTECTIVE PLANTING

NFL, volunteers plant trees to help protect historic

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Dozens of volunteers plant-

ed bald cypress trees around the nearly 200-year-old Tchefuncte River Lighthouse for a wetlands restoration project on Feb. 4 — the latest restoration event organized by Louisiana environmental groups in partnership with the NFL ahead of the Super Bowl held in New Orleans on Feb. 9.

Madisonville lighthouse

and prevent erosion, Pelloat said. “That land area is our first defense here in Madisonville.”

The area around the lighthouse was once home to cypress trees, said Kristi Trail, director of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, which helped organize the event in partnership with NFL Green, the league’s sustainability initiative. But the high levels of salt that came into the lake from the Gulf of Mexico through the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet caused many trees to die, she said.

In a surprise move, the St. Tammany Parish Council has voted unanimously to add two new members to the parish’s Library Board of Control, a recently overhauled body that for more than two years has been at the center of controversy over access to library materials with sexually explicit and LGBTQ+ themes.

Ahead of the Feb. 6 council meeting, it appeared the council would have to choose between appointing lawyer Charles Branton, endorsed by the parish’s Republican Party, and retired schoolteacher Dinah Thanars, nominated by a Democratic council member, to ﬁll a lone vacancy, which opened in

Both potential appointees added in surprise vote ä

A day after ex-Navy SEALs and others helped install an oyster reef in Leeville, volunteers from corporations such as Entergy and Dow Chemical and local nonproﬁts planted 600 cypress trees near the 1837 lighthouse, which sits on the edge of a tiny peninsula west of Madisonville near where the Tchefuncte empties into Lake Pontchartrain.

The area is “very, very vulnerable to hurricanes,” said Madisonville Mayor Jean

Pelloat. During Hurricane Ida, the water likely rose between 8 to 12 feet in that area, he estimated, damaging the lighthouse’s steps.

In October, St Tammany Parish began a $1.6 million restoration project to protect the lighthouse, one of the oldest in Louisiana, from storm

surges and coastal erosion.

The lighthouse would be lost to the water, Pelloat said, if not for the parish’s restoration project, which includes building a sea wall to protect it from storm surges.

The new cypress trees just planted will help protect the land from stormwater

Since the outlet was shut down in 2009, salinity levels have lowered, she said. After testing, the conservancy determined the soil was once again suitable for cypress trees.

There used to be a lot more

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Poseidon will roll again with new units, bands

BY SARA PAGONES Contributing writer

The Krewe of Poseidon will mark its 10th anniversary when it rolls down the Slidell parade route on Feb. 15, a milestone that might make it tempting for the group to rest on its laurels. But looking back instead of forward isn’t the way Poseidon does

things. Captain Ronny Kastner stresses the need to keep the parade fresh, with new units, bands and other features to surprise paradegoers and keep them coming back for more. A decade in, that’s still the philosophy for the 750-member krewe that has seen its membership grow consistently and has the distinction of being the largest on the northshore.

“Is the parade fun for everyone? Artistry, pageantry, revelry — we try to touch on all of that,” Kastner said. “Some only focus on what’s fun for the rider.”

This year, Poseidon will have 26 floats, including for the first time, two floats that the krewe owns: two double tandems for its maids and another for the grand marshal. Tandem floats are something of a rarity on the northshore, Kastner said. The parade normally features 10 or so bands, and this year will feature the large band Alcorn State University from Mississippi for the first time.

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STAFF PHOTOS BY SOPHIA GERMER

People gather for a news conference on Feb 4 in front of the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse near Madisonville during an NFL Green tree planting

Volunteers from Entergy and Dow help plant tree seedlings near the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse.

2025 St. Tammany Parish Carnival parades

St. Tammany

Here’s a list of

processions, from boat parades and canine groups to traditional float parades and superkrewes

Feb. 14 Mystic Krewe of Titans Slidell 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 Bilge (boat parade) Slidell Noon Poseidon Slidell 6 p.m.

Feb. 16 Antheia Slidell 1 p.m. Pearl River Lions Pearl River 1 p.m.

Feb. 21 Eve Mandeville 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 Krewe de Paws Slidell 10 a.m. Tchefuncte (boat parade) Madisonville Noon

Mystic Krewe of Olympia Covington 6 p.m

Mona Lisa & MoonPie Slidell 7 p.m.

Feb. 23 Dionysus Slidell 1 p.m. Push Mow Abita Springs 2 p.m.

Feb. 28 Selene Slidell 6:30 p.m.

Mar 1 Krewe of Bush Bush 9 a.m.

Mar 4 Covington Lions Covington 10 a.m. Mystic Krewe of Covington Covington 10 a.m. Kidz (wagon parade) Slidell 10 a.m.

Mar. 9 Mardi Paws

Mar. 15 Krewe du Pooch

Source: Arthur Hardy's Mardi Gras Guide

POSEIDON

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“It has 200 members, probably the biggest we’ve seen in Slidell,” Kastner said. Paradegoers will also see some of the same groups that Poseidon likes to stick with every year, he said, but even those will include some new wrinkles. The Shriners, who are a big part of the parade, will include a group driving Tin Lizzies along with the motorcycles and dune buggies people are accustomed to seeing.

Two years ago, the krewe surprised paradegoers with a fireworks show, visible from the start of the route on Pontchartrain Drive, before the parade began rolling. That will happen again this year, but a skywriter will also follow the route with blue and pink smoke — signature colors for the coed krewe followed by white.

“You’ve got to change it up. A lot of krewes lack

LIBRARY

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December following a board member‘s resignation.

But a last-minute change to the council’s agenda allowed it to appoint both. In phone interviews, Thanars and Branton expressed diverging views on how to approach access to library materials for children under 18, a question that has dogged the library system. Both said they are committed to compromise and want to ensure the parish’s voters in March renew a library tax, which provides 96% of the library’s funding.

“I think we need to address children’s access to sexually explicit materials,” Branton said, when asked by phone what he thought the board needed to focus on most right now He said books like “Gender Queer” and “Sex is a Funny Word” should be

PLANTING

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land around the lighthouse, Trail said. Now, the newly planted tree roots will act like a “hand gripping the soil,” she said, holding the ground in place and preventing erosion.

“I think it’s an important reminder that even here on the northshore, we are still

imagination,” Kastner said. When people ask how the krewe will top a given parade, Kastner says he views that as a challenge. Poseidon has met a few challenges in its first decade. The krewe began with a group of friends sitting around a kitchen table mulling over what was missing from Slidell’s Carnival scene. Kastner thought the launch would take two years, but when members pressed for a faster start, that’s what Poseidon did The krewe persuaded the city to amend its regulations to allow a ninth parade, and in its third year, the group successfully petitioned the Slidell City Council to let it roll at night. Before the pandemic, the krewe had grown to 792, and while numbers dropped during the 2021 pandemic shutdown, it’s nearing that high mark once again. Kastner said people are still asking to ride. A group of 70 original members have paraded every year and were honored

“at a minimum restricted.”

Restricting access to certain books, he suggested, was important to do ahead of the March vote in order to appeal to the public.

Library policy currently requires any books with sexually explicit material to be placed in the adult section, which people under 18 can only access with parental permission. Branton said he was planning to meet with the parish’s library director and would look into whether any further policies were needed.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” he said, saying there is only seven weeks before that election.

Thanars, meanwhile, was more skeptical of restricting access to books, recalling that she read “any and everything” as a kid.

The retired schoolteacher was nominated in January by Council member Jimmy Strickland, who promised to nominate a Black person

a coastal community,” Trail said. Wearing waders and earmuffs, volunteers rode airboats out the mouth of the Tchefuncte River and along the lakefront over to the lighthouse, which is inaccessible by car For some, it was their ﬁrst time in the loud, fan-powered boats. In the swamp behind the lighthouse, the volunteers dug basketball-sized holes in the mud for the cypress sap-

community engagement, 4H and Future Farmers of America leadership, as well other accomplishments. And they serve as ambassadors for the livestock show

Foster has showed livestock since sixth grade, and because her parents also showed livestock in their youth, she was a “livestock legacy” contender. But Galloway was a relatively new competitor This was only his second year, and he was the ﬁrst in his family to do so. Galloway began 4H involvement in junior high butdidnotbecomeinterested in competition until the end of his sophomore year of high school. He started out showing a Nubian doe goat, and then switched to a Southdown lamb.

Galloway is a polite, softspoken young man with a tendency toward modesty

by the krewe with 10-year medallions.

This year, Poseidon will have plenty of specialty throws for its anniversary and to this year’s theme, “What A Wonderful World.”

“There will be lots of light-ups and things that show the anniversary,” he said. The krewe is bringing back umbrellas, but these will have the Poseidon merman on top rather than the mermaid tail that graced earlier versions.

This year’s royalty, Jimbo Borchert and Deanna Reine, will have specialty throws to share as well.

Krewe members got a sneak preview of what the 10th anniversary ride will look like at a meeting last month. Those pre-parade gatherings have become a draw in themselves, with several hundred people attending.

But even as Poseidon is poised for its big 10 celebration, Kastner has his eyes toward the future “I’m thinking about 11 and 12,” he said.

to the board in response to the board’s discussion about the YA novel “The Hate U Give,” which Strickland said revealed how “out of touch” the all-White board was. Citing her husband’s health, board member Carole Gillio resigned shortly after that December board meeting, creating the vacancy

The board ultimately kept the novel in the adult section due to sexually explicit materially found on one page.

Asked in a phone interview about the discussion around the “Hate U Give” novel, Thanars said she thought it showed why it was important to have people with different life experiences on the board, but said she was “ﬁne” with the board’s decision to keep the book in the adult section.

Thanars said she just questioned the restriction’s effectiveness. “Kids can access anything on their phone,” she said. “What are you going to do? Ban their phones?”

lings. Jared Lyons, a portfolio manager at Entergy, said he’s done other tree-planting events with the company but this was the ﬁrst time he had to take an airboat to get to a site. The saplings were wrapped up in plastic to guard against nutria, which like to gnaw on baby tree roots, Trail said. Around 18 to 24 months from now, her group will return to take the nutria protectors off

“In my sophomore year I decided to take the opportunity to show animals. I began with goats and moved to lambs,” he said. When asked how long he had been working with Magnolia, “Oh, I’ve had her since she was born,” he said. As president of the Northshore High’s chapter of FFA, Galloway is also the barn manager and coordinates the livestock team that maintains the animals and orders feed as needed.

Lauren Mura is incredibly proud of her son, who she said mostly played video games before becoming involved in ag classes, 4H and FFA.

“I do not worry about Hudson,” she said. “His involvement with FFA and the responsibilities he’s been given have increased his confidence tremendously Hudson was the emcee for the recent banquet. Communications are an important facet of FFA training, and this was evident at the banquet.”

Galloway’s ag teacher at Northshore High School, Caitlyn Negueloua, said of him, “I believe he was chosen king because he is such a strong young advocate for the ag and livestock industry He was one of my ﬁrst students, and I am extremely grateful and honored to have seen him grow into the young leader he is today He’s the type of kid to be there for others and determined to get the job done.”

In general, Thanars said it was important for the Library Board to be “nonpartisan.”

“There needs to be some compromise,” she said by phone.

The second board seat came open when board member Robert H. Belknap decided to resign in order for Branton and Thanars to join the board, Council member Joe Impastato said. “He did a great thing to try to bring people together,” Impastato said of Belknap’s decision.

Some attendees at the meeting questioned whether such a last-minute decision to amend the agenda and ﬁll the newly created vacancy was fair or legal. One person argued the council should hold off on appointing anyone new until the federal lawsuit ﬁled by three former board members over their removal is resolved.

The council’s lawyer Emily Couvillon, said the additional

and even after that, they will continue to monitor the area’s salinity and water levels.

Trail said the NFL’s involvement was important to highlight land loss in Louisiana “to the rest of the country and the world,” she said. “We have a real crisis down here.”

Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@theadvocate. com.

vacancy was considered a “verbal off-floor agenda item,” and adding the agenda item required a unanimous vote, which it received, as did both nominations.

Thanars will now ﬁll out the rest of Belknap’s term and be up for a reappointment again in June 2025, while Branton will ﬁll out Gillio’s term and be up for reappointment in June 2026.

Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@theadvocate. com.

The FFA motto gives its members words to live by: “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.” At the end of the Sheep Showmanship event, Galloway and Magnolia left the ring with the designation of Reserve Champion (second place). In the past two years, Galloway has aspired to and modeled the work necessary to set and achieve goals within a short time period. He seems to be living out the FFA motto and has set the bar high for whoever follows him as next year’s king of the Southeast District Livestock Show

Facebook a crime solver in St. Tammany Parish

BY BOB WARREN Staff writer

As St. Tammany Parish deputies scoured a neighborhood for suspects connected to a rash of vehicle burglaries last July, there were more eyes involved in the search than just the deputies on the ground.

Many, many, more eyes.

The Sheriff’s Ofﬁce Facebook page contained a post about the burglaries and subsequent search, and many of the page’s 159,000 followers anxiously tracked the action.

Some even passed along tips to the deputies

‘Facebook detectives’

It wasn’t the first — and certainly won’t be the last time — Facebook readers have “teamed” with the police ofﬁcers in St. Tammany to sniff out bad guys.

“Everybody wants to get involved,” St. Tammany Sheriff Randy Smith said, relaying the story of the search that eventually ended with two men being arrested.

“One guy posted, ‘I just saw a guy running through the woods.’ It was amazing.”

Looking recently at the 2024 crime statistics for the areas his deputies patrol, Smith said he has been impressed with the clearance rates for many of the crimes reported in the parish. That is, those crimes for which a

collar is made or the crime is otherwise solved

The clearance rate for thefts in unincorporated St. Tammany in 2024, for instance, was 56%, Smith said. That’s nearly four times what the Sheriff’s Office says is the national rate. The clearance rate is 52% for vehicle theft, compared to the U.S. average of 8%, the Sheriff’s Office said. Overall crime dipped last year across St. Tammany Parish, statistics from the Sheriff’s Office and several municipal police departments show

Violent crimes — homicide, assault and sex offenses either decreased or remained about the same as in 2023, the stats show Overall crime in unincorporated St. Tammany, which comprises most of the parish’s approximately 275,000 people, was down around 8% compared with 2023, the statistics show This comes after crime in unincorporated St. Tammany increased by 7% from 2022 to 2023. The Sheriff’s Office patrols all areas outside the municipalities of Slidell, Mandeville, Covington,

Pearl River and Madisonville, which have their own police departments and report their own stats.

Drop in homicides

There were 10 homicides parishwide reported by the St. Tammany Coroner’s Ofﬁce in 2024. The Coroner’s Ofﬁce reported 12 in 2023.

Nine of the homicide victims died of gunshot wounds. One person died of cutting wounds, the Coroner’s Ofﬁce said.

Smith said last year’s homicides include two murdersuicides as well as a fatal shooting at the boat launch in Lacombe the night of Dec. 28, as severe weather rolled across the region.

While people in south central St. Tammany were hunkering down ahead of tornado advisories, a patrol deputy found a dead body with multiple gunshot wounds.

Smith said deputies located some home surveillance cameras along the roadway leading to the boat launch. That video footage helped them identify the vehicle and a possible driver An arrest was made the following

Covington council wants parcel to benefit Hope House

BY KIM CHATELAIN

Contributing writer

The Covington City Council has authorized Mayor Mark Johnson to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement that will allow the Children’s Advocacy Center — Hope House to use a piece of public land for its expansion project.

At its Feb. 5 meeting, the council resolved unanimously to allow the nonproﬁt’s use of an undeveloped public parcel measuring 60-by-47 feet near the intersection of West 28th Street and Dutch Alley Terms of the agreement have not been ﬁnalized.

Council President Mark Verret, sponsor of the resolution, said Hope House is expanding its facility at 223 W. 28th Ave. and purchased part of a private lot for the

project. The city owns the other piece of the lot.

Hope House wants to use the public parcel for a parking lot for law enforcement vehicles that frequent the facility The cooperative endeavor agreement will stipulate that the nonprofit will pay for any improvements needed to turn the city property into a parking lot.

“I’m in wholehearted support of this,” Verret said of the resolution, adding that Hope House has a sterling reputation and provides a valuable service to the community Hope House is an independent organization dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse in the community It seeks to provide a path to recovery and a bridge to justice for victims of abuse. It also provides the forensic

day

“For a parish this size with this many people, you’re going to have crime,” Smith said. “But to keep our numbers this low is impressive.”

Smith credited his deputies and noted that new substations in the Slidell and Madisonville areas provide visibility and put the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce in a better position to respond to calls for service.

Quality of life

The number of reported assaults and batteries fell in other jurisdictions across St. Tammany as well, the stats show In Covington, for instance, total assault reports dropped from 73 in 2023 to 48 last year

Slidell, meanwhile, saw

big drops in total burglaries — from 131 to 105 — and vehicle thefts which plunged more than 37% from 2023 to 2024. Slidell, the largest of the parish’s municipalities, had one homicide last year, compared to three the year before.

The violent crime rate in St. Tammany remains relatively low, which gives police departments more time to handle quality-of-life issues, Mandeville Police Chief Todd Schliem said.

“The bottom line: We don’t have a lot of criminals,” he said.

That allowed Schliem’s officers to spend more time on traffic complaints — there were 9,417 traffic violations in 2024, which the chief explained includes some tick-

ets but also lots of stops to hand out warnings to drivers.

‘I know that guy’ That’s not to say that crime isn’t on residents’ minds. Which perhaps is why they are willing to report crimes to the authorities or turn to social media as the various dramas unfold.

“I call them our ‘Facebook detectives,’ ” said Daniel Seuzeneau, the Slidell Police Department’s chief administrative ofﬁcer and, as a department public information ofﬁcer, one of the architects behind its popular Facebook page.

“If I ever have to try and identify somebody I’ll say ‘All right, Facebook detectives, now’s your chance,’ ” Seuzeneau said. “These Facebook detectives, they’ll go to the deep ends of the earth to help us identify somebody.”

The Slidell Police Department’s Facebook page, which features multiple posts each day, has 154,000 followers.

Likewise, the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, where Lts. Suzanne Carboni and Carli Messina not only handle public information duties but run the Facebook page as well.

“We get Facebook messages with Ring camera video now,” Carboni said. And, like in Slidell, a request for help identifying someone in a surveillance photo or video will often prompt an outpouring of tips.

“It’s like, ‘Hey, I know that guy,’” Carboni said. “Sometimes it might be

evidence required by the courts to prosecute those accused of abusing children.

It is funded by grants, donations and the annual Heroes Who Cook fundraiser

Hope House Executive Director Thomas Mitchell told the council that the advocacy center needs more space due to a dramatic increase in the number of child abuse cases.

During his ﬁrst year as director in 2017, Mitchell said the center conducted 287 forensic interviews related to abuse cases. In 2024, that number rose to 525. In other action, the council reappointed Lisa Condrey Ward to another four-year term on the Covington Historic District Commission.

A Covington attorney and owner of the Southern Hotel, Ward has been a member of the commission since 2016.

Covington’s Black history now in museum collection

BY SUZIE HUNT

Contributing writer

James “Gus” Davis is featured in a new display in the Covington Trailhead Museum for two very different reasons. One notes his distinguished service in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and his long-standing leadership through the local NAACP chapter The other highlights his dedication to creating an opportunity for young Black boys to play Little League football in the 1970 and 1980s.

Davis’ story is one of dozens highlighted in “The Historic Black Community” mural unveiled during ceremonies on Jan. 30 at the museum.

“We have a great museum focused on the history of Covington, but there was more that needed to be added, and it was information about our Black community,” said Mark Verret, president of both the Covington City Council and the Covington Heritage Foundation.

The idea behind the mural grew out of events of the city’s bicentennial celebration in 2013 and the presentation from a noted local historian, he said.

“Eva Baham gave a presentation packed with information about the historic Black community here and the impact their culture had on the history of Covington. We realized the museum was missing something important,” said Verret.

about interesting local people, places, and events, as well as personal stories. One video features Dwight Robertson, the son of Isiah ‘Sonny’ Robertson, in a replica baseball uniform, talking about his father’s time playing in the Negro Leagues after his return from military service in World War II.

To gather information needed to complete this project, it took oldfashioned connections to get to the right people, according to Baham.

“When you are not a member of a community, especially in the rural South, you need to be introduced to people who have the family stories.

I’m thankful to many people, including Ms. Ella Selmon and Gus Davis, who took me to people’s houses and helped to open doors,” said Baham. She also found information through the parish archives, School Board and local church records. To obtain use of precious family photos, Baham had to promise to personally scan the pictures and return them promptly before receiving permission to use them.

nities to keep kids involved and off the streets,” said Davis. Featured on the museum display is the story of “The Vikings,” a Little League football team organized by Davis and Lonnie Boykins in 1979. Although they were the leaders for the program, Davis said it was the support from both the Black and White communities that helped it succeed.

“Coaches at Covington High School and St. Paul’s High School donated team uniforms for our kids. My wife, Diane, and other women helped with the team, cut the uniforms down so that they ﬁt the boys. We received help from many people, and the team won 12 championships over the years,” said Davis.

Verret sees this completed project as a way for the entire community of Covington to celebrate its collective history

A concerted effort was made going forward to work with Baham, an assistant professor of history at Dillard University, to incorporate information from her book, “The African American Community in Covington,” as well as to add supplemental stories to complete the display

The support of Covington Mayor Mark Johnson was key to complet-

St. Tammany summer school fees return

BY KIM CHATELAIN

Contributing writer

Fees of up to $300 will be imposed this year for St. Tammany Parish students who attend summer school to recover credits they fail to receive during the regular school session.

For the past several years, summer school for public school students in St Tammany Parish has been offered free of charge, thanks to federal pandemic funding. But that funding has expired, forcing the district to resume summer school fees that have been absent for the past three years.

Melissa Langlois, the school district’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, reported on the issue at the Feb. 6 School Board committee as a whole meeting. Louisiana schools in 2021 were awarded roughly $4 billion in Elementary and Secondary Relief money that Congress pumped into schools to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools had leeway in how they spent the money, with St. Tammany and other districts using some of it to provide free summer school programs. That relief, however, was temporary, and school districts across the country will be without the unprecedented surge in federal money “It’s been a wonderful opportunity, but unfortunately those funds have expired,” Langlois said. “Since those funds have expired, we have to reinstate a fee for our

summer school programs.”

She said district ofﬁcials researched the current cost of running the summer school programs before arriving at a fee schedule. The fees will be imposed this summer when three summer school programs will be offered: one for K-6 students; another for grades 7 and 8; and one for high school students Sessions will be Monday through Thursday, June 9 to July 12, from 8 a.m. until noon. The elementary school programs will be held at Florida Avenue Elementary in Slidell and Magnolia Trace Elementary in Mandeville; these students can recover one course deficiency for $300. The junior high and high school programs will be virtual.

Junior high students in grades 7 and 8 can recover up to two deﬁciencies at a cost of $150 per course with a maximum of two courses. High school students can recover up to one Carnegie credit for $300 or one-half credit for $150. In other action, the board adopted a school calendar for the 2026-2027 school year The session will begin with professional development days for teachers on Aug. 3 and 4, 2026. The ﬁrst day of school for students with last names beginning with A-L will be Aug. 6; those with M-Z last names will attend the following day All students will report on Aug 10. The school year will end on May 25, 2027.

ing and installing the mural and for creating a video kiosk featuring local people telling their family stories and tales of Covington’s past, according to Sarada Bonnett, cultural arts and events director for the city of Covington.

“Mayor Mark’s love of local history helped make these projects happen,” she said.

The kiosk is filled with videos

The stories featured in the mural and on the kiosk’s videos are personable and are now preserved for future generations, according to Bonnett.

Davis sees the importance of community involvement as a primary cornerstone of society today as it was decades ago.

“We did everything we could to get kids out to play That’s something we need today too. Opportu-

“The whole goal of the Covington Heritage Foundation is to preserve our town’s history for the future. This was a unique way for our entire community to work together to add important information that had been missing in our museum,” she said.

The Covington Trailhead Museum at 419 N. New Hampshire St. is open from 10 a.m. to

(985) 892-1873.

reer choice.

BY SUZIE HUNT Contributing writer

Growing up, Lt. Alison Champagne loved a good mystery That early curiosity sparked a career looking for clues at crime scenes and doing the forensic work of law enforcement.

In honor of her commitment to excellence in her field, Champagne has been named the 2024 St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy of the Year Champagne works in the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce Crime Lab and has spent her entire 16year career doing forensic work. Three years ago, she transitioned from scene investigations and digital forensics to a management position as assistant director overseeing daily operations.

Capt. Kenny Letort, the crime lab director, said it was a drastic shift in duties.

“Lt. Champagne embraced this challenge and continued to maintain a high level of professionalism and positive attitude within the lab,” he said.

Although she knows her duty is the smooth running of the crime lab, Champagne makes herself available to her staff to help at the scene of a crime.

“My favorite part of this job, I think, will always be out in the thick of things, working a scene,” Champagne said.

On more than one occasion when a difficult case

was being processed, Champagne has arrived on-site to assist her personnel, despite being off duty or even on vacation out of the parish. Her dedication goes above and beyond, according to Letort.

“Her knowledge and expertise involving the different operations in the department and her confidence in making sound decisions make her an invaluable asset to our agency,” said Letort.

Champagne said she was in college studying architecture when she took a

few criminal justice classes. From then on, she was hooked, and her career path chosen. Champagne joined the Sheriff’s Department in 2008 and went through the STPSO Academy in 2009. She is POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training Council) certiﬁed.

Champagne encourages people interested in forensics to take a good look because much of the work is not like the sanitized version seen on TV The lab offers internships for students looking at forensics as a ca-

“Everybody may think they can do this work, but not everyone can It is challenging and can take a toll on people. However, I think being in law enforcement is very rewarding,” said Champagne. Champagne grew up in Lockport and graduated from Central Lafourche High. She earned bachelor’s degrees in both criminal justice from University of Louisiana at Lafayette and forensic chemistry from McNeese State University

PROVIDED PHOTO

From left are John Botsford, Geraldine Callahan, Covington Mayor Mark Johnson, Mallery Callahan, Eva Baham, Bo Elzy, Andrew Brown, Peter Lewis, Mary Baham, Robin Schulberg, Michael Rush, Carl Celestine, Mark Verret and Hans Hassinger

Parish denies potential neighborhood rezoning

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A developer’s request to rezone nearly 350 acres west of Covington for hundreds of new homes was rejected by the St. Tammany Parish Planning and Zoning Commission during a standingroom-only meeting on Feb. 4.

Now, the St. Tammany Parish Council, which takes the commission’s decisions as recommendations, will have the ﬁnal say In front of a crowd of over 100 people, the developer’s lawyer, Paul Mayronne, argued the proposed subdivision’s direct access to two major parish corridors U.S. 190 and La 1077 — and its consistency with the density of nearby developments made it an optimal place to build single family housing

The developer, H1 Associates, sought a zoning change from a rural classiﬁcation to a suburban classiﬁcation

“If this is not an appropriate place, then I ask you rhetorically: Where is it?” Mayronne said.

But opponents, clad in LSU gear and other purple attire

to show their unity, argued that even without the proposed subdivision, the highways are already congested, the schools crowded and the community’s subdivisions are prone to flooding. The development, they argued, would lower quality of life for everyone.

The potential subdivision in the unincorporated community of Goodbee would cover two undeveloped pieces of land, one 305 acres and the other 38 acres. The vast majority of the two tracts are currently zoned to only allow one home every ﬁve acres, whereas the requested zoning would allow one home every 7,500 square feet.

In all, the 38-acre tract could have up to 100 homes, said the developer, Jeff Vallee of H1 Associates, and the 305-acre lot would likely have hundreds more, though he didn’t have an exact amount.

“People think this is going to come in overnight and it’s just not,” Vallee said by phone. Residents would not move in for at least two years and the whole development would likely take up

to 20 years to ﬁnish, he said.

But Matthew Allen, executive director of Northshore RiverWatch, a conservation nonproﬁt based in St. Tammany Parish, argued the development would cause flooding in the surrounding area and that developers should build on higher ground. “This whole property ﬂoods,” he said.

The development would have more than 50 acres of retention ponds and “exceed” the parish’s drainage requirement, Mayronne said, which include requiring new subdivisions to have 25% less runoff than the undeveloped property

Regardless, Mayronne said the question before the zoning board was not about drainage, but zoning. He argued the proposed suburban zoning was consistent with nearby lots and the parish’s 2040 zoning plan.

The Planning and Zoning Commission was not convinced. The commissioners voted 11-0, with three members absent, to deny the rezoning requests for both of the tracts. Two commissioners spoke, very brieﬂy “I don’t really have to re-

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iterate what everybody’s already said,” said Commissioner Rene Arcemont. “We’ve had 15 emails, 40 cards today and another 67 on the sign-up sheet that is against it, so my motion is to deny.”

Commissioner Phillip Truxillo argued the zoning change would have a negative impact on “safety, welfare and quality of life,” pointing to traffic on La. 1077, one of the corridors the development would abut.

Vallee said he was “hopeful” going into the meeting, but anticipated a possible denial. Now, he said, he plans to appeal to the Parish Council.

More work slated for Slidell’s Amazon site

Years after it was expected to be operational it appears work will begin soon to finish and open the $40 million Amazon facility in Slidell.

But don’t look for company ofﬁcials to provide a possible opening date yet.

The online retail giant has pulled two city permits: for interior work at the huge

building, and to erect signage on it, acting Slidell Mayor Bill Borchert said.

An Amazon spokesperson, Steve Kelly, said this week that the Slidell facility remains in the company’s longterm plans, even though its opening has been delayed.

Kelly said the company does not have an anticipated opening date that it can provide. He has said in previous interviews that hiring won’t begin until the center is 30 to 60 days from being operational.

“Work is ongoing in preparation for the facility to come online,” Kelly said in an email. “That work is currently concentrated on building out our internal construction — including racking and conveyance.”

“As construction progresses, we should have a better idea of a launch timeline,” he added in the email.

The exterior of the 140,000-square-foot facility on Town Center Parkway near Old Spanish Trail has been complete for several years. But the company has said it still must be outﬁtted with racks, conveyors and other equipment.

Amazon announced the Slidell center in 2021, with an initial opening date targeted for 2022. The opening has been pushed back several times, and Kelly declined to even offer a ballpark time frame. Officials in St. Tammany have been anxiously awaiting the opening of the center, which they have said will bring 250-400 jobs. While dates remain hazy for Slidell, Amazon has been busy in Louisiana.

Last June, Amazon opened a $200 million, 3.4-millionsquare-foot facility in Baton Rouge at the former Cortana Mall. More than 1,000 people could eventually work at that site, the company said. Another Amazon facility, in Shreveport, opened last October and employs more than 1,300 people. The facilities in Baton Rouge and Shreveport are the company’s large “fulﬁllment centers.” The center in Slidell will be somewhat smaller and is often referred to a “last-stop center” because it the ﬁnal stopping point for packages before they are delivered to customers.

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King Neptune 44 Tony Chivleatto and Queen Neptune 40 Madison White make their coronation procession around the hall on Feb 1 at the Krewe of Bilge Ball in Slidell.

From left are Michelle Zimmer, former King Neptune Joel Price, Joel Price Jr and Katie Esposito.

Krewe of Bilge founder Donald Drewes, left, and Richard Collignon.

MUSIC

SUNDAY: The Loyola Winds will perform solo and duet works for clarinet and trumpet on Feb. 16 as the Third Sunday Concert series at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington continues. Featured performers will include clarinetist John Reeks, a founder of the Louisiana Philharmonic; trumpeter Nick Volz; and pianist Jesse Reeks. This onehour concert will conclude with Gordon Jacob’s Double Concerto for Clarinet and Trumpet. The 5 p.m. performance in the church at 120 S. New Hampshire St. is free and open to the public. A reception will follow for the performers and audience to mingle.

NPAS: The Northlake Performing Arts Society will present two concerts next month honoring area ﬁrst responders, an evening performance on March 21 and a matinee on March 23 in Covington. The “United in Song” concerts on stage in the Covington High School Theater, 73030 Lion Drive, will admit ﬁrst responders free with ID Tickets for those 13 years and up are $15. Get them online at NPAS.ticketleap.com or in person at Downtown Drugs in Covington and C&C Drugs in Mandeville.

ON STAGE

WHAT’S THAT: See “All’s Well in Roswell (Isn’t it?)” at Slidell Little Theater weekends from Feb. 21 through March 9, in evening and matinee performances. After an unidentified flying object crashes onto a Roswell, New Mexico, ranch in 1947, rancher Ulysses T Boone had his hands full trying to handle the cast of characters that follows. But as it turns out, this was definitely not Boone’s first space rodeo. Based on the book by Michael Druce. Visit www.slidelllittletheatre.org/tickets for

information on season passes and individual tickets.

WHERE: Evangeline Theater Company presents “Almost, Maine!”, a romantic comedy/drama, on Feb. 14-15 at Fuhrmann Auditorium, 317 N. Jefferson Ave., in Covington. Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that almost doesn’t exist because its residents never got around to getting organized. So, it’s just Almost. Then, one cold, clear night in the middle of winter, while Northern Lights glow in the sky above, couples ﬁnd themselves falling in and out of love. How did that happen? Some results are funny, some sad, and some sweet — but all are from the heart — and with just a touch of magic. Visit Evangelinetheater.com for $27 tickets

LAUGH IT UP: The 30 by Ninety Theatre in Mandeville presents “Comedy Night 13,” an evening of clean comedy fun featuring Lee Hardin and Josh Watts on Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. An evening of relatable humor and hilarious storytelling suitable for audiences of all ages. Reserved seats $25; for tickets and more info, visit 30byninety.com.

PEOPLE WHO MEET

FEDS: Slidell Chapter 1396 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association next meets in Cornelius Community Center (the second white house past First Christian Church) at 102 Christian Lane on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. Guest speaker Laurie Panzeca with the nonproﬁt SMH Foundation. Beforehand, the Lunch Bunch will meet to eat at Italian Pie, 1319 Gause Blvd. All active and retired federal employees and spouses welcome. For info or lunch particulars, contact Elroy Noel at (985) 290-0757 or email elroynoel@bellsouth.net.

YOUNG: Young at Heart, a program for adults 55 and older at First Baptist Church Covington, will have its next program on Feb. 18 featuring gospel music by Cara Murray at 10:30 a.m. in the Central Hall. Hot lunch included for $15, but online registration is required by noon Feb. 14 at FBCCOV.org/adults-55.

MEET & EAT: The Northlake Newcomers’ monthly luncheon will take place Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. at Tchefuncta Country Club. Come enjoy history, stories, delicious king cake creations and hear about the many activities and community outreach programs open to those interested. Contact Georgia DiFranco at (504) 228-3101 or georgiedifranco@att. net or get the newsletter at northlakenewcomers.com.

WOMEN: The next general meeting of the Widows’ Social Club of Slidell will be held 10 a.m. on March 1. in the John Wesley Center at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 360 Robert Blvd. The speaker will be Eva Baham, retired professor of history (from Southern and Dillard universities). Her topic is “The Fire Within: Igniting a Life of Purpose (at any age).” Refreshments will be served, and all widows are welcome. Questions? Call Cindy Alberts at (985) 707-7676.

COMMUNITY GUMBO

SWEET: For parents wanting an adults-only date on Valentine’s Day evening, the

9 p.m. event at 348 Girod St. costs $35, plus online fees and taxes, and includes all supplies needed. Register at Eventbrite; for 18 years and over. Beginners or those proﬁcient using foam, wire and hot glue guns are welcome. Wine and king cake will be served.

MEN ONLY: The First Baptist Church of Mandeville will host a one-day men’s conference on Feb. 22, a day that will challenge and encourage participants, all while providing hours of fellowship, fun and singing with a roomful of men only. There will be speakers; breakout sessions, food, classic cars and giveaways. More information about the event, including registration details, can be found under

Children’s Museum of St. Tammany Parish can help make that happen. Children ages 4 to 10 years can attend a kids-only “Night at the Museum” event on Feb. 14 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Drop the kids off as early as 5:30 p.m. for a special dinner, holidaythemed arts and crafts and free play in the museum. Cost is $30, with a family discount of $20 for each child after the ﬁrst one. (Members get 10% off.) Space limited; registration required via the museum’s Facebook page or website.

HELP: St. Tammany Health System’s Palliative Medicine program will present its next free Advance Care Planning and Education WalkUp Workshop on Feb. 14 to help residents learn how to communicate their personal medical wishes to loved ones. The 11:30 a.m. event at United in Heart Health/Avanti Senior Living, 2235 Watercross Parkway, Covington, will give workshop attendees assistance in preparing living wills and related documents, all on-site at no charge. Open to the public. For more information or to set up an appointment to complete an Advance Care Plan, contact the STHS Palliative Medicine team at (985) 871-5975.

HOUSE FLOATS: For Carnival enthusiasts hoping to create house ﬂoats for the season, there’s a Feb. 15 workshop in Mandeville that teaches how to make the big, colorful Mardi Gras ﬂowers for exterior decor. The 5 p.m. to

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Northshore girls edge out Slidell in hoops rivalry

BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

The Northshore-Slidell girls basketball game had everything that a fan could want.

The home-standing Tigers rallied late to regain the lead, but it was a defensive play by Northshore freshman Kristyna Lambert that allowed the Panthers to escape with a 57-54 District 7-5A victory on Feb. 4.

“This was a big win,” said Northshore senior Cherie Spencer, who has a gamehigh 35 points. “Since they beat us on our home court, we had to return the favor This was just one of those must-win games.”

After trailing by double digits with less than four minutes left, Slidell came storming back thanks to a 12-0 run to take a 54-53 lead with 1:23 left.

From there, the game was a frantic sprint before Spencer drove the length of the court to draw a foul at the basket. She converted on both free throws with 31.5 seconds left to regain the lead. On the ensuing Slidell possession, Lambert came up with the defensive play of the game as she poked away an entry pass that Spencer scooped up for the steal “Kristyna (Lambert) is definitely one of our X-factors,” Spencer said. “She starts as a freshman and plays a

big role. She has deﬁnitely stepped up a lot. She’s been a scorer when we needed it. She’s been a rebounder and has gotten some key blocks. She’s been everything for us recently.”

Spencer buried the ensuing free throws to give the visitors a 57-54 lead with 9.6 seconds left.

The Tigers (20-6, 5-1) could only manage a hurried halfcourt shot on their last possession as Northshore (24-6, 5-1) handed Slidell its ﬁrst district loss.

“This puts us in a position to get a share of the district title if we can take care of business,” Northshore coach Michael Gowland said “It’s always emotional when you play your rival, but I’m most proud of the way the girls fought through and didn’t fold when we gave up the lead. It’s just an unbelievable win for our team.”

The journey to that victory was an exciting one The Panthers took a 30-22 halftime lead on Kiley Lizana’s 3-pointer at the buzzer before the Tigers rallied in the third quarter to take a 36-32 lead, thanks to a 14-2 run to open the second half.

That surge prompted the Slidell student section to start chants of “Overrated” aimed at Spencer, a North Texas signee The rivalry banter seemed to spark the

Mandeville senior scores the ‘biggest goal of his career’

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BY MIKE PERVEL Contributing writer

Locked in a 1-1 tie with district rival Northshore, Mandeville wanted to take control early in the second half of its second-round playoff match.

The eighth-seeded Skippers did just that.

Just 90 seconds into the second half, senior Aidan Mann scored the game-winner to knock off ninth-seeded Northshore 2-1 at Sidney Theriot Stadium on Feb. 4. The Skippers created the game-winning chance as senior Creighton Wilbanks, a University of Southern Miss football commitment, advanced the ball deep from the right side and found Mann in position just outside

the box. “I guess you could say I was in the right place at the right time. Kudos to Creighton (Wilbanks), who pushed the ball up quickly and found me. I pressed their back line and was quick to the ball, being able to ﬁnish from about 12 yards out,” Mann said “This is the biggest goal of my career Being a senior and advancing to the quarterfinal round means everything to me. I’m proud of my team and my coaches and the way we executed the game plan.”

The Skippers held on from there to advance to the quarterﬁnals for the second time in the last three seasons and avenge a 1-1 regular-season draw to Northshore.

Mandeville coach Curt Aertker said he was proud of how his team has grown, especially since the Skippers replaced nine of 11 starters

STATEMENT VICTORY

Hannan’s Drew Timmons has his

game on Feb 7.

Hannan dominates Lakeshore to avenge last season’s district defeat

BY MIKE GEGENHEIMER

Contributing writer

Hannan trailed Lakeshore before their Feb. 7 game even began. No, literally, the Hawks were down 1-0 before the first second ticked off the clock. Due to a technical foul incurred for dunking during warmups, the visiting Titans began the game with a slight lead. That lead, however, would not last for long. Within minutes, Hannan

surged ahead on a 19-5 run to start the game, including 14 unanswered points. The streak only came to an end when another technical foul for hanging on the rim after a dunk gave the Titans another pair of free throws. And that was just the beginning as the Hawks cruised to a 72-34 District 7-4A victory on Feb. 7.

“They beat us last year for the district championship,” Hannan senior Drew Timmons said.

“I wasn’t there, but I know it meant a lot to everyone to come

back and take back what we thought we deserved last year.” With last year’s 47-46 loss on their minds, Hannan (19-7, 2-0) got out to a blistering start. And no player was as dominant in those early minutes as Timmons. By the end of the ﬁrst quarter, he single-handedly outscored Lakeshore 12-9. By halftime, the 6-foot-6 senior had 17 points and eight rebounds, and that was without playing the majority of

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BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

It all started with a Twitter follow three weeks ago. Pope John Paul II defensive end DeReyon “DJ” Jenkins was headed to Lafayette College in Pennsylvania before Rice took notice of the senior. The rest is history Jenkins signed his letter of intent to play at Rice as part of the Jaguars’ two-person signing class on Feb. 5. Teammate Kieron Green is headed to play linebacker at Tennessee Valley Prep Sports Academy in Huntsville, Ala. “This all happened about three weeks ago. Rice followed me on Twitter, and then I sent them my ﬁlm,” Jenkins said. “They said they had already

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Pope John Paul II defensive end DeReyon ‘DJ’ Jenkins signs to play football at Rice on Feb 5.

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Northshore’s Ethan Hanrahan, left, tries to clear the ball away from Mandeville’s Creighton Wilbanks on Feb 4.

PHOTO BY BOBBY GILBOY

shot contested by Lakeshore’s Cole Janssen during a District 7-4A

Northshore claims its 11th straight victory

BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

Northshore looked to continue its hot streak as the Panthers traveled to district rival Slidell on Feb. 4. After the first quarter, Northshore trailed, but that didn’t last long.

The Panthers held Slidell to a single second-quarter basket as the visitors took control en route to a 70-55 District 7-5A victory

“I felt like we played extremely well for three quarters,” Northshore coach Joshua Carlin said.

“Unfortunately, the first quarter wasn’t very good. I felt like we were anxious on offense and gave up too many rebounds. The second quarter, we really locked in defensively and built a little lead. In the second half, we were pretty consistent. I was pleased with the way we played for three quarters.”

The win was the Panthers’ 11th straight and 14th in their last 15 contests And this one was a total team effort with ﬁve players in double ﬁgures, led by 16 points from sophomore guard

Keith Collins Jr

“We like to share the ball. We’re a team, so everybody has to get their touches. We’ve all got to chip in to get the job done,” Collins said.

“We just locked in after the ﬁrst quarter We executed better, and we didn’t try to do too much Right now, we just need to work on our consistency in all aspects of the game. If we do that, we’re going to get the job done.”

London Lee, Jamison Hopkins and Tyrie Spencer added 13 points each, while Roger Williams ﬁnished with 12.

Trailing 14-10 after one quarter, Northshore locked in defensively in the second quarter, outscoring Slidell 15-2 to take a 25-16 halftime lead. The Panthers maintained and grew that lead for the rest of the game.

A Lee 3-pointer pushed the lead to 42-26 with three minutes left in the third quarter The Tigers cut the lead to single digits early in the fourth quarter, but Northshore (20-6, 4-0) answered each time to ice the game

Senior Zavier Bolden led the Tigers (16-9, 1-3) with a

career-high 14 points, while junior Jerry Birdlow added 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Senior Kolby

Rachel recorded 11 points and ﬁve assists. Slidell coach Krisner Green said his team’s second-

quarter struggles proved to be too much to overcome.

“I think we had a good game plan going in, but what

really killed us was that we got real stagnant in the second quarter,” Green said.

“Because of that, we only scored two points, and that changed the game. Right now, we’re trying to fight the bug of getting down when the shots don’t fall because we still have to execute offensively and defensively.” Standing at No. 6 in the LHSAA Division I nonselect power rankings, Northshore also finished the first round of district play undefeated.

“Our district is tough, so we’re deﬁnitely pleased with where we stand from the win-loss standpoint,” Carlin said. “Every night is something different. Everyone presents a challenge. We know we’re in a good spot, but we still have a lot of work

Second-round soccer recap

BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

A total of 11 St. Tammany Parish boys and girls soccer teams are headed to state quarterﬁnals after secondround victories last week

Check out the full second-round recap below:

Boys

Division I

Just 90 seconds into the second half, Mandeville senior Aidan Mann scored the game-winner to knock off ninthseeded Northshore 2-1 at Sidney Theriot Stadium on Feb. 4

The Panthers struck first as senior Mitchell Sevin took a free kick from 18 yards out near the sideline. Sevin’s teammates flashed to the goal as his curving shot froze the Mandeville defense and found the back of the net.

Just a minute later, Mandeville answered as junior Justin Anguzza scored his 18th goal of the season off an assist from Charles Harrington to tie the match.

Sixth-seeded St. Paul’s advanced as they rallied for a 3-1 win over 11thseeded Barbe on Feb. 5 Liam Dannels-Smith scored the Wolves’ first goal off an assist from Sean Tarzia. St. Paul’s second goal came from Bryce Bordes off an assist from Robby Graham Bordes iced the win as he bent a corner kick into the net to set the ﬁnal score

Division III

The 12th-seeded Hawks qualiﬁed for

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the quarterﬁnals for just the second time in school history after a 3-2 win at ﬁfth-seeded St. Charles Catholic on Feb. 5. Senior Landon Cuevas, junior Luca Sernich and freshman Tyler Mitts each scored goals in the victory Sophomore Jacob Schock and freshman Pablo Araya each added an assist

Division IV

The third-seeded Northlake Christian Wolverines continued their dominant postseason with a 4-1 win over 14th-seeded Vermilion Catholic on Feb. 5. Senior Nate Uberawa posted a hat trick, while Braden Finklea scored the other goal.

Girls

Division I

Northshore, the 12th seed, is back in the quarters for the eighth time in the last nine years, after knocking off ﬁfth-seeded Hahnville, 3-1 on Feb. 5. The Panthers scored all three of their goals of set pieces. Kali Trahant scored the ﬁrst goal off a corner while Kendall Remerow added the second goal off a corner Emma Gallaher provided both of the assists. Olivia Roy’s penalty kick rounded out the scoring for Northshore while keeper Abby Clark added six saves to preserve the victory Ninth-seeded Fontainebleau earned a 2-1 win at Captain Shreve on Feb. 6 Annalise Shidel and Maddie St. Cyr each scored a goal for the Bulldogs, while freshman keeper Reagan McKinney had 16 saves to help preserve the victory Tenth-seeded Mandeville advanced

to the quarterﬁnals for the ﬁrst time in four years with a thrilling 2-1 victory at seventh-seeded Denham Springs on Feb. 6. Goals by Alice Powell and Remy Santangelo proved to be the difference.

Division II

Second-seeded St. Scholastica continued its playoff dominance with a 9-1 mercy-rule-shortened win over 18th-seeded West Ouachita on Feb. 5. Caroline Todd posted a hat trick. Ainsely Schwing and Kailey Perilloux added two goals each, while Vivian Gaffney and Savannah Reina had a goal each.

Fourth-seeded Lakeshore also advanced with a 2-0 victory over 20thseeded The Willow School on Feb. 4. Alexis Whiting and Elvia Trejo each scored a goal.

Division III

Second-seeded Hannan cruised to an 8-0 mercy-rule-shortened victory over No. 15 Cecilia on Feb. 4. Maggie Wylie scored ﬁve goals for the Hawks. Amelia Anderson added two, and Kaitlyn Brady also scored.

Division IV

Ninth-seeded Northlake Christian punched its ticket for the quarterﬁnals for the third straight season with a 4-2 win over eighth-seeded Grace Christian on Feb 6. Layla Williams scored twice, while Ali Tujague and Bonnie Busenitz added a goal each.

Contact Joseph Halm at jhalm @sttammanyfarmer.net.

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the second quarter Timmons, a Naval Academy signee, put the ﬁnishing touches on a double-double before the end of the third quarter where he ended his night. He totaled 21 points, 12 rebounds, two blocks and a handful of assists.

“I was feeling good,” Timmons said. “I was just doing what I could to get the win.” Timmons didn’t do it all alone, though.

Anthony Thompson put up 19 on a 7-of-11 shooting clip while also sitting out the fourth quarter The highlight of the night for Thompson came at the start of the second quarter when he threw down a one-handed alley-oop dunk from Zach Lauro.

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“Aidan’s (Mann) goal came at the right time on one of the biggest stages. We’re proud to be moving onto the quarterﬁnals, securing a tough win over one of our biggest rivals. We have the utmost respect for coach Beau Felder and his talented players. They’re wellcoached and battle you from start to ﬁnish,” Aertker said.

“This playoff game was almost like déjà vu when we played them in the district 1-1 draw match. We’ve been playing excellent team defense, and that’s what we needed to advance.” Mandeville senior center back Davy Jahnke-Alves helped anchor the back line along with freshman keeper Kingsley Hunt (first half) and senior keeper Donovan Esker who split halves in net.

“I started the match a little slow, not reacting quick enough to their goal,” Jahnke-Alves said. “I knew I had to step up my game. I picked it up, not allowing that to happen again. I knew I couldn’t let anybody else beat me, so I made sure I stayed ahead of my man, moving upﬁeld.”

The Skippers (18-3-5) will play top-seeded Denham

during a second-

As a team, Hannan shot 29 of 54 from the ﬁeld as 10 Hawks recorded at least one point.

RIVALRY

Panthers and Spencer as the visitors regained the lead and went on a 19-4 run, capped by a Spencer 3-pointer to push the lead to 51-40 with 5:26 left.

“That was my first time ever hearing that chant, so I had to give them a show,” said Spencer, who had 13 points in the fourth quarter

“Our young men, very proud of them, came out with a lot of intensity and purpose,” Hannan coach Errol Gauff said. Lakeshore coach TK Kendall said the biggest factors to the Titans’ rough night were turnovers and a lack of shots. In the ﬁrst half alone Lakeshore only produced 20 shots compared to Hannan’s 35.

“Our turnovers and their offensive rebounds were the difference,” Kendall said. “If you don’t protect the rim and give them extra opportunities, they’re going to kill you.”

Springs in the quarterﬁnals. Northshore coach Beau Felder said the playoff match came down to the little things “It came down to us making one costly mistake and giving up that early secondhalf goal,” Felder said. “We have nine dedicated seniors, so this is a bittersweet moment for them and our program. Our 10 juniors are ready to move up and take their place We kept fight-

ing late and had some nice chances, but we couldn’t ﬁnish, so give Mandeville the credit.”

The Skippers nearly scored in the first minute as Mann sent a shot over the crossbar before getting his chance at redemption in the second half. After nearly giving up an early goal, Northshore’s defense stood tall with junior keeper Adam Boffenmeyer hanging tough.

The Panthers (14-6-3) struck ﬁrst as senior Mitchell Sevin took a free kick from 18 yards out near the sideline. Sevin’s teammates flashed to the goal as his curving shot froze the Mandeville defense and found the back of the net

Just a minute later, Mandeville answered as junior Justin Anguzza scored his 18th goal of the season off an assist from Charles Harrington to tie the match.

“Being a rivalry game, emotions are always high. In the ﬁrst game against Slidell, we didn’t come out at our best in the ﬁrst half, so we just knew we had to come out way better Tonight, we were able to get the win.”

Slidell junior Payton Rowbatham (18 points) was the spark for the Tigers as her 3-pointer with 3:35 left started a 12-0 run to take a late lead before the Panthers recovered for their sixth straight victory

“When you’re playing a rivalry game like this, no lead is safe,” Gowland said

“They have some excellent shooters. (Payton Rowbatham) came out and really ignited their comeback when we were up 11. But our girls showed a lot of poise, and we handled the press well. And the difference in the fourth quarter was that we didn’t give up a lot of rebounds.”

Slidell coach Kristen Twillie said the game came down to execution.

“I thought we had a pretty good game plan, but we lacked execution in some key moments,” Twillie said “Northshore was able to get the buckets when needed, and they controlled the boards in the fourth quarter We just had too many mistakes against a very good team.”

PHOTO BY MATT DOBBINS

Northshore boys basketball coach Joshua Carlin gestures during a game.

PHOTO BY BOBBY GILBOY

Mandeville’s Logan Brechtel, right, pressures Northshore’s Rowan Gipson

round playoff match on Feb 4.

PHOTO BY BOBBY GILBOY Hannan’s Zach Lauro, right, guards Lakeshore’s Jerelmy Carr during a District 7-4A game on Feb 7.

Barraco, Mary

Mary F Barraco, of La‐combe, Louisiana, beloved wife, mother, grand‐mother, great grandmother and great great grand‐mother, went to her eter‐nal resting place on Satur‐day February 1 2025. She was 81 years young Mary was born July 25,1943, in Laurel Mississippi to the Late Willis and Clotteal Folks When Mary was 9 years old, the family moved to New Orleans Louisiana In 1966 she mar‐ried the Love of Her Life Jacob Barraco. In 1971 they moved to the Northshore and resided in Lacombe She spent many years as a professional seamstress, making costumes for the likes of the Pure Gold Band and Pure Country Band and enjoyed reading; but most of all she enjoyed raising her children and any other children that may have showed up at her house She also entered into a ce‐ramic business with one of her good friends where she not only did molds but she was a teacher. She won nu‐merous prizes for her beautiful art pieces. She was a people person and it is said "She never met a stranger.". She adored her family and especially see‐ing and playing with all her grands. She was preceded in death by a bother, Willis L "Lavern" Folks; and one grandchild, Roxy Wagner;; and a great grandchild, Au‐rora Folks. Mary is survived by her husband of 59 years, Jacob Barraco; four chil‐dren, Earl Folks (Terry), Sharon Folks, Maria Bar‐raco-Bacon (Michael), Johnny Barraco (Jackie); brother, Haskell Folks; two sisters, Goldie Hayes, and Julie English (Scott); nu‐merous grandchildren, great-grandchildren; greatgreat grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives Honaker Funeral Home were entrusted with the arrangements.

Judie Ann Pichon

Heckel, a lifelong resident of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2025. Born on August 14, 1942, in New Or‐leans she was a devoted wife, mother, grand‐mother, and great-grand‐mother whose love and kindness touched the lives of all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William “Billy” Anthony Heckel, and her son Sean Peter Heckel. She was also welcomed into heaven by her parents, Lawrence Felix Pichon and Marie Bernice Craft Pichon, her brother, Lawrence (Buddy) Felix Pi‐chon Jr and sister, Patsy Pichon Cosse’. Judie is sur‐vived by her loving daugh‐ter, Robyn Heckel Kline, and her son-in-law, Steven Kline She was a cherished grandmother to Jennifer Elizabeth Kline Dupree (Jimmy M. Dupree Jr.) Kristopher Steven Kline, and Breck Steven Kline She was also blessed with great-granddaughters Presley Elizabeth Dupree, Parker Kate Dupree, and many beloved nieces and nephews Judie was the heart of her family creat‐ing traditions that will be carried on for generations A gracious host, she opened her home to family and friends for holidays, Sunday lunches, and spe‐cial gatherings, making everyone feel welcome and loved Her career in bank‐ing allowed her to make a lasting impact on her com‐munity, and she had a gift for keeping the family con‐nected, always wanting to hear about every detail of their lives. Judie found joy

lasting impact on her com‐munity, and she had a gift for keeping the family con‐nected, always wanting to hear about every detail of their lives. Judie found joy in tending to her beautiful ﬂowers and yard, cooking delicious meals, and pass‐ing down treasured family recipes She had a deep love for jewelry especially her pearls, but above all, her greatest treasure was her family A shining exam‐ple of strength grace, and love, Judie will be deeply missed but forever remem‐bered in the hearts of those who loved her Honaker Funeral Home were entrusted with the arrangements.

June, Stonita Mary Washington 'Berry'

Stonita “Berry” Mary Washington June 75, of La‐combe, Louisiana, de‐parted her life on Earth to be with her Heavenly Fa‐ther and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday Janu‐ary 25, 2025. Mrs June was born on February 7, 1949, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Maxwell Washington and Gloria Tazanne Washing‐ton Mrs. June attended St Mary’s Academy-Class of 1966 and Dillard University She graduated from Meadow’s Drawn Business College, becoming the Clerical Director for Redax Testing Company in New Orleans. In 1972 she met and married her true love Emile June Jr. She later be‐came a full-time home‐maker and President of Emile & Sons Artistic Ma‐sonry Mrs. June served as a member and President of Room Mothers at St Gabriel the Archangel School from 1979 until 1988. She also volunteered with ACT: All Congrega‐tions Together in the Gen‐tilly Community Mrs. June taught as a Substitute Teacher at St. Paul the Apostle, St. Leo the Great, and St. Mary’s Academy schools. As a child, she at‐tended Ephiany Catholic Church in New Orleans and was an active church member at St Gabriel the Archangel, where she was a member of the Alter Soci‐ety She became a parish‐ioner of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Lacombe, until the call to her ﬁnal resting place. She was pre‐ceded in death by grand‐parents, Stonita Wallace Sidney Tazanne; and her parents, Maxwell Washing‐ton and Gloria Tazanne Washington. She is sur‐vived by her husband of 52 years Emile June Jr.; ﬁve children, Arnell Fortier (Mark), Carmell DeBarbi‐eris (Anthony Jr.), Emile June III, Emmanuel June (Trisha) Stephen June (Na‐talia); grandchildren, De‐Laron Lowry Jr (Qui’erra) Micah Fortier, Gabrielle De‐Barbieris Victoria DeBarbi‐eris, Genevieve DeBarbi‐eris, Markelle Soublet Emile Honeywood, Elysse June Emile June IV, Emile Xavier June, Tylan June, Justin June, Isabella Ali; great-grandchildren, Laila Reynolds, Logan Lowry and Lunden Lowry. Arrange‐ments by Honaker Funeral Home, Inc., Slidell, LA.

Farra Harvey Wall age 81, of Covington, Louisiana, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 30, 2025. She was born on January 28, 1944, in Covington Louisiana. She is survived by her children, Denise Wall, Marcella Wall Courtney and Marcel Dwayne Wall (Renee); grandchildren, Ricky (Leigh), Chad (Kelle), and James (Bethany) Courtney Chris (Sydney) and Ashley Fairburn Allison, Corey and Lydia Wall; greatgrandchildren Kara Khloe and Andrew Courtney, Kar‐son Milton, Bell and Maddi Smith; brother in law Ken‐neth R Wall; sister in law

Sybil Holliday and many extended family members and friends She was pre‐ceded in death by her lov‐ing husband of 63 years Marcel J Wall; her parents, Alfred H Harvey and Lydia Eileen Achee Harvey; and siblings Purvis Achee, Al‐fred Harvey, III, Ernest Holl‐iday and Rodney Holliday She was raised in the Lee Road community and met the love of her life while at‐tending a basketball game She married Marcel and started a family in the Cov‐ington community She was a homemaker most of her life raising three chil‐dren in the First Baptist Church of Abita Springs Later in life she worked at Lyon Elementary school and Gilsbar Inc. She loved travelling, painting, Elvis, Diet Coke playing family games at her kitchen table and reading her Bible. She loved her husband and family spoiling her grand and great grandchildren showing them what love looked like. We take great joy in knowing Mom and Dad are reunited now in heaven with our Heavenly Father and their legacy will live on though us E. J Fielding Funeral Home were entrusted with the arrangements

Karen Chatellier Wilner, born on August 3 1946, in Madisonville, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2024. Karen was the cherished daugh‐ter of Moses F. Chatellier and Marguerite "Trixie" Leone Chatellier Karen was predeceased by four sisters and two brothers but is survived by her sis‐ter Sandra C Ware of Burleson, Texas She was a beloved aunt to numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews Her sassy red‐headed spirit and love for her kitty companions brought warmth and laughter to those around her. Karen also shared a lifelong bond with her best friend of 60 years, Cheryl Cairns Raised in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, Karen carried her love for Madisonville and its nat‐ural b ut th h t her life ppre‐ciat and

s. Her sassy r ‐headed spirit and love for her kitty companions brought warmth and laughter to those around her. Karen also shared a lifelong bond with her best friend of 60 years, Cheryl Cairns. Raised in the heart of the Louisiana bayou Karen carried her love for Madisonville and its nat‐ural beauty throughout her life. She had a deep appre‐ciation for nature and found joy in the simple pleasures of life. Karen was an avid diver and a talented artist who ex‐pressed her creativity through painting and stained-glass design. Her passion for art led her to own a stained-glass shop in Metairie Louisiana where she shared her tal‐ent with others Karen will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Her mem

passion for art led her to own a stained-glass shop in Metairie, Louisiana, where she shared her tal‐ent with others Karen will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Her mem‐ory will live on in the hearts of those she touched with her kindness, creativity and vibrant per‐sonality Ar ngements by E.J. F neral Home in Cov be

Wall, Farra

Wilner, Karen Chatellier

Heckel, Judie

PUBLICNOTICE

The St Tammany Parish Zoning Com‐mission will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in the St Tammany Parish Administra‐tive Complex 21490 Koop Drive Mandeville LA at 6:00 PM A public hearing will be con‐ducted at this meet‐ing to hear com‐ments for or against amendments to the Unified Develop‐ment Code with re‐spect to the follow‐ingchanges:

1 Zoning Case No

2024-4117-ZC Petition to change the zoning district classification for a tract of land situated in S37 T8S R14E Ward 9 District 11 St Tammany Parish Louisiana which is a Parcel lo‐cated on the west side of Cherry Street south of Ruby Street, being Lot 16, Square 7, Slidell Manor, Slidell, and which property comprisesatotalof0 198acres more or less, from its present S-1 Sub‐urban Residential District TO T-F Two-Family Resi‐dential District The property petitioned for rezoning is more fully described as follows: ACERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND together with all the build‐ings and improve‐ments thereon and all the right ways privileges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advan‐tages thereunto be‐longing or in any‐ wise appertaining,situated in the Parish of St Tam‐many, State of Louisiana, and being more fully de‐scribed as follow, to-wit: Lot 16, Square 7, Slidell Manor Sub‐division St Tam‐many Parish Louisiana

is more fully described as follows: ALL THOSE CER‐TAIN LOTS OR PORTIONS OF GROUND situated In the Parish of St Tammany State of Louisiana in that section known as SLIDELL MANOR SUBDIVISION being a subdivision of Section 37, Township 8 South, Range 14 East, Greensburg District and designated as LOTS 34 and 35 in SQUARE # 16, bounded by Pearl Street, North, Live Oak and Cherry Streets and measure in accordance with mapofJosephPugh Parish Surveyor dated June 20 1947 certified copy of which is annexed to act to Mr and Mrs WC McCann and more fully de‐scribed as follows to-wit: LOTS 34 and 35 ad‐joining each other and measure each 75 00 feet front on Cherry Street, same width In the rear, by a depth of 115,0Q feet between equal and parallel lines LOT 35 begins 375 00 feet from the corner of CherryandPearlStreets

3 Zoning Case No 2024-4124-ZC Petition to change the zoning district classification for a tract of land situated in S35 T5S R11E Ward 2 District 2 St Tammany Parish Louisiana which is a Parcel lo‐cated on the north side of Narrow Road, east of LA Highway 437/Lee Road, Covington, and which property comprises a total of 5 6 acres more or less,fromitspresent R-2 Rural Residen‐tial District to a L-1 Large Lot Residen‐tial District The property petitioned for rezoning is more fully described as follows: Located in Section 35 Township 5 South Range 11 East St Tammany Parish Louisiana From the¼ Section Corner common to Section 2 Township 6 South Range 11 East and Section 35 Township 5 South Range 11 East, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana run North 02 degrees 00 min‐utes 00 seconds West, 8 0 feet; thence West, 330 0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 57 min‐utes 36 seconds West, 209 13 feet to the Point of Begin‐ning From the Point of Beginning run South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds West 170

GallowayfromJohn J Fuxan and Wanda Garrett Fuxan by Act of Sale passed before Ronald G Hand, Notary Pub‐lic, dated April 9, 1976, registered in COB 783, folio 186, Parish of St Tam‐many AND ACERTAIN TRACT OF LAND together with all the improvements thereon and all of the appurtenances, rights, ways and ad‐vantages thereunto appertaining lo‐cated in Section 35 Township 5 South Range 11 East St Tammany Parish Louisiana From the¼ Corner Common to Sec‐tions 35 and 2 Township 5 South, Range 11 East, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana nm North 02 degrees 00 min‐utes 53 seconds West, 8 0 feet to the PointofBeginning From the Point of Beginningrunalong the North right-ofway of Narrow Road West,209 37 feet to a point; thence North 15 de‐grees 08 minutes 20 seconds East 243 15 feet to a point; thence North 73 degrees 08 min‐utes 30 seconds East 142 27 feet to a point; thence South 02 degrees 00 minutes 53 seconds East, 276 15 feet back to the Point of Beginning, all in ac‐cordance with a sur‐vey by Land Sur‐veying, Inc , dated 5/6/96 This

rantGroupLLC Tchefuncte’s Restaurant Members: Gregory Lala Stephen Guidry, & Osman Rodas 126401FEB12-192T $252.50

PUBLICNOTICE

Reels Waterfront Bar and Grill, LLC d/b/a Reels Water‐frontBarandGrillis applying to the Of‐fice of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a per‐ mit to sell beverages of high and low al‐cohol content at re‐tail in the Parish of St Tammany at the following address 100 Marina del Ray Dr Madisonville LA70447. Reels Waterfront Bar and Grill, LLC (Legal Name of Business) Reels Waterfront BarandGrill(d/b/a) Gerardo Suazo (Owner/Member) 125933FEB5-122T $252.50

I, Brad E Badeaux , have been convicted of SEXUAL BATTERY CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF AJUVENILE

MyAddress is: SEXUAL BATTERY 14:80 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF AJUVENILE

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 10/10/1978

Height: 5' 8 Weight: 252 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: L arm - Skull x 2 // Tattoo: ChestGuns and Roses // Mark: - Reports no

Surveyor dated

8 1996 Job No 7205 a copy of

hereto and made a parthereof Being a portion of the

acquired by Ronald

J Fuxan and Wanda Garrett Fuxan by

Pub‐lic, dated April 9, 1976, registered in COB 783, folio 186, Parish of St Tam‐many AND ACERTAIN TRACT OF LAND

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE

Date of Birth: 6/30/1986 Height: 5'7

Weight: 182 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: R_arm - 1/2 SLEEVE: FLAMES DEMON, SKULL // Tattoo: R_wrist CROSS // Tattoo: Upper_L_ArmSKULL W/FLAMES TWO FACES // Tattoo: L_arm"GRIFFIN", TWO STARS // Tattoo: R_calf - JESTER SKULL, SKULL W/CHEESE WORK

125309 FEB 12-19 $200.00

I, Cody Joseph Abram , have been convicted of COMPUTER AIDED SOLICITATION OFAMINOR (ATTEMPTED). MyAddress is: 60207 HIGHWAY 434 ,APT E2 LACOMBE, LA 70445 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 8/01/1995 Height: 5' 9 Weight: 186 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: Upper_L_Arm"JONATHAN 11.19.84-12.25.02 // Tattoo: Upper_R_Arm"THAIS"/FEMALE FACE & SKULL // Tattoo: BackCROSS "MOM" // Mark: - NONE REPORTED // Other: NONE REPORTED // Piercing: Ear BOTH PIERCED // Prosthesis: NONE REPORTED // Scar: - NONE REPORTED // Ultraviolet Tattoo- NONE REPORTED // Tattoo: L_forearmPRAYING HANDS/"PRAY FOR ME" // Piercing: TongueTongue Pierced // Piercing: NoseRIGHT NOSTRIL PIERCED // Tattoo: LH_finger - BRE // Tattoo: L_HandHukuna.. // Tattoo: R_Hand - ..Matata // Tattoo: R_forearmVooDoo Doll // Tattoo: L_forearmBrandon with three hearts // Tattoo: L_forearmAlonzo, crown heartbeat line 125848 FEB12-19

$200.00

I, Delbert Duane Fleming , have been convicted of ORAL SEXUAL BATTERY. MyAddress is: 2700 8th St , Unit 4 Slidell, LA70458

BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 5/26/1990

prepared by Land Surveying LLC dated 8- 182024 Survey No 21760 Maps depicting the areas proposed for land use change may be inspected at the St Tammany Parish Department of Development, 21454 Koop Drive, Suite 1B, Mandev‐ille, LA weekdays from 8:15 AM to 4:00PM /s/ RossLiner Director Departmentof Planningand Development 124874JAN29FEB12-26-3T $519 66 PUBLICNOTICE Louisiana Restau‐rant Group LLC dba Pardos Restaurant is applying to the Of‐fice of Alcohol and Tobacco Control of the State of Louisiana for a per‐ mit to sell beverages of high and low al‐cohol content at re‐tail in the Parish of St Tammany at the following address 5280 Highway 22, Mandeville LA 70471. Louisiana Restau‐rantGroupLLC PardosRestaurant Members: Gregory Lala, Stephen Guidry, & Osman Rodas 126402FEB12-192T $230.66 LA70420

"DRUIS" // Tattoo: L

I, Earl Washington , have been convicted of CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF AJUVENILE. MyAddress is: 1919 ORLEANS ST MANDEVILLE, LA70448

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 8/18/1983 Height: 6' 0 Weight: 191 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: L_arm - TUTTIE, AGT // Tattoo: R_arm - MACOO, 27 ST // Tattoo: Neck EJ NIQUELL // Tattoo: R_HandMIRE // Tattoo: L_arm - BOY // Tattoo: L_arm DIANE // Mark:NO MARKS REPORTED 1/13/2011 // Piercing: BOTH EARS PIERCED // Prosthesis: - NO PROSTHESIS REPORTED 1/13/2011 // Scar:NO SCARS REPORTED 1/13/2011 // Tattoo: R_arm - PANTHER // Tattoo: L_armCROSS RIP BK // Tattoo: Neck - Erin // Tattoo: L_HandNire // Tattoo: L_ear - W // Tattoo: R_ear D

31217 LYDIAST LACOMBE, LA 70445

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/30/1993 Height: 5' 7 Weight: 141 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: Upper_R_ArmCROSS // Tattoo: Upper_L_ArmTREE;"NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US" // Tattoo: L_arm - RED BIRD ARROW "IT SHOULDALL HAPPEN THE WAY IT SHOULD" // Tattoo: Upper_L_ArmMICROPHONE // Tattoo: L_wrist ELEPHANT // Tattoo: R_ThighPARTY "TIAM" // Tattoo: ChestARROWS/UPSIDE CRESCENT // Mark: - NONE REPORTED // Tattoo: L_armhorsehoe "mama" // Scar

125612 FEB 12-19

$200.00

I, JEFFREY DOUGLAS REAGON , have been convicted of PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES

MyAddress is: 72533 Military Rd , APT #8 - Green Springs Motel Covington, LA 70435

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/27/1971 Height: 5' 9 Weight: 269 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: GREEN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Mark: FaceLEFT SIDE CHIN - DARK MARK // Other: NONE REPORTED // Piercing: NONE REPORTED // Prosthesis: - NONE REPORTED // Scar: L_wristSURGICAL // Tattoo: Upper_R_ArmTRIBAL DRAGON // Ultraviolet Tattoo - - NONE

I John Harold Zoller III, have been convicted of INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES

MyAddress is: 61075 SHADY PINE RD LACOMBE, LA 70445

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 8/12/1978 Height: 5' 9 Weight: 177 Hair Color: GRAY Eye Color: HAZEL

Face; Cowboy skull // Tattoo: R armSkull w/ying yang; Dragon; Bull Skull // Tattoo: L Handsmall Cross; small Spade // Tattoo: R leg - Grim Reaper; Rose // Tattoo: L legGrim Reaper 123917 Feb 5-12 $250 I, Wesley Frederick Howell JR,

5' 7 Weight: 233 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: L_forearm - "RIP" DOOBIE // Tattoo: L_armSLEEVED: STACK OF MONEY BUILDINGS, SUPERDOMW,"RE // Tattoo: R_forearm -

Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Mark:None reported by offender // Other:None reported by offender // Piercing: L ear - GAUGED PIERCINGS // Piercing: R earGAUGED PIERCINGS // Piercing: TonguePIERCED // Prosthesis: - None reported by offender // Scar: Lip - SCAR ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE LIP FROM CAR CRASH // Tattoo: L armPicture " marijuana leaf TRU" // Tattoo: L forearm - Picture " Dragon Clouds " // Tattoo: L forearm - Picture " Cheese work multiple designs" // Tattoo: L wristInitials 'KMC" // Tattoo: L HandPicture "Heart w/words SYLVIA" // Tattoo: Upper R ArmPicture Black Panther // Tattoo: R forearm - Words JOHNNY // Tattoo: R forearmPicture "Flames w/colored cross" // Tattoo: R HandPicture "Cross w/ word JOHN" // Tattoo: L BreastWords "ROXANNE" // Tattoo: abdomenWords "STB Hustler" // Tattoo: L ankle - Picture " Smiley Face" both sides of ankle // Tattoo: R anklePicture " Smiley Face" both sides of ankle

I, MARQUAYLE NATHANIEL JACKSON , have been convicted of AGGRAVATED INCEST

MyAddress is: 23390 PILOT ST ABITASPRINGS LA70420

Race: BALCK Sex:

// Mark: - NONE REPORTED // Other: - NONE REPORTED // Piercing: - NONE REPORTED // Prosthesis: - NONE REPORTED // Ultraviolet Tattoo- NONE REPORTED // Tattoo: Chest ANCHOR // Tattoo: abdomen GORILLA 1255322 FEB 1219 $200.00

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

Northshore’s Remerow picks Huntingdon

BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

Northshore soccer captain Kendall Remerow signed to play at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., on Jan. 31.

The senior started every match this season and has four goals and two assists while playing a key role on the defense. She plans to study psychology and criminal justice to pursue a future as a forensic psychologist. With Remerow at her signing are, front row from left, Kayden Remerow, Kristen Remerow, Kendall Remerow, Kristoffer Remerow, and Kyleigh Remerow, and back row from left, principal Bill Gallagher coach Jorge Polanco, assistant coach Ray Masker, athletic director Danny Davis.

Talley picks Southeastern as part of St. Paul’s 4-person signing class

BY MIKE PERVEL

Contributing writer

St. Paul’s senior kicker Drew Talley had a choice to make — either stay close to home at Southeastern or head to the Air Force Academy Ultimately, the 5-foot-8, 160-pound kicker decided to become a Lion as he signed with Southeastern on Feb 5 to highlight St. Paul’s fourperson signing class.

“It’s a big relief having made my decision to attend Southeastern,” Talley said “I was considering the Air Force offer, but after meeting with Ross Jenkins (Southeastern assistant head coach/Special Teams Coordinator) I chose to attend college close to home in Hammond. Based on their commitment to me and the location being so close to family and friends, it seemed like a perfect choice. I’ll be competing for the kicking job right away and that’s something I’m looking forward to.” Over his St. Paul’s career,

including a school-record 53-yarder against John F. Kennedy

“Drew is always reliable and very consistent,” St. Paul’s coach Kenny Sears said. “His veins are as cool as ice water He’s a very special player He’s an incredible leader and trusted by his coaches and teammates to come through when we need him to. He never shied away from the big kicks, showing immense conﬁdence regardless of the game situation.”

Talley scored 231 career points, connecting on 31 of

with just one miss. As a senior, he converted all 41 of his extra point attempts and was 11 of 17 on ﬁeld goals,

Talley thrived in the clutch, drilling four gamewinning ﬁeld goals — two in the playoffs and two to capture district crowns in four opportunities. Talley also credited his special team specialists —- senior deep snapper Jacob Rebaudo and junior holder Aiden Brooks — for his success. Three other St. Paul’s players also signed to play in college on Feb. 5. St. Paul’s defensive line-

man Alex Mott signed with Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Mass. The 6-foot, 245-pound Mott, a fixture along the Wolves’ defensive front, was named a two-time ﬁrstteam All-District 6-5A lineman and recorded 62 career tackles, 13.5 TFLs and 8.5 sacks while recovering and forcing two fumbles. A pair of St. Paul’s receivers signed with Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas — tight end Chase Ravain and receiver Stone Celestin. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Ravain ﬁnished his St. Paul’s career with 32 catches for 435 yards, averaging 13.6 yards per catch with two scores. He rushed 71 times for 319 yards, averaging 4.5 per tote with two TDs. The 6-foot, 180-pound Celestin was an All-District 6-5A second-team selection as a senior and hauled in 29 passes for 436 yards and two TDs last season.

Covington’s

Barkley says signing with Rhodes ‘a dream come true’

BY MIKE PERVEL Contributing writer

Covington dual-sport athlete

Bobby Barkley signed to play football at Rhodes College in Memphis Tenn., on Feb. 5.

“Finally signing to play college football at Rhodes is a dream come true,” Barkley said. “The coaches showed lots of interest in me, and I love the campus. It’s a beautiful place, and the location is not all that far away It’s a very special day for my family and me.” Barkley, a second-team All-District 6-5A player, helped Covington to a 9-3 overall record and a second-round playoff appearance last season As a senior, he recorded a team-high six interceptions with 69 tackles and four TFLs.

Butscher inks with East Central Community College

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“It means an awful lot, knowing that the last four years of commitment and all the hard work have paid off,” Barkley said. “The summer and offseason workouts and spending time in the weight room with my friends and teammates have helped prepare me for this. It’s awesome knowing I have a chance to still play football, to be the best I can be.”

Covington coach Greg Salter said the 5-foot-9, 180-pound athlete has been successful because he gives max effort on every play

“Bobby gave tireless effort and dedication to his team. Being voted one of three team captains by his teammates shows the respect they have for him. He’s a tremendous, proven team leader and an exceptional motivator It’s like having

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with an 80 1/2-inch wingspan proved he was the total package. He took home District 9-2A All-District honors this past season as he led the team with 7.5 sacks and ﬁnished second on the team with 72 tackles. He also had 16 tackles for a loss, 12 QB hurries and two fumble recoveries.

“DJ is a great kid, and he came in this year and was a vital member of our team,” PJP II coach Philip Pigott said. “He offers so much as an athlete but also as a leader It’s tough when you go to a new school, and he did a phenomenal job of becoming a great teammate. That shows that the sky is truly the limit because his physical ability is special.” Jenkins said signing to play Division I football was unforgettable.

“This is something that I’ve been working on for a long time, so it’s special,” he said. Green, who will continue to play linebacker said getting a chance to continue

another coach on the ﬁeld. He just gets after it, going full out all the time,” Salter said.

“Bobby has a tremendous skill set with great football instincts. He makes play after play reacting to the ball. I think he has the talent to play almost anywhere, despite his size.”

Covington basketball coach

Monty Fontenot agreed: “Bobby plays hard every second he’s on the court, going all out and doing whatever his team needs to be successful. It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” Barkley projects as a strong safety or a hybrid linebacker at Rhodes. He is the son of Robert and Mireya Barkley of Covington, carries a 3.82 GPA and plans to study finance.

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Pope John Paul II linebacker Kieron Green is all smiles as prepares to play at Tennessee Valley Prep Sports Academy in Huntsville, Ala.

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Four St Paul’s football players signed to play in college on Feb 5. The signees include, from left, Alex Mott (Massachusetts Maritime Academy), Stone Celestin (Trinity College), Chase Ravain (Trinity College) and Drew Talley (Southeastern).

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Fontainebleau senior Caroline Butscher is headed to East Central Community College in Decatur, Miss., to play softball. As a junior, she hit .459 with 11 doubles, a triple

Fontainebleau senior Caroline Butscher was all smiles as she signs to play

at East Central Community College in Decatur, Miss.

PHOTO BY KK SHARP

Covington’s Bobby Barkley, second from left, smiles as he signs to play football at Rhodes College on Feb 5.