The Times-Picayune 03-28-2025 by The Advocate

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BY JOSEPH CRANNEY, JEFF ADELSON and BEN MYERS Staff writers

Public safety consultants working behind closed doors to examine the city of New Orleans’ emergency tactics ﬂagged communication breakdowns that persisted weeks after the deadly New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street, newly released emails show Those consultants also identiﬁed a “sparse” and “overstretched” New Orleans Police Department limited in its ability to gather the sort of intelligence that would prevent future

attacks. They further recommended that the city empower its ofﬁcers to search video surveillance more easily

In late January, Bill Bratton, a former New York City Police Department commissioner hired to assess the city’s weaknesses, had identiﬁed a lack of coordination among the top brass of the NOPD, the city’s homeland security department and Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s ofﬁce as the city worked to prepare for Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras. “At the moment it feels as if each

entity is doing its ‘own thing,’” Bratton wrote in a Jan. 23 email to NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.

Kirkpatrick responded with her own frustration that she was left out of another city agency’s plans to add security barriers to other pedestrian hot spots in New Orleans, including Frenchmen Street and Jackson Square. Ultimately, New Orleans did successfully coordinate security for the

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

Tulane University grabbed a small spot in the national conversation over the Trump administration’s Signal chat leak on Thursday as journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, discussed his blockbuster article and its implications for U.S. security at the New Orleans Book Festival. Goldberg, who on Monday pub-

ä Senators from both parties call for probe into Signal leak.

lished his account of how he was inadvertently added to a group chat that top U.S. officials were using to discuss military strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, said the administration’s reaction to his article led him to release nearly the full transcript two days later

“This was a serious breach of national security,” Goldberg said. “They had an opportunity to accept that they made a mistake, tell us how they’re going to ﬁx the mistake and move on. Instead, they attacked the messenger, which is part of the playbook.”

Goldberg said if Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and others hadn’t reacted the way they did, he wouldn’t have published the

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BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

The New Orleans City Council has banned city ofﬁcials from buying alcohol on

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Amsterdam stabbing attack wounds five

AMSTERDAM A knife-wielding assailant in Amsterdam seriously wounded five people — including two from the United States, one from Belgium and one from Poland — in a stabbing attack Thursday on a busy shopping street, Dutch police said.

The attack lasted several minutes before the assailant was stopped by a passerby near the city’s Dam Square in the late afternoon Police cordoned off the area and several ambulances and a trauma helicopter were called to the scene.

Authorities said in a statement that no motive had been established for the attack, but that police were considering a scenario where the man targeted victims at random.

The victims were identiﬁed as a 67-year-old woman and a 69year old man from the United States a 73-year-old woman from Belgium, a 26-year-old man from Poland and a 19-year old Dutch woman from Amsterdam.

“The police investigation is in full swing and has full priority at the moment. We hope to soon get more clarity about the background of this horrible stabbing,” Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said in a statement Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and loved ones,”

The assailant was injured when he was overpowered by a bystander

L.A. Sheriff’s Department retests 4K DNA samples

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed test kits for eight months.

Sheriff’s ofﬁcials said Wednesday that a test kit manufacturer sent a letter in August warning the department to stop using certain kits that were prone to giving incomplete results However, the letter was received by a civilian employee who didn’t discard the kits or send them back, according to a department statement.

The department used the flawed kits from July through February, testing thousands of samples from criminal investigations. The problem was discovered Monday when a supervisor at the department’s Scientific Services Bureau found the manufacturer’s letter

The department said it has opened an internal investigation to assess how much the faulty kits have affected criminal cases, and will retest some 4,000 DNA samples.

“We take the integrity of our criminal investigations and the reliability of our forensic testing very seriously,” Sheriff Robert Luna said in a statement. “The Sheriff’s Department is working diligently to assess the impact and to prevent such situations from occurring again.”

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office had begun working with the sheriff’s department to determine the extent of the problem.

King Charles in hospital after medical side effects

LONDON King Charles III was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects,” related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. His engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday were canceled.

“His majesty has now returned to Clarence House and as a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow’s diary programme will also be rescheduled,” the palace said.

“His majesty would like to send his apologies to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result.” Charles, 76, has been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer for more than a year The king has continued fulﬁlling his state duties, such as reviewing government papers and meeting with the prime minister, even though he took some time off public duties.

France: Not all allies agree on Ukraine proposal

BY JOHN LEICESTER, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press

PARIS France and Britain will continue to forge ahead with plans to deploy troops in Ukraine to defend an eventual peace deal with Russia but only some other nations want to take part, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday after a summit of countries that have been mulling the proposal.

The French leader said “several” nations other than France and Britain want to be part of the armed force but added, “It is not unanimous.” Paris and London say such a force would aim to secure any peace deal by dissuading Russia from attacking Ukraine again.

“We do not need unanimity to achieve it,” Macron said. French and British military ofﬁcials will work with Ukraine to determine where the contingents should be deployed and how many troops they’d need to be a credible deterrent the French leader added.

“There will be a reassurance force with several European nations that will deploy,” he insisted.

The summit of leaders of nearly 30 countries plus NATO and European Union chiefs came at a crucial juncture in the more than three-year war with intensifying diplomatic efforts to broker ceaseﬁres, driven by pressure from U.S President Donald Trump.

But ﬁghting rages on.

Before the leaders met in the luxury of the French presidential palace, Russian drone attacks overnight wounded more than 20 people and heavy shelling Thursday afternoon killed one person and knocked out electricity in parts of Kherson, Ukrainian ofﬁcials said.

Macron and other summit participants accused Russia of only pretending to want a negotiated settlement

“They are playing games and they’re playing for time,” said U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We can’t let them drag this out while they continue prosecuting

their illegal invasion.”

U.S.-brokered agreements this week to safeguard shipping in the Black Sea and last week to halt long-range strikes on energy infrastructure were greeted as ﬁrst steps toward peace. But Ukraine and Russia have disagreed over the details and accused each other of deal violations, foreshadowing a long and contentious process ahead.

One reason why some European countries are balking at a potential deployment in Ukraine is because it’s unclear whether Trump would support such a contingent with air power and other military assistance.

“This will require the engagement and support of the United States,” Starmer said. “That’s a discussion we’ve had with the president on many occasions.”

Macron suggested they may have to do without U.S. backing.

“You have to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,” he said. “My hope is that the Americans will be on our side and that the Americans will support, even play an active role.”

“But we have to be prepared for a situation where perhaps they won’t join in,” he added.

Building a force big enough to act as a credible deterrent — U.K. ofﬁcials have talked about possibly 10,000 to 30,000 troops — would be a considerable effort for nations that shrank their militaries after the Cold War but are now rearming

Starmer’s ofﬁce said military planners from Europe and beyond have been drilling down into details, examining “the full range of European military capabilities including aircraft, tanks, troops, intelligence and logistics.”

Greece publicly rejected sending troops. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said those discussions were “somewhat divisive” and distracted from the goal of ending the war as soon as possible.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also reiterated that Rome won’t contribute troops to a possible military force to be deployed to Ukraine.

At least 6 dead after submarine carrying tourists sinks off Egypt

BY SAMY MAGDY and FATMA KHALED Associated Press

CAIRO A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada on Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, the provincial governor said. The remaining tourists, more than two dozen of whom were injured, were rescued he said.

The cause of the sinking was not immediately known. The Russian consulate said it took place about 0.6 miles offshore.

The submarine was carrying 45 tourists and ﬁve Egyptian crewmembers when it sank, Red Sea governor Maj. Gen. Amr Hanaﬁ said in a statement, adding that rescue teams were quickly sent.

He said all six dead were Russians, and that 29 of the 39 tourists rescued were injured and taken to hospitals. No one was still missing from the vessel, he said.

Hurghada is a major destination for divers, snorkelers and other tourists drawn by the Red Sea’s

extensive coral reefs.

The submarine, named “Sindbad,” runs tours lasting about 40 minutes underwater, cruising at about 65-80 feet underwater with panoramic windows on the bottom to give views of the marine life, according to the website of the company that the Russian consulate identiﬁed as running the vessel. The company did not respond to phone calls seeking comment.

Russia’s Tass news agency earlier said the Russian dead included at least two children, citing the country’s consul in Hurghada

Judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional

BY JIM VERTUNO Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could cost billions.

The judge affirmed claims brought by advocates of people incarcerated in the state, where summer heat routinely soars above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. But they will have to continue pressing their lawsuit later in a trial.

The lawsuit was initially filed in 2023 by Bernie Tiede, the former mortician serving a life sentence whose murder case inspired the movie “Bernie.” Several prisoners’ rights groups then asked to join his legal ﬁght and expand it.

The lawsuit argues the heat in the state facilities amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, and seeks to force the state to install air conditioning.

Jeff Edwards, lead attorney for prisoners and advocates, called the judge’s order a victory, even if it didn’t require an immediate ﬁx.

“We proved our case,” Edwards said. “The court made it very clear what the state is doing is unconstitutional and endangering the lives of those they are supposed to be protecting. This is step one in changing the Texas prison system.”

Edwards said advocates will push for relief for prisoners as quickly as possible “I’m regretful we can’t protect them with temporary relief this summer, but we will move as fast as we can,” he said.

Texas has more than than 130,000 people serving time in prisons, more than any state in the U.S.

Only about a third of roughly 100 prison units are fully air conditioned and the rest have either partial or no electrical cooling.

“This case concerns the plainly unconstitutional treatment of some of the most vulnerable, marginalized members of our society,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman wrote in his ruling on a a temporary injunction request. “The Court is of the view that excessive heat is likely serving as a form of unconstitutional punishment.”

But the judge said that ordering the state to spend “hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars to install permanent air conditioning in every (prison),” could not be accomplished before it expired in 90 days. It would take months to install temporary air conditioning, and could even delay a permanent solution, the judge wrote Pitman said he expects the case will proceed to trial, where advocates for prisoners can continue to argue their case. He also issued a warning to the state that they will likely win at trial, and that the state could face an order to install air conditioning.

The judge also noted that the state Legislature, which is in session through May and writes the two-year state budget, is also considering bills that would require air conditioning to be installed in prisons.

But the Republican-majority Legislature has been hearing complaints about extreme heat in prisons for years and has not addressed the issue. In 2018, the state was ordered to install air conditioning at a unit for older prisoners and those that are medically vulnerable.

Ofﬁcials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.

Texas is not alone in facing lawsuits over dangerously hot prisons. Cases also have been filed in Louisiana and New Mexico. One ﬁled in July in Georgia alleged a man died in July 2023 after he was left in an outdoor cell for hours without water, shade or ice.

The consulate had said all 45 tourists on board were Russian, but the Egyptian governor said they also included Indian, Norwegian and Swedish citizens.

Footage posted by the governor’s ofﬁce showed Hanafy meeting survivors at the hospital, including two Egyptian crewmembers One Russian tourist had a small bandage on his head. A family with two young daughters smiled and told him they were OK An Indian man asked Hanafy to see his daughter, who remains in critical condition, doctors can be heard explaining.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By THIBAULT CAMUS

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer center left, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center right, depart a summit on Ukraine at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday.

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Boats search for survivors after a tourist submarine sank in the popular Egyptian Red Sea destination of Hurghada, Egypt, on Thursday.

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vote. District E council member Oliver Thomas was not present.

“It is highly uncommon that the city of New Orleans allows this,” council President JP Morrell said in brief remarks before the vote.

Moreno has said she filed the ordinance to restrict unnecessary spending after the mayor pulled out of a major funding agreement with New Orleans’ school system last month. Cantrell and her chief financial officer, Romy Samuel, cited strain on city finances in pulling out of the deal, which was meant to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by the school system alleging that the city had improperly withheld millions of dollars in tax collections. In an interview, Morrell, an ally of Moreno’s who frequently works with her on legislation, said the ban on alcohol purchases was not a response to any “specific instances” of the mayor or her staff buying booze.

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judicial misconduct, wants Medley suspended without pay for a year and is asking the commission to recommend it to the Louisiana Supreme Court

Medley’s alleged lapses stem from her successful run against incumbent Christopher Bruno for the Division F seat in Civil District Court. Torres, her main political benefactor, was eager to unseat Bruno, who had ruled against him in a ﬁght for control of a prime commercial property on Frenchmen Street.

Torres threw his support behind Medley the daughter of former Civil Court Judge Lloyd Medley and a firsttime judicial candidate who went on to oust Bruno with 53% of the vote. Complaints soon followed, including one from the state Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee, followed by misconduct charges. A hearing officer has since determined that Medley crossed several ethical lines in winning her seat.

Central to the allegations before the commission are two spicy campaign ads targeting Bruno, including one that never aired. The hearing ofﬁcer claims they were false and that Medley knew it.

She’s also accused of trying to skirt campaign ﬁnance limits through a $100,000 loan from Torres. Medley loaned her campaign the same sum within days.

“Judge Medley’s campaign was rife with falsehoods and a flagrant and intentional disregard for almost all the laws, canons, and ethical obligations applicable to a candidate for judicial ofﬁce,” wrote Michelle Beaty special counsel for the commission, last month.

A year on the sidelines is “at the very top end of suspensions for ethical misconduct” for judges, Beaty wrote, and would send a strong message without disrupting the public’s choice

“The intent of this was to align New Orleans with a host of other cities,” Morrell said. Moreno did not immediately respond to an interview request

Thursday Cantrell’s ofﬁce also did not immediately return a request for comment on the alcohol ban. The new ordinance comes as the mayor and council have been at

ﬁerce odds as she nears the end of her tenure, and as the sevenmember panel has sought to put its stamp on everything from the administration’s hiring decisions to city litigation, such as the School Board lawsuit.

Two of those members, Moreno and Thomas, are gunning to replace Cantrell next year though Thomas has not been at the center of many of the efforts to curtail the mayor’s power Cantrell is set to leave ofﬁce in January due to term limits.

The spats have at times landed in court, including twice in the past month.

The council asked a judge this month to force the mayor to stick to the $90 million school settlement deal crafted by the council, top Cantrell deputies and the Orleans Parish School Board. The court sided mostly with Cantrell last week, ruling that the city must pay only $10 million of that amount.

After the council banned all taxpayer-funded travel by city ofﬁcials last month a response by Morrell to Cantrell abandoning the school funding deal the mayor

asked a judge to block that ban, and the court ruled in her favor temporarily A hearing in the case is set for Friday

The council approved its new ban on purchasing alcohol as Cantrell was set to attend a U.S. Conference of Mayors summit at the Mayﬂower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Friday according to that organization’s website. It will be her second time in Washington in nearly three weeks after she visited the nation’s capital earlier this month for the Yale Mayors College Conference. Cantrell’s administration said she was participating in a CanadaMexico-USA Mayors Trade Summit, where she will discuss with other mayors how best to keep city economies moving forward. Both the travel ban and rules on alcohol purchases follow scrutiny over hundreds of thousands of dollars Cantrell has spent on overseas and out-of-state travel during her second term, according to a Times-Picayune investigation last year

Email James Finn at jﬁnn@ theadvocate.com.

to elect Judge Medley.”

Few of the facts are in dispute, but Medley claims the commission has it wrong in ﬁnding her actions unethical.

Medley, 48, argues that the attack ads against Bruno were essentially true; that they were protected by the First Amendment. And she says she received legal advice that the loan from Torres, which she repaid, was kosher

The ads generated plenty of controversy at the time. In one, a woman claimed that Bruno displayed bias against her in his courtroom.

“He called me a scorned woman and didn’t find me credible. Being raped is something no woman should have to endure, and Judge Christopher Bruno’s treatment of me was just as bad,” the woman said in the ad

A judicial campaign oversight committee found no truth to the ad’s allegations against Bruno.

Another ad claimed that Bruno had refused to pay child support for more than a decade and was “called a judge by some and a deadbeat dad by others.”

Bruno obtained a judge’s order to keep it off the air, and an appeals court backed him up. It found that Medley “knew her commercial was false or at the very least acted with reckless disregard for whether her statements in the commercial were false.”

Though the ad never ran, the commission alleges that commentary afterward on Medley’s social media violated that order

Bruno declined to comment for this story

Medley’s attorney, Steven Scheckman, wrote that the campaign videos included “rhetorical hyperbole, vigorous epithet and statement of opinions,” and were protected speech.

“The Medley campaign videos, even if inaccurate, are at a minimum substantially true,” wrote Scheckman, a former special counsel for the Judiciary Commission. “This is what election campaigns are about.”

Medley acknowledges she

used some of the $100,000 loan from Torres for her campaign, but she claims it added up to a little under $60,000.

According to a stipulation, Torres first consulted attorney John Litchfield “regarding the propriety of such a loan.” Litchfield then called Kathleen Allen, general counsel for the Ethics Board at the time, who purportedly advised that a loan to Medley from Torres’ company, IV Capital, was permissible.

Medley claims she relied on Litchfield’s advice. She secured the loan with a mortgage and repaid it in 2021. In a ﬁling with the commission, Scheckman noted that the state Ethics Board had closed its ﬁle over the complaint.

Medley’s campaign also enlisted SDT Productions, another Torres-owned company, for campaign ads. Torres’ Voice of the People PAC also bankrolled ads in the race.

Torres has declined to discuss the loan to Medley, along with one that IV Capital made to her father around the same time.

“We’re in the business of lending money,” he said last year in a brief statement.

For her part, Medley has questioned the commission’s jurisdiction over such campaign ﬁnance issues. Medley, who is also accused of failing to properly account for payments to the woman featured in one campaign ad, calls the proposed suspension “punitive, harsh and extreme.”

She previously received a formal admonishment from the commission for holding an attorney in contempt of court and applying an illegal sentence, records show As a judge, Medley made news in 2023 when The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reported that she’d signed the failed petition to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell and didn’t disclose it as she presided over a legal challenge to the signature count.

Friday’s public hearing about Medley is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr Courthouse building, 400 Royal St.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

The New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance carried by council Vice President Helena Moreno that prohibits city employees from buying or collecting reimbursements for alcohol purchased on trips.

Senators request probe into Signal leak

Call for investigation has bipartisan support

BY STEPHEN GROVES and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

WASHINGTON The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into how national security ofﬁcials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes, ensuring at least some bipartisan scrutiny on an episode President Donald Trump has dismissed as frivolous

Sen. Roger Wicker the Republican chair of the committee, and Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat, signed onto a letter to the acting inspector general at the Department of Defense for an inquiry into the potential “use of unclassiﬁed networks to discuss sensitive and classiﬁed information as well

as the sharing of such information with those who do not have proper clearance and need to know.”

The senators’ assertion that classiﬁed information was potentially shared was notable, especially as Trump’s Republican administration has contended there was no classiﬁed information on the Signal chain that had included Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine.

Across Washington, the Signal leak presented a major test early in Trump’s second term on the federal government’s system of checks and balances meant to protect national security Yet even as mechanisms for oversight and investigation sputtered to life, it was a halting effort as most Republicans seemed content to allow the controversy to blow over

Meanwhile, Democrats slammed the Signal chat as a reckless violation of secrecy that could have put service members in harm’s way

“This put pilots at risk because of sloppiness and carelessness,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and former fighter pilot. Kelly and other Democrats have called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to either resign or be fired. “If this was an officer in the military — at any level — or enlisted person, they would have been fired already,” Kelly said.

Asked by a reporter on Wednesday about the call by Wicker, of Mississippi, and Reed, of Rhode Island, for an inspector general probe at the Pentagon, Trump replied, “It doesn’t bother me.” Wicker, whose support was crucial to Hegseth’s Senate conﬁrma-

tion, is one of the most ardent defense hawks in Congress and has said the committee will request a classiﬁed hearing with a top administration ofﬁcial, as well as for the administration to verify the contents of the Signal chat. The contents, which were published by The Atlantic, show that Hegseth listed weapons systems and a timeline for the attack on Iranbacked Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.

Senate Republicans have criticized the discussion on Signal but have stopped short of calling for the removal of Hegseth or anyone else involved. Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican member of both the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services committees, said that any oversight should be done “in a bipartisan way.”

Still, Democrats are pressing to probe much deeper Sen. Mark Warner the top Democrat on the

Senate Intelligence Committee, said he wants to check the phones of those involved in the Signal chat for malware as well as whether Hegseth had shared military plans on other Signal chats.

Warner said he expected support from Republicans in calling for such an investigation, but so far, Warner’s Republican counterpart on the intelligence committee, Sen. Tom Cotton, has given no sign he would join in those calls.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department, which has traditionally handled investigations into the mishandling of classiﬁed or sensitive information by both Republican and Democratic administrations, showed that under Trump it would likely stay on the sidelines. When asked at an unrelated news conference what the Justice Department plans to do, Attorney General Pam Bondi deﬂected, saying the mission was ultimately a success.

the material, “but I’m not going to be called a liar and I’m not going to have my magazine called a liar,” he said.

“They essentially goaded us into publishing the whole transcript, so we did. We didn’t have a choice.”

Interviewed by Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum, Goldberg made his remarks to a capacity crowd of about 1,800 people inside Tulane’s McAlister Auditorium.

Hundreds of people lined up along Freret Street to get through security screenings to attend the talk.

An overﬂow crowd of about 350 watched a broadcast of the event from Tulane’s business school.

“This has been an opportunity to say, ‘What is in the best interest of readers and the people of the United States?’ ” Goldberg said from the stage. “They should see the whole truth and make up their own minds about whether this is a serious breach of national security or not. We’re trying to hold powerful people to account.”

Goldberg’s article said Hegseth shared attack details that included the launch times of jets from air-

craft carriers on their way to strike Houthi targets along with details about the types of aircraft and drones involved in the mission.

Since the news broke, Democrats have grilled ofﬁcials in President Donald Trump’s administration in congressional hearings. Critics say the mistake was a potentially illegal breach of national security

Three days after breaking the story, Goldberg flew to New Orleans to honor his previously scheduled commitment to appear at the opening night of the New Orleans Book Fest at Tulane. In a projec-

tion of normalcy despite the global media attention, he spent the day on campus, speaking to journalist and author Walter Isaacson’s class.

“They went nuts when he walked in,” Isaacson said of the students. “I said he’s here to teach us about group chats. We also discussed why social media has become so divisive and how we can create a digital media that can support democracy rather than undermine it.”

Afterward, Isaacson and Goldberg shared a meal at Tulane’s main dining hall.

During the event Thursday eve-

ning, Goldberg and Applebaum talked about politics, history and media — and found time to make a few jokes.

“One of my kids said the most amazing thing about this whole story is that ‘Dad has learned how to take a screenshot,’” Goldberg said.

All week, the veteran editor has been making the TV rounds, defending himself from an onslaught of ad hominem attacks designed to discredit him and the story

On Wednesday, Trump called Goldberg a “sleazebag.” Separately, Hegseth said the Pulitzer Prizewinning editor is a “deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes.”

National security adviser Mike Waltz called Goldberg a loser

On the McAlister stage, Goldberg gave his retort: “He can call me a loser if he wants, but at least I know how to text,” Goldberg said.

On Wednesday, Goldberg published additional excerpts from the Signal group chat after Trump ofﬁcials said none of the information was classiﬁed.

The day before Goldberg’s appearance, Book Fest organizers were reluctant to talk about the visit for fear he would have to call off the plan at the last minute.

Isaacson, who co-chairs the book fest, said in an interview earlier this month that he planned for this year’s event to be less focused on the headlines after hosting a standing-roomonly crowd to hear former Republican Rep Liz Cheney last year

But the universe conspired to place Book Fest at the center of a global story once again.

“Even when you try to steer clear of current events these days, they still somehow ﬁnd you,” Isaacson said Wednesday

The fourth annual New Orleans Book Festival continues Friday and Saturday on the university’s Uptown campus.

The event drew about 15,000 attendees last year thanks to an A-list lineup of authors, media figures and politicians. This year’s crowd is expected to be comparable. High-profile guests scheduled to participate this year include immunologist Dr Anthony Fauci, journalists Connie Chung and Bob Woodward, statistician Nate Silver, novelist John Grisham and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. In total, Book Fest 2025 will gather more than 200 authors, thought leaders and creatives for three days of discussion about politics, culture, ﬁction, productivity, business and more.

Super Bowl and during Carnival season, both which came and went without major incident, though those efforts included help from the state and federal governments.

The emails between Bratton, Kirkpatrick, Cantrell and other members of Bratton’s team offer the clearest picture yet of Bratton’s early recommendations for how local leaders in New Orleans should continue tackling security for special events.

A final report with his team’s suggestions, sent to the New Orleans City Council and other city leaders this week, has not been made public.

That report is expected to tell New Orleans how best to deploy its police officers, spell out the details of new technology the city could use to detect threats and revive a long-discussed proposal to close Bourbon Street to vehicles entirely representatives with the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation have said.

NOPD ofﬁcials refused to comment on the emails or the planning, citing lawsuits from Bourbon Street victims and their families alleging negligence on the part of the city and its public safety agencies.

The emails, a portion of which were ﬁrst published by WVUE-TV on Thursday, are part of more than 1,600 pages of correspondence regarding Bourbon Street security reviewed by The Times-Picayune. Shifting plans

Hints of the consultants’ recommendations have been presented at meetings with French Quarter business owners and residents.

But the emails reveal disorganization and a lack of communication between city departments even weeks after the attacks, reinforcing concerns that public safety agencies had abandoned the extensive coordination, planning and communications that marked preparations in years past Bratton’s Teneo consulting ﬁrm has sent its recommendations to the police booster group that covered its work, Cantrell and the City Council, though no one has been willing to share many of the details. In his email to Kirkpatrick, Brat-

ton warned that, even as city ofﬁcials worked quickly in the wake of the attack to add vehicle barriers to Bourbon Street, gaps in communication threatened to undermine the city’s long-term efforts to keep the street safe.

The breakdown appeared to be coming from the city’s Ofﬁce of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Bratton said.

That agency was supposed to be in charge of coordination, but Bratton wrote that he wasn’t “aware that as of this time they are routinely gathering everybody together to share ideas, recommendations and to delegate responsibilities,” Bratton said.

The emails provided one example.

After the New Year’s attack, the department’s director, Collin Arnold, requested that a contractor that had supplied security barriers also submit plans for additional barriers along Frenchmen Street, near Jackson Square and during Carnival, emails show Kirkpatrick was apparently left out of those plans and was first alerted to them in a meeting held with Cantrell and Arnold on Jan. 20, Kirkpatrick wrote in an email to Bratton.

“This brings up — again — the point I tried to correct last week

while you were here,” Kirkpatrick wrote to Bratton. “What is Collin’s role and who is the last say about assets. I told the Mayor that this was why we had hired the Bratton team to give us expert advice on barrier systems and to hold off. She agreed.”

“The role of Collin Arnold needs to be clearly deﬁned and I will get it straightened out this week,” Kirkpatrick added. “I hope this gives you context.”

Through an NOPD spokesperson, Kirkpatrick declined to comment, citing pending litigation related to the attack.

Arnold on Thursday denied that city agencies work in silos, and chalked up any confusion to the chaotic aftermath of the attack.

“Those emails were pretty early on after Jan. 1, and we’ve had a lot of conversations since then,” Arnold said. “I don’t think there’s any confusion.”

He was asked to contact a security contractor at NOPD’s request, he said.

Arnold said planning for New Year’s Eve centered on a key meeting, which he led, with Sugar Bowl representatives and other officials. Neither Kirkpatrick nor Cantrell attended, though an NOPD special event coordinator was there.

That contrasts with how former NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison has characterized incident planning under Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Harrison said in an interview in January that he and the homeland security director at the time, Aaron Miller worked closely together and participated in planning meetings that Landrieu directed.

“The mayor was directing and asking the questions and facilitating the discussion on what’s needed to ensure everybody was accepting responsibility,” Harrison said.

Intelligence, pedestrianization

A memo from the consultants also lays out concerns about the NOPD’s ability to detect and respond to terror attacks. Written after their first visit after the attack, the memo notes the department’s intelligence functions are “sparse and overstretched,” with only a handful of intelligence officers who must field a range of tasks, such as managing protests, running patrols and conducting criminal investigations. The report argues there is an “urgent need to expand intelligence resources” to counter threats. It also calls for more NOPD staff-

ing in general and a loosening of the city’s surveillance ordinance to make it easier for officers to flag specific footage from the city cameras for review Officers presently must manually scan hours of video to find relevant evidence, the consultants said.

The emails also provide a glimpse at early versions of the plan to essentially bar vehicles from Bourbon Street. That proposal from Bratton’s group was the subject of a heated meeting between NOPD ofﬁcials and French Quarter residents and businesses Wednesday night.

The full plan has not yet been released to the public or top police brass, but the preliminary recommendations track comments made by consultants and ofﬁcials in recent months Under the proposal, a variety of barriers could be placed at the various entryways to Bourbon Street which would block off trafﬁc at almost all hours of the day They could be raised for brief periods to allow authorized vehicles through or to permit access to emergency services, according to the plan.

A less severe option would leave Conti Street and St. Louis Street open to trafﬁc. As it stands, the street only closes to trafﬁc in the evenings.

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Bourbon Street.

N.O. Jazz & Heritage Festival schedule cubes are released

BY HANNAH LEVITAN Staff writer

It’s officially Jazz Fest season, and the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s schedule cubes are finally here, detailing performance times and stage assignments.

Typically revealed exactly one month before the event’s opening day, Jazz Fest regulars and ﬁrst-timers have been eagerly waiting to plan their itineraries based on the cubes, which allow music lovers to decide who they’ll see.

This year Jazz Fest opens on Thursday, April 24, with the theme “Viva Mexico.”

At a news conference held Thursday afternoon inside the Fair Grounds’ grandstand, festival organizers released the cubes and additional information about this year’s event. See the complete Jazz Fest cubes at nojazzfest. com/music-schedule.

Artists like Luke Combs, Lil Wayne & The Roots, John Fogerty, Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Kacey Musgraves, Santana, Lenny Kravitz, Burna Boy Cage the Elephant, Laufey, Tems, Harry Connick Jr.,

My Morning Jacket and HAIM will be featured across the two weekends in spring.

Among Louisiana natives, Big Freedia, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Irma Thomas will all return for the city’s most anticipated spring festival.

The first weekend, John Fogerty, Kacey Musgraves, Dave Matthews Band and Lil Wayne & The Roots will perform on the Festival Stage. HAIM, James Bay, Irma Thomas, Harry Connick Jr., Cheap Trick and Goose will take the Shell Gentilly Stage, while Gladys Knight, Babyface, the Soul Rebels and Burna Boy will appear on the Congo Square Stage.

The following weekend will host Santana, Luke Combs, Dumpstaphunk, Pearl Jam Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Lenny Kravitz on the Festival Stage. Cage the Elephant, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Laufey will be on the Shell Gentilly Stage, while Tems, Patti La-

Belle and Morris Day & The

Time will be on the Congo Square Stage.

The festival will host 650 performances throughout its two weekends.

For its 54th year Jazz Fest will honor Mexican music and art with performances from Mexico’s own Banda MS, Lila Downs and 19 bands from Mexico. The Cultural Exchange Pavilion, sponsored by Expedia, will serve authentic Mexican cuisine, including mezcal cocktails.

This year’s “Locals Thursday” — which will be held on both Thursdays of the festival — will cost $50 for Louisiana residents to see artists like John Fogerty, John Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen and Little Freddie King Blues Band.

Thursday at-the-gate passes for nonresidents cost $105 plus fees. Residents are also offered discounts on four-day passes for either weekend, which will cost $305 or $290 for early birds. For nonresidents, passes will start at $329. Otherwise, weekend single-day passes are $135 plus fees at the gate.

BY MICHAEL CASEY, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and KATHY MCCORMACK Associated Press

BOSTON A Turkish student detained by federal ofﬁcers as she walked along a street in a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.

Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was swiftly moved out of Massachusetts, a demonstration of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is sending immigrants who are taken into custody to detention centers or deporting them altogether before a federal judge has a chance

to weigh in on their case and possibly halt the actions.

Ozturk, who was detained Tuesday shortly after she left her home in Somerville, had been moved to an ICE detention center in Louisiana by the time her lawyer went to court and a judge ordered her to be kept in Massachusetts, U.S government lawyers said in a court document Thursday They said they made her lawyers aware that she was being moved and facilitated contact with her Wednesday night. A senior Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said federal authorities detained Ozturk after an investigation found she had “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Amer-

icans.” The department did not provide evidence of that support. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration has revoked the visas of at least 300 people, including Ozturk: “We do it every day.”

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Wall Street slips after tariff moves

Wall Street edged lower Thursday after getting pulled in opposite directions as President Donald Trump’s latest tariff escalation creates winners and losers among auto stocks.

The S&P 500 slipped after drifting between small gains and losses several times through the day Better-than-expected data on the economy also helped support the market.

One report on Thursday said slightly fewer workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected. It’s the latest sign the job market may be settling into a “low fire, low hire” state A second report said the U.S economy’s growth during the final three months of last year was slightly stronger than earlier estimated.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped and the Nasdaq composite fell.

General Motors sank 7.4% for one of the market’s sharper losses after Trump announced 25% tariffs on imported cars. Ford Motor Company dropped 3.9%.

GameStop slumps amid plan to sell debt

GameStop shares sank Thursday after its plan to sell debt in an effort to fund purchases of bitcoin raised some questions on Wall Street.

The video game retailer announced a private offering of $1.3 billion in debt The company said earlier this week that it plans to purchase bitcoin as a reserve asset. It will use proceeds from this debt offering to buy the cryptocurrency The stock slumped 22.1%, marking a sharp reversal from Tuesday’s 11.7% gain. Trading in GameStop’s stock, which is often included with other so-called “meme” stocks, can be volatile. The debt offering comes at a big premium to the company’s value. It could also leave out a large portion of GameStop’s investors who wouldn’t qualify for the offering under certain investor requirements, according to a note from Wedbush led by analyst Michael Pachter

“We ﬁnd it hard to understand why any investor would pay more than two times cash value for the potential for GameStop to convert that cash into Bitcoin, particularly since the same investors can invest in Bitcoin or a Bitcoin ETF themselves,” he said in the note.

Ex-Mars exec charged with stealing $28M

Before his arrest Wednesday, Paul Steed was a respected sugar market expert for a subsidiary of famed candy maker Mars Inc. He served on a U.S. trade advisory committee for sweeteners as well as on industry group boards, while giving presentations at conferences.

Now Steed of Stamford Connecticut, is accused in a federal indictment of stealing more than $28 million from Mars since about 2013 through various schemes, including diverting funds to companies he set up. He is charged with seven counts of wire fraud and two counts of tax evasion.

Steed, 58, a dual U.S. and Argentine citizen, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Bridgeport on Wednesday and was ordered detained pending trial A U.S. magistrate judge said Steed was a ﬂight risk and noted that while the government has seized $18 million of the allegedly pilfered funds, several million dollars remain unaccounted for, and Steed has strong connections to family in Argentina.

Steed and his wife appeared to be living beyond their means, according to the judge’s order authorizing his pretrial detention.

Steed’s annual salary was about $200,000 while his wife was making $40,000 to $50,000 a year as a hairstylist, Magistrate Judge S Dave Vatti said in the order Yet they paid $2.5 million in cash in 2023 for a property in wealthy Greenwich, Connecticut, and own a mortgage-free home in Stamford worth $1 million, he wrote

CBO: Economic growth to slow

which said publicly held debt would be equal to a record 166% of American economic activity by 2054.

ing and an increase in revenues by taxing imports.

BY FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over the next 30 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Ofﬁce said

Thursday

The CBO’s latest long-term budget and economic outlook report — for a timeframe that spans 2025 to 2055 projects publicly held debt to reach 156% of gross domestic product, or GDP, in 2055. That’s down from the agency’s March 2024 long-term budget projection,

However, that’s not necessarily a positive.

The mix of slower population growth and unfettered spending will also result in weaker economic growth over the next three decades than what the CBO projected last year Lower birth rates also mean that the United States is becoming more dependent on immigrants working to sustain growth.

“Without immigration, the U.S. population would begin to shrink in 2033,” the CBO report states.

The report assumes that all the laws set to expire, including certain provisions of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, will go off the books. But the White House and Republican lawmakers have said that the tax cuts will be renewed and potentially expanded, as well as suggesting reductions in government spend-

Still, the report’s warnings and its projections for the future also set the stage for the challenges on the debt, government spending and economic growth that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insists the Trump administration can ﬁx.

Bessent has advocated for a “3-3-3” plan, which involves getting the federal budget deﬁcit down to 3% of GDP, boosting inﬂation-adjusted annual GDP growth to 3% and producing the equivalent of an additional 3 million barrels of oil per day by 2028.

The treasury secretary has sought to discredit CBO scoring, calling it “crazy.”

“I was in the investment business for 35 years, I thought I understood how crazy CBO scoring is,” Bessent told CNBC earlier this month. “And now that I’m on the

other side of the wall, I can tell you it’s really crazy And very unlikely that we are going to get any credit in the CBO scoring for tariffs.” However CBO warnings about population growth cut into Trump administration policy priorities related to mass deportations, as officials claim that immigrants are fueling high inflation by worsening the housing shortage and depriving U.S. citizens of job opportunities. A decreasing population could have profound negative effects on the economy as growth depends on adding workers as well as increasing their productivity Falling population levels could cause a stagnation in living standards and create difﬁculties in paying down debts as well as funding programs such as Social Security, which is dependent on payroll taxes.

Automakers brace for tariffs

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BY DAVID MCHUGH, LORNE COOK, AAMER MADHANI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany — Whatever domestic economic gain comes from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported cars and some experts are skeptical automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain.

In Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and across Europe, the world’s largest automakers employ millions of people whose livelihoods depend on U.S. car buyers, who spend more than $240 billion annually on imported cars and light trucks.

The Trump tariffs — aimed at boosting U.S. jobs and tax revenues — will also affect imported auto parts, which were valued at $197 billion last year.

“The impact will be really huge and very disruptive,” said Sigrid de Vries, director general of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. Vries and others say American car shoppers will also be worse off as tariffs push prices higher

Policymakers around the world said Thursday they were weighing their next moves namely whether to retaliate or not, and if so, how But they also expressed hope that

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negotiations with Washington could avert an escalating trade war, and the economic damage and global supply chain disruptions that would come with it

Trump said the tariffs on autos would start being collected on April 3. The impending hit comes on top of other U.S tariffs planned globally on steel and aluminum and at a time when competition from China, and the transition to electric vehicles, is already pressuring automakers.

The anticipated blow knocked down the stock prices of many major automakers Thursday, including Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Kia and BMW

U.S. carmakers are less exposed to possible retaliation because they export only 2% of their production to the EU. Still, shares of Ford and General Motors fell because the U.S. industry relies heavily on cross-border trade in auto parts although Tesla is an exception and its stock price rose on Thursday

Most foreign carmakers have plants in the U.S. — Japanese carmakers have two dozen, for example — but that would not shield them if they use imported parts, unless those parts are exempted under a free-trade agreement with Mexico and Canada.

The auto tariffs will be felt sharply in Europe, for whom the U.S. is the biggest export

market for an industry that supports nearly 14 million jobs.

The EU’s top trade ofﬁcial, Maros Sefcovic, has traveled to Washington at least twice since Trump was reelected to try to engage the administration. But Trump says the tariffs, which his administration estimates would raise $100 billion in revenue annually, are “permanent.” The White House has claimed they will foster domestic manufacturing.

“This will continue to spur growth,” Trump told reporters Wednesday when announcing the tariffs.

The head of the United Auto Workers, Shawn Fain, thanked the White House “for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working class communities for decades.”

Some economists say the tariffs will only raise costs that will be passed on to consumers and lead to a cycle of retaliation that will reduce trade between countries.

“There’s a risk of retaliatory tariffs and then a tit-for-tat, and then we end up with signiﬁcant barriers to trade and we all lose out,” said David Bailey, professor of business economics at the University of Birmingham

“That’s the fundamental problem here essentially that governments will start to retaliate against each other.”

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logistics center in Duisburg Germany. Automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain

President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported vehicles.

Valatkavage, Charlotte Ricks

Charlotte Ricks Valatkavage, native of Metairie, LA passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at the age of 95. She attended

attended Metairie High School and Soule Business College. Charlotte was a parishionerofSt. Louis King of France,a member of Beverly Knoll Garden Club and Metairie Homemakers. She enjoyed reading, gardening, traveling and quilting. Charlotte is survivedbyher daughter, Vicky Lalehchini (Ali) and grandchild, Fatima Lalehchini. She was precededindeath by her spouse of 59 years, Vincent "Val" Valatkavage; parents, Charles Ricks and Rose Tranchina Ricks; her sisters, Gloria Carey and Virginia Nick; and her brother, Charles Ricks, Jr. The family wouldlike to givespecial thanks to Kenneth Nick and Marcia Blevens. Relatives and friends are invited to attend afuneral Mass held at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home,5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 2pm. A visitation will be from 12pm until Mass begins at 2pm. Interment will follow in LakeLawn Park. To view and sign the online guestbook, please visit, www.lak elawnmetairie.com.

12pm until Mass begins at 2pm. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park. To view and sign theonline guestbook, please visit,www.lak elawnmetairie.com.

Viator Jr., RobertJoseph

April 20th. He wasalsodevotedtohis children RobertDavidViatorand Jeannine MarieViatorand grandchildrenDaltonA Scallan, Sloan ViatorLarkinand TallulahViatorBillodeau. They couldalways count on Grandpa to fix brokentoys or help with projects. Robertalways putGod and hisfamily first. He wasa regular at 6:00 a.m. Mass when St Mary Magdalen had one and helpedwiththe parish fair toolsinhand.Hecared forhis father,motherand sister, Jerry until theend. Therewas no home improvement project that he wouldn't tackle. He was ready to attend thekid's functions or acamping trip.The kids lovedtosay, "Mom,Dad wasthe fun one". Robert wasa 1954 graduateofJesuitHigh School.Heretired from Pan American Airlines and Home Depot. Robert's now being at peace is theonly consolationfor ourfamily's loss. He is also succeeded by sisters-in-law Gail Milletand Bernadette Freelingand many nieces, nephewsand cousins Funeral will be on Friday, March28atSt. Mary MagdalenChurch, 6425 West Metairie Ave. Metairie.Visitation from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. with Mass to followat1:00. Masses or donations to Parkinson'sFoundation preferred. West Metairie Ave., Metairie.Visitationfrom

nine is the daughter of the late Curtis J. Walker and Frances Roberts Walker Sister of Lucius P. Walker (Patsy) and the late Joanel Walker Martin, Deborah Walker Morales and Cheryl Denise Walker She is sur‐vived by her Godchildren, Holly Walker Bordelon, Derek Morales and Caleb Solari Janine is also sur‐vived by a host of nieces and nephews She was a resident of Schriever Louisiana and formerly a resident of Harvey Louisiana. She was em‐ployed by Hampton Inn Hotel in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Family and friends are invited to at‐tend a Memorial Visitation

RobertJoseph Viator,Jr. passed away on March15, 2025 aftera long battle with Parkinson'sDisease. He wasbornonMarch 24, 1936 to RobertViator, Sr and Irene Frederic Viator Robertwas adevoted husband to Ann Marie O'Sullivan Viator and wouldhave been celebrating57yearsofmarriage on April 20th. He wasalsodevotedtohis children RobertDavidViatorand Jeannine MarieViatorand grandchildrenDaltonA Scallan, Sloan ViatorLarkinand TallulahViatorBillodeau. They couldalways count on Grandpa to fix brokentoys or help with projects. Robertalamiar

was id's functions or acamping trip.The kids lovedtosay, "Mom,Dad wasthe fun one". Robert wasa 1954 graduateofJesuitHigh School.Heretired from Pan American Airlines and Home Depot. Robert's now being at peace is theonly consolationfor ourfamily's loss. He is also succeeded by sisters-in-law Gail Milletand Bernadette Freelingand many nieces, nephewsand cousins Funeral will be on Friday, March28atSt. Mary MagdalenChurch, 6425 West Metairie Ave., Metairie.Visitation from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. with Mass to followat1:00. Masses or donations to Parkinson'sFoundation preferred.

ing will take place at the funeral home on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 1PM fol‐lowed by a Memorial

The family invites you to share your thoughts, fond memories and condo‐lences online at www mot hefunerals com.

Judith (Judy) Kay England White,beloved mother, grandmother and wife, passed away peacefully of pancreatic cancer with her daughters by her side at her home in Houston, TX on March 23, 2025, at the age of 75.

Treasures Hall of Fame and recognized by the St. Elizabeth'sFoundation and the Jerusalem Temple for donating her talent for charitable events. She began performing with Harry Connick, Sr., travelingall over the US as aduo. Judy performed asa guest artist with the Houston SummerPops Orchestra, the New Orleans Summer Pops Orchestra, and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. In1992, Harry Connick, Jr. invited Judy to performasa special guest with himand his orchestra at the renaming of the New Orleans Convention Center. He accompanied Judy on piano while Charlie conducted his full orchestra.Itwas a highlight of their careers. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Judy and Charlie returned to Judy's childhood Westbury home in Houston. That same year, she began performing at Ovations with pianist/vocalist Glennie Scott, acollaboration that lasted nearly 20 years. She also spent that time performing at her home church, Willow Meadows Baptist Church, with their praise band. Herfinalperformance was this past Christmas Eve, 2024. The truest source of joy in Judy'slife was family: her daughters Ashleyand Bethany and four grandchildren. Every family gathering was nothing short of an extraordinary celebration where friends and neighbors were always welcome.A lifelong fan of West Highland Terriers, Judy wasa proud memberofthe West Highland White Terrier Club of Southeast Texas and loved with herfull heart Jasper, Max, Patty, GiGi, Pallas and Holly. Judy was preceded in death by herfather, London Thurman England; mother, MaryAnna (Seibel) England; brothers, London Thurman England Jr.and Frederick James England and belovedhusband CharlesLoy White. She is survived by daughters Ashley England White Fryer(Jeffrey)and Bethany MarieWhite Magalhaes(John), and grandchildren Jackson Charles Fryer, London Jane Fryer, Eliana Delta Magalhaesand Joseph Charles Magalhaes.

Valerie D. Hall, Coretta F. White, and Derrick W. Hall.

From an early age, Margie accepted Jesus Christ as her savior; she was baptized by the late Rev. Baker of Moss Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville, LA

She attended Jonesville Consolidated HighSchool and,asa young woman, she relocated from Jonesville to Metairie, LA, in 1969 with her two young daughters. In 1970, Sis. White placed her membership at Second New Guide Baptist Church under the late Rev Auther Dandridge. She served faithfully as the President of the senior usher board during the tenure of the late Rev. Calvin Jackson Sr. and continued her service under Paster Dale J. Sanders Sr. Her dedication to her family, church, and community was unwavering.Sis. White's life was marked by her faith, her family, and community.

For over 20 years, she served as amember of True Democrat.She worked tirelessly to get people out to vote. Sis. Whitewas employed by Tulane Medical Center of New Orleans for 15 years as an environmental technician. Sis. White is proceeded in deathbyher father, GabeHall Sr. her mother, Maggie B. Sadler Hall, her brother, Gabe Hall Jr., and her niece, Wanda Hall

Her Legacy of faithfulness and love continued to inspire those around her. Her story is atestament to alife well-lived centered on devotion to God, family, and service to others. She leaves behind five children: Joesph(Tina) Hall of Jonesville, LA,Timmy L. Hall of Jonesville, LA, Dr. Valerie D. Hall of LaPlace, LA, Corretta F. (StevenSr) Lewis of Kenner, LA,and Derrick Hall of Mississippi; 15 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; 3nieces; a host of cousins and friends.

Jenny Young her adopted parents Triche and Dominic Brown, 6 sis‐ters, Kimberly Young, Imu‐nique Carter Dar’Jene Ari‐ana, Amari, and Tori Brown, 4 brothers Kenneth Young, Amonte, Dominic, Jr. and Trey Brown and a host of aunts, uncles nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and loved ones Relatives and friends of the family Pastors Ofﬁcers and Members of The His‐toric Bethlehem Baptist Church and all neighboring Churches along with HHS class of 2023, Southeastern Louisiana University and Walmart of Boutte are in‐vited to attend the Funeral Services at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Historic Bethlehem Baptist Church, 14989 River Rd. Hahnville LA 70057 Pastor Rodney L Johnson, Sr. Host Pastor, Pastor John K. White, Sr -Ofﬁ‐ciant Visitation 9:00 am until time of funeral ser‐vice. Interment Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery Garden of Memories, 2023 Paul Maillard Rd. Boutte LA 70039. Final arrange‐ments entrusted to Patrick H Sanders Funeral Home & Funeral Directors, LLC 605 Main Street, LaPlace, LA 70068, 985-359-1919. “Pro‐viding Care & Comfort is Our Highest Mission.”

ments entrusted to Patrick H. Sanders Funeral Home & Funeral Directors LLC, 605 Main Street, LaPlace, LA 70068, 985-359-1919. “Pro‐viding Care & Comfort is Our Highest Mission.”

Young, Kenneth Ray

Aviewing and visitation will be held at Woodlawn Funeral Home on Monday, March 31 from 5-8 PM. Funeral service will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 1atWillow Meadows Baptist Church at11AM, followed bya luncheon, procession to Woodlawn Cemeteryfor burial, and a final celebrationoflifeat the family home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Westie Foundation of America.

White, Margie Lee 'Ms. Margie White'

Kenneth Ray Young was born on November 11, 1959, to the late Clayton Ray and Julia Bailey Young He lived 66 years before crossing over to his heavenly home on February 17, 2025. Ken‐neth accepted his walk with the Lord at Greater Tulane Baptist Church where the Reverend Hosia Gardner Jr led him. During his life journey, he used his skills as a carpenter and jack-of-all-trades from his father He had great taste in dressing and the most contagious smile ever. He leaves to cherish his mem‐ories, his companion Meola Davis, siblings; James E. Bailey (Gloria), Clara Bailey-Hamilton, De‐lores Young-Gaspard (Thomas) Clayton Young Patricia Young, Bobby Young (Sabrena) Yolanda Young-Downing (Frederic), and Curtis Young (Myron) uncle; Jon H. Green (Bertie), a host of nieces and nephews; Donte’ Bai‐ley (Eren), Kinar Bailey, Dr. Tursha’ Hamilton Ashley G. Poplin (Rory), Joshua Gas‐pard Terrance Celistan, LaNikqua Celistan, Devon Celistan, Claishele Brown (Jason), Meoshia C Smith (Joshua), the late Omeshia Celistan, Clayton Celistan, Margaret Celistan, Shaun Celistan, Bronson Weather‐spoon, Frederic Downing Jr and Madison Downing. A private Memorial Service

s ney, s skills as a carpenter and jack-of-all-trades from his father He had great taste in dressing and the most contagious smile ever. He leaves to cherish his mem‐ories, his companion Meola Davis, siblings; James E Bailey (Gloria) Clara Bailey-Hamilton, De‐lores Young-Gaspard (Thomas), Clayton Young, Patricia Young Bobby Young (Sabrena), Yolanda Young-Downing (Frederic) and Curtis Young (Myron), uncle; Jon H. Green (Bertie), a host of nieces and nephews; Donte’ Bai‐ley (Eren), Kinar Bailey Dr Tursha’ Hamilton, Ashley G Poplin (Rory), Joshua Gas‐pard, Terrance Celistan, LaNikqua Celistan, Devon Celistan, Claishele Brown (Jason) Meoshia C. Smith (Joshua), the late Omeshia Celistan Clayton Celistan Margaret Celistan, Shaun Celistan, Bronson Weather‐spoon, Frederic Downing Jr., and Madison Downing A private Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Guestbook Online: www anewtraditi onbegins com (504)2820600

Born in Houston to London Thurman England and Mary Anna Seibel England on June 1,1949, Judy returned to Houston after briefly living in Ohio with her family in her early childhood. Her family moved into her newly built Westbury home on her 9th birthday,a home she would return to in 2005 for the remainder of her life. Music and performing was always afundamental part of her being. She referred to her theatre teacher, Mr. A. E. Davis at Johnston Junior High, as "the person who changed her life." She said, "He gave me amicrophone and said, 'Sing.'" In 1967, White graduated from Westbury High School where she performed as Fife Captain on the Rebelettes and served as Vice President of the Drama Club. She was afinalist in the 1966 Miss Teenage Houston contest. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Houston where she studied voice and served as Rush Chairman of Chi Omega Fraternity. She began her musical career in Houston with Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) and later HITS Theatre. Aradio commercial featuring her voice eventually led to her fronting numerous local rock bands and eventually forming her own, Judy England and Union Jack. She performed all over Houston, including NASA's celebration of the first lunar landing in 1969 and at arelease party with John Denver for "Take Me Home, Country Roads,"in 1971. In 1975, she married Charles (Charlie) Loy White, afellow musician who performed in bands around the city, including Southwest Freeway and The FamilyTree. In 1979, the couple welcomed afirst daughter, Ashley England White, and in 1985,the family of three left Houston to begin a new chapter in New Orleans. The following year, 1986, the family welcomed asecond child Bethany Marie White. Shortly after relocating, the couple joined the Jimmy Maxwell Orchestra with Judy as the lead vocalist, and performed around the country, playing for events like the 1988 Republican National Convention, the 1990 PresidentialGalaat Kennedy Center and the 1990 inauguration of the Governor of Virginia, Douglas Wilder. The band was the premier orchestra for the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, performing for several balls and theMeeting of The Courts of Rex and Comus on Mardi Gras night. In 1993, Judy was inducted into the Louisiana Treasures Hall of Fame and recognized by the St. Elizabeth's Foundation and the Jerusalem Temple for donating her talent for charitable events. She began performing with Harry Connick, Sr., traveling all over the US as aduo. guest Houston Orchestra, Orleans Orchestra, Riddle Harry Judy cial orchestra of Convention Center. He accompanied Judy on piano while Charlie conducted his full orchestra. It was a highlight of their careers. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Judy and Charlie returned to Judy's childhood Westbury home in Houston. That same year, she began performing at Ovations with pianist/vocalist Glennie Scott, acollaboration that lasted nearly 20 years. She also forming church, Baptist praise formance Christmas in herdaughters Ashley and Bethany and four grandchildren. Every family gathering was nothing shortofanextraordinary celebration where friends

Sis. Margie "Ms. Margie" White was bornonApril 21, 1944, in Jonesville, La. She was the daughter of the late Gabe Hall Sr. &Maggie B. SadlerHall. She grew up with one brother, the late Gabe Hall Jr Later in life,she became amothertofive children: Joesph Hall,Timmy L. Hall, Valerie D. Hall, Coretta F. White,and Derrick W. Hall. From an early age, Margie accepted Jesus Christ as her savior;she was baptized by the late Rev. Baker of Moss Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville,LA. She attended Jonesville Consolidate daughters. servedfaithfully as the Presidentofthe senior usher board during the tenure of the

Keishell Jayla Young af‐fectionately known as Kei” was born on Febru‐ary 3, 2004. She was a gift to the world and was deeply loved by both her birth mother Jenny Young and her adoptive parents Triche and Dominic Brown They were blessed to wel‐come her into their family Keishell transitioned from this earthly life on March 24, 2025, at the age of 21 She was baptized on April 4 2014, by Rev. Rodney L Johnson, Sr. at the Historic Bethlehem Baptist Church Keishell was a proud grad‐uate of Hahnville High School Class of 2023. After graduation she attended Southeastern Louisiana University to pursue a Bachelors of Nursing De‐gree to become a Regis‐tered Nurse Keishell also worked part time as a cashier at Walmart Keishell had a heart full of warmth and love She en‐joyed spending time with her friends and family, laughing at Tik Tok videos with her sisters and shop‐ping. She had a smile that could brighten any room Keishell's memory will for‐ever be cherished by her birth mother, Jenny Young her adopted parents Triche and Dominic Brown, 6 sis‐ters, Kimberly Young, Imu‐nique Carter, Dar’Jene, Ari‐ana, Amari and Tori Brown, 4 brothers, Kenneth Young Amonte Dominic Jr and Trey Brown and a host of aunts, uncles nieces nephews, cousins, es he ers s‐

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HHS cutting $10M in grants to La.

Funding used for mental health, substance abuse treatment

BY EMILY WOODRUFF Staff writer

The Louisiana Department of Health was among several state agencies that received notice Monday of a sudden loss of federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to state ofﬁcials.

The department received “a series of emails that were slightly difﬁcult to interpret” that they believe will end six grants, said Karen Stubbs, assistant secretary of the Ofﬁce of Behavioral Health, during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing Tuesday Three were mental health grants, and three were related to substance use.

Dr Pete Croughan, deputy secretary, estimated the funding loss at approximately $10 million. At Tuesday’s meeting, ﬁrst reported by the Louisiana Illuminator the agency was still assessing the impact on stafﬁng.

Stubbs noted that two of the six grants had already ended earlier

this month, and the remaining four were scheduled to expire at the end of the year

This abrupt loss of funding is part of a broader termination of over $12 billion in federal grants by HHS this week. Originally allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic for testing and vaccination, much of the funding was later used by states for infectious disease tracking, mental health services, childhood vaccinations and emergency preparedness. A smaller portion came from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In Louisiana, SAMHSA funds support a range of behavioral health services, including mental health crisis response, substance

A golfer prepares to putt on the second green at the Audubon Park Golf Course in New Orleans on a recent foggy early morning as dense mist blankets the landscape and reﬂects off the calm water This ethereal scene is a hallmark of the city’s fog season, which occurs most commonly during the cooler months from late fall through early spring.

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OKs automatic liquor permits

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday agreed to grant bars and restaurants automatic, temporary permission to sell alcohol, a bid to ease burdens on a beleaguered city permits department and cut the red tape some businesses must navigate. The city will issue the twomonth permits to businesses that apply for them, so long as those shops have already obtained state approvals and provided other required paperwork. The temporary permits will phase out after two years under the ordinance sponsored by District C council member Freddie King. The council voted 5-0 to pass King’s proposal. District B council

Incumbents face challengers who say city needs change

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

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stagnated, blighted and in need of change.

Here’s a look at the races:

District 1

BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

Only one seat on the Gretna City Council is contested in Saturday’s election, a quiet race featuring two Republican candidates who both say they plan to prioritize communication with constituents if elected. The candidates Robert “Bobby” Black and Randy Carr — are running to replace outgoing Gretna City Council member Jackie J. Berthelot in District 4, which includes the Garden Park Estates, Timberlane and Bellevue neighborhoods. Black, 69, served in Gretna’s David Crockett Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 for half a century — including 18 years as chief — and owned an electronics store before retiring in 2021. He said he entered the race because he misses serving the community Carr, 68, has been a pharmacist for 45 years and owned eight different pharmacies across the region, including three in Gretna, before retiring a year ago. He said he’s always wanted to run for public ofﬁce, but couldn’t with his sometimes 60 hour workweeks. Infrastructure tops the list as the biggest issue for voters, both candidates said They each committed to being a resource for constituents concerned about streets, drainage and other issues if elected. Black said that residents in Timberlane who get their water from the parish and other services from the city — won’t have to worry about calling parish ofﬁcials with their issues. He Three Westwego City Council seats on ballot

Three of the five seats on the Westwego City Council are being contested in Saturday’s election, when the biggest race for Jefferson Parish is for an open Parish Council seat in District 1. Westwego council members Lisa Valence, of District 3, and District 4’s Robert “Bobby” Utley won their positions back uncontested, along with Mayor Robert Billiot Sr and Police Chief Dwayne Munch. In the three other districts, incumbents are battling for reelection against familiar faces and political newcomers who say Westwego has grown

Maggie “May” Campbell, a Democrat who won the seat in 2021, is being challenged by two opponents: former Westwego mayor and council member Johnny Shaddinger a Democrat, and Republican newcomer Jason LeBlanc. Campbell, who is seeking her second term, said her previous four years on the council have centered around addressing drainage issues. If elected, she plans to establish a resource center to help put citizens in touch with assistance programs for storm recovery.

“The programs are out there, but if you don’t have someone to help you through the process, you wind up left out,” Campbell said.

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Rain cancels Irish Channel parade again

Organizers say no plan to reschedule

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

The luck of the Irish has been a little lacking lately, weather-wise The popular Irish Channel St Patrick’s Day parade has been canceled for a second time due to forecasts of rainy weather, according to Ronnie Burke, vice president of the Irish Channel St Patrick’s Day Club.

The parade was originally scheduled for March 15 but was rescheduled for Saturday because of the threat of severe thunderstorms Now, with a 90% chance of rain in the weekend forecast, parade leadership has decided to cancel the procession once again.

This time, though, as the Crescent City’s busy spring festival season starts up,

A rider tosses throws in 2024 at the 77th annual Irish Channel St Patrick’s Day Parade in New Orleans. The 2025 edition of the parade has been canceled for a second time due to forecasts of rainy weather according to Ronnie Burke, vice president of the Irish Channel St Patrick’s Day Club

Burke said there’s no plan to reschedule.

“It’s not an easy decision,”

Burke said. “It’s not something that we wanted to do.”

“But because of the possibility of heavy rain, ﬂooding and the possibility of lightning,” he said, “we had

to cancel, not just for the people participating, but the spectators.”

Burke said the parade will not be rescheduled, because the spring calendar is already crowded with events, including French Quarter Fest and the Jazz Fest To

Beached manatee found in

It’s the fourth dead one reported this year

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

A dead manatee has washed up on the shoreline in Bucktown, and officials say it’s the fourth manatee reported dead in Lake Pontchartrain this year

The carcass is stuck in mud ﬂats and inaccessible, said Gabriella Harlamert, stranding and rehab coordinator for Audubon Aquarium Rescue But once it’s recovered, it will be examined to ﬁnd out if it was

microchipped, which could show where it traveled It also appears to be decomposed, she said, which may make it hard to find out the cause of death. None of the four manatees reported so far have been confirmed to be the elusive barnacle-covered manatee that rescuers were scouring Lake Pontchartrain for back in January, Harlamert said. In January, Harlamert led the rescuers searching for a manatee that had been spotted along the northshore. They were trying to find it before a cold front, which lowers the water temperature to a dangerous level. Manatees should generally

push the parade back any farther would make it too distant from St. Patrick’s Day, he said.

Celebrating Irish heritage, the Irish Channel St. Patrick’s Day parade dates back to 1947. The neighborhood procession, which rolls on lower Magazine Street and St. Charles Avenue, includes green-clad riders tossing beads, bobbles and cabbages from 20 floats, plus an army of marchers, cavorting with the crowd and trading paper flowers for kisses.

Several other events slated for Saturday were rescheduled due to bad weather New Orleans’ Brews, Boils & Bubbles fest moved to Sunday, as did Baton Rouge’s Holi Festival. Freret Street Festival was pushed all the way to Nov 1, making it the ﬁrst fall Freret Fest.

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lake near Bucktown

not be in Lake Pontchartrain between November and March, Harlamert said, and they should stay in water above 68 degrees. In early January the lake’s temperature was 60 degrees even before the cold snap.

Harlamert said the four manatees have been reported dead all around the lake, including near Norco and Big Branch. But it’s not clear if any of them were the missing one.

The northshore manatee was headed toward Slidell when it was last spotted in January she said, and appeared to be smaller than the one spotted in Bucktown. Plus, the northshore manatee was unlikely to survive

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the cold snap that followed the search, Harlamert said.

The number of beached manatees this year isn’t atypical, and she said the unusually cold winter may be a factor

“We had an especially cold winter here with snow and the arctic blast, so I wouldn’t say I’m surprised we’re seeing deceased manatees,” she said.

“If people see alive or dead marine animals or turtles, we really encourage them to call,” Harlamert said. The rescue organization’s hotline is (877) 942-5343.

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Suspects in death of deputy face new counts

Driver refused to stop vehicle to let other passengers exit, sheriff says

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

The driver and one of the passengers in a vehicle that struck and killed a St. Tammany Parish deputy during a high-speed chase early Sunday morning will also face kidnapping charges, authorities said Thursday Sgt. Grant Candies was putting down a spike strip on an Interstate 10 on-ramp

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use treatment, the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, and peer and community support programs. As of Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Health was continuing to assess the impact of the termination.

“The department is still reviewing all grants associated with this funding to

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Shaddinger served as the District 1 council member from 2005-08 and Westwego mayor from 2008-17, when he lost his bid for reelection to Joe Peoples. He moved on to working as the assistance clerk at the Kenner Mayor’s Court until he retired in 2020. Shaddinger attempted to run for the District 1 council seat in 2021 but was disqualiﬁed from the race.

Shaddinger said if elected, he would use his political experience to address issues of blighted properties and dilapidated streets in his district, which he says have

near the Oak Harbor exit in Slidell to stop the speeding vehicle when he was hit

The driver of the vehicle, Adrian Waughtal, 17, of Slidell, was booked with aggravated flight, first-degree murder and attempted firstdegree murder. Two passengers in the vehicle, Mason Paul Eugene Fischer and Michael Emanuel Lanier, both 17, were also booked with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The Sheriff’s Ofﬁce said in a news release that Waughtal and Fischer, who was in the front seat of the vehicle, will also face charges of second-

determine the unused balance that was canceled,” Communications Director Emma Herrock wrote in an email.

Interim Secretary of Health Drew Maranto said that Medicaid funding remains unchanged, and that a recent executive order from President Donald Trump eliminating funding for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts had not impacted stafﬁng or funding at the department

“been neglected.” Jason LeBlanc, an engineering department supervisor for Laitram Machinery said he’s running his first campaign for public ofﬁce so he “can give back” to his community

LeBlanc said he’d like to focus on creating resources to help ease the startup process for small businesses and encourage youth recreation in the city

“I want to get a younger generation to buy into the community,” LeBlanc said.

District 2

Incumbent Republican Johnny Nobles Jr is seeking reelection against Republican Tim Matherne, a retired refrigeration specialist

degree kidnapping for not allowing two female passengers to exit the vehicle.

The Sheriff’s Office said Fischer and Waughtal refused to stop the vehicle and allow the two passengers, who were in the back, to get out despite their repeated pleas.

Waughtal remains in custody without bail, authorities said, and Lanier remains in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail. Fischer, who had been released on a $175,000 bail on Wednesday, was rebooked on the kidnapping count with a $250,000 bail, the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce said.

The pursuit began early Sunday morning on Brown-

The $10 million loss came to light during Tuesday’s budget hearing when Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews, D-Monroe, raised concerns about the potential effects of federal cuts on Louisiana.

Jackson-Andrews asked the Health Department to keep the Senate informed on the impact to the state. She had not heard news from the department as of Thursday She pointed out that cuts to mental health and substance use pro-

who says Westwego needs change.

Matherne, a 58-year resident of Westwego, said he is interested in beautiﬁcation and blight reduction in order to attract more industry to Westwego, especially a new grocery store chain following the closure of Shoppers Value Foods (formerly Winn-Dixie).

“We need to do something different,” Matherne said.

Nobles, who’s seeking his fourth term in office, said he hopes to get a number of city projects over the ﬁnish line if reelected, like a long-planned public wharf at Lapalco Boulevard and Victory Drive in District 3, a pedestrian bridge to the riverboat landing on Sala

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member Lesli Harris recused herself because her spouse works in the bar industry, and District E council member Oliver Thomas was not present for the vote.

The city’s Department of Safety and Permits is under review from the council, the Ofﬁce of Inspector General and others to improve its efficiency and King said the two-year sunset would “afford administrative staff the breathing room they need at this time.”

“Our hope is that temporary (permits) are not necessarily long term,” King said before the vote.

Other supporters have said the change will aid small businesses. But critics have said it would enable irresponsible operators, especially those with building code violations.

The Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates, a French Quarter neighborhood group, has been pushing the council to deny automatic permits for businesses that fall into that category

In response to those concerns, District A council member Joe Giarrusso on Thursday sponsored an amendment — which the council passed — that gives council members the right to veto any temporary permit the administration grants, “for good cause.”

The move is arguably the most signiﬁcant change to the city’s permitting process for liquor licenses since 2019, when the council passed rules, sponsored by King’s predecessor, Kristin Gisleson Palmer, that let the city temporarily suspend businesses’ permits if those shops posed a threat to public safety, among other shifts.

That law, which infuriated bar owners, followed years of contentious efforts to change rules ranging from surveillance to outdoor seating.

tor can revoke occupancy privileges on any business for code violations.

“We understand the importance of ruling out bad actors,” King said. The Beer Industry League of Louisiana and the Louisiana Restaurant Association did not respond to requests for comment. A bar owner, Sam Wurth, said he supports anything to reduce bureaucratic hassles for small business owners.

“I don’t see a lot of businesses trying to be bad actors. I think most small businesses want to ﬁt into the community and be there for the long run,” said Wurth, who co-owns Pepp’s Pub with his wife, Kait Wurth.

Andy Gallagher, the vice president of the Vieux Carré group, said his organization has received mixed messages as to whether new businesses are eligible for the permits, or if they are for existing businesses seeking renewals only King has not responded to messages on that question, and did not address it publicly on Thursday Gallagher said King has agreed to meet with his group about noncompliant bars to discuss renewal status and corrective actions.

King “will now be personally responsible for the adjudication and enforcement of all contended permit applications,” Gallagher said in an email referring to the district council member veto power “We intend on working with his office closely during the probationary period to ensure every bar issued a temporary permit works towards compliance.”

The veto power gives council members new authority when it comes to alcohol permitting. Giarrusso compared it to their ability to nix special events permits.

switch Road in Slidell after deputies tried to stop the vehicle for careless operation, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Ofﬁce also said the vehicle did not have a license plate.

The driver refused to stop, starting a high-speed chase into Slidell city limits and then out onto I-10, where Candies was killed, and eventually ending in New Orleans, where a New Orleans Police Department ofﬁcer was injured in what Sheriff Randy Smith called a “very violent night.”

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grams could have broad consequences, especially given that, earlier in the hearing, state ofﬁcials identiﬁed drug overdose as the leading cause of maternal death in Louisiana.

“When you hear that the federal government is cutting mental health funds to Louisiana, when Louisiana is already doing everything it can to ﬁnd mental health funds that is extremely concerning,” said JacksonAndrews on Thursday

Avenue in District 1, and a project to loop dead-end waterlines throughout the city for a more efficient water system.

“There’s a lot of things going on in the city, and the constituents continue to show support,” Nobles said.

District 5

Two Republicans familiar to the council are running One-term incumbent Robert “Bobby B” Bonvillian is being challenged by Larry Warino, who previously served District 5 for three terms.

Bonvillian is seeking his second term after beating out Johnnie Lynn Thibodeaux in 2021, in which he vowed to overhaul the city’s recreation department and bolster op-

King referenced that law on Thursday as he responded to concerns raised by French Quarter residents in recent days, noting that temporary permits are not available to any applicant who has been found guilty of violations related to alcohol sales or “public safety” within the last year

He also noted that the city’s permitting direc-

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said he’ll serve as a single point of contact for ﬁxing their problems.

Carr promised to return constituent phone calls on the same day they’re received. “That’s what I did with the drugstore,” he said. “I learned how important it was to listen to their problems, and again, just being responsive, so they don’t feel like they’re being ignored.”

Black said improving Gretna’s recreational offerings will also be a priority, especially as the city competes with travel ball for players. He’s coached his daughters’ and granddaughters’ softball teams.

The good-cause provision means the basis of a denial “can’t be simply we don’t like ABC business,” Giarrusso said. He also said he hopes that the council’s involvement facilitates communication between city departments to identify a variety of issues, from sales tax delinquencies to building code violations.

“We can vet those things and make sure we’re all on the same page,” Giarrusso said.

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The two promised each other they’d run a positive campaign, a departure from other races on the West Bank, where mudslinging has intensiﬁed in recent weeks.

“We both want what’s best for the city,” Carr said.

Other races on the ballot include Jefferson Parish Council District 1 seat and three Westwego City Council seats, along with statewide amendments.

“The recreation department is near and dear to me,” he said. Both candidates say Gretna is on the right track. Black is the president of the Garden Park Estates Owners Association, and Carr has been a volunteer with Gretna Fest for more than a decade.

portunities for seniors. Bonvillian did not respond to requests for comment.

Warino served on the City Council from 2005 until 2017, when he chose not to seek reelection due to his “strong belief in term limits,” he said. Westwego does not have its own rules on term limits.

Warino emphasized his leadership during hurricanes Katrina, Gustav and Ike, where he said he learned to work with parish, state and federal agencies on disaster recovery

He said if elected, he would host town hall meetings to inform the public during emergency events. He also plans to connect residents with local news and resources via social media, something

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he said current city ofﬁcials could improve.

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Deaths Little John FH

Trim, Tara Trueblood, Laura Banister, Joseph Professional Blue, Rose Bordelon, Joshua DeMouy Sr., William Boteler Jr., Lawrence River Parish

Bourgeois, Rita Patrick H Sanders

Bunn, Kevin Young, Keishell

Caparotta, Joseph Robottom

ficers and members of St Matthew Baptist Church and all neighboring churches are invited to attend thefuneral service at St. Matthew Baptist Church, 604 E. S. Johnson Street, NewSarpy, LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM. Reverend Lionel King, Officiating. Interment Jefferson Memorial Garden Cemetery, St. Rose, LA Visitation at the above named church from9:00 AM until service time. Services by Robottom Mortuary

Chenevert, Donald

Carmouche, Kathleen Blue, Rose Carriere III, Charles St Tammany

Cooper, Eugene EJ Fielding Dardis, Dierdra Caparotta, Joseph DeMouy Sr., William West Bank Derkins Jr., Herbert Davis Mortuary Dokes,Alvin Flowers,Ava George, Caress George, Caress Lee, Clara Hilton, Dennis Longino, Zella Hollingsworth Sr., Wesley Perkins, Judy Mothe Hudson, Dolores Norred,Adeline Jeansonne, Earl Walker, Janine Jones Sr., Leroy

Obituaries Kynerd Jr., James Banister, Joseph Harold Irving

Lee, Clara Lee, Warren Longino, Zella

Longmyle Jr., Jesse McCloud,Antoinette

Nix, Denise

Norred,Adeline

Perkins, Judy

Robinson, William Sheridan, Yvonne

Trim, Tara

Trueblood, Laura

Valatkavage, Charlotte

Viator Jr., Robert Walker, Janine

White, Judith White, Margie

Young, Keishell

Young, Kenneth

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Leitz-Eagan

Carriere III, Charles

Richardson FH Sheridan, Yvonne

New Orleans

Boyd Family

Bunn, Kevin

Flowers,Ava

Hudson, Dolores Jones Sr., Leroy

Young, Kenneth

Charbonnet

McCloud,Antoinette

Nix, Denise

Dennis Funeral Home

Dokes,Alvin DW Rhodes

Hollingsworth Sr., Wesley

Gertrude Geddes

Banister, Joseph

Cooper, Eugene Longmyle Jr., Jesse

Heritage Funeral

Robinson, William Jacob Schoen

Hilton, Dennis

Kynerd Jr., James Lake Lawn Metairie

Bourgeois, Rita

Dardis, Dierdra Jeansonne, Earl

Valatkavage, Charlotte

Bordelon,Joshua Eddie

Joseph Harold Irving Banister, age 47, was born on August 5, 1977 in New Orleans, LA. He departed this earthly life on Sunday, March 9, 2025. He was a graduate of Booker T Washington Senior High School Joseph was the lov‐ing son of Terry M Banis‐ter Loving grandson of Littdell Banister. Beloved father of Joseph, Joevon, Jornei and Ellasia Banister Devoted brother of Tanya Banister (James), Shavon Banister (Erone) and Clarence Banister (Ke‐shana). Joseph was also survived by 1 grandchild and host of nieces nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins family and friends He was preceded in death by his father Joseph H. Johnson, Jr. and his grandfather Irving Ban‐ister, Sr. Relatives and friends of the family are in‐vited to attend the Cele‐bration of Life Service on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m Visita‐tion from 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m Interment Holt Cemetery, 527 City Park Av‐enue, New Orleans, LA 70119. You may sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home Inc. in charge (504) 522-2525.

Blue, Rose Lee

Rose LeeBlue on Wednesday March 5, 2025 at St. Charles Hospital, Luling, LA. Daughterofthe late Mr. &Mrs. Jessie Evers and Wilbert Dunn. Wife of the late AlfredC.Blue, Sr. MotherofAlfred C. Blue,Jr. (Tanya) and CarlaB.Wells. Sister of Clarence Evers, Sr., Willie Dunne, Sr. and the late Roscoe Joseph, Sr. Also survived by 6grandchildren, Davon and Tia'Vonna Wells, AlfredC Blue III (Meagan), Alyhea Blue, KiaraDillard and Kamrie Mensah (Richmond); 9great-grandchildren, Davon Jr,Jayden, Alijah, Ja'Zyri, Kylie, Karlie, Giselle,Alfred IV and Aiana. Age 85 years. Anative of Clinton, LA and a resident of NewSarpy,LA. Relativesand friends of the family, also pastors, officers and members of St Matthew Baptist Church and all neighboring churchesare invited to attend the funeral service at St. Matthew Baptist Church, 604 E. S. Johnson

Joshua Eddie Bordelon, Jr., age 13, of St.Bernard Louisiana, was born on July 27, 2011, and was tragically taken from us on March 14, 2025. Joshua brought endless joyand laughter intothe lives of everyone who knew him. His brightsmile, kind heart,and boundless spirit will forever be cherished and sadly missed Joshua loved playing his favorite computer games, riding his bicycle, fishing, spending timewith friends and family, sharing laughter, and creating unforgettable memories. He had aunique way of making the world abrighter place for everyone. His gentle spirit and loving nature touched the heartsof all who had the privilegeof knowing him.

He is survived by his parents, Erika Guidrozand Joshua Bordelon, Sr.; his sister Ryleigh; his unborn brother Dillon Alfonso,Jr.; his stepfather Dillon Alfonso; grandparents, Warren and Charlotte Guidroz and Bradley and Lorraine Bordelon; great grandparentsThomas and Joan Gonzales and Bert and LolitaSmith. Also survived by many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

ACelebration of Life will be held on March 29, 2025, at The Abby Rose, 2900 Oak Ridge Blvd,Violet, LA 70092, from 10am until Noon.

Then get your wheels ready to take one last ride with Joshua beginning at 2pm from 1021 Bayou Road to his home on Tiffany Court. Family and friends are welcome to attend and join the final rideand to share their memories and love. Ablock party will be held following the rideat 2200 Tiffany Court, St Bernard, LA.

In lieuofflowers, the family kindly requests donations be madein Joshua's honor to your favorite Charity or Cause.

Though our hearts are broken, we find comfort in the beautiful memories we shared.Joshua will forever remain in our hearts, a precious angel watching over us.

Rest in peace, our sweet Joshua. You are loved beyond measure and missed beyond words.

Boteler Jr., Lawrence J. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union #130 The Ofﬁcers and Members are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Remem‐brance Service of Lawrence J. Boteler, Jr., at 11:00 AM at Celebration of Life Church, 2001 Airline Dr. Metairie LA 70001 on Saturday, March 29, 2025, with visitation beginning 9:00 AM Family and Friends are invited to stay following the service to share memories and fel‐lowship. By Order of: Ernest C. “Corky” Cortez, President Attest: Rodney R Wallis, Business Manager

Bourgeois, Rita Mae Chatelain

Rita Mae Chatelain Bourgeois diedMarch 19, 2025 in Gonzales, La., where she moved ayear ago to be close to her youngest son. She was 100. She was born October 17, 1924 in NewOrleans to Bertha Moreau of Mansura, La. and Edmond Chatelain of Marksville, La. She was aloving and caring person who loved to dance, play

She was born October 17, 1924 in NewOrleans to Bertha Moreau of Mansura, La. and Edmond Chatelain of Marksville, La. She was aloving and caring person who loved to dance, play cards and dominoes. She was avery activesquare, round and line dancer, first in New Orleans and later in the Harahan and River Ridge area where she moved after Katrina destroyed her Gentilly home. She belonged to many dancing clubs over the years. She was retired from the City of New Orleans treasury department. Her death was preceded by brothers Percy, Clarence and Raymond Chatelain; and sister Ruby Chatelain Prima. Survivors include three sons; Tim Bourgeois of Gonzales, Glen Bourgeois of Kenner and Paul Bourgeois of Fort Worth, Tx; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and many extended family members. She was alongtime parishioner at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in New Orleans before it was destroyed by Katrina, and later at St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Church in River Ridge. ACelebration of life will be at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, March 31 at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow in All SaintsMausoleum To sign and viewthe Family Guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairi e.com

Kevin Dewayne Bunn transitioned peacefully on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at the age of 56. Kevin was baptized at Old Zion Bap‐tist Church He continued his service to the Lord at the Living Water Baptist Church Kevin graduated from Warren Easton High School in 1987 and re‐ceived a certiﬁcation in En‐tomology from LSU. He was the owner of Bunn’s Pest Control. Kevin is survived by sons JaCouree’ and Bryce Bunn; daughters, Bri‐anna Bunn Allen (Steven) Zaria, MaKayla, and MaKenzie Bunn, brothers: Keith Bunn and Lawrence Jones (Shantrelle), sisters: Cynthia Jones (Bobby), Jacqueline Aaron Patricia Deruise, Janice Wells and Joan Hughes; grandson Steven Allen, Jr. a special cousin/sister, Freda JonesIkenna and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends Kevin was pre‐ceded in death by his par‐ents Earnest Bunn and Car‐rie Brown Bunn; grandpar‐ents Sidney and Mathilda Hurd, and Johnny and Cal‐lie Bunn, and brother, Ernest Bunn, Jr. Family and friends are invited to at‐tend the Celebration of Life on Saturday, March 29, 2025, for 10:00 a.m at Liv‐ing Water Baptist Church, 2104 Elysian Fields Ave New Orleans, LA 70117. Vis‐itation will begin at 9:00 a.m Pastor James J. Santa Cruze, Jr., ofﬁciating Inter‐ment is private. Live Streaming: Living Water Baptist Church-Rev James Santa Cruze Jr Guestbook Online: www anewtraditi

Cruze, Jr., ofﬁciating Inter‐ment is private Live Streaming: Living Water Baptist Church-Rev James Santa Cruze Jr Guestbook Online: www anewtraditi onbegins com (504)2820600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ers/Funeral Directors.

Caparotta, Joseph 'Joe'

Joseph (Joe) Caparotta a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away peacefully on March 21, 2025, at the age of 81. Born in New Orleans to Joseph (Sr.) and Josephine Caparotta Joe was a proud graduate of St. Aloysius High School and Loyola University. He dedicated his career to ac‐counting, making many lifelong friendships during his years as a CPA at NOPSI A devoted man of faith Joe was a longtime parishioner of St. Louis King of France Catholic Church in Metairie, where he built lasting friendships and was an active part of the church community He is survived by his loving wife, Jane, and his three sons, Michael (Alita), Kevin (Kim), and Stephen (Christy), whom he shared with his first wife, the late Marcia He was also blessed with stepdaugh‐ters Michelle (Donald) and Rochelle, as well as his stepson-in-law Steve whom he welcomed with open arms He is also sur‐vived by his sister, Virginia Joe was a proud grandfa‐ther to David (Kevin & Kim), Eva, Olivia, and Sam (Michael & Alita) and Eliana and Clara (Stephen & Christy). He also cher‐ished his step-grandchil‐dren Eli and Cate (Rochelle), and Jordan, Chloe Sam, and Levi (Michelle & Donald). He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Sr and Josephine, and his first wife, Marcia Joseph s kindness, sarcastic wit, and unwavering devotion to his family and faith will be deeply missed by all who knew him. His legacy of love and integrity will live on in the hearts of those he touched. Visita‐tion will be held at St Louis King of France Catholic Church in Metairie on Sat‐urday, March 29 at 10:00 a.m followed by a funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family re‐quests donations be made to St Jude Children's Hos‐pital in Memphis, TN. E.J Fielding Funeral Home has been entrusted with fu‐neral arrangements Please sign the guestbook at www ejfieldingfh.com

Kathleen O'Brien Carmouche, abeloved wife, mother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully surrounded by her lovingfamily on March 25, 2025, in her home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born on October 16, 1949, in Delavan, WI to Edward and Laverne O'Brien. Kathleen is survived by her loving husband of 27 years, Don Carmouche, who was her partner in life and love. Kathleen was adevoted mother to her daughter, Cristina (Michael), and a loving stepmother to her three stepsons, Donnie (Jaime), John(Trisha), and Brian (Shannon)andher wonderful ten step-grandchildren.Her family was her greatest treasure, and she nurtured them with love, wisdom, anda witty sense of humor that brightened every gathering. She is also survived by her siblings, Patrick (Jenny), Colleen, and Molly (Erik), who will forever hold her memory close to their hearts. Kathleen was predeceased by her parents, Laverne and Edward O'Brien, and her siblings Mike, Rory, and Kerry, who welcomed her with open arms. Kathleen's academic journey was atestament to her dedication andpassion for learning. She graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison with aBachelor of Arts degree, followed by amaster's degree in Italian from UCLA. Her pursuit of knowledge culminated in aJuris Doctor from Tulane Law School. With her law degree, Kathleen became a passionate prosecutor, tirelessly advocating for victims and earning the respect and admiration of her colleagues and the community. Her unwavering commitmenttojustice and her compassionate spirit made alasting impact on many lives. An avid animal lover, Kathleen found joy in the company of her beloved pets, including her horse, Romeo, and her two Gordon Setters, Rose and McDougal. Her home was asanctuary of love, laughter, and warmth, where her family and furry friends thrived. A celebration of Kathleen's remarkable life will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at St Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, located at 9150 Highland Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Visitation will begin at12:30 PM, followed by aMass at 1:45 PM. In honoringKathleen's legacy, let us remember her fierce spirit, her unwavering love for her family, and her dedication to making the world abetter place. Shewill be dearly missed but forever cherished in the hearts of those who loved her. Thefamily expresses heartfelt gratitude to the Pinnacle and Decision Critical medical staff for providing compassionate care and ensuring her comfort during her final days.

Bunn, Kevin Dewayne

Carriere III, Charles Pierre

Charles Pierre Carriere, III

Carmouche, Kathleen O'Brien

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partment…and talking with technical support Well, it really didn’t happen that way, but for the last few years of his life, he was certain that it would Charles actually died peacefully in his sleep, a graceful end to a blessed and full life. “Taz” as he was affectionately called by his grandchildren and their friends, was known for saying “any better and I couldn’t stand it” when asked how he was To all who knew him he was the eternal optimist, always ready with a joke or a song A graduate of Holy Name of Jesus School, Charles attended Wood‐berry Forest School for two years before returning to New Orleans and graduat‐ing from Isidore Newman School He was the first in his family to earn a college degree, receiving his BA and JD from Tulane Univer‐sity before marrying his wife Cynthia. He served in the United States Navy as a member of the first JAG corps class. He sold insur‐ance and practiced law but was fond of pointing out that he was nevertheless a good man Charles’s true gift was writing. He penned school plays, fol‐lies poems, commercials and songs. He did most of his writing in beautiful cal‐ligraphy and notes to friends and family became cherished keepsakes In 2004 he self published a novel, Dupree’s Crude War. He leaves behind an unfin‐ished memoir, titled “Man, Did I Laugh.” He loved to be surrounded by family and friends, singing, playing guitar, telling stories and laughing. We know that is how we will remember him best Taz was devoted to and is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 59 years, Cynthia Doyle Car‐riere, as well as his beloved sister, Constance Carriere Barkley. He is also survived by his four chil‐dren, Charles Carriere (Leslie), Vaughn Carriere Downing (Doug), Cynthia Carriere Sewell (Sean) and Michael Carriere (Carrie). He was so proud of his ten grandchildren, Michael Downing Maggie Malone, Andrew Downing, Ellen Carriere, Colette Carriere Jackson Koerner, James Downing Luc Carriere, Chase Koerner and Tess Carriere as well as his two step granddaughters, Camille Sewell and Mignon Sewell. One of his favorite pastimes was supporting them in their academic, artistic and athletic en‐deavors He loved his many cousins as well as his 30 nieces and nephews who called him “Big Charles. He is preceded in death by some and survived by many of a lifelong group of friends who call them‐selves “the 21” along with their spouses and children. A host of other hooligans and ruffians were proud to call him friend. His family is so grateful to the amaz‐ing staff at Covenant Nurs‐ing Home who have cared for and loved Cynthia and Charles for the past two years. For those who had the good fortune of know‐ing Charles/Taz, please join his family at Bruno’s Tavern, 7538 Maple Street on Saturday, March 29 be‐tween the hours of 1:30 and 4:00 pm to celebrate his life In lieu of funeral at‐tire, please wear Bruno’s appropriate clothing In lieu of flowers please con‐sider a donation to the Pro Bono Publico Foundation, Covenant Nursing Home or a charity of your choice that connects you with him.

Donald James

Donald J. Chenevert, Sr. (December 21, 1946March 17, 2025). Having lived afaithful, Christian life,Donald James Chenevert, Sr. is now celebrating eternal life with God in heaven. Don was adevoted husband and father. He married his sweetheart, Elly Nae (née Carriere) Chenevert on August 8, 1966. Don and Elly celebrated 58 years as husband and wife; together they raised three sons: Donald James, Jr., Kevin Scott and Jason Andrew. Don is survived by his wife and the love of his life, Elly Nae (née Carriere) Chenevert and their three sons and their families: Donald James, Jr. and Elizabeth (née Boyd) Chenevert of Springfield, MO and their children Donald James Chenevert, III of Lexington, Kentucky, Sarah Elizabeth (née Chenevert) Wamalwa and Job Wamalwa of Nairobi, Kenya, Olivia Rose Chenevert of Rolla, Missouri and William Ulric

III of Lexington, Kentucky, Sarah Elizabeth (née Chenevert) Wamalwa and Job Wamalwa of Nairobi, Kenya, Olivia Rose Chenevert of Rolla, Missouri and WilliamUlric Chenevert of Rolla, Missouri; Kevin Scott and Jennifer (née Lyon) Chenevert and theirchildren Kai Griffin Chenevert and Leo Dragon Chenevert, all of New Orleans, Louisiana; Jason Andrew and Victoria (née Orban) Chenevert of Aromas, California; and hisolder brother Raymond Andrew, Jr. and Pat (née Andrews) Chenevert of Orlando, Florida. Don was preceded in death by his blessed mother, Vanna Charlene (née Moore)Chenevert (February 22, 1922September 3, 1991), hisfather Raymond Andrew Chenevert, Sr. (April15, 1922 -August 8, 2007) and his brother, Arthur Harris Chenevert (February 7, 1953 -September 26, 2019). Friends and family are invited to attend amemorial service on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Thibodaux Funeral Home, 104 St. Patrick Highway, Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301. Everyone will gather at 10 am for coffee, doughnuts and conversation. At 11 am, Pastor Bill Young will lead the memorial service In lieuofflowers, the family respectfully suggests memorialcontributions for Don's granddaughter serving in Nairobi, Kenya as a Christian missionary teacher.Please maila check to NICS/OASIS, Finance Department, 3790 Goodman Road, Southaven, MS 38672. Please write the number "004349" in the check memo line

Eugene Collin Cooper age 29, was born on March 7 1996, in New Orleans LA He departed this earthly home on Wednesday March 19, 2025. Eugene graduated from Warren Easton Senior High School c/o 2014. In 2020, he gradu‐ated and obtained his de‐gree from Nunez Commu‐nity College and he was employed at Walgreens as a sales associate. Eugene leaves to cherish his mem‐ories his father Herbert Cooper, Sr., mother Rose Cooper, two children De' Arra Brazile Cooper and Denali Chanel Cooper, two brothers Christopher Cooper and Herbert Cooper Jr sister Helenia Cooper-Carraby (Wilton), aunt Betty Brown, three uncles Roland Simmons, Glen Simmons and James Brown, two nieces Ciara Jones, and Destiny Cooper, three nephews Herbert Cooper III., Alton Patrick Cooper and Harold Cooper, Jr and a host of great-nieces, nephews family and friends Eugene is preceded in death by his grandmothers Pearl Cooper and Lerenza Sim‐mons, grandfather John Cooper and his brother Rev Harold Cooper, Sr Rel‐atives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Ser‐vice on Saturday, March 29 2025 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Or‐leans LA at 12:30 p.m Visi‐tation from 11:30 a.m until 12:30 p.m Interment Provi‐dence Memorial Park, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70003. You may sign the guest book on www ger trudegeddeswillis com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home, Inc in charge (504) 522-2525.

Dardis, Dierdra Runte 'DeDe'

Dierdra R. Dardis went into the openarms of the Lord on March 16, 2025. She was born on November 3, 1944, in Biloxi, MS and moved at avery young age to New Orleans, LA where she spent the rest of her life. She graduated from St. Anthony of Padua, St. James Major High School, andLSUNO. She was apast queen of Prometheus. Spent her life in the banking business working 40 years for

ated from St. Anthonyof Padua, St.James Major High School, and LSUNO. She was apast queen of Prometheus. Spent her life in the banking business working 40 years for Hibernia/Capital One Bank and 3years for Omni Bank. Upon retirement,she was the head wedding coordinator for St. Anthonyof Padua Church. She is preceded in deathbyher brother, Bruce Runte; her parents, Phyllis Tortorich and Charles Runte; her step-father, Gustave Tortorich; her maternal grandparents, Clovis and ElizabethMartinez. She is survived by loving husband of almost 50 years, Deacon Joseph M. Dardis. She is also by many nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews and by many who called her "Aunt DeDe". The family would like to thank Passages Hospice fortheir loving care, especially nurses Jennifer, Libby, and Randy. AFuneral Mass will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at St Anthony of Padua Church, 4640 Canal Street Visitation for 11:00 AM and Mass at 1:00 PM.She will be laid to rest in Metairie Cemetery following Mass. In lieuofflowers, donation to St. Anthony of Padua Church requested.Toview and sign the family guestbook, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com

William Parker DeMouy Sr. was born to Curtis E DeMouy, Jr and Dorthy Parker DeMouy on May 13 1953, in New Orleans, Louisiana William was called to rest surrounded by his loving family on Sat‐urday, March 15, 2025 William accepted Christ at Corpus Christi and was a graduate of Brother Martin High School William worked for BellSouth, Riverwalk, Intrepid Stone Company and Hookfin Pest Control. He was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis E DeMouy, Jr. and Dorthy Parker DeMouy and his brother Curtis E. De‐Mouy, III. Left to cherish his memory are his children William Demouy, Jr (Nicole) and Jessica D Tay‐lor (Roderick); 2 grandchil‐dren, VonDerrick and Dante’ Taylor; 1 sister Jes‐sica DeMouy Hookfin; 1 niece Monica Hookfin San‐tini (Luis), 7 step grandchil‐dren, 13 step great-grand‐children, his companion, Mona; his ex-wife Cynthia and a host of other rela‐tives and friends Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Mass of Christ‐ian Burial on Saturday March 29, 2025, 10:00 a.m at Corpus Christi/Epiphany Catholic Church, 2022 St Bernard Ave NOLA Visita‐tion 9:00 a.m until Mass Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery

High School are all invited to attend Alvin's Viewing on Friday March 28th 2025 from 2-4 pm in the Chapel of Dennis Funeral Home 1812 Louisiana Avenue., Visitation will continue on Saturday March 29th from 10:00 am until 10:50 am, at Gentilly Baptist Church 5141 Franklin Avenue New Orleans, La., followed by Alvin's Homegoing Cele‐bration at 11:00 am in the above named church, Rev Kenneth Cooper Sr. Offici‐ating Minister Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Park 8200 Airline Dr. Metairie La All flowers should be delivered to church Saturday Morning To view the full obituary and leave condolences please visit https://www dennismortuaryservice. com/obituary/alvin-dokes y, so pastors ‐cers, and members of Tem‐ple of Praise Ministries and all neighboring churches; employees of United Health Care are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Temple of Praise Ministries, 1840 Commer‐cial Drive, Harvey LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 11:00a.m. Pastor Nelson Dexter, Jr., officiating Visi‐tation will begin at 10:00a.m. until service time at the church Interment: Will be Private Arrange‐ments by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St , Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guestbook please go to www davismortua rysaervice.com Face Masks Are Recommended

Sister Ava T. Flowers, a devoted mother and care‐giver, peacefully transi‐tioned on March 11, 2025 at the age of 78. A native of New Orleans and a 1965 graduate of Booker T Washington High School Ava retired from Ochsner Foundation Hospital after 34 years as a Surgical Sup‐ply Technician. She was a faithful member of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, ac‐tive in the Senior Soldiers and Prison Ministries. She will be remembered for her strength, service, and un‐wavering faith She is pre‐ceded in death by her hus‐band, Johnie Flowers, and other loved ones. She is survived by her son, Shawn; daughter-in-law Pamela Blackwell; grand‐daughter Anika Blackwell; and a host of loving family and friends Family and friends are invited to at‐tend the Funeral Service on Saturday, March 29, 2025, for 10:00 a.m at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 8282 I-10 Service Road South New Orleans LA 70126. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m Pastor Fred Luter, Jr, ofﬁciating Inter‐ment will follow at Rest‐lawn Park Cemetery, Avon‐dale, LA. Guestbook Online: www anewtraditionbegins. com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐rectors. Livestream avail‐able at: https://www franklinabc com https://www facebook com/fabcnola https:// www youtube.com/@ FABCNOLA. In lieu of ﬂow‐ers, donations may be made to: Franklin Avenue Baptist Church-https:// www franklinabc.com/ membership-services/ online-giving Alzheimer’s Disease Research https:// donate.brightfocus org/ adr/donate?tribute=true& promo name=teaser& amount=250.

Herbert Derkins Jr. sunrise on September 27, 1956, sunset on March 11, 2025. AMemorial Service will be held on March 29, 2025, at 10am at Empowering ForLife PropheticMinistries, 5100 LaPalco Blvd. Marrero,LA 70072. Family and Friends of the family are invited Repass to follow.

Caress Jene’ George, a Customer Service Repre‐sentative with United Health Care entered into eternal rest at Ochsner Medical Center Main Cam‐pus, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the age of 35. She was a native of New Or‐leans, LA and a resident of Avondale LA Caress was a graduate of L W. Higgins High School and Delgado Community College West‐bank Campus. She was a former employee of MyEyeDr. Devoted mother of Nailah Jene’ Bratton and Logan Xavier Kennedy Beloved daughter of Erwin George and Andrial George. Granddaughter of Bertrand Eugene and the late Augusta Eugene Howard and Veronica George. Loving sister of Brandon Butler, Christo‐pher George and Dionna Butler Goddaughter of the late Maceo George Caress is also survived by a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews cousins, other relatives and friends Rela‐tives and friends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cers, and members of Tem‐ple of Praise Ministries and all neighboring churches; employees of United Health Care are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Temple of Praise ‐

Dennis Hilton of New Orleans, died peacefully in his sleep on March 20, 2025 at the age of 81, after a long and valiant battle with Lewy Body Dementia Born in Birmingham, Al‐abama in 1943, Dennis graduated from Southeast‐ern Louisiana University in 1966 with a bachelor’s de‐gree in sociology Dennis further went on to obtain a master’s degree in psychi‐atric social work from Louisiana State University in 1968. Along with his co‐hort from LSU Dennis lob‐bied the state of Louisiana to provide licensure for so‐cial workers which ulti‐mately paved the way for social workers to obtain Board Certification and be able to operate their own individual practices, cov‐ered and paid for by healthcare insurance Den‐nis proudly kept up his BCSW license with continu‐ing education credits throughout his life. As a social worker, Dennis helped set up a mental health clinic for children in the former Magnolia Hous‐ing Project, as well as the first drug treatment pro‐gram for veterans return‐ing from the Vietnam War at the New Orleans VA Hospital. In 1980, Dennis set out on a new path one he would later become most known for –innkeeper Following a trip to England Dennis (along with his wife, Joanne) had the idea to create an area similar to London’s Russell Square in New Orleans and identified Prytania Street in the Lower Garden District as the perfect loca‐tion. Dennis opened a 38room bed-and-breakfast called the St Charles Guest House and shortly thereafter, many other inns and small hotels opened in the area Dennis was a fixture on Prytania street for the next four decades Over the years the St. Charles Guest House was host to guests from all over the world and was featured in major pub‐lications like the New York Times and the French Le Guide du Routard. Dennis is preceded in death by his parents Thelma and Rus‐sell. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joanne Clark, and children Layne (Joseph), Elissa (Hunter), Christian He is also fondly remembered by countless nieces, nephews and cousins, many of whom spent summers in New Or‐leans There will be a memorial service honoring Dennis at Jackson Avenue Church (700 Jackson Av‐enue, New Orleans, LA) on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3 pm, with a reception and visitation to follow. In lieu of flowers the family asks that you donate to the Lewy Body Dementia Asso‐ciation in support of their Lewy Buddy” emotional support group program or Jackson Avenue Church

Sr., Wesley It is with profound sad‐ness that we announce the passing of Wesley Hollingsworth Sr., affec‐tionately known as Big Wes He was a wonderful son devoted husband, lov‐ing father, and cherished grandfather who peace‐fully passed away on March 22, 2025, at the age of 66. Wesley was the heart of our family His warmth, intelligence, and generos‐ity made him a guiding Dokes, Alvin Dwayne Alvin Dwayne Dokes was born on May 5, 1978, the son of Shirl J. Williams and the late Alvin M. Jones Devoted and cherished husband Trinese Jack Dokes Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁcers, and members of Community Church of River Ridge and all surrounding churches, friends, coworkers of New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, and the 1997 C/O G W. Carver Senior High School are all invited to attend Alvin's Viewing on Friday March 28th 2025 from 2-4 pm in the Chapel of Dennis Funeral Home, 1812 Louisiana Avenue Visitation will continue on Saturday March 29th from

ing father and cherished grandfather, who peace‐fully passed away on March 22, 2025, at the age of 66. Wesley was the heart of our family His warmth, intelligence and generos‐ity made him a guiding light to all who knew him Born in New Orleans on Oc‐tober 25, 1958, Wesley was a 1976 graduate of Alcee Fortier High School He dedicated 30 years of his life as a committed and hardworking bus driver with RTA, where his kind‐ness and humor bright‐ened the days of col‐leagues and passengers alike A man of great wis‐dom and patience, he had an innate ability to uplift those around him with his encouraging words and gentle spirit. Wesley was not only known for his un‐wavering work ethic but also for his deep compas‐sion, always offering a helping hand or a listening ear His love for his family was immeasurable, and he made every moment with them meaningful, whether through heartfelt conver‐sations, laughter-ﬁlled gatherings, or quiet acts of support and care Wesley is survived by his loving mother, Lillian Hollingsworth; his devoted wife, Daphne RodgersHollingsworth; his beloved children Wesley Hollingsworth Jr. (Michean Thompson) and Trey Hollingsworth (TeJuana Herbert); and his treasured granddaughters, Skylar Hollingsworth and Teyana Hollingsworth, along with his step-grandchildren Shawnisha Thomspon, Shawn Thompson and Bradley Herbert, and his step great-grandchildren Camello Thompson Noah Thompson He was pre‐ceded in death by his fa‐ther, Edgar Hollingsworth; his paternal grandparents Charlotte Hollingsworth and Edgar Hollingsworth Sr.; and his maternal grandparents, James Adams, and Laura K Adams He also leaves be‐hind a host of nieces and nephews who adored him, as well as countless friends who were drawn to his kind heart and infec‐tious spirit. "He will forever remain in our hearts his love and kindness guiding us always." A celebration of his life will be held at Duplain W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125 on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:00 am. Visita‐tion will begin at 9:00 am Interment: Providence Park Cemetery Arrangements by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA Please visit www rhodesf uneral com to sign the guestbook

Dolores W Hudson en‐tered eternal rest on Mon‐day March 24, 2025, at the age of 90. She was a life‐long resident of New Or‐leans, LA, a devoted mem‐ber of Bethany United Methodist Church and a founding member of the N.O Friendship Group. Do‐lores was preceded in death by her parents 10 siblings and grandson She is survived by

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Earl Anthony Jeansonne, born June 26, 1933, beloved husband, father, grandfather (PawPaw), and brother, entered eternal peace surrounded by his loving family in his home on March 23, 2025. He is lovinglyremembered by his wife of 68 years, Shirley; children, Cindy, Cathy, and Connie; grandchildren, Brandon (Tabitha), Ashley (Erik), Christopher, Dorsey (Tory), Kyle, and Haley; greatgrandchildren, Alyssa, Carsen, Nora, and Olivia. He will be missed by his sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many neighbors and friends.

He was preceded in death by his son, Earl Anthony, Jr.; his daughter, June Ann; his parents, Ivy and Tony; and cherished loved ones. Earl, an Army veteran, was afaithful member of St.Angela Merici Parish for 60 years and was awell-known, successful entrepreneur in Jefferson Parish. His family extends their gratitude to the Ochsner Medical Center and Notre Dame Hospice staff for their compassionate care. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Monday, March 31, 2025 from 10:00AM until 1:00PM. A Funeral Mass willbeheld in the chapel at 1:00PM, and the interment willfollow in Metairie Cemetery In lieu of flowers, please consider adonation to St. Angela Merici Parish, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, or any charitable organization of your choice.

To view and sign the online guest book, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com

Jones Sr., Leroy

Leroy Jones Sr transi‐tioned to be with the Lord on March 10, 2025, at the age of 89. Leroy is survived by his four children: Leroy Jr. (Katja) Valencia Christ‐ian (Kim), Kemba (Antoine Sr.) and ten grandchildren Tyrone Hickman, Kristine Wright (Jamal Sr.). Adanne McNeil Brittany Jones, Jor‐dan McNeil, Angelle Jones, Christopher Ferbos (Kenya), Kirsten Jones, Aada Jones, Luca Jones and thirteen greatgrand‐children Preceded in death by his father Lawrence Jones Sr. mother Fay-Lee McBride Jones and his ten brothers and sisters: Lawrence Jones Jr SadieLee Jones Smith, Bobby Jones Samuel Jones Floyd Jones, Glenn Jones, Arthur Jones Larry Jones Patricia Jones Dunkley, Betty Jones Brooks. A host of other rel‐atives and friends also sur‐vive him. Family and friends are invited to at‐tend the Celebration of Life Mass on Saturday, March 29, 2025, for 10:00 a.m at St. Raymond & St Leo the Great Catholic Church, 2916 Paris Ave New Orleans LA 70119. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m Father Stanely K Ihuoma, SSJ, ofﬁciating Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 8200 Air‐line Dr., Metairie, LA 70003 The repast will follow at Jaylin Hall 2910 Paris Ave. New Orleans, LA 70119 Guestbook Online: www anewtraditionbegins com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D Boyd Owners/Funeral Di‐rectors.

Kynerd Jr., James Franklin

James Frankin Kynerd Jr., “Pawpaw”, “The Eagle”, Jimmy” age 62 years old born on January 18, 1963, in Baton Rouge Louisiana resident of Luling, LA, went to be with our Lord on March 22, 2025. James passed away at his home with his wife and daughter Jenna at his side Beloved husband of Vanessa Braud Kynerd They were to‐gether for 26 years and married for 17 years. Fa‐ther of Jenna K Braud (John) Ritzmann and Ash‐ley Kynerd Grandfather of Andrew and Emma Ritz‐mann, who affectionately called him Pawpaw. James is survived by his mother Bridget Himel Kynerd, fa‐ther James Franklin (Sandy) Kynerd Sr sister Kim (David) Lawrence, niece Marissa Lawrence and nephew Victor Lawrence, Aunts, Uncles and numerous cousins James was preceded in death by his sister Linda Kynerd Boneau. James served in the US Navy Seabees and later worked on the Mississippi River as a deckhand, tankerman, and Crew Boat Captain. His last employer was Cres‐cent River Port Pilots where he worked as a Crew Boat Captain. James graduated in 2007 from Delgado Community Col‐lege with an associate s degree in general studies James had many passions working in the yard, going to the woods, trains leathermaking, but his greatest passion was being with children, espe‐cially his grandson An‐drew. They did everything together and went every‐where together and went on numerous adventures They were best buddies Then Emma came along, and he started taking her everywhere with them It was a special bond that they will always cherish James was a devoted mar‐tial artist, mentor, and friend. A third-degree black belt with over ten years of dedication to Tang Soo Do, he was not only a skilled practitioner but also an inspiring instructor who touched countless lives. Teaching was his true passion, and his students were his greatest joy. With patience, wisdom, and un‐wavering encouragement he guided each of them, not just in martial arts but in life He instilled conﬁ‐dence, discipline, and re‐spect always believing in the potential of those he taught. Martial Arts Insti‐tute of Louisiana was more than a training space; it was a family, a place of growth, and a testament to his boundless generosity and kindness. To his stu‐dents, he was more than an instructor, he was a mentor a role model and a source of unwavering support. He poured his heart into every lesson, celebrating their victories and helping them rise after every fall. His legacy lives on in the strength, perse‐verance, and spirit of those he trained. A very special thank you to our daughter Jenna She was always here to help take care of him in every aspect. The care she helped provide and the constant assis‐tance and support was un‐wavering. And a special thank you to Holy Family and CrossLife Fellowship for their support with meals, comfort, and the outpouring of love pro‐vided to James and our family Relatives and friends of the family are in‐vited to the visitation at Jacob Schoen & Son, 3827 Canal Street New Orleans LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Family visitation at 10 a.m followed by friends at 10:30 a.m Words of Re‐membrance will take place in the chapel from noon until 12:45p. Interment to follow at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery

Clara Mae Lee entered into eternal rest on Tues‐day, March 4, 2025, at the age of 82. She was a native of Hermanville, MS and a resident of Gretna, LA Clara was a former em‐ployee with Small World Christian Academy as a childcare provider and Strohmeyer Furniture. She was known as a coura‐geous quick-witted, gener‐ous, doting, affable, inde‐pendent woman and, she loved taking care of her family by cooking our fa‐vorite meals: red beans and rice, meatball & spaghetti and baking our favorite dessert, home‐made cake from scratch Devoted wife of the late Shack Jefferson Sr by ﬁrst marriage and Edward Lee by second marriage Beloved mother of Bobbie Jean Sayles Shawlean Lee Marie Sayles, David Sayles, Jr., and Shack (Latoya) Jef‐ferson, Jr Daughter of Viola Shoulders McNeil and the late Acie B McNeil. Sis‐ter of and the late Josie Mae Sanders-Shoulders Annie Banks, Willie James (Michelle) Walls also sur‐vived by 24 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews cousins, other relatives, and friends. Rela‐tives and friends of the family also pastors ofﬁ‐cers, and members of First Baptist Church of Gretna Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, and neighboring churches are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at First Baptist Church of Gretna, 100 Gretna Blvd. Gretna LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 10:00 a.m Visita‐tion will begin at 8:30 a.m until service time at the church Interment: Wood‐lawn Park Memorial Ceme‐tery-Westwego, LA. To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www davismo rtuaryservice.com Face masks are recommended

Warren "Weepy" Lee, born on October 10, 1946, in Garyville, Louisiana, passed away at the age of 78 on March 12, 2025, in Reserve, Louisiana. A beloved son of the late Morris and Olivia Lee Sr., he was baptized in 1971 at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Marrero,La. Warren was known for his kind heart, generosity, and abilitytoturn every new face intoa friend.

He served in the U.S. Army in 1966 and received several honors, including the Combat Infantry Badge, an Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Service Medal, aVietnam Campaign Medal with 1OS Dars, and MKM (Rifle M14.). After his military service, Warren worked in various roles, always demonstrating his freespirited and giving nature. He enjoyed collecting and displaying newspaper clippings, and he loved gifting personalized hats and shirtstoloved ones.

Warren is survived by his siblings: Ernestine (Arizona) Batiste, Ruthie (Bobby) Turner, Calvin (Gaynell) Lee, Jackie (Burnell) Scott, Shynethia Parker, Nathan Lee, Corey Lee, and thelateMorris, Michael, and Rosenell; and extended family, leaving behind alegacy of loveand cherished memories.

Funeral services will be held at Heavenly Star Missionary Baptist Church in Marrero, Louisiana, on Saturday, March 29, 2025 starting with visitation at 10 am. His joyful and loving spirit will be remembered by all who knew him. Arrangementsmade by Cross Memorial Funeral Home, LLC.

rero, LA She was a gradu‐

ate of the Mississippi Pub‐

lic School System A loving woman dedicated to family and friends with a heart of gold always sharing her wisdom and Christian val‐ues A songbird in her church choir and an active member of the Mission Ministry Beautification Ministry, Westside Senior Citizens until her health began to fail. Beloved wife of 58 years to Evangie “Van” Longino Loving mother of Debra (Matthew) Scott and Fredrick (Shawonza) Longino of Dallas, TX Grandmother of Devin J Hollins and Joshua Longino Daughter of the late Scott and Daisy Perry‐mon Sister of Annette Flowers, of Detroit MI and the late Carrie Harness, Maude Perrymon, and Willie Alfred Perrymon Daughter in love of the late Houston Longino and Mol‐lie Lewis Longino Sister in love of Racheal Johnson Shirley Smith, of Dallas, TX, Delores Sanders (Ernest) of Hazlehurst, MS, and the late Elizabeth Simmons Armatheen Williams, Aslean Longino, Roxanne Perrymon, Joe, Fred, Jeff, Sherman, and David Longino, Curtis Simmons, Sr., James Smith, C.D Wil‐iams, and Irby Flowers Close friend of Gladys Boudouin, Gloria Carter, Vi‐vian George, Gail Jones, and Anne Rovaris Zella's many memories will be cherished by an abun‐dance of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends in one big happy family Relatives and friends of the family also pastor, officers and members of St. Mary Bap‐tist Church Life Center Cathedral, Friendship West Baptist Church of Dallas TX, Hosanna Fellowship, and all neighboring churches are invited to at‐tend the Celebration of Life at St Mary Baptist Church, 6223 Sixth Ave., Marrero, LA on Saturday, March 29 2025 at 10:00 a.m Rev. Dr Edward Joseph, III Pastor officiating Visitation from 8:30 a.m. until service at the church. Interment Rest‐lawn Park CemeteryAvondale, LA Arrange‐ments by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St , Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guestbook please go to davismortuaryser‐vice.com. Face masks are recommended

Jesse Alfred Longmyle Jr., age 81, was born on September 16, 1943, in New Orleans, LA. He was called home to eternally rest by our Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Jesse graduated from Booker T Washington High School in 1962 and at‐tended Southern University of New Orleans He worked as a bus driver for New Or‐leans Public Service, a salesman for Frito Lay, and a cab driver for Morrison, White Fleet and Yellow cab companies Jesse leaves to cherish his memory his adoring sister Audrey Ezi‐dore (Michael). Devoted companion Delia Mcknight Beloved father of An‐toinette Hayes-St. Cyr (Ro‐malis) Gwendolyn Ran‐dolph, Lavonselle Longmyle, and Esconda Galmon Loving Uncle of Stacy Alexander Jackson, Corey Alexander-Johnson (Peter), Trellis Thomas (Tory), and Jamere Jack‐son Great-Uncle of Jas‐mine Jackson-Williams (Brenan), Jordan Jackson (Malcolm), Alexis Alexan‐der, Jaden Jackson, Cam‐ryn Robinson, Glen Corryan Lewis, Jakobe Alexander, and Jay’den Thomas Great-great Uncle of Cor‐ryan Manzi Lewis. Three bonus sons, Carlos Mck‐night, Sr (Chaz), Ashton Mcknight Sr (Kayla), Sean Pierre (Kalle); one bonus daughter Yakim Mont‐gomery; and a godson, Purnell M. King, Jr. He was also survived by 21 grand‐children Brandon Longmyle (Candi) Brittani Randolph Brandy Andrews, Mark Dixon II (Raven), Christian Galmon, Wynton Galmon, Caleb Cooks, Brelon, Naje Carlos, Jr., Ashli, Amani, and Ashton Mcknight Jr Shawndrea, Dreshawn, Shala Seanae Milik, and Sean Pierre, Jr., and Prince and Kobe King, ﬁve greatgrandchildren Kaleigh and Kelcie Longmyle, Brayleigh and Koi Andrews, Sequille Heatley, II, and Mark Dixon, III, one sister-in-law, Mar‐ion King (Purnell) and 3 brothers-in-law Darren Pol‐lard, Leonard and Nathaniel Mcknight and a host of relatives from Vicksburg, MS, cousins, friends, neighbors, ac‐quaintances, and former wife Betty Longmyle. He was preceded in death by his father Jesse Alfred Longmyle, Sr., mother, Emma Wilson Longmyle;

grandchildren, Kaleigh and Kelcie Longmyle, Brayleigh and Koi Andrews Sequille Heatley, II, and Mark Dixon, III, one sister-in-law, Mar‐ion King (Purnell) and 3 brothers-in-law Darren Pol‐lard, Leonard and Nathaniel Mcknight and a host of relatives from Vicksburg, MS, cousins friends, neighbors, ac‐quaintances, and former wife Betty Longmyle. He was preceded in death by his father Jesse Alfred Longmyle, Sr., mother, Emma Wilson Longmyle; grandparents Oscar and Massie Dent; and nephew Ferdinand Alexander. Rela‐tives and friends of the family, also Employees of LDH/OPH/Bureau of Nutri‐tion Services, Ben Guillory State Farm Insurance, Housing Authority of New Orleans, Orleans Parish Criminal Court, Revolving Kitchen (Garland, TX), United States Postal Ser‐vice, UPS, Home Depot, CGI TCI, Fleur De Lis Cater‐ing, Manning Family Chil‐dren’s Hospital, Temple El‐ementary School, Florida Power & Light, Co., NTT Data Inc. TCC Control Company, Crescent Title, Passages Hospice Ochsner Hospital Cardiol‐ogy Dept. Crescent Care and the residents and em‐ployees of the Nazareth Inn I and II are invited to at‐tend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at New Home Min‐istries 1616 Robert C Blakes Sr Dr., New Orleans, LA 70130 at 10:00 a.m Visi‐tation from 9:00 a.m until 10:00 a.m Interment Provi‐dence Memorial Park, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70003. You may sign the guest book on www ger trudegeddeswillis com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home, Inc in charge (504) 522-2525. was

Antoinette "Nettie" Rickmon McCloud departed this life on March 14, 2025 Antoinette was born on July 11,1963, in New Or‐leans LA to the late Emma Woods and Joseph Hills She is survived by her hus‐band, Carl McCloud Sr.; three daughters, Shelita Rickmon, Arianne Rickmon and Tyreiana Rickmon; and two sons, Michael Rickmon and Brandon Rickmon Her god-child Montinique James Antoinette is also survived by her twin brother, Anthony Rickmon Sr, and brother Kevin Rick‐mon; and sister, Michelle Rickmon. She is also sur‐vived by her 12 grandchil‐dren, as well as a host of aunts, uncles nieces and nephews She is preceded in death by her mother Emma Woods; brother, Joseph Rickmon; grand‐mothers, Matilda Rickmon and Estelle Johnson; grandfather, George Woods; Great-grand‐mother, Emma Ford; un‐cles, Ronald Rickmon, and Michael Jiles, Sr. An‐toinette was employed at Ice House, Dorignac’s Chicken Sue and Brown Derby A homegoing cele‐bration honoring the life of AntoinetteRickmon Mc‐Cloud will be held at Char‐bonnet Labat Glapion Fu‐neral Home,1615 St Philip St, New Orleans, LA 70116 on Saturday, March 29,2025 at 1:00 pm Visitation at 12:00pm Repast will be held at Treme Recreation Community Center, 900 N. Villere St., New Orleans, LA 70116. Please sign the on‐line guestbook at www cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion Directors, (504) 581-4411.

“Pearl”

Hancock St., Gretna, LA 70053. Please sign the on‐line guestbook at www cha rbonnetfuneralhome.com Charbonnet Labat Glapion Directors (504) 581-4411.

Adeline Norred, lifelong resident of Belle Chasse, La passed away peacefully in Lafayette LA at the age of 88. Adeline was married 65 years to the love of her life who she adored, the late Robert “Billy” Norred Devoted mother to Kathy Lutz (Willie) Tina Norred Ann Waguespack (Jay) Proud Granny to Stephanie Covell, William Lutz Jr , Hayes Waguespack, Anna Claire Waguespack Heather Norred, Sarah Cheramie, and Lindsay de Castro Also survived by several great grandchil‐dren and nieces and nephews Daughter of the late Joseph Preston Lonadier and Mary Agnes Gongre. “Sis” to Late brother-James Lonadier (Janice), late twin sister Maxine Walker (Benny), and late half-brothers Her‐schel Lee Longino (Wyonda) and Herman “Ray” Longino (Joyce). Adeline will be missed dearly and remembered for her loving sweet soul. Whatever made everyone else happy is what made her happy - especially if that meant bringing every‐one together. She always welcomed family into her home with amazing homecooked meals that made everyone feel loved and cared for. Her corn bread was the best! Her face would light up when grandkids came to visit and her words “hey my baby” will be cherished The things that brought her the most happiness over the years: any time spent with family but espe‐cially her late husband, Billy who she missed dearly; Listening to Billy play country music and spending time with him “up home” at his hunting camp in Goldonna, La; any time with her kids and grandkids brought her true joy; family gatherings like barbecuing, crawﬁsh boils Anything that brought Family together; and vaca‐tions and camping trips that she and Billy shared

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OPINION

Unwinding Biden-era energy rules crucial for state

President Joe Biden spent four years trying to drag the United States into the dark ages with his anti-energy policies. Thanks to the wisdom of the American people, though, those days are over. American energy independence is back on the horizon under President Donald Trump’s leadership. He signed my resolution to repeal the ﬁrst of many Biden-era rules that were crushing Louisiana’s energy producers. This is only the beginning of our shared effort to clean up the massive mess that the Biden administration left behind.

terminal permits.

John Kennedy

In total, Biden and his team saddled American energy producers with more than 200 new regulations. Some of these policies were bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid. They killed thousands of jobs by canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, halted new oil and gas permits on millions of acres of America’s public lands, encouraged radical climate activists to ﬁle lawsuits against energy producers over “environmental justice” violations and tried to derail several liqueﬁed natural gas development projects in Louisiana by pausing all new export

Even after voters rejected Vice President Kamala Harris in November, the Biden administration continued to ignore the will of the American people by banning offshore drilling on millions of acres of coastline just days before Trump returned to the Oval Office. These breathtakingly bad policies drove up energy costs for the American people. During Biden’s time in office, the average American’s energy bill increased by 29%. In Louisiana, the average household paid $5,202 more for energy and $10,703 more for transportation because of Biden’s inflation.

Trump’s team began unwinding some of these terrible energy policies on day one. Importantly

Trump scrapped Biden’s terrible executive order that paused all permits for new LNG export terminals. He also announced that Cameron Parish will be home to America’s newest LNG export terminal — a huge win for Louisianians.

These export terminals will be essential in helping the United States power its allies. Under Biden’s watch, Russia exported a record-breaking amount of LNG

to the European Union. Once we unwind all these harmful Bidenera LNG export regulations, our allies will be able to purchase LNG from Louisiana instead of buying it from countries that hate us. While Trump’s team has made some tremendous progress in scaling back these anti-energy policies, they cannot do it all on their own.

If the Biden administration implemented these changes as formal rules, the Trump administration must introduce its own

Welcoming refugees shows compassion, brings benefits

Jesuits came to the United States in 1700, which, of course, means we were not yet the United States. They set up in the Louisiana Territory and were some of the ﬁrst explorers of the mighty Mississippi.

This also means the Jesuit order and its missions and staff have been part of the U.S.’s immigrant history, which includes taking in tens of millions of refugees. We have experienced the moments all Americans should be proud of — lifting the lamp beside the golden door for generations seeking a better life.

COLUMNIST

There are also moments we deeply regret, like the Roosevelt administration’s 1939 rejection of the MS St. Louis and the 937 Jewish Europeans onboard seeking refuge.

In 1980, the U.S. created its modern refugee program Some refugees are admitted after being interviewed overseas; others seek asylum at a U.S. port of entry or while in the U.S. Either way, applicants must prove they meet the criteria for refugee status, which includes a well-founded fear of persecution. They must also pass a rigorous security and background screening. Asylum is a central part of our law, not a loophole.

Our refugee resettlement system evolved into a strong network built on public-private partnerships.

Communities recognized both the moral imperative as well as the economic and social beneﬁts of resettling refugees, who went on to create businesses, join the military, enliven our cuisine and otherwise enrich our communities.

A rig and supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana.

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formal rules to reverse the initial policies. This can take months. Congress, however has a tool to help the Trump administration expedite rule changes.

It’s called the Congressional Review Act (CRA), and it allows lawmakers to wipe bad rules off the books.

I’ve already started putting this tool to work for the American people.

I introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the CRA to eliminate a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule that

required oil and gas producers in the Gulf of America to submit archaeological reports to the federal government before drilling or laying pipelines. Essentially, the Biden administration wanted to drive up costs for small energy producers — including many mom-and-pop operations in Louisiana — by forcing them to recreate maps of the ocean ﬂoor to identify shipwrecks that we’ve already found. If that sounds wasteful, that’s because it is.

Small and independent operations make up roughly one-third of all oil production in the Gulf, and this rule would have cost them millions of dollars. Fortunately, my colleagues in Congress agreed that this rule was bogus. Last week, Trump signed my CRA into law and rendered that rule void.

Biden made a disgusting mess of America’s energy sector by sticking bad regulations on producers like gum to a park bench. Louisianans can count on us to keep scraping away at these terrible regulations until each one is repealed and America has returned to a position of energy dominance.

John Kennedy represents Louisiana in the U.S. Senate.

Louisiana has beneﬁted from refugee resettlement. Daulat Sthanki arrived in New Orleans with a single bag. Starting as a jukebox repairman he became a multimillion-dollar businessman, investor and developer in Baton Rouge.

This kind of story has played out time and again in the U.S. Refugees are vital to the labor market not only because they ﬁll jobs but also because they often go on to pursue more lucrative, entrepreneurial careers. In 2015, more than 181,000 refugee entrepreneurs generated $4.6 billion in business income, according to the National Immigration Forum. These businesses provide jobs, goods and services for thousands of Americans.

The U.S. welcomed more than 2.1 million refugees and 800,000 asylees between 1990 and 2022. According to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Ofﬁce of Human Services Policy, those welcomed had a massive positive ﬁscal impact: $123.8 billion total, including $31.5 billion to the federal government and a $92.3 billion to

Today, our immigration system needs work. Asylum applications are backlogged by years. Some attempt to gain asylum without meeting the criteria because they lack other options. Neither of these facts means we should end asylum — a critical part of the larger refugee and immigration picture that unites families, helps us fill vacant jobs and allows trafficking victims to live in safety We must make sure we have an orderly border, staffed by professionally trained officials assisted by smart and ethical technologies. We need to streamline processes, deal with the backlog and make well-reasoned decisions on applications.

state and local governments. These beneﬁts are real and important, but that’s not why my organization, Jesuit Refugee Service, does this work. For us, it is an expression of our Catholic identity and an exercise of the freedom of religion enshrined in the Constitution. No government administration should interfere with this right. We are called to welcome the stranger and assist the afﬂicted and needy That is who we are. And it’s what Louisianans do.

Assisting persecuted people — many of whom are Christians targeted for their faith is lifesaving work. In ﬁscal year 2024, the U.S. took in 29,493 Christian refugees from the 50 countries where Christians suffer the most persecution, including Afghanistan and Myanmar or Burma. Instances of religious and political persecution are getting worse closer to our borders, too.

In Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega has been targeting the Catholic Church, which has placed itself between the people and the authoritarian government. As of this writing, 11 Catholic priests remain detained after being arrested last summer, an example of what a dangerous environment the country has become for anyone who dissents from the authoritarian government.

After the St. Louis was turned away in 1939, nearly 30% of its passengers were murdered in the Holocaust. We must learn from the mistakes of history We can and should continue to help people in need.

Refugees and asylees are thoroughly vetted, subjected to rigorous background checks — and their contributions enrich us all.

Kelly Ryan is the president of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA.

Congress needs to act now to keep business booming in Louisiana

Louisiana’s innovation ecosystem continues to grow annually, with over 95,000 new jobs created since 2016.

As our state’s business environment ﬂourishes, Louisiana needs policies in place that will spur annual growth and success.

However, key provisions of a 2017 law are set to expire at the end of this year, placing Louisiana’s manufacturing sector — and the livelihoods it supports at risk. Congress must extend these policies to preserve the economic momentum that has revitalized our local industries and strengthened our community

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) sparked an unprecedented boom in manufacturing job creation, wage growth and capital investment across the country

The numbers tell a compelling story: The TCJA reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, strengthened incentives for domestic investment and provided relief for many businesses — decisions that reshaped America’s economic landscape and have given U.S.-based companies a competitive edge globally

In 2018, manufacturing experienced its strongest year for job growth creation in more than two decades and its best wage growth in 15 years.

Real wages increased by 5%, and unemployment for workers without a high school diploma fell to historic lows.

In Louisiana, this translated into factory expansions in Shreveport, new hires in Lake Charles and pay raises in Monroe.

Businesses reinvested in research, technology and workforce development, making our state more competitive in a global economy Louisiana has emerged as a

national powerhouse in innovative industries such as advanced manufacturing, energy, life sciences and technology Now, that progress is in jeopardy If Congress allows the TCJA tax cuts to lapse, Louisiana stands to lose 76,000 jobs and nearly $15 billion in GDP according to a study by the National Association of Manufacturers. In Congressional District 4 alone — Speaker Mike Johnson’s district the impact could mean 10,000 lost jobs and a $2 billion hit to economic output. These aren’t just economic statistics they represent paychecks, mortgages and college tuition payments for Louisiana families.

Louisiana policymakers must continue standing with the workers, small businesses and manufacturers who are driving Louisiana’s resurgence. Allowing the TCJA to expire would send us back to an era of uncertainty stagnation and missed opportunities at a time when our state is ﬁnally turning the page on decades of economic decline.

We don’t have time to waste, and the stakes couldn’t be higher For Louisiana’s economic comeback to continue, policymakers must act now to prioritize this critical issue and extend the TCJA.

LABI commends the leadership of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in championing pro-growth policies, including their ongoing efforts to maintain the beneﬁts of the TCJA. We look forward to working alongside them to secure this extension and keep Louisiana’s economy thriving for years to come.

Will Green is president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI).

COMMENTARY

Each year, syndicated columnist George Will challenges readers to test their baseball knowledge with his Opening Day Quiz. How much do you know about the sport’s history and statistics? Test your knowledge below.

Ned Garver, who pitched for the St. Louis Browns when they drew few fans, said, “The crowd didn’t dare boo us. The players had them outnumbered.”

Don’t get booed, get busy identifying:

1.The American League pitcher who won 20 games while his team was losing 102.

A Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston

B. Roger Clemens

C. Nolan Ryan

D. Ned Garver

2.The Browns’ only MVP A Heinie Manush, 1928

B. George Sisler, 1922

C. Rube Waddell, 1908

D. Urban Shocker, 1918

3. The pitcher with the highest ERA

(5.08) in a 20-win season.

A. Bobo Newsom, 1938

B. Warren Spahn, 1956

C. Bob Forsch, 1977

D. Grover Alexander, 1914

4. The Hall of Fame pitcher who surrendered a record 46 home runs in a season.

A. Luis Tiant, 1966

B. Tim Wakeﬁeld, 2004

C. Denny McLain, 1971

D. Robin Roberts, 1956

5. The pitcher who induced the most double plays.

A. Jim Kaat

B. Ferguson Jenkins

C. Tommy John

D. Phil Niekro

6. The second baseman who turned a single-season record 161 double plays.

A. Joe Morgan

B. Bill Mazeroski

C. Nap Lajoie

D. Jackie Robinson

7. The pitcher who averaged 354 strikeouts through four seasons, 1999-2002.

A. Curt Schilling

B. Randy Johnson

C. Pedro Martinez

D. Greg Maddux

8. He holds the AL season record for assists.

A. Cal Ripken Jr

B. Derek Jeter

C. Sandy Alomar

D. Zoilo Versalles

9 The Cleveland Indian who led the AL in homers and RBI when they won a record 111 games in a 154-game season.

A. Vic Wertz

B. Al Smith

C. Larry Doby

D. Wally Westlake

10. The two Hall of Famers since World War II with 600 doubles, 100 triples, 100 homers and 100 stolen bases.

A. Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente

B. Paul Molitor, George Brett

C. Ted Williams, Rickey Henderson

D. Stan Musial, Willie Mays

11. The pitcher who led the majors in strikeouts in 1968,the“year of the pitcher.”

A Sam McDowell

B. Juan Marichal

C. Bob Gibson

D. Don Drysdale

12.The most recent Hall of Fame pitcher with more than 3,000 innings and an ERA under 3.00.

A. Orel Hershiser

B. Steve Carlton

C. Catﬁsh Hunter

D. Tom Seaver

13.The most recent 300-win pitcher

A Tom Glavine, 2007

B. Randy Johnson, 2009

C Roger Clemens, 2003

D. Don Sutton, 1986

14 The two players who hit 30 or more homers with five different teams.

A Gary Shefﬁeld, Fred McGriff

B. Alfonso Soriano, Jose Canseco

C. Jim Thome, Alex Rodriguez

D Goose Goslin, Jimmie Foxx

15. The NL and AL pitchers with the lowest career World Series ERAs.

A. Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford

B. Chris Carpenter, Jack Morris

C. David Cone, Cy Young

D Madison Bumgarner Babe Ruth

16. The two shortstops with 16 doubledigit home run seasons.

A. Honus Wagner, Ernie Banks

B Luke Appling, Alan Trammell

C Cal Ripken

Jr., Derek Jeter

D. Barry Larkin, Robin Yount

17. He wore No. 44 and hit 44 homers

B: Paul Molitor and George Brett 11. A: Sam McDowell.

D: Tom Seaver

B: Randy Johnson

A: Gary Shefﬁeld, Fred McGriff 15. D: Madison Bumgarner (0.25) and Babe Ruth (0.87)

four times.

A. Reggie Jackson

B. Sammy Sosa

C. Henry Aaron

D. Harmon Killebrew

18. The youngest pitcher to have a 20win season.

A. Dwight Gooden

B. Kerry Wood

C. Walter Johnson

D. Bob Feller

19.The two who hit over .400 in 1922 but did not have MLB’s highest average.

A. Joe Wood, Wally Pipp

B. Tris Speaker, Casey Stengel

C. Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby

D. Lew Fonseca, Frankie Frisch

20 The most recent player to have a 200hit season in each league.

A. Bill Buckner, 1982 Chicago Cubs, 1985 Boston Red Sox

B. Vladimir Guerrero, 2002 Montreal Expos, 2006 Los Angeles Angels

C. Ichiro Suzuki, 2010 Seattle Mariners, 2015 Miami Marlins

D. Frank Robinson, 1962 Cincinnati Reds, 1968 Baltimore Orioles

21. He pitched a record 16 shutouts in 1916.

A. Walter Johnson

B. Babe Ruth

C. Dutch Leonard

D. Grover Alexander

22. He pitched no-hitters 18 seasons apart.

A. Gaylord Perry

B. Nolan Ryan

C. Tommy John

D. Jim Kaat

23.The youngest Cy Young Award winner

A. Clayton Kershaw

B. Vida Blue

C. Dean Chance

D. Dwight Gooden

24. The four first basemen to win backto-back MVP awards.

A. Jimmie Foxx, Frank Thomas, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera

B. Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols

C. Lou Gehrig, Harmon Killebrew, Willie McCovey, Albert Pujols

D. Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Miguel Cabrera, Albert

Pujols

25.The largest player (height, weight) to win a batting title.

A. Boog Powell

B. Frank Thomas

C. Barry Bonds

D. Willie McCovey

26.The only player to hit .300, score 100 runs, have 100 RBI and walk 100 times in seven consecutive seasons.

A. Lou Gehrig

B. Ted Williams

C. Frank Thomas

D. Henry Aaron

27. The only player who batted .300 and had 100 RBI across each of his first 10 seasons.

A. Stan Musial

B. Albert Pujols

C. Enos Slaughter

D. Rogers Hornsby

28. The team with the worst season winning percentage since 1900.

A. 2024 Chicago White Sox

B. 1916 Philadelphia Athletics

C. 1964 Houston Colt .45s

D. 1962 New York Mets

29. Had the most consecutive 40-home run seasons (four) in the 1960s.

A. Harmon Killebrew

B. Carl Yastrzemski

C. Frank Robinson

D. Willie Mays

30. The shortstop who holds the record for consecutive errorless games and errorless chances.

A. Omar Vizquel

B. Cal Ripken Jr

C. Ozzie Smith

D. Mike Bordick

31. Holds the record for most homers in a season in his home park.

A. Sammy Sosa

B. Hank Greenberg

C. Babe Ruth

D. Mark McGwire

32. The batter with the nearest-miss to a 400 season.

A. Lefty O’Doul

B. George Brett

C. Rod Carew

D. Tony Gwynn

33. He was batting .400 in August 1993.

A. Andrés Galarraga

B. Gregg Jefferies

C. Paul Molitor

D John Olerud

34. The player who hit .370 or better more than once since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. A. Rod Carew B. George Brett C. Tony Gwynn D. Ichiro Suzuki

35 The only player with 200 or more singles in three seasons.

A. Tony Oliva

B. Al Simmons

C. Steve Garvey

D. Ichiro Suzuki

36. The hitter with only 135 home runs but who received more intentional walks than Ernie Banks or Mike Schmidt.

A. Tony Gwynn

B. Jeff Bagwell

C. Harold Baines

D. Chili Davis

37. The catcher whose 57% of stolenbase attempts foiled is the MLB record. A. Tony Peña

B. Roy Campanella

C. Yadier Molina D. Johnny Bench

38. The youngest to hit 50 homers in a season.

A. Henry Aaron B. Aaron Judge

C. Andruw Jones

D. Prince Fielder

39.The most recent AL teammates each with 150 or more RBIs in a season. A. Rafael Palmeiro and Cal Ripken Jr., 1996 Baltimore Orioles

B. Vern Stephens and Ted Williams, 1949 Boston Red

25. B: Frank Thomas 26. C Frank Thomas

35. C: Steve Garvey

36. A: Tony Gwynn

37. B: Roy Campanella

27. B: Albert Pujols

19. C: Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby

20. B 21. D: Grover Alexander

22. B: Nolan Ryan

23. D: Dwight Gooden

28. B: The 1916 Philadelphia A’s

29. A: 1961-64

30. D: Mike Bordick

31. B: Hank Greenberg

32. A: Lefty O’Doul

16. C: Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter 17. C: Henry Aaron 18. A: Dwight Gooden

24. A: Jimmie Foxx (1932-1933), Frank Thomas (1993-1994), Albert Pujols (2008-2009), Miguel Cabrera (2012-2013)

33. D: John Olerud

34. C: Tony Gwynn hit .394 in 1994, .372 in 1997, .370 in 1987

38. D: Prince Fielder hit 50 in 2007 for the Brewers

39. BL Vern Stephens and Ted Williams

40. A: 1929-1931 Philadelphia

Athletics Bonus: B: Connie Mack, the major leagues’ winningest manager ANSWERS

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Adeline Norred, lifelong resident of Belle Chasse La passed away peacefully in Lafayette LA at the age of 88. Adeline was married 65 years to the love of her life who she adored, the late Robert “Billy” Norred Devoted mother to Kathy Lutz (Willie), Tina Norred, Ann Waguespack (Jay). Proud Granny to Stephanie Covell, William Lutz Jr Hayes Waguespack, Anna Claire Waguespack Heather Norred, Sarah Cheramie and Lindsay de Castro. Also survived by several great grandchil‐dren and nieces and nephews. Daughter of the late Joseph Preston Lonadier and Mary Agnes Gongre “Sis” to Late brother-James Lonadier (Janice), late twin sister Maxine Walker (Benny), and late half-brothers Her‐schel Lee Longino (Wyonda) and Herman “Ray” Longino (Joyce).

Adeline will be missed dearly and remembered for her loving sweet soul Whatever made everyone else happy is what made her happy - especially if that meant bringing every‐one together She always welcomed family into her home with amazing homecooked meals that made everyone feel loved and cared for Her corn bread was the best! Her face would light up when grandkids came to visit and her words “hey my baby” will be cherished The things that brought her the most happiness over the years: any time spent with family but espe‐cially her late husband, Billy who she missed dearly; Listening to Billy play country music and spending time with him up home” at his hunting camp in Goldonna, La; any time with her kids and grandkids brought her true joy; family gatherings like barbecuing, crawﬁsh boils Anything that brought Family together; and vaca‐tions and camping trips that she and Billy shared with friends and family Relatives and Friends of the Family are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Belle Chasse, LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10 AM Visitation will be held from 9 AM until mass time In‐terment will follow at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery Belle Chasse LA. Mothe Funeral Homes handled arrangements.

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Perkins, Judy Ann Duckett

Judy Ann Duckett Perkins, age 60, transitioned peacefully into eternal rest on Friday, March 7, 2025, at University Medical Center. She was a native of Mar‐rero LA and resident of New Orleans, LA Judy was a graduate of 1982 gradu‐ate of John Ehret High School and continues her studies at Southern Univer‐sity at New Orleans. She was employed as a Certi‐fied Nursing Assistant for many years, until her health began to decline Judy’s illness caused her to become blind, but she did not let her disability stop her She loved to travel and took many trips to the Western and Eastern Caribbean and throughout the United States With the support of her devoted husband, brother family and friends, she was able to live life to the fullest Judy will be remembered as kind-hearted talkative and very opinionated per‐son who was best known for her medical advice, and love for family and com‐munity Loving wife of 30 years to Marlon Joseph Perkins Beloved daughter the late Donald Joseph Duckett and Eloise Nelson Duckett. Granddaughter of the late Gus Nelson, Ethel Nelson, and Horace Duck‐ett, Sr. Devoted sister of Darren Duckett, LaShon Henry and the late Byron Joseph Duckett. Doting aunt of Daniel Duckett, Byron Duckett, Jr. and Seven McCoy. Great aunt of Xavier and Jacob Duckett Niece of Deanna N (Roy) Simon Betty Nelson Jan‐nie Rosetta Duckett Wash‐ington Dorothy Mae Duck‐ett Jones, LouAudry Duck‐ett Freeman, Horace (Ethel Lee) Duckett, Jr. and the late Harold and Herman Nelson, Elliott Keller, Thoe‐dore Bottley, Raymond Duckett, George Freeman Lawrence Pinkins, Henry McCallon, Robert Washing‐ton, Gloria Keller, Yvonne Bottley Marian Nelson Gustavia Pinkins, and Au‐gustine McCallon Sisterin-law of Elder Pamela P Reed Malcolm Perkins and the late Betty Payne, and Ernestine Johnson Goddaughter of the late Theodore and Yvonne Bott‐ley Judy is also survived by host of cousins, other relatives and friends Rela‐tives and friends of the family also pastors, offi‐cers, and members of New Zion Baptist Church of Marrero, LA, New Home Ministries, and all neigh‐boring churches; members of the National Federation for the Blind are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Davis Mortuary Ser‐vice, 6820 Westbank Ex‐pressway Marrero LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Rev Joseph Johnson, officiating Visita‐tion will begin at 8:30a.m until service time at the parlor. Interment: Rest‐

erkins, age 60, transitioned peacefully into eternal rest on Friday, March 7, 2025, at University Medical Center. She was a native of Mar‐rero LA and resident of New Orleans, LA Judy was a graduate of 1982 gradu‐ate of John Ehret High School and continues her studies at Southern Univer‐sity at New Orleans She was employed as a Certi‐fied Nursing Assistant for many years until her health began to decline. Judy’s illness caused her to become blind, but she did not let her disability stop her. She loved to travel and took many trips to the Western and Eastern Caribbean, and throughout the United States. With the support of her devoted husband, brother family and friends, she was able to live life to the fullest. Judy will be remembered as kind-hearted, talkative and very opinionated per‐son, who was best known for her medical advice, and love for family and com‐munity. Loving wife of 30 years to Marlon Joseph Perkins. Beloved daughter the late Donald Joseph Duckett and Eloise Nelson Duckett. Granddaughter of the late Gus Nelson Ethel Nelson, and Horace Duck‐ett, Sr. Devoted sister of Darren Duckett, LaShon Henry, and the late Byron Joseph Duckett. Doting aunt of Daniel Duckett, Byron Duckett, Jr. and Seven McCoy. Great aunt of Xavier and Jacob Duckett. Niece of Deanna N (Roy) Simon, Betty Nelson Jan‐nie Rosetta Duckett Wash‐ington, Dorothy Mae Duck‐ett Jones, LouAudry Duck‐ett Freeman, Horace (Ethel Lee) Duckett, Jr. and the late Harold and Herman Nelson, Elliott Keller, Thoe‐dore Bottley, Raymond Duckett, George Freeman, Lawrence Pinkins, Henry McCallon Robert Washing‐ton, Gloria Keller, Yvonne Bottley, Marian Nelson Gustavia Pinkins, and Au‐gustine McCallon. Sisterin-law of Elder Pamela P Reed, Malcolm Perkins, and the late Betty Payne and Ernestine Johnson. Goddaughter of the late Theodore and Yvonne Bott‐ley. Judy is also survived by host of cousins, other relatives and friends. Rela‐tives and friends of the family, also pastors, offi‐cers, and members of New Zion Baptist Church of Marrero LA New Home Ministries, and all neigh‐boring churches; members of the National Federation for the Blind are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Davis Mortuary Ser‐vice, 6820 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Marrero, LA on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Rev Joseph Johnson, officiating Visita‐tion will begin at 8:30a.m until service time at the parlor Interment: Rest‐lawn Park Cemetery-Avon‐dale, LA. To view and sign the guestbook please go to www davismortuaryse rvice.com Face Masks Are Recommended

William

William J. Robinson, affectionately known as "Willie," passed away on March 18, 2025, at the age of 77 in NewOrleans, LA He was born on June 10, 1947. Willie is survived by his son, Ahmaan Muhummad (formerly Wilbon Rhome III), daughter-in-law RebaRhome, granddaughters Roxie Atkins of Dallas, TX, and Tiffany Atkins, grandson Wilbon Rhome IV, greatgranddaughter Marley Hill, and great-grandson DaZaree Bradshaw, all of Norfolk, VA. He is also survived by his aunt Terry Wilson, uncle Ronald Wilson, goddaughter Tyrhonda Delaney, and a host of other relatives and friends. Willie was preceded in deathbyhis mother, Evelyn H. Bryant, father William Robinson, Sr., grandfather Robert Wilson Sr., grandmother Mary Ellen Wilson, and his late wife Jane Marie Robinson. He was also preceded by several uncles, including Robert Wilson Jr., Earl Wilson, Edward Wilson, Tyrone Wilson, and Mark Johnson, as well as aunts Gloria Zeno and Elaine Delaney. Funeral services will be held at First Pilgrims Baptist Church, located at 1228 Arts Street in New Orleans, LA,onMarch 29, 2025. Visitationwill begin at 9:00 AM, followed by the service at 10:00 AM. A repast will be held at 11240 IvyLane, NewOrleans, LA 70128. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Heritage Funeral Directors.

William J. Robinson, affectionately known as "Willie," passed away on March 18, 2025, at the age of 77 in NewOrleans, LA. He was born on June 10, 1947. Willie is survived by his son, Ahmaan Muhummad (formerly Wilbon Rhome III), daughter-in-law RebaRhome granddaughtersRoxie Atkins of Dallas, TX, and Tiffany Atkins, grandson Wilbon Rhome IV, greatgranddaughter Marley Hill, and great-grandson DaZaree Bradshaw, all of Norfolk, VA. He is also survived by his aunt Terry Wilson, uncle Ronald Wilson, goddaughter Tyrhonda Delaney, and a host of other relatives and friends. Willie was preceded in deathbyhis mother, Evelyn H. Bryant, father William Robinson, Sr., grandfather Robert Wilson Sr., grandmother Mary Ellen Wilson, and his late wife Jane Marie Robinson. He was also preceded by several uncles, including Robert Wilson Jr., Earl Wilson, Edward Wilson, Tyrone Wilson, and Mark Johnson, as well as aunts Gloria Zeno and Elaine Delaney. Funeral services will be held at First Pilgrims Baptist Church, located at 1228 Arts Street in New Orleans, LA,onMarch 29, 2025. Visitationwill begin at 9:00 AM, followed by the service at 10:00 AM. A repast will be held at 11240 IvyLane, NewOrleans, LA 70128. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Heritage Funeral Directors.

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sur‐vived by two children Karen Brown Bijole (Eric) and Edwin Brown and a host of other relatives and friends Relatives and friends are invited to at‐tend the funeral service at Richardson Funeral Home, 11112 Jefferson Hwy. River Ridge, LA 70123 on Satur‐day March 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Interment: Provi‐dence Memorial Park Cemetery 8200 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA 70003 Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA in charge of arrange‐ments www richardsonf uneralhomeofjefferson com

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Tara J Trim, also known as TJ, was a resident of Palo Alto, CA. She made her transition from earth to heaven on Thursday, March 13 in the year of our Lord 2025 at the age of 49. She was born on March 26, 1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana to the parents of Harold and Diane Dela‐houssaye Trim. She was their only daughter. TJ was an offspring of the Dela‐houssaye Webb-BlandTrim clan The family moved to California when she was only 8 years old Tara is the mother of three (3) amazing kids, Davonna, Jazz and Aaliyah Trim She also inherited an extended family during her time here, Reggie and Schnell Bailey Tara graduated from Mount Pleasant high school in 1993, then fur‐thered her education at Evergreen Valley College in 1994. Tara worked for Stan‐ford Hospital as an Execu‐tive Administrative Assis‐tant from 2002 until her time of departure TJ was well known for her amaz‐ing spirit and for her open and warm heart. Her smile would light up any room that she walked into. Her laughter was contagious and would just melt your heart She was a person whom you know would al‐ways have your back, and she was that person whom you could go to for Words of Encouragement, or just for a pep talk. TJ believed in family and knowing her background and who her ancestors were. Remaining to cherish Tara's memory are her parents, Harold and Diana Trim, daughters Davonna & Aaliyah, and a son, Jazz Trim. She is also survived by a brother Harold (Tonya) Trim, Jr., a nephew Harold Trim, III, a niece Joy Trim, her ex‐tended family Schnell Bai‐ley, Reggie Bailey and a host of family and friends Tara is preceded in death by grandmothers Elder Mary Bland Banks and Alice Valarie Delahous‐saye. Tara Trim’s homego‐ing celebration will be held on Saturday March 29 2025, beginning 11:00 a.m at Watson Memorial Teach‐ing Ministries, 4400 St Charles Avenue New Or‐leans, Louisiana 70115 Bishop Tom Watson, pastor ofﬁciating Church visita‐tion 10:00 a.m until service time

Trueblood, Laura Faura 'Mother'

Laura Faura Trueblood “Mother”, on March 12, 2025, in University Medical Center due to illness. She was born to the late Arthur and Evella Faura in Man‐deville, Louisiana “Mother” Laura Faura Trueblood was joined in holy matri‐mony to the late Minister Randolph Trueblood Jr Mother Trueblood is sur‐vived by 3 daughters Betty Jones Brenda Faura and Pauline (Raymond) Augus‐tine and 2 sons Randolph Trueblood III and Mauel Trueblood. Mother was the sister of Dona B Tor‐rengano Patricia Faura Edgar Faura, Leon Faura, Viola Faura and Oliver Faura She was joined in her crossing over by her mother and father her daughters Winnetta Slack, Byndra Trueblood, Laura Trueblood Moore, Esther Acker Augusta Acker Dar‐lene Trueblood, Peter (Sonny) Trueblood, John Trueblood and Tyrone True‐blood, 2 grandsons Mon‐tava and Davonta True‐blood, 1 granddaughter Lakisha Liar She leaves behind a host of grandchil‐dren Paul Trueblood, Ty‐rone Roberts, Robert Jones V Micheal Augustine Trinise Augustine, Melissa Augustine Amber Augus‐tine, Jeremy Augustine, John Trueblood, Josh True‐blood Jonquita Trueblood Tyheem Trueblood, Tyrann Roberts Johnetta and Catina Slack, Wanda Jack‐son and Venessa Faura Also survived by a host of great grandchildren great great grandchildren, great great great grandchildren nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family Linda Trueblood, Latrina Goliday and Anna Henry, a host of friends and

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Skenes, Alcántara show early dominant

Pitchers’ opening day duel lives up to hype

MIAMI — Hyped as the most appealing starting pitchers’ matchup of opening day, Paul Skenes outlasted Sandy Alcántara but neither was involved in the decision of the Miami Marlins’ 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday Pittsburgh’s Skenes is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year Alcántara, the veteran Marlins right-hander who won the NL Cy Young Award in 2022, missed last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Former LSU standout Skenes struck out seven over 52/3 innings of two-run ball. The 22-year-old right-hander had a 4-1 lead but was lifted after issuing consecutive walks to Xavier Edwards and Kyle Stowers in the sixth.

“I got a little sloppy there at the end,” Skenes said. “I had to execute a little quicker in that sixth inning. Not getting into those 3-2 counts and that’s probably a different story at the end.” Alcántara’s outing ended after he allowed

LSU forward Aneesah Morrow makes a pass against Florida State

second-round game on Monday at the PMAC.

SPOKANE,Wash. — One of the things that helped the LSU women’s basketball team get here, to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, has appeared this season.

But only in glimpses.

The No. 3 seeded Tigers are capable of keeping the ball moving through halfcourt sets and making extra passes to set up open shots.

“But we haven’t done it consistently,” coach Kim Mulkey said. Now they are.

Tulane’s Burton looking to build on breakthrough outing at UNO

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Sixth-year graduate transfer Wes Burton has watched a whole lot of winning in his long college baseball career If he can build off his dominant relief performance for Tulane against UNO on Tuesday night, he may finally be the reason one of his teams wins. The Green Wave (17-8, 2-1 American Athletic Conference) needs a boost on the mound heading into its weekend series at South Florida (13-9, 2-1), and boy, did he deliver at Maestri Field. Burton, a 6-foot-8 flamethrower who attended Ole Miss for three years and Indiana for another before arriving at Tulane last season, struck out seven of the nine batters he faced in three perfect innings. His fastball reached 94 miles per hour consistently A curveball he never had thrown in college until three weeks ago found the strike zone, too UNO, which scored seven runs in the first four innings, was overmatched

“I’ve always believed in myself,” he said “I’ve obviously been through a lot in my

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Before the NCAA Tournament began, LSU was assisting its shots at one of the three lowest rates in the Southeastern Conference. It’s not that the Tigers couldn’t share the ball. Most of the time they just didn’t need to. Flau’jae Johnson, Mikaylah Williams and Aneesah Morrow could create shots on their own — and convert enough of those looks to give LSU a top-ﬁve scoring offense.

Recently several LSU women’s basketball players did an NIL video mentioning some of their favorite places to eat around Baton Rouge. They didn’t tap out at any fast food drive-thrus. This is the NIL era, as we said, so we’re talking top-shelf steak restaurants here. Timely, perhaps, because of the way the Tigers have made a meal of their first two entrees, um, opponents in the NCAA Tournament. Against San Diego State on Saturday, LSU sprinted out of the blocks like Sha’Carri Richardson to a 27-10 first quarter lead en route to a 103-48 demolition of the Aztecs, the Tigers’ most points ever in an NCAA tournament game. Two nights later LSU left Florida State in the dust after a “Can you top this?” first half, breaking the sound barrier after taking a 50-49 halftime lead with a 31-6 third quarter leading to a 101-71 victory

LSU became only the second program — behind Long Beach State in 1988 to post back-to-back 100-point games in the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers’ combined 85-point

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AP PHOTO By LyNNE SLADKy Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes throws during the first inning Thursday against the Miami Marlins in Miami The Marlins won 5-4.

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Reeves showing why Pels drafted him

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

Antonio Reeves didn’t realize at the time what kind of hot streak he was on. After all, he was just doing what he has known how to do since taking all those jumpers he took as a kid growing up in Chicago. And for Reeves, the New Orleans Pelicans’ rookie guard, those jumpers just kept going in. It was a memorable 21/2 game stretch for Reeves, starting with last Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and ending with Monday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Reeves went a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor in Minneapolis, including knocking down his lone 3-point attempt. He then drained his only shot attempt Sunday against the Detroit Pistons, also a 3-pointer And he followed that up by making his first six shots against the 76ers, including five 3-pointers. He finally missed a shot with 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter But not before making 12 consecutive shots while he was in a zone that he didn’t even know he was in

“I was just out there competing,” Reeves said. “I wasn’t worried about the misses or the makes Every shot I threw up, it went in.” For a while, there was no misses to worry about. A dozen straight shots went in Making 12 straight shots is what you expect from a player like Zion Williamson who is constantly attacking the rim. But you don’t typically see it from a guard who makes his living mostly from the perimeter But shooting is what attracted the Pelicans to Reeves in the ﬁrst place. It’s why they selected him out of Kentucky in the second round of last year’s draft “He’s doing fantastic,” said

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Pelicans’ coach Willie Green “The thing he’s doing is building on what he already has He really comes in and works on his shots. We see that carry over when he does play And he’s becoming a really good defender.”

Reeves says he’s always been able to shoot the ball well, thanks to his dad and the other coaches he had growing up in Chicago. He spent plenty of time in the gym then and still does today Putting up 500 to 1,000 shots per day is a

part of his normal routine as he strives for the same type of success that his childhood heroes had. He grew up watching shooters like Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Richard Hamilton. Reeves could be on the court with Curry Friday when the Pelicans host the Golden State Warriors. It would be Reeves’ second time on the court with the most proliﬁc 3-point shooter in NBA history He still remembers the first time when the Pels and Warriors met in November “A dream come true,” Reeves said. “Stepping on the ﬂoor with him

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is crazy to me. I stepped on the ﬂoor and guarded him and it was unreal. Deﬁnitely joyful to be out there.”

Reeves also grew up admiring fellow Chicago native Derrick Rose, the NBA’s MVP in the 2010-’11 season. Reeves would watch Rose’s games on the television in his grandmother’s kitchen. Reeves, like Rose, attended Simeon High School in Chicago, a basketball powerhouse that has produced NBA players like Nick Anderson, Jabari Parker, the late Ben Wilson and former LSU women’s basketball star Aneesah Morrow Now Reeves is doing his part to become a household name, too. His teammates like what they’ve seen so far When Elfird Payton goes to the gym to get some extra shots up, Reeves is usually there. “He’s super confident,” Payton said. “And he’s still learning, which is kinda scary He’s a listener and takes coaching well. He has a chance to be a really good player.” Reeves has bounced back and forth this season with the Pelicans and their G league affiliate Birmingham Squadron. He’s played in 35 games for the Pelicans. His best performance came in November when he scored 34 points in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 34 points are the fifth most points scored by a Pelicans’ rookie in franchise history He played 40 minutes in that game. The 24 minutes he played Monday were his third most of the season. His 3-point percentage has risen to 40.8% after his recent shooting success.

With just nine games remaining, Reeves would like to see that percentage go up even higher “Just keep hunting them,” Reeves said ”Keep continuing to try to get open and teammates are going to ﬁnd me. So continue to read what the defense gives me and continue to make open shots.”

Alabama hits record 25 3-pointers in win

BY DAN GELSTON Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s, a relentless longrange spree that ushered the second-seeded Crimson Tide past BYU 113-88 on Thursday night in an NCAA Tournament East Region semiﬁnal.

Alabama reached the Elite Eight in consecutive years for the ﬁrst time in program history

The Crimson Tide made 25 of 51 3-point attempts to break the record of 21 set by Loyola Marymount in 1990. Sears, a ﬁrst-team All-America guard, hit the recordbreaking 22nd 3 late in the game to make it 97-66 He received a standing ovation from the Alabama fans when he checked out with 10 3s and more than four

minutes left to play

Sears and the Crimson Tide (288) showed they are no March ﬂuke under coach Nate Oats. Riding a wave of 3s, Alabama set itself up for a date against either Duke or Arizona for a shot at the Final Four.

Richie Saunders scored 25 points to lead BYU (26-10), which hasn’t played in a regional ﬁnal since 1981.

Sears’ 10 3s were one short of the record set by Loyola Marymount’s Jeff Fryer in a memorable 149-115 second-round win over Michigan

The Crimson Tide made their first Final Four appearance in school history last season, when they lost to eventual national champion UConn. Alabama loved the 3 this season, averaging 28 attempts a game. Against sixth-seeded BYU (24-9), Sears and the Crimson Tide feast-

ed on the long ball.

Sears hit ﬁve in the ﬁrst half, camping out behind the arc without much of a hand in his face.

Sears and Chris Youngblood hit back-to-back 3s for a 38-30 lead and repeated the feat minutes later for a 44-34 advantage. BYU’s Egor Demin followed with an airball and Alabama could smell crimson in the water Alabama attempted 15 2-pointers and made 10 of them.

Sears raised his teammates out of their seats and into a frenzy when another 3 early in the second half for a 63-47 lead that sent the shaken Cougars into a timeout. The deep, up-tempo Crimson Tide let Sears bury 3 after 3 after 3 with the Elite Eight in sight.

FLORIDA 87, MARYLANS 71: In San Fransisco, Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds,

and top-seeded Florida played a steady second half to run away from No. 4 seed Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament’s West Region ﬁnal with an 87-71 win Thursday night.

Walter Clayton Jr contributed 13 points and four assists as Florida’s Big Three seniors and their deep supporting cast took down the Maryland “Crab Five” starters — one of Terrapins coach Kevin Willard’s concerns coming into this matchup.

Freshman sensation Derik Queen scored 27 points to lead Maryland (27-9) in what might have been Willard’s final game guiding the program. He has been linked to the opening at Villanova.

Florida (33-4) advances to play Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s late game at Chase Center between third-seeded Texas Tech and No. 10 seed Arkansas.

LSU track and field hosts Battle on the Bayou

The LSU track and ﬁeld teams will have 70 athletes (29 men, 41 women) competing this weekend at the Battle on the Bayou. LSU will begin its action at 12:30 p.m Friday at with the men’s hammer throw

Running events will begin later in the day at 5:30 p.m On Saturday, the Tigers will begin the day at 10:30 a.m. with the women’s discus and start the running events with the 4x100-meter relay at 11:35 a.m.

Teams competing at the Battle on the Bayou include Alabama, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, UL, LSU, Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, Penn State, Southern California and Texas A&M.

NBA, FIBA looking to add new European league

NEW YORK The NBA may soon be significantly expanding its presence in European basketball, in the form of partnering with FIBA on a new league that the sides have been talking about for many years.

Speciﬁcs are few, with the initial target — for now — being that it would be a 16-team league. But the announcement made Thursday by NBA commissioner Adam Silver and FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis is a major step forward after a long process of the sides going back and forth with ideas about what might work.

It’s a notion that has made sense for some time, particularly with the growth of the game in Europe and development of stars hailing from that part of the world. About one in every six current NBA players hail from Europe.

Sparks to retire star Parker’s No. 3 jersey

LOS ANGELES The Sparks are retiring franchise star Candace Parker’s No. 3 jersey at Crypto.com Arena during halftime of a game against the Chicago Sky on June 29, the team announced Thursday The forward won three WNBA championships, including the Sparks’ third title in 2016. During her 13-year Sparks tenure, Parker was named WNBA MVP (2008, 2013), WNBA Finals MVP (2016) and WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2020). She earned All-Star honors ﬁve times.

“To see my jersey hanging in the rafters amongst other legends is truly an honor This moment is not just about me — it’s about my family, my teammates, and the incredible support from the L.A. Sparks organization and fans,” Parker said in a news release.

Orioles’ O’Neill extends opening-day HR streak

TORONTO Baltimore Orioles outﬁelder Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run home run off Toronto’s José Berríos in the third inning of Thursday’s game at Toronto, extending his major league record by homering for a sixth straight Opening Day Playing a season-opening game in his home country of Canada for the ﬁrst time, O’Neill connected on a two-out, 2-1 sinker, driving in Colton Cowser and Adley Rutschman and putting Baltimore up 4-0.

O’Neill’s Opening Day home run streak began with St Louis in 2020 and continued for four seasons, matching a mark held by Todd Hundley (1994-97), Gary Carter (1977-80) and Yogi Berra (1955-58).

LSU center Reed to return for another season

BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

LSU men’s basketball’s Jalen Reed will stay in Baton Rouge to be coached by Matt McMahon next season, according to reporting by On3. The 6-foot-10, junior only played eight games after tearing his ACL during the team’s eighth game of the 2024-25 season against Florida State on Dec. 3. The right knee injury oc-

curred within the ﬁrst two minutes of an 85-75 win over the Seminoles.

“Just one of my favorite players

I’ve had the opportunity to coach over the years,” McMahon said a few days after the injury “Was really the ﬁrst guy when I got here, and there wasn’t a whole lot to sell.

First top-100 player to really jump on board and take a chance on us.

“He’s understood the process.

He’s worked extremely hard. You’ve seen him get better each

year So many players today think it’s an overnight success deal He’s been bought into understanding the work that goes into it.” Reed, as the Tigers’ starting center, ﬁnished the season averaging 11.1 points on 60.4% shooting and 6.5 rebounds per game. He averaged 8.1 points on 52.2% shooting and 4.1 rebounds as a sophomore.

Reed’s most impressive game during his shortened junior year was in a 109-102 triple overtime

win over Central Florida on Nov 24. He had 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 13 rebounds, four assists and two blocks. He also was 7 of 8 from the free-throw line. Regardless of whoever else is retained, Reed will be the only player that has been with with McMahon for four seasons.

LSU currently has three players in the transfer portal in redshirt freshman forward Corey Chest, sophomore guard Mike Williams and junior wing Tyrell Ward.

Red Bull F1 replaces Lawson with Tsunoda Red Bull dropped Liam Lawson as the teammate of Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen after just two rounds of the season and replaced him with Yuki Tsunoda on Thursday Lawson was given the Red Bull seat despite not having previously driven a full F1 season and struggled immediately The New Zealander did not score any points, crashed out of the seasonopening Australian Grand Prix and qualiﬁed in last place for the Chinese Grand Prix and its sprint race. Tsunoda moves up from Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, in time for his home Japanese GP next week. Lawson will take Tsunoda’s place at Racing Bulls alongside rookie Isack Hadjar

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Antonio Reeves reacts to hitting a three pointer against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second half of a gameon Monday at the Smoothie King Center

Motivated Sheppard returns to home state

LSU guard ‘excited’ to play Sweet 16 game in Washington

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

SPOKANE,Wash.

— Before the NCAA Tournament bracket was set, Mjracle Sheppard quietly rooted for the LSU women’s basketball team to draw a seed in the region farther away from Baton Rouge, all the way up in the Paciﬁc Northwest.

“I was crossing my ﬁngers when we were at the watch party,” Sheppard said on Thursday Sheppard, a key reserve guard, has never played college basketball in front of some family members and loved ones. But now she will, all because the No. 3 seeded Tigers will play a Sweet 16 matchup on Friday (6:30 p.m., ESPN) against No. 2 seed North Carolina State in Spokane, Washington a city that sits only about four hours east of where she grew up. Sheppard is a native of Kent, Washington.

The 5-foot-10 sophomore spent her freshman season at Mississippi State, then transferred to LSU. Before the season began, Sheppard suffered a stress reaction injury in her right foot an injury that not only shelved her for LSU’s ﬁrst six games, but also delayed her push to earn a consistent role inside a crowded rotation of guards.

Coach Kim Mulkey said at the time that Sheppard was the Tigers’ best defender yet she couldn’t find enough minutes for her early on in the season.

“We’re moving on,” Mulkey said, “so she got behind, and she tried to play catch-up. But when you try to play catch-up, you try to do things quickly, and it just snowballs, and you have a turnover She has just worked her way methodically back to this point.”

Sheppard is now, however, receiving signiﬁcant run on a Tigers team with national title aspirations. Over LSU’s last six games, she played 24 minutes per contest She scored in double ﬁgures three times over that stretch, while also using her length to disrupt opposing guards on the perimeter

In LSU’s ﬁrst-round win over No. 14 seed San Diego State, Sheppard

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Against SEC foes, the Tigers assisted 46% of their shots. Now, through two games in the tournament, that rate is much higher LSU assisted 64% of its ﬁeld-goal makes in its blowout wins over No. 14 seed San Diego State and No. 16 seed Florida State. In the Round of 32 against the Seminoles, the Tigers assisted 29 shots, setting a program NCAA Tournament record and dwarﬁng their previous season high of 22. Only two other teams (No. 1 seed Southern Cal and No. 2 seed UConn) have tallied that

me, that showed respect.”

made all four of her ﬁeld-goal attempts and scored 10 points. Then, in a second-round victory over No. 6 seeded Florida State, she helped the Tigers preserve their lead in crucial second-quarter minutes without Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams, who were battling foul trouble.

Those two victories earned LSU a trip to Spokane.

And they gave Sheppard a chance to help the Tigers punch a ticket to the Final Four in front of her family and friends.

“I think it just motivates me more,” Sheppard said, “and makes me more excited.”

Mulkey talks Will Wade Mulkey thinks former LSU coach Will Wade will succeed in his new job of running the North Carolina State men’s basketball program.

On Thursday, Mulkey said in an NCAA Tournament news conference that Wade treated her with “the utmost respect” during her first season coaching the Tigers the lone year in which their respective LSU tenures overlapped.

“When I got off that airplane and took the LSU job,” Mulkey said, “and before the press conference, (Wade) and Paul Mainieri were the ﬁrst two people to hug me, and to

many assists in a game this tournament.

That unselﬁshness fueled two offensive eruptions Until Monday, the Tigers hadn’t tallied 100 points in consecutive games this year

Now they’ll take on No. 2 seed

North Carolina State at 6:30 p.m.

Friday (ESPN) in the Sweet 16 on the heels of two of their best offensive outings of the season, made possible through the brand of basketball they discovered in the two-week layoff between the SEC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s so much fun when you share the ball with each other,” Williams said, “and everybody’s scoring. So many people have double-digit scor-

In 2022, LSU ﬁred Wade amid an investigation into NCAA recruiting violations. He then took a year off from coaching before he accepted the job at McNeese, a program that reached the NCAA Tournament in both years of his tenure. The Cowboys went 58-11 under Wade, picking up more wins in his two years than they did in the ﬁve years prior to his arrival combined.

On March 20, No. 12 McNeese upset No. 6 seed Clemson 69-67 in the ﬁrst round of the NCAA Tournament. Before that game tipped off, Wade conﬁrmed that he was in discussions with NC State about its men’s basketball head coach vacancy

The job was ofﬁcially his three days later, which marked a return to power-conference coaching for Wade only three years after he was ﬁred from LSU.

“He is gonna be totally different personality than (NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore),” Mulkey said, “but he’s a winner If you just look at it, he won at LSU, he won at McNeese, and I would imagine he’s getting ready to wake the Wolfpack up and win at NC State.” Wade said Tuesday at his introductory news conference that he hopes to bring the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament in the ﬁrst season of his tenure.

ing or 20-point scoring, triple double watch, all those types of things.

“It was really, really fun.”

Williams scored a team-high 28 points against Florida State.

But she needed to take only 12 shots to hit that mark. The sophomore kept the ball moving.

On one possession only three minutes into the first quarter, two Seminole defenders crowded around Williams, trapping her near the right corner She could’ve panicked. But instead, she kept her eyes up, set her feet, jumped and lofted a pass to the opposite end of the ﬂoor, to Flau’jae Johnson.

Johnson then drove the rim, drew an extra defender and fed a pass to Morrow who converted an

UCLA players send well wishes to rival Watkins

BY ANNE M. PETERSON AP sportswriter

SPOKANE, Wash. — As top overall seed UCLA and star center Lauren Betts prepared for a Sweet 16 meeting with Mississippi, the Bruins’ thoughts were also on a familiar foe.

UCLA won’t get a rematch against JuJu Watkins further down the line in the NCAA Tournament because the Southern California star suffered a seasonending knee injury in the second round.

“I watched it live. It was just so hard to watch and I feel so sorry for her,” the 6-foot-7 Betts said “And I feel so bad for that team and that program, to be honest. I know she’s such a crucial part of that program. I feel for her as a person and that’s not something that’s easy to come back from, but I know she’s going to be OK.”

UCLA (32-2) plays ﬁfth-seeded Ole Miss (22-10) on Friday night for a chance to advance to the Elite Eight, facing the winner of Friday’s earlier game between third-seeded LSU and No. 2 seed N.C. State.

The Bruins earned the trip north with a second-round 84-67 victory over Richmond in Los Angeles. Betts had 30 points and 14 rebounds. Mississippi defeated Baylor in Waco, Texas, to reach the Sweet 16 for the second time in the past three years. In 2023, the Rebels upset Stanford in the second round before falling to Louisville. This time, the Rebels aren’t just happy to be here.

“The difference is, I think, we’re hungry I mean, to be honest, back then we were just happy to do something that hadn’t been done in a very long time,” guard Madison Scott said. “But now we’ve done it again So we’re not complacent, we’re not satisﬁed. We want to keep going. We want to keep dancing.”

UCLA’s only two losses this season came against Watkins and the Trojans before the Bruins got their revenge in the Big Ten Tournament, beating USC 72-67. The Trojans will also play in Spokane, facing Kansas State on Saturday It will be their first full game without Watkins, who tore the ACL in her right knee during the first quarter of a 96-59 victory over Mississippi State. Watkins planted her right leg awkwardly as she drove to the basket between two defenders and crumpled to the floor wincing and as she was carried off. USC later said she had seasonending surgery as the Trojans

open layup.

Morrow said on Monday that she didn’t expect Florida State to send as many double teams as they did.

But once she and her teammates

ﬁgured out that the Seminoles were applying extra pressure to whichever LSU player had the ball, she said, they could adjust. Both Morrow and Sa’Myah Smith set career highs in assists as a result, mostly through quick passes in the paint.

Three Tigers notched at least ﬁve assists.

Among them was point guard Shayeann Day-Wilson, the senior who tallied at least ﬁve dimes without committing a single turnover for just the second time this season

“You see a difference,” Day-Wil-

look to win their ﬁrst national title in 41 years. Should USC get past the Wildcats, it will face either Paige Bueckers and UConn or Oklahoma in the Elite Eight.

There’s still a chance for a rematch between the two Los Angeles rivals in the Final Four but if it happens, it will be without Watkins.

“To see, even a competitor, but someone who is a face of the sport, too, to just have her season end just like that? It sucks,” UCLA guard Kiki Rice said. “I mean, obviously we play against each other and it’s a rivalry, but you hate to see anyone go down with an injury like that. And she’s a great player, a great person.”

We meet again

LSU and N.C. State met earlier this season in a very different setting: the Bahamas. Then-No. 7 LSU won, 82-65.

But anyone looking to that game as an indication of how Friday’s Sweet 16 meeting might play out would be mistaken, according to players on both sides.

“I think we’re a much different team. I think at the beginning of the season, we were still trying to get a feel of each other,” Wolfpack senior guard Saniya Rivers said. “Obviously we have a lot of returners, but I feel like with the freshmen coming in, and obviously people playing out of position, we just weren’t very comfortable and conﬁdent So as the season went along, we started putting pieces together.”

N.C. State reached the Final Four last year before falling to eventual champion South Carolina. The Wolfpack (28-6) advanced this year with a second-round victory over Michigan State. The Tigers (30-5) routed Florida State 101-71 in the second round. LSU coach Kim Mulkey also said the Nov 27 meeting with N.C. State was irrelevant.

“To look at the previous, game, we just think that we’re both trying to advance to an Elite Eight and we don’t really even think about that game,” Mulkey said. “We talked about it once or twice, we’ve looked at some ﬁlm, but they’re better We’re better They’re ACC champs. We finished third in the SEC. They’re supposed to win, they’re the two seed, we’re the three seed.” Mulkey’s players agreed that Friday’s opponent was a different team While LSU (30-5) thrives on post play, N.C. State plays four guards at times and has a strong perimeter game.

son said. “And it feels good when everyone’s scoring. That enjoyment’s there.”

NC State has played LSU before.

On Nov 27, the Tigers beat the Wolfpack 82-65 in The Bahamas, handing it a third loss in its first seven games of the season. NC State had already dropped matchups with South Carolina and TCU, two opponents that eventually won enough contests to earn top-two regional seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

Still, the Wolfpack was hoping for a better start, especially because it was trying to build on its run to the 2024 Final Four Coach Wes Moore said after the game that his team had a “long ways to go” before it could play at LSU’s level.

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LSU guard Mjracle Sheppard turns up court against San Diego State in the second period of the NCAA Tournament first round game on Saturday at the Pete Maravich Center

Recovery is key for LSU baseball stars

BY KOKI RILEY

Staff writer

Jay Johnson knows that he asks a lot from his players.

Freshman Derek Curiel, junior Jared Jones, junior Daniel Dickinson and sophomore Steven Milam have started all 27 games for the LSU coach. Senior Luis Hernandez has started behind the plate in 18 of those matchups

The baseball season is a grind, especially in the Southeastern Conference.

“We have some players that we are asking a lot out of from a physical demand standpoint,” Johnson said, “whether that’s Luis to catch, Steven to play shortstop (or) Danny to play in the middle of the ﬁeld.”

That’s why recovering properly after games is a priority for the Tigers. And thanks to the football program, physically recuperating has gotten a lot easier for Johnson’s team this season.

This spring, the LSU baseball team has been utilizing the new state of the art football recovery center, and it has already started

paying off.

“It’s always nice to have a wonderful place like that,” junior lefthander Conner Ware said. “to kind of go and and recover and get your body right.”

The new facility, which cost no more than $20 million to construct, opened this past fall for the football team The center houses hightech sleep pods, a cryotherapy chamber, a red light therapy table and hydrotherapy pools to help all LSU athletes — not just the football players.

The red light therapy table is popular with the baseball team.

Among others, Jones, freshman left-hander Cooper Williams and sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson utilize the technology Pitching coach Nate Yeskie had encouraged Anderson to take advantage of the new mechanism.

“It’s a testosterone booster, so obviously natural,” Anderson said.

“It’s been a big help. And I’m not sure it’s not one of those things that you can just notice right away but obviously I guess it’s working.”

Housed in the same room as the red light table, Hernandez and Ware use the cryotherapy cham-

ber The extremely cold conditions within the freezer helps regenerate their whole bodies.

Hernandez, along with Dickinson and Jones, also like using the cold tubs in the facility Dickinson, in particular, only uses the tubs and hasn’t dipped his toe into any of the advanced physical therapy tech.

“I have never really had the resources that a lot of people have, so I could be interested in it,” Dickinson said. “But I’m also really big on my routine.”

With the exception of junior right-hander Gavin Guidry and sophomore right-hander Deven Sheerin, LSU has been extremely healthy this season despite playing 18 games in 24 days to open the season.

Perhaps the new football facility has played a part in its good fortune.

“It’s a long season, long grilling season,” Ware said. “So I know it’ll catch up on you quick if you don’t stay on top of it. So (I’m) just making sure you have your body healthy and doing everything you can to recover And they’ve given us the best chance to do that.”

LSU starting pitcher Jayden Heavener throws in the fourth inning of their game

Tiger Park.

LSU LHP Heavener off to ‘a pretty good start’

BY JIM KLEINPETER

Contributing writer

Expectations were already high for LSU softball’s left-handed pitcher Jayden Heavener

In her college debut, she raised them even higher Heavener tossed a perfect game in a six-inning win against Chalotte, retiring all 18 batters she faced. Since then, she’s built a 9-1 record with some imperfect moments along the way while constructing a strong freshman season

“I feel I had a pretty good start,” Heavener “I had some learning experiences. Every day I work in the bullpen learning something new I feel like I’ve grown a lot since the fall and since I’ve been here. I’m going to learn a lot more.”

She will be back in the circle for the No. 3 Tigers against No. 10 South Carolina in the three-game series beginning Friday at 5 p.m. Saturday’s game at 6 p.m. will be the Southeastern Conference’s annual Teal Game — thirteen SEC schools join together to wear teal or teal accents as the league recognizes Mississippi State’s Alex Wilcox, her impact on the softball community and in the ﬁght against ovarian cancer There will be a Teal Walk Saturday at 9:30 a.m starting at Tiger Park to raise

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money for the cause. The preseason anticipation was palpable for Heavener the No 1 recruit in the nation from Pace High School in the Florida panhandle.

Paired with two-time All-American Sydney Berzon, LSU potentially would have its best 1-2 pitching punch since 2018 with Carley Hoover and Allie Walljasper Indeed, Heavener has been a big part of LSU’s 30-2 start. She’s 10th in the SEC with a 1.71 earned run average; ﬁfth in strikeouts (95); and third in opponents’ batting average (.140).

Her 35 walks is higher than coach Beth Torina would like and her 12 hit batters is second most in the league.

Heavener battled through seven walks to win her ﬁrst SEC decision at No. 13 Georgia and came in to pitch 4 1/3 innings to beat UL Tuesday, walking two and striking out six.

She throws a variety of pitches, including a rising curve that LSU players call “nasty.” Getting better command of them has been a season-long journey

“Her location is continuing to get better,” Torina said. “She didn’t have her best outing at Georgia, I don’t think any of us did on the

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Hmmm. Kim Mulkey was an assistant coach on that Tech team. This is starting to get a little spooky Though ESPN rated LSU (305) as one of the hottest teams, men or women, heading into the Sweet 16, none of that is going to help the Tigers win the two games in Spokane, Washington, they require to win to return to the Final Four LSU couldn’t bank any of those points against SDSU or FSU to use against another State team, North Carolina State, in Friday’s 6:30 p.m. regional semiﬁnal, though Mulkey probably would probably pay to make that happen.

It’s an 81/2-hour flight and four months from Spokane to Nassau in The Bahamas, where the Tigers basted the Wolfpack the day before Thanksgiving (Nov 27) by an 82-65 score. That result won’t score any points for LSU in this one, either, though it at least has to be on the minds of the players and coaches on both sides. The Wolfpack, which went all the way to the Final Four last year while LSU finished in the Elite Eight, no doubt would appreciate a little payback. The Tigers no doubt have to be germinating the seed of selfconfidence, knowing they won so convincingly last time The romp, keyed by an enormous 44-24 LSU rebounding advantage, was the Tigers’ signature non-conference victory A victory that has only looked better with age as NC State (28-6) shared the ACC regular-season championship with Notre Dame and made it to the ACC Tournament final before losing to Duke. It’s that finish that no doubt propelled the Wolfpack to its No. 2 seed in the Spokane 1 Re-

mound. She’s getting better with her location all the time, making changes. It’s huge that you can see from the stands but from her coach I see things going better all the time.”

Teammates like her demeanor in the circle which is unnaturally calm and conﬁdent for a freshman.

“I’ve slowly progressed I don’t feel like I’m way better (than two months ago),” she said. “I have a lot more potential because I’m a freshman. If I keep growing the way I am I have a lot to learn until my senior year, a lot to learn mentally and physically

“My confidence has grown a little bit, learning that failure is going to happen. A lot of mental things. It’s been up and down and that’s how softball is.”

Berzon took a similar path, looking dominating at times as a freshman and ﬁnishing the season as the staff ace with a 14-8 record. She improved to 20-9 as a sophomore.

“Jayden is going to keep improving every time she takes the mound,” Torina said “She’s been plagued with balls and strikes her entire life; it’s not a new thing for her. She’s getting better at it. She’s been able to attack the zone when she needs to. It’s pretty tough to be a freshman in the SEC at any position, let along pitcher She’s doing a really good job.”

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a two-run single to Bryan Reynolds in the ﬁfth that put the Pirates ahead 2-1. Alcántara gave up two runs, two hits, struck out seven and walked four He kept Pittsburgh hitless until Ke’Bryan Hayes’ two-out single in the ﬁfth. Alcántara then walked Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Tommy Pham.

“We know I didn’t do my best job out there,” Alcántara said. “I was trying to give it my best but if you take away the walks from the ﬁfth, the results would have been better.”

Even after his sluggish end, Skenes was in line for the victory in the ﬁrst opening day start of his career But Pirates relievers Colin Holderman and David Bednar allowed three runs over the ﬁnal two innings that gave Miami the walkoff win.

“It’s early and there are always adjustments to be made,” Skenes said. “We’ll do that. It was a cool environment. A lot of energy in the building.” Skenes acknowledged the matchup against Alcántara.

“He’s a really good pitcher but at the end of the day I have to go

gional despite the fact that NC State’s NET ranking was only 16 compared to 10 for LSU, which got the 3 seed. The Tigers, conversely, lost three of their last four and four of their last seven entering the tournament, with superstars Flau’jae Johnson (shin splints) and Aneesah Morrow (sprained foot) in walking boots. Both have dispelled any questions about their health to this point, two of the biggest names still dancing in March in the women’s tournament along with fellow “Big Three” club member Mikaylah Williams. As was the case in LSU’s first two NCAA wins, of course, the Tigers’ supporting cast will have to make big contributions. Shayeann Day-Wilson (11 points), Sa’Myah Smith and Mjracle Sheppard (10 each) were all in double figures against San Diego State, while Smith had the game of her career against FSU with 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting and a game-high 12 rebounds. LSU will need something like that from Smith or Sheppard or Day-Wilson or Kailyn Gilbert or Last-Tear Poa in this one, as recent history has shown. Sweet 16 games have been grinding affairs for the Tigers the past two seasons. LSU beat Utah 66-63 in 2003, thanks in large part to LaDazhia Williams’ season high 24 points. The Tigers pulled away a bit late in last year’s Sweet 16 to beat UCLA 78-69, the same Bruins team that takes on upstart Ole Miss in the other Spokane 1 semifinal.

Worry about the Bruins or Rebels when and if the time comes. LSU, and NC State have plenty on their plate in this one. It should be a delicious game, something much closer than their encounter in November. Bon appetit.

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out there and pitch my game,” Skenes said. Alcántara had not pitched since Sept 3, 2023. He immediately proved he was ready in the at-bat against Pham to start the game. The seven-year veteran threw only fastballs that ranged between 98.1 and 99.6 mph to strike Pham out.

“I had a lot of emotion out there. I was close to crying but I’m hard to cry,” Alcántara said. “Finally, I’m back in a big league mound. Grateful to God that I returned to my mound here in Miami to compete.”

Despite his absence, Alcántara wants to quickly regain the form that made one of the sport’s workhorses. Alcántara, who reached 200 innings in 2021 and 2022 and had thrown 184 before the injury that ended his 2024 season, understands it will require a gradual progression of workload. He ﬁnished Thursday with 91 pitches.

When he was called up from the minors May 11, Skenes immediately lived up to the lofty expectations pinned on the ﬁrst

in the 2023 major league draft. Skenes

nings.

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vs Minnesota Saturday in LSU’s

STAFF FILE PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

LSU starting pitcher Kade Anderson, center, takes the ball from first baseman Jared Jones, right, as third baseman Michael Braswell looks on before pitching against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb 14 at Alex Box Stadium.

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Brother Martin has an experienced lineup of batters who can hit the baseball into any area of the ﬁeld. But that’s not all — they also can bunt.

The Crusaders bunted four times on the way to building a large lead that led to a 12-2 victory over Jesuit in the opener of a Catholic League series on Thursday at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium

All four bunts contributed to the production of runs as Brother Martin scored twice each in the ﬁrst

Martin uses bunts to rout

two innings and padded the lead with seven runs over the fourth and ﬁfth innings before the game ended by mercy rule in the sixth.

The four bunts either moved runners in to scoring position or — in the case of Cody Kropp’s bunt toward the ﬁrst baseman in the second inning — drove in a run.

“It’s a commitment to them being selﬂess and being into the team and doing whatever it takes to help the team win,” Brother Martin coach Jeff Lupo said. “That’s why it’s called a sacriﬁce, the giving of yourself to help the team win.”

Kropp put down another bunt toward third base that put runners on second and third with one out in the ﬁfth, before the next two batters walked and Cole Navarro hit a two-RBI single.

“It’s a team game, so one at-bat hands off to another and I trust the

Newman coach Livingston to leave after school year

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Randy Livingston will leave Newman at the end of the school year, ending his six-year tenure as basketball coach, according to an email sent to Newman families on Thursday Livingston coached the Greenies to three LHSAA basketball state championships during that time. He also played on three state championship basketball teams at the school in the early 1990s. Livingston had his son, Randy Jr on the team the past two seasons. The younger Livingston played on the last of the three consecutive state championships that the school won with his dad as the

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career, but I’m starting to feel like myself again out there.”

Burton pitched only 21/3 innings in 2022 when Ole Miss went from last team in the NCAA regional ﬁeld to College World Series champion. He threw a career-high 172/3 innings a year earlier as the Rebels came within a game of reaching Omaha. He threw 14 innings for Indiana in 2023 as the Hoosiers advanced to the championship game of the Lexington regional and did not pitch at all for Tulane’s American Athletic Conference Tournament last season after tearing his UCL in fall practice. While his teams have gone 199-

head coach. Newman lost in the quarterﬁnals earlier this month.

Newman nearly had the ﬁrst two of those basketball championships and several wins vacated because of various LHSAA rule violations. But a court-ordered injunction has let Newman keep those team championships and Livingston keep those wins on his record. Newman will have new coaches for the football and boys basketball teams next season. Nelson Stewart, a longtime football coach and Newman alumnus, accepted a head coaching job at Westminster School in Georgia.

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

100, his only career victory was against Louisville on Feb. 16, 2020, in his ﬁrst appearance at Ole Miss.

“I’ve been around the block and seen a thing or two, but I haven’t ultimately accomplished what I’ve wanted to accomplish,” he said.

“I’ve gotten to be a part of some really good teams and am incredibly thankful for that, but there’s still more I want to achieve and am excited to be a part of.”

Tulane coach Jay Uhlman compared Burton’s repertoire to that of Keagan Gillies, who posted an ERA of 0.96 in a phenomenal senior year before being taken in the 15th round of the MLB Draft

The trick is maintaining his level from Tuesday, when he lowered his ERA to 7.36 from 12.45 in his sixth appearance.

“We don’t have a long enough

guys behind me,” said Kropp, the who bats at the top of the lineup “I trust all the guys one-throughnine.”

Navarro, the winning pitcher with two strikeouts and eight hits allowed, went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and one run scored Stan Wiltz hit a two-RBI single during a four-run fourth that made the score 8-2. Ryan Darrah also singled in a run.

Brady McCluskey ended the win when he singled in a run with the bases loaded in the sixth inning.

The win kept Brother Martin (18-6, 6-1) in ﬁrst place after the

night began with the Crusaders and Rummel tied atop the Catholic League standings.

Brother Martin and Jesuit (167, 4-3) will play a second game on Saturday at Jesuit’s John Ryan Stadium.

Brother Martin drew 13 walks, including the two times Jesuit intentionally walked Darrah, and six of those baserunners came around to score.

Brother Martin scored two runs in the ﬁrst inning after No. 3 hitter Brady McCluskey bunted two runners over to second and third base — before the next two batters each drove in a run. Then in the second, Luke Gab drew a walk and went to second when Brody Shannon bunted him over, before a single moved Gab to third base ahead of Kropp’s bunt that drove in a run.

Kropp put down another wellplaced bunt with two strikes that put runners on second and third — before Ryan Darrah got walked intentionally and McCluskey drew a walk that made the score 9-2.

Darrah made a pair of impressive plays at third base in the early innings. He barehanded a bunted ball and threw to first for the final out of the second inning. Then in the third he fielded a sharply hit grounder and threw to second for the start of a double play

Brother Martin turned another double play started by Shannon at shortstop to end the ﬁfth inning. Jake Moreci drove in the two Jesuit runs with a pair of singles in the second and fourth innings.

Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

By The Associated Press

HOUSTON Scottie Schefﬂer and

Rory McIlroy wanted a ﬁnal tuneup before the Masters and spent parts of the Thursday at the Houston Open under an umbrella in wind and rain that prevented anyone from getting too far away

Keith Mitchell made a late eagle and Ryan Gerard let a good start slip away by finishing with two bogeys. They both wound up at 5-under 65, tied for the lead with Alejandro Tosti and Taylor Pendrith when play was suspended by darkness.

Schefﬂer didn’t dazzle He just didn’t do much wrong, one of his best attributes The world’s No. 1 player played bogey-free and made a pair of long birdies on the back nine that added to a 67, leaving him two shots behind.

“Conditions were pretty tough out there today with the rain and the wind, so overall nice to keep a clean card,” Schefﬂer said.

McIlroy, coming off his second victory of the year at The Players Championship two weeks ago, played in the morning and that was no picnic. The rain was steady as he stood on the 10th tee and it eventually stopped long enough for him to enjoy the end of his round.

He had two birdies (both on par 5s), two bogeys and 14 pars for a

track record with him to know how he handles those kind of things,” Uhlman said. “Obviously it would be a shot in the arm for us. The fastball plays up. He’s got ride on it, and he’s got the big overhand curveball. They kind of tunnel off each other.”

When he signed with Ole Miss out of Santa Monica, California, Burton expected to graduate in three years and turn professional.

He fulﬁlled the ﬁrst goal, but he has spent another three seasons in college hoping to create the second opportunity

“My problem has been consistency and executing multiple pitches in the strike zone,” he said. “The game just doesn’t always shake out the way you want it to.”

He appeared on track for a breakthrough at Tulane before tearing the UCL in fall practice

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70 that he described as “a little pedestrian.”

“Couldn’t really ﬁnd the middle of the club face for the ﬁrst few holes,” McIlroy said. “Once it brightened up and as the conditions got a little better, I felt like I drove it pretty well.”

Tosti contended late in the Houston Open last year He also played bogey-free, and he made birdie on all three of the par 5s at Memorial Park. Mitchell got his mistakes out of the way early — two bogeys in four holes, and ﬁnished strong.

Pendrith had the lead to himself until he found a bunker left of the green on the 18th and missed a 10-foot par putt. Jackson Suber was poised to join the group at 65 until a four-putt double bogey on the 18th The ﬁrst putt was 70 feet. The last three putts were from 5 feet.

And then there was Gerard, who was motoring along at 7 under with two holes to play, starting with the par-5 eighth. But his tee shot was so far right he had to take a penalty drop, and his wedge

of 2023 on a full-count strikeout pitch to Michael Lombardi. He underwent Tommy John surgery that December, and he did not pitch seriously again until this January

The injury was a ticking time bomb dating to his senior year of high school, when he hurt the elbow initially An operation was recommended, but it no longer bothered him by the time he had an appointment with the same California doctor who would perform the surgery ﬁve years later He was told to rest the elbow for a couple of weeks before throwing again.

From there, he managed periodic discomfort until “the little thread that was still hanging on ﬁnally went.”

Always a fastball-dominant pitcher, Burton believes the breaking ball he developed recently is

from 124 yards went 50 feet long. He managed to two-putt for a bogey On the par-3 ninth, he went into a back lip of the bunker and had to play away from the ﬂag because of water on the other side, leading to another bogey The 65 was a solid start. The ﬁnish stung.

“I’d be lying to you if I wasn’t a little bit upset,” Gerard said. “But you kind of just got to take a step back If they said after the morning wave you’d be T-1, everyone in the ﬁeld would sign up for that starting their round, especially when it was rainy and kind of windy and off and on from different directions. The grind was real out there.”

And it was wet for so much of the day, leading to preferred lies from the short grass. The issue for Gerard was staying dry

“I’m weird I don’t like holding the umbrella because I feel like my arms get fatigued and I stand over a shot and I feel like I hit it weird,” he said. “So I wear the rain jacket and try and not get the grips wet. If I can do that and just pick quality targets and try and just make solid swings to the targets, whatever happens from there is kind of up to the skid or the rain or the water droplets or whatever it could be.”

his ticket to success.

“Hitters at this level are so talented that if you’re only throwing one pitch at them, regardless of the velocity and the vertical break, they can get to it,” he said. “If you force them to respect two or three pitches, it makes it a lot more difﬁcult.” Using Ole Miss’s extraordinary run in 2022 as an example, he insists anything is possible despite Tulane’s underwhelming performance against a light schedule (RPI: 145).

“We knew we had the pieces to get where we wanted to go, and I feel the same way about this team,” he said. “We have all the talent in the world. It’s just a matter of getting everything lined up and executing on a day-in, day-out basis. I have no doubt we’ll get there.”

STAFF PHOTO By BRAD KEMP Newman coach Randy Livingston questions a call against Catholic HighIberia during the Sunkist Shootout at St.Thomas More in Lafayette on Dec. 27.

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FESTIVAL at Tulane University has two days of packed programming including Family Day, exploring a variety of topics with authors from around the world ranging from politics and culture to cuisine and creativity. There are also book signings with authors including Maureen Dowd, David H. Petraeus, Walter Isaacson and Karl Rove, among many others. The events take place on the Uptown campus and admission to most events is free. bookfest.tulane.edu.

Branford Marsalis talks ‘Belonging,’ Jazz Fest and why he’s moved back to New Orleans

The right time

An Head out to Kenner’s Rivertown (Williams Boulevard at the Mississippi River) for three days of food, fun and entertainment with FESTA ITALIANA starting Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. Listen for Lena Prima, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr and the Zydeco Twisters, Vanessa Racci and the Molly Ringwalds. Admission is $10. kenneritalianfest.com.

BY KEITH SPERA | Staff writer

fter living in Durham, North Carolina, for decades, saxophonist Branford Marsalis moved back to his native New Orleans in 2024.

But his real home is the road. At 64, he still tours relentlessly with his quartet. He’ll make a rare hometown appearance at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27.

On Friday, Blue Note Records releases ‘Belonging,’ the Branford Marsalis Quartet’s rendition of pianist Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album of the same name.

In the following interview, lightly edited for length and clarity, Marsalis talks about discovering the original “Belonging,” his contributions to Sting’s solo albums, his decision 30 years ago to walk away from “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and much more.

Why was 2024 the right time to move back to New Orleans? The right time was 20 years ago. I wanted to move and my wife was like, ‘Nah, I’m not moving down there.’ I had to accept that. This is the right time. Kids are grown. It’s time to move forward. So here I am. As we speak, your Wikipedia page says you still live in Durham. I didn’t create the page. The only thing I remember about my Wikipedia page is many, many years ago, some guy put a picture up of some big, muscle-bound guy with an Afro and it said, ‘Branford Marsalis circa 1977 in New York City.’

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N.O. magician stumps magic duo on show

BY LESLIE CARDÉ

Contributing writer

When New Orleans magician Michael Dardant’s appearance on Penn & Teller’s Las Vegas television show “Fool Us” was broadcast on March 21, Dardant was sworn to secrecy as to the outcome of the show

The premise of “Fool Us” is to stump the two longtime magicians with a magic trick that can be performed for the studio audience in five minutes or less. Dardant performed a mystifying card trick that he hoped would win the prestigious “FU” trophy (short for “Fool Us”).

“I have no particular designs on moving to Vegas, but I would like my own magic club in New Orleans.”

Only 10-15% of contestants manage to fool the two prestidigitators, who’ve been a team for 50 years and have seen and know just about every trick in the book. But they don’t know them all, and that has magicians around the world racking their brains to put together some sort of stupefying display that will get them onto the Las Vegas stage at the Rio Hotel & Casino, where the show is taped. Jason Waggenspack, CEO of The Ranch Studios, held a watch party at his home the night the show aired. Not even he knew the outcome, and for the other 50 or so friends and family who were in attendance, the air bristled with anticipation, as the big screen TV was turned on, everyone took their seats, and the episode began. Pick a card, any card

On this show dubbed House of Cards, the acts would be card tricks. That’s a departure from the usual combinations of stage illusions, mentalists, comedy magic and close-up magic. Before magician Dardant comes the Gorillagician, who, yes, does magic in a gorilla mask. He asks host Brooke Burke to ﬁnd one object in his aluminum cigar box while Penn & Teller look on at the card table. Can he guess that Brooke picked the dollar bill? Yes, using an elaborate deck of banana cards, perfect for a gorilla. But although Teller can’t tell how the trick was done, the Gorillagician has not fooled Penn, and magicians must fool both to win the trophy

Next up is Nicolas Ribs, a Frenchman. Brooke picks a 10 of spades from the deck splayed out in front of her, shows the audience the card and walks off with it. Then an elaborate display of “ﬁlm to life” magic takes place, utilizing digital

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Branford Marsalis stands inside the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans’ Musicians’ Village. His quartet recorded its 2025 album ‘Belonging’ at the center from March 25-29, 2024.

PROVIDED PHOTO New Orleans magician Michael Dardant, left, with his new trophy and magician Teller on the CW show ‘Fool Us,’ after Teller and partner Penn Jillette were unable to guess the secret of Dardant’s trick.

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Today is Friday, March 28, the 87th day of 2025. There are 278 days left in the year

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effects and computer animation, which Penn points out is rarely done with cards. The magician did guess that Brooke had picked the 10 of spades, which suddenly appeared on his own arm A gorgeous presentation, as Penn said, but the method didn’t fool them. No trophy

The Cajun sensation

Now comes Michael Dardant, introduced as the Cajun sensation — he grew up in Lafayette, though he lives in New Orleans now He calls himself Magic Mike — no, not THAT Magic Mike. On stage, he talks about seeing Penn & Teller in New Orleans, wanting to get an autographed playing card, but get-

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I was like, ‘This is great. I’ve never looked like that in my life.’

My manager was livid. She took the picture down The guy puts the picture up again, so I had to email him and say, ‘I really appreciate that you think that that’s me, but it most deﬁnitely is not. (In 1977) I was a 17-year-old junior in high school in New Orleans.’

How has New Orleans changed since you moved away?

I left when I was 19, so I had really not had enough life experience to have an emotional or intellectual understanding of the city It was just the place I grew up

In my 20s and 30s, people would always say, ‘I’m going to New Orleans. Can you recommend some restaurants?’

‘Yeah, 8318 Hickory St. — we eat at home all the time.’

I wasn’t really hanging out and socializing in the way I would as an adult. As a much older person, I’m experiencing going to restaurants (in New Orleans) really for the ﬁrst time.

You recorded your new ‘Belonging’ album at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music — named for your late father, the jazz pianist and educator in the 9th Ward’s Musicians’Village.You’re the artistic director at the center Are you satisfied with what’s going on there?

I think what’s going on there should be going on there. We’re not trying to create musicians. Musicians, we ﬁnd our way We become musicians. We don’t need institutions for that.

It’s overused and not a phrase that I really like right now, but the center is a safe space for kids who would otherwise be home by themselves until their parents get home from work

We use instruments as a way to lure them in. They do their homework there, all the snacks are healthy snacks, fruits and vegetables, no candies, no sweets. The center uses music as an additional tool to enhance academic possibilities.

Do you call your new version of Keith Jarrett’s ‘Belonging’ a reinterpretation?

I don’t. I played in a cover band for a long time. Particularly in the 1940s and ’50s, all these jazz musicians made their reputations playing cover tunes, playing standards or pop tunes of the time. (Jarrett’s ‘Belonging’) is just a record that is very meaningful to all of us (in his quartet). We recorded one of the songs, ‘Windup,’ on our last record, ‘The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul,’ in 2019. Our bassist, Eric Revis, said ‘We should just record the whole record.’

That was the impetus of it. It wasn’t like we sat around and drew up a plan of how we were going to make it different than the way (Jarrett’s band) played it. I already knew it would be different because we have different cultural and sonic experiences.

We decided we wanted to do it, then the pandemic hit and everything shut down We didn’t play for a year and a half. When we came back, it took us months to reestablish what I felt was our connective tissue, a sonic symbiosis. When the band is clicking, I know it. I wasn’t interested in (recording) until that resolved itself.

We ﬁnally had an opportunity to play in San Francisco on successive nights. Being in the same place four nights in a row, by the third night, I said, ‘We’re back.’

You followed the blueprint of the original ‘Belonging.’ On Jarrett’s version of the title track, the sax comes in about 40 seconds into the song, just like in your version. In the original version, Keith states the melody the ﬁrst time, then Jan Garbarek the saxophone player, repeats the melody the second time. They don’t play solos; they play the melody three times in the song. We felt comfortable that we could play these songs and play

ting locked out of the Saenger Theatre (Pay attention, as this is about to come full circle.)

His patter about a drunk man chaotically shuffling his cards outside the theater, and his use of a magic portal to get the deck back in order again with the magic words “deckulus repairo,” soon has the audience in the palm of his hand. Upon removing the fully restored deck from the portal, only one card is turned in a different direction It is the card Penn had shouted out previously, the six of diamonds.

But when Dardant begins talking about his magic portal having a link to alternate realities, Penn and Teller perk up. As he puts the straightened deck once again into his portal, it suddenly disappears, leaving only one option to ﬁnish the trick: imaginary cards!

After Brooke picks the imaginary

two of hearts and tosses it and an imaginary pen to both Penn and Teller to have it “signed,” the double autographed card ﬂies back to the stage. Dardant places that imaginary card back into the portal with the chant “appearo chosen cardo for realo,” and then one real card suddenly appears in the portal. It is none other than the signed two of hearts, and Dardant announces that he finally has his autographed card from Penn & Teller Magic and mystery

So, what’s the verdict?

As Penn noted, Dardant was doing a lot of magic spells in Latin. So, their answer to the riddle of the two of hearts was “Fool Us Trophyus.”

Yes, Dardant won the big prize. He became a “Fooler,” a coveted title in magic circles. So flum-

moxed was Teller that the notoriously mute magician had Dardant perform the trick multiple times backstage afterward, with only one word for it: “Diabolical!” With the trophy comes the right to close out Penn & Teller’s worldfamous theater show, bragging rights for eternity, and the boost many careers need to make it to the next level. Witness magician Shin Lim, who’s fooled them twice, and now has his own show at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

“I have no particular designs on moving to Vegas, but I would like my own magic club in New Orleans,” Dardant said. This is surely the street cred he needs, and perhaps the ticket to get him that club.

Contact Leslie Cardé at lesliecardejournalist@gmail. com.

interesting solos on the chord changes, as opposed to just playing the melody and having it end there.

When Jarrett’s record came out in 1974, you were 14 and more of an R&B fan than a jazz fan. I was a funkateer! After I heard (George Clinton and Parliament’s) ‘Mothership Connection’ it was, ‘Oh, I’m going in this direction for a while. This is going to be fun.’

You didn’t hear Jarrett’s ‘Belonging’ until years later Kenny Kirkland, a fantastic piano player introduced me to a subsequent (Jarrett) record, ‘My Song,’ around 1986. Everybody was bragging about (Jarrett’s 1975 live album) ‘The Köln Concert.’ I never really liked it. And I did what young, dumb people do: I took this one record and made it a metaphor for all of his music and said, ‘I don’t want to hear that. I heard him once.’

Kenny put his headphones on my head on an airplane. Before I could react, the music started and I thought, ‘This is great.’ He went to grab the headphones away and I put my hands on them to keep the headphones there.

Then I went and retroactively bought ‘Belonging.’ That’s the one that really resonated with me.

In 2019, you and your brothers Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason joined your father, Ellis, at Jazz Fest’s Jazz Tent.You guys rarely shared a stage together

I have a band, ﬁve people who work with me, and I’m responsible for them. Wynton has a much larger band and he’s responsible for them. Delfeayo has his own band. And my dad had a hip problem, which made touring very problematic for him. He used a walker and he didn’t like traveling that much.

Prior to that, we would do these little two-week family tours; we’d block out the time months in advance. But when the hip problem started, he didn’t want to go out there (on tour).

(The 2019 Jazz Fest show) was great. I’m glad we did it, particularly since he died a year later

You and Harry Connick Jr share a manager and are good friends with a great rapport. It’s a lost opportunity that you two haven’t filmed a buddy picture.

We’re a little long in the tooth for that now! That moment has passed.

Me and Harry together 30% of the population would love it and 30% would absolutely hate it: “I didn’t know Harry was like that! I didn’t know Branford was like that!”

Our manager makes sure that

we’re generally apart. Because when we get together, the conversations can go in very interesting directions. You bring out the best and the worst in each other

It’s actually the best. But it can be perceived as the worst by others. I recently came across an old vinyl copy of Sting’s 1985 album “The Dream of the Blue Turtles.”Your soprano saxophone is so prominent on that and other solo Sting albums, including 2021’s ‘The Bridge.’ That was Sting’s decision. I wasn’t collaborating with Sting. Sting said, ‘You play here.’ I said, ‘OK.’ It was Sting’s project.

I’d have an idea that maybe a sax should be played here, but it was not a collaboration. It wasn’t like, ‘Sting, you need to change those lyrics, and I don’t know about that melody.’

But it was really cool that he trusted us. When he wanted something different, he would explain it to me, or sing it to me, and I’d play it. We had a good time in the process.

He didn’t write out the solos for you, right?

He wasn’t writing out the solos.

But sometimes I was playing melodies and he’d say, ‘I want you to play this melody’ or ‘Play a solo here.’ I wasn’t like, ‘OK, rock star have a seat over there. We’ll take care of it from here.’

He was in charge and he controlled the direction. It was really cool that he hired us and he liked what we were doing enough to include us to that degree.

That’s my dude. When he needs me, he calls, I show up, we hook it up. It’s cool.

It’s been 30 years since you stepped down as musical director of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.’ Did you ever have any second thoughts?

No, not second thoughts. Sometimes I look back and say, ‘It would have been fun to hang out there a little longer.’

But the one thing it taught me very quickly is that I’m a player

There’s a point where you can feel the music slipping from your ﬁngers or from your brain.

My father had this saying that ‘the thing you do most is the thing you do best.’ Playing popular songs in two-minute stints four or ﬁve times a night is not the hardest thing in the world, and it’s a very generous place to be.

But after a year and a half of that, you have to make a decision on whether you want to be a player or just be on a television show being richly rewarded. At the end of the day I’m a player But if I’m going to walk away

from (‘The Tonight Show’), then I can never complain about money ever again. I had an opportunity to make a lot of it, and I walked away from it. My father was like, ‘If you leave, I don’t want to hear nothing out of you about how hard it is out there (on tour), because you chose this.’ And he was totally right. I don’t regret that decision. I love being a player I’m (almost) 65 years old and still kind of relevant. If I was in popular culture, I would certainly not be relevant right now at my age. I’m glad to be where I am. That sounds like such a fatherly thing to say: ‘Son, think twice before you walk away.’ He didn’t say, ‘Think about it twice.’ I think he wanted me to leave. But it was, ‘If you leave, these are the realities.’

It’s the same choice he made a long time ago. Wynton would say (to Ellis), ‘Does it make you mad that you’re playing this complicated music and then you’ve got guys playing real simple music and making all this money? Does that bother you?’

(Ellis) said, ‘I made my choice.’ And that was it.

When I moved to New York and older musicians were complaining about a lack of recognition, or (they were) mad at Kenny G, I’d just go, ‘We made our choice.’

Which is what my old man said. You can’t have it both ways. So just be quiet and do your thing.

This summer is the 40th anniversary of the historic Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia.You played at Wembley Stadium in London with both Sting and Phil Collins.

I had agreed to play in Sting’s band. He said, ‘Come to London with me. We’re going to do Live Aid.’ I got to see all the rock stars, including Elton John, who was my hero.

We played ‘Roxanne’ — it was just Sting and I. Then Phil came up on a song and it was just the three of us.

So the life you’ve chosen your plan is to keep touring and putting out records?

It’s like the old joke about the milkman who wins a million dollars in the lottery and they say, ‘What are you gonna do with all that money?’ ‘I’m just gonna feed the cows till the money runs out.’

This interview is from an episode of ‘Let’s Talk with Keith Spera,’ a partnership between The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com and WLAE-TV that also airs on WWNO 89.9 FM. Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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The Branford Marsalis Quartet, photographed at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans’ Musicians’ Village, features, from left, drummer Justin Faulkner, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, pianist Joey Calderazzo and bassist Eric Revis.

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progress will be what gets you ahead. Invest more time and energy in yourself and into your personal life and surroundings.

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sAGITTARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) Finding common ground with whoever you deal with is essential. Don't let what's happening around you get to you. Consider your situation, and you'll gain perspective on how to keep the ebb and flow in harmony.

CAPRICoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Let your actions speak for you. A kind gesture will make a difference to others and to yourself. A lifestyle change will save you money. Be an inspiration.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Establish what you want to achieve, and don't stop until you feel good about what you accomplish. Use your physical attributes and skills to finish what you start, and reap the rewards.

PIsCEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Socialize, network and try something new. Get your energy and thoughts out there and vividly describe what you want to achieve to people who can help you.

FAMILY CIrCUS

Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present. Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

ToDAy's CLuE: P EQuALs G

CeLebrItY CIpher

For better or For WorSe

peAnUtS zItS

And erneSt

SALLY Forth

beetLe bAILeY

Mother GooSe And GrIMM

SherMAn’S LAGoon

bIG nAte

Sudoku

InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

THe wiZard oF id

BLondie

BaBY BLueS

Hi and LoiS

CurTiS

By PHILLIP ALDER Bridge

Louis Nizer, a noted trial lawyer who died in 1994, said, “When a man points a fingeratsomeoneelse,heshouldremember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”

Inbridge,points—thoseforhighcards — are very important. If it helps, count points on your fingers under the table, where no one else can see. Or use your fingers and toes!

Often, tracking high-card points will be invaluable for finding the right play. In this deal, how should East plan the defense against four spades after West leads the diamond jack?

South’s advance of one spade showed zero to 8 points. (With 9 to 11, he would have jumped to two spades, and with 12 or more, he would have cue-bid two diamonds.) When North raised to two spades, he was saying that game was still possible. So he was promising 18 or 19 points Now South, with six points and a fifth trump, was happy to jump to game.

East could see three tricks: the spade king and two diamonds. But the bidding suggested that South would have the heart king and at least one of the major-suit queens. If South had the spade queen, East had to hope his side would get a third-round heart trick. But if South had the heart queen, a second trump trick could be promoted.

East won the first trick with the diamond queen (in case West’s jack was a singleton), cashed the diamond king, and carefully continued with the diamond six.

West saw what was required, ruffing with his spade queen. Now the contract had to fail.

Each Wuzzle is a word riddle which creates a disguised word, phrase, name,

InsTRuCTIons:

marmaduKe

Bizarro

hagar the horriBle

Pearls Before swiNe

garfield

B.C. PiCKles

dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

ken ken

InstructIons: 1 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes called cages must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. HErE is a

WiShinG Well

Scrabble GramS

Get fuzzy

jump Start

roSe iS roSe

DuStin

Drabble Wallace the brave

breWSter rockit

luann

Parkway, and measures thence 55 feet front on the curve of Cabildo Lane with a width in the rear of 100 feet, by a depth of 108.58 feet on the side line closer to Tiffany Court, and by a depth of 91.58 feet on the op‐posite side line; subject to re‐strictions, servi‐tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

This

at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARY GAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

‐bildo Lane, Westwego, LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ZACHARY GAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $99.24

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO: 862-062

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS JOEY DOMINGUE AND CRYSTAL DOMINGUE

A/K/A CRYSTAL JONES DOMINGUE

The improve‐ments bear the municipal ad‐dress 9416 Ca‐bildo Lane, Westwego, LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $99.24

THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all rights ways privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as Hanson Place Subdivision and designated as a portion of Lot 12 in Square Number 3, bounded by Curtis Avenue, Palisade Street, Minden Avenue and Orion Street and measuring in accordance with map of W. F. Calongne, C.E & S., dated No‐vember 12, 1947, on ﬁle in the Of‐ﬁce of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, in ac‐cordance with plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Sur‐veyors, dated May 11, 1967, a copy of which is annexed and made part of an act passed before Edward M. Dussom Jr N.P., on June 5, 1967, and also as more fully shown in accordance with the survey of J.L Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, dated January 16, 1976, a copy of which is an‐nexed to COB 854, folio 481 as follows, to-wit:

24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated February 20, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 7, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all rights ways privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as Hanson Place Subdivision and designated as a portion of Lot 12 in Square Number 3, bounded by Curtis Avenue, Palisade Street, Minden Avenue and Orion Street and measuring in accordance with map of W. F. Calongne, C.E & S., dated No‐vember 12, 1947, on file in the Of‐fice of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, in ac‐cordance with plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Sur‐veyors, dated May 11, 1967, a copy of which is annexed and made part of an act passed before Edward M. Dussom Jr N.P., on June 5, 1967, and also as more fully shown in accordance with the survey of J.L Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, dated January 16, 1976, a copy of which is an‐nexed to COB 854, folio 481 as follows, to-wit: Said portion of Lot 12, in Square Number 3, Han‐son Place Sub‐division com‐mences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Minden Avenue and Palisade Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Minden Avenue, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

Sons, Inc., Sur‐veyors, dated May 11, 1967, a copy of which is annexed and made part of an act passed before Edward M. Dussom, Jr., N.P., on June 5, 1967, and also as more fully shown in accordance with the survey of J.L Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, dated January 16, 1976, a copy of which is an‐nexed to COB 854, folio 481 as follows, to-wit: Said portion of Lot 12, in Square Number 3, Han‐son Place Sub‐division, com‐mences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Minden Avenue and Palisade Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Minden Avenue, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the

‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as Hanson Place Subdivision and designated as a portion of Lot 12 in Square Number 3, bounded by Curtis Avenue, Palisade Street Minden Avenue and Orion Street and measuring in accordance with map of W. F. Calongne, C.E & S., dated No‐vember 12, 1947, on ﬁle in the Of‐ﬁce of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, in ac‐cordance with plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Sur‐veyors, dated May 11, 1967, a copy of which is annexed and made part of an act passed before Edward M. Dussom Jr N.P., on June 5, 1967, and also as more fully shown in accordance with the survey of J.L Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor, dated January 16, 1976, a copy of which is an‐nexed to COB 854, folio 481 as follows, to-wit: Said portion of Lot 12, in Square Number 3, Han‐son Place Sub‐division com‐mences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Minden Avenue and Palisade Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Minden Avenue same in width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal Number 1023 Minden Av‐enue, Kenner, Louisiana 70062. "TO

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

Said portion of Lot 12, in Square Number 3, Han‐son Place Sub‐division com‐mences at a distance of 250 feet from the corner of Minden Avenue and Palisade Street and measures thence 50 feet front on Minden Avenue same in width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal Number 1023 Minden Av‐enue, Kenner, Louisiana 70062. "TO

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐li

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ASHLEY E MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $110.36

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal Number 1023 Minden Av‐enue, Kenner, Louisiana 70062. "TO

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ASHLEY E MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $110.36

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ASHLEY E MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 849-860

BANK OF AMER‐ICA N A VS BRAD PHOENIX AND NAOMI M WILSONPHOENIX, (A/K/A NAOMI WILSONPHOENIX, NAOMI WILSON, NAOMI PHOENIX)

A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights , ways, privi‐leges, prescrip‐tions, servi‐tudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereof desig‐nated as Sec‐tions B and C on a Plan of Oakdale Subdivision made by F.B. Grevemberg C.E., Sheet No. 2, dated June 25, 1931, desig‐nated as Tracts 5 and 6 and which said property has been subdivided into that certain subdivision known as BELLE MEADE EXTEN‐SION SUBDIVISION all as per plan thereof made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. & S., dated April 10, 1969, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No 9257, recorded in COB 700, folio 191, and as per act of dedication before Bern‐hardt C. Heebe, Notary Public, dated June 30, 1969, recorded in COB 700, folio 341, and as per plan of re-sub‐division made by J.J. Krebs & Sons Inc. C.E. & S., dated Octo‐ber 12, 1971, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nance No.10425, adopted November 11, 1971, recorded in Entry No. 540466, and de‐scribed as fol‐lows, to-wit: LOT 872 in SQUARE 21, which said square is bounded by

under Ordi‐nance No.10425, adopted November 11, 1971, recorded in Entry No. 540466, and de‐scribed as fol‐lows, to-wit: LOT 872 in SQUARE 21, which said square is bounded by Sheree LynCourt, Sheree Street, Lawrence Drive and Ginette Drive, and said Lot 872 com‐mences at a dis‐tance of 425 feet from the corner of Sheree Lyn Court and Sheree Street, and measures thence 60 feet front on Sheree Lyn Court, same width in the rear by a depth of 105 feet between equal and parallel lines All as more fully shown on sur‐vey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons Inc. C.E. dated May 2, 1972, resur‐veyed July 19, 1972.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

EMILY E HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $121.48

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 789-058

GADREL LLC VS SILVIO GURDIAN

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated January 2, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058 on May 7 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: "TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY PROPERTY 1 4108 Delaware Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065

A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances, and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in that part thereof known as HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVI‐SION being a re‐subdivision of Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and a portion of 23, SQUARE 39, of SECTION 5, which is

Heights Subdivi‐

City of Kenner, in that part thereof

SION being a re‐subdivision of Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and a portion of 23, SQUARE 39, of SECTION 5, which is bounded by Delaware Avenue Vintage Drive (Late 41st Street and Lake Avenue), Florida Avenue and 42nd Street (late 24th Street), into LOTS A, B, C, and D thereof in accordance with a plan of resubdivision by Sterling Mandle on December 18, 1978 recorded in COB 946, folio 893 and accord‐ing thereto the said property is more fully de‐scribed as fol‐lows:

LOT C of SQUARE 39 is composed of original Lots 18 and 19 and a part of Lot 20 and commences at a distance of 426 feet from the in‐tersection of 42nd Street and Delaware Avenue and measures thence 63 feet front on Delaware Av‐enue, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 127.5 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines. All as more fully shown on a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated May 28, 1990.

For information purposes only: The Improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal No 4108 Delaware Av‐enue, Kenner, LA 70065. Being the same property ac‐quired by Silvio E Gurdian by Cash Sale of Property dated July 28, 1998 and recorded on July 29, 1998 at IN 9843251 and COB 2989, page 168.

PROPERTY 2 4204 Arbor Ct., Kenner, LA 70065.

A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances, and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana City of Kenner, in that part known as CHATEAU ES‐TATES NORTH, SEC‐TION 2, and in accordance with a plan of resubddivision by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E.&S dated April 13, 1977, approved by Or‐dinance of the City of Kenner No 2066 on May 13, 1977, regis‐tered in COB 894/161, said lot or portion of ground is designated as follows, to wit LOT 38, SQUARE 10, is bounded by Chateau Boulevard St Julien Drive, Montrachet Drive, St. Mar‐garet Court, (formerly Asher Court), Arbor Court and Tavel Drive. Said lot measures as follows LOT 38, SQUARE 10 com‐mences at a distance of 245.60 feet from the easterly most corner of Arbor Court and St. Julien Drive and mea‐sures thence 60.13 feet front on Arbor Court with a ﬁrst width in the rear of 57 feet and a second width in the rear of 150 feet by a depth of 103.35 feet on the

St. Julien Drive and mea‐sures thence 60.13 feet front on Arbor Court with a ﬁrst width in the rear of 57 feet and a second width in the rear of 150 feet by a depth of 103.35 feet on the sideline neared to St. Julien Drive, and depth of 25 feet on the sideline adjoin‐ing Lot 39, C.E. &S. dated March 30, 1983. For informa‐tional purposes only: The Improve‐ments thereon bear Municipal Number 4204 Arbor Court, Kenner, LA 70065.

Being the same property ac‐quired by Silvio E. Gurdian by Cash Sale of Property dated February 26, 1997 and recorded on March 4, 1997 at IN 9710478 and COB 2956, page 428.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

MARK J BOUDREAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $178.12

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO: 855-861

U S BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION VS BRYCE A NOVOTNY A/K/A BRYCE NOVOTNY

That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes and ap‐purtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Wilshire Heights Subdivi‐sion, Section "B", in Square No. 13, bounded by Smith Avenue, Ursuline Street Andrews Av‐enue and Jim Street, which said lot of ground is desig‐nated as Lot No. 113, commences at a distance

sion, Section "B", in Square No. 13, bounded by Smith Avenue Ursuline Street, Andrews Av‐enue and Jim Street which said lot of ground is desig‐nated as Lot No. 113, commences at a distance of 308.27 feet from the corner of Smith Avenue and Ursuline Street, and measures thence 61 feet front on Smith Avenue, same width in the rear by a depth of 92 feet between equal and parallel lines; all accord‐ing to sketch of survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Everett V. Treigel, Jr., Land Surveyor, dated October 2, 2000.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

COREY J GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $83.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 851-224

NEW ORLEANS FIREMEN S FED‐ERAL CREDIT UNION VS RANDOLPH THI‐BODAUX JR , AND VANDELLE MARIE FELDER THIBODAUX

THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances, and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as LIVE OAK PLANTATION ESTATES, ADDI‐TION 3 and ac‐cording to a re‐subdivision of Tract “U2” and Tract “D2”, all in accor‐dance with Plan of Subdivision for Live Oak Plantation Es‐tates, Addition 3, made by Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consul‐tants, Inc., dated April 7, 2006, recorded in the records of Jef‐ferson Parish Louisiana, as In‐

for Live Oak Plantation Es‐tates, Addition 3, made by Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consul‐tants, Inc dated April 7, 2006, recorded in the records of Jef‐ferson Parish, Louisiana, as In‐strument at In‐strument No 10648933, COB 3172, folio 557, and being more fully described as follows, to wit:

LOT 282, SQUARE 5, LIVE OAK PLANTA‐TION ESTATES SUBDIVISION ADDITION 3, Jefferson Parish Louisiana.

Improvements thereon bear the municipal address 9501 Black Cherry Lane, West‐wego, LA 70094.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

JEFFREY A JONES Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $90.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 858-600

ADMINISTRA‐TOR, U S SMALL BUSINESS AD‐MINISTRATION, AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VS JACQUELINE GREMILLION TATE A/K/A JACQUELINE G. TATE A/K/A JACQUELINE TATE INDIVIDU‐ALLY AND AS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE IN COM‐MUNITY OF WALTER LEE TATE, SR A/K/A WALTER LEE TATE A/K/A WALTER L TATE A/K/A WALTER TATE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated October 22, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on May 7, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: A certain piece or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Ames Farms Subdivi‐sion Lower Es‐telle, and ac‐cording to a plan of survey and re-subdivi‐sion

longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in Ames Farms Subdivi‐sion, Lower Es‐telle and ac‐cording to a plan of survey and re-subdivi‐sion of Lot H-215A-2 Ames Farms, Lower Estelle Subdivision, Jef‐ferson Parish Louisiana into Lots 1 through 19, Chauvin Trace Subdivision, by Lester H Martin, Jr., L.S., dated October 23, 2004, approved by Ordinance No 22428 of the Jefferson Parish Council, dated March 12, 2005, more par‐ticularly de‐scribed as Lot Two (Lot 2), of said subdivision said lot having such measure‐ments and di‐mensions and being subject to such servitudes as shown on the official recorded subdivision map. Being a portion of the same property (previ‐ous Lot H-215A-2 before Resubdi‐vision Ordinance No 22428) acquired by New Orleans Steel Homes LLC from Gene M. Russell, Clara R. LeBlanc, Wayne P. Russel Lionel D. Russell, Lisa B. Oxford, Ty B. Fortmayer, Gre‐gory P. Fortmay‐ber, Patricia F. Bourgeois in Cash Sale dated October 15, 2004, filed in the Parish of Jefferson at COB 3133, folio 756. THIS ACT IS MADE AND AC‐CEPTED SUB‐JECT TO THE FOLLOWING: Resubdivision of Lot H-215-A into Lots 1-39, Chauvin Trace Ames Farms Lower Estelle, Jeffer‐son Parish ded‐ication of a ten (10’) foot drainage servi‐tudes along the south property line of Lot 19 and the dedica‐tion of a twenty (20’) foot drainage servi‐tudes along the rear lot lines of all lots Ordinance No 22428, dated March 12, 2005, filed March 22, 2005, COB 3142, folio 18, Entry # 10516016. Right of way, five feet (5’) in width and being the first five feet (5’) of each lot in Chauvin Trace Subdivi‐sion, by New Orleans Steel Homes, LLC in favor of Bell‐south Telecom‐munications Inc., COB 3162, folio 285. Right of way, ten foot (10’) servitude of lots 1-19 in the Chauvin Trace Subdivision, by New Orleans Steel Homes, LLC in favor of Entergy Louisiana, Inc COB 3158, folio 280. This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ALLISON N BEASLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $141.60 is due

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 858-256

PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VS ANTHONY PANI‐AGUA A/K/A AN‐THONY EDWARD PANIAGUA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated January 28, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 7, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages belonging or in anywise apper‐taining all that certain portion of ground situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in that part hereof known as Terrytown Sub‐division No. 8 and which por‐tion of ground, according to the plan thereof by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E. dated April 22, 1964, ﬁled in Plan Book 50, page 39, records of Jefferson Parish Louisiana, is designated as Lot 28, Square 137. Said 137 is shown to be bounded by Mercedes Place, Morningside Drive and Guardian Avenue on sur‐vey of Raymond B. Saucier dated September 11, 1971, on which said Lot 28 is show to commence at a distance or 415.13 feet from the corner of Guardian Avenue and Mercedes Place and measures 60 feet front on Mercedes Place. same width in the rear by a depth of 115 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the property. The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal Number: 769 Mercedes Place, Gretna, LA 70056

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 857-629

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds

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LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS ARIAN JUSTICE MENDOZA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated Septem‐ber 29, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 7, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN PIECES OR POR‐TIONS OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights ways privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto be‐longing or in any wise apper‐taining situated in The Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Ponte Vista Sub‐division, in Square No. 17, bounded by Giuffrias and Pasadena Av‐enues, "E" and "F" Streets, des‐ignated as Lots Nos. 40 and 41, on the sur‐vey made by E.R. Bernard, Land Surveyor dated January 12, 1972, a copy of which is annexed to act of purchase passed before Manuel J Fisher Notary Public, dated March 10, 1972; and according to said survey said Lots Nos. 40 and 41 adjoin each other and mea‐sure each 25 feet front on Giuffrias Av‐enue the same width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet, between equal and paral‐lel lines; said Lot No. 41 commences at a distance of 175 feet from the corner of Giuf‐frias Avenue and "E" Street All as more fully shown on sur‐vey by Gilbert Kelly & Cou‐turie, dated Au‐gust 28, 1991, a copy of which is annexed to act recorded at In‐strument 9139380; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 1112 GIUFFRIAS AVENUE, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70001

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: March 28, 2025, May 2, 2025 mar 28-may 2-2t $100.30 of U.S Hwy. 90 and West Tish Drive, and measures 61 feet front on West Tish Drive, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines. According to survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, C & E., dated Decem‐ber 27, 1971, said Lot 12 is situated in the same location, said Square K being bounded by U.S Hwy. 90, the west line of the sub‐division, the Mississippi River side and West Tish Drive.

tudes, advan‐tages and appurtenances thereunto be‐

survey by

All according to survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc dated Novem‐ber 3, 1990, a copy of which is annexed to an act registered in Instrument No. 90-54775; sub‐ject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the property.

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 245 West Tish Drive, Avondale, LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

CANDACE A COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 836-068

WELLS FARGO BANK, N A VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH TIPADO, JR A/K/A JOSEPH TIPADO, JR By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated March 16, 2023, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit:

That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, advan‐tages and appurtenances thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Township 14 South, Ranges 23 East and 24 East, Southeast Land

longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in Township 14 South, Ranges 23 East and 24 East, Southeast Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐sippi River known as the Harvey Canal Property, Jeffer‐son Parish, Louisiana, and designated as Parcel P-6, as per plan by J. J Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. & S., dated 7/24/78, which said por‐tion has been resubdi‐vided into Woodmere Sub‐division, Section 7, all as per plan of resubdivision by J.J. Krebs & Sons Inc. C.E. & S., dated 7/24/78, ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordi‐nance No 13812, on 3/28/79 reg‐istered 4/27/79 in COB 955, folio 226, and as per Act of Dedica‐tion before Odom B Heebe, N.P., dated 5/18/79, regis‐tered in COB 957, folio 60, which said lot is more fully de‐scribed as follows:

Lot 1986 of Square B-1 which square is bounded by Alex Kornman Boulevard Chinkapin Street, Nathan Kornman Drive (side), a 105 foot canal right of way and a 120 foot Louisiana Power & Light right of way, and which said lot measures 50 feet front on Alex Kornman Boulevard, a depth on the northerly side‐line of 100 feet a ﬁrst depth on the southerly sideline of 127.64 feet, a second depth along the southerly side‐line of 16.26 feet and a width in the rear of 141.33 feet; all in ac‐cordance with survey by J J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. C.E. & S dated 1/5/81, resurveyed on 1/28/81 to show improvements and survey by Richard T. Dad‐ing Inc., Survey‐ors, dated 5/1/87.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

COREY J GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 838-910 U S BANK TRUST NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISI‐TION TRUST VS MICHAEL G. PAULI AND

TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISI‐TION TRUST VS MICHAEL G. PAULI AND SUSAN KLIEBERT PAULI

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated January 8, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in HARLEM PARK‐WAY SUBDIVI‐SION, in SQUARE NO. 5, bounded by Bore Street Ridgelake Drive, Beaulieu Street and the property line of Metairie Lawn Subdivision designated as LOT "L" on a plan of survey by R.P. Rordam C.E., dated No‐vember 5, 1940, revised March 14, 1941, accord‐ing to which said Lot "L" commences at a distance of 42 feet from the corner of Bore Street and the prop‐erty line of Metairie Lawn Subdivision and measures thence 42 feet front on Bore Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines, all as more fully shown on an‐other print made by R.P. Rordam, C.E., dated November 5, 1940, redated October 17, 1947, and an‐nexed to act be‐fore Robert U. Blum N.P. dated Decem‐ber 16, 1947. Ac‐cording to re‐vised survey by R.P. Rordam, C.E. dated March 17, 1955, said property is situated in the same Parish, Subdivision and Square thereof, is des‐ignated by the same Lot Letter "L", has the same measurements, and commences at a distance of 236 feet from the corner of Bore Street and Ridgelake Drive.

All as more fully shown on sur‐vey by Dading Marques & As‐sociates Inc. dated 10/22/97; sub‐ject to restric‐tions, servi‐tudes, rights-ofway and out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal No 3005 BORE STREET, (Formerly 2803 Bore Street) METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70001.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal No 3005 BORE STREET (Formerly 2803 Bore Street)

METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70001.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL

COURT PARISH OF

NO: 833-593 U S BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR RMTP TRUST SERIES 2021 BKM-TT-V VS ANNETTE FRANKLIN A/K/A ANNETTE

SON FRANKLIN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated October 14, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings

CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE

TRUSTEE FOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 BKM-TT-V VS ANNETTE FRANKLIN A/K/A ANNETTE JOHN‐SON FRANKLIN

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated October 14, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights ways privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as University City Subdivi‐sion, and which por‐tion of ground according to the plan of subdivi‐sion by J. L Fontcuberta Surveyor, dated November 1960, approved by the City of Kenner, December 14, 1960, by Ordinance of 633, recorded in Plat Book 41, folio 23, as re‐vised by plan of resubdivision by Rene A Harris, Inc. C. E dated March 15, 1963, recorded in Plat Book 48, folio 14, Parish of Jeffer‐son and accord‐ing to plan of re‐subdivision of Rene a Harris, C E., dated Novem‐ber 15, 1965, ap‐proved by the City of Kenner, December 20, 1965, by Ordi‐nance No 881, and further ac‐cording to plan of resubdivision of C.A Wethern, Jr., Land Surveyor dated July 11, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner, by Ordinance No 1552, registered in COB 797, folio 755 said lot is designated and

sion, and which por‐tion of ground according to the plan of subdivi‐sion by J. L Fontcuberta, Surveyor, dated November 1960, approved by the City of Kenner, December 14, 1960, by Ordinance of 633, recorded in Plat Book 41, folio 23, as re‐vised by plan of resubdivision by Rene A Harris, Inc., C. E., dated March 15, 1963, recorded in Plat Book 48, folio 14, Parish of Jeffer‐son and accord‐ing to plan of re‐subdivision of Rene a Harris, C E., dated Novem‐ber 15, 1965, ap‐proved by the City of Kenner, December 20, 1965, by Ordi‐nance No 881, and further ac‐cording to plan of resubdivision of C.A Wethern Jr Land Surveyor, dated July 11, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner, by Ordinance No 1552, registered in COB 797, folio 755 said lot is designated and measures as follows:

Lot 11-C, Square 66, being bounded by Tu‐lane Drive, Miami Place, Trinity Drive and Kilgore Place, commencing 560 feet from the corner of Tulane Drive and Miami Place, measuring 50 feet front on Miami Place, same width in the rear by a depth of 110 feet between equal and parallel lines. Ass as more fully shown on sur‐vey by C A. Wethern Land Surveyor, dated April 10, 1976; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 135 Miami Place, Kenner, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit CANDACE A

the rear by a depth of 110 feet between equal and parallel lines. Ass as more fully shown on sur‐vey by C A. Wethern Land Surveyor, dated April 10, 1976; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 135 Miami Place, Kenner, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and

TERMS

NOTE:

P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 834-480 BANK OF AMERICA, N A VS SHAWN T WALKER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court,

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 834-480

BANK OF AMERICA, N A VS SHAWN T WALKER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated Novem‐ber 23, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, in Township 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East Southeast Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐sippi River, known as The Harvey Canal Property, and designated as Parcel P-3 as per plan of re‐subdivision made by J. J Krebs

Surveyor, dated November 1960, approved by the City of Kenner, December 14, 1960, by Ordinance of 633, recorded in Plat Book 41, folio 23, as re‐vised by plan of resubdivision by Rene A Harris, Inc., C. E., dated March 15, 1963, recorded in Plat Book 48, folio 14, Parish of Jeffer‐son and accord‐ing to plan of re‐subdivision of Rene a Harris, C E., dated Novem‐ber 15, 1965, ap‐proved by the City of Kenner, December 20, 1965, by Ordi‐nance No 881, and further ac‐cording to plan

vey by C A. Wethern, Land Surveyor dated April 10, 1976; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 135 Miami Place, Kenner Louisiana. This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

taining, situated in the STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, in Township 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24

East, Southeast Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐sippi River, known as The Harvey Canal Property, and designated as Parcel P-3 as per plan of re‐subdivision made by J. J Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated May 15, 1973 revised September 26, 1973, April 11, 1974, May 5, 1975, De‐cember 29, 1975 and October 19, 1976 and March 27, 1978 approved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No 13381 on May 17, 1978 recorded COB 929, folio 239 and which said portion was subdivided into WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 6 all as per plan of subdivision made by J. J Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated March 28, 1978 approved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No 13381 recorded COB 929, folio 239 and as per Act of Dedica‐tion before Odom B Heebe, NP dated June 28, 1978 in COB 931, folio 281 same being de‐scribed as follows: LOT 1643, SQUARE UU, which Square is bounded by Chriswood Lane Wood‐mere Boulevard, Greenbriar Lane (side) and Alex Kornman Boule‐vard (side) and said lot commences 260 feet from the corner of Chris‐wood Lane and Woodmere Boulevard with a 65 foot front on Chriswood Lane same in rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines; all as shown on sur‐vey by J J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. C. E & S. dated May 26, 1979, resurveyed Au‐gust 8 1979 to show improve‐ments.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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GRAVES) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated July 19, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit:

ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways privileges servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Elm Park Subdivision, Jef‐ferson Parish, Louisiana, des‐ignated as Lot 28, Square 2, all as more fully described on that plan of sur‐vey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated August 24, 1981, annexed to act registered in COB 2899, folio 459

According to survey of Dufrene Survey‐ing & Engineer‐ing, Inc., dated July 9 1997 said lot 28 has a measurement of 60 feet front on Louise Court same in width in the rear by a depth of 100 a feet between equal and paral‐lel lines, Said lot commences at a distance of 540 feet from the corner of Louise Court and Rickey Street, Said lot is bounded by Louise Court, Rickey Street Dale Avenue (side) and Louise Court (side)

Which has the address of 252 Louise Court, Gretna, LA 70056

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges.

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

AMY R ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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VERSUS CHARLES HILTON

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated Septem‐ber 21, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL, THE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS OAK COVE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2: BEING A RESUB‐DIVISION OF FORMER PARCELS X, Y, LOTS 1 THROUGH 10 OF SQUARE 19, LOTS 1 THROUGH 10 OF SQUARE 20, AND LOTS 1 THROUGH 39 OF SQUARE 21, AND ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION MADE BY HAR‐RIS & VARISCO, CIVIL ENGI‐NEERS AND SURVEYORS, DATED 5/30/77, APPROVED BY ORDINANCE NO, 12939 OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐CIL DATED 6/30/77, REGIS‐TERED IN COB 898, FOLIO 945 OF THE CON‐VEYANCE RECORDS OF JEFFERSON PARISH LOUISIANA, AND ACCORDING THERETO SAID LOT IS DESIG‐NATED AND MEASURES AS FELLOWS LOT 21 OF SQUARE 19A, HOUNDED BY TULIP COURT, NATURE DRIVE, THE 40 FEET STRIP RE‐SERVED FOR LEVEE PARCEL X-A, AND PRITCHARD ROAD, AND SAID LOT 21 MEASURES 65 FEET FRONT ON TULIP COURT, SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR BY A DEPTH OF 95 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY BARRIS & VARISCO, CON‐SULTING ENGI‐NEERS, DATED JUNE 28, 1979, A COPY OF WHICH IS AN‐NEXED HERETO, THE ABOVE PROPERTY HAS THE SAME MEA‐SUREMENTS DESIGNATIONS AND LOCATION AS HEREIN‐ABOVE SET FORTH, IS BOUNDED BY NATURE DRIVE, TULIP COURT, PRITCHARD ROAD AND 40 FEET RESERVED FOR LEVEE AND LOT NO. 21

COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 187.18 FEET FROM THE COR‐NER OF NATURE DRIVE AND TULIP COURT

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check,

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 829-211

MIDFIRST BANK VERSUS JEZABELA

DAMACIA ASEN‐CIO (A/K/A JEZ‐ABELA ASENCIO, JEZABELA ORTIZ)

That certain piece or portion of ground to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the subdivision known as Bayou Estates, being a resubdivision of lots H-100-A and H404-A of Ames Farms and ac‐cording to a sur‐vey by J.J Krebs & Sons, Inc. C.E. dated November 20, 1967, approved by the Jefferson Parish COuncil on January 11, 1968, by Ordi‐nance No 8600, registered in COB 671, Folio 320, said lot is more fully de‐scribed as fol‐lows:

All in accor‐dance with a survey thereof made by Rene A. Harris, C.E dated March 10, 1971. Lot 6, Square A, bounded by Sauvage Av‐enue, Drainage Canal on the north, Drainage Canal on the west and the south boundary line of the subdivision; Lot 6 commences at a distance of 294.03 feet from the corner of Sauvage Avenue and the south Boundary line of the sub‐division and measures thence 60 feet front on Sauvage Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 100 feet

and the south Boundary line of the sub‐division and measures thence 60 feet front on Sauvage Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 100 feet

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit AMY R ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 857-500

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS DARRIELLE L GROSS A/K/A

DARRIELLE L GROSS KA

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated Septem‐ber 3, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Parcel C-1A, The Orleans Village Corpora‐tion Tract now known as West‐minster Park Ex‐tension No. 6, as per subdivision plan of J.J Krebs & Sons Inc. C. E & S., dated March 25, 1982, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council pursuant to Or‐dinance No. 15159, recorded on June 22, 1982 under entry No 1017868 of the records of the Clerk of Court, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and being more fully described as follows, to-wit: Lot 1, Square 8A is bounded by Watling Drive, Rue Louis Phillipe, a 130 foot drainage servitude and parcel C-1A-1 of the Orleans Vil‐lage Corpora‐tion Tract, and forms the intersection of Watling Drive and Rue Louis Phillipe and

is bounded by Watling Drive, Rue Louis Phillipe, a 130 foot drainage servitude and parcel C-1A-1 of the Orleans Vil‐lage Corpora‐tion Tract and forms the intersection of Watling Drive and Rue Louis Phillipe and measures thence 47 feet front on Watling Drive, 20.42 feet on the curva‐ture of Watling Drive into Rue Louis Phillipe, 112 feet front on Rue Louis Phillipe, 60 feet in the rear on a line parallel to Watling Drive, and 125 feet on the side line parallel to Rue Louis Phillipe All in accor‐dance with a survey by J.J Krebs and Sons, Inc. C.E. & S dated August 9, 1983, resur‐veyed on August 23, 1983 to show im‐provements and revised on Octo‐ber 25, 1983.

And according to plat of survey by Mandle Sur‐veying, Inc., Land Surveyor, dated February 7 1992, said Lot 1, Square 8A has the identical boundaries and measurements as above set forth; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

Improvements thereon bear the Municipal Number 1900 Watling Drive, Marrero, Louisiana 70072.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit CANDACE A COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $123.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 857-526 U S BANK TRUST NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE ON BE‐HALF OF BRAVO RESIDENTIAL FUNDING TRUST 2021-HE3 VS EDWIN R ESTRADA AND ROSE MARIE TORUNO A/K/A ROSE MARIE TORUNO ESTRADA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated January 7, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana

tled cause, dated January 7, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND TO‐GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐PERTAINING SITUATED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, CITY OF KENNER IN GREATER HOLLY HEIGHTS SUBDI‐VISION, SEC‐TION 3, IN SQUARE "P" BOUNDED BY GLEN EAGLE LANE, SESSIONS LANE VALMONT LANE AND BARON LANE, DESIGNATED AS LOT 10; SAID LOT COM‐MENCES 253.63 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF GLEN EAGLE LANE AND SESSIONS LANE AND MEA‐SURES 50 FEET FRONT ON GLEN EAGLE LANE, SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 100 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES; ALL AC‐CORDING TO A SURVEY BY GILBERT, KELLY AND COUTURIE, INC., DATED MAY 1, 1991, COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ACT NO 9127772; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the prop‐erty

The improve‐ments bear the municipal ad‐dress 3273 GLEN EAGLE LN KEN‐NER, LA 70065.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $104.00

DOSSE AND MARY BAL‐

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated July 9, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: ALL THAT PAR‐CEL OF LAND IN JEFFERSON PARISH STATE OF LOUISIANA, AS MORE FULLY DE‐SCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 3023, PAGE 896, ID# 0920000960, BEING KNOWN AND DESIG‐NATED AS LOT P, BLOCK 360, HIGHWAY PARK A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, TO‐GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, CITY OF KENNER IN HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO A PLAN OF RE‐SUBDIVISION MADE BY ADLOE ORR, JR. & AS‐SOCIATES, C.E., DATED JULY 9 1957, REVISED SEPTEMBER 13, 1957, A COPY OF WHICH IS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, IN PLAT BOOK 34, FOLIO 8, SAID PORTION OF GROUND IS DESIGNATED AND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOT P, SQUARE NO 360, WHICH SQUARE IS BOUNDED BY KENTUCKY AV‐ENUE, 27TH STREET KANSAS AV‐ENUE AND 26TH STREET; SAID LOT COM‐MENCES 180 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF KENTUCKY AV‐ENUE AND 27TH STREET AND MEASURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONT ON KEN‐TUCKY AVENUE, SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 122.5 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES; ALL AS SHOWN ON SURVEY OF ADLOE ORR, JR. & ASSOCIATES, DATED APRIL 17, 1958, A COPY IS ANNEXED TO ACT NO 123410. ACCORDING TO SURVEY BY GILBERT, KELLY & COUTURIE, INC., DATED JULY 20, 1991.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: February 21,

A certain lot or portion of ground to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as Claiborne Gardens Subdivision, said portion being desig‐nated as Lot forty-one (41) of square one hundred seven (107) According to a plan by Rene A Harris, C.E., dated April 9, 1971, Square 107 is bounded by North Clark Lane East Krueger Lane, Stilwell Lane East Claiborne Parkway and East Clark Lane. Lot 41 com‐mences at

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and Orchid Drive; subject to re‐strictions, servi‐tudes, rights-ofway and out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affecting the property. Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No 1425 Orchid Drive, Harvey, Louisiana 70058.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ZACHARY GARRETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 854-963

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS KHOA T LE AND KIEU TRANG T NGUYEN A/K/A KIEU TRANG THI NGUYEN LE

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND, to‐gether all the buildings and improvements thereunto, and all rights, ways, privileges servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as FLORAL COURT SUBDIVISION, and to survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., August 25, 1965, is further designated as follows: LOT 63 SQUARE 8, which said Square is bounded by Or‐chid Drive 15th Street, 14th Street end N.E boundary of the subdivision, and the said Lot 63 measures 63 feet

dated January 25, 1978, regis‐tered in COB 919, folio 423, of the Conveyance

Records of the Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana; and according to said plan, said lot is desig‐nated as fol‐lows:

LOT NO 7, of Square "O" which said square is bounded by property now or formerly belonging to L.C. Fox Six‐teenth Street, Curtis Drive (formerly Do‐lores Drive), and Camphor Street Lot No 7 mea‐sures sixty-six (66') feet front on Curtis Drive between equal and paral‐lel lines of eighty-three and ﬁfty onehundredths (83.50') feet; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ing the property.

The improve‐ments thereon bear the Munici‐pal No 1561 Curtis Street Harvey, LA 70058.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

feb 21-mar 28-2t $92.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 847-173 GMFS LLC VS CAMERON BRUCE

as Westwood Crossing, and being desig‐nated on the of‐ficial plat of said subdivi‐sion, on file and of record in the of‐fice of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as Lot Number Nine‐teen, Square E (19-E) said sub‐division, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions and being sub‐ject to such servitudes as are shown on said map This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

CRIS R JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $71.18

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E MORRIS

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $101.89

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 847-304 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS FRANCISCO ANTONIO CASTRO III

One (1) certain lot or parcel of ground to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Westwood Crossing, and being desig‐nated on the of‐ficial plat of said subdivi‐sion, on file and of record in the of‐fice of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as Lot Number Nine‐

lic, dated Janu‐ary 26, 1976, said lot commences at a distance of 105 feet, 6 inches and 3 lines from the corner of Hyman Drive and Jeffer‐son Park east and measures thence 55 feet, 6 inches and 3 lines front on Jefferson Park East, 26 feet, 11 inches and 1 line in width in the rear by a depth of 166 feet 9 inches and 1 line on the side‐line nearer Aza‐lea Gardens and a depth on the opposite side‐line of 158 feet, 10 inches and 0 lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 859-989

LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL, LLC VS ESTATE OF DAVID J BENNETT

One certain lot of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and ad‐vantages there‐unto belonging or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Jefferson Park Subdivi‐sion in Square “T thereof, bounded by Jef‐ferson Park East, Asalea Gardens (for‐merly Sizeler Tract), Morris Place and Hyman Drive, desig‐nated as Lot 86; and according to survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. and S., dated January 9, 1976, a copy of which is an‐nexed to an act before Philip E James, Jr., Notary Pub‐lic, dated Janu‐ary 26, 1976, said lot commences at a distance of 105 feet 6 inches and 3 lines from the corner of Hyman Drive and Jeffer‐son Park east and measures thence 55 feet, 6 inches and 3

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025

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$93.95

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 860-716

U S BANK TRUST COM‐PANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U S BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐PACITY BUT SOLELY AS IN‐DENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CIM TRUST 2021-R3, MORT‐GAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2021-R3 VS CATINA PORTER CURTIS IN HER CAPACITY AS IN‐DEPENDENT AD‐MINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCES‐SION OF CYN‐THIA PORTER LANDRY A/K/A CYNTHIA M PORTER A/K/A CYNTHIA P LANDRY

That certain piece or portion of ground, with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of the rights ways and privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson State of Louisiana Hooter Heights Subdivision, Being a Portion of Former Plots

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and privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson State of Louisiana, Hooter Heights Subdivision, Being a Portion of Former Plots A&B, Hooter Heights Subdivi‐sion, and de‐scribed accord‐ing to plan by J..J Krebs and Sons, Inc., C.E. Dated July 20, 1981, Ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance No 15354, In De‐cember 1, 1982, which said lots are described as follows: Lot 11, Square E Bounded by Hooter Road, Pato Street, East Line of Subdivi‐sion, Bridge County Avenue and Louisiana Highway 18, measuring 50 feet front on Hooter road, Same Width in the rear by a depth of 130 feet between equal and paral‐lel lines. All as more fully shown on Sur‐vey of Joseph L. Kreller Jr Land Surveyor dated June 29, 1983, Resurveyed September 9, 1983, March 9 1984, and June 25, 1984, a copy of which is attached to an act passed be‐fore John A.E. Davidson, No‐tary Public Dated June 25, 1984

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $109.30

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 857-575

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES LLC VS ELIZABETH A. STONE A/K/A ELIZABETH STONE

All that certain lot or parcel of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances

scribed prop‐erty to wit:

All that certain lot or parcel of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights ways privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as Driftwood Park, Section 3, and according to a plat of sur‐vey by Gilbert Kelly and Cou‐turie, Surveying and Engineering dated October 28, 1975, a copy of which is an‐nexed to an act registered in COB 997, Folio 553, said portion of ground is designated as Lot 8, Square 1, which square is bounded by An‐tigua Drive (for‐merly Wolfson Avenue), Drift‐wood Boule‐vard Hans Avenue, Emile Avenue and 35th Street, and which lot commences at a distance of 420 feet from the intersection of Driftwood Boulevard and Antigua Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Antigua Drive, same width in the rear by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $89.71

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 857-797

UMB BANK, NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOT IN ITS UNDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF LVS TITLE TRUST XIII VS MARY LASOME WILKINSON A/K/A MARY L WILKINSON A/K/A MARY WILKINSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause, dated October 31, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: A certain lot of ground, to‐gether with all

Louisiana, 70058, on April 2, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: A certain lot of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances thereunto be‐longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Air‐line Parks Sub‐division, ac‐cording to a plan by H.E. Landry, dated October 26, 1950, revised January 9, 1951, on file in the of‐fice of the clerk of court, for the Parish of Jefferson, in plan book 16, and a resubdivi‐sion of various lots in Square "A", "M", "N" and "J", all as per plan of re‐subdivision made by H.E. Landry C.E. date January 28, 1953, approved by the police jury for the Parish of Jeffer‐son on February 11, 1953, on file in the office of the clerk of court for the Parish of Jeffer‐son in book of plans 19, and which said property is more particu‐larly described as follows, to wit: Lot "C" of Square "J", which said square is bounded by Sadie Avenue, Airline Park Boulevard, Hodgson Av‐enue and West Metairie Av‐enue, all as per print of survey made by H.E Landry, C.E. dated June 20, 1953, accord‐ing to the afore‐said Lot "C" measures 50 feet front on Sadie Avenue by a depth of 110 feet between equal and paral‐lel lines and is com‐posed of a por‐tion of originals Lot 20 and 21. The above is also in accordance with survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie dated December 22, 1969.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

COREY J GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: February 21, 2025, March 28, 2025 feb 21-mar 28-2t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 848-353

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY FSB NOT IN ITS INDI‐VIDIUAL CAPAC‐ITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2020-3TT VS BEVERLY PIERCE GILBERT (A/K/A

GILBERT, BEVERLY PIERCE BEV‐ERLY GILBERT, BEVERLY E PIERCE GILBERT) AND THE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF EM‐METT GILBERT, (A/K/A EMMETT C GILBERT, EMMETT C GILBERT, SR , EMMETT GILBERT, SR ) AND KEVA GILBERT JONES, (A/K/A KEVA GILBERT, KEVA JONES) AND ENNIS GILBERT AND THE UN‐OPENED SUCCESSION OF EMMETT C GILBERT, JR , (A/K/A EMMETT GILBERT, JR EMMETT C GILBERT) AND TONDRA GILBERT (A/K/A TONDRA T GILBERT) AND KYLE P GILBERT, SR (A/K/A KYLE GILBERT SR , KYLE P GILBERT, KYLE GILBERT)

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TION OF GROUND to‐gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, advan‐tages and appurtenances thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, for‐merly being a part of Lot 17 and 18 of Destrehan Divi‐sion located in Section 56, Township 14 South, Range 24 East, now known as SPAN‐ISH OAKS SUB‐DIVISION PHASE III, all as per plan thereof by J.J Krebs & Sons Inc., C.E. & S., dated 06/16/1977, and approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ord. No. 12988, on 08/11/77, recorded in COB 904, folio 968, and as per Act of Dedica‐tion before Bernhardt C. Heebe, Notary dated 10/18/77, recorded in COB 908, folio 170, an according to said plan the property is des‐ignated as LOT 426 In that area bounded by JOYA LOMA SPANISH OAKS DRIVE, PLOT M2, NOGALERA VIA, QUEBRADA DEL SUR, 100 FEET RESERVED FROM ROAD, TRAPP CANAL AND THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVI‐SION, said lot commences at a distance of 418.04 feet from the corner of Spanish Oaks Drive and Joya Loma, and mea‐sures thence 43 feet front on Joya Loma along a curve having a radius of 50

SION, said lot commences at a distance of 418.04 feet from the corner of Spanish Oaks Drive and Joya Loma, and mea‐sures thence 43 feet front on Joya Loma along a curve having a radius of 50 feet, a width of 142.81 feet in the rear, by a depth of 105.02 feet on the Plot M-2 side, and a depth of 132.34 feet on the opposite sideline, all as more fully shown on sur‐vey of Joseph L. Kreller, Jr., L.S., dated 04/22/81, a copy of which is attached to Act No. 966420. Which has the address of 13 Joya Loma St Harvey, LA 70058

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

REMY F SYMONS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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feb 21-mar 28-2t $138.41

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-755

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION vs ANTHONY CRUZ AND ELIZABETH DEJEAN O'FLAR‐ITY AKA ELIZA‐BETH DEJEAN O'FLARITY CRUZ

Number 11-U, which com‐mences at a dis‐tance of 321.52 feet from the inter‐section of the 12 foot drainage ditch on the Jef‐ferson Highway side of said property with Sauve Road the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 217.03 feet between equal and parallel lines, being a portion of Lot 11-M, resubdivided into Lots 11-N and 11-P by virtue of Ordi‐nance No 7734 of the Jefferson Parish Council, adopted on June 2, 1966, recorded in COB 638, folio 231, according to survey of Erroll E. Kelly Land Surveyor, dated May 3, 1966, and further resubdi‐vided into Lots 11-Q, 11-R and 11-S, by virtue of Ordi‐nance No 16368 of the Jefferson Parish Council, adopted on March 27, 1985, recorded in COB 1223, folio 18, all according to survey of James H. Couturie, Land Surveyor, dated October 11, 1984 and fur‐ther resubdivided into Lots 11-T an d 11-U by virtue of Ordinance No 16640 of the Jefferson Parish Council, adopted on the 23rd day of Oc‐tober 1985, recorded under Entry No 8553527 in COB 1363, folio 120, all according to sketch of survey of James H Couturie, Land Surveyor, dated August 30, 1985 All in accordance with the recent survey of Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated October 26, 1989, which shows Lot 11-U commencing at a distance of 176.70 feet from the corner of Sauve Road and Elm Place and being bounded by Sauve Road, Jef‐ferson Highway, Highland Acres and Elm Place; subject to re‐strictions, servi‐tudes, rights-ofway and out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affecting the property.

The improve‐ments bear the municipal ad‐dress 269 Sauve Rd River Ridge, Louisiana 70123

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ZACHARY GAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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NO: 861-788

ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances, and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Valley Realty Company Subdi‐vision Extended, all in accor‐dance with a plan of resubdi‐vision by Adloe Orr, Jr. and as‐sociates, C.E., dated October 26, 1964, revised Novem‐ber 19 1964, ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council Ordi‐nance Number 6877 on November 19, 1964, registered in COB 603, folio 961 on Decem‐ber 7, 1964, which said lot of ground is designated as follows: Lot 3 in Square 31 which square is bounded by Fourteenth Street, Chestnut Street Farring‐ton Street Drive and Gaudet Drive, Lot 3 measures 53.49 feet front on Fourteenth Street, 53 feet in width in the rear by a depth on 106.47 feet on the side line of Lot 2 and 100.02 feet in depth on the side line of Lot 4. All as more fully shown on sur‐vey of S.E Man‐dle, dated Octy‐ober 27, 1979, annexed hereto; subject to re‐strictions, servi‐tudes, rights-ofway and out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affecting the property.

Municipal Ad‐dress being 4008 14th Street, Marrero, LA 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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mar 28-may 2-2t $97.12

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-641

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS BETTY D BOR‐RELLO A/K/A BETTY BOR‐RELLO

A certain piece or portion of ground to‐gether with all of the rights, ways, privi‐leges, servitudes, ad‐vantages or ap‐purtenances thereunto be‐longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in Nicholson Place Subdivision, of Ames Farms; designated as Lot 32 of Square "D", bounded by Francis Street, Michael Street Short Street and the rear of said sub‐division and which lot measures 50 feet front on Francis Street same in the rear by a depth of 78 feet 7 inches between equal and paral‐lel lines, said Nicholson Place being a subdivi‐sion of the front portion of Farm Sites 16 and 17, Square "B" of Ames Farms Subdivi‐sion as shown on a map of J.W.T. Stephens, C.E. dated 7/27/1918, amended 3/6/1920, a copy of which was ap‐proved by the Parish of Jeffer‐son on 12/3/1927, all as more fully shown on the plan of re‐subdivision in Plan Book 12, folio 23A

Improvements thereon bear Municipal No. 661 Francis Street, Marrero, LA 70072.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

BRIGHAM J LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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mar 28-may 2-2t $94.24

JUDICIAL

ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

NO: 861-711

WELLS FARGO BANK N A VS JOSHUA K

KOENIG A/K/A

JOSHUA KOENIG AND LAUREN E BLADSACKER A/K/A

LAUREN BLAD‐SACKER

That certain lot or portion of ground, to‐gether with all the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Bayou Des Familles Subdi‐vision, being a resubdivision of a portion of Ames Farms, Lower Estelle Plantation, Lots L, M, O, P, Q and R in accor‐dance with plan of resubdivision by J.J Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 25, 1984, ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance no 16259, approved on No‐vember 29, 1984, registered in entry no 845935, COB 1160, folio 100, Jefferson Parish Louisiana, said lot is more fully described as follows, to-wit:

Lot 1, Square 6, which square is bounded by Bayou Bleu Drive, Ames Boulevard Bayou Des Familles Drive (side), and Bayou Adois Court (side)

Said Lot 1 forms the corner of Bayou Bleu Drive and Ames Boulevard and measures 55.00 feet front on Bayou Bleu Drive, same width in the rear, with a depth and front on Ames Boule‐vard of 130.00 feet and a depth on the opposite side line of 130.00 feet

All as per sur‐vey by Don A Garland, Land Surveyor, dated September 18, 2000, recertiﬁed Octo‐ber 28, 2000, a copy of which is annexed to an act at COB 3045, folio 665, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

Louisiana. This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

DENNIS F WIGGINS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 860-260

FIRST EQUITY FUNDING LP VS NATIONAL HOUSEBUYERS OF LOUISIANA LLC

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

privileges TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

CRIS R JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-612

SELECT PORTFO‐LIO SERVICING, INC VS WAYNE ASHTON SAUNDERS A/K/A WAYNE A SAUNDERS A/K/A WAYNE SAUNDERS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐bered and enti‐tled cause dated February 20, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway, Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 7, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: One certain lot of ground to‐gether with all of the buildings and improve‐ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges servitudes, ap‐purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Lake Trail Subdi‐vision, Section 1, designated as Lot 247 of Square 18, bounded by Lake Trail Drive, West Esplanade Avenue, David Drive and Thirty-Third Street Said Lot 247 commences at a distance of 235.38 feet from the corner of Lake Trail Drive and Thirty-Third Street, and measures thence 63.46 feet front on Lake Trail Drive, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 88.07 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines. All in ac‐cordance with survey of J J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated Octo‐ber 27, 1976 and resurveyed on April 1, 1977; a copy of which is annexed to and made part of another act passed be‐fore me, notary, dated this day, for reference.

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

COREY J GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

mar 28-may 2-2t $86.10

PUBLIC NOTICE - -SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, BEAR‐ING MUNICIPAL NO 3905 07 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IN THE MATTER ENTITLED: CITI‐MORTGAGE, INC VERSUS ALVIN BROUSSARD JR, ADMINISTRA‐TOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF DIANE BROUS‐SARD POREE AND NIKECIA MONIQUE CHASE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRA‐TRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF DIANE BROUS‐SARD POREE, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Case No: 2008-9783

By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Fa‐cias directed to me by the Hon‐orable Judges of Civil District Court for the Parish of Or‐leans, in the above entitled cause, I will pro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on the ground ﬂoor of the Civil District Court Building, 421 Loyola Avenue, in the First Dis‐trict of the City on May 8 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon, the fol‐lowing de‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOT OR PRO‐TION OF GROUND, WITH ALL THE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVI‐LEGES , SERVI‐TUDES AND APPURTE‐NANCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐ING OR IN ANY‐WISE APPER‐TAINING, SITUATED IN THE THIRD DIS‐TRICT OF NEW ORLEANS, FORMING PART OF THE ORIGINAL LOT 5 OF THE HOP‐KINS TRACT, IN THE SUBDIVI‐SION KNOWN AS FAIRMONT PARK, WHICH SAID LOTS ARE DESIGNATED BY THE NOS. 40 AND 41 ON BLOCK OR SQUARE “A”, BOUNDED BY ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE, MON‐TEREY STREET FAIRMONT DRIVE AND GEN‐TILLY BOULE‐VARD; SAID LOTS ADJOIN AND MEASURE EACH TWENTY FIVE FEET (25’) FRONT ON ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE, BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY (120’) FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A BLUE PRINT OF SUR‐VEY OF FAIR‐MONT PARK MADE BY GILBERT & KELLY SUR‐VEYORS, DATED SEPTEMBER 25, 1936. IMPROVEMENT THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NOS. 3905 07

NOS. 3905 07 ELYSIAN FIELDS AVENUE, NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70119. ALL IN ACCOR‐DANCE WITH SURVEY OF MANDLE SUR‐VEYING, INC , DATED APRIL 1, 1996, COPY OF WHICH IS AN‐NEXED TO

DATED APRIL 2, 1996 BEFORE DONNA M. BECHET, NO‐TARY

BEING THE SAME

ERTY ACQUIRED BY

HEREIN BY

DATE HEREWITH BEFORE THE UN‐DERSIGNED NO‐TARY PUBLIC THIS ACT IS MADE EXE‐CUTED AND AC‐CEPTED SUB‐JEVCT TO TH FOLLOWING: 1. RESTRICTIONS IN AN ACT OF SALE BEFORE FRANK J. STICK N. P., DATED 3/9/40, REG. IN COB 511/206. WRIT AMOUNT: $63,152.20

Seized in the above suit, TERMS - CASH The purchaser at the moment of adjudication to make a de‐posit of ten per‐cent of the pur‐chase price, and the balance within thirty days thereafter Note: The pay‐ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check or Money Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS AND TEMPERA‐TURECHECKS ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. Susan Hutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 6 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318 388 1440 ASHLEY E MORRIS

The N.O. Advo‐cate Date (s): 4/2/2025 & 5/7/2025 apr 2-may 7-2t $157.59