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Gretna vet gets new home after serving BY EVA JACOB BARKOFF Special to The Advocate
Building Homes for Heroes recently helped a Gretna veteran overcome one of his greatest challenges — returning home. As a member of the U.S. Army for nearly 20 years, Sgt. 1st Class Troy Reilly has traveled the world, serving along the east and west coasts of the U.S., as well as in Germany, Thailand, Guatemala, Kuwait and Afghanistan. For his service as a member of the 1192nd deployment unit, Reilly, a native of the West Bank, has received numerous medals and commendations during his service, including the Bronze Star Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign
Medal with Campaign Star, the Army Commendation Medal (fifth award), Army Achievement Medal (fifth award), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal (second award), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon Reilly (second award). Reilly is proud of his service and the honors he’s received, and he’s happy to be home. Yet, being home may be one of his biggest challenges. “Like so many veterans, I face a lot of
issues,” said Reilly, 45, who suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome, panic disorder, degenerative joint disease, lumbar and bilateral sacroiliac joint disease and recurrent depression. “I have medical problems due to different injuries, so it’s difficult to find work. And for a while, I didn’t have a home to go to, so I ended up living in my car.” While Reilly, who grew up in Gretna, continues to deal with his medical issues, he no longer has to worry about where he will reside. Thanks to Building Homes for Heroes program, Reilly recently moved into a newly renovated home in Marrero. Located off Barataria Boulevard, the house is approximately 1,900 square feet
and includes four bedrooms, two baths, a complete kitchen, a dining room, living room, a patio and a garage. “There is plenty of room for my four children, and it is not very far away from their mother’s home,” Reilly said. “Just when you think things aren’t going to work out, something good happens.” According to its website, www.buildinghomesforheroes.org, Building Homes for Heroes, founded in 2006, builds or modifies homes and gifts them, mortgage-free, to veterans injured while serving the country during the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. Reilly’s is the first home of as many as six to be built in Louisiana and given to veterans who äSee VET, page 7G
PAINTINGA BRIGHT FUTURE
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Group seeks award nominations Hear ye Uptown, downtown and Algiers! The Committee for a Better New Orleans is calling for nominations for its annual Diana Lewis Citizen Participation Award, which recognizes a person or organization that has empowered citizens to be positive instruments of change. The award is aptly named for Lewis, a powerhouse in the world of civic participation. A veteran volunteer, Lewis has served the city with organizations including United Way, the Bureau of Governmental Research, the Metropolitan Area Committee, the Southeast Louisiana Girl Scouts Council and the Greater New Orleans Foundation. “Civic participation means a better and stronger New Orleans,” said Anthony Carter, director of finance äSee JENSEN, page 7G
Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON
West Jefferson High School art student Shiloh Williams, top, and teacher Keith Eccles paint a 16-foot New Orleans-themed mural at the National Art Education Association National Convention convention in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on March 28. The high school’s logo is in the center of the mural surrounded by jazz bands, a fleur-de-lis and local iconography. Students spent three months designing the mural, which was sponsored by the art materials company Liquitex. Bill Worley, an accounts manager at Liquitex and a West Jefferson High School alum, helped facilitate the collaborative art project. Students working on the project also included Harold Allen, May Do, Tyler Lazier, Damien Cheatteam, Brianne Sylvester, Odina Michel, Rachel Ramos, Ciara Cuccia, Hanson Nguyen and Stacy Barrera. The mural will be moved and installed at West Jefferson before the end of the school year. For information, visit www.westjefferson.jpschools.org. For more photos, see page 5G.
Trafficking, violence program set for Thursday
The New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah and the Women of Shir Chadash Synagogue will co-sponsor a special program about human trafficking, human rights violations and violence against women and children at 7 p.m. Thursday at the synagogue, 3737 W. Esplanade Ave., in Metairie. Panelists include Loyola University faculty members Laura Murphy and Rae Taylor and Tulane University faculty member Tania Tetlow. The program is free and open to the public. Murphy is the organizer of the New Orleans Human Trafficking Working Group and is the director of African and African-American studies at Loyola. She is also the lead researcher for Loyola’s Modern Slavery Research Project.
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Taylor’s research and teaching interests include intimate partner violence and other violent crimes; societal and organizational responses to violent crime; and social inequalities. Taylor has worked in the criminal justice system as a victim advocate, and she continues her training in victim services and crisis response. Tetlow directed the Domestic Violence Clinic at Tulane University Law School from 2005-14. She is a former fed-
eral prosecutor. The moderator will be Michelle Erenberg, Louisiana policy advocacy chairwoman for the National Council of Jewish Women. She founded the Louisiana Women’s Roundtable, a collaborative effort of organizations that aims to educate the community about issues that matter to women, children and families. For more information, call Charisse Sands at (504) 2316464.
Magnolia School festival
Magnolia School will hold its inaugural festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday on the school campus, 100 Central Ave., in Old Jefferson. There will be music, food äSee BARKOFF, page 7G
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Students from the pre-kindergarten Pelican class say hello to Martha, a Holstein calf, at Sugar Roots Farm on April 2. Advocate staff photo by SHERRI MILLER
Students from Metairie Park Country Day school traveled to Sugar Roots Farm to meet the menagerie that live at the working farm dedicated to farmto-table education and the compassionate care of farm animals. Sugar Roots is in Lower Coast Algiers.
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ABOVE: Terry Bradshaw, left, received the Pete Rozelle Award from the Touchdown Club of New Orleans; and Mark Hudspeth received the College Award.
LEFT: Among those on hand for the Touchdown Club of New Orleans awards banquet were, from left, Tim Detillier, Terri Lowe, Mike Detillier, Charlie Heim, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Hudspeth, John Deshazier and John Kohl. Photos provided by Touchdown Club of New Orleans
Touchdown Club of N.O. honors gridiron heroes Advocate staff report Two-time Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw received the Pete Rozelle Award from the Touchdown Club of New Orleans during the club’s awards banquet March 5 at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans. The club presents the award in recognition of outstanding contributions to professional football and the NFL. The club presented its Bob Roesler Media Award to John Deshazier, radio color analyst writer for the New Orleans
Pelicans and senior writer for the New Orleans Saints official team website. The High School Prep Award recipient was Tim Detillier, head football coach of the Lutcher High School Bulldogs. Detillier has been coaching at Lutcher High School for 30 years and has more than 250 wins in his career. He has advanced to the playoffs the last 28 consecutive years and has four state titles. The College Award recipient was Mark Hudspeth, head football coach at the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette. Under Hudspeth, the Ragin’ Cajuns had 36 wins in four seasons, the best four-year record in program history. Also at the banquet, the club announced donations to the Ray Hester Cancer Research Fund and to Team Steve Gleason. The master of ceremonies was Mike Detillier, of WWL. The invocation was given by Wayne Ory, a member of the club’s board of directors. The welcome address was given by club President John Kohl.
From left are Tammy and Terry Bradshaw, and Wayne and Charleen Ory.
REEL NOTES “NAVIGATE HIM”: The documentary “Navigate Him: An Intergenerational Conversation Among African-American Men In New Orleans” will premiere at 1 p.m. April 18 at the AMC Elmwood Palace 20 Movie Theater, 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd. Through a series of short interviews of 36 men, the documentary explores the experiences of the black men featured, through their contributions to the economy, political landscape, race relations, culture and progression of the city of New Orleans. Local social worker, Danielle Wright is the writer, ex-
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Winners in the Ruppel Academy Research Paper Social Studies Fair are, front row from left, Ricki Pierce, Isabella Bordelon, Russell Rawls, Roman Christian and Sheridan Kelly. In the second row are Kyle Walker, Vivian Nguyen, Damon Martin, Grace McLean, Meagan Jones and Caden Paternostro. In the back row are Mohammad Abdelwahhab, Minh Do, Joshua LeBouef, Stephen Friedman Jr. and Cameron Tompson. To the left is social studies department chair Ronald Clark.
Gretna students write for social studies fair
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When the Research Paper Social Studies Fair was held recently at Ruppel Academy for Advanced Studies in Gretna, there were winners in the categories of anthropology, Louisiana history, geography, history, sociology, political science and economics. The anthropology winners were Mohammad Abdelwahhab, first, for “What were the Different Religions in the Holy City of Jerusalem?”; Minh Do, second, for “How do the Customs of Ancient Greece Affect Modern Day Life?”; and Joshua LeBouef, third, for “What Impact did the Aztec Ruler have
on his Kingdom?” The Louisiana history winners were Stephen Friedman Jr., first, for “The History of Jackson Square”; and Cameron Tompson, second, for “Huey P. Long: Leader & Legacy.” The geography winners were Kyle Walker, first, for “Ten Natural Wonders of the World”; Vivian Nguyen, second, for “How Pompeii & Herculaneum Reacted to Vesuvius”; and Damon Martin, third, for “Why are the 7 Wonders of the World So Beautiful & Such a Good Sight to See?” The history winners were Grace McLean, first, for “Who was Anne Frank?”; Meagan Jones, second, for “Who were
the Tuskegee Airmen & What Was Their Role in WWII?”; and Caden Paternostro, third, for “How Did the D-Day Invasion Affect WWII?” The sociology winners were Ricki Pierce, first, for “What Effect Did the Most Famous Voodoo Priestess have on the Crescent City?”; Isabella Bordelon, second, for “Why Do People Burn Books?”; and Russell Rawls, third, for “Gun Control.” The political science winner was Roman Christian for “How Do the 3 Branches of Government Work?” The economics winner was Sheridan Kelly for “Economic Effect of WWII on the United States.”
tion, call Claudia Marshall (504) 650-1931 or Pat Heisser (504) 821-6309. SUPPER AND MOVIE: St. Charles United Methodist Church is showing the movie “God’s Not Dead” on Saturday, April 18, at 1905 Ormond Blvd. in Destrehan. There will be a time of
conversation and fellowship and a beef brisket supper at 6 p.m., with the movie to follow at 7 p.m. The movie is about a college freshman who is challenged by his professor in his philosophy class to prove God is alive. For information, call Gwen Keller at (985) 764-8292.
FAITH NOTES MAGNIFICAT BREAKFAST: The Magnificat New Orleans Chapter will host speaker Claire Winder for its next Magnificat Prayer Breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Manifested Miracles, 3101 Bruxelles St. in New Orleans. Donation is $15 for the breakfast. For informa-
ecutive producer and curator of the film. Eric Carle Jr. is the Director of Photography and editor; and the film is narrated by local business owner Eric Wright. Proceeds from the screening will benefit the Navigate Her Leadership Institute, a nine-month long leadership training program for high-school adolescent girls in two New Orleans high schools. For information and tickets, visit www.navigatenola.com. “ABOVE AND BEYOND”: Nancy Spielberg’s documentary, “Above and Beyond,” which chronicles the creation of the Israeli Air Force in 1948, will be screened April 22 at the Na-
tional World War II Museum. The evening will kick off at 5:30 p.m. with a reception, followed by a talk from Nancy Spielberg, the sister of Steven Spielberg, at 6:30 p.m. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. The event will mark the communitywide celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut and will include a Yom Hazikaron commemoration service led by the Greater New Orleans Rabbinic Council. A question and answer with the director will follow. Tickets are $18, and students pay $10. For information, contact Sherri Tarr at (504) 780-5609 or email sherritarr@jewishnola.com.
COLLEGE NEWS ‘THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH’: Students from Delgado Community College and Grace King High School will make up the cast for the Delgado production of “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton Wilder. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented at 8 p.m. through Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Delgado Drama Hall, on the third floor of 615 City Park Ave., New Orleans. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 Delgado students and seniors. For reservations, call (504) 671-6360. The play is directed by Casey Groves, with sets and lights designed by Tom Dawson and costume design by Kerry Fitts. LSU SCHOLARSHIP: Mount Carmel Academy graduate Shelby Roy, of Kenner, has been awarded the Dr. Gerald L. and
Gayle W. Foret Scholarship to attend LSU University College, where she is a freshman. During its “Celebration of Excellence” spring awards program, University College awarded $74,000 through 64 undergraduate student scholarships, seven LSU faculty teaching awards, two graduate teaching assistant awards and one LSU Advisor of the Year Award. Roy is an industrial engineering major with a 4.0 grade-point average. Her parents are Terry and Riechelle Roy. DILLARD UNIVERSITY: Insights on social media from Dillard University President Walter M. Kimbrough have been published in two recent works. Kimbrough contributed a chapter, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet,” to “Presidential Per-
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Shelby Roy, of Kenner, right, with Dr. Gerald L. and Gayle W. Foret, of Franklin, who endowed the scholarship she received. spectives: A Higher Education Thought Leadership Series,” published by Aramark. Also, Kimbrough is featured in a chapter, “#MovingTheNeedle,” in a book by Dan Zaiontz, “#FollowTheLeader: Lessons in Social Media Success from #Highered CEOs.”
Alley Cat Allies award
The Humane Society of Louisiana recently presented a Lifetime Achievement award to Becky Robinson, left, founder and president of Alley Cat Allies, based out of Bethesda, Md. ACA has more than 500,000 supporters around the world. With Robinson is Jeff Dorson of the Humane Society. Photo provided by Humane Society
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NEIGHBORHOOD BRIEFS
Warmer weather can bring flea problems
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Carolyn Russo, left, and Carrel Epling model fascinator hairpieces like those many will be wearing at the Jefferson Beautification Parkway Promenade. PET ADOPTION DISCOUNT: During April, the Louisiana SPCA is reducing adoption fees by $50 for all cats and dogs that are at least 1 year old. Regular adoption procedures will apply. Adoption hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at the SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., New Orleans. For information, visit la-spca.org or call (504) 3685191. LAFRENIERE FREE SPRING CONCERT SERIES: The Patrons of Lafreniere Park recently announced the 2015 Lafreniere Live Spring Concert Series will kick off Thursday at the Al Copeland Concert Meadow Stage in Lafreniere Park, 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie. The free concerts are from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with 90 Degrees West on April 16; Category 6, April 23; The Topcats, April 30; The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, May 7; Karma, May 14; and Mojeaux, May 21. Local vendors will have food and drinks available for purchase. For information, email Patrons Chairman Chad Pitfield at patronschairman@lafrenierepark.org. EARTH DAY FESTIVAL: Louisiana’s first Solar Derby will be a highlight of the Earth Day Festival to be held from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Palmer Park, South Carrollton and South Claiborne avenues,
New Orleans. The Solar Derby will feature a brand-new race track and solar-powered cars. Musical performances include Theresa Andersson, EarPhunk, Mia Borders, Stooges Brass Band and Africa Brass. Other Earth Day Fest activities include a green business expo, solar-powered booths, Do Whatcha Wanna stage, Earth Day second-line, arts, crafts, children’s activities, a silent auction, and local food and beverages. PARKWAY PROMENADE: Jefferson Beautification Inc. will hold its Parkway Promenade fundraiser from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Chateau Golf and Country Club, 3600 Chateau Blvd., Kenner. Admission is $75 per person. For information, visit www.jeffersonbeautification.org or call Charlotte Ruiz at (504) 887-8992. This year’s theme is “A Night in Rio� and will feature Brazilian cuisine, open bars, Latin dance exhibitions and music from Julio and Cesar. There will be a live auction of “Toucans,� an oil painting by Hunt Slonem. JBI members Carrel Epling and Nancy Keylon are creating feathery headpieces to match ladies’ outfits, for $20 each. Call Epling at (504) 779-9970 or Keylon at (504) 455-0078 to order a custom fascinator. Send news of community events to crescentcity@ theadvocate.com.
Fleas are a problem yearround in south Louisiana, with its warm and humid climate, but they are most prominent in the spring and summer. These pests are a continual threat to our pets and one of the hardest to combat. They are out ANIMAL for blood (literRESCUE ally), reproduce at a rapid rate TRACI and have a very HOWERTON short lifespan. Once fleas appear, expect to have flea eggs within about two days; the eggs then hatch within one to ten days. One female flea can lay up to 2,000 eggs in her short lifespan! The flea’s life cycle has four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The adult flea uses a dog or cat as a feeding ground for blood and for breeding. Fleas will either lay eggs directly on the animal or in the immediate area, inside a home or backyard. The eggs hatch into larvae that live in carpeting, grass, etc. The larvae survive by ingesting dried blood, animal dander and other organic matter. Larvae then develop into pupae that hatch into adults. An adult flea finally emerges from the pupa and then latches onto an animal.
Fleas not only cause problems for pets, but for people as well. It is a constant battle to get rid of fleas once they have infested a yard or home. Not only do they cause itching and irritation, they can also cause more serious health issues for pets. Severe flea infestations can cause pets to become anemic from blood loss. In addition, parasites, including intestinal parasites such as tapeworms, are commonly spread through fleas. If a pet is scratching and chewing a lot, but no fleas are visible, it does not mean that they are not present. Check carefully for fleas or signs of flea dirt, which looks like coarsely ground pepper. If one animal in the household has fleas, assume that all pets in the household have been infested. There are several flea mediations on the market, but a visit to your veterinarian is the best source for preventing and getting rid of fleas. Not all flea medications are equal, and some over-the-counter products can be ineffective and even harmful to pets.
Events
ADOPTION EVENT: Animal Rescue New Orleans will have adoptable dogs from 10 a.m.
Penny is a sweet, brave, devoted mother who came to ARNO with her babies, Sheldon and Amy. For more information contact arnokitty@ yahoo.com. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Magnolia Fest, 100 Central Ave., Jefferson. For information, send email to adoptfromarno@ yahoo.com. ADOPTION EVENT: The Jefferson SPCA will participate in Jefferson Feed Pet Adoption Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at 4421 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson. For information, send email to jacob@ jeffersonspca.org. BENEFIT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: The Jefferson SPCA will be the beneficiary of the Best Doggone Softball Tournament on Saturday, April 18, at the LaSalle Sports Complex, 6600 Airline Drive, Metairie. For information call (504) 390-7965 or visit www.SouthernSportsLeagues. com. CRITTER CINEMA: A Critter Cin-
ema event for children ages 5 to 10 will be held from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., New Orleans. Animal-loving, pizza-eating, moviewatching kids will play with puppies and kittens and enjoy a G-rated critter movie, crafts, games and more. Participants are invited to bring a sleeping bag, pillow and pajamas. The cost is $30 per child, and advance registration is required. To register, call (504) 368-5191, ext. 207, or email erica@la-spca.org. For more information, visit www.la-spca. org/crittercinema. PET FIRST AID: A Red Crosscertified instructor will teach first aid and CPR for pets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 18, at the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., New Orleans. The hands-on training course will cover the basics of animal handling, restraint, pet first aid and CPR using realistic animal mannequins. The cost is $65 and preregistration at la-spca.org is required. Traci D. Howerton is social media editor of Animal Rescue New Orleans. Contact ARNO at animalrescuecolumn@gmail.com, www.animalrescueneworleans.org or call (504) 571-1900.
Cochon Cotillion to benefit Bridge House, Grace House restaurants and food outlets, including Gordon Biersch, Bridge House and Grace Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar, House programs supporting Southern Candymakers, Bayrecovery from drug and al- ou Hot Wings, Koz’s Restaucohol addiction will benefit rant and Bridge House’s own from the Cochon Cotillion, kitchen. In addition, they will experiwhich will be held from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 18, ence the musical mastery of at Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras ELS and the smooth sounds World, 1350 Port of New Or- of Mike Morris, an indoor parade, an open bar and squeals leans Place, New Orleans. Attire for the Krewe of Pork of deals at a silent auction. Individual tickets for the Coand Beads event is costume or tacky de rigueur. Guests will chon Cotillion are $100. For inpig out with food provided by formation, call (504) 821-7288 some of New Orleans’ finest or visit www.bridgehouse.org.
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West Jefferson High School art teacher Keith Eccles paints a New Orleans-themed mural at the National Art Education Association National Convention convention in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on March 28.
West Jefferson High School art students Hanson Nguyen, foreground, Rachel Ramos, and teacher Keith Eccles, background, paint a mural at the National Art Education Association National Convention on March 28.
Metairie library poetry workshop features hands-on instruction n 2 p.m. — Kay Murphy The Jefferson Paron the elements of a good ish Library hosts a free poem. four-hour poetry workEach presentation lasts shop that features local roughly 50 minutes. The poets leading practical, presentation is designed hands-on seminars. The for poets of all levels. event begins at 11 a.m. BIRTH-FATHER SEARCH: Saturday at the East Soon after his birth mothBank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., JP LIBRARY er contacted him for the LAGNIAPPE first time at the age of in Metairie. 39, adoptee Gary Stewart The workshop, held in CHRIS SMITH decided to search for his honor of National Poetry biological father. While Month, features the folcombing through government lowing speakers: n 11 a.m. — Bill Lavender on records and news reports and tracking down relatives and metaphor. n Noon — Lee Grue on the slant friends, Stewart turns up a host rhyme, with some attention to of clues — including forensic evidence — that he says idenend rhyme. n 1 p.m. — Valentine Pierce on tifies his father as the Zodiac Killer, one of the most notorifree poetry writing.
ous and elusive serial murderers in history. He chronicles his search in a new book, “The Most Dangerous Animal of All.” Stewart earned a degree in electrical engineering from LSU and is vice president of Delta Tech Service of Louisiana. The program will be held at 7 p.m., April 23 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. STRIKE UP THE BAND: The Jefferson Parish Community Band performs a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. SCHOOL RECORDS AND GENEALOGY: Emery Webre will give a presentation on “Researching Louisiana Pupils in 19th Century School
Algiers library discussion to focus on slave markets in N.O. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The New Orleans’ role as public is invited to join the largest slave marthe fun and assemble, ket in the antebellum display and consume South will be the topic literary edible creations. of a discussion from 10 There will be prizes, dea.m. to noon Saturday licious snacks, activities at the Algiers Regional and much more. Library, 3014 Holiday COMIC WORKSHOP: Teens Drive, New Orleans. @ THE The speaker will be LIBRARY and tweens are invited to attend a comic workErin Greenwald, of The CHARLES BROWN shop led by Harriet Historic New Orleans Burbeck, an artist and Collection, who curated the HNOC exhibit “Purchased illustrator who lives in New Orleans. The workshop will Lives: New Orleans and the provide an exploration of visuDomestic Slave Trade, 1805al narrative by making small 1865,” which runs through comic books and creating viJuly 18. The Saturday talk is sual stories. The workshop will presented by the Algiers Regional Library and the Algiers be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Nix Library, Historical Society. 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., New EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL: The Alvar Library, 913 Alvar St., New Orleans. BOOK SALE: The Friends of Orleans, will celebrate the deNew Orleans Public Library licious written word at its Edwill celebrate the end of Naible Book Festival from noon
tional Library Week with a special book sale from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Latter Library Carriage House, 5120 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans. The Spectacular Sunday Sale will offer sale prices as well as a food truck, live music and refreshments. WILLS AND TRUSTS 101: For those who do not have a plan for protecting their assets, William J. Perry will present the one-hour program “Wills and Trusts 101: Basic Estate Planning in Louisiana” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Nix Library, 1401 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans. The program is part of Money Smart Week.
Records” when the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Webre will discuss how to research the available records for many of the old Catholic schools in Louisiana as well as out-ofstate schools. SOFTWARE FOR WRITERS: Steve Beisner, a writer, musician and computer scientist, will discuss new software that is useful to writers when the Women’s National Book Association meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP: Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” will be
the topic at a Great Books Discussion Group meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. In this 1960s classic, Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel, swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and challenges the authority of Nurse Ratched. “CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE”: Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” will be the topic at a Great Books Discussion Group meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Old Metairie Branch Library, 2350 Metairie Road, Metairie. The Great Books Discussion Group at Old Metairie focuses on the principles of the Great Books Foundation. It is dedi-
A member of JLNO since 1983, Laborde volunteers with Peggy LeCorge Laborde has a long list of New Orleans been named the Sustainer of charities including Women of the Year for the Junior League the Storm, the Lake Poncharof New Orleans in recognition train Basin Foundation, Chilof her exemplification of the dren’s Hospital, the Audubon organization’s educational and Institute, the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony, the charitable mission.
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New Orleans Regional Black Chamber to present Cornerstone, Beacon awards Advocate staff report New Orleans City Councilman Jason Williams will be the keynote speaker when the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce holds its 2015 annual meeting luncheon at noon Friday in the Celestin Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The chamber will present
its Cornerstone and Beacon awards during the luncheon. The Cornerstone Award will go to QCS Logistics, which provides courier, freight distribution and warehousing services throughout southeastern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region. The Beacon Award will go to Metro Service Group, formerly Metro Disposal Inc., which has grown from a single-axle
rear-loading truck into a major industrial services firm that serves the southeastern region of the United States. Tickets to the luncheon are $60 and are available at www. norbchamber.org. For information on the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce, contact Patrice Williams-Smith at (504) 948-0991 or info@norbchamber.org.
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cated to helping people learn how to think and share ideas by educating them to become participants in, leaders of and advocates for shared inquiry. GRETNA KNITTERS: The Monday Knitters Group gathers each Monday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gretna Branch Library, 102 Willow St., Gretna. Bev Madere, Craft Yarn Council of America master knitter, facilitates this group of adult knitters. All skill levels are welcome.
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