Baton Rouge Weekly Press Week of 06-14-12

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THURSDAY, June 14, 2012

Barrow Plans Flag Day Celebration

State Representative Regina Ashford Barrow

State Representative Regina Ashford Barrow will be hosting her 7th Annual Flag Day Celebration entitled “Celebrating the Red, White, & Blue”. The event will be held on Saturday, June 16 at 10:00am at her District Office on 4811 Harding Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70811.

Barrow asks constituents and friends to join her as she honors the service men and women of the Louisiana’s Armed Forces and the elected officials who have also served in the military for their courage and sacrifice. We would like to extend a special invitation to all military service men and women who would like to attend the event to please feel free to contact our office so that we will be sure to recognize you at our 7th Annual Flag Day Celebration.

For additional information, please contact The Office of State Representative Regina Barrow at (225) 359-9400.

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The Emerging Young Leaders The Race for Academy Celebrated Award Ceremony Mayor-President of

Baton Rouge Begins

Pictured from left to right be Chapter President Katina Semien, Tashanna Self, Patrice Sellers, Sullyn Cloudet, Hanna Baham, Chloe Horton, Valencia Hollins, Ammye Smith, and EYLA Chairman Ayanna Penn.

by Sancerie O’Rourke-Allen

BATON ROUGE, LA On May 26, 2012, the Emerging Young Leaders Academy (EYLA) celebrated its 2012 8th Grade Graduation and Awards Ceremony. The ceremony in-

cluded seven 8th grade graduates, and recognition of the Leadership, Perfect Attendance, Blossoming, and the EYL of the Year award recipients. The Emerging Young Leaders Academy is a mentor program designed to reach middle school

aged girls through Leadership Development, Academic Enhancement, Civic Engagement, and Character Building. EYLA is sponsored by the Gamma Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Crestworth Academy Joins Recovery School District Achievement Zone Schools BATON ROUGE, LA Today, the Recovery School District (RSD) announced the addition of Crestworth Learning Academy to the Baton Rouge Achievement Zone for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year.

Crestworth will join the six recently announced Zone schools in significantly impacting and turning around student learning and achievement for 10,000 students located in a contiguous three zip code area of North

Baton Rouge.

“We are thankful for the work that the Board of Directors has done for students at Crestworth Learning Academy for the past three years,” said RSD Superintendent Patrick Dobard.

“We recognize that we need to do more in addressing student achievement and in preparing our students to be career and college ready. We look forward to working with them during this transition process and in the

future.”

Effective immediately, the Crestworth Board of Directors will begin transitioning the oversight and management of the school to the RSD. The school will be open for the 2012-2013 school year, and the RSD, along with faculty and staff, are excited to welcome back current as well as new students.

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BATON ROUGE — The race for Mayor-President of Baton Rouge heated up Tuesday as the man who currently holds that office officially started his campaign. Kip Holden officially kick-started his campaign with an announcement at the Renaissance Hotel.

In a lengthy speech Kip Holden touted his past success and looked toward the future.

Holden’s opponent, Mike Walker used part of the day to question Holden’s stance on crime.

“Where has the Mayor been all of this time? Why is he just now coming out with something? It’s about time.”

Walker said.

Holden said he thinks

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crime is on the move. “In some of these places it’s like its growing, but we are not deterred in our efforts to clean the streets of Baton Rouge.

When asked if Baton Rouge is a safer place now than before, Holden responded, “I would simply say, yes.”

The Odell S. Williams Now And Then Museum of AfricanAmerican History to Celebrate Juneteenth Weekend BATON ROUGE, LA -Come celebrate Juneteenth Emancipation Day Saturday June 16, 2012 at 538 South Boulevard at The Odell S. Williams Now And Then Museum of African-American History.

We will be celebrating Freedom on Saturday June 16, 2012 from 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.

Enjoy a visit from “Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Judge John Michael Guidry, Senator Sharon Weston Broome and other visitors. Now and Then Museum with the help from Project

Ride, with Rev. Bill King the founder, will provide horseback rides for the children and adults.

Antique cars, exhibits, vendors, Native American Dancers, free music groups, songs from the Color Purple and much more will be provided to the public.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. For more information, call Sadie Roberts-Joseph the Louisiana Juneteenth Director at (225) 343-4431.

ExxonMobil Invests $1.5 million through United Way Campaign Support BATON ROUGE, LA – ExxonMobil has a long history of supporting our community throughout its 100 years in Baton Rouge. As a long-time partner and supporter of Capital Area United Way, the company and its volunteers continue to grow in their support of giving, advocating, and volunteering. In 2011, ExxonMobil exceeded fundraising goals to help Capital Area United Way achieve its mission of Helping People – Improving Communities.

Combined with the support of $350,000 from the Exxon Mobil Corporation and employee and retiree donations

from ExxonMobil Baton Rouge sites, the campaign raised approximately $1.5 million for the local community. ExxonMobil’s donations totaled about 15 percent of the 2011 CAUW campaign.

“Capital Area United Way is proud that ExxonMobil and its employees continue to be our largest corporate contributor. ExxonMobil has again raised the bar by exceeding its corporate giving goal,” said Richard Williams, Interim CEO & President. “Everyone in our ten-parish service area benefits from the generosity of ExxonMobil’s annual United Way campaign. We

YMCA 22nd Annual Black Achievers Banquet

greatly appreciate the efforts of ExxonMobil to give back to the communities we serve to advance the common good.”

From left to right: Karen Anderson, Capital Area United Way Director of Workplace Campaign; Vince Gonzales, Co-Chair of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply steering committee; John G. Rubish, Co-Chair of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply steering committee; J. Richard Williams, Capital Area United Way Interim President & CEO; Paul Stratford, Plant Manager of ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Plant; and Janet Simmons, Director of Social Enterprises

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The Emmanuel Baptist Church will be holding their 86the semi-annual aid association session at Peter Rock Baptist Church located at 4567 Avenue G from June 17th - 20th, 2012...

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Exercise, Fitness Training Center The YMCA of the Capital Area hosted its 22nd Annual YMCA Black Achievers Banquet, on June 5, 2012, at the Holiday Inn South. About 120 guests were in attendance to congratulate award winners and hear guest speaker, District 101 Representative, Edward “Ted” James address the students. ..See Page 2

BREC celebrates the grand reopening of the Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center, 1351 Country Club Dr., on Wed., June 20 from 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m....See Page 2

Keep Kids Safer Online

A new survey of Internet use by tweens (10 to 13 year olds) revealed that parents are doing a good job monitoring their children’s online behavior, including talking to them and setting guidelines and restrictions for Internet use .See Page 5

Implementation of BAYOU HEALTH

Friday, June 1, marked a milestone in Louisiana’s health care history, as the Department of Health and Hospitals finished the initial implementation of its new Medicaid delivery model, BAYOU HEALTH....See Page 7

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YMCA 22nd Annual Black Achievers Banquet Honoring Achieving High School Students with Scholarship Awards BATON ROUGE, LA – The YMCA of the Capital Area hosted its 22nd Annual YMCA Black Achievers Banquet, on June 5, 2012, at the Holiday Inn South. About 120 guests were in attendance to congratulate award winners and hear guest speaker, District 101 Representative, Edward “Ted” James address the students.

University scholarships totaling more than $13,000 dollars were awarded to area high school students. To date, the Black Achievers program has awarded over $567,000 in new and renewable scholarships. Sponsors for this year’s event were AT&T LaCare and ExxonMobil.

YMCA of the Capital Area President and CEO, Bob Jacobs, presented the awards for the night. Awards were given out to Cleveland Davis, Sherrell Briggs, Bianca Jones, Rachel Hopkins, Tristian Grossley, Kensly Septs, Chayla Price, Eddie Perkins and Rhikki Lafayette.

Black Achievers is a vital

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indicated their support of the Recovery School District during the transition process. They will join the Recovery School District in hosting a parent and community meeting in the upcoming weeks.

The six other schools participating in the Achievement Zone are Istrouma High, Capitol High, Prescott Middle, Glen Oaks Middle, Dalton Elementary, and Lanier Elementary.

Other RSD-LA schools include Pointe Coupee Central High, St. Helena Central Middle, and

Linear Leadership Academy.

Parents can submit applications online for RSD-LA schools at www.rsdla.net or download and fax the application to (225) 342-4053. Individuals can also drop off applications at any RSD-LA school site.

For additional information, parents can contact the RSD-LA office at (225) 342-3868. Or by contacting Kizzy Payton, Executive Director of Communications for RSD at (504) 920-6887 or by e-mail at kizzy.payton@rsdla.net any additional information.

YMCA of the Capital Area.

The YMCA Black Achievers program is a mentoring program for junior high and high school students. Students are mentored by local professionals

and attend career cluster meetings, where they are guided in setting career and personal goals. Dr. Leo Marsh started the first Black Achievers program in 1971 at the Harlem YMCA

in New York. It has long since advanced throughout the nation to places like Cincinnati, Detroit, Lexington, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark, Richmond and New Orleans.

BREC Celebrates the Grand Re-Opening of the Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center BATON ROUGE– BREC celebrates the grand re-opening of the Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center, 1351 Country Club Dr., on Wed., June 20 from 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Always striving to provide quality programs to the residents of East Baton Rouge Parish, BREC fitness developed a program that offers group exercise classes to the public while still providing

a traditional fitness center.

This summer, the Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center offers adult fitness classes for ages 50 and older.

This low-to-medium impact class focuses on the needs of the older adult population. The new training facility also offers PiYoclass that combines Pilates and Yoga to create a challenging stretch and tone workout that sculpts from

the inside out. For the weight trainer, BREC offers Benches and Bars, a choreographed weightlifting class that combines music and weight training to tone and sculpt all major muscle groups.

For the more advanced weight trainer, C.U.T.S. offers a challenging strength-training workout that uses a variety of free-weights See BREC, on page 5

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Economic and Property Damages Settlement Providing Money to Individuals and Businesses If you have economic loss or property damage because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, you could get money from a class action settlement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP�). Go to DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com for more information, including information on how to file a claim.

WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE ECONOMIC & PROPERTY DAMAGES SETTLEMENT? The Economic and Property Damages (“E&PD�)

Settlement Class includes people, businesses, and other entities in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and certain counties in Texas and Florida, that were harmed by the oil spill. The website DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com has detailed descriptions and maps to help you determine whether a geographic location may be included in the E&PD Settlement.

Additionally, you can call 1-866-992-6174 or e-mail questions@ DeepwaterHorizonEconomicSettlement.com to find out if a geographic location is included.

WHAT DOES THE ECONOMIC & PROPERTY DAMAGES SETTLEMENT PROVIDE? The E&PD Settlement makes payments for the following types of claims: (1) Seafood Compensation, (2) Economic Damage, (3) Loss of Subsistence, (4) Vessel Physical Damage, (5) Vessels of Opportunity Charter Payment, (6) Coastal Real Property Damage, (7) Wetlands Real Property Damage, and (8) Real Property Sales Damage. There is no limit on the total dollar amount of the E&PD Settlement; all qualified claims will be paid.

HOW

GET BENEFITS FROM THE ECONOMIC & PROPERTY DAMAGES SETTLEMENT

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You need to submit a Claim Form to request a payment. You can get a copy of the various Claim Forms by visiting the website or by calling 1-866-992-6174.

Claims can be submitted online or by mail. If you have questions about how to file your claim, you should call the toll-free number for assistance.

The deadline to submit most E&PD claims will be April 22, 2014 or six months after the E&PD Settlement becomes effective (that is, after the Court grants “final approval� and any appeals are resolved), whichever is later. There will be an earlier deadline to submit E&PD Seafood Compensation claims. The earlier deadline to submit Seafood Compensation claims will be 30 days after final approval of the Settlement by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (regardless of appeals).

Actual claim filing deadlines will be posted on the website as they become available. Valid claims will be paid as they are approved, beginning shortly after the Court-Supervised Settlement Program commences. It is highly recommended that E&PD Settlement Class Members complete and submit their claim forms promptly. Please read the Medical Benefits Settlement notice because you may also be eligible for benefits from that settlement.

YOUR OTHER OPTIONS If you do not want to be legally bound by the E&PD Settlement, you must Opt Out or exclude yourself by October 1, 2012 or you won’t be able to sue BP over certain economic and property damage claims. If you stay in the E&PD Settlement, you may object to it by August 31, 2012. The Detailed Notice explains how to exclude yourself or object.

The Court will hold a hearing on November 8, 2012 to consider whether to approve the E&PD Settlement.

You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost. The Court will also consider Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses including an interim payment of $75 million and additional awards equal to 6% of class claims and benefits paid. Class Counsel fees, costs and expenses under the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement and the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement jointly cannot exceed $600 million. Class members’ payments will not be reduced if the Court approves the payment of Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses because BP will separately pay these attorney fees, costs, and expenses.

Medical Benefits Settlement Providing Benefits to Clean-Up Workers and Certain Gulf Coast Residents If you have a medical claim related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, you could get benefits from a class action settlement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP�).

Go to DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com for more information, including information on how to file a claim.

WHO

INCLUDED IN THE MEDICAL BENEFITS SETTLEMENT? IS

The Medical Class includes (1) clean-up workers and (2) certain people who resided in specific geographic areas in coastal and wetlands areas along the Gulf Coast during specific periods in 2010. The website DeepwaterHorizonSettlements. com has detailed descriptions and maps to help you determine whether a geographic location may be included in one of these zones. Additionally, you can call 1-866-992-6174 or e-mail info@ DeepwaterHorizonMedicalSettlement.com to find out if a geographic location is included.

WHAT

DOES THE MEDICAL BENEFITS SETTLEMENT PROVIDE?

The benefits of the Medical Benefits Settlement include: (1) payments to qualifying people for certain acute (short-term) and chronic (ongoing) medical conditions occurring after exposure to oil or chemical dispersants; (2) provision of periodic medical examinations to qualifying people; and (3) creation of a Gulf Region Health Outreach Program, consisting of projects to strengthen the healthcare system. Benefits (1) and (2) will be provided only after the Court grants final approval and any appeals are resolved.

HOW TO GET BENEFITS FROM THE MEDICAL BENEFITS SETTLEMENT You need to submit a Claim Form to request benefits.

You can get a copy of the Claim Form by visiting the website or by calling

1-866-992-6174. Claims can be submitted by mail.

If you have questions about how to file your claim, you should call the toll-free number for assistance.

The deadline for filing a Claim Form is one year after the Medical Benefits Settlement becomes effective (that is, after the Court grants “final approval� and any appeals are resolved). The exact date of the claim filing deadline will be posted on the website. It is highly recommended that Medical Class Members complete and submit their claim forms promptly. Please read the Economic and Property Damages Settlement notice because you may also be eligible for a payment from that settlement.

YOUR OTHER OPTIONS If you do not want to be legally bound by the Medical Benefits Settlement, you must Opt Out or exclude yourself by October 1, 2012 or you won’t be able to sue BP over certain medical claims. If you stay in the Medical Benefits Settlement, you may object to it by August 31, 2012. The Detailed Notice explains how to exclude yourself or object.

The Court will hold a hearing on November 8, 2012 to consider whether to approve the Medical Benefits Settlement. You or your own lawyer may ask to appear and speak at the hearing at your own cost. Class Counsel will ask the Court to consider an award of fees, costs, and expenses of 6% of the value of the benefits actually provided under the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement.

Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses under the Medical Benefits Settlement Agreement and the Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement jointly cannot exceed $600 million.

Class members’ payments will not be reduced if the Court approves the payment of Class Counsel fees, costs, and expenses because BP will separately pay these attorney fees, costs, and expenses.

DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com

1-866-992-6174

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SULC Announces August 15 Application Deadline for Loan Reduction Assistance Program August 15 is the deadline to submit applications for the Southern University Law Center Loan Reduction Assistance Program (LRAP). The program is open to SULC graduates who desire to enter and remain in public service/interest employment.

The Law Center’s LRAP is open to full-time attorneys who work 35 or more hours per week at qualifying public service organizations and earn no more than 50,000 a year.

Benefits are disbursed in the form of one-year loans, which will be forgiven annually provided the applicant satisfies set criteria. All participants are required to reapply annually, up to a total period of three years.

The update deadline, to submit any change in information, is February 15.

A goal of the program is to enable interested graduates,

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who are often burdened with debt from their law school education, to accept public interest law positions, despite the traditionally low pay.

Continued benefits are subject to the availability and allocation of future funding by program donors. Participants are subject to bar admission, eligible employment, and salary limitations.

Applicants must be actively paying their law school student loans to be eligible for assistance. Those who are in deferment are not eligible.

The application and program guidelines may be obtained at www.sulc.edu.

For more information, contact Ruth Bailey Wesley, LRAP Program Coordinator, Southern University Law Center Post Office Box 9294, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, Telephone: (225) 771-2552; E-mail: RBW@sulc.edu.

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and resistance.

Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center also features group exercise classes that utilize the traditional fitness center as well. The group circuit class is a challenging group training class that utilizes workstations to add variety to the workout.

With new exercise bikes, BREC offers indoor cycle classes. This 45-minute high-energy class utilizes a specially designed stationary bike to provide a fun and challenging cardiovascular workout for all fitness levels.

Fitness passes are available online through webtrac. brec.org or at Webb Park Group Exercise and Fitness Training Center. Participants may purchase a class pass for 12 classes or a multi-pass that includes 12 classes and a gym membership.

For more information, call 225-344-2130 or visit brec. org/fitness.

It is the BREC mission to provide quality parks and recreational opportunities for all the residents of East Baton Rouge Parish.

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New Challenges In The Battle To Keep Kids Safer Online LOUISIANA – A new survey of Internet use by tweens (10 to 13 year olds) revealed that parents are doing a good job monitoring their children’s online behavior, including talking to them and setting guidelines and restrictions for Internet use on home computers. Yet there is room for improvement, especially when it comes to keeping tweens safer when they use mobile and other connected devices.

Parents used to only have to worry about monitoring the home computer to keep their kids safer online. But today, Internet use is doubling every two years, and kids have access to the Internet through mobile devices, such as smartphones, handheld games, game consoles and tablets. The average family uses five Internetenabled devices at home.

The Tween Internet Safety Survey, commissioned by Cox Communications in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), found that nearly all tweens (95 percent) use mobile devices to go online.

Mobile devices and gaming consoles are widely used by tweens to access web content, and the survey revealed a lack of guidelines and controls on these devices that can leave tweens vulnerable. While 68 percent of parents surveyed said they monitored their child’s Internet behavior on mobile devices, the survey showed that only 1 in 5 (17 percent) actually use basic parental control features such as age appropriate web content filtering on smartphones, tablets and game consoles.

“We applaud the efforts parents are making to keep their kids safe online, but we all must remain vigilant and proactive when it comes to knowing what children are accessing on the web and the devices they are using,” said Ernie Allen, NCMEC president and CEO. “Educating parents about the potential risks their children face online and empowering them to take simple preventive steps is critical to helping keep families safe.”

“The Tween Internet Safety Survey will help parents better

understand tweens’ online habits so they can pro-actively manage their children’s access to web content,” said Jacqui Vines, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cox Louisiana. “The survey is also helping inform us on how to enhance our Cox Take Charge! tips and tools to address

Interpret & evaluate agency policies, strategic & operational plans, & progress reviews to determine impact on budget forecasting; collect, compute & interpret economic statistics; provide socioeconomic information for state & federal agencies. Master’s, Economics or closely related field, from a nationally or regionally accredited institution; expertise or in-depth knowledge of the following: econometric models, economic forecasting, analytical & statistical skills, policy analysis & research. Job location is Baton Rouge, LA. To apply mail resume & credentials to Bhaskar Toodi, LA Dept. of Health & Hospitals, 628 N. 4th St., P.O. Box 629, Bin 34, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4489. Must apply w/ in 30 days of publication and refer to Job #12059 to be considered.

As of June 25, 2012, the waiting list for the Louisiana State Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSH) Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units with project-based vouchers in the Capital Area will be open to PSH-eligible applicants who are single, homeless, and willing to live in the Baton Rouge area. Applicant households must meet all criteria to be eligible for the waiting list.

To qualify for the PSH Program: the head of household must be at or below 50% of the Area Median Income with a preference for incomes at or below 30% of AMI; the head of household must have a severe, long-term disability; and because of the disability, the head of household must be in need of supportive services in order to live independently and successfully in the community. To qualify as homeless, the head of household must be currently homeless (i.e., living on the streets or in a shelter) or previously homeless and currently living in transitional housing. To qualify as single, the head of household must be unaccompanied. Applicant households requiring more than one bedroom are not eligible for this waitlist.

To request an application, interested persons must call 225-219-7871 and provide the applicant’s name and mailing address. Completed applications and supporting documentation must be submitted by mail (Permanent Supportive Housing, CAHSD; 4615 Government St., Building One; Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806) or by fax (225922-2360). Reasonable accommodations will be made in completing applications. For assistance in completing an application, call 225252-9351 for an appointment (required).

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“This Thing Called Life” Part I

By Ida London There’s a phrase that was often repeated years ago by the older generation that says, “Life is not a bed of roses.” The petals of a rose have a soft touch and they come in various shapes and sizes. They are beautiful and have a sweet soft rose fragrance.

But, as beautiful as they are and the sweet fragrance that comes from them, roses have strong stems with sharp thorns that will inflict a painful sensation if not handled carefully.

In this life, situations are almost the same. Some days start out beautiful, the sun shines brightly, the wind softly blows and the birds are singing and everything seems to be going well. Then, all of a sudden the sun goes behind the clouds and the sky becomes a dark shade of gray. Now it seems as if the going well has gone wrong.

Confusing isn’t it!

Life itself is confusing and hard to comprehend. It carries

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no guarantees that things will always work out, as we want it too. It’s certain that all of our days will not be happy days, but we must keep a positive attitude and go forward.

In this life, all of us will have our share of physical and emotional pain. It does not matter who we are or where we are, we will experience or share of heartache and loneliness. Life carries these things and there is no escape.

Many people have the perceptions that after a person has given their life to Christ and become a Christian, they won’t have problems. Well, their perception is wrong! Christians have their share of problems and trials and tribulations and the emotional and physical pain just as everyone else does. God has no respect of person.

For He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sendeth rain on the just and

Byron Cage’s New And Ninth CD Memoirs of a Worshipper In Stores June 19 Cage Is Featured Performer On Mcdonald’s Gospel Tour In June; And Makes First Appearance At Essence Music Festival On July 8

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650 Blount Road. Workshop parThe workshop is free and ticipates will sing in the choir open to all college students and Come And Study thethe BiBle during the concert. public. With uS! The concert will also feaThe “Finale Concert” will be ture performances by the Voices held at 4 p.m., Nov. 21, at New of Joy from Bogalusa; Psalm 150 Gideon Baptist Church, 2542 NEW YORK, NY – Byron Gospel Choir from Beaumont, Balis Drive. The concert willCage, who has become a houseTexas; Living Testimony Gospel feature the melodious voices ofhold name in Gospel music after Choir from Texas Southern Uni- former SU Interdenominationalsuch Top-10 worship anthems versity; UnMeasurable Praise Gospel Choir members fromas “The Presence of the Lord” from the University of New Or- 1987-2010 and musicians Gregand “I Will Bless the Lord,” is leans; Higher Level Gospel Choir Jones, Cecil Houston, Michaelpouring his heart out in his new from McNeese StateBaton University; Alfonso Waters, Georgeand ninth CD – MEMOIRS OF Rouge, Temple, Louisiana Extension the University ofFully Louisiana at Chesterfield, Willie Richard, Reu-A WORSHIPPER. CollaboratAccredited by SACS and AATS Monroe Interdenominational ben Griffin, Shantran Hawkinsing again with Aaron Lindsey, Classesand once weekly at: Ensemble; New Beginnings Draper.

CLASSESWesley mEETSRicky onCE wEEkLy who produced Cage’s 2009 United Multicultural Gospel Choir Lawrence Jackson, SU Di-release “Faithful to Believe,” Methodist Church For more information contactwill also make from Texas A&M University; rector of Bands, 544 Government Street the eleven-track CD, recorded Dr. Alonzo Campbell Baton La. 70802 tribute during Strong Tower Gospel Chorale aRouge, special musical at Chicago’s Christ Universal Dr. Joe Connelly, Senior Pastor from Grambling State Univer- (225) the938-5746 concert.

Temple, showcases Cage’s Dr. Alonzo Campbell, Director/Instructor sity and Southeastern Louisiana All events are free and openpersonal desire for a deeper alonzojcampbell@yahoo.com (225) 938-5746 University’s Gospel Choir. to the public.

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relationship of worship with God. “I kind of chronicle my journey in ministry and it shows people where I’ve been,” Cage says of MEMOIRS OF A WORSHIPPER. “My last CD was recorded when the recession began, and the struggles people began to go through made me write a little different on that CD. It was the type of album to build up the faith of God’s people. For this new CD, I collectively put songs together with Aaron Lindsey

that I felt would be the next level of worship. What I really wanted to bring out on this CD was to share with everybody what I’m writing and what’s in my memoirs. Although I’m still giving the message of faith and a message of hope, this is a stronger worship album.”

Sure to become a new anthem, “Great and Mighty” is the first single off of the CD and it is quickly approaching Top-10 at Gospel radio. Cage discovered “Great and Mighty” four years ago when a friend sent him a copy of it. He instantly liked it and taught it to the music department at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church in Ft. Washington, MD where Cage has served as minister of music for 15 years. The praise team started singing it at church and he says, “We saw the power of the Lord come in

to the service,” he remembers.

“So, when I started working on this album, I thought about it and said I want to put that on the CD.” Other highlights on MEMOIRS OF A WORSHIPPER include “Gratitude,” which sets the tone for the CD with the sound of a delicate piano underscoring a majestic praise ballad; the Latin-inspired “Victory” featuring Fred Hammond; “Troubles Away,” a fusion of `60s dance and a Caribbean carnival that instantly puts listeners into a festive mood; and “Good Anyhow,” a cover of Rudolph Stanfield & New Revelation’s 1990 classic ‘He’s Good Anyhow.’ “I’ve been a fan of Rudy’s for many years,” says Cage. “Choirs used to sing See byron cage, on page 7

The Emmanuel Baptist Church Aid Association to Host 86th Semi-Annual Session ZACHARY, LA – The Emmanuel Baptist Church will be holding their 86the semi-annual aid association session at Peter Rock Baptist Church located at 4567 Avenue G from June 17th - 20th, 2012.

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For more information, please contact Dr. Excell Payne at 225-654-7882.

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on the unjust. (Mathew 5:45 KJV).

The only difference with some Christians and non-believers is that the Christians has faith in God and know that He will be with them even if they are going through something.

They have the assurance that He will deliver them in due time. That’s why they don’t have that worry look on their face and why they are not heard complaining about their problems. Guess what! Jesus went through trails and tribulations and we will to.

A verse of a gospel song says, “Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free, there’s a cross for everyone and there’s a cross for me!” So, this conveys that all of us have a cross to bear and all will take a sip of the “bitter cup” of life.

When the tow brothers, James and John, the tow sons of Zebedee asked Jesus, could one sit at the right and the other at the left of Him when they come into the Kingdom. Before He gave them an answer, He asked them a question.

He answered, “You don’t know what you are asking!” Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of sorrow I must drink from? Or, to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?

Oh yes they said, “We are!” And Jesus said, “You shall indeed drink from the cup and be baptized with my baptism, but I don’t have the right to place you on thrones next to mine. Those appointments have already been made. (Mark 10:3840 Living Truth Bible).

So therefore, we will drink from the bitter cup of life in various ways. We will often be lied on, misused, persecuted and treated unjustly, and beat down by the world and even those we love and those who suppose to love us. These are done to us at no fault of our own.

A child doesn’t know anything about life, except what he or she is taught. Some live in households where all they hear is cursing and profane language spoken. And their mother who becomes frustrated with them because they look like their father is cursing the child or children out themselves or just because their life isn’t going as they want it too. So, their emo-

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tions are being ripped apart and they don’t understand what they feel.

Most of these children drink from the bitter cup of being physically, mentally. And sexually abused. These are actions are done by their own family members or the friends or acquaintances of the their family.

Most of them carry this secret of horror through life, because their lives were threatened or when they tried to tell someone, the person they told didn’t believe them.

Sometimes in life when we feel down, bewildered and depressed, we reach to for comfort or a word of encouragement.

But, those who we consider to be our close friends or a family member may not be available as we thought they would be.

We might call, but the call may not be returned or we may be talking to them, but while talking to them, they may not be attentive to what we are saying. This is a way of going to sleep on us.

Jesus went through a similar situation when He went to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. He felt sorrowful and very heavy and He asked two of His disciples to sit while He prayed.

Then cometh Jesus with them to a place Gethsemane, and saith unto His disciples, “Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

And He took with Him Peter and two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Then saith He unto them, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death; tarry ye her and watch with Me. And He went a little farther and fell on His face and prayed saying, “O, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will but as Thou wilt.”

And He cometh unto the disciples and findeth them asleep and saith unto Peter, “What could ye not watch with Me one hour?” (Matthew 26:3640 KJV).

In this life, we will be inflicted with the sharp point of many thorns, but we must use prayer as our tweezers to remove them and continue on with LIFE.

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knowledged that fewer controls exist on mobile devices and gaming consoles than on computers.

The survey revealed that many parents are not using the monitoring software and parental control tools available on their tweens’ mobile devices because they are not familiar with how they work. * 83 percent of tweens use

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a gaming console to access the Internet at home. * 51 percent of the parents in the survey said they monitor their child’s Internet behavior on gaming consoles. * 65 percent of parents said they were aware of and knew how to use parental controls on mobile devices and gaming consoles with Internet access.

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that and I said, `I’m going to reach back and do that song…I put a new vamp on it and it was one of the highlights of the night.”

Cage is a featured performer on the McDonald’s Gospel Tour, which begins June 14 in Birmingham, AL and will make stops in Jackson, MS; Dallas, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA and Fort

Washington, MD. On July 8, Cage will make his Essence Music Festival debut when he delivers what we know will be rousing set as part of the weekend’s Gospel Tribute.

Byron Cage’s MEMOIRS OF A WORSHIPPER will be in stores June 19.

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Kevin Durant scored 36 points and Russell Westbrook added 27 to spark the Thunder to the Game 1 win.

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Some 65 minutes before the biggest game of their young lives, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant were the picture of cool. Their first appearance in The Finals?

No sweat.

Westbrook leaned back in his chair in front of his locker, lobbing jokes across the room at injured backup point guard Eric Maynor, while Durant and others laughed and soaked up the moment.

Judging from the locker room mood before the game this could have been 65 minutes before the preseason opener. If they were nervous, even in the slightest, they hid it well. Because by the time this night was over, there was little doubt as to whose two All-Stars were the most dominant forces on the floor in Game 1 of this series.

Heat superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade entered the building with the biggest reputations and the highest profiles, but left thoroughly outplayed when it mattered most in the Thunder’s 105-94 comeback win. The win was OKC’s ninth straight on its home floor since the postseason began.

Durant and Westbrook, the Thunder’s 23-year-old dynamic duo, were relentless with the game on the line. They combined to outscore the Heat 41-40 in the second half as the Thunder treated the Heat the same way they have every other team that’s set foot on the Chesapeake Energy Arena floor.

They had plenty of help, getting quality performances from the role players like Thabo Sefolosha, Nick Collison, Derek Fisher and Serge Ibaka. But if Spurs’ swingman Stephen Jackson makes “love to pressure,” Durant and Westbrook wined and dined it, flew it to Paris for a candlelight dinner and had it back safe in bed before sunrise.

They passed an even bigger test on opening night of The Finals. They showed off an ability to deal with the magnitude of the moment in ways players in their third dip in the postseason waters should not be able to. The spotlight that melted plenty of

stars before them (and will do the same to many more after them) didn’t seem to bother the Thunder’s young duo.

“I wish I could tell you,” Durant said when asked why the Thunder stumbled early. “Just this being The Finals, we were kind of nervous. That’s something we can’t ... it can’t happen next game or the rest of the series.”

That 13-point lead the Heat enjoyed early wasn’t any more secure than the early leads the Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs enjoyed in the Thunder’s previous three playoff series. They rallied from a double-digit deficit in the playoffs for the fourth time, once in each round. What looks commanding in the rearview mirror to the opposition looks like a temporary nuisance for the Thunder.

They went on one of their patented offensive runs starting in the third quarter. They scored on a preposterous 21 of their last 29 possessions in the game, never going more than one possession without a score.

Westbrook took the lead in the third, blowing past Heat defenders for finishes at the rim or pulling up for jumpers in the lane when he felt like it. Whatever defender that attempted to slow him down was helpless with the player Wade referred to Monday as the “most athletic player in the league” on the constant attack.

“The thing about Westbrook,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, “is he’ll just keep coming, so it doesn’t matter, time, score of the game or what just happened in the play before. He’s going to continue to be relentless.”

Westbrook’s 12-point barrage in the third quarter helped the Thunder to a 27-19 scoring edge in the quarter that set the stage for Durant’s ridiculous fourth quarter run.

Durant scored 17 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth, 10 more than James. It was a performance reminiscent of the show he put on against the Spurs in the closeout game of the Western Conference finals.

Durant does whatever it takes to push his team ahead, mixing up his attack by stroking long-distance shots and attacking the rim. And it didn’t matter who guarded him, either. He

took turns torching the shorter Wade, the stronger James and whoever else switched on to him. He played both ends, too, serving as the primary defender on James, who shot 2-for-6 in the fourth quarter.

Durant requested the assignment and Thunder coach Scott Brooks wasn’t about to deny him. Durant was able to play up to his usual lofty standards on one end of the floor while rising to challenge on the other.

With each outing, each win, the confidence level rises for this group.

“This level of basketball is the hardest we play,” Durant said of The Finals atmosphere. “And we just want to take it slow, take it a possession at a time. And guys just have to continue to believe in themselves. If we do that as a group, we’ll be all right.”

They’re going to maintain that same relaxed atmosphere in the locker room, the way they have seemingly forever. And that includes Westbrook playfully giving Maynor the business about the crowd of reporters that swarmed his locker before Game 1.

“Damn, you gonna play tonight Maynor?” Westbrook joked, knowing that Maynor’s season ended in January after he suffered a knee injury that required surgery.

No offense to Maynor, but the Thunder didn’t need him this time. Not with Durant and Westbrook playing this way, the role players doing their part and the collective confidence of this group at an all-time high.

“We’ve demonstrated for however long that we’re just going to play the game until it’s over,” Fisher said. “We’re not necessarily watching the scoreboard and assuming that we’re up by so many or down by so many that the game is over. We’ve got a locker room full of guys that are extremely competitive, fearless and not afraid of the moment.”

Sekou Smith is a veteran NBA reporter and the author of NBA.com’s Hang Time blog. You can e-mail him here and follow him on twitter.

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Cheerleading, Dance Camp Sponsored

by Louisiana Youth Sports Network BATON ROUGE, LA - Louisiana Youth Cheerleading is an organization led by volunteer coaches dedicated to providing a positive experience for young ladies. The cheerleading & dance teams are groups of beautiful, unique, talented young ladies brought together by a passion for cheering & dance. Cheerleading and Dance are TEAM sports. Cheerleading & Dance provides opportunities for ALL participants to gain a sense of belonging, develop friendships, develop social skills, and promote outstanding academics, mental, & physical fitness.

Our goal for this camp is to provide a FREE safe environment to allow young ladies to get

acquainted with other young ladies while sharing similar cheer/ dance interests and developing basic/advanced cheer/dance skills.

The camp is from June 20th - 22nd from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and on June 23rd form 9:00am - 12:00 p.m. at the Howell Community Park Gymnasium located at 5509 Winbourne Avenue for all females from 6-16 years of age.

Proper Attire: Comfortable clothing - (t-shirt, shorts (lycra/spandex/cotton), socks, tennis-shoes, loose dance pants, tights, soft-soled shoes, flexible jazz shoes). NO sandals or blue jeans allowed.

Here are the focal points for the four (4) day camp:

Basic Cheer Techniques Proper Stretching Jumps (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced) Arm Motion Techniques Stunt Building (with level restrictions) Pyramid Formations (with level restrictions) Cheer Dance Cheers vs. Chants Proper Cheer Terminology Basic Dance Techniques Splits Toe-touches Chasse’ Ball-Changes High-kicks Walking

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