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THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Minden tops North Desoto, 7-5 PAGE 6 April 16, 2015 | 50 Cents NEWS PG.2 Tough decisions await new governor OPINION PG.4 Pre-K Registration starts Friday LIFE PG.5 81 TOMORROWS OUTLOOK WEATHER I N S I D E today Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. LOW 66 HIGH Tartan Festival is Saturday P RESS -H ERALD MINDEN www.press-herald.com CONNECT WITH US @mindenph Vol. 46 No. 205 MICHELLE BATES [email protected] In a special meeting Wednesday, owners of Benson Environmental met with the Webster Parish Police Jury to address several concerns – chief among them the number of tires stockpiled at the company. Brian Benson, general manager, says they are within the required limits by the Louisiana Depart- ment of Environmental Quality. Currently in the yard are approximately 312,000 whole waste tires. The DEQ’s limit is 450,000. He says they are regulated stringently by the DEQ, based on the number of tires they can process. According to their fig- ures, they recycle about 99.8 percent of everything they take in. Benson Environmental is a family owned and operated tire transport and disposal company that caters to three states. In the last few years, the company has spent more than $1 million in equip- ment upgrades to broaden their market base, Benson says, and to produce a more refined product. He explained to jurors that they process what’s brought in and stockpiled tires at the same time to reduce the inventory as they can. “That is not acceptable to us,” Benson said of the number of tires stockpiled on site. Part of the reason for the stockpile is what he called a rebuild cycle. He says while they were upgrading their machin- ery, they continued to take in waste tires. The good news is inventory has been reduced since December. Charles Odom, chair- man of the police jury’s environmental committee, says his biggest concern was getting the stockpile down. Another concern addressed is what would happen if Benson Environ- mental were to close its doors. Who would pay for site clean up? Who would be responsible for the clean up? “One of the things that the department (DEQ) requires us to carry to ensure that a (situation) like Explo does not happen is a Financial Assurance Benson owner address WPPJ concerns MICHELLE BATES [email protected] An early morning crash proved fatal for an Arkansas woman Wednes- day. Webster Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call on Germantown Road before 8 a.m. Louisiana State Trooper Matt Harris says Troop G responded to an area about one mile south of Louisiana Highway 534. The initial investigation revealed a 2004 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Laura Woods, 25, of Emerson, Arkansas, was traveling north on Germantown Road when she crashed into a tree, according to a news release. “Woods was not restrained at the time of the crash and sustained fatal injuries,” Harris said. “Woods was pronounced dead at the scene by the Webster Parish coroner.” A toxicology sample was taken from Woods and submitted for analysis, Wednesday morning crash kills one MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE Angry and worried college students rallied on the Louisiana Capitol steps Wednesday and launched a "No Funds No Future" social media campaign, trying to stop deep budget cuts to their schools. They also packed a House Appropriations Committee hearing to per- sonally ask lawmakers to keep higher education from facing a reduction of up to $600 million next year that would strip 80 percent of college systems' state financing. "Higher education has been on the chopping Students urging La. lawmakers to stop college budget cuts LEGISLATURE See FATALITY, Page 3 FOLLOW UP FATALITY More options thrown into hat for Harper school Money remains looming issue MICHELLE BATES [email protected] More options have been thrown into the ring as to what to do about the issues plaguing J.E. Harper Elementary. However, it still boils down to two things – what to do with the children during construction and money. If Webster Parish voters passed a new ad valorem tax to build a new school or any of the other options that have been discussed, state money used to pay teacher salaries and benefits would decrease. Business and Finance Direc- tor Crevonne Odom explained during a special meeting at the school Wednesday that roughly 90 percent of the board’s total budget goes to salaries and ben- efits for all school employees. That includes salaries, health insurance and retirement bene- fits. The problem is the state keeps burdening school systems with more and more by raising costs each year, she says. “You kind of get penalized for having the initiative to do a sales tax,” she said. “A poorer district that does not have a good sales tax base or property tax base, they don’t have that money to add to salaries or to bonds for schools. MFP (Minimum Foun- dation Program) calculations give them more money than they would give us. It’s going to have to be balance. You have to find that balance.” The idea of building a new school was thrown out as an option by Superintendent of What’s in the future? See CUTS, Page 3 See BENSON, Page 2 J.E. Harper School librarian Debbie Baskin speaks during a meeting at the school Wednesday. Many in attendance had questions about funding, options to alleviate the issues at the school and other issues. Bruce Franklin/Press-Herald See HARPER, Page 14

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THURSDAY

H i g H   s C H o o l   B a s e B a l l

Minden tops North Desoto, 7-5 PAGE 6

April 16, 2015 | 50 Cents

NEWS PG.2

Toughdecisions awaitnew governor

OPINION PG.4

Pre-KRegistrationstarts Friday

LIFE PG.5

81

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK

WEATHER

INSIDEtoday

Variable cloudswith scatteredthunderstorms.

LOW66

HIGH

TartanFestival

is Saturday

PRESS-HERALDMINDEN

www.press-herald.com

CONNECT WITH US@mindenph

Vol. 46 No. 205

MICHELLE [email protected]

In a special meetingWednesday, owners ofBenson Environmentalmet with the WebsterParish Police Jury toaddress several concerns –chief among them thenumber of tires stockpiledat the company.

Brian Benson, generalmanager, says they arewithin the required limitsby the Louisiana Depart-ment of EnvironmentalQuality. Currently in theyard are approximately312,000 whole waste tires.The DEQ’s limit is 450,000.He says they are regulatedstringently by the DEQ,based on the number oftires they can process.

According to their fig-ures, they recycle about99.8 percent of everythingthey take in.

Benson Environmentalis a family owned andoperated tire transportand disposal companythat caters to three states.

In the last few years, thecompany has spent morethan $1 million in equip-ment upgrades to broadentheir market base, Bensonsays, and to produce amore refined product. Heexplained to jurors thatthey process what’sbrought in and stockpiledtires at the same time toreduce the inventory asthey can.

“That is not acceptableto us,” Benson said of thenumber of tires stockpiledon site.

Part of the reason forthe stockpile is what hecalled a rebuild cycle. Hesays while they wereupgrading their machin-ery, they continued to takein waste tires. The goodnews is inventory has beenreduced since December.

Charles Odom, chair-man of the police jury’senvironmental committee,says his biggest concernwas getting the stockpiledown.

Another concernaddressed is what wouldhappen if Benson Environ-mental were to close itsdoors. Who would pay forsite clean up? Who wouldbe responsible for theclean up?

“One of the things thatthe department (DEQ)requires us to carry toensure that a (situation)like Explo does not happenis a Financial Assurance

Bensonowner

addressWPPJ

concerns MICHELLE [email protected]

An early morning crashproved fatal for anArkansas woman Wednes-day.

Webster Parish Sheriff’sdeputies responded to thecall on Germantown Roadbefore 8 a.m.

Louisiana State TrooperMatt Harris says Troop Gresponded to an areaabout one mile south ofLouisiana Highway 534.The initial investigationrevealed a 2004 ChevroletImpala, driven by LauraWoods, 25, of Emerson,Arkansas, was travelingnorth on GermantownRoad when she crashedinto a tree, according to anews release.

“Woods was notrestrained at the time ofthe crash and sustainedfatal injuries,” Harris said.“Woods was pronounceddead at the scene by theWebster Parish coroner.”

A toxicology samplewas taken from Woods andsubmitted for analysis,

Wednesdaymorning

crashkills one

MELINDA DESLATTEAssociated Press

BATON ROUGE —Angry and worried collegestudents rallied on theLouisiana Capitol stepsWednesday and launcheda "No Funds No Future"social media campaign,trying to stop deep budgetcuts to their schools.

They also packed aHouse AppropriationsCommittee hearing to per-sonally ask lawmakers tokeep higher educationfrom facing a reduction ofup to $600 million nextyear that would strip 80percent of college systems'state financing.

"Higher education hasbeen on the chopping

Studentsurging La.

lawmakers tostop collegebudget cuts

legislature

SeeFATALITY, Page 3

Follow up Fatality

More options thrown intohat for Harper schoolMoney remains looming issue

MICHELLE [email protected]

More options have beenthrown into the ring as to whatto do about the issues plaguingJ.E. Harper Elementary.

However, it still boils down totwo things – what to do with thechildren during constructionand money. If Webster Parishvoters passed a new ad valoremtax to build a new school or anyof the other options that havebeen discussed, state moneyused to pay teacher salaries andbenefits would decrease.

Business and Finance Direc-tor Crevonne Odom explainedduring a special meeting at theschool Wednesday that roughly90 percent of the board’s totalbudget goes to salaries and ben-efits for all school employees.

That includes salaries, healthinsurance and retirement bene-fits. The problem is the statekeeps burdening school systemswith more and more by raisingcosts each year, she says.

“You kind of get penalized forhaving the initiative to do a salestax,” she said. “A poorer districtthat does not have a good salestax base or property tax base,they don’t have that money toadd to salaries or to bonds forschools. MFP (Minimum Foun-dation Program) calculationsgive them more money thanthey would give us. It’s going tohave to be balance. You have tofind that balance.”

The idea of building a newschool was thrown out as anoption by Superintendent of

What’sin the

future?

SeeCUTS, Page 3 SeeBENSON, Page 2

J.E. Harper School librarian Debbie Baskin speaks during a meetingat the school Wednesday. Many in attendance had questions aboutfunding, options to alleviate the issues at the school and otherissues. Bruce Franklin/Press-Herald

SeeHARPER, Page 14

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SECONDFRONTwww.press-herald.com

2 Thursday, April 16, 2015 – Minden Press-Herald

STAFF REPORTS

The Scottish Tartan Fes-tival is Saturday, April 18 atScotland Farms, just northof Minden off Highway 79at Athens Road.

Celebrate Scottish cul-ture and heritage throughliving history exhibits,Scottish cattle herding,demonstrations of theHighland games, a Gaeliclanguage seminar andbagpipe music. There will

be a dog show competi-tion, children’s area withhayride, broadsworddemonstrations, clantents, genealogy and muchmore.

Partners include tradi-tional Scottish band,

Smithfield Fair, traditionalIrish group, EmeraldAccent and Scottish-IrishAmerican folksinger JedMarum, along withnumerous local musicians.

There will be perform-ances by the Jackson Irish

Dancers of Jackson, Mis-sissippi and the Port BellyProject of Shreveport.

The festival is beingsponsored by the ScottishSociety of the LouisianaHighlands and is fundedin part by the Webster

Parish Convention andVisitors Bureau. For moreinformation, contactSheila Hoh at 318-393-2693 or www.scottishsoci-ety.wix.com/tartan-festi-val.

Tartan Festival is SaturdayweBster parisH tourism

Trust Fund for site clo-sure,” Benson said.

Benson explained theprocess of site closure ifthat were to happen –which he assured is notgoing to happen.

“Right now, we’re carry-ing $200,000, which whatthey (DEQ) mandate,” hesaid, “for site closure andremediation. What thatmeans, is if under somescenario we shut down,the first thing that wouldhappen is we would beginto eliminate everything onsite.”

After that, the landwould be returned to itsnatural state; in otherwords, it would bereturned to its originalcondition before Bensonopened its doors.

“It makes me feel 100percent better to knowthere is some plan for dis-posal if something were tohappen,” police jury presi-dent Jim Bonsall said.

Mosquitoes wereanother concern, becausewhole tires hold water,encouraging breeding,during periods of rain.Benson assured jurorsthat Benson Environmen-tal takes pest control andvermin control measures,and they take it seriously.Pest control is done onceper month. This was aconcern posed by JurorSteve Lemmons, who rep-resents the district inwhich Benson Environ-mental resides.

After some discussion,Benson indicated its will-ingness to increase pest

control measures duringthe summer months if thepolice jury feels currentmeasures are inadequate.

Jurors expressed grati-tude to Benson for savingthe parish money in thatthe parish can take tires tothem without paying adime.

“They have saved us onour recycling bill over thelast five years,” Odomsaid. “To me, when everytime me or another jurorhas had a question, I’vecalled and gotten a

straightforward answer.”Odom says he wanted

to see reports for the lasttwo years to see what theirfluctuations in tire intakeand stockpile looks like tosee what can be done tohelp get the stockpiledown.

Odom also addressedmedia in attendance, say-ing many times privatecompanies are discussedin meetings, and askedthat competition be takeninto consideration beforeprinting the article or

story.“This is a business deal,

it’s a unique situation,” hesaid. “This came aboutalmost 20 years ago, andit’s a public/private enter-prise. It’s the first time itwas ever done where wecame in and swapped 20acres of land in one areaand 20 acres in another.This has been a win-winsituation for the parish,and they’ve taken care ofwhat was a thorn in ourside.”

BENSONContinued from page 1

STAFF REPORTS

A benefit for a goodcause will be taking placeFriday and Saturday, April17 and 18 to raise moneyfor the Ark-La-Tex Chil-dren’s Burn Camp.

The 13th annual burnrun, sponsored by theBrothers Keepers Motorcy-cle Club, Shreveport Chap-ter, will be at LakeBistineau State Park, Area1, located off Highway 163in Doyline.

Friday’s events willbegin at 5 p.m. with craw-

fish, live music and fun andwill go until the fun stopsor midnight. The fun startsback up at 9 a.m., April 18.Throughout the day, therewill be vendors, barbecue,food, live music and lots offun. Admission is free.

The Burn Run “PokerRun” will begin with thefirst bike out at 9 a.m. andthe last bike in at 4 p.m.The poker run entry fee is$20.

For more information,call Kelly Johnson at 318-218-3762 or www.broth-erskeepersmc.com

Start yourengines!

Burn Run revs upFriday and Saturday

Fundraiser

BATON ROUGE — TheLouisiana Lottery Corpora-tion says nobody won thetwo major jackpots in theLouisiana Lotto and multi-state Powerball drawingson Wednesday night.

Louisiana Lotto playersmatching all six numbersdrawn would have won orshared a $425,000 prize,which will rise to an esti-mated $450,000 for Satur-day.

Players matching all fivenumbers and the Power-ball would have won orshared the $40 millionjackpot. The prize goes to

an estimated $50 millionfor Saturday.

The Easy 5 drawing risesto an estimated $110,000after none of the ticketsmatched all five numbersdrawn for Wednesday's$90,000 jackpot.

Winning numbersdrawn Wednesday were:

mçïÉêÄ~ääW 01-16-21-29-40, Powerball: 30, PowerPlay: 3

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No big winners inWednesday’s lottery

Hundreds of old tires sit at the entrance of Benson Environmental. BruceFranklin/Press-Herald

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John Claude Lee Jr.John Claude Lee Jr. "Boot Lee" was

born on Dec. 25, 1946 in Minden. He waspreceded in death by the Rev. John ClaudeLee Sr. and Missionary Ethel Mae Lee(parents); Frances Lee Lane (sister); andDemarcus Freeman (grandson).

On Saturday, April 11, 2015 around 8:30a.m. in Shreveport, he heard the call of ourLord and Savior and entered peacefullyinto eternity.

John attended WebsterHigh School in Mindenexcelling in many sportactivities. He played theposition of first basemanduring that time. His lovefor baseball led him to bedrafted by the AtlantaBraves in the 42nd round ofthe 1966 MLB June Ama-teur Drafts.

Upon returning home to Minden, hewas employed by several industries. Heworked at Fibrebond as a supervisor andforklift driver for 19 years before heretired.

He accepted Christ at an early age andwas an active member at Forest ChapelChurch of God in Christ under the leader-ship of Elder Andrew Fizer. Later in life, heunited with the Haughton Church of Godin Christ under the leadership of the lateSuperintendent Lytton Cleveland Jr. Heserved as an usher and was appointed asthe Trinity District Usher Board Presidentwhere he served faithfully until his healthfailed him.

On April 20, 1985, he married his soulmate "Ruth." To this union one child wasborn, Brandon. They enjoyed togetherspending time with family and friends. Hehad a gift for always knowing exactly whatwords to say to get a laugh out of people.

John leaves to cherish his memories aloving and devoted wife, Annie Ruth Lee;three sons, Phillip (Stephanie) Freeman,Sydney (LaTasha) Freeman, of Dallas andBrandon Lee of Minden; daughter, Veron-ica Howell (Macharia) of Monroe; threesisters, Christine Gay of Navarre, Florida,Bobby Simon (Hilton), Terrie (Mitchel) ofHouston; brother-in-law, Andrew (Estelle)of Gibsland; five grandchildren; uncleHenry Wilson of Houston; aunt, Beatrice

Watson of Houston; and a host of nieces,nephews, relatives, and friends.

Services entrusted to BenevolentFuneral Home in Minden.

Viewing will be at 10 a.m., Friday.Services will be at noon, Saturday, April

18, at Haughton Church of God in Christin Haughton.

Jerry HuddlestonJerry Huddleston, 72, passed away

Tuesday at his residence after a battle withcancer.

He is survived by his wife, Carrie; son,Michael Huddleston of Minden; daughterSherry Pipkin and husband Ronnie ofWillisville, Arkansas; two grandchildren,Ronnie Lynn and Samantha Pipkin ofWillisville, Arkansas; sister, Judy Wooten ofMinden, two brothers, Ray Huddlestonand Robert Huddleston both of Springhill.

He was a U.S. Veteran who served in theU.S. Navy.

He enjoyed fishing, working in his gar-den, and being around family, especiallyhis grandchildren, and doing homeimprovements.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Fri-day at Salem Cemetery in Plain Dealing.

Jo Anne MusgroveFuneral services for Mrs. Jo Anne Mus-

grove, 72, will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, April16, 2015, at the chapel at Crothers-Glen-wood Funeral Home in Tallulah, with Bro.Martin Parker officiating.

Visitation will be from 1 until 2 p.m.,Thursday, at the funeral home.

Burial will be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 17,2015, at Lane Memorial Cemetery in Sib-ley, under the direction of Crothers-Glen-wood Funeral Home.

“Mama Jo” enjoyed spending time withher children and grandchildren and wasloved by all who knew her. She attendedWillow Bayou Baptist Church. She was agraduate of Northeast Louisiana Universi-ty and worked and retired from McInnisBrothers Insurance Agency in Minden.After retiring, Jo Anne moved back to herhome town of Tallulah.

Mrs. Musgrove is preceded in death byher husband, Clemon Earl Musgrove andher father, Herman Thornton Jr.

Survivors include daughter Lori Stew-art and husband Nathaniel; three sons;Charles Musgrove, Lee Musgrove and wifeShelly and John David Musgrove; eightgrandchildren, Ashley, Zachary, Tara,Emma, Connor, Alayna, Carley and Wyatt;

and her mother, Leaneda Holder.

She will be greatly missed by her two

special pets, Presley and Roxie.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude

Children’s Research Hospital.

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block for eight years," saidJesse Elliott, a student atLSU-Alexandria. "We can-not be whittled away yearafter year. Our prioritieshave to change. Wedemand nothing less."

To close a $1.6 billionbudget shortfall, Gov.Bobby Jindal's higher edu-cation budget proposal forthe fiscal year that beginsJuly 1 would cut more than$220 million from campus-es. It also relies on $372million from tax breakchanges that need legisla-tive approval and faceresistance from lawmak-

ers.Any reductions would

come on top of $700 mil-lion in state financing cutsto campuses since 2008.Nationally, states on aver-age cut their support forhigher education by 6 per-cent during that time,while Louisiana slashed 34percent, the largest reduc-tion of any state.

David Teagle, Universityof New Orleans studentbody president, describedthis year's threat to collegefunding as "the breakingpoint" for many schools.He told lawmakers on theAppropriations Committeethat students "currentlyexist in an environment offear and anger."

"When we signed up for

the institutions, we made apromise ... that we wouldbecome great Louisianacitizens. And we feel thatthe state made a promiseto us, that you would edu-cate us and give us thetools to become greatLouisiana citizens," Teaglesaid.

He urged committeemembers: "We're askingyou to show us that ourfaith is not misplaced inthis system."

Student after student,dressed in campus colorsand college T-shirts, toldsimilar stories at the rallyand committee hearing.They described overbur-dened faculty leaving forother states, larger classsizes and fewer student

services even as tuitionand fee costs rise.

Morgan Miller, studentgovernment vice presidentat McNeese State Universi-ty, worried the worth of herdegree from the LakeCharles campus woulddeteriorate because ofrepeated cuts.

"We are not receivingthe value of an educationthat we were promised,"she said.

College leaders wantlawmakers to give themthe authority to raisetuition and fees withoutneeding legislativeapproval and the flexibilityto set differing tuition ratesby program.

But several studentsresisted the idea of their

costs going up again — andhigher education officialshave said even with suchincreases, that won't beenough to offset the gaps.

Lawmakers are consid-ering proposals to scaleback tax-break spendingand raise other taxes tohelp drum up new moneyfor next year's budget. Sev-eral students pushed simi-lar ideas, saying the statehas spent too much on"corporate welfare"through tax breaks forbusinesses, at the expenseof higher education.

But Jindal opposes any-thing he considers a net taxincrease, limiting availableoptions for lawmakersunlikely to override agubernatorial veto.

CUTSContinued from page 1

although impairment isnot suspected at this time,Harris says.

“Louisiana law requiresmotor vehicle occupants tobe properly restrained inevery seating position, dayand night,” Harris said.“Wearing a seatbelt signifi-cantly reduces the likeli-hood of being seriouslyinjured or killed as a resultof a crash and is the singlemost effective thingmotorists can do to protectthemselves. This crashserves as yet another tragicreminder of how impor-tant this decision can be.”

FATALITYContinued from page 1

Briefs from the Louisiana Legislature’s regular session BATON ROUGE — Legislative

displeasure over diverted road-work money showed upWednesday in a transportationdepartment request to spend $2million from the highway fundfor overtime and suppliesresponding to icy weather innorth Louisiana earlier this year.

The joint House and Senatebudget committee agreed to thespending plan, but only aftercriticism that too much moneycontinues to be siphoned awayfrom road and bridge work in astate with a $12 billion backlogof needed repairs and upgrades.

Lawmakers have grown con-cerned about the use of largesums of state gasoline taxmoney to pay for items otherthan road work. Since 2011,$241 million has been steered tostate police operations.

Senate Finance ChairmanJack Donahue, R-Mandeville,sought to stop Wednesday's $2million diversion, but northLouisiana lawmakers objected,saying the dollars already havebeen spent and were needed todeal with a weather emergency.

Nita Chambers, undersecre-tary for the Department of

Transportation and Develop-ment, said if lawmakers refusedto transfer dollars from the high-way fund, the agency wouldhave to scale back spending onmaintenance work, like potholerepairs, mowing and littercleanup.

The committee agreed to thespending shift with a 14-7 voteof House members and 7-3 voteof senators.

State lawmakers Wednesdayagain delayed approval of a $3.6million casino support servicescontract for New Orleans, whilethey await estimates on whether

the city's new smoking ban willcause the state to lose money.

The prohibition againstsmoking in bars and gamblinghalls takes effect in late April.The Joint Legislative Committeeon the Budget said it will con-sider the contract in May, whenthey have received moreresearch on the possible staterevenue losses.

Louisiana collects fees fromthe Harrah's casino, a horse rac-ing track and video-poker hallsin New Orleans. If revenue at thegambling locations falls, thestate also will collect less.

The Louisiana State Policeestimated the state could lose$17.4 million over two yearsbecause of the smoking ban. Butlawmakers questioned that esti-mate, saying some gamblerscould move to casinos in otherneighboring parishes.

The annual contract wouldauthorize the state to pay NewOrleans for police, fire and sani-tation services at Harrah's casi-no for the fiscal year that beginsJuly 1. The money also wouldhave to be included in the statebudget before the city could col-lect the payment.

louisiana legislature

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Schools Dr. Dan Rawls.Before the meeting, hehanded out a plat sheetshowing the propertyowned by the school boardat the Harper site. On thatplat, some 30 acres of landbehind the school isunused. If a new schoolwas built, though, the newone would be on the serv-ice road next to interstate.

Board member FrankieMitchell made a plea to thepublic, asking for theirideas, but she made it clearthat she wanted the public

to be a part of the decision.“We’re trying,” she said.

“We’ve made some mis-takes, but if you have anyideas that you want toshare with us that we cansee that we can make Web-ster Parish a better system,we want to listen to youtoo. Maybe we don’t knowall the answers, and wedon’t. We’re looking at dol-lar bills and actually beingalmost broken because ofdemands placed on (the)Webster Parish SchoolBoard in terms of insur-ance, in terms of every-thing that’s mandated butnot funded.”

Just about the time themeeting hit a stalemate,

Nelia Ferguson, a teacherat E.S. Richardson Elemen-tary School, threw out theidea of putting the kinder-garten and first grade stu-dents at J.A. Phillips Mid-dle School and movingsixth graders to either Web-ster Junior High School orto the Harper site.

“You would have theoption to have about 20classrooms,” Fergusonsaid. “The bathrooms areup to date. It already has awheelchair lift, becauseyou have to accommodatespecial needs children. Youhave a gym for holding lit-tle people. Everything isjust so smooth. It’s a lovelycampus.”

Ferguson says the site isbetter idea for little onesand it still meets the regu-lations for children soyoung. She explainedmany of the classroomshave more than one exitand the building is brokeninto quads with a certainnumber of classrooms ineach quad. With the spacethe school has, she saysmore classroom spacecould be added if needed.

It also puts the kinder-garten and first grade stu-dents with the pre-K stu-dents.

No matter what gradewould end up at Harper,the issues remain the same– restroom facilities are

inadequate with too few tohandle the number of chil-dren at the school each dayand other logistics.

Technology needs areanother issue. Phillips isequipped with the tech-nology to meet the needsof the sixth grade class, butHarper is not. Richardson’stechnology needs are alsofurther along than Harp-er’s, Rawls says.

Some of the other ideasdiscussed have been reno-vating the old technicalschool and housing thekindergarten and firstgrade students there untilHarper can be renovated.Another idea was to switchthe fourth and fifth grade

students and the Harperstudents. It would correctissues with the fire mar-shal, but it would put theRichardson students in thesame situation facing theHarper students now,Rawls says.

Another idea was to dis-burse the students amongthe other schools untilHarper can be renovated.

Mitchell says a decisionwill not happen overnight.It will take the communityand the board workingtogether to find the bestpossible solution.

HARPERContinued from page 1

Mitchell: We want your ideas to make Webster schools better

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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries(LDWF) will be hosting the fifth annual “Boating Edu-catin Lagniappe Day” on May 2.

During Boating Education Lagniappe Day, LDWF willprovide instructors for the National Association of StateBoating Law Administrators (NASBLA) boating educationcourse, NASBLA boating education certification, foodand drinks, giveaways and door prizes all free of charge tothe public.

LDWF urges the public to register quickly as mostplaces have limited spaces available and registration is ona first come first serve basis.

Louisiana law requires anyone born after January 1,1984 must complete a NASBLA approved boating educa-tion course and carry proof of the completion to operate

a motorboat in excess of 10 horsepower.The course includes information on choosing a boat,

classification, hulls, motors, legal requirements andequipment requirements. The course also covers manynavigation rules and charts, trailering, sailboats, canoe-ing, personal watercraft and more. Completion of thecourse will result in the student being issued a vesseloperators certification card.

The class will be held at LDWF Region 1 Office, 9961Hwy. 80, Minden from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. To register con-tact 371-3049.

Sponsors include the Louisiana Wildlife Agents Asso-ciation, Bass Pro Shops, Bayou Outdoors, Time It Lubeand Brown Service Center.

Saturday, April 18

The Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Association willconvene for its annual meeting at 11:30 a.m. at GivensHall at Evergreen Union Church. Bring a covered dishand enjoy a buffet meal at noon. This provides the per-fect opportunity to address any concerns about thecemetery and to add any spring flowers to loved ones’graves.

Creighton Hill Community Development Corporationwill sponsor classes to inform the community of how to“own a house with no money down” and about “grantsavailable for home owners older than 62 years of age.”Topics include budgeting, credit, banking, home owner-ship, effective ways of saving, breaking free of pay dayloans and how a homeowner older than 62 years of agecan get grants for home repairs. Facilitators areTamekia Farley and Willie Roberson. Cost is free. Formore information and registration contact Willie Rober-son at 318-834-3698, Sandra Scott at 318-949-5768 oremail [email protected].

Sunday, April 19

Annual choir anniversary program at 3 p.m. at UnionGrove Baptist Church. Special guest is Springfield Bap-tist Church of Mt. Lebanon. Other guests will be soloistsand choirs from the surrounding area.

Lakeview Preschool plate lunch fundraiser from 11 a.m.until 1 p.m. Plates will include Hugh Woods pork chopdinner with pork chops, au gratin potatoes, dirty rice, rolland a dessert. Plates are $10 each, carry out only. Fortickets call 377-1226 or 377-1302 before noon.

St. John Divine Baptist Church will celebrate MinisterHerbert L. Rhone and his wife’s 10th anniversary at 3p.m. at 517 Lake Road in Sibley. Come and share thisspecial occasion with guest speaker Minister RodneyWilliams, pastor of King Solomon Baptist Church in Sib-ley. The theme will be “Don’t give out, don’t give in, don’tgive up,” Galatians 6:9.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church will have an installation servicefor Rev. Roy Glenn Edwards at 2:30 p.m. Special guestand presiding minister will be Rev. Asby Glosson of NewLight Baptist Church.

Bright Star Baptist Church will have its annual Deaconand Deaconess Program at 2:30 p.m. Special guest willbe Rev. Dwayne Redman and Egypt Hill Baptist Churchof Plain Dealing.

Greater St. Paul Baptist Church will celebrate its fourthPastor’s Appreciation at 3 p.m. Lunch will be served. Allare invited.

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Around TownWILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

UCAP needs: Food: canned beef stew, canned fruit, rice, spam,

sugar (1-2 lb. bags or boxes)Household Items: dishes and king and queen sheetsClothing: boy's shirts - size 2, men's work boots - all

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10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday or call377-6804.

EDUCATION

Boating Education Lagniappe Day

Webster Parish Schools will begin pre-kindergartenregistration (Pre-K roundup) for the 2015-2016 schoolyear on April 17 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Contact theschool closest to your residence for more information. 

Pre-K locations: Browning Elementary, Central Ele-mentary, Northwest Lower Elementary, Webster Pre-K atPhillips and Doyline High School.

All students who will be four years of age by Septem-ber 30 are eligible to register.

All parents or guardians wishing to register a studentfor pre-kindergarten classes must bring the followingdocumentation when completing an application: 

• Child’s original birth certificate• Child’s social security card• Child’s most up-to-date immunization record,• Parent’s or guardian’s proof of income, and proof of

residence. • Copies of the documents will be made at the school.

Pre-K Registration

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STONEWALL — TheMinden Crimson Tide tooktheir show on the road for adistrict game with NorthDeSoto.

The Griffins entered thecontest tied for first in dis-trict 1-4A, but the CrimsonTide would be the victorson this day, as they roadtheir hot bats and the hothand of Austin Keough to a7-5 win.

Crimson Tide headcoach Dean Francis said hewas pleased with the wayhis team swung the bats.

“We had some timelyhits,” Francis said. “Thekids did well, they wereready to play and we finallygot some breaks.”

Minden High totaledeight hits off North DeSotopitching and also benefitedfrom four errors made by

the Griffins. On the mound, Austin

Keough was sharp in earn-ing the win, turning a solidouting before handing thegame over to Trace Franciswho earned the save.

“Austin did well,”Francis said. “They haveabout five lefties in theirbatting order and early inthe game he had them offstride and was throwingstrikes.”

Francis entered the gamewith the Tide in trouble, as North DeSoto had the basesloaded in the fifth inning.

“Trace came in with thebases loaded and got us outof the inning giving up justone run,” Francis said.“Both pitchers did well andthrew strikes.”

As clutch as he was onthe mound, Francis was justas good at the plate, going2-4 with two singles and aRBI to lead the Tideoffense.

Gavin Smith went 2-3with two singles and a RBI,Austin Keough went 1-3with a double and a RBIand Peyton Gray, MattEskew and Jordan Lyday alladded singles to help thecause.

The win keeps Minden ingood playoff position, butwith more road games com-ing up against Loyola andNorthwood, this is no timeto get comfortable.

“It’s tough anytimeyou’re on the road trying to

win a game,” Francis said.“North DeSoto was playingfor a chance at a district titletonight, so they were in thesame boat as us.

“It’s just the way theschedule fell. It was a luxu-ry to be at home earlier, but

now we got to hit the roadand wherever we fall in theplayoffs we’re going tohave to be on the road any-way.”

The Tide will play atLoyola Thursday, April 16,with first pitch set for 6 p.m.

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BATON ROUGE(AP) – Top-ranked LSUscored six runs in the firstinning for the secondstraight game as theTigers defeated Lamar,11-2, Wednesday eveningat Alex Box Stadium,Skip Bertman Field.

The Tigers improvedto 32-6 after a strong starton both offense anddefense. Lamar droppedto 17-19 on the year.

LSU senior left-handerKyle Bouman producedhis longest outing of theyear at five innings tomove to 1-1 on the year.Bouman allowed just onerun on five hits and struckout three batters.

Lamar’s Billy Love (0-1) was charged with theloss. Love walked twoand gave up five runs onthree hits.

“Kyle pitched verywell tonight, and he’sbeen getting better eachtime out,” said LSU coachPaul Mainieri. “He’s beenworking himself into arhythm as a midweekstarter, and he gave us avery strong outingtonight.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — The ChicagoBlackhawks could nothave started worse givingup three goals on the first12 shots, forcing coachJoel Quenneville to yankgoalie Corey Crawford.

Scott Darling came offthe bench and made hispostseason debut a gameto remember.

Darling stopped all 42shots he faced, andDuncan Keith scored at7:49 of double overtimehelping the ChicagoBlackhawks rally andbeat the NashvillePredators 4-3 Wednesdaynight.

"It was a great oppor-tunity for him, and heseized the moment ..."Quenneville said ofDarling. "That was oneof the greatest relief per-formances you're goingto see."

The Blackhawks fin-ished only two pointsback of Nashville in theCentral Division, andthey grabbed home-iceadvantage back despitebenching Crawford afterthe first period. Darlinghad played only 14 NHLgames, but he stoppedevery subsequent shot asNashville took 54 — afranchise record for theplayoffs.

Not bad for someonewho split this seasonbetween Chicago andRockford in theAmerican HockeyLeague. But Darlingwent 9-4-0 during theseason, and he posted a1.95 goals against aver-age.

"You just kind of getthrown into it," Darlingsaid. "It was exciting andnerve-wracking, but onceI got going, I felt good."

Keith ended the gamewith his one-timer fromthe blue line. JonathanToews had a goal and anassist, and NiklasHjalmarsson, PatrickSharp and JonathanToews each scored forChicago. Patrick Kanealso had two assists inhis return after missing21 games with a brokencollarbone.

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LSU pummelsLamar, 11-2

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Blackhawks topPredators in 2OT

H I G H S C H O O L B A S E B A L L

Minden Press-Herald and Holcomb’s

Athlete of theWeek

Congratulations to Glenbrook’s Colt Wilson. He isthis week’s MPH/Holcomb’s Athlete of the Week after

going 3-4 with two singles, a double and 4 RBI in awin over Claiborne Academy.

The Press-Herald’s Athlete of the Week feature is brought

to you every other Thursday by Holcomb’s Body Shop.

Panthers fall to Bobcats, 4-3HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Cavaliers complete comeback to defeat Warriors, 7-5HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

T i d e t o p g r i f f i n s , 7 - 5

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SHREVEPORT - Thelast time Lakeside andCalvary Baptist got togeth-er it was in Sibley aboutthree weeks ago.

In that game theWarriors played some oftheir best baseball of theyear, shutting out theCavaliers on their way to aconvincing 8-0 victory.

This time around, thetop two teams in district 1-2A went toe-to-toe, withthe Cavaliers scoring fourruns in the bottom of thesixth inning to complete acomeback effort that gavethem a 7-5 win on theirhome field.

Lakeside struck first inthis battle of contenders,putting up one run in thetop of the first, when Logan

Clark came around to scorefollowing a base hit by JoshPrince.

Thomas Lambert madeit 2-0 in the top of the sec-ond when he singled to leftfield, then advanced to sec-ond on a sacrifice bunt,moved to third on a pastball and finally scored on awild pitch.

After Calvary scoredfour in the second, bothteams were quiet in thethird and fourth inning.Then, in the fifth, Lakesidescored two more runs.

Prince then singled intwo runs to tie the game at

4-4 in the fifth.Thomas Lambert would

single and come around toscore in the sixth to givethe Warriors a 5-4 lead.

In the bottom of thesixth, Calvary showed theirgrit, striking for three runsthanks to a pair of RBI dou-bles and a fielder’s choice.

Lakeside went quietly inthe seventh and the gamewas over.

With the loss, theWarriors’ record moves to13-8 overall and 6-1 in dis-trict.

Josh Prince ledLakeside, going 2-4 with

two singles and 2 RBI.Cameron Gray pitched

well but took the loss, giv-ing up nine hits and fourearned runs while strikingout three.

“We had a little misfor-tune and made a couple ofmistakes,” head coach BobGray said. “The guys neverquit, we kept swinging thebats and doing the thingswe needed to do to beatCalvary, but Calvaryplayed well. Hopefully thisdoesn’t end out season. Ihope we’ll rise up from thisand be a better baseballteam.”

The Doyline Panthers suffered a 4-3 loss to the visiting Saline BobcatsTuesday. The Panthers only managed three hits, but starting pitcher CameronSmith was outstanding, striking out 14 batters on the mound. Doyline will playat home Tuesday, April 21, when they welcome in the Dodson Panthers. Press-

Herald Photo/Blake Branch

Press-Herald Photo/Blake Branch

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Minden Pediatrics

A warm and caring communitywith small town southern hospital-ity are a couple of reasons why Dr.Michael Ulich and MindenPediatrics enjoy serving theMinden area.

“We enjoys that everone hereknows your name,” MindenPediatrics spokesperson CindyMcCann said. “When you call abusiness in town, you get a realperson on the other end.”

Minden Pediatrics was estab-lished in 2006 and provides theMinden area with mediacl care forthe children of teh area.

“We provide great local pedi-atrict care with conveinet officehours for working parents,”McCann said. “We enjoy the

patient/parent interaction we wantto increase the availablity ofproviders and mediacal to the sur-rounding community.”

Minden Pediatrics has added anew nurse practioner (LekidnaBrown) in the past year, and have aSaturday clinic.

“I want to thank you for all thewell wishes during my illness,”Minden Pediatrics’ Dr. MichaelUlich said. “It’s just another exam-ple of the small town caring andhospitality that we love.”

Minden Pediatrics is open 8a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday throughFriday.

Minden Pediatrics

A warm and caring communitywith small town southern hospital-ity are a couple of reasons why Dr.

Michael Ulich and MindenPediatrics enjoy serving theMinden area.

“We enjoys that everone hereknows your name,” MindenPediatrics spokesperson CindyMcCann said. “When you call abusiness in town, you get a realperson on the other end.”

Minden Pediatrics was estab-lished in 2006 and provides theMinden area with mediacl care forthe children of teh area.

“We provide great local pedi-atrict care with conveinet officehours for working parents,”McCann said. “We enjoy thepatient/parent interaction we wantto increase the availablity ofproviders and mediacal to the sur-rounding community.”

Minden Pediatrics has added anew nurse practioner (Lekidna

Brown) in the past year, and have aSaturday clinic.

“I want to thank you for all thewell wishes during my illness,”Minden Pediatrics’ Dr. MichaelUlich said. “It’s just another exam-ple of the small town caring andhospitality that we love.”

Minden Pediatrics is open 8a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday throughFriday.

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DALLAS — A womanwho operated a church ather suburban Dallas homehas been arrested forallegedly helping starve a2-year-old boy to rid himof a "demon," then holdinga resurrection ceremonyshortly after he died to tryto revive him, investigatorssaid Tuesday.

Police believe the boywas dead during the cere-mony but that his parentstook his body to theirnative Mexico for burialwithout reporting thedeath, said Balch Springspolice Lt. Mark Maret. Hesaid an anonymous tipabout the ceremony atAraceli Meza's home,where several other church

members also lived, led tothe investigation. He notedthat more arrests are likely.

Meza was chargedMonday with injury to achild causing serious bodi-ly injury by omission. The49-year-old was being heldon $100,000 bond at thelocal jail, where recordsdidn't list an attorney. Noone answered the doorTuesday at her home inBalch Springs, about 15miles east of Dallas, andphone calls to the homewent unanswered.

Witnesses told policethat Meza and the boy'sparents believed he had a"demon" inside him, andthat fasting was the way tosave him.

"They didn't give thechild any food for about 25days," Maret said. "Theyjust gave him some water,which ultimately causedthe child to die."

Church memberNazareth Zurita said shesaw the child "looking frailand weak" the day beforethe resurrection ceremony,according to a police affi-davit. She said the toddlerfell and hit his head sever-al times, but she hesitatedto help him "due to hisdemon possession."

Zurita said the next timeshe saw the child was thenext day being held bychurch leader DanielMeza, who was trying torevive the boy through a

miracle during the ritual.Zurita said "it took her awhile to figure out" thechild was dead, accordingto the affidavit.

Investigators believe theboy died on March 21 orearly the next day, and thatthe ceremony was heldMarch 22 at Meza's home.

"Apparently... they hada ceremony called 'the ris-ing,' trying to resurrect thechild back to life," Maretsaid.

Police went to the hometo check on the boy, whosename was not released,and discovered his parentshad returned to Mexico.

Another church mem-ber, Delia GuadalupeOyervides Herrera, told

police she tried severaltimes to feed the child dur-ing the 25-day fast, "butwas scolded by the pastorsof the church," accordingto the affidavit. She askedthe child's mother why shewould allow her child tobe starved and was"advised that it was God'swill."

Meza wasn't affiliatedwith any traditional reli-gion but held regular serv-ices at her home with herhusband, Maret said.

Zurita said Meza "wasconsidered a prophet" who"would advise to the othermembers of the churchwhat God has spoken toher." Zurita identified her-self as the secretary and

third-ranking officer of theIglesia Internacional Jesuses el Rey, and said Meza'shusband was the church'sleader and Meza was itssecond-ranking officer.

Julia Contreras livesthree doors down from theresidential church. Shesaid the street was full ofcars every Sunday.

"It would be packedwith cars everyWednesday, sometimesSaturday and mainly onSunday," she said. Carswould be parked in thefront yard of the vacanthouse next to the Mezas'house and on a grassyslope on an adjoiningstreet, she said.

Police: Texas woman helped starve boy to rid him of ‘demon’

“And when the ChiefShepherd appears, you willreceive the unfading crown ofglory.” 1 Peter 5:4 NASB

Peter describes Jesus as theChief Shepherd. All of God’sflock, including the shepherdleaders, are under His care andleadership. The pastors are

shepherds but also servantsunder the authority and lord-ship of Christ, the ChiefShepherd. When Christreturns, He will reward Hisservants with crowns. Theword translated “crown” is notthe royal kingly crown but isthe laurel leaf crown given to

the victorious athlete. Yet,unlike the leafy crown thatwithers, fades, and crumblesinto dust, this crown will notfade away. The faithful pastorshepherds will receive areward of glory for their serv-ice.

Lord Jesus, I desire to faith-

fully serve You. Guide me thisday to live in a way that I willreceive the crown of glory.

Max Hutto is a BaptistMinister and a resident ofMinden. More informationcan be found at www.upward-look.org.

The Shepherd’s Crown

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Percy Sledge, who sang ‘WhenA Man Loves a Woman,’ dies

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BABY BLUES | RICK KIRKMAN AND JERRY SCOTT

BEETLE BAILEY | MORT & GREG WALKER

BLONDIE | DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL

FUNKY WINKERBEAN | TOM BATIUK

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE | CHRIS BROWNE

HI AND LOIS | BRIAN WALKER, GREG WALKER AND CHANCE BROWNE

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM | MIKE PETERS

SAM AND SILO | JERRY DUMAS

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RENTAL3BR MOBILE HOME for rent. $500/ month $400/ dep. No Pets. Call 584-5600 421 MEADOWVIEW, MINDEN com-mercial property 3,000sqft $1,500 monthly rent, 12 month lease. 721 L E W I S V I L L E , MINDEN 2bd 1ba house, $575 monthly rent. 12 month lease. 7913 HWY 80, PRINC-ETON 3 or 4bd 2ba doublewide mobile house, $700 mont-ly rent, 12 month lease. 382-0309

BOATSFOR SALE 2008 Nitro Z-6 115 HP Merc. $12,500 Firm. 318-265-0266

MOBILE HOMES

MOBILE HOME lo-cated in MH park. For sale cheap. Cash only. 894-9279 or 617-0150

LAND FOR SALE

5 ACRE LOT Pine St. Owner Finance Available. 377-8652

FARM/RANCH

2006 john deere 5525 asking $15000, cab, cd, air seat, 540 pto only, toplink, d r a y a h 1 9 9 2 @gmail.com / 337-422-774

SERVICESNEED LAWN SER-VICE/CARE? mow-ing, hedging, weed eating, blowing, other services available. Call for a free quote. Lawn Management 318-377-8169 COMPLETE LAWN CARE SERVICES Serving Minden & surrounding areas. 15 yrs experience. Call 318-525-2099 for pricing esti-mates.

DENIED Social Secu-rity DISABILITY and/ or SSI?Please CALL 318-272-3312 ALWAYS leave a message.NO money up front LAND CLEARING Bush hogging, forestry/mulching head w/ bobcat. Call 371-1743 or 294-5052.

NANNY NEEDEDSeeking Experience Nanny for part time seasonal car provided for work 350$ weekly email your resume via [email protected] or Text 267) 607-3862 267-607-3862YARD WORK Call 318-617-0924

EMPLOYMENTCARING & COM-PASSIONATE CNA’S WANTEDApply in person.Cypress Point Nurs-ing CenterBossier City, LA(behind Lowe’s on Douglas Dr.)318-747-2700Come & make a differ-ence in someone’s life DOUBLE B FARMS & GIN, LLC 3 months experience needed- must be 18 years or older. 40 Temporary workers needed in Bruce and Randolph, MS from approximate-ly May 25, 2015 ñ Nov. 15, 2015. Workers will perform assigned du-ties as instructed by their supervisor. Du-ties may vary from time to time. Clear-ing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. General field & fence maintenance. Use wood to build boxes for digger. Preparing the ground for plant-ing. Manually weed-ing fields by hand or using hand tools. Par-ticipate in irrigation activities. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovels when needed. Move hay. Set up, operate and repair irrigation systems. Incidental feeding and watering of small herd cattle. Load & unload boxes on trucks, trailers or sweet potato harvest-ers. Walk behind po-tato transplanter and fill in skips by hand. Repair, maintain and clean all hand tools and mechani-cal equipment prior to and after use. (All tools will be provided at no cost to work-ers) Work in extreme weather conditions. Must be able to work with minimum super-vision. Workers may be asked to operate farm equipment, cot-ton pickers, combine, drive all tractors (in the field), and imple-ments on farm includ-ing : hipper, disk, dual, chisel plow, potato transplanter, bush-hawg, grain buggy, skid steer, forklift, po-JOB ANNOUNCE-MENT Head Start Pre-School Program Webster Parish Com-munity Services has an immediate opening for a Family Service Specialist in the Head Start Administrative Office. Job applica-tions are available at the Head Start Admin-istrative Office located at 111 Murrell Street in Minden. Qualified ap-plicants should sub-mit a job application along with resume, diplomas or certifi-cates and three let-ters of referral (must include previous employer). Minimum Qualifications: A. A. in social work or related field. Experience in human services pro-gram management. Relevant experience working with disad-vantaged children and families. Experi-ence working with information systems, word document and excel. Experience co-ordinating and hosting workshops and meet-ing. Pre-employment physical, background check and drug testing mandatory. EQUAL OPPORTU-NITY EMPLOYER/ PROGRAM Apply by: April 17, 2015

NEEDED! F/T Whirl-pool CNA, PRN LPN’s, PRN CNA’s, All Shifts, Leslie Lakes Retirement, Arcadia, La. 318-263-9581 NOW HIRING quali-fied servers, host-esses and food run-ners/ bussers.Email contact in-formation and pre-vious work experi-ence to [email protected].

WOW DAIRY QUEEN now hir-ing general man-agers!!!Make up too $900.00 per week!Send resume to e n o r m a n d q @outlook.com

DRIVERSBILL & RALPH’S INC., 118 B&R Drive,Sarepta, La., Accepting applica-tions for Delivery Route Driverswith a CDL-A Li-cense.Paid employee medicalinsuarance. Also available,family medical, em-ployeedental and family dental.401K match ben-efits,hourly plus incen-tive pay,yearly safety bonus pay.Apply at Bill & Ralph’s,Contact Mickey Hodges at(318)539-2071.

FOR SALE

2014 BRAHMA 6X16 HORSE TRAILER beige $4,026 2006 CADILLAC SRX silver, 3rd row seat, fully loaded, full length sun-roof, 75,000 miles, $9,995 382-0309

GARAGE SALES

253 SOUTH TAN-GLEWOOD Sat-urday April 18th, 7AM- Until. No ear-ly birds!

HOMES FOR SALE

HOME FOR SALE 3BR, 2BA BRICK HOME, ON 3.08 ACRES. 2517 JACK MARTIN ROAD $160,000. BY APPOINT-MENT ONLY. CALL 318-453-8685

P U B L I C N O T I F I C AT I O N OF NON-C O M P L I A N C ETIER 3 ( M O N I TO R I N G ) B A C T E R I O -L O G I C A L V I O L A T I O NFEBRUARY 2015C E N T R A L WATER SYSTEM

We are required to monitor your monitor water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water meets health standards.

During the reporting period of February 01, 2015 through February 28, 2015, the Central

Water System did not complete all monitoring or testing for coliform bacteria as set forth in the State and Federal Primary Drinking Water Regulations [Part XII of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code (LAC 51:XII)]. Therefore, the Central Water System cannot be sure of the quality of your drinking water during that time.

This situation was due to failure to failure to collect required b a c t e r i o l o g i c a l samples for monitoring period February 01, 2015 through February 28, 2015, for the Central Water System.

What does this mean? This is not an emergency. There is nothing you need to do at this time. As our customer, you have

The Following actions have been taken to correct this issue:

The water samples were turned in on 28 February and there was a problem with the chlorine content being too high so the lab could not properly evaluate the sample. It was also the end of the testing cycle and time did not permit the collection of another sample prior to the end of February. The net result was that water samples could not be evaluated for February 2015.

Water samples are now required to be collected and turned in by the 20th of each month to preclude further occurrence of such incident.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

This notice is being sent to you by the Central Water System, LA 1119003. If you have questions about this notice please contacts the water system directly: Samuel Mims, Vice President at 318 382 9556.

April 16, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ P U B L I C N O T I F I C AT I O N OF NON-C O M P L I A N C ETIER 3 ( M O N I TO R I N G ) C H L O R I N E R E S I D U A L V I O L A T I O NFEBRUARY 2015C E N T R A L WATER SYSTEM

We are required to monitor your drinking water for chlorine residual at our point of collection at the same time b a c t e r i o l o g i c a l samples are collected. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water meets health standards. During

the monitoring period of February 01, 2015 to February 28, 2015, the Central Water System did not monitor for chlorine residual at the same time bacteriological samples were collected, and therefore we cannot be sure of the quality of your drinking water during that time.

This violation occurred because of the failure to collect the required samples for chlorine residual from the water systemÕ s distribution system.

N e c e s s a r y action has been taken to prevent this violation from recurring.

The water samples were turned in on 28 February and there was a problem with the chlorine content being too high so the lab could not properly evaluate the sample. It was also the end of the testing cycle and time did not permit collection of another sample prior to the end of February. The net result was that water samples could not be evaluated for February 2015.

Water samples are now required to be collected and turned in by the 20th of each month to preclude further occurrence of such incident.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

This notice is being sent to you by the Central Water System, LA 1119003. If you have questions about this notice please contacts the water system directly: Samuel Mims, Vice President at 318 382 9556.

April 16, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ PUBLIC NOTICE

Minden Planning C o m m i s s i o n M e e t i n g

May 7, 2015 Ð 10:00 a.m.

P e l i c a n Conference Room - Minden City Hall

On the agenda is a request from Creighton Hill Community Development for a zoning change on property owned by them located at the corner of W. R. Reeder Street & Bayou Avenue. The zoning change being requested is from R-3 (Single Family Residential) to RP (Single Family Residential Patio Homes).

The purpose of this zoning change is for the proposed construction of five (5) new homes as Phase I of a housing d e v e l o p m e n t .

Legal Description: LOT #7, LESS 50 X 100 FT.

PREV. SOLD & E/2 OF LOT #8, WESTON ADDN. (PARCEL #114514)

All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

To be advertised in the legal section of the official journal on April 16, April 23, and April 30, 2015.

***NOTE: THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE APRIL 9, 2015, MINDEN P L A N N I N G C O M M I S S I O N M E E T I N G * * *

April 16 & 23 & 30 , 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________

PUBLIC NOTICE

Minden Planning C o m m i s s i o n M e e t i n g

May 7, 2015 Ð 10:00 a.m.

P e l i c a n Conference Room - Minden City Hall

On the agenda is a request from Associated Machine of Minden, Louisiana, Inc. for a front yard setback variance on property owned by them located at 633 Shreveport Road. This property is zoned B-4 (Highway C o m m e r c i a l ) .

A s s o c i a t e d Machine of Minden, Louisiana, Inc. plans to construct a new commercial building on this property and is requesting a front yard setback variance. The front yard setback requirement in the B-4 District is 25 feet.

Legal Description: LOT #7, WEST SIDE ADDN. (BEING DESC.

AS A LOT FRONTING 100.8 FT. ON MINDEN-S H R E V E P O R T RD. X 118.3 X 80 X 167 FT. IN SW/4 OF NE/4 SEC. 28-19-9) & 15 FT. STRIP ADJ. IN SW/4 OF NE/4 SEC. 28-19-9 (FORMERLY AN ALLEY)

All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

April 16 & 23 & 30 , 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ PUBLIC NOTICE

Minden Planning C o m m i s s i o n M e e t i n g

May 7, 2015 Ð 10:00 a.m.

P e l i c a n Conference Room - Minden City Hall

On the agenda is a request from Angelina Martin Steward for a zoning variance on property owned by her located at the municipal address of 500 Joel Street. This property is zoned R-3 (Single Family Residential).

The purpose of this zoning variance is to place a 2015 year model mobile home on the property to be used as a residence by a family member. Mobile homes are allowed in an R-3 District but a variance is needed because there is already one residence on the property.

Legal Description: LOT 70 X 372.5 X 370.7 X ? FT. IN NW/4 OF SE/4 SEC. 27-19-9

All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

April 16 & 23 & 30 , 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________

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Schools Dr. Dan Rawls.Before the meeting, hehanded out a plat sheetshowing the propertyowned by the school boardat the Harper site. On thatplat, some 30 acres of landbehind the school isunused. If a new schoolwas built, though, the newone would be on the serv-ice road next to interstate.

Board member FrankieMitchell made a plea to thepublic, asking for theirideas, but she made it clearthat she wanted the public

to be a part of the decision.“We’re trying,” she said.

“We’ve made some mis-takes, but if you have anyideas that you want toshare with us that we cansee that we can make Web-ster Parish a better system,we want to listen to youtoo. Maybe we don’t knowall the answers, and wedon’t. We’re looking at dol-lar bills and actually beingalmost broken because ofdemands placed on (the)Webster Parish SchoolBoard in terms of insur-ance, in terms of every-thing that’s mandated butnot funded.”

Just about the time themeeting hit a stalemate,

Nelia Ferguson, a teacherat E.S. Richardson Elemen-tary School, threw out theidea of putting the kinder-garten and first grade stu-dents at J.A. Phillips Mid-dle School and movingsixth graders to either Web-ster Junior High School orto the Harper site.

“You would have theoption to have about 20classrooms,” Fergusonsaid. “The bathrooms areup to date. It already has awheelchair lift, becauseyou have to accommodatespecial needs children. Youhave a gym for holding lit-tle people. Everything isjust so smooth. It’s a lovelycampus.”

Ferguson says the site isbetter idea for little onesand it still meets the regu-lations for children soyoung. She explainedmany of the classroomshave more than one exitand the building is brokeninto quads with a certainnumber of classrooms ineach quad. With the spacethe school has, she saysmore classroom spacecould be added if needed.

It also puts the kinder-garten and first grade stu-dents with the pre-K stu-dents.

No matter what gradewould end up at Harper,the issues remain the same– restroom facilities are

inadequate with too few tohandle the number of chil-dren at the school each dayand other logistics.

Technology needs areanother issue. Phillips isequipped with the tech-nology to meet the needsof the sixth grade class, butHarper is not. Richardson’stechnology needs are alsofurther along than Harp-er’s, Rawls says.

Some of the other ideasdiscussed have been reno-vating the old technicalschool and housing thekindergarten and firstgrade students there untilHarper can be renovated.Another idea was to switchthe fourth and fifth grade

students and the Harperstudents. It would correctissues with the fire mar-shal, but it would put theRichardson students in thesame situation facing theHarper students now,Rawls says.

Another idea was to dis-burse the students amongthe other schools untilHarper can be renovated.

Mitchell says a decisionwill not happen overnight.It will take the communityand the board workingtogether to find the bestpossible solution.

HARPERContinued from page 1

Mitchell: We want your ideas to make Webster schools better