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Hanagriff, Blanchard preside over Sucrose LXXVReigning over the
2015
Carnival Festivities of theKrewe of Sucrose are Mr.Charles
William HanagriffIII as King Sucrose LXXVand Miss Morgan
NicoleBlanchard as Queen SugarLXXV.
Their Majesties are at-tended by: Duke LawrenceA. Guillory, Duke
HughPatrick Hidalgo, Duke CaryDean James, Duke KennethAnthony
Lombardo, DukeWilliam Schwing Patout III,Duke Kirk Donovan
Pontiff,Duke Miles ChristopherPusateri and Duke BrandonScott
Walmsley.
To be presented as Maidsare: Miss Brittney MichelleBroussard,
Miss KatherineElizabeth Comeaux, MissCarley Francis Fitzgerald,Miss
Sarra Katherine Guil-lory, Miss Nikki ElizabethJames, Miss Connor
Eliza-beth Judice, Miss EvelynMarie Pontiff and MissSarah Frances
Stirling.
Serving as Pages to theirMajesties are Master PorterChief
Hanagriff, son of PastKing Sucrose Mr. DavidJames Hanagriff and
Mrs.Angeline Robicheaux Hana-griff; Master Maximilian Ri-ley
Hanagriff, son of Mr. Randy Lee Hanagriff and Mrs. DesiSchexnayder
Hanagriff; and Master Elliot Reese McPhersonand Master Gabrielle
Paul McPherson, sons of Dr. StevenMcPherson and Mrs. Lisa
McPherson
KING SUCROSE LXXVReigning as King Sucrose LXXV of the 2015 Krewe
of Su-
crose Court is Mr. Charles William Hanagriff III, a native
ofCenterville and a resident of Baton Rouge. Hanagriff, 43,
fol-lows his father, Charles William Hanagriff Jr., King
SucroseXLII, and his brother, Samuel Schwan Hanagriff, King
Su-crose LXVII, as Sucrose royalty. Charles is the son of
CharlesWilliam Hanagriff Jr., and the former Josie Randazzo, both
ofCenterville. He has one brother, Sam, a current resident
ofFranklin. Hanagriff is a graduate of Hanson Memorial HighSchool
in Franklin, Class of 1989. A letterman in football andtrack, he
was also a Torch and Dramatics Awards winner, as
well as a Rally gold medalist in radio broadcasting, all
lead-ing him to his current career as a sportscaster. During
hishigh school days, Hanagriff worked part time forKFMV/KFRA in
Franklin, also helping to prepare him for hiscurrent job. Hanagriff
is a graduate of LSU. In 1993, he beganhis sportscasting career at
WIBR, 1300 AM, as a co-host of adaily talk show. In 1994, he began
hosting his own show,“Sports Today.” In addition to hosting that
show for eightyears, he was appointed program director for the
station in1996, and was also the play by play voice for Southern
Uni-versity basketball and baseball for three seasons during
thattime. In 2002, he was named sports director for
GuarantyBroadcasting, which owns Eagle 98.1, the LSU
Flagship.Hanagriff has produced and/or hosted all programming
forGuaranty related to LSU sports, most notably the pre andpostgame
LSU football broadcasts. He has also been half ofthe play by play
team for LSU baseball since the 2002 season.
In January of 2010, Hana-griff assumed the programdirector’s
position for thenewly created 104.5 ESPNRadio Baton Rouge. In
Janu-ary of 2012, Charlie onceagain began hosting “SportsToday,” a
sports talk showthat airs from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. weekdays on 104.5
ES-PN Baton Rouge. He and hispartner Jimmy Ott havecombined for
nearly 50 yearsof coverage of Baton Rougesports. Hanagriff has
provid-ed play by play for close to1,000 events, ranging fromhigh
school football and bas-ketball, to college baseballand basketball.
He has cov-ered major events across thecountry including the
SuperBowl, BCS National TitleGame, College World Series,NCAA
basketball tourna-ment and the Sugar Bowl.Hanagriff also
appearsweekly on “The Sports Note”on KPEL, 1420 AM inLafayette.
Hanagriff is mar-ried to the former Tracy Tur-cotte, of Port
Allen,Louisiana. The couple has adaughter, Kayla Denise, 25,of
Baton Rouge, and a grand-daughter, Adely Noel, who is2 years old.
Hanagriff was
part of what is believed to be the first radio broadcast to
Ba-ton Rouge from Dublin, Ireland, when his show aired fromthe
Jamison Brewery as part of the Jamison World Broadcast.“Sports
Today” aired along with shows from 43 markets in 21countries.
Following the broadcast, the team took a vacationin London and
Paris. It wasn’t the first time that his job influ-enced his
holiday. During his summers since college, he’s vis-ited over half
of the Major League Baseball parks, as well asthe Pro Football Hall
of Fame in Canton, Ohio. In his freetime, Hanagriff is an avid
poker player and reader. Evenwhen not working an event, he actively
roots for all LSUteams as well as the New Orleans Saints, who
sparked hisoriginal interest in football as a child.
QUEEN SUGAR LXXVThe Krewe of Sucrose proudly announces the reign
of
Queen Sugar LXXV, Miss Mor-
Kendra Lashon Francis is reigning as Queen Shona XIXduring the
2015 Carnival Season.
Francis is a native of New Iberia, La. She is the daughter
ofDavid and Sylvia Francis Dominique. She has one brother,Kasey
Francis and is the proud aunt of 9-month-old KarsonFrancis.
Kendra is God Fearing and is a member of Church on theRock in
New Iberia. She is a Sunday school teacher for agesseven through 14
years old. She lives by her favorite Bibleverse Isaiah 40:31 which
states: “But they that wait on theLord shall renew their strength
and they shall mount up withwings like eagles; they shall run and
not be weary; they shallwalk and not faint.”
Kendra is a graduate of New Iberia Senior High and Rem-ington
College. She is a member of the National TechnicalHonor Society.
She is currently attending Delta College ofArts and institute for
Practical Nursing. Her plans are to con-tinue to pursue her career
in Nursing at Louisiana State Uni-versity. She enjoys shopping,
decorating, spending time with
family and going to trail rides sporting her boots. Kendra
isemployed at Accumen as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Sheis an
avid volunteer for Special Olympics. Kendra’s motto is,“When life
gets too difficult to stand: KNEEL.”
Resigning along with Queen Shona XIX is Lil Miss ShonaXIX Niarra
Olia Provost. She is the 5-year-old daughter ofAnissa Lynn Thomas
and Rodric Anthony Provost. Niarra isa kindergarten student at
Daspit Elementary School in NewIberia. Her grandparents are Joy and
Gus Thomas Jr., Feli-cia Provost and Alvin Archon Jr. She is the
great grand-daughter of Earlie Mae Pourcia. Mary Ann Provost,
KathleenArchon and the late Gus and Earlene Lockett Thomas
Sr.Niarra enjoys cheering, tumbling, modeling and hanging outwith
her brothers and cousins who are all boys. When shegrows up she
said she would like to be a teacher.
Lil Master Shona XIX is Kaden Lee Patterson, the 6-year-old son
of LaQuanta Collins and Grady Patterson Jr. He is afirst grade
student at Caneview Elementary School in NewIberia, La. His
grandparents are Dean and Jennifer Lances-
lin, Willie and Patricia Verrette and Grady and Elaine
Pat-terson. His great grandparents are Conrell and Eliza
CollinsSr., Gloria Hebert and the late Marshall Hebert. Kaden
en-joys playing Minecraft game on his iPad, learning about ani-mals
on the animal channel, playing with his dogs, Karlieand Jake, and
helping feed Sugar the horse. When he growsup he said he would like
to become a Zoologist and work atthe Zoo.
So ‘Maya Amaril Payton was crowned Princess. She is thedaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William and Faye Brent. CaymanTy’Jhe Washington was
crowned Prince. He is the son ofTanazia Washington and Dwayde
Hawkins.
Participating in this year’s Mardi Gras ball and pageantwere
Krewe of Shona members: Dorothy Clarkston, SylviaDominque, Barbara
T. Lancelin, Iris Tillman, Debra McClar-ity and Carolyn A. Francis.
The Krewe’s associate members,Bernadette Bell, Felicia Cerf,
Laquisha Robinson, Felicia Jo-livette, Jacquelyn Oliver, Fallon
Mitchell, Louise Davis andQueen Shona XIX Kendra Lashon
Francis.
Queen Shona XIX Kendra Lashon Francis Lil Miss Shona XIX Niarra
Olia Provost Lil Master Shona XIX Kaden Lee Patterson
Kendra Lashon Francis will reign as Queen Shona XIX
King Sucrose LXXV Charles William Hanagriff III and Queen Sugar
LXXV Morgan Nicole Blanchard
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gan Nicole Blanchard. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Keith
Albert Landen and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Paul Blan-chard. Her
stepfather, Keith Landen, reigned as King SucroseLXIV. Morgan
attended the University of Lafayette on vari-ous scholarships,
where she majored in management.Throughout her college career, she
was named to either theDean’s or President’s List and maintained
memberships invarious honor societies. Morgan graduated from UL in
the fallof 2013 cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in
busi-ness administration. She was honored to be nominated as
theOutstanding Graduate in the Management Department inthe Moody
College of Business Administration. Morgan is themarketing
coordinator for Franklin Supply Inc. She proudlyserves on the Board
of Directors of the Southern LeadershipDivision of the Southern
Association of Wholesale Distribu-tors, an organization comprising
an association of 17 states.In the interest of providing an outlet
for members of this or-ganization to serve those less fortunate,
“Meetings With AMission” was formed to help homeless and others in
need.Morgan has humbly volunteered in these endeavors alongwith
other members. A longtime Partner in Hope for St. JudeChildren’s
Hospital, her philanthropic spirit broadened as sheserves on the
Fundraising Committee for the St. Jude Walk inLafayette and has
participated in Operation Christmas Child.She is an avid
sportswoman with a true enjoyment and pas-sion for hunting and
fishing. Having loved to cook since ayoung child, Morgan loves to
challenge her culinary skills andtry new recipes every chance she
gets. Morgan considers it atremendous honor and privilege to reign
as Queen SugarLXXV.
THE MAIDSMAID BRITTNEY MICHELLE BROUSSARD
Miss Brittney Michelle Broussard is the daughter of
EricBroussard and Kimberly Robison Broussard of Franklin.
Herpaternal grandparents are Preston Broussard Jr. and the
lateCrystal Broussard. Her maternal grandparents are Robertand
Donna Robison. Brittney is a 2014 graduate of HansonMemorial High
School. While at Hanson, she was a memberof the Touch Program and
also played basketball, softball,and ran cross country. She was
part of the HMS Cross Coun-try team that accomplished winning three
back to back statechampionships and also part of the softball team
that was2010 State Runner-Up. She received awards for softball,
andwas the Outstanding Defensive Player in 2011 as a 9th grad-er.
She also received awards for basketball, MVP her junioryear, and
the Female Leadership Award her senior year. Brit-tney was voted
“Most Athletic” by her senior class and was al-so crowned Carnival
Queen of 2014. She was the recipient ofthe TOPS scholarship and is
now taking classes at SouthLouisiana Community College to major in
nursing.
MAID KATHERINE ELIZABETH COMEAUXMiss Katherine Elizabeth Comeaux
is the daughter of Dr.
Keith Michael Comeaux (Past Duke) and Mrs. Jan StellyComeaux.
Her maternal grandparents are Fred and CarolStelly of Lafayette and
her paternal grandparents are Pauland Glenda Comeaux of Franklin.
Katherine is a 2014 gradu-ate of Hanson Memorial High School, where
she was salutato-rian. While at Hanson, she was president of her
senior class.Katherine was Student Council Senior Class
Representativeand attended LASC in Natchitoches. She was captain of
theQuiz Bowl Team. She was a member of the Pro-Life team
andtraveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the Pro-Life
March.Katherine was a member of the National Honor Society andPep
Squad. She was a member of 4-H and was awarded Pre-mier Exhibitor
for four years and received Best of Show inrabbits. She was a
statistician for the girls’ basketball team.Katherine was a member
of the Literary Rally Team and rep-resented HMS at the state level
in biology and chemistry. Shewas selected as Student of the Year
both in eighth and 12thgrades. She was voted “Most Studious” by her
classmates hersenior year. For the past three summers, Katherine
traveledto Guatemala as a Catholic missionary with Encontrandomecon
Cristo Mision. This summer she will return to Guatemalaas a
missionary and extend her stay for a month volunteeringat an
orphanage in Jalapa. Katherine was the recipient of theTOPS
Scholarship, UL Centennial Scholarship and St. MaryParish Chamber
of Commerce Scholarship. Katherine is anhonor student at ULL where
she is a member of Alpha Omi-cron Pi Sorority and the Pre-Med
Pre-Professional Society.She is a double major in biology/ and
chemistry and is on theDean’s List. Upon graduation from ULL,
Katherine plans toattend medical school.
MAID CARLEY FRANCIS FITZGERALDMiss Carley Francis Fitzgerald is
the daughter of Richard
“Dicky” Fitzgerald (a past Duke of the Krewe of Sucrose) andLisa
Luke Fitzgerald of Franklin. Her maternal grandparentsare Mr.
Antoine Luke (a past Duke of the Krewe of Sucrose)and Mrs. Margie
Laws Luke. Her paternal grandparents areMr. Richard Fitzgerald (a
past Duke of the King of Sucrose)and Mrs. Diana B. Fitzgerald.
Carley is a 2014 graduate ofHanson Memorial High School. While
attending Hanson, shewas a member of the National Honor society,
Student Counciltreasurer, Pro-Life Group, Touch Program, and
Cheerleadercaptain her senior year. She also attended the Pro-Life
Marchin Washington, D.C. While Carly was a member of the
CrossCountry Team, they held the state title for three years.
Sheran the hurdles for track & field, where she was the MVP
anddistrict champion. Her senior year, she received the
PrincipalLeadership Award, Advanced Composition Medal,
TOPSScholarship, Rotary Scholarship, and was voted “MissH.M.S.”.
Carley danced for the Dance Factory for 16 yearsand was selected to
the competition team. Apart from school,she enjoys hunting, cooking
and reading. Carley is majoringin speech pathology and audiology at
the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette, where she plans to pursue
a career in
speech therapy. MAID SARRA KATHERINE GUILLORY
Miss Sarra Katherine Guillory is the daughter of Lawrenceand
Stacey Guillory of Centerville. Her paternal grandpar-ents are
Nolton and Ann Guillory. Her maternal grandpar-ents are the late
Bob and Janice Sherman. Sarra is a 2014graduate of Hanson Memorial
High School. While at Hanson,she was a member of the Track and
Field team for six years,where they were district champions her
sophomore, juniorand senior years. Sarra was a member of the Hanson
PepSquad for four years, serving as treasurer her senior year.Sarra
was a member of Hanson’s Campus Ministry group andalso attended the
Pro-Life March in Washington, D.C. herjunior and senior years. She
was also voted “Most Beautiful”in her 2014 class. Sarra was a
recipient of the TOPS scholar-ship and the Knights of Columbus
scholarship and is current-ly studying to become a high school
history teacher.
MAID NIKKI ELIZABETH JAMESMiss Nikki Elizabeth James is the
daughter of Duke Cary
James and Mrs. Crystal James. Her maternal grandparentsare Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Segura of Franklin. Her paternalgrandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Gean James ofFranklin. She is a 2014 graduate of
Hanson Memorial HighSchool. While at Hanson, she was in the choir
for five years,was a Student Council member for two years, and was
seniorclass secretary. She was a Varsity Cheerleader for threeyears
and was voted “Most Talented” by her classmates hersenior year.
Nikki represented her school at Louisiana GirlsState, as well as
representing Hanson at the Hugh O’BrienYouth Leadership program.
She is currently a junior coun-selor at HOBY. She was involved with
Campus Ministry andalso attended the Pro-Life Rally in Washington,
D.C. Her sen-ior year, Nikki was a member of the Homecoming Court
aswell as Hanson’s Carnival Court. She participated at theTeche
Theatre for the Performing Arts, acting in many playsthroughout the
years. Nikki graduated from the Dance Facto-ry having 14 years of
dance experience as well as nine yearsof dance competition. Miss
James is currently attending theUniversity Of Louisiana at
Lafayette where she is majoringin elementary education and is also
a proud member of theKappa Delta Sorority.
MAID CONNOR ELIZABETH JUDICEMiss Connor Elizabeth Judice is the
daughter of Clint and
Emmy Judice, formally of New Iberia. Mr. Judice is a PastDuke of
Sucrose. Her paternal grandparents are Mr. JackieJudice and Mrs.
Rochelle Bernard, both of New Iberia. Hermaternal grandparents are
Mr. Raymond Prince and Ms. Ros-alind Louviere of New Iberia. She is
the only daughter of fourchildren. Connor is a 2014 graduate of
Hanson MemorialHigh School. During her years at Hanson, Connor was
part ofthe cross country team and joined with them celebratingthree
state titles. Miss Judice also traveled with several class-mates
and fellow students to Washington, D.C. in 2013, toparticipate in
the Pro Life March. She was also a part of theTouch Program during
her senior year. Connor is currently astudent at Aveda Institute in
Lafayette, studying cosmetol-ogy. Upon completing this course, she
will continue on to thestudy of esthiology.
MAID EVELYN MARIE PONTIFFMiss Evelyn Marie Pontiff is the
daughter of Kirk and Roye
Bell Pontiff and the granddaughter of Donovan and EvelynPontiff
and the late Robert Matthew and Elizabeth “Kena”Bell. Evelyn is a
2014 graduate of Hanson Memorial HighSchool and is currently
attending the University of Louisianaat Lafayette, majoring in
nursing. While attending Hanson,she was actively involved on the
Campus Ministry Team, ProLife Group, football statistician, and the
Literary Rally Team.Evelyn was the recipient of the Pope John Paul
II ChristianAward, Jack Naquin Science Award, UL Valedictorian
Schol-arship, UL Academic Scholarship and the St. Mary
ParishSheriff ’s Scholarship. She was a four-year letterman in
crosscountry and a member of the 2009, 2010, and 2011
StateChampionship teams. Evelyn was a five-year letterman
insoftball and selected to Academic All District, All District,Best
of the Teche teams, and a member of the 2008 StateRunner Up and
2011 District Championship teams. She wasselected as Most Valuable
Player in 2011 and a member of the2014 Academic Composite Softball
Team. She was namedvaledictorian of her graduating class, served as
NationalHonor Society vice president, class officer, and a member
ofHanson’s Homecoming and Carnival Courts. Evelyn is cur-rently
employed by ULL’s Athletic Department in the Compli-ance office.
Her hobbies include traveling, spending time withfamily and
friends, and volunteering her time and talentsworking with
children.
MAID SARAH FRANCES STIRLINGMiss Sarah Frances Stirling is the
daughter of Mr. Stephen
Stirling (a past Duke of the Krewe of Sucrose) and Mrs.Suzanne
Judice Stirling of Franklin. Her maternal grandpar-ents are Charles
Judice of Centerville and Prissy Alex ofFranklin. Her paternal
grandparents are Dr. C.T “Skippy”Stirling and Mrs. Marti Stirling
of Franklin. Sarah is a 2014graduate of Catholic High School in New
Iberia. Sarah at-tended dancing for 14 years and was a member of
the compe-tition team at Cara’s Studio of Dance for several years.
In2011, Sarah hosted an exchange student from Guatemalathrough the
Catholic Student exchange program. In 2012,Sarah was a member of a
Catholic Missionary group thattraveled to Guatemala to help the
inhabitants of remote vil-lages to improve their quality of life.
In 2013, Sarah traveledwith students from her school to Washington,
D.C. to attendand participate in the National Pro-Life March. Sarah
cur-rently attends University of Louisiana at Lafayette where sheis
a member of the UL Chapter of Phi Mu sorority. She hopesto attend
nursing school at UL.
THE DUKES
DUKE LAWRENCE GUILLORYDuke Lawrence A. Guillory is the son of
Mr. and Mrs.
Nolton Guillory. He is a native of Franklin and a resident
ofCenterville. Lawrence is married to the former Stacy Sher-man and
together they have two daughters: Sucrose Maid of2013, Miss Morgan
Elizabeth Guillory; and current SucroseMaid 2015, Miss Sarra
Katherine Guillory. Lawrence is a1982 graduate of Hanson Memorial
High School. He served inthe United States Navy and was honorably
discharged in1986. Lawrence is currently employed as a
telecommunica-tions operations supervisor in the oil and gas
industry. Mr.Guillory is a past Grand Knight of the Knights of
Columbusin Centerville, and a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic
Churchand the Franklin men’s Ultreya group. Lawrence enjoysspending
time with his family and friends, while hunting andenjoying time in
the outdoors.
DUKE HUGH HIDALGODuke Hugh Patrick Hidalgo is the son of Mr. Dan
Hidalgo
and Mrs. Suzan Hogan Hidalgo of Franklin. He has four chil-dren:
Miya, age 11; Bella, age 9; Laila, age 5; and Julian, age4. He has
been employed with Acadiane Renovations, a familyowned and operated
business, for 18 years. Hugh’s hobbies in-clude hunting, fishing,
playing golf and supporting his kids intheir extra-curricular
activities.
DUKE CARY DEAN JAMESDuke Cary Dean James is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie
Gean James. A native of Texas, Cary is married to the
formerCrystal Segura of Franklin. They reside together in
GardenCity. They have two daughters, Mrs. Morgan James
Smith,married to Mr. Phillip Smith, and Miss Nikki ElizabethJames,
who he escorted as a Maid in the Krewe of Sucrose2015 Carnival
Court. He is employed by Columbian Chemi-cal, where he is a
supervisor. Cary enjoys fishing and spend-ing time with his family
and friends.
DUKE KENNETH ANTHONY LOMBARDODuke Kenneth Anthony Lombardo is
the son of Larry P.
Lombardo and Theresa Boudreaux Lombardo. Kenneth wasborn and
raised in Franklin and is a graduate of HansonMemorial High School,
class of 2003. After High School, he at-tended the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette, where hestudied business. Kenneth has been
employed by FlowchemTechnologies LLC, since 2007 and holds the
position as an ac-count manager. In his free time, Kenneth enjoys
hunting,fishing and spending quality time with his family and
friends.
DUKE WILLIAM SCHWING PATOUT IIIDuke William Schwing Patout III,
(Billy) was born in New
Iberia to William and Hester Patout. At the age of 8, the
fam-ily moved to Patoutville where he would live most of his
adultlife. His passion in life has been the advancement and
devel-opment of the sugar industry in Louisiana. After working
forsugar companies in Louisiana, Hawaii and Haiti, he returnedto
Patoutville in 1970 to become manager and eventuallypresident and
CEO of MA Patout and Son Ltd. from 1986 to2001. He developed the
company from a small factory to thelargest in the state, owning and
operating both Sterling andRaceland Sugar Mills. He is a past
president and director ofthe American Sugar Cane League, past
president and directorof the Sugar Processing Research Institute in
New Orleans,and past president of Western Sugar Producers. He was
therecipient of the Dyer “Sugar Man of the Year” award present-ed
in New York City in 2007. He was King of the LouisianaSugar Cane
Festival in 1988. Currently, he is director of MAPatout and Son, as
well as vice chairman of the board of theFirst National Bank of
Jeanerette. With his wife Susan (for-merly Susan Crawford of New
Castle, Indiana) he purchasedthe Alford Gates House and has enjoyed
restoring and livingin the picturesque city of Franklin. They are
the parents ofseven children — three sons, William IV, Rivers and
SimeonPatout, along with four daughters, Avrill Viator,
CatherinePendergast, Hester Bourdier and Anne Marie Bradford.
Theyare the grandparents of 16 and enjoy spending time withthem
whenever possible. Billy’s spare time is spent with hisextensive
collection of sugar books, manuals and periodicals,both antique and
vintage, at his camp on Grand Isle, and inthe company of the
wonderful people of Franklin.
DUKE KIRK DONOVAN PONTIFFDuke Kirk Donovan Pontiff is the son of
Donovan and Eve-
lyn Pontiff. A native of Franklin, Kirk is married to the
for-mer Roye Marie Bell. Together they have three children:daughter
Mattie Elizabeth, who served as a Maid in theKrewe of Sucrose 2005
Carnival Court; son, Blake Donovan;and daughter, Evelyn Marie, whom
he will escort as a Maid inthe Krewe of Sucrose 2015 Carnival
Court. Kirk is a graduateof Hanson Memorial High School and
Nicholls State Univer-sity. He is a 27-year employee of Cabot
Corporation, where heserves as shift supervisor. Kirk enjoys
spending time with hisfamily and coaching football at Hanson
Memorial in his sparetime.
DUKE MILES CHRISTOPHER PUSATERIDuke Miles Christopher Pusateri
is the son of Mr. Michael
Pusateri and Mrs. Kimberly Pusateri. Miles was born andraised in
Franklin and is a graduate of Hanson MemorialHigh School. He
graduated from the University of Louisianaat Lafayette in 2012. He
then went on to attend NichollsState University, where he graduated
in 2013. After finishingschool, Miles went to work for Dicky
Fitzgerald State Farm inMorgan City as an insurance advisor. Miles
is passionateabout helping customers protect their families and
assetsthat they have worked so hard to acquire. Miles enjoys
spend-ing time with his girlfriend, Lani Richardson, his family
andfriends. He also enjoys hunting, fishing and playing golf.
DUKE BRANDON SCOTT WALMSLEYDuke Brandon Scott Walmsley is the
son of Scott and Moni-
ca Walmsley. He is a 2004 graduate of Hanson Memorial
HighSchool. Brandon is currently employed by Walmsley HomeBuilders.
He enjoys hunting, fishing, cooking and spendingtime with friends
and family.
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FAA proposes rules for commercial unmanned aircraftWASHINGTON
(AP) —
Drone on, the governmentsays.
Just not through the nightsky. Or close to an airport. Orout of
the operator’s sight.And probably not winging itsway with a pizza
or package,any time soon.
Long-anticipated rules pro-posed Sunday will open anera in which
small (under 55pounds) commercial un-manned aircraft perform
rou-tine tasks — crop monitoring,aerial photography, inspec-tions
of bridges and cell tow-ers, and much more. But notright away.
Final rules areprobably two to three yearsaway.
And when they are in place,they may include a separatecategory
with fewer restric-tions for very small drones,likely to be defined
as lessthan 4.4 pounds.
The Federal Aviation Ad-ministration released a vari-ety of
proposed requirements
for commercial operators tomeet, such as passing aknowledge test
administeredby the agency as well as a fed-eral security check. The
smalldrones could travel as fast as100 mph, at altitudes of 500feet
or lower. Flights over peo-ple except those involved inthe drone’s
operation wouldbe prohibited.
“We have tried to be flexiblein writing these rules,” saidFAA
Administrator MichaelHuerta. “We want to maintaintoday’s
outstanding level ofaviation safety without plac-ing an undue
regulatory bur-den on an emerging industry.”
The agency is researchingtechnology that he hopes willeventually
enable smalldrones to fly safely beyond thesight of operators,
Huertasaid. He emphasized that in-troduction of commercialdrones
into the national air-space will be a staged process.The government
is also look-ing ahead to how larger
drones might be allowed to flyin airspace shared bymanned
aircraft, for example,he said.
One of the key safety con-cerns is that without a hu-man on
board the ability to“see and avoid” other aircraftis limited.
Another concern isthat the link between the op-erator and a remote
controlaircraft can be broken, caus-ing the drone to fly away
un-til it loses power or collideswith something.
Cases of flyaway dronesgetting stuck in trees or hit-ting
buildings are rampant.Last month, a drone that itsoperator lost
control of flewover the White House fenceand crashed on the lawn
be-fore Secret Service agentscould block it.
Even with the proposedsafety restrictions, dronescan transform
urban infra-structure management, farm-ing, public safety, coastal
se-curity, military training,
search and rescue, disasterresponse and more, the WhiteHouse
said in a presidentialmemorandum on privacy re-leased in
conjunction with therules.
The memorandum lays outmeasures federal agenciesmust follow to
guard againstabuse of data collected intheir drone flights.
Amongother steps, the order re-quires agencies to review pri-vacy
and civil rights protec-tions before deploying dronetechnology and
to adhere to arange of controls. Personallyidentifiable information
col-lected in drone flights is to bekept no longer than 180
days,although there are excep-tions.
It’s questionable whethersuch steps will satisfy civilliberties
advocates, who’veobjected strongly to the gov-ernment’s vigorous
use of dig-ital surveillance in the nameof national security.
Butdrone advocates were gener-
ally happy with the proposal,although they disagreed withsome of
the details.
“I am very pleased to see amuch more reasonable ap-proach to
future regulationthan many feared,” saidBrendan Schulman, a NewYork
attorney who unsuccess-fully challenged FAA’s restric-tions on
drone flights.
The agency currently banscommercial drone flights ex-cept for a
few dozen compa-nies that have been grantedwaivers. That ban will
stay inplace until regulations be-come final, but FAA officialsplan
to continue grantingwaivers case by case. About300 waiver requests
arepending and new requestsare being filed almost daily.
The proposed rules are “agood first step” bringing theU.S.
closer to realizing thebenefits of drone technology,said Brian
Wynne, presidentand CEO of the Associationfor Unmanned Vehicle
Sys-
tems International, a tradegroup.
An FAA analysis points toan estimate by the trade as-sociation
that drones will cre-ate 70,000 jobs with an eco-nomic impact of
more than$13.6 billion in the first threeyears after their
integrationinto U.S. skies.
In a big concession to in-dustry, the FAA said it won’trequire
an “airworthinesscertificate” for small drones.The design and
manufactureof each model of manned air-planes and helicopters
gothrough a rigorous approvalprocess by the FAA beforethey are
granted airworthi-ness certificates. That cantake years.
The FAA decided thatdrone technology was chang-ing so rapidly
that by thetime a model received an air-worthiness certificate the
re-mote-controlled aircraftmight already be out of date,Huerta
said.
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BATON ROUGE, La. –Americans focus on theheart in February
withValentine’s Day. But thismonth is also recognizedas American
HearthMonth.
Denise Holston-West,LSU AgCenter nutrition-ist, said a
healthylifestyle can help preventor delay heart disease,which is
the leadingcause of death for menand women in U.S.
Holston-West, who is aregistered dietitian, saida diet rich in
fruits andvegetables can protectthe heart.
“The reason we wantfruits and vegetables isbecause they are high
invitamins and minerals.They are a good source offiber, and they
have an-
tioxidants, which haveeffects beyond vitaminsand minerals,”
Holston-West said.
Consuming lean pro-tein can also provideheart protection. She
rec-ommended white meatchicken without the skin,fatty fish like
salmon –which is also a goodsource of omega-3 fattyacids – low-fat
dairyproducts, beans and nuts.
She also suggested eat-ing whole-grain foodsthat have more than
5grams of fiber per serv-ing.
“You also want to haveportion control because itis OK to treat
yourself,”she said.
The dietitian also saidthose who are at risk forheart disease
and high
blood pressure need towatch their sodium levelsand consume 1,500
mil-ligrams of sodium or lessa day. She noted that2,300 milligrams
is whatis recommended for thegeneral population, butthose 51 years
and oldershould also follow thelower recommendation.
“One of the best waysto reduce sodium intakeis by not adding
salt toyour food,” she said. “Al-so, try eating fresh fruitsand
vegetables instead ofcanned.”
Exercise is part of ahealthy lifestyle, too.Anne Kean, LSU
AgCen-ter extension associate,said for substantialhealth benefits
an indi-vidual needs to be physi-cally active for 150 min-utes per
week, or about30 minutes per day fivedays a week. The exer-cise
should be at least ata moderate pace.
She said if you arestriving for weight loss,more physical
activitymay be needed and wouldalso depend on calorie in-take.
“In general, the moreminutes spent beingphysically active,
thegreater the health bene-fits,” Kean said. “Be-cause the heart is
a mus-cle, exercise helps condi-tion it.”
“Exercise makes yourorgans more efficient, es-pecially if you
have aplaque buildup in someof your arteries,” Hol-ston-West
added.
Some physical activityis better than none sothose just starting
an ex-ercise routine can try for10 minutes at a time.
She encouraged peoplewith desk jobs to takefrequent breaks to
walk.She said devices such aspedometers or wearableactivity
trackers moti-vate people to take moresteps.
In some cases withhigh blood pressure, doc-tors will
recommendchanges in lifestyle be-fore going on
medication.Holston-West said if youare concerned about
car-diovascular issues be-cause they run in yourfamily, now is the
time tomake some of thesechanges to prevent prob-lems later in
life. But al-ways consult with yourhealthcare provider first,she
said.
The LSU AgCenter of-fers chronic disease pre-vention programs
insome parishes to helppeople delay or reversethe effects of these
dis-eases. Children can alsolearn about heart healthat an early age
with theAgCenter ’s Smart Bodiesand Body Walk programs.For more
information,you can search for theseterms at the AgCenter
’swebsite, www.LSUAg-Center.com.
LifestylesThe Banner-Tribune, Franklin, La., Tuesday, February
17, 2015, Page 3
THE KREWE OF SUCROSE held its MaidsLuncheon on Monday, honoring
the maidsfor the 2015 Court and Past Queen LXXIVCarolyn Higdon. The
queen for 2015 wasannounced at the Sucrose Ball Mondayevening.
Hostesses for the event were pastking’s wives Josie Hanagriff and
Tonya Stiel.The luncheon was held at the home of King
Sucrose LXVII Sam Hanagriff. Past King’swives, maids and their
mothers attended theluncheon. Pictured above from left areMaids
Katherine Comeaux, Evelyn Pontiff,Carley Fitzgerald, Sarra
Guillory, NikkiJames, Connor Judice and Queen SucroseLXXIV Carolyn
Higdon.
Ultrasound baby picturegets negative reaction
By Abigail Van BurenDEAR ABBY: Do you
know why people nowa-days feel the need to an-nounce their
pregnanciesvia ultrasound pictures?I’m sorry, but I reallydon’t
want to see all that.I guess some folks thinkthe image of a
blurry,black-and-white fetus is“darling.” But to me, all Isee is an
up-close-and-personal snapshot of astranger’s uterus. Even ifwe’re
best friends, I don’tneed all that detail. TMI,right?
I really wish peoplewould deliver this kind ofnews face-to-face.
Or callme, text me, whatever. Itserves the same purposeand isn’t
nearly as graphic. — NOT READYFOR A CLOSE-UP
DEAR NOT READY: If seeing a sonogramis “TMI” for your
sensibilities, all you needto do is scroll past it. It’s not as if
you’re be-ing forced to view the fetus. Being able tosee the
product they’re manufacturing pre-delivery helps many couples to
bond withtheir babies, and when people are happy,they often want to
share their joy. So loosenup and let them.
******DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my
husband for 10 years. Prior to that, we dat-ed for seven. (We
met when we wereteenagers.) My problem is, my mother-in-law still
misspells my name, which is Sara.After all these years, she still
adds an “h” tothe end of my name, regardless of howmany times my
husband has pointed outthe correct spelling.
I don’t know why this is an issue, becausewe send her cards on
all the holidays, herbirthday, etc., with my name spelled
cor-rectly. How should I approach this withher? — SIMPLY SARA IN
ARIZONA
DEAR SIMPLY SARA: If the two of youget along well, just smile
and ask her whyshe can’t get the spelling of your nameright. Then
listen. However, if there is ten-sion in your relationship,
recognize thatthis may be a form of passive aggression,that
confronting her will make her defen-
sive, and she will findsome other way to needleyou.
P.S. Another thought.Tell her you’ve changedthe spelling of your
nameto “Sarah” and she maydrop the “h”!
******DEAR ABBY: My best
friend is dying from lungcancer, which I think hastraveled to
her brain. Iam heartbroken over this.My question is, she
seemsdifferent now — angry.She jumped on me whenwe were talking
abouther disease. Should I justleave her be? Or whatshould I do? —
STAND-ING BY IN TEXAS
DEAR STANDING BY:Your friend may indeed be angry, and shehas a
right to be. She may also be veryscared. Continue to stand by her
becauseshe will need your support and understand-ing in the months
to come.
A diagnosis of metastasized cancer canmake someone feel alone
and isolated. Ifshe wants to talk about her prognosis, beprepared
to listen. If she is too ill to get outof the house, bring the news
about what isgoing on in her circle of friends to her. (Gos-sip can
be distracting.) Do NOT offer adviceunless you are asked for it.
And if she has abad day, try to be understanding and
forgiv-ing.
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Domingue. Howard Winstonsupplied the music and the residents danced
and sang.Cakes, cookies, cupcakes and other treats were servedwhile
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HOUSTON (AP) — A fed-eral judge in South Texas hastemporarily
blocked Presi-dent Barack Obama’s execu-tive action on
immigration,giving a coalition of 26 statestime to pursue a lawsuit
thataims to permanently stop theorders.
U.S. District Judge An-drew Hanen’s decision lateMonday puts on
hold Oba-ma’s orders that could sparefrom deportation as many
asfive million people who are inthe U.S. illegally.
Hanen wrote in a memo-randum accompanying hisorder that the
lawsuit shouldgo forward and that withouta preliminary injunction
thestates would “suffer irrepara-ble harm in this case.”
“The genie would be impos-sible to put back into the bot-tle,”
he wrote, adding that heagreed that legalizing thepresence of
millions of peopleis a “virtually irreversible”action.
In a statement early Tues-day, the White House defend-ed the
executive orders is-sued in November as withinthe president’s legal
authori-ty, saying the U.S. SupremeCourt and Congress havesaid
federal officials can es-tablish priorities in enforcingimmigration
laws.
“The district court’s deci-sion wrongly prevents theselawful,
commonsense policiesfrom taking effect and theDepartment of Justice
hasindicated that it will appealthat decision,” the statementsaid.
An appeal would beheard by the 5th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals in
New Or-leans.
The first of Obama’s orders— to expand a program thatprotects
young immigrantsfrom deportation if they werebrought to the U.S.
illegallyas children — was set tostart taking effect Wednes-day.
The other major part ofObama’s order, which ex-tends deportation
protectionsto parents of U.S. citizensand permanent residentswho
have been in the countryfor some years, was not ex-
pected to begin until May 19.Joaquin Guerra, political
director of Texas OrganizingProject, called the ruling
a“temporary setback.”
“We will continue gettingimmigrants ready to applyfor
administrative relief,” hesaid in a statement. The non-profit says
it promotes socialand economic equality for lowto moderate income
Texans.
The coalition of states, ledby Texas and made up ofmostly
conservative states inthe South and Midwest, ar-gues that Obama has
violat-ed the “Take Care Clause” ofthe U.S. Constitution, whichthey
say limits the scope ofpresidential power, and thathis executive
actions wouldbe difficult to undo once im-migrants started to apply
fordeferred action. They alsosay Obama’s order wouldforce increased
investment inlaw enforcement, health careand education.
Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton called the deci-sion a “victory
for the rule oflaw in America” in a state-ment late Monday.
TexasGov. Greg Abbott, who ledthe state into the lawsuitwhen he was
the state’s at-torney general, said Hanen’sdecision “rightly stops
thePresident’s overreach in itstracks.”
Hanen, who’s been on thefederal court since 2002 afterbeing
nominated by Presi-dent George W. Bush, regu-larly handles border
casesbut wasn’t known for beingoutspoken on immigrationuntil a 2013
case. In thatcase, Hanen suggested thatHomeland Security should
bearresting parents living inthe U.S. illegally who inducetheir
children to cross theborder.
Congressional Republicanshave vowed to block Obama’sactions by
cutting off Home-land Security Departmentspending for the
program.Earlier this year, the Repub-lican-controlled Housepassed a
$39.7 billion spend-ing bill to fund the depart-ment through the
end of the
budget year, but attachedlanguage to undo Obama’sexecutive
actions. The fate ofthat House-passed bill is un-clear as
Republicans in theSenate do not have the 60-vote majority needed to
ad-vance most legislation.
Among those supportingObama’s executive order is agroup of 12
mostly liberalstates, including Washingtonand California, as well
as theDistrict of Columbia. Theyfiled a motion with Hanen insupport
of Obama, arguing
the directives will substan-tially benefit states and
willfurther the public interest.
A group of law enforcementofficials, including the MajorCities
Chiefs Association andmore than 20 police chiefsand sheriffs from
across the
country, also filed a motion insupport, arguing the execu-tive
action will improve pub-lic safety by encouraging co-operation
between police andindividuals with concernsabout their immigration
sta-tus.
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(In Stereo)
(SYFY)Face Off “Royal Flush” Making playing cards come to
life.
Face Off “Sounding Off” Unique sound effects.
Face Off “Troll Bridge” Creating trolls. (N)
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trolls.
Troy: Street Magic
(TLC)(5:00) 19 Kids and Counting “Jill’s Wedding” Jill and
Derick get married. (In Stereo) Å
19 Kids and Counting “Jessa’s Engagement” Ben plans a special
proposal for Jessa. Å
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Jessa’s wedding. (N) Å
Our Little Fami-ly (N) Å
Our Little Family (N) (In Stereo) Å
19 Kids and Counting “Jill’s Secret” The family prepares for
Jessa’s wedding. (In Stereo) Å
Our Little Fami-ly (In Stereo) Å
Our Little Fami-ly (In Stereo) Å
(TOON)The Amazing World of Gumball
Adventure Time Flame Princess’s evil tendencies.
King of the Hill Peggy plans a birthday party.
King of the Hill “Cops & Robert” Å
The Cleveland Show “Who Done Did It”
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American Dad Stan creates a clone of Steve.
American Dad “Stan’s Food Restaurant”
Family Guy “Blind Ambition” Peter’s mortality.
Family Guy Meg gets a makeover. Å
Robot Chicken Mike Tyson Mysteries Å
(TVL)Walker, Texas Ranger (In Stereo) Å
Family Feud (In Stereo) Å
Family Feud (In Stereo) Å
Everybody Loves Raymond (In Stereo) Å
Everybody Loves Raymond (In Stereo) Å
The King of Queens (In Stereo) Å
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The King of Queens (In Stereo) Å
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Friends (In Stereo) Å
Friends (In Stereo) Å
(USA)Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Snatched” A girl is
kid-napped. (In Stereo) Å
139th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show “Closing Night” (N)
(Live) Modern Family Phil tells Claire an elaborate lie.
Modern Family “Door to Door” (In Stereo) Å
Modern Family Phil’s father vis-its unexpectedly.
Modern Family “Unplugged” (In Stereo) Å
(WGN-A)Movie: ››› “Any Given Sunday” (1999, Drama) Al Pacino,
Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid. A football coach copes with crises on
and off the field.
Wrestling With Death (N)
Wrestling With Death (N)
Outlaw Country: Bad Blood Å
Wrestling With Death
Wrestling With Death
Wrestling With Death
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(HBO)Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up The comic performs in
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Togetherness “Kick the Can” (In Stereo) Å
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Girls Hannah and Adam have a conversation.
Looking Patrick apologizes to Richie. Å
Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up The comic performs in New
York. (In Stereo) Å
(MAX)(5:15) Movie: ››› “Rush Hour” (1998, Action) Jackie Chan,
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Sylvester Stallone. Retired boxing rivals return to the ring for
one last fight. (In Stereo) ‘PG-13’ (Adult language, adult
situations, violence) Å
Movie: ››‡ “Red 2” (2013, Action) Bruce Willis, John Malkovich.
Retired operatives return to retrieve a lethal device. (In Stereo)
‘PG-13’ (Adult language, adult situations, violence) Å
Sin City Diaries Feature 1: Neon Nights A compilation of
episodes. (In Stereo) Å
(SHOW)Movie: ››‡ “Last Vegas” (2013, Comedy) Michael Douglas,
Robert De Niro. Four aging pals go to Las Vegas to relive their
glory days. (In Stereo) ‘PG-13’ (Adult language, adult situations)
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Shameless “Crazy Love” Jimmy’s return sends Fiona into chaos.
(In Stereo) Å
House of Lies (In Stereo) Å
Episodes Matt spends a day at the hospital.
Movie: ›› “The Fifth Estate” (2013, Docudrama) Benedict
Cum-berbatch, Daniel Brühl, Dan Stevens. WikiLeaks colleagues
provide support for whistle-blowers. (In Stereo) ‘R’ Å
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Federal judge stalls Washington’s action on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) —The official sign-up seasonfor President Barack
Oba-ma’s health care law may beover, but leading congres-sional
Democrats say mil-lions of Americans facingnew tax penalties
deserve asecond chance.
Three senior House mem-bers told The AssociatedPress that they
plan tostrongly urge the adminis-tration to grant a specialsign-up
opportunity for unin-sured taxpayers who will befacing fines under
the law forthe first time this year.
The three are Michigan’sSander Levin, the rankingDemocrat on the
Ways andMeans Committee, and De-mocratic Reps. Jim McDer-mott of
Washington, andLloyd Doggett of Texas. Allworked to help steer
Obama’slaw through rancorous con-gressional debates
from2009-2010.
The lawmakers say theyare concerned that many oftheir
constituents will findout about the penalties afterit’s already too
late for themto sign up for coverage, sinceopen enrollment ended
Sun-day.
That means they couldwind up uninsured for anoth-er year, only
to owe substan-tially higher fines in 2016.The fines are
collectedthrough the income tax sys-tem.
This year is the first timeordinary Americans will ex-
perience the complicated in-teractions between thehealth care
law and taxes.Based on congressionalanalysis, tax preparation
gi-ant H&R Block says roughly4 million uninsured peoplewill pay
penalties.
The IRS has warned thathealth-care related issueswill make its
job harder thisfiling season and taxpayersshould be prepared for
longcall-center hold times, partic-ularly since the GOP-ledCongress
has been loath toapprove more money for theagency.
“Open enrollment periodended before many Ameri-cans filed their
taxes,” thethree lawmakers said in astatement. “Without a spe-cial
enrollment period, manypeople (who will be payingfines) will not
have anotheropportunity to get health cov-erage this year.
“A special enrollment peri-od will not only help manyAmericans
avoid making aneven larger payment nextyear, but, more
importantly,it will help them gain qualityhealth insurance for
2015,”the lawmakers added.
So far, administration offi-cials have deflected ques-tions
about whether an ex-tension will be granted.Health and Human
ServicesSecretary Sylvia M. Burwellhas authority to grant
specialenrollment periods undercertain circumstances.
Supporters of the law say
an extension would mainlyhelp low- to middle-incomeuninsured
people, the samegroup that Obama’s coverageexpansion was intended
toserve. But Republicans maycriticize it as another tweakto what
they see as unwork-able “Obamacare.”
The health care law impos-es fines on uninsured peoplewhose
incomes are deemedhigh enough to enable themto afford coverage. The
goalis to broaden the pool of in-sured people, helping to
keeppremiums in check for every-body.
The law also offers subsi-dies to lower the cost of pri-vate
coverage for people whodon’t have job-based healthcare. That
financial assis-tance is provided through anew tax credit.
Although the tax creditsubsidies cover most of thepremiums for
many people,the coverage requirementand the fines that enforce
itremain deeply unpopular.
And the cost of being unin-sured in America is going
upsignificantly.
For 2014, the fine was thegreater of $95 per person or 1percent
of household incomeabove the threshold for filingtaxes. That fine
will be col-lected when taxpayers filetheir 2014 returns.
But this year the fine willjump to the greater of 2 per-cent of
income or $325. By2016, the average fine will beabout $1,100, based
on gov-
ernment figures.Polls show that many tax-
payers are unaware of thepotential financial exposure.
Floyd Cable, a real estateagent from Wichita Falls,Texas, said
the escalatingfines were part of the moti-vation for him and his
wifeto sign up last week. Bothare self-employed, andstretching to
pay health in-surance premiums has beena struggle.
“We have been going with-out insurance the last coupleof years
just because therates are so astronomical,”Cable said.
But they were also con-cerned they could wind up onthe wrong
side of risingpenalties. And, being in hisearly 60s, Cable said he
rec-ognizes the value of havinghealth insurance against un-expected
illness.
An extension would proba-bly help people still on thefence, like
he was.
“Anything that could bedone to give people moretime to sort
through this, isnot only a good move for theadministration, but
justmakes common sense,” Cablesaid.
Since both the subsidiesand penalties under thehealth law are
administeredthrough the tax system,some experts have urged theObama
administration topermanently schedule sign-up season to overlap
withtax-filing season.
Dems seek relief from ACA penalties
Holder to makecase for policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The share of federal drug offenderssubject to
mandatory minimum sentences that critics call un-duly harsh has
plunged in the last year, according to figuresAttorney General Eric
Holder plans to release Tuesday in ar-guing for the success of his
criminal justice policies.
Preliminary data obtained by The Associated Press show a6
percent drop in the number of federal drug trafficking
pros-ecutions in the year that ended last September. At the
sametime, the percentage of drug cases in which prosecutors
pur-sued mandatory minimum sentences dropped from nearly 64to
roughly 51, which the Justice Department says is the low-est on
record.
With Holder departing within weeks, the Justice Depart-ment is
working to measure the impact of criminal justicepolicies likely to
define his legacy. Those include an August2013 initiative known as
“Smart on Crime,” which directedprosecutors to avoid charging
non-violent drug offenders withcrimes that carry mandatory minimum
sentences — rigid,usually years-long punishments that are generally
dictatedby drug quantity and restrict a judge’s discretion.
In a speech Tuesday, Holder is expected to disclose newU.S.
Sentencing Commission data that he will say show pros-ecutors
generally are following his policy and creatingchanges in how drug
criminals are charged and punished.
“It is having a real and measurable impact on the decisionsmade
by federal prosecutors from coast to coast,” Holder willsay,
according to his prepared remarks. “The changes we’veimplemented
are firmly taking hold. And our key reforms ap-pear to be
successful by every measure we’ve seen so far.”
Experts credit Holder for helping raise sentencing policy asa
public issue, though some also say it’s hard to gauge howmuch is
directly attributable to “Smart on Crime.”
“I think it’s impossible to identify one factor that is going
tobe the cause of all the change,” said Julie Stewart, presidentof
Families Against Mandatory Minimums. “But I don’t thinkit’s wrong
to give Holder some credit for caring about who’s inprison or
trying to get his U.S. Attorneys not to overcharge.”
For decades, law enforcement authorities have evaluatedsuccess
through numbers of convictions and the length ofprison terms,
conventional measurements seen as particular-ly useful during the
1980s-era crack epidemic. But in sixyears as attorney general,
Holder helped anchor a movementthat sought limits on long drug
sentences as a matter of fair-ness and cost, promoting a sentencing
regime based more onthe facts of a case and less on formulas.
Crucial to that effort was “Smart on Crime,” a
cost-cuttinginitiative that instructed federal prosecutors to stop
chargingmany low-level drug defendants with crimes that
carrymandatory minimums and to consider diverting more non-vi-olent
offenders away from prison and into treatment. Theidea was to
encourage prosecutors to focus resources on moredangerous drug
criminals, even if that meant bringing fewerfederal cases. Between
fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the overallnumber of federal drug
prosecutions dropped from 22,215 to20,824, the data show.
Holder’s move caused grumbling among some prosecutors,who
worried they’d lose leverage to negotiate plea bargains,and among
some law-and-order Republicans on Capitol Hill.But in the last
fiscal year the percentage of guilty pleas hasheld steady, along
with the percentage of drug defendantswho received credit for
cooperation, which the Justice De-partment says belies the
prosecutors’ concerns.
Still, it’s not clear from the limited snapshot whether
thenumbers reflect a new normal, or will continue to fluctuate
asthey have for most of the last decade. In his speech, Holderwill
say that he expects the trend to continue and that the de-clining
use of mandatory minimum punishments can only beattributed to
“Smart on Crime.”
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Washington’s star-studdedrotation reports to Florida.Matt Harvey
continues hiscomeback with the New YorkMets. Joe Maddon takes
overthe Chicago Cubs, and Rus-sell Martin gets a closer lookat
Toronto’s pitching staff.
While much of the North-east and Midwest navigatesbitter cold
and piles of snow,spring training begins inearnest this week
whenpitchers and catchers file in-to camps in Florida and Ari-zona.
World Champion SanFrancisco is one of four Na-tional League teams
slatedto begin on Thursday, andmost of the majors’ pitchersand
backstops will be inplace by this weekend.
Following several massivefree-agent deals and block-buster
trades, there areplenty of compelling storylines heading into
baseball’sfirst spring training sinceRob Manfred took over
ascommissioner in January.
The Nationals strength-ened their already solid rota-tion by
signing free agentMax Scherzer to a $210 mil-lion, seven-year
contract.Now the pressure is onScherzer to deliver on thatbig deal
and help the reign-ing NL East champions ad-vance deep into the
playoffsfor the first time since thefranchise moved to
Washing-ton.
While Scherzer will at-tract plenty of attention thisspring, it
looks as if TannerRoark will have to adjust toa bullpen role after
he had abreakout season a year ago,winning 15 games with asparking
2.85 ERA. Theright-hander is a nice insur-ance policy for
managerMatt Williams should any ofthe starters get hurt.
Harvey missed all of lastseason for his recovery fromelbow
ligament-replacementsurgery, and got an earlystart on spring
training byreporting to New York’s facil-ity about two weeks
beforethe first scheduled workout.He is hoping to be ready
foropening day, but the Metscould decide on a slow andsteady
approach for the aceright-hander.
It’s a brand new day forthe Cubs when they report toArizona
after a banner off-season that included the ad-dition of Maddon,
who had a754-705 record during hissuccessful nine-year runwith
Tampa Bay.
Cubs President Theo Ep-stein pounced on the quirkyskipper after
he opted out ofhis contract with the Rays,dumping Rick Renteria
afterjust one season. Epstein iscounting on Maddon to easethe
transition of the organi-zation’s impressive stable ofprospects to
the rigors of themajors.
The Cubs were one ofbaseball’s most active teamsover the winter.
Same goesfor Toronto, which is seekingits first playoff
appearancesince it won the World Seriesin 1993.
Martin was one of the ma-jors’ most prized free agentsover the
winter, and he optedfor an $82 million, five-yearcontract with the
Blue Jays.The three-time All-Star, whowas born in Toronto andraised
in Montreal, hit .290with 11 home runs and 67RBIs with Pittsburgh
lastseason, helping the Piratesto a second straight
playoffberth.
Here are a few morethings to watch heading intospring
training:
HERE COME THECHAMPS
The last team to win con-secutive World Series wasthe New York
Yankees from1998-2000. The next team totake a crack that feat is
San
Francisco, which beatKansas City in seven gamesfor the title
last fall.
The good news for the Gi-ants is they have plenty ofexperience
when it comes todefending the title, havingalso won the World
Series in2010 and 2012. But theyfailed to make the
playoffsfollowing each of their previ-ous two championships,
slip-ping to a 76-86 record in2013.
One spot to watch thisspring is third base, whereCasey McGehee
replacesPablo Sandoval after theslugger signed a $95
million,five-year deal with Bostonover the winter. MadisonBumgarner
returns afterthrowing a whopping 270 in-nings last year, and
MattCain is back after he had sur-gery in August to removebone
chips from his right el-bow.
There’s no argument aboutwho is No. 1.
The second-best team inthe nation behind Kentucky,however, is up
for debate.
This week, Virginia is theNo. 2 in the Top 25. But Gon-zaga
keeps winning outWest. Duke is led by a fresh-man who is probably
the na-tion’s best big man. Wiscon-sin has experienced talent.And
Villanova, coming in atNo. 6 this week, can be atough matchup with
its abili-ty to shoot the 3-pointer.
It would have been an easi-er choice before Virginia lostguard
Justin Anderson to afinger injury. As long as he’sout, the
Cavaliers are in flux.
And that opens the door forWisconsin.
The Badgers aren’t themost explosive team, butthey can go on
efficient runsthat turn close games intoblowouts. Beyond the
obvi-ous stats, they protect theball (No. 21 nationally inturnover
margin), rebound(No. 21 in rebounding mar-gin) and avoid
mistakes(third in assist-to-turnovermargin).
If senior floor leaderTraevon Jackson, who is outas he recovers
from a Janu-ary foot injury, can get all theway back, the
tournament-tested Badgers have the lookof a team to trust.
Here’s a closer look at thecandidates in the race for No.2
behind the undefeatedWildcats:
___NO. 2 VIRGINIAThe Cavaliers (24-1) are
miserable to play against.They control tempo and playdefense
that makes oppo-nents work for everything.The reigning Atlantic
CoastConference champions alsohave experience and com-plete trust
in coach TonyBennett’s formula.
But losing Anderson forseveral weeks makes thingstougher. He’s a
physicalguard averaging about 13points and shooting an ACC-best 48
percent from 3-pointrange, and the Cavs wontheir first two games
withouthim by a combined fivepoints before Monday’s 61-49win
against Pittsburgh.
“They miss (Anderson), butthey’ve still got a really, real-ly
good team that under-stands Tony’s system andthey play very well
together,”said Wake Forest coach Dan-ny Manning, whose team
lost61-60 to the Cavaliers onSaturday.
___NO. 3 GONZAGAGonzaga’s offense is hum-
ming. The Zags (26-1) en-tered the week shooting a
na-tional-best 52.7 percent andleading the country in pointsper 100
possessions (127.7)in a show of efficiency, ac-cording to STATS.
Kentuckytransfer Kyle Wiltjer gives
the Zags an inside-outsidescorer alongside a strongbackcourt.
And their onlyloss came at now-No. 7 Ari-zona in overtime.
“We’re as balanced as prob-ably we’ve ever been uphere,” coach
Mark Few afterlast week’s win against Loy-ola Marymount.
But Gonzaga remains anannual mystery in one re-spect: Trying to
measure itsWest Coast Conference domi-nance against
power-confer-ence teams. The Zags haveplayed just two ranked
oppo-nents this year and haven’tsurvived the tournament’sopening
weekend since 2009.
___NO. 4 DUKEFreshman big man Jahlil
Okafor has been as good asadvertised, averaging 18.2points and
9.3 reboundswhile shooting 67 percent.He’s also a solid
passeragainst steady double teamsto create openings for QuinnCook,
Tyus Jones and JustiseWinslow. Wins at both Vir-ginia and Wisconsin
sayplenty about this team’s up-side.
“There’s not one key whenyou’re playing Duke,” NorthCarolina
coach Roy Williamssaid. “You’ve got to play a to-tal game.”
But the Blue Devils (22-3)struggled defensively in loss-es to
North Carolina Stateand Miami, particularlyagainst dribble
penetration.Kicking Rasheed Sulaimonoff the team this month did-n’t
help on that front, either,leaving the Blue Devils vul-nerable to
foul trouble withonly eight scholarship play-ers — though all were
Mc-Donald’s All-Americans inhigh school.
___NO. 5 WISCONSINPreseason All-American 7-
footer Frank Kaminsky canscore (17.3), rebound (8.3)and shoot
from outside, whileSam Dekker and NigelHayes are strong
frontcourtsidekicks on a veteran teamcoming off a Final Four
run.
Wisconsin (23-2) is alsoone of the nation’s most effi-cient
offensive teams, rank-ing second to Gonzaga inpoints per 100
possessions,according to STATS.
The Badgers miss Jacksonrunning the show for them,though
sophomore BronsonKoenig has filled in well. Andthe defense isn’t
exactly ofthe lockdown variety.
“I’d still like to see moreproduction from the eightguys that
hit the floor,” Wis-consin coach Bo Ryan said.“And that includes
thestarters, in some ways: re-bounding, defense. So I’ll al-ways
find things.”
___NO. 6 VILLANOVAWhen Villanova (24-2) is
playing well — as during its
first-half domination ofGeorgetown — the Wildcatsare a scary
matchup withtheir ability to spread thefloor. They also have
tremen-dous balance with six guysaveraging at least 9.2 pointsled
by Darrun Hilliard, whohit a game-winner at Butleron Saturday.
But they rely heavily onthe 3 (eight made per game),so what
happens if the shotisn’t falling? And Villanovahas had a recent
history oflate-season fades, last reach-ing the round of 16 in
2009.
“We’ve been good enoughto win,” Villanova coach JayWright said
after thismonth’s win against Mar-quette, “but I really thinkwe’re
a work in progress.”
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THE HANSON MEMORIAL LADY TIGERSand the Centerville Lady Bulldogs
will enterthe Louisiana High School Girls Playoffs Bi-district
pairings Thursday. In Class A, 17thseed Hanson Memorial Lady Tigers
will trav-
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Bulldogs. In ClassB, No. 29th seed Centerville Lady Bulldogswill
make the journey to play No. 4 seedStanley.
HMS Lady Tigers, CHS LadyBulldogs enter state playoffs
The Hanson Memorial La-dy Tigers and the CentervilleLady
Bulldogs will enter thegirls’ basketball playoffs onThursday.
The Hanson Memorial La-
dy Tigers will travel to faceAscension Catholic at 6 p.m.on
Thursday in Class A. TheNo. 17th seed Hanson willtravel to play No.
16 seed As-cension Catholic in Donald-
sonville on Thursday at 6p.m.
In Class B, 29th seed Cen-terville will take to the roadto face
No. 4 Stanley at 6p.m. on Thursday.
Several candidates for No. 2spot behind unbeaten Kentucky
Pitchers and catcher reportthis week to spring training
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.(AP) — Leg cramps weren’tgoing to keep Juwan
Statenfrom getting West Virginia to20 wins for the first time
infour seasons.
Staten scored 20 points,including a layup with 4 sec-onds left
to lift No. 23 WestVirginia to a 62-61 victoryover No. 8 Kansas on
Mon-day night.
It was a resume-buildingvictory for the Mountaineers(20-6, 8-5
Big 12), who hadlost three of their previousfour games and four
straightagainst ranked opponents.They’re looking for their
firstNCAA tournament bid inthree seasons.
“This was definitely amust-win game at home,”Staten said. “We
had thecrowd behind us and wefought to the end.”
With the game on the line,coach Bob Huggins knewwho he wanted to
give theball to: Staten, West Vir-ginia’s leading scorer and theBig
12 preseason player ofthe year.
Staten took an inboundspass and went the length ofthe court,
made a spin movearound Frank Mason III andhit a left-handed layup
overthe outstretched arms of twoother Kansas defenders.
It was Staten’s first fieldgoal over the final eight min-utes
after he had gone to thebench with cramps.
The Jayhawks’ Perry Ellisthen caught a long pass butmissed a
layup off the backof the rim with Staten drap-ing him just before
the finalbuzzer.
“I might have rushed it alittle bit, but I should havemade it,”
Ellis said.
Ellis finished with 19points, Mason had 18 andKelly Oubre Jr.
added 14points for first-place Kansas(21-5, 10-3), whose lead
wastrimmed to 1.5 games overNo. 14 Iowa State.
No. 23 WVU winsover No.8 Kansas
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andbig SUVs with voracious fuelappetites.”
Consumer Reports found thebest values were among
midsized,mainstream sedans, compact carsand wagons. Rounding out
the topfive best new-car values overallwere the Honda Accord
(4-cyl.), Toy-ota Camry (4-cyl.), Subaru Legacy2.5i and the Subaru
Forester 2.5i.
The lowest value in ConsumerReports’ New-Car Value ratings isthe
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.Known best for its off-road ability,the
hard-riding, ponderous, uncom-fortable and unreliable Wranglerhas a
Value Score of 0.07, and costs$0.77 per mile to operate. Joining
itat the bottom of the rankings werethe Fiat 500L,
Mercedes-BenzS500, BMW 750L and Toyota Taco-ma (V-6).
In creating its annual New-CarValues list, Consumer Reports
ana-lyzed its road tests, predicted relia-bility and five-year
owner-cost datato calculate a value score for morethan 200
different vehicles. Inshort, the better a car performs inConsumer
Reports’ road tests andreliability ratings (based on resultsfrom
Consumer Reports’ AnnualAuto Survey, which covers about1.1 million
cars), and the less itcosts to own over time, the better
its value. The five-year owner costestimates factor in
depreciation,fuel, insurance premiums, intereston financing,
maintenance andrepairs and sales tax. Depreciationis by far the
largest owner-cost fac-tor.
In the popular Small SUV cate-gory, the Subaru Forester 2.5i
Pre-mium sits at the top with its Excel-lent reliability, Excellent
Test Scoreof 86 out of 100 and far-above aver-age Value Score of
1.8. At the otherend of that category is the JeepCherokee Latitude
(4-cyl.), its 0.47Value Score exemplified by its high-er operating
cost, poor reliability,unimpressive Test Score and higherprice.
Here’s a look at the winners andlosers in each
category(Best/Worst):
— Subcompact: Hyundai AccentSport (hatchback, MT)/Fiat 500CPop
(MT)
— Compact: Toyota PriusFour/Fiat 500L Easy
— Luxury Compact Cars: BuickRegal Premium
I/Mercedes-BenzCLA250
— Luxury Midsized/Large Cars:Lexus ES 300h/Mercedes-BenzS550
(AWD)
— Large Cars: Chevrolet Impala2LTZ (3.6)/Ford Taurus
Limited(3.5, V-6)
— Sports Cars/Convertibles:Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand
Tour-ing/Infiniti Q60 convertible (base)
— Midsized Cars: Toyota CamryHybrid XLE/Nissan Altima 3.5
SL(V-6)
— Wagons (AWD): Subaru Out-back 2.5i Premium/Honda Cross-tour
EX-L (V-6)
— Small SUVs: Subaru Forester2.5i Premium/Jeep Cherokee
Lati-tude (4-cyl.)
— Midsized SUVs: Toyota High-lander XLE (V-6)/Jeep
WranglerUnlimited Sahara
— Large SUVs: Chevrolet Tra-verse LT/GMC Yukon SLT
— Luxury Compact SUVs: BMWX3 xDrive28i (2.0T)/Cadillac
SRXLuxury
— Luxury Midsized/Large SUVs:Lexus RX 450h/Mercedes-BenzGL350
BlueTec
— Pickup Trucks: Nissan Fron-tier SV (V-6)/Toyota Tacoma
(V-6)
— Minivans: Mazda5 GrandTouring/Chrysler Town &
CountryTouring-L
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Urgent care centers are fornon-emergencies
DEAR DOCTOR K: Whatare urgent care centers? Arethey the same as
emergencyrooms?
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emergencyrooms for quite minor prob-lems. Typically, emergencyrooms
are attached to hospi-tals, because patients withtrue emergencies
usuallyneed to be hospitalized aftertheir treatment in the
emer-gency room.
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benefit from promptattention but are not life-threatening. Some
hospitalsstaff urgent care centers aswell as emergency
rooms.However, many urgent carecenters are stand-alone units,
located in storefronts or drug-stores. Urgent care centersare
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