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OPINION PG.4

Tough stylehelped Vitter rise,becomes hurdle

‘Big Brow’ meets his match in Karlee Ables PAGE 6

Parent Rebecca Bower shares her concerns with school officials as superintendent ofschools Dr. Dan Rawls listens during a town hall meeting Monday hosted by the Web-ster Parish School Board. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

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NEWS PG.3

Correctionsemployee arrested

for DWI

Authoritiessearching formissing teen

BRUCE FRANKLINbfranklin@press-herald.com

The Webster Parish Sher-riff’s Office is seeking assis-tance to find a missing 16-year-old boy from Minden.

Noah Heidelberg hasn’tbeen seen since Oct. 10 whenhe ran from his home, offi-

cials said.Police describe Heidel-

berg as 6-foot tall and weighs160 pounds and has brownhair and brown eyes.

If anyone has any infor-mation about the missingchild they are asked to callthe Webster Parish Sherriff’soffice at 318-377-1515.

Authorities say Noah Heidelberg was last seen Oct. 10.Webster Parish Sherriff’s Office/Courtesy Photo

BRUCE FRANKLINbfranklin@press-herald.com

Tickets are still on sale forMinden-South WebsterChamber of Commerce’sannual Fasching Brunch onWednesday at Orleans onMain in downtown Minden.

During the brunch, Min-den Mayor Tommy Davis willissue a proclamation kickingoff Fasching, which officiallystarts on Nov. 11 at 11:11 a.m.

The brunch will becatered by Hugh Wood andwill feature Lt. Gov. Jay Dar-denne as the keynote speakerand Liz Swain, ExecutiveDirector of Shreveport’sDowntown DevelopmentAuthority, will serve as mas-ter of ceremonies.

Historian John Sanderswill also speak on the historyof the Germantown Colony.

Tickets are $30 and mustbe purchased at the Chamberoffice by 3 p.m. Tuesday.Sponsors for the eventinclude State Farm AgentsLaura Horton and JeanneMartin as title sponsor, Citi-zen’s National Bank as goldsponsor and Terry Gardnerand TG Companies, LLC ashost.

Brunch to kickoff Fasching

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Deadline topurchase ticketsis today at 3 p.m.

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

Voters will be asked topass a proposition that willextend a general obligationbond for bonding district 6,which if passed, will give theWebster Parish School Boardenough money for recon-struction and renovations attwo schools.

If passed, this means theschool board will begin reno-

vations and new constructionat J.A. Phillips Middle Schooland Webster Junior HighSchool. Kindergarten andfirst grade students nowhoused at J.E. Harper Ele-mentary will be moved toPhillips and sixth grade stu-dents now at Phillips will bemoved to a new wing at Web-ster Junior High.

The proposition is a 20-year general obligation bondextension on property taxesconstituents in the bonding

district already pay. It is a29-mill property tax that cur-rently willsunset in2031; howev-er, with theextension, itwill sunset in2036.

“GO (gen-eral obliga-tion) bondsin Louisianaare issued for capitalimprovements and are

secured by and payable froma property tax levied eachyear at a rate sufficient to payall outstanding GO bonds,”bonding attorney GrantSchleuter, of Foley andJudell, LLP, said. “Uponapproval of the voters andissuance in early 2016, thesebonds would mature over a20-year term with finalmaturity in 2036.”

Schleuter says the bond-ing district currently has thefollowing GO bonds: Series

2004, 2005, 2006, refunding2012, refunding 2013 and2014, adding on Oct. 6 thestate bond commissionapproved the ballot proposi-tion and the issuance of thebonds following voterapproval.

In a letter from the schoolboard’s buildings and main-tenance committee, theyexplain the changes that willtake place upon approval.

Proposition to fund school reconstruction, renovationsELECTION 2015

SCHLEUTER

See PROPOSITION, Page 2

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

Several questions sur-rounding issues at J.E. Harp-er Elementary School toppeda town hall meeting at J.A.Phillips Middle School Mon-day, many dealing with pro-posed classroom and gymna-sium sizes at Webster JuniorHigh School.

If a proposition on theNov. 21 ballot is approved byvoters, the Webster ParishSchool Board will move for-ward with renovations andnew construction at Phillipsand Webster to house thekindergarten and first gradestudents at Harper. Sixthgraders at Phillips will bemoved to Webster.

Parents, teachers andadministrators alike ques-tioned architect Perry Wat-son, of Yeager, Watson andAssociates LLC, and superin-tendent of schools Dr. DanRawls regarding the issueover a variety of concerns.

Dr. Beverly Smith, princi-pal at Phillips, says one of themain concerns she’s heard isabout where to seat parentsand grandparents when theschools hold various pro-grams, such as Veterans Dayprograms.

The new gymnasium thatwill be added at Webster isabout the size of the currentgym at Phillips with rest-room facilities. However, thecurrent gymnasium at Web-ster will house all threegrades in event they all need

to come together. Forinstance, when studentsmeet in the gym in the morn-ings, there’s enough room forall of them with the proposedaddition of stackable bleach-ers and portable paddingunder the goal end.

“That gym is longer thanmost gyms and you’ve gotquite a bit of run-over at theends,” he said. “We don’tintend for those bleachers tobe open during a junior high

Concerns arise overschool changes

EDUCATION

Architect Perry Watson explains the changes that will takeplace at J.A. Phillips Middle School during a town hallmeeting Monday. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

Second townhall meeting istonight at WJHS

See MEETING, Page 3

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AROUND THE STATE

“This is not a new proper-ty tax,” it reads, “but anextension to an existingproperty tax. The millage willstay the same and you willpay the same as you havealways paid. To be perfectlyfair with you, it will extendthe collection of the existingproperty tax by five years.We know and understandthat times are tough, and wewant to be able to provideour children the best learn-ing environment that we canafford without being overlyunfair to the taxpayers.”

If the proposition ispassed, two wings will bebuilt, one wing at Phillipsand one wing at WJHS.

A kindergarten wing willbe built at Phillips with reno-vations of classrooms andexpansion and constructionof restrooms in the existingbuilding for first grade. Airconditioning will also beadded to the current gym.

The plan calls for 18 class-rooms, 12 in the new kinder-garten building and six fromtwo existing open plan class-room areas.

At Webster, a new build-ing will be constructed tohouse the sixth grade stu-dents; in addition, an auxil-iary gym will be constructedfor physical education andactivities. Renovations andupgrades will take place forexisting areas as well as nineadditional classrooms and acomputer lab.

Parking at both schoolswill be expanded to handlethe additional faculty and

staff. Harper will be closed with

future educational use inmind.

The board asked the bondcommission for $7 millionbecause of changes to theproject, superintendent ofschools Dr. Dan Rawls said.

“The scope of the projectchanged after several discus-sions with school staff,” hesaid. “Mainly the projectneeds to include a gym forthe sixth grade.”

The original cost estimategiven to Rawls in May wasfor $6.5 million. This includ-ed $2.483 million for thekindergarten building atPhillips and $50,000 forrestroom renovations for ele-mentary grades. At Webster,the new sixth grade wingwould cost $2.483 million,for a total of $5,016,200.

Related costs include fur-

niture and equipmentallowance at $150,000, tech-nology allowance at$90,000, Architectural andengineering fees and associ-

ated bond election costs at$500,000 and contingencyallowance at $500,000, for atotal of $1.24 million

The overall budget total is

$6,256,200. This total alsoincludes architect fees,reproduction costs and con-tingency.

PROPOSITIONContinued from page 1

PropositionShall School District No. 6 of the Parish of Webster, Louisiana, incur debt and issue bonds notexceeding $7,000,000, in one or more series, to run not exceeding 20 years from date thereof,with interest at a rate not exceeding 8% per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/orimproving lands for building sites and playgrounds; including construction of necessary side-walks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildingsand other school related facilities within and for the District, INCLUDING, TO THE EXTENTFEASIBLE, THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOL PROJECTS SET FORTH IN THE “CAPITAL IMPROVEMEMTNPLAN” APPROVED BY THE WEBSTER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, and acquiring the necessaryequipment and furnishings therefore, title to which shall be in the public, which bonds willbe general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be leviedand collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the Stateof Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with no estimatedincrease in the millage rate to be levied in the first year of issue above the 29 mills currentlybeing levied to pay General Obligation Bonds of the District?

MELINDA DESLATTEAssociated Press

BATON ROUGE —Republican U.S. Sen. DavidVitter sought to draw policycontrasts Monday with hisDemocratic opponent in theLouisiana governor's race,state Rep. John Bel Edwards,as the two men faced off forthe first time in the runoffcampaign.

But Vitter also waspressed to talk about his2007 prostitution scandal,allegations he paid a firm tosecretly film political oppo-nents and attack ads, in avolley of questions fromreporters at the Press Club ofBaton Rouge.

The runoff election is Nov.21.

DISTINGUISHINGDIFFERENCES

Vitter, who is lagging inthe polls, said he and

Edwards have "starkly differ-ent" voting records and polit-ical philosophies, as hesought to portray Edwards asa liberal, out of step with val-ues in the conservative state.He said Edwards was alliedwith unions and triallawyers, opposed charterschool expansion and wouldwork against Louisiana busi-ness interests.

"His campaign, quitefrankly, is built on some sortof a myth that he's a conser-vative," Vitter said.

Edwards said he has arecord in the state Legisla-ture of working with mem-bers of both parties and saidhe operates in the "center ofthe political spectrum." Hesuggested Vitter was divisiveand described himself assomeone who would unitethe people of Louisiana.

"We cannot have someonewho comes from a dysfunc-tional Washington politicalenvironment," Edwards said.

ATTACK ADVERTISINGCandidates and outside

groups lodged a barrage ofattack ads ahead of the pri-mary election, but Edwardshad largely stayed out of thefray until the runoff. Hiscampaign recently unveiledan ad striking at Vitter for hiseight-year-old prostitution

scandal.Edwards defended the

move."I am a patient man, but

after weeks and weeks andweeks of negative ads thatare just flat out false, filledwith lies and distortionsabout me and my record, Idecided it was time to fightback, and I fought back

against lies with the truth,"Edwards said.

Vitter apologized in 2007for a "very serious sin" afterhe was linked through phonerecords to Washington's"D.C. Madam." Echoing anew ad he released Monday,Vitter said he "failed my fam-ily."

"I pledge to voters to workhard every single day toregain their trust and confi-dence," he said.

CAMPAIGN TONEVitter resisted suggestions

that he set the attack-heavytone for the election, sayinghe's been struck by candi-dates and outside groups "inharsh and negative ways" formonths.

But Edwards said Vittercrossed the line when a pri-vate investigator working forthe Vitter campaign wasaccused of secretly filming astate senator, the Jefferson

Parish sheriff and others at aMetairie coffee shop. Theman was arrested and faces amisdemeanor charge.

Vitter called it a "silly cof-fee shop incident."

"That person in the coffeeshop was doing nothingimproper, nothing illegal," hesaid.

Edwards replied: "It'sserious. And it shows thedesperation that's at work."

Vitter said the investiga-tor was researching "what Ithink was an illegal scheme"to pay for false statementsagainst Vitter. He said he'scontacted federal authorities,but he refused to provide fur-ther details of his allegations.

Edwards said he had noidea what Vitter was talkingabout, but he said itappeared designed to "divertpeople's attention away fromthe fact that David Vitterpaid for a private investigatorto go into a coffee shop andspy on a sheriff."

Edwards, Vitter tangle in first debate of runoff campaign

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ball game. They’ll be bankedup and flat.”

Along those same lines iscafeteria space at bothschools. Parent RebeccaBower says Webster studentsare already scarfing downtheir meals with only a 15minute lunch shift.

Watson says the current“cafetorium” will be expand-ed by about one-third intothe lobby of the school toaccommodate an additional40 to 50 students at onetime. Webster’scafeteria/auditorium issunken, and has a café-typelayout.

The classrooms wereanother concern as the sixthgraders will be moving from18 classrooms to 11 total,with two earmarked as spe-cial education classes. Rawls

says the new classrooms willbe 24x30, or 720 square feettotal, adding that not all ofthe classrooms at Phillips arein use now.

“We had a meeting afterall the numbers were ana-lyzed,” Watson said. “You’vegot one class coming upthat’s second or third gradenow that’s a big one. But onaverage, between 180 and200 is the norm. We’re notdiscounting one class that’sbigger.”

Bower says her concern isthere appears to be no roomfor growth or fluctuation inclass sizes. Watson answeredsaying population has beenstable or declined.

Another concern as well isroom for administrationwhen moving the sixth grade.Watson told audience mem-bers the design of the sixthgrade wing allows the schoolboard to keep the sixth gradeseparate with their ownadministration if so desired.On the other hand, Harper

principal Janene Ashley willbe picking up additional stu-dents with the pre-K staying atPhillips.

“There’s a for-mula that we usethat determineshow many teachersyou get and howmany administra-tors you get,”Rawls said, addingthe formula isbased on the num-ber of children atone school. “We’llfollow that rule. Inmost cases, if theyget a dean of stu-dents they are cer-tified administra-tors. That’s some-thing we’ve lookedat school byschool.”

Other concerns wereabout accommodations forspecial needs kids and spe-cial education classrooms.Concerns were also raised

about traffic issues as well. “My biggest concern as a

parent and a tax-payer is that we getthis right this time,”Bower said. “I thinksome people don’trealize that thesixth grade wingwas supposed tohappen in 2005. Iguess, for me, I’dlike to know thatwhen somethinghappens and some-thing goes over-budget, what’sgoing to get cut? Asmuch as I appreci-ate the buildingcommittee trying tobe smart with ourmoney and do itwell, I would ratherhave this done right

and not have to revisit thisissue in five or 10 years.”

The board will host anoth-er town hall meeting at 6p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, atWebster Junior High School.

MEETINGContinued from page 1

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

An accused batterer hasentered a plea of guilty todomestic abuse battery of ahousehold member.

Albert Sneed II, 27, of the900 block of Lee Street,entered a plea of guilty infront of 26th Judicial DistrictJudge Mike Nerren. He wassentenced to six months inthe Webster Parish Jail, sus-pended with one year ofactive supervised probation,according to court records.

He was sentenced to 30 daysin the Webster Parish Jailwith credit for time served,anger management classesand $500plus courtcosts within90 days.

He mustmake fullrestitution tothe victim formedical billsand have nocontact.

Sneed turned himself in topolice Wednesday, Oct. 7.

On Friday, Oct. 2, the vic-

tim told police she and Sneedgot into an altercation, andSneed reportedly struck herin the head and face duringthe argument. Minden PoliceChief Steve Cropper said atthe time of his arrest, the vic-tim reported he dragged herfrom her car and back intothe residence after sheescaped the initial alterca-tion.

“The altercation appar-ently started inside thehouse,” the chief said at thetime of his arrest, “She gotoutside to her car and hedrug her back inside the

house.”The victim then reported-

ly went to her mother’s homefollowing the altercation, andthe victim’s mother calledpolice. When police arrivedat the victim’s mother’shome, Cropper said theynoted scratches on her backand she had a swollen face.

She sought medical careto rule out any fractures toher face, Cropper said.

He was originally chargedwith second-degree batteryand domestic abuse battery.

SNEED

Man pleads guilty to battery

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

A David Wade Correc-tional Center employee hasbeen arrested by the Web-ster Parish Sheriff’s Officefor his second offense ofDWI.

Louis Charles Hamil-ton, 46, of the 3700 blockof JonesRoad inHaughton,w a sc h a r g e dwith DWI( s e c o n do f f e n s e ) ,open con-tainer andimprope rlane usage. Bond was set at$1,550.

According to the policereport, Capt. Robert Hay-den initiated a traffic stopon Highway 163, south-bound, after he observed avehicle driving across thecenterline and across the

white fog line betweenD&H store and PrincetonGeneral Store.

Hamilton reportedlypulled over into the park-ing lot of the general store,and when Hayden madecontact with him, he askedhim to exit the vehicle.Reports indicate Haydennoticed Hamilton seemedunsure of his steps andswayed standing upright.

Standard field sobrietytests were conducted, towhich police say he per-formed poorly. Hamiltonwas placed under arrest.During a search of thevehicle, a bottle was foundof what appeared to bebrandy was opened andpartially empty.

Deputy Coby Bartontransported Hamilton tothe Webster Parish Court-house. Police say he volun-tarily submitted to abreathalyzer test, whichshowed his blood alcoholcontent as .177 percent.The legal limit is .08.

HAMILTON

WEBSTER CRIME

Correctionsemployee arrestedon DWI charge

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Bronwyn DurhamSmotherman

Bronwyn Cecelia Durham Smother-man of Minden passed away on Satur-day, Nov. 7, 2015 as a result of an auto-mobile accident.

Bron was predeceased by her father,Wayne J. Durham, Jr. and her parents-in-law George and Marguerite Smother-man.

Bron is survived by her husband Gre-gory G. Smotherman of Minden andthree children: Wesley Jolly, his wifeMegan and their children Grace,Hunter, Lillian, and AnnaLisa; herdaughter Carrie Jolly Barham, her hus-band Thomas and their children Adam,Cameron and Mason; and her daughter

Margot Smotherman Herriage and herhusband Spencer.

Also surviving Bron are her motherMarie Miller Durham and her brothersMark Wayne Durham, his wife Lana,and Jay Scott Durham, his wife Vicki, allof Alexandria and several nieces.

Bron was a graduate of LouisianaCollege. She received her MastersDegree from Northwestern State Uni-versity in education. She taught Giftedand Talented and French in both Rapi-des Parish and Webster Parish beforeretiring.

From childhood, Bron had a strongfaith in her Lord and Savior JesusChrist. She was active as a child in everyarea of church life at Emmanuel BaptistChurch in Alexandria. After their moveto Minden, Bron and Greg were active

members of First Baptist Church inMinden where she sang in two choirs,participated in every mission opportu-nity, had a faithful prayer ministry andwas the bestower of warm hugs and out-pouring love to all that she met. In addi-tion, Bron and Greg were active mem-bers of Gideons International and theChristian Motorcycle Club of Minden.

Funeral arrangements for BronwynDurham Smotherman are at 10 a.m.Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 at First BaptistChurch in Minden with the Rev. LelandCrawford and the Rev. Steve Gilley offi-ciating. Interment will follow at Gar-dens of Memory in Minden. The familywill receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden.

OBITUARY

“MY BIGGESTCONCERNAS A PARENTAND A TAX-PAYER ISTHAT WEGET THISRIGHT THISTIME.”

REBECCA BOWERPARENT

LAS VEGAS — A pre-liminary hearing is expect-ed to be reset Tuesday inLas Vegas for a man facingmurder, kidnapping andother charges in the deathof a 71-year-old womanwhose body was found in aduffel bag in an under-ground utility vault.

A court official saidMonday a postponementfor 33-year-old JamarWebb will allow time toname a lawyer to representhim in the death of YoungSuk Sanchez.

Webb arrived in cus-tody Oct. 24 fromLouisiana, where a courtclerk in Webster Parishsaid Webb's girlfriend, 23-year-old Veronica Houck,was sentenced Monday tofour years in prison for vio-lating felony probation ona May 2013 identity theftconviction.

Houck and Webb wereneighbors of Sanchez at aLas Vegas extended-staymotel where police saySanchez was killed Aug. 18.

Hearing to be resetin Vegas for man induffel bag slaying

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SPECIAL TO THE PRESS-HERALD

The Minden Civitans held their annual instal-lation banquet recently at the Exacta Inn. Presid-ing over the banquet was President-elect JeffClemons. Special guest attending was JanisBryan, past governor for the Magnolia district.

After a delightful meal, Neal Stapleton wasprestented a plaque for his service as president ofthe Minden Civitans. Janis Bryan then presentedJudy Grubbs with the “Civitan of the Year” award.In closing, Bryan swore in the new officers for the2015-2016 year.

Jeff Clemons will serve as president, SteveBryan as president-elect, Roger Grubbs as secre-tary, Ed LaBruyere as treasurer, Bill Barnett aschaplin and Bill Langley as sergeant-at-arms.

The Minden Civitans welcome any new mem-bers with weekly meetings held every Tuesday atnoon at the Exact Inn.

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Minden Civitans installation banquetNov. 10

The Webster Parish School Board will hosta town hall meeting at 6 p.m. at WebsterJunior High School to inform the publicabout the renovation and construction thatwill take place at the school to house thesixth grade students.

The Hwy 80 Alliance will host a meet andgreet with James Graham, EconomicDevelopment Director for Minden, in theB.F. Martin Community Life Center at 5:30p.m. and the November business meetingwill be held at 6 p.m. Immediately followingthe meet and greet, Graham will share hisnew economic development agenda duringthe business meeting. For more infomationcontact Stephanie Winzer at slwinzer@hot-mail.com or 318-453-0559.

Nov. 15

Rocky Mount Baptist Church’s 111 yearanniversary will be at 2:30 p.m. with guestspeaker the Rev. Devince Taylor of GalileeBaptist Church.

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Above are civitan officers and board members for 2015-2016. From left, front row are Bill Langley, Bill Barnettand Danna Hassell. Back row are Jeff Clemons, Joe Hol-ley, Roger Grubbs, Steve Bryan and Ed LaBruyere. RightJudy Grubbs was awarded the 2014-2015 Civitan of theYear award.Courtesy Photos

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DOYLINE - TheDoyline Panther basketballteam jumped out to anearly lead against theStanley Panthers Mondaynight, but weren’t able tokeep up as the visitingPanthers used a furious,second quarter rally to takea big lead and win, 59-48.

Doyline (2-3) came outunder control and on firefrom both ends, leading byfour points at the end ofthe first quarter.

In the second quarter,the turnover bug bit thehomestanding Panthersand Stanley got hot frombehind the arc. By the endof the half, Doyline trailedby 15.

A furious rally led bybig man Xavieon Jackson

and quick combo guardTyreck Wilson got thePanthers to within just fourpoints of the lead in thefourth quarter, but Stanleywould settle in and regaincontrol, extending theirlead back to double digitsfor a final score of 59-48.

Tyreck Wilson had 20points to lead thePanthers, followed byXavieon Jackson with 12points and JatavionJackson with 11.Desmond Jackson addedthree points and CameronSmith had two points.

Dodson Tournament

Results

Over the weekend, thePanthers played in theDodson tournament, los-ing in the championshipgame to Atlanta. ThePanthers won 63-61 inovertime against Calvinand handled Dodson, 67-39, to get to the title game.

Tyreck Wilson andJatavion Jackson averaged14 points per game in thetournament and XavieonJackson averaged 13points. Decarri Markrayscored 15 points in thechampionship game.

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SportSbriefs

ATLANTA — AndrewWiggins tied a career highwith 33 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 17and Minnesota blew a 34-point lead before snappingAtlanta's seven-game win-ning streak.

Jeff Teague finishedwith 24 points and Millsaphad 22 for the Hawks.

The Timberwolvesavoided what would havebeen the franchise'sbiggest blown lead in aloss.

It marked the first timein Wiggins' two-yearcareer that he's had con-secutive 30-point games.His 3-pointer early in thethird made it 81-47.

nBA

Wiggins’ careerhigh leads Wolves

OAKLAND, Calif. —Stephen Curry overcamehis worst shooting night ofthe season to score 22points and Golden Statebeat Detroit to remain theNBA's only undefeatedteam.

Curry missed five ofhis first seven shots andfinished 7 of 18 from thefloor while being heldunder 30 points for onlythe third time this season.The reigning MVP alsohad five assists and fiverebounds.

Klay Thompson added24 points, HarrisonBarnes had 12, AndreIguodala scored 13 andLeandro Barbosa had 10,including five straight tohelp the Warriors pullaway in the fourth quarter.

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Curry has seasonlow, Warriors win

SAN DIEGO — ZachMiller leaped, snaggedJay Cutler's pass with hisright hand and tumbledinto the end zone.

A big-time play inanother close finish forthe Chicago Bears, whobeat the staggering SanDiego Chargers 22-19 onMonday night.

"Jay made a greatthrow and I was able to goup and get it. After that, Iwent unconscious," Millersaid about his game-win-ning catch with 3:19 left.

Miller's TD receptionand a 2-point conversionrun by rookie JeremyLangford, subbing for theinjured Matt Forte, gavethe Bears (3-5) their firstlead of the night.

Cutler calmly led theBears on the winning 10-play, 80-yard drive afterthe Chargers opened a 19-14 lead on rookie JoshLambo's 22-yard fieldgoal. Two plays before theTD throw to Miller,Cutler was hit and stillcompleted a 12-yard passto Alshon Jeffery on third-and-6.

"The safety flew overthe top and it was just amatter of waiting for Zachto get past the linebacker,"Cutler said. "I left it highon him, and he made aheck of a catch. It couldn'thave happened to a betterguy. For him to come upwith a catch, it was some-thing special."

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Bears top Chargersin final moments

For the past four years, RonnieAbles, who lives in Calvin, hasbeen after a particular impressivebuck that has been hangingaround his 130 acre Weyerhaeuserlease near his home in WinnParish.

The buck has earned the name,“Big Brow” because of theimpressive brow tines he sportson his headgear.

On Tuesday, October 13, Ablesand his 9 year old daughter,Karlee, a 4th grader at CalvinElementary School, were sittingin a box stand overlooking a thickand tangled clear cut where hehad carved out two shootinglanes.

Just before dark, two bucksstepped onto one of the shootinglanes to feed on corn and rice branAbles had placed there. One ofthe bucks was a nice 8 point butstanding beside him was the buckhe’d been after. He nudged Karleewho had just awakened from animpromptu nap, told her to getready because “Big Brow” was on

the lane.One shot behind the shoulder

of her .308, was right on themoney and the buck only traveledsome 30 yards before expiring.

“This is a buck we’d been afterfor several seasons and I reallywish we could have gotten him ayear ago when he had double droptines. This year,he had only onetwo-inch droptine but his rackwas impressiveanyhow,” Ablessaid.

The buck hadactually beenshowing up onthe trail cameraof a friend whohunted propertyacross the roadfrom Ables since the deer was ayear and a half years old.

“After a couple of years, thebuck moved to my clear cut andhas been showing up in trail pho-tos regularly for the past four

years,” he noted.Ables has a special set-up for

Karlee when they hunt together.He has a device that allows herrifle to be held in a vice-like appa-ratus that holds the gun steady.

“As soon as we saw the buckand Karlee got ready, she had towait until the 8 point steppedaway from the big buck. She did agreat job showing lots of patienceeven though she was getting moreexcited and nervous while havingto wait for a clear shot,” Ablesexplained.

After taking the shot, the pairclimbed down to see if she’d hitthe buck. By then it was alreadygetting dark and Ables, who did-n’t bring a light, had to wait forhis son to bring a light and lookfor the deer.

“We found blood and knewshe’d made a good hit. The deeronly traveled 30 yards and whenKarlee finally saw him, she wasjumping and hollering and grin-ning,” he said.

We asked Karlee about her

feelings when she walked up andsaw how big her buck really was.

“I was kinda scared at first butthen I got real excited. When Ishot, I didn’t even feel the gunkick,” Karlee said.

The buck, which was taken toSimmons Sporting Goods inBastrop and entered in the store’spopular big buck contest where itscored 148 6/8 inches. It sported arack of 13 points, had an insidespread of 17 inches with eye-pop-ping bases of over 6 inches eachwith the mass extending over theentire rack. The buck weighed208 pounds and Ables believes hewas either 6 ½ or 7 ½ years old.

“I told Karlee that she’s taken abuck bigger than one her daddyever got or hopes to get. Her suc-cess will probably go down-hillfrom here,” Ables said, “with herfirst buck being such a whopper.”

Glynn Harris’ column issponsored by D.C. Pawn ofMinden

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COLUMBIA, Mo. —College athletes are learn-ing the power of teamworkgoes beyond scoringtouchdowns and winningconference titles.

The Missouri footballteam banded together toadd some high-profile heftto a campus protest thatresulted in Monday's res-ignation of Tim Wolfe, thepresident of the state uni-versity system. Wolfe wasunder scrutiny for how hehandled complaints aboutracism and other student-welfare issues, and he wasout of a job just two daysafter the football playersindicated they wouldn'tpractice or play unlesschanges were made.

That plan includedskipping Saturday's gameagainst BYU in KansasCity, which would havecost the school more than$1 million.

It was an extraordinarydeclaration of solidaritycoming at a time when theleaders of college sportsare adjusting to moreempowered and outspokenathletes than they've seenin years, emboldened bycourt victories against theNCAA — and now withthe ability to vote onNCAA legislation — andmore vocal than everthanks to social media.

"These black footballplayers understood thatthey have the power," saidShaun Harper, executivedirector for the Study ofRace and Equity inEducation at theUniversity ofPennsylvania. "That is sorare. I don't know anotherclass of black people on auniversity campus that hasas much power as theseguys, who generate mil-lions of dollars for their

institutions and billions ofdollars for their athleticconferences. Not in ourmodern history have weseen black students collec-tively flex their muscle inthis way."

Harper authored a 2013study on black male ath-letes and racial inequitiesin Division I sports.According to the study,blacks make up 63 percentof Missouri's football andmen's basketball players,but less than 3 percent ofthe total undergraduatepopulation.

Because they are oftensheltered and controlledwithin athletic depart-ments, black student-ath-letes aren't always awareof their power, Harpersaid.

"Hopefully, this situa-tion raises their conscious-ness about their authority,"he said. "If black men on

these teams and at otherplaces that are like Mizzoudo what these guys justdid, it could be a form ofactivism that procures lotsof benefits for them aswell as for the black stu-dent collective they repre-sent."

The rise of the empow-ered college athletes goesbeyond race but there is nodenying black athleteshave been leading figuresin some of the most signif-icant recent examples.

Two seasons ago atGrambling, a historicallyblack school, playersrefused to play a gameagainst Jackson Statebecause they were upsetabout the firing of a coach,long bus trips to gamesand poor facilities. Theuniversity then committedmore than $30,000 tomake improvements to theweight room.

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The deadline to signup your child is Nov. 20and a copy of yourchild’s birth certificate isrequired to register. Allpayments must be madewith cash or check.

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