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FUNDRAISERS FOR CASA HELDTwo recent fundraising events sup-ported Capital Area CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) As-sociation, a nonprofit organization that trains community volunteers to speak up for abused and neglected children..See Page 3

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QUAKER STEAK & LUBE OPENINGPennsylvania-based casual dining restaurant Quaker Steak & Lube is opening its first Baton Rouge-area restaurant in a Gonzales shopping center in June, according to company spokeswoman Samantha Russo...See Page 5

STATE & LOCAL NEWS

SU STUDENT WINS SCHOLARSHIPBaton Rouge, Louisiana. - Maritza Smith-Romero said she just wanted to see “what would happen” when she completed the application to be in a competition for a $10,000 schol-arship from Internet giant Google..See Page 3

Alabama is hoping Avery Johnson’s NBA pedigree will translate to success in the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Tournament ..See Page 6

ALABAMA HIRES AVERY JOHNSON AS BASKETBALL COACH RELIGIONNEW: Lela Kelly informs you about gospel events happening in Baton Rouge...See Page 4

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The family of a black South Carolina man who was fatally shot by a white police officer as he was running away follow-ing a traffic stop is speaking about the dramatic cellphone video, taken by a witness, that captured his killing.

“When I looked at that tape, that was the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen,” Walter Scott’s mother, Judy, said on “Good Morning America.” “I almost couldn’t look at it. To see my son running defense-lessly being shot, it just tore my heart to pieces. And I just

pray that this doesn’t have to happen to another person. This has got to stop.”

“When I saw it, I fell to my feet and my heart was broken,” Scott’s father, Wal-ter Scott Sr., said on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday. “It would have never come to light. They would have swept it under the rug, like they did with so many others.”

Walter Scott, a 50-year-old father of four, was killed Saturday by North Charleston

Walter Scott’s Family Reacts to Video of His killing

Judy Scott tearfully describes her reaction to released cellphone video of her son’s final moments alive, “running like you would kill an animal.”

President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 22 federal prisoners with one stroke Tuesday, more than in his first six years in office. For the first time, the grant included a hand-ful of prisoners represented by Clemency Project 2014, the out-side group of nonprofit advocates created last year to help dramati-cally increase the president’s use of his pardon power.

But despite Tuesday’s com-mutations, the Clemency Project has moved at a glacial pace. It’s been bogged down by the diffi-culty of training 1,500 pro-bono lawyers in the complicated art of petitioning for presidential mercy; and the group also lost some of its most experienced hands when the federal court system decided last summer that court–appointed defense lawyers have no authority to work on clemency cases. The initiative has also been dogged

by criticism from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who says it’s inappropriate for four nonprofit groups to help vet applicants for clemency, which is typically done solely by the pardon attorney’s office in the Department of Justice.

The group was set up last year in response to Obama’s desire to clear federal prisons of hundreds and perhaps thousands of federal prisoners who have served more than 10 years for a nonviolent crime that would be penalized less harshly under today’s laws (for example, someone sentenced for dealing crack cocaine under older laws that punished possession of crack 100 times more harshly than possession of powder cocaine). More than 35,000 prisoners ap-

Behind Obama’s Commutations: ‘Clemency Project’ Off to a Slow Start

Walter Scot Officer Michael Thomas Slager

President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, March 31, 2015.

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See KILLING, on page 3

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden said the Miss USA pag-eant will return for 2015 during a press conference for Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful on April 8, accord-ing to a source within city-parish government and media reports.

The pageant was held here in 2014, and rumors began swirling in March that it would return when Holden requested the Metro Council to allot $230,000 within the city’s budget for expenses associated with hosting it again. The council is scheduled to vote on that request today, April 8.

“I am happy to tell you Miss USA is coming back to Baton Rouge,” Holden said, according to the Baton Rouge Business Re-port. “They enjoyed it so much last year they called us and said they’re coming back.”

The news is not exactly un-

expected, and the pageant com-munity has generally believed it would return to Baton Rouge for some weeks now. Many have gone so far as to book hotels in the city

for the weekend leading up to July 12, which is rumored to be the date of the televised pageant.

A representative for the Miss Universe Organization, which orga-nizes the Miss USA pageant, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but one source within city government did acknowledge that a no-go from the Metro Council decision would likely reverse the news. But, the source said, the cost of the pageant is far less than the tax benefits the city receives.

Holden’s request, which he submitted to the Metro Council on March 19, noted that he would also supply an additional $50,000 for pageant-related expenses from his economic development program budget. Additionally, the state’s tourism office would put up another $50,000 for the pageant

Holden: Miss USA will Return to Baton Rouge for 2015

Miss Nevada USA Nia Sanchez, center, is congratulated by her fellow Miss USA contestants after being named the 2014 Miss USA at the Miss USA Pageant held at the Baton Rouge River Center on June 8, 2014.

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Mayor Melvin ‘Kip’ Holden

The leader of a sex traffick-ing ring pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from his interstate prostitution enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Crimi-nal Division, U.S. Attorney J. Walter Green of the Middle District of Louisiana and Spe-cial Agent in Charge Michael J. Anderson of the FBI’s New Orleans Division.

Jeremie J. Tate, 33, of Zachary, Louisiana, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick of the Middle District of Loui-siana to conspiracy to unlaw-fully use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering, two counts of use of interstate facilities in aid of racketeering and enticing another to travel interstate for prostitution. After evading ar-rest for several days, Tate was apprehended in Houston, Texas,

Zachary Man Accused of Running Sex Trafficking Ring out of Baton Rouge Pleads Guilty

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Please join us this year for our free Citizen Advisory Council Meetings. They are a chance to air grievances, speak directly to department officials, and learn about the exciting programs offered in our com-munity. The meetings will be held at 10am on the dates below. Mark your calendars with the following dates:

Saturday, June 6th Times of Refreshing Ministries 3745 Mohican Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70805 (225) 356-3004

Saturday, August 1st Del-mont Gardens Library 3351 Lorraine Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70805 (225) 354-7040

Saturday, October 3rd Greenwell Springs Library 11300 Greenwell Springs Road, Baton Rouge, LA (225) 274-4450

For additional information, please contact Tyra L. Banks the Legislative Assistant to Council-woman Ronnie Edwards repre-senting Metro Council District 5 at 225-389-4831 or by tbanks@brgov.com.

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I Corinthians 15 has some poetic wis-dom for us during this holiday week.

“If Christ Has Not Been Raised . . . “

Paul says there are six things that would be in shambles if Christ did not rise from the dead. Then verse 20 reverses the whole para-graph: “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead.” So let’s look at those six things. Verse 14: “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain.” But since Christ has been raised, our preaching is not in vain.

Verse 14: “ . . . and your faith is in vain.” But since Christ has been raised, our faith is not in vain.

Verse 15: If Christ has not been raised, “we are found to be

misrepresenting God [literally: we are false witnesses], because we testified of God that he raised Christ.” But since Christ has been raised, the apostles are not false witnesses about the work of God.

Verse 17: “If Christ has not been raised then your faith is futile and you are still

in your sins.” But since Christ has been raised, we are not still in our sins.

Verse 18: If Christ has not been raised, then “those who have fallen asleep in Christ have per-ished.” But since Christ has been raised, the dead in Christ have not perished.

Verse 19: If Christ has not been raised, then “we are of all men most to be pitied.” But since Christ has been raised, we are not to be pitied.

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There are some new names in the race. Like Rep. Kirk Talbot, who spent part of his Monday morning registering Kirk PAC with the Secretary of State’s Of-fice. “We definitely need to have an independent House with an independent leader that will represent the members,” Talbot said afterwards, confirming he would be in the running for the January vote.

In interviews this week, both Reps. Taylor Barras and Stuart Bishop said they’re think-ing about running. They’re from Acadiana, where supporters say they could build off of the frame-work Ways and Means Chairman Joel Robideaux used in his bid for speaker in 2011-12. Bishop, in particular, could see a heightened profile this year as he works with LABI to take on the unions over the paycheck protection issue.

But the most notable entry to the field came last week with the announcement by House Education Chair Steve Carter that he will be a candidate and that his Leadership Next PAC is operational. Carter was the original architect of the Capital Region Legislative Delegation, creating a formal coalition that rarely communicated before. The numbers alone make him a dark horse contender to watch.

The longest-running can-didate is Rep. Cameron Henry, whose Cameron PAC benefitted from seed money from House Majority Whip Steve Scalise that has been put to use already. Several lawmakers say they’ve been visited in their districts by Henry. Most said that personal touch goes a long way, while two lawmakers suggested they were uncomfortable with the early campaigning, even though they like Henry and may back him.

Aggressive is the key term, and he’s actively meeting with the gubernatorial candidates.

Should Vitter be elected governor, Henry’s quest may be questioned, since he would complete a Jefferson Parish tri-fecta with Senate President John Alario expected to coast to re-election. That outlook on regional influence may very well extend to Orleans as well, touching on the lone Democrat in the field, Speaker Pro Tem Walt Leger, whose Third Coast Leadership PAC has kept his name in the run-ning in recent years. “I’m not ask-ing for firm commitments,” Leger said. “The session should be the focus. I don’t want anything like a political leadership race to be a distraction when people have to deal with things for their districts.”

Others in the develop-ing field include Reps. Chris Broadwater, Thomas Carmody, Joe Lopinto and John Schroder. While Lopinto and Schroder are taking a wait-and-see approach, Broadwater and Carmody say they plan on campaigning as consensus builders.

“I’m a Republican through and through, but I’m also a big believer in how we have oper-ated historically,” said Broad-water. “Even though parties are important in terms of votes, I do not think Democrats should be shut out. We’ve always worked well together. All of us. That’s what unites the House.”

For his part, Carmody said with a laugh, “The last speaker from Caddo was right before Reconstruction, when Louisi-ana was facing similar financial constraints. But I think what I can show the House is a leader who is working for the state and the body as well as the administration.”

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Two recent fundraising events supported Capital Area CASA (Court Ap-pointed Special Advocate) Asso-ciation, a nonprofit organization that trains community volunteers to speak up for abused and neglected children in need of safe, permanent homes.

Kappa Alpha Theta at LSU hosted its annual KATfish for CASA fundraiser March 27 at the sorority house on LSU’s campus. Guests enjoyed a fried catfish din-ner catered by All Star Catering, live music by The Dulac Smack, a silent auction and door prizes. According to Kappa Alpha Theta Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Soulier, the event attracted approxi-mately 800 guests and 43 sponsors, raising more than $18,000 to sup-port CASA.

The fourth annual Terra-con Golf Benefit for CASA was held March 30 at the University

Club. The four-person scramble attracted more than 70 golfers and raised more than $11,000 to benefit CASA. The event was a fun-filled day with plenty of door prizes, contest hole prizes, food and drinks.

CASA thanks both Kappa Alpha Theta and Terracon for their continued support. These fundrais-ing events enable CASA to con-tinue providing a trained volunteer advocate for every child who needs one in East Baton Rouge Parish. To learn more about becoming a CASA volunteer, call (225) 379-8598, visit casabr.org or email volunteer@casabr.org.

CASA stands for Court Ap-pointed Special Advocate. Capital Area CASA Association’s mission is to advocate for timely placement of children in permanent, safe and stable homes.

Two Fundraisers to Help Support CASA Held

Enjoying Kappa Alpha Theta’s KATfish for CASA on March 27 are, front row from left; sorority members Sarah Soulier and Morgan Wallace; and, back, CASA Recruitment Coordinator Jennifer Mayer, sorority members Karley Irwin, Madison Murray, Ashley Greenfield, Taylor Baker and Hannah Pittman, and CASA Executive Director Liz Betz

Visiting at the Terracon Golf Benefit for CASA on March 30 are, from left, CASA Recruitment Coordinator Jennifer Mayer, Lisa Smith and Robert Lacinak of Terracon, and CASA Executive Director Liz Betz

on April 25, 2014, by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force and the FBI’s New Orleans Division. Tate has remained in federal custody since his arrest.

According to the plea agree-ment filed in the case, from No-vember 2012 through November 2013, Tate operated a prostitution business based in Baton Rouge involving multiple prostitutes, including a minor. Tate and others, used telephones and the Internet to arrange online adver-tising, schedule prostitution ses-sions and recruit other prostitutes.

Tate admitted that he took most of the proceeds from the prosti-tution business and distributed controlled substances to his pros-titutes and others to manipulate and intimidate them. In his plea agreement, Tate specifically ad-mitted that he enticed a prostitute to travel from Baton Rouge to Las Vegas in December 2012 to engage in prostitution for him.

Three other individuals have already pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing for their roles in this sex trafficking ring.

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The production would also qualify for the state’s film tax credit program, which it applied for in March.

In total, the 51 contestants spent about two weeks in Baton Rouge filming and rehearsing for preliminaries and the live,

televised pageant. The Miss USA pageant is a

production of the Miss Universe Organization, which is owned by business mogul Donald Trump, and NBC Universal.

In 2014, Trump made the an-nouncement that Baton Rouge would host the pageant during a segment on the Today show, hours before city officials held a press conference offering event details.

plied. But Clemency Project 2014 has sent only 14 petitions to the Justice Department so far. That number hasn’t changed in the past month, even though the project’s leader, Cynthia Roseberry, says the group is working “at an in-creasing pace.”

Roseberry, a former federal defender, said she expects the group to file many more petitions in the next three to four months. The group’s 1,500 private lawyers are finally beginning to submit summaries of their clients’ cases to the Clemency Project’s review boards, which are accepting them at a rapid clip. (The lawyers, most of whom have little experience with clemency petitions, faced daunting delays in getting the records they need from their cli-ents’ decades-old trials, Roseberry said.) Once the summaries are approved, the lawyers will put together full petitions — which can be hundreds of pages long — and send them to the Justice Department. The pardon attorney then decides which petitions to send to the White House with a favorable recommendation.

“That’s going to ultimately lead to what we think is an ava-lanche of petitions going over to the Office of the Pardon Attorney,” Roseberry said. “As a matter of fact, I hope the administration is prepared.”

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June 8, 2015 has been established as the deadline to submit a claim in the Economic and Property Damages (“E&PD”) Settlement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. and BP America Production Company (“BP”) related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. So if you are eligible to file a claim, you must act soon.

Who is included?

The E&PD Settlement Class includes people, businesses, other entities, and properties in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and certain counties in Texas and Florida, that were harmed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010. The website DeepwaterHorizonSettlements.com has detailed descriptions and maps of the included geographic locations to help you determine whether you are a part of the E&PD Settlement Class. Additionally, you can call 1-866-992-6174 or e-mail questions@DeepwaterHorizonEconomicSettlement.com to find out if a geographic location is included.

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The settlement provides payments if you had economic loss or property damage because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. By submitting a claim, you can request a payment in one or more of the following seven categories:

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Economic Damage payments are available for Individuals and Entities that lost profits or earnings as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Incident. Coastal Real Property payments are available for property that was physically damaged in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Incident. Detailed descriptions of all seven categories are available at the website.

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Police Officer Michael Thomas Slager after a traffic stop over a faulty brake light. Slager, who had used a Taser on Scott before opening fire, said he felt threat-ened and that Scott was trying to grab his stun gun.

But a video of the shooting released to news media outlets Tuesday night shows Slager fire as many as eight shots at Scott as he was running away. As Scott lies motionless, the officer orders him to put his hands behind his back, cuffs him, walks back to pick up an object and drops it near his body.

On Tuesday, Slager was charged with murder. If con-victed, the five-year police vet-eran could face the death penalty. The FBI is also investigating.

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“[It] looked like he was try-ing to kill a deer or something,” Scott Sr. said.

“My brother was gunned down like an animal,” Anthony Scott said on “CBS This Morn-ing.” “It was just unbelievable to me to see that.”

“He was running for his life,” the alleged victim’s brother said on CNN. “I just couldn’t believe anything could’ve hap-pened like that at a traffic stop.”

North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey condemned Slager’s decision to open fire.

“When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Summey said in an-nouncing the murder charge. “And if you make a bad decision, [I] don’t care if you’re behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision.”

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“What happened today doesn’t happen all the time,” L. Chris Stewart, an attorney for the Scott family, said at a news con-ference Tuesday. “What if there was no video?”

The video does not show the initial traffic stop. According to the Post and Courier, Scott had a warrant out for his arrest from family court at the time of his death. Stewart said Scott may have tried to run from the officer because he owed child support.

Scott’s death comes as local police forces try to rebuild trust between law enforcement and minority communities after the

fatal shootings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y., sparked nationwide protests, some of them violent.

“We do not want any of that nonsense to happen,” state rep-resentative Justin Bamberg said on CNN. “Let the justice process run its course.”

About 30 people were gathered for a planned rally at North Charleston City Hall early Wednesday.

Anthony Scott said he hopes his brother’s death is a wake-up call for police accountability.

“I don’t want to see any vio-lence,” he said. “We want this to change how officers handle these situations, so no family has to suffer like we are suffering now.”

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By CoaCh GreG handy, St with Standup! Community Connection

Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Feeding the people, this is their calling. Mrs. Louise Callahan and Barbara Hayes, serving the residents of Scotlandville, at the intersection of Hwy. 61- Scenic Hwy. and Hwy. 19 - Scotland Avenue at the Scotlandville park location every Friday going on for the last five years. This is how faithful servants who are called to bless others know matter the weather operate.

This is how many can lead the charge towards CHANGING their community by serving oth-ers before being served. That is what has to happen for us, the residents of Scotlandville, to ex-perience the start of a renascence of a renewal with in our community. We have to do thing the way the scriptures of God tells us to. Then He will change our community and its residents. Let’s make that change together. Also Mrs. Cal-lahan’s daughter Angel, help’s out on Friday’s as well.

Thank you Mrs. Callahan, Barbara Hayes and Angel for your committed service to our community. SERVENTHOOD is the “ALL CALL” to the people.

Louise Callahan, Barbara Hayes Anwsers the Call to Feed the Residents of Soctlandville

Mrs. Louise Callahan and Barbara Hayes, serving the residents of Scotlandville, at the intersection of Hwy. 61- Scenic Hwy. and Hwy. 19 - Scotland Avenue at the Scotlandville park.

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Maritza Smith-Romero said she just wanted to see “what would happen” when she completed the application to be in a competition for a $10,000 scholarship from In-ternet giant Google.

Several weeks later she re-ceived a document saying that she was one of 12 recipients of the Google Lime Scholarship Program scholarships.

“I got kind of lightheaded,” said Smith-Romero, who is in the computer science master’s degree program here at Southern University.

According to Google, com-petitors for the scholarship must be pursuing a computer science or computer engineering degree, maintaining a strong academic per-formance and must have long-term or recurring disabilities “that im-pacts one or more major activities

that others may consider to be a daily function.”

Smith-Romero is a quadriple-gic, the result of catastrophic in-juries suffered during an accident in the 1990s. She has a motorized wheelchair and is assisted by her mother.

“I owe everything to her,” Smith-Romero said with a smile.

Some of the other winners of the Google Lime scholarships are from a who’s who among major U.S. colleges, including: Stanford University, Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy, Carnegie-Mellon University and Columbia University.

The 48-year-old Smith-Romero said she is proud to be among a distinguished group of students. “It says a lot about what I have learned and specifically, it says a lot about what I’ve learned at Southern University,” she said.

The money should help her tremendously toward completing her degree and launching her career in the technology field, she said.

Smith-Romero is a 1984 grad-uate of the Southern University Laboratory School. After gradu-ation, she focused on a career in veterinary medicine and later zool-

SU Student Wins Coveted $10,000 Google Scholarship

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CHURCH DIRECTORYNot forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. - Hebrews 10:25

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n Sunday, April 26th @ 5:00 p.mAppreciation Honoring Jammin Jacque Griffin of 1550 am Ark of Safety MinistriesEveryone is invited to attend!

n Appreciation for Bro. Jerry Flucker Sunday, June 14th, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.

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n Determined of Baton Rouge will celebrate their 1st Year An-niversary Saturday, May 2nd @ 6:00 p.m. Sunday, May 3rd @ 3:00 p.m.Ark of Safety MinistriesChoctaw DrivePastor Carl Williams - OverseerEveryone is invited to attend

n Da’Vocalaires 22nd Year An-niversary. Saturday, May 30th - 6:00 p.m.Treasures 28367 Greenwell Springs RdBaton Rouge, Louisiana 70814Sunday, May 31st - 3:00 p.m.Ark of Safety MinistriesChoctaw DriveBaton Rouge, LouisianaPastor Carl Williams - Overseer

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“I can do all things through Christ which Strengthenth me.” Phil. 4:13

Bishop Eugene Harris Sr. Pastor

When we struggle with is-sues that are too big to handle on our own, maybe it’s time to turn them over to God. Many of us have a tendency to do everything ourselves, and then get frustrated when things don’t improve. On a spiritual level, this is called op-erating under the Law, instead of under grace. You may have heard the term “Let go and let God,” which simply means having the wisdom to allow Him to handle our problems as only He can.

God’s wisdom is not the world’s wisdom, and we can’t begin to understand His com-prehensive plans and purposes. Instead of trying to force things to happen through our own works, relying on His grace yields better results. By their very nature, our works are dependent on the Law. Jesus is Grace, and trusting in Him empowers our lives.

During the time of Moses, the people didn’t have grace yet; they only had a pair of stone tablets to govern their actions. Anyone not following the Law was con-demned to death. But when Jesus came and fulfilled the laws of old, He breathed life into them (He-brews 10:16, NIV). Jesus’ laws are based on life, not death, and they govern our hearts.

It takes courage to step out in faith and trust that God’s grace will be sufficient to carry us through. But when we reflect on the implications of Jesus’ finished works, we can begin to see the big picture. God is love, and Jesus was the Father’s love in human form. His entire ministry on earth was about His love for us.

God’s love is big and pow-erful, victorious and all-encom-passing. The world operates under the Law in fear and defeat, but under the Law the magnitude of His grace is not recognized. Jesus

is Grace Himself, but the world doesn’t know Him or realize the need for Him in all situations. When we take Him into our hearts and realize that we no longer have to live in fear of condemnation, we

also are set apart from the world (John 14:17, AMP).

Under the old laws, the focus was on people’s sins, and they were constantly reminded of their guilt and inadequacy. No one could keep the more than 600 laws that were in effect, and the priests were the only individuals who could come into God’s pres-ence. But when Jesus came, He wrote the law of love on our hearts and became the intermediary be-tween us and God. He replaced death and condemnation with life, mercy, compassion, and grace.

When we firmly believe in grace, that belief releases God’s power to work in our lives. What hinders it is when we try to mix His grace with our works. Our doubt cancels the manifestations of grace. To emphasize this, the Scriptures use the example of put-ting new wine in old wineskins (Mark 2:21, 22).

We can confuse things by trying to fulfill requirements of the Law while trying to live under grace at the same time. Many Christians make this mistake, and end up discouraged when they don’t see the next-level results they were hoping for. We can rest in God when we know that His relentless love will seek us out and never let us go, no matter what we’ve done wrong or what sins we’ve committed. We don’t have to work hard to atone for our sins under the Law when we have grace, which is unearned, unmerited, and undeserved favor from God.

Grace and the Law

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Pennsylvania-based casual dining restaurant Quaker Steak & Lube is opening its first Baton Rouge-area restaurant in a Gon-zales shopping center in June, ac-cording to company spokeswoman Samantha Russo.

The chain will be located in a new 15,000 square-foot shop-ping center near Tanger Outlet Mall and Cabelas at 2706 S. Cabelas Parkway.

Quaker Steak & Lube an-nounced in late 2013 that it would increase its presence along the Interstate 10 corridor, with plans to open seven new locations in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake

Charles, Lafayette, and in three other surrounding states.

Its first Louisiana restaurant is in Sulphur.

Originally founded in the early 1970s to give patrons the ability to “cook your own steak,” Quaker Steak is now most well-known for its chicken wings and over 25 hot sauce varieties.

Each restaurant carries a car care theme, with car and motorcycle memorabilia hanging from the walls and ceilings. Its name is a play on Quaker State oil, and its menu op-tions include names like “Spin Out Artichoke Dip,” “Hot Chassis Chili” and the “Mustang Burger.”

Louisiana-based I-10 Hospi-tality is developing the restaurant locations.

Quaker Steak & Lube has more than 55 locations across 18 states and Canada.

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New Orleans, Louisiana — Today AT&T announced a $48,700 donation to the North-shore Technical Community College to support scholarship awards to students studying in programs related to industrial electronics.

“Southeast Louisiana offers companies many competitive advantages, including a quali-fied workforce that community colleges continue to build pro-grams around that will meet the skills demands of the businesses expanding and moving into our region,” stated Senator Jack Do-nahue. “For those students eli-gible for the scholarship awards and wanting to make serious life changes in pursuing a new ca-reer, these specially designed programs are a tremendous asset to both our residents and business community.”

“It is support from Senator Jack Donahue and our business partners that help our organiza-tion continue to educate a strong workforce that, in turn, builds strong communities,” stated Wil-liam Wainwright, Chancellor of Northshore Technical Commu-nity College.

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“It’s vital to support a di-verse workforce of the future and ensure they have the tools and education needed to guarantee that our country and state are better prepared to meet global competition,” stated AT&T Loui-siana president Sonia Perez.

For more information, con-tact Shelly Dupré with AT&T Public Affairs office, 225-819-1540 or by e-mail at sd133w@att.com.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Ala-bama is hoping Avery Johnson’s NBA pedigree will translate to suc-cess in the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Tournament .

The Crimson Tide announced Monday night it had hired Johnson to fill its coaching vacancy. The terms of Johnson’s contract won’t be released until it’s approved by the board of trustees’ compensation committee.

‘’Coach Johnson has an im-pressive record from the profes-sional ranks, as both a player and a head coach,’’ athletic director Bill Battle said in a statement. ‘’His per-sonal history is a testament to what character, enthusiasm, persever-ance, talent and intelligence can do. He has shown fortitude and skill in every opportunity.

‘’I am confident that Avery will provide our student-athletes with the best qualities of leadership: com-mitment, hard work, enthusiasm, poise, confidence, and pride. I am very excited about having Avery join the Crimson Tide family. Not only do I believe that he will be an excellent head coach, but I am also convinced that he will be a tremen-dous example to our student-athletes in all areas on and off the court.’’

The Tide fired Anthony Grant after making only one NCAA Tour-nament during his six-year tenure.

Johnson had stints as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets, but this is his first college coaching job.

Johnson was the NBA Coach of the Year in 2006 after leading the Mavericks to their first NBA Finals appearance. He was fired by the Nets in December 2012 after the team went into a slump and had

been working as an ESPN analyst since then.

He was the Nets’ coach during their move to Brooklyn. Johnson went from Eastern Conference Coach of the Month in November to being fired in the following month after the Nets lost 10 of 13 games.

Johnson is the SEC’s latest attention-getting hire, joining Ben

Howland (Mississippi State), Rick Barnes (Tennessee) and a year ago Bruce Pearl at Auburn.

As a player, he was part of the Spurs’ NBA championship team in 1999.

His son, Avery Johnson Jr., just finished his freshman season at Texas A&M, which also plays in the SEC.

Alabama Hires Avery Johnson as Basketball Coach

file photo, Brooklyn Nets head coach Avery Johnson reacts in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center in New York. A person familiar with the negotiations says Alabama has offered its men’s basketball job to former NBA coach Johnson. The person spoke to The Associated Press Sunday on condition of anonymity because no announcement e.