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The Road Homeprogram hosted an openhouse Wednesday tointroduce the ShreveportMobile HousingAssistance Center, whichwill help the hurricane-affected get back intotheir homes. PAGE 3A Shane Bevel/The Times

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With their best-of-seven series tied at 1-1after the Mudbugs wonGame 2, it was up toBossier-Shreveport tokeep up the momentum,which it failed to do losing 4-1 Wednesdayto Wichita. PAGE 6C

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Investigators willsniff out ghosts thatmay be haunting the1897 H.R. LoganMansion. LouisianaSpirits, a paranormaldetective team, willsurvey the houseFriday. The house,says an investigator, isfull of history. PAGE 1D

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A Caddo district fire chief pleaded not guiltyWednesday in Baton Rouge to two federal chargesin connection with a murder-for-hire case. DonovanR. McMullen Jr. could face up to 20 years and a$250,000 fine on each charge. PAGE 3A

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DAVID BURROUGHS: Theres a facility nor th ofdowntown Shreveport that takes waste material,processes it and turns the waste into usableproducts. As an environmental engineer, that isthe kind of facility I would support and even get

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Iran releases British sailors President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announcedthe release of 15 captive British sailors. PAGE 7B

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Investigators search for evidence Wednesday morning alongWest 77th Street near Linwood Avenue in Shreveport.

By Adam Kealoha [email protected] Loresha [email protected]

A Shreveport man is dead,

three police officers are onpaid leave and the slain mansmother wants answers as localauthorities continue investi-gating the citys latest fatalpolice-involved shooting.

Kashiwa Kwan Pineset, 34,was pronounced dead at 11:22p.m. Tuesday at LSU Hospitalin Shreveport, according toa hospital spokeswoman. Hewas hit at least five times byShreveport police gunfire,Police Chief Mike VanSantsaid Wednesday.

No officer was wounded.Officers being put on paid

leave is standard procedurewhen they fire their weapons. The police chief, citing theongoing internal investigation,refused to release their namesWednesday.

Police say Pineset left a carand fired at them followinga traffic stop on West 77thStreet, but his family says hewas shot before he got out ofthe vehicle.

VanSant said the initial inves-tigation indicates his officersacted properly. It appears nopolicies were violated at thistime.

But the investigation willcontinue until we can posi-tively say there were no viola-tions. We have to make sure allstones have been turned.

Dorothy Pineset Benard says

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Marvin Hill pumps gas into his Toyota truck Wednesday atKwik Pantry in north Shreveport.

By Velda [email protected]

Marvin Hill has one word todescribe rising gasoline prices ridiculous.

You cant go as you wantto go. You can only go as youneed to go.

The Shreveporter said hecant afford to spend the $70 orso it takes to fill up his ToyotaTundra, so he settled on $20worth Wednesday.

Its getting rough thesedays.

In the Shreveport area, AAAreported the average price fora gallon of regular unleadedjumped 18 cents, from $2.37 inMarch to $2.55 Wednesday. Ayear ago, the price was $2.53.

Despite the increase, thearea is faring better than therest of the state and nation.The national average is $2.70a gallon, compared to $2.48 amonth ago and $2.59 at thistime in 2006, AAA reported.Shreveport prices are slightlylower than the state averageof $2.58, up 19 cents from a

local authorities have treatedher son unfairly since he wasaccused in a 2002 slaying.

Benard said she will bepaying close attention to thepolice investigation. I want tosee the video, she said, refer-ring to any recordings frompolice dashboard cameras.

I dont know who shot him.

But if they didnt give him achance to get out of the car,they did him wrong, Benardsaid. I think whichever onedid it owes me an apology.

Another relative of Pineset,Dave Benard, was driving theOldsmobile on Tuesday night,VanSant said. He was bookedinto the Shreveport City Jail onone count each of flight froman officer and driving withouta license.

month ago.The spike in gas prices this

time of the year is nothing new,said Don Redman, Louisianas AAA spokesman. This is atrend weve seen since 2000,when many of the regulationsfrom the Clean Air Act wentinto effect.

Although gas prices areimpacted by tensions in theMiddle East and the Organi-zation of Petroleum ExportingCountries keeping the price

of oil hovering around $60 abarrel, Redman said, the big-gest contributor nowadays isinventory and supply.

Spring and fall are whenU.S. refineries traditionallyperform maintenance on theirequipment, he said, resultingin them closing periodically.

There is not any new productbeing put into the inventory.Demand is exceeding supplyand prices go up.

Since 1973, the price of gas-oline in Shreveport peakedat $2.92 per gallon Aug. 10,Redman said.

Eddie Robinson won 407 football games,produced 45 winning seasons at GramblingState University, and sent more than 200 foot-ball players to the NFL but many say hisgreatest influence was outside of football.

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Plant gets excellence award Shreveports BASF plant received thePlatinum Award for Continued Excellence from the

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The transition team was responsiblefor raising money to cover Glover'sinaugural ball, collecting resumes forCity Hall jobs and appointments, andinterviewing candidates for chiefadministrative officer and cityattorney. It is made up of severalvolunteer panels overseen bytransition team co-chairs HelenGodfrey-Smith and Dee Peterson.

Fundraising Committee CAO Panel City Attorney Panel Public Safety Panel Contract ReviewCommittee

Mayor CedricGlover'stransitionteam

Other members: None.

Ron Weems,attorney

Lynn Braggs,former chairmanof Glover'smayoralcampaign

Other members: ErnestBaylor, state representative;Sherwood Bailey, engineer;Bobby Jelks, president FranksManagement Company; RayBelton, Southern University-

Shreveport chancellor; VincentMarsala, LSUS chancellor;Steve Shelburne, CentenaryCollege English professor;Ruby Cherry, Caddo Parishschoolteacher; Don Jones,former Bossier City mayor.

Sam Gregorio,attorney

S.P. Davis,attorney

HelenGodfrey-Smith

Dee Peterson

Other members:Baylor; Bailey (stepped downafter first round of interviews

because of work commitments);Cherry; Jones; Marsala;Shelburne; Charles Grubb,Caddo Parish attorney; GlennWalker, attorney

Co-chairs:

Sam Gregorio Ray Belton

Co-chairs: Co-chairs:

Status: Concluded candidateinterviews Tuesday; Peterson,Godfrey-Smith, Gregorio andBelton will meet with Glover toshare their observations.Glover will decide who hewants to re-interview beforemaking his decision.

Status: Disbanded after Gloverselected Tom Dark as CAO;volunteers asked to help choosecity attorneyStatus: Tasked with raising

money for the inaugural galaand transition team expenses,the fundraising is expected tobe complete in several weeks.

Status: Currently beingassembled; will be at least twoweeks before panel beginsmeeting to discuss qualities itwould like in city's next policechief. There was one unofficialmeeting to discuss the processused to hire a police chief, butvolunteers present won'tnecessarily be on the panel.

Co-chairs: TBAChairman:

Status: Volunteers have metonce; committeein development. No meetingscurrently scheduled.

Other members:Billy Casey, attorney; JohnFraizer, attorney; SarahKirkpatrick, attorney; TheartisNeal, pastor; Jacqueline Scott,attorney; Craig Smith, attorney;

Shonda Stone, attorney; OllieTyler, Caddo Parishsuperintendent

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Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover greets supporters at his inaugural ball Nov. 28, 2006.

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BATON ROUGE Anangry Gov. Kathleen Blanco isblaming Washington Repub-licans for unfair treatment toLouisianas hurricane victims,charging them with favoringMississippi because of par-tisan politics.

In a news conference atnoon Tuesday on the Gover-nors Man-sion steps,Blanco saidshe wants thenew Demo-cratic leader-

ship of Con-gress to rightthe wrongsand to launcha bipartisancommission to investigate theunequal treatment of the statesin federal hurricane relief.

Blanco, a Democrat, chargedthat the Republicans in thenations capital city have con-sistently discriminated againstLouisiana and has favored Mis-sissippi because of partisanefforts to help MississippiGov. Haley Barbour, formerchairman of the RepublicanNational Committee.

The governor plans a NewOrleans news conference thismorning when she will releasedetails of what she believesequates to unequal treatmentin federal aidfor housing,health care,higher edu-cation and aidto local gov-ernments.

Blanco saidshe wouldbe mailingformal let-ters requesting Democraticcongressional leaders inWashington to investigate theRepublican response to hurri-canes Katrina and Rita.

The governor said she hadspoken with U.S. Sen. MaryLandrieu, D-New Orleans,about such an investigation.

Landrieu could be in a posi-tion to launch a probe, asshe is expected to be namedchairman of the disasterresponse subcommittee of theU.S. Senate Homeland Secu-

rity and Government AffairsCommittee.

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Moon Gae-soon cries during a prayer service Tuesday atRed River Korean Church of the Nazarene in Bossier Cityfor slain store owner Myoung Ran Ellis, who was shot in thehead Monday afternoon during an attempted robbery.

By Janelle [email protected] Adam Kealoha [email protected]

Members of the Red RiverKorean Church of the Naza-rene prayed for their slainsister Myoung Ran Ellis inthe Korean language Tuesdaynight.

But grief knows no language.Sobs, tears and embracesshared the churchs dis-tress over Shreveports latestkilling, a woman rememberednow as friendly, faithful andhard-working.

About twodozen con-gregants atthe BossierCity churcha t t e n d e da speciallycalled prayermeeting inmemory of

Ellis, 45, whodied about 3:30 a.m. Tuesdayat LSU Hospital.

She received a gunshot wound to the head Mondayafternoon during an attemptedarmed robbery of her store,Goodies Beauty Supply, in the

Cedar Grove neighborhood.She was a very caring and

loving person, said fellowchurch member Taeseok Kim,27, of Bossier City. She wasinvolved in pretty much every-thing at the church. Its sad tosee her go like this.

Kims wife is an employeeat Ellis store, also known as

Goodys Beauty Supply, inthe 6900 block of FairfieldAvenue. She was there duringthe armed robbery, and herhusband said the two wereclose friends.

The 15-year church member

Slain store owner remembered

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See the Glover transitionteams documentsincluding meetingminutes, e-mails,volunteers and donorlists.

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City attorney resumes.

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From the outside looking in,it appeared Shreveport MayorCedric Glovers transitionteam had a handful of respon-sibilities: to collect resumes,interview candidates for thecitys top appointed positions,raise money to help pay forthe inaugural ball.

But behind the scenes,theyve been busy.

Very busy. A three-ring binder full of

meeting minutes, e-mails, volunteer names and donorlists provided to The Timesas part of a public recordsrequest and available on The

Times Web site shows thenew mayor is relying heavilyon community input on topicsranging from city contracts tocity police.

The previously anony-mous transition team ledby co-chairs Dee Petersonand Helen Godfrey-Smith pledged full disclosure afterThe Times pressed for infor-mation on the grounds thegroup has been acting as anadvisory group even thoughit was privately funded.

The documents releasedby the transition team wouldseem to support that argu-ment.

At least two dozen volun-

teers approved by Gloverhave met numerous timesin various informal andformal meetings and havealready offered suggestionsor received information fromthe city that has not been pub-licly discussed, including: The citys consideration

ofa bond issue this summeror fall to address water andsewer needs. The need for diver-

sity and sensitivity trainingwithin the Shreveport PoliceDepartment and to restore

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ServicesGraveside services forMyoung Ran Ellis will beheld at 10 a.m. Saturdayat Forest Park Westcemetery in Shreveport.Rose-Neath Funeral Home onSouthside Drive is handlingarrangements.


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Dont write the lastchapter on the worldslargest automaker yet.

Despite billions of dollarsin losses and the eliminationof a third of its workforcethis year, General Motorsis poised for a turnaround

and Shreveport will playa role, analysts sa y.

The reason?The H3 is a pretty big

hit for GM, said CatherineMadden, a senior analyst with Boston-based GlobalInsight Automotive Group.

While GMs overall vehiclesales were down about 10percent through October

compared to the same timelast year, the Shreveport-built H3 saw sales nearlydouble a factor the auto-maker is banking on as itcontinues to take the brandglobal and expand thenumber of models in theHummer lineup.


Barely a blip. Thats how the local job

market reacted when 930employees at the local Gen-eral Motors plant acceptedbuyouts this year.

All but a handful of those workers left the plantbetween June and July, butthe economy was none thewiser for it.

Aside from a seasonaljump in the unemploymentrate in June when teachersand students flood the jobmarket looking for summer work, the unemploymentlevel did not rise above4.3 percent this year in theShreveport-Bossier Citymetropolitan area.

Anything under 5 percentis generally consideredfull employment, meaningthose who want to work canfind a job.

By Mary [email protected]

Dear Santa,Would you please give me an

elf? I will not make him sick. Iwill take care of him (or her)and feed him (or her) 3X a day.Please!

Love, Maddy.

Several hundred letters toSanta Claus from north Loui-siana children, and sometimesadults, get rerouted to themain post office in Shreveporteach year.

They start coming in justbefore Thanksgiving, saidU.S. Post Service spokesman,

Levelle Pepper.Since about 1917, the U.S.

Postal Service has had a spe-cial clause for Santa Claus. Let-ters to Santa get rerouted to aspecified postmaster.

If they give a return addressand get them in early, most will

By Teddy [email protected]

Hes 6. Its Christmas Eve. This is a man who cant

afford to take chances.So today Shreveports Eric

Kirton will go to shreveport-times.com and click on Santaand his reindeer at the sites

top to chart by radar The BigMans progress.

That way you could seewhere he is, and you ca n know when you better go to bed,said Eric, young but wise, aknowing veteran of Christmasand the ways of Santa Claus.The tracking system employedby NORAD and used by TheTimes will remain active untilSanta has passed through thenorth Louisiana sector.

Eric feels he and other boysand girls arent the only oneswholl be watching.

You know in the NorthPole, where he lives, the elvesare really short like eventhe grown-up elves are short,he said. They cant see veryfar, so they might need somehelp figuring out where Santais so they can get more toys

to him.Grown-ups are allowed

to click on the site as well. The Times also employed a


Writing letters to Santa is an old Christmas tradition.

Letters toSanta get

answeredWriting to Santa?Make it quick and put areturn address if you wanta note back.

get answered, said Pepper,who gets about 250 Santa let-ters each year addressed toCandy Cane Lane, the NorthPole, Polar Bear Lane andReindeer Way to name a few.

Six of Santas helpers fromthe Retired Senior VolunteerProgram (RSVP), were busy Thursday answering Santasletters at the Caddo Councilon Aging headquarters in

Shreveport.Its a fun volunteer duty,Connie Waters, a RSVPmember, as she took a col-orful letter with drawings offa stack.

Go online to trackKris Kringles trek

Go online to track The BigMans progress as he sledstoward your house.

grown-up to predict tonightsair traffic, which should be

sleigh-free except for the jollyold pro.We think Santa will have

an easy trip as he passes overShreveport Regional Airportthis Christmas, said BillCooksey, manager of mar-keting for the Shreveport Air-port Authority.

Santa typically flies into thecity after the last airline pas-senger flight departs for thenight. Plus, Santa is really goodabout scheduling his arrivalafter the big cargo jets oper-ated by DHL, FedEx and UPShave left the airport. We dontexpect Rudolph to become anairspace obstruction.

What Eric cant see on thesite is whether or not Santa ispacking a new and electricguitar, a Mr. Fantastic StretchAction Figure and an Incred-

ible Hulk Hands and Feet, ashes wished for. Hell find outChristmas morning when heradars in on his familys den.

Canyon Colorado H3

Product salesSales of the Shreveport-produced GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado have struggled this year,while the Hummer H3 excelled.

Percent change -34.8% Percent change -29.7% Percent change +95.4%

2005* 2006* 2005* 2006* 2005* 2006*

30,85720,106

113,06279,492

22,751

44,462

*Through October

Source: General Motors The Times

Absorbingthe lossesThe unemployment rate forthe local job market jumped in

June, when the buyout offersbegan to take effect. But thespike is more likely caused bythe annual ritual of studentsand teachers looking forsummer work. Overall, the jobmarket appears to haveabsorbed the GM losses; thenumber of people workinglocally has risen by 2,700 sinceJanuary.

Source: LSUS Center for Business

and Economic Research

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GMs saving grace

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Joe Polimeni/General Motors

General Motors Executive Director Advanced Performance Vehicles Anne Asensio unveils the Hummer H3Tconcept vehicle on Dec. 9, 2003, in Los Angeles as part of the 2004 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show.


Former GM-Shreveport worker Randy Smith, ofHaughton, took the buyout offered to workers thisyear and started his own construction company, Rich-

mond Homes LLC. See his story on Page 1I in theMoney & Insight section.

930 acceptedbuyouts locally

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By Melody [email protected]

Brace yourself for more pay-at-the-pump pain.

Tuesday, analysts with the U.S.Energy Information Agency predictedthe retail prices will rise by another40 cents through the prime driving

and vacation season in April andDecember. Per-gallon costs alreadyare 20 to 30 cents higher than theywere a month ago.

The only bright spot: the analystsexpect prices to be about 20 centslower than last summer, when pricesapproached $3 a gallon.

Michael Jones, of Shreveport,isnt so sure.

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NewsShreveport MayorCedric Glover passesthe 100-day mark in hisadministration.

InsightResidents should haveeasy access to localgovernment information.

LivingSeventy years ago, adisaster so terriblestruck an east Texastown that Adolf Hitlersent a message ofcondolence. A localwoman remembersthe events of the NewLondon school explosion.

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By Janelle [email protected]

The truancy program at theRutherford House receivedanother boost Thursday after-noon when Caddo Parish com-missioners voted to appro-priate $28,125 to help the

ailing program.At the beginning of the year,

the nine-year-old programthat Executive Director EliotKnowles says has been oper-ating on a shoestring, wasthought to have to shut downbefore the end of the school

year. But $15,000 donatedto the program Jan. 9 by theShreveport Police Depart-ment and the city insured thatit would remain functionalthrough the school year.

I think its necessary andneeded under the circum-stances, Commissioner Sam

Jenkins said. The truancy center works

with students picked up bypolice officers walking thestreets during school hours.Police officers can take thosestudents to the RutherfordHouse where an employee

Hart Jenkins

contacts the students parentsand gets them back to school.

The six other commissionerspresent agreed with Jenkins,voting for the appropriation.

According to the measure,the money comes from the

Truancy Intervention Pro-gram Grant awarded by thestate to the parishs Depart-ment of Juvenile Services.

Jenkins added that he hopes

discussion about solutions totruancy will continue and pro-duce more programs.

I feel like whats being doneis inadequate, he said. I wouldlike to see more programs.

The commission also votedto fill an opening for constable

for Caddo Parish Ward 9 in thenorthern part of the parish.

Former Vivian PoliceDepartment Lt. Perry Hart, was chosen from a pool of

three applicants.It makes it real easy whenthe other two dont show up,Hart joked. I appreciate yourconfidence.

The Rodessa residentresigned from the VivianPolice Department last monthand considers this a smooth

transition.A constable works under the

justice of the peace and haspolice powers in their ward. They can write tickets, cita-

tions, work patrol or narcotics,Hart said. An October election will

decide who will fill the posi-tion permanently. Hart plansto run for the job.

The salary for the positionis $2,700 a year, with no ben-efits.

By Ashley [email protected]

Ten-year-old David Powell

is welcoming the stretch of75 degree weather in Shreve-port.

Powell, a fourth-grade stu-dent at A.C. Steere Elemen-tary School, said hes beenoutside for recess everydaythis week.

Its so much fun when we get to play outside,Powell said during his recess Thursday afternoon. I likeoutside recess better thaninside because you can actu-ally move outside.

Powells favorite outsideactivities are playing soccerand tether ball. His schoolsprincipal, Kathy Turner, saysthat since the weather has

By Mary [email protected]

Baby Tracy, a nearly 9-week-old chimpanzee born at ChimpHaven in January will get intro-duced to the public for the firsttime Saturday.

The Keithville sanctuary,located on 200 acres in theEddie D. Jones Nature Park, will be open from 9 a.m. tonoon for the first ChimpanzeeDiscovery Day of the year.

Chimpanzee DiscoveryDays are free and take placerain or shine. All children mustbe accompanied by a parent orguardian.

It is recommended thatguests arrive early for the bestviewing of the chimpanzees.


Kinaya Smith, 4, plays on a swing at Betty Virginia Park onThursday afternoon.

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Tracys mom, a 40-somethingchimp named Teresa, andTracy are now making moreappearances in the viewablehabitat.

been nice for the past week,

she wants the children to playoutside often.I believe in the children

getting to have freedom andletting them run, play, andscream outside, said Turner, who allows two, 15-minuterecess breaks for A.C. Steerestudents. You cant do that ina classroom and its just beenbeautiful out here for them todo it.

But the string of pleasantdays isnt an anomaly forthis time of year, C.S. Ross,hydrologist for the Shreve-port Weather Service saidThursday.


Shreveport city employee Bernie Clay fills up a truck with gas Wednesday afternoon at a city facility onClaiborne Avenue in Shreveport.

I wouldnt besurprise if reg-ular unleaded is$3 (a gallon) thissummer, Jones said.

Id love prices to godown, but thats theway the world is.

Jones drives apickup for his remod-eling business. His other vehicle, a1992 Honda Accord, can go on onetank all week.

Jones watched the numbers roll ashe filled up at a Murphy Oil stationoff Pines Road in west Shreveporton Thursday morning, where theprice was $2.41 for regular unleaded.People using a Wal-Mart credit orshopping card get a 3-cent discount.

Even in the middle of the morning,pumps were full. Cars jockeyed forposition. Kay Smith sighed and pointedat the pump after filling up her van.

I fill up every three days. Everytime, its $35 to $40, Smith said.My husband and I both commute toVivian every day. We have separatejobs, so he has a car, too. For us, gasis like a mortgage note.

She estimates they spend $100 to$150 a week on gas. Besides the com-

mute, they burn fuel taking their chil-dren to sports events and dance prac-tice. Smith said she and her husbandare thinking about skipping a vacationthis year because of fuel prices.

Were thinking about having somefamily days, maybe putting up a tentin the yard, doing some barbecueand putting out the sprinklers for thekids, Smith said.

So far, local government officialsarent feeling the same fuel pinch asfamilies.

$2.45$2.40$2.35$2.30

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Chimp Havens babyTracy to meet public

Chance of rainover the weekend.

I fill up everythree days. Every

time, its $35to $40.

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Caddo truancy program gets $28KI feel like whats being done is inadequate.

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By Loresha [email protected]

It appears negligence playedno part in the death of the city

employee who fell into a basinof raw sewage, but officials areexpected to change operationalprocedures at Lucas WasteWater Treatment Plant.

Preliminary findings of therisk management investiga-tion indicate proper proce-dures were being followedand that 47-year-old PastorDouglas possibly slipped andlost his balance Dec. 11.

We think it was just slip-pery and he slipped, TomCody, risk manager for Shreve-port, said. That was kind of afreakish thing that occurred.

By Joel [email protected]

The Shreveport City Councilunanimously approved a reso-lution Tuesday asking statetransportation officials torequire truck drivers to useInterstate 220 when Interstate20 is undergoing repairs.

The measure, crafted byCouncilman Monty Wal-ford, requests the LouisianaDepartment of Transporta-tion and Development to re-examine the requirements forsigns along I-20 during con-struction.

Walford said the proposalcame in response to a coupleof wrecks on I-20 last weekinvolving trucks that claimedthe lives of a 4-month-old boy

and 42-year-old woman. Bothwrecks happened when truckdrivers plowed their vehi-cles into smaller cars after

By Adam Kealoha [email protected]

Barhoppers who frequentBossier City watering holesare figuring out how theywill ring in the new year out-side some of their favoriteestablishments.

Dec. 31 falls on a Sundaythis year, but Bossier Cityofficials refuse to budge onan ordinance that outlawsbars being open on Sun-days. Thats one reasonsome would-be patrons areconsidering moving theparty elsewhere.

Im more of a house-party kind of guy on New Years Eve, said Shreve-porter Brandon Frenchon a break from shootingpool at Bossier Citys FastEddies Billiards on OldMinden Road. But I thinkits kind of ridiculous whenyou think of all the moneythey would make.

The 29-year-old respectswhat he considers the citysreason behind the Sundayban: Its the Christian Sab-bath and were in the BibleBelt. But he thinks thelaws time constraints aretoo restrictive.

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Negligenceruled outin workersdeath, so far

So far, weve found nothing wrong, but we have a lot ofthings to do as far as deter-mining exactly how thingshappened.

The autopsy will determinethe mans health conditionat the time he fell. But in themeantime, officials are lookinginto ways to prevent such inci-dents from happening again.

Douglas, a maintenance worker at the plant for two years, was standing atop a15-foot-deep wastewater con-tainer preparing to wash offunnecessary foam that col-lected around the open-airbasin. Another employee wentto turn on the pressure hoses,and when he returned, Douglaswasnt there. The Fire Depart-ment later pulled him from thesewage; he had no pulse. Itsestimated he was under waterfor about 8 to 15 minutes.

Officials say safetydevices in place atthe time of accident.

construction on the freewaybrought traffic to a suddenhalt.

Its just asking the DOTDto work with us, Walford said.We cant have any more acci-dents like we had.

A series of signs warning ofimpending construction sites,placed farther away from therepairs, would give betterwarning to motorists travelingon I-20, Walford said.

Following the Dec. 17 wreckthat claimed the life of JosieLain, the Winnsboro woman, aDOTD official told The Timeshe thought the distance of thesigns along the freeway waslikely sufficient.

Darrell Goza, DOTD districtconstruction engineer, couldntimmediately be reached for

comment. The DOTD districtoffice was closed Tuesday.

Access this story onlinefor links to BossierCity ordinances andadministration pages.

Liquor lawsBossier CityBars open on Saturday

nights must close by

2 a.m. Sunday andcannot reopen until 7a.m. Monday.

Restaurants can servealcohol from noon tomidnight on Sundays.

ShreveportDowntown bars open on

Saturdays must closeby 6 a.m. Sunday. Otherbars must close by 2 or2:30 a.m., dependingon location. They mustremain closed until 7a.m. Monday.

When New Years Eve fallson a Sunday, downtownbars can stay open until6 a.m. Monday, andother bars must closeby 2 or 2:30 a.m.

Restaurants can serve

alcohol from noon tomidnight on Sundays.


Fast Eddies manager Mike Billodeaux pours drinks at the bar earlier this month. Fast Eddies is one of manybars in Bossier City that will not be open on New Years Eve because it falls on a Sunday.


Darren Baker and Jason Pena throw darts at TheLocker Room while drinking a few beers with friends.

Bossier City bar patrons seekalternatives for New Years Eve

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A now-former Bossier Parishteacher who was charged lastThursday with buying alcoholfor minors and smoking mari-

juana with students has lostcustody of her two children.

On the same day StephenieSimmons, 35, was arrested Thursday, a Bossier Parishjudge granted her ex-husbandcustody of their two children.Garland Cavanaugh III hadfiled the petition in March,citing his concern for thesafety and well-being of the8-year-old boy and 6-year-oldgirl.

Simmons last week was

arrested oneight countsof buyingalcohol forminors andsix counts ofcontributingto the delin-quency of ajuvenile.

Simmons declined to com-ment when she answered thedoor of her Shady Grove resi-dence on Monday.

You just dont know howbad I want to talk to you. I haveso much to say, but I just cantright now, she said.

Cynthia Carroll, attorneyfor Cavanaugh, said Monday,I think what happened incourt on Thursday was in thebest interest of the children,especially considering whats

being revealed about Ms. Sim-mons now.A judge, during divorce pro-

ceeding in December 2000,awarded both parties joint cus-

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An injured occupant is carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on Monday. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at VirginiaTech on Monday, killing 32 people before he took his own life, police said.

By Donecia [email protected]

Shock spread throughoutlocal college campuses as stu-dents digested news of the Vir-ginia Tech shooting Mondaymorning that left at least 33dead.

Centenary College junior

Parker Jarnigan, 20, workedthe phones for three hourscalling family and friendsbefore finding out that his high-school friend, a Virginia Techengineering student, was safe.

It turned out he was in thebuilding where the (second)shooting was taking place. He

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was in class and went to thebathroom, then heard whatwas going on and barricadedhimself in the bathroom until(police) came and got him

out, said Jarnigan, an OakRidge, Tenn., native. Jarnigansaid his friend later found outhis teacher and possibly oneof his classmates were shot

Its just weird thinkingsomething like that could

happen here.Parker Jarnigan, Centenary College junior

during the time he was in therestroom.

Its just weird thinkingsomething like that couldhappen here, Jarnigan said.

Southern University-Shreveport campus policesaid Monday afternoon thattheir students were likely justfinding out about the tragedyas they got out of classes.

Its been normal, campuspolice Lt. John Lewis Sampson

said about the number of callsfor service the departmenthad received.

Its hard to understand whysomeone would do that, saidSouthern student ShetariusWallace.

The 19-year-old generalstudies freshman said Mon-days massacre was dis-

turbing but, like many localstudents, she still feels safe ather school.

Here, its a pretty good envi-ronment.

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tody of the children, with Sim-mons being the domiciliaryparent. Theyd been marriedsince 1993.

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By Joel [email protected]

The walls are mostlyunadorned except for a fewmementos from the historicelection, the shelves areunfilled and the executive

leather chair a new, slightlywider one behind the solidwood desk is, as usual, empty.

Cedric Glover moved intothe plush, second-floor may-oral suite atGovernmentPlaza morethan a monthago, yettheres littleevidence hesactually spentmuch time inthere.

Im notconnected to the space, asyou can see, said Glover, whoinstead chose to sit in one ofthe guest chairs placed in frontof his desk for this meeting.The chair wasnt quite wideenough, so we had to changethe chair. But beyond that,

everything is the same.Its what takes place out-

side of this office that is farmore important.

Since taking over as mayorof Shreveport about a monthago, Glover has had littlechance to get acclimated tohis new position let alonehis new office.

For Glover, the past 35 daysin office have been a medleyof meetings with departmentheads, press conferences, ban-quets, receptions and powerlunches.

And very little rest.I certainly knew that your

life changes, Glover said.Ive been a public person inthis city and this area for thelast 16 years. But getting to beelected mayor is like, all of asudden, people are seeing me

for the first time.Glover, a former city coun-cilman and state representa-tive, defeated Republican can-didate Jerry Jones during theNov. 7 runoff to become thecitys firstblack mayor.

With thehelp of a tran-sition teamheaded upby currentchief execu-tive assistantDale Sibley,Glover easedhis way into the office of hispredecessor and good friend,two-term Mayor Keith Hight-ower.

But theres been little timefor fun, or sleep, since thenwith the exception of the biginaugural gala at the Conven-tion Center on Nov. 28.

Glover

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A nondenominational reli-gious group that sought six

Other requestsGrace Project: Affordable housing (Allendale).

Allendale Model Blocks: Affordable housing.

Mooretown Model Blocks: Affordable housing.

Shreveport Job Corps Center: Expand female studentsdorm (Queensborough).

Galilee City Corp: Playground for children living at GalileeCity Apartments (Allendale).

Request amongseveral relatedto neighborhoodrevitalization efforts.

City helping religious group buy lotsblocks in Shreveports Allen-dale neighborhood will haveto settle for much less prop-erty.

City officials are movingforward with expropriationlawsuits so the group, Peopleof Praise, can buy 14 lots. Theorganization started acquiring

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dicated property for redevel-opment. Also on the table arerequests by nonprofit agen-cies interested in housingconstruction in Allendale andMooretown.

In 2005, People of Praiseasked city officials to expro-priate 46 pieces of property in

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body sues a property ownerand takes over property.

The organization plannedto build 40 houses in a 10- to20-year period and renovateexisting ones, according to theapplication.

It calls the plan a familyskills/home management

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By Teddy [email protected]

If you are a television or aremote control, today is noholiday.

New Years Day is a kalei-doscope of six college foot-ball bowls, the first gamebeginning at 10 a.m., thelast at 7:30 p.m.

This is no day for rookiepigskinners. This is likeNASCARs Daytona 500, asupreme test right out ofthe chute. Jan. 1 has longbeen the college footballfans biggest annual test, a

marathon of channel-flip-ping, couch-lounging, chip-dipping, beverage-guzzlingmadness and its still twodays until LSU plays in theSugar Bowl.

Weve got a 50-inchplasma with HD well turnon for the Cotton Bowl inthe morning; I dont imaginewell turn it off til about 11at night, said Shreveportphysical therapist Greg Link,who plans to watch only asmuch as I possibly can.

Bowl-full Fans celebrate new yearwith six college games

Game plan of a fanHours leading to Jan. 1: Marinate meat, tell people

what they can bring, note ice and beverage storagecapacities, have extra batteries for remote control, orbetter, have an extra remote control.

Game Day: Turn on TV, fire up grill, eat, drink, watch.Dont forget to switch hands with remote so onethumb wont do all the work.

On TV10 a.m.: Outback Bowl,Tennessee vs. Penn St.(ESPN)

10:30 a.m.: Cotton Bowl,Auburn vs. Nebraska (FOX)

Noon: Capital One Bowl,Arkansas vs. Wisconsin(ABC)

Noon: Gator Bowl, GeorgiaTech vs. West Virginia(CBS)

3:45 p.m.: Rose Bowl,Southern Cal vs. Michigan(ABC)

7:30 p.m.: Fiesta Bowl,Boise St. vs. Oklahoma(FOX)

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ABOVE: OklahomasAdrian Peterson and theSooners take on BoiseState in the Fiesta Bowl.

LEFT: Auburn quarterbackBrandon Cox and theTigers face Nebraska inthe Cotton Bowl.

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Billy Mark (clockwise, starting from top), Matt Moore, Cannon Link, 2, Carson Link, 5, and Greg Link cheer whilewatching football at Greg Links house in Shreveport.

BELOW: Arkansas tail-back Darren McFaddenand the Hogs will playWisconsin in the CapitalOne Bowl.

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can have hisfriends over toenjoy the bowl

games.

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NEAR LOGANSPORT The owner and an operator ofa DeSoto Parish cockfightingclub remain in custody today more than 24 hours after anarmy of law enforcement offi-cers shut down, at least tem-porarily, what is consideredone of the largest cockfightinggambling operations in northLouisiana.

The Friday night raid of Sun-rise Game Club culminated analmost yearlong state policeinvestigation into activities atthe large arena tucked into awooded area on Wilson Lane just off state Highway 191,the states scenic highway,about five miles south ofLogansport.

Disrupting the rooster fightswas not the focus of the inves-

tigation since Louisiana is theonly state in the nation to stillallow cockfighting.

But gambling as a busi-ness is illegal, and thats thebasis of what is happeninghere, DeSoto-Sabine DistrictAttorney Don Burkett said.

It was a cockfighting

By Stephanie [email protected]

Hundreds of photos linethe hallways of Munic-ipal Auditorium. Photosof Hank Williams, DollyParton, Elvis Presley andJohnny Cash hang to marktheir performances on the

Municipals historic stage.However, Saturday night was about more thanremembering the gloriousdays of the Louisiana Hay-ride. Instead, the James

Burton & Friends GuitarGreats concert packedthe auditoriums seats andbreathed new life into thevenue.

On the steps of theMunicipal, Ross Tilburygazed up at the building,remembering the last timehed been to a concert at

the auditorium.The last concert I wentto here was to see JimiHendrix in the 60s, and Ihavent been here since,said Tilbury, who traveled

to Shreveport from Idahofor Saturdays concert.

The talent that has beenbrought in for this is great.I think its neat what JamesBurton is doing and Im abig fan of his, too.

The concert is the biggestfundraiser for the BurtonFoundation, which uses

the money to purchase gui-tars for students in Caddoand Bossier parishes. This year, the foundation willdonate 1,200 guitars, gigbags, chords and amps to

area schools.Before Saturdays con-

cert, two $20,000 dona-tions were made to thefoundation, one by KeithRichards, guitarist for theRolling Stones, and one byHouston businessman PaulProvost Jr.

The concert featured per-

formances by 14 artists,including Rick Derringer,Ed King, Chris Isaak, Rick Vito, Lee Roy Parnell,


Patrick Williams took anearly lead in the state Houseof Representatives District4 race Saturday and neverlooked back.

Early voting results placedhim ahead of Larry Ferdi-nand, a gap that widened asthe night went on. Williamsended up receiving 66 percentof the vote, or 2,321 votes com-


The Cox Family plays during the James Burton International Guitar Festival on Saturday evening at MunicipalAuditorium in downtown Shreveport.


Cockfighting patrons in the VIP section at Sunrise GameClub off state Highway 191, south of Loganspor t, wait to bequestioned by law enforcement officials after a raid Friday.

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James Butler (left), owner of Sunrise Game Club, talks aftera raid Friday night by law enforcement officials for illegalgambling activities.

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Cockfightingclub raidedin DeSoto

casino, state police Troop Gspokesman Doug Pierreleesaid.

Investigators estimateweekend wagering would top$50,000.

Charges of racketeering,

money laundering, illegal gam-bling and contributing to thedelinquency of juveniles werefiled against club owner JamesButler, 38, of Martinsville, Texas, and operator JackieBerg, 42, of Center, Texas.

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pared to Ferdinands 1,214,

according to complete butunofficial results.I know its nothing that I

did. I have to give everythingto my Lord and savior thats

the reason Im here and tothe people who actually spokethat they want change, said Williams, who was watchingthe returns at home with hiswife, Karanda, and best friendFloyd Kirksey.

Its time for a new direction,time for new leadership, timefor new government, he said.Im not celebrating anythingright now because were lastin things Im concerned about.Its time to go to work.

Williams will have about10 months in the seat, theremainder of now-MayorCedric Glovers term. Hellbe sworn into office just days

before the legislative sessionstarts. Williams is already plan-

ning to run for the full termin October. Whether Ferdi-

nand is in the lineup with himremains to be seen.

Im not making one com-mitment one way or another,Ferdinand said from the Hol-iday Inn Express where hefirst announced his candi-dacy. Im going to take a littletime with my family, with myfiancee and look at it and seewhat I plan to do.

About 14 percent of the dis-tricts approximately 25,000registered voters cast ballots.

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Quantavius Webbs violentdeath means he wont get hisday in court.

The 23-year-old Shreve-porter who died from gunshotwounds Tuesday night in theC h e r o k e ePark neigh-borhood wass c h e d u l e dto appear inCaddo Dis-trict Courtnext week toface a chargeof possession with intentto distributea Schedule I controlled dan-gerous substance.

We were going to leave hisplea not guilty because he wasvery adamant about going ontrial, Webbs attorney, CarlosPrudhomme, said Wednesday.Court records show Webb waived arraignment and trialwith a judge.

Webb and Shannon Sanders,17, were sitting in a whiteSedan in a parking lot of theat the Northwood II apart-ments in the 2000 block ofGrimmett Drive when a manapproached the car and fireda gun at them. Webb sustainedgunshot wounds to the head,chest and neck and died at thescene.


Juanita Montgomery will con-sider burning extra gas to shopat another Kroger grocerystore after the Kroger in northShreveport closes in February.

Montgomery, who movedto the Cherokee Park neigh-borhood in 1983, has boughtgroceries at the Kroger nearthe corner of North Marketand Nelson streets virtuallysince the store opened 24

years ago. Corporate officialstold employees about a weekago that the store would closeFeb. 17.

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Juanita Montgomery (right) and her son Mark exit the Kroger on North Market Street inShreveport on Wednesday afternoon. The stores lease is up and will close in February.

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Francene Miller, executive

director of the North Shreve-port Development Corp., isdismayed that the companywont remain in the area.

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port-Bossier City locations.The company has no plans todevelop other sites in the area,said Gary Huddleston, Krogerpublic affairs director.

The stretch of North Market where Kroger sits includesnew fast-food restaurants andpharmacies. Millers organi-zation has worked to recruitcompanies and revitalize thearea, which caters primarilyto industry and commercialbusinesses.

Miller cited the successof a renovated Brookshiresgrocery store nearby andincreased housing develop-ment as evidence of a con-tinuing need for retailers. Irealize the life expectancy of

Kroger in that building mayhave expired, Miller said.

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By John Andrew [email protected]

Locals with opinions on the warin Iraq and those whose familieshave shed blood in that ancientland walked away late Wednesdaywith mixed feelings from PresidentGeorge W. Bushs plans for pur-suing the conflict.

The situation inIraq is unaccept-able to the Amer-ican people andit is unacceptableto me, said Bush.

Said Gary Joiner,Shreveport mili-tary author and

historian: Eventhough the intent was not there,I was hearing the same kind ofspeeches at the start of Vietnam-ization, turning over the burden ofthe fighting to the local forces withU.S. advisers and forces backingthem up.

Though he still professes to be ahawk on defense and security issues,Joiner admitted to an unease aboutit. There are holes in what he said.... If youre looking for a pep talk,that was not it.

HighlightsSome details of President Bushsstrategy for Iraq, as outlined byWhite House officials Wednesday:

TROOP INCREASE

17,500 additional U.S. combattroops, the equivalent of fivecombat brigades, to Baghdad.The first brigade to arrive Jan.15; the next on Feb. 15; theremainder in separate wavesevery 30 days.

4,000 more Marines, in twowaves, to Anbar, a province thatis a base of the mostly Sunniinsurgency and foreign al-Qaidafighters.

ECONOMIC AID

$414 million to double thenumber of U.S. civilian workerswho help coordinate localreconstruction projects.

$400 million in quick-responsefunds for the teams to do localreconstruction and rebuildingprojects.

$350 million more for theCommanders EmergencyResponse Program, set up in2003 to give field commandersmoney to solve local problemsthat quickly improve the lives ofIraqis.

Source: The Associated Press

Unacceptable

APTN/APIn this video frame taken from television, President Bush addresses the nation from the White Houselibrary in Washington on Wednesday.

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Sgt. Max Guerra, 29, 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Battalion, 7th InfantryRegiment, says goodbye to his girlfriend, Krystal Brooks, as he deploysto Iraq from Fort Stewart, Ga., on Wednesday.

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EDITORIAL: Willmore troops help? 9A

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Joiner

LOCAL VOICES

Homicidevictimfaced acourt date Woman woundedin shooting on

Tuesday said to bein fair condition.

To helpAnyone with informationabout the shooting death ofQuantavius Webb should callShreveport police detectivesat (318) 673-6955 or Caddo-Shreveport Crime Stoppersat (318) 673-7373.

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Residents mixedon Bushs planfor Iraq war

The North Marketoutlet will close itsdoors Feb. 17.

Kroger to close store

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prettyunmanageable.

Peyton Cole, former2nd Bomb Wing chief

WhatI heardtonight isnot theanswer.

Michael Parker, organizer of theWest Edge Artists Co-op

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