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Union ballot over offshore catering pay – BBC News

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Offshore catering staff are being consulted on industrial action over pay. It follows a consultative ballot by the Unite union of members employed by companies represented by the Caterers Offshore Trade Association (Cota). They previously rejected an ...

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Taiwan welcomes investment in offshore wind power: premier – Nikkei Asian Review

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TAIPEI -- The Taiwan Strait will likely generate an annual 3 million kilowatts to 5 million kilowatts from wind power, Premier Lin Chuan said Monday, implying an upgrade to the previously targeted 3 million kilowatts in 2025, thanks to investment applications from foreign companies.

President Tsai Ing-wen's administration aims to shrink nuclear's share of the electricity supply from 14% in 2015 to zero by 2025. To support the phaseout, the government plans to quintuple renewable energy's share from 2015 levels to 20%.

Offshore wind's potential output exceeds 10 million kilowatts, Lin said, highlighting hopes of this renewable source of energy replacing the atom. Each nuclear plant can generate up to 2 million kilowatts, he said.

Danish giant Dong Energy and Australian infrastructure developer Macquarie are among the applicants for investments. Lin shared hopes that Japanese companies with advanced technologies in wind power will take part as well. Siemens of Germany and Japan's Hitachi are seen as candidates.

With Swancor and other equipment providers in Taiwan trailing Western rivals in technological capabilities, the authorities here are eager to import foreign know-how to establish Taiwan as an Asian hub of wind power generation.

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High seas adventures at the Hannibal Aquatic Center – Hannibal.net

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The high seas adventures were at the Hannibal Aquatic Center Saturday, June 24, as 19 boats participated in cardboard boat races.

The high seas adventures were at the Hannibal Aquatic Center Saturday, June 24, as 19 boats participated in cardboard boat races.

Youngsters enjoyed their time being skippers and first mates, navigating the boats they made through the water. Some of the boats were a little more seaworthy, and some of them sank right as the contestants got on board.

The cardboard boat races were sponsored by Hannibal Parks & Recreation.

The race came down to the wire, as the fastest boats competed in the last heat.

The winners were:

Fastest

First place: Prestan Schanbacher and Zane Lomax

Second place: Alex Arthaud and Patrick Arthaud

Third place: Jocelyn Clark and Andrew Clark

Best Dressed

First place: William Rolsen and Jordyn Schmelzle

Second place: Adyson Ryan-Davis and Chevelle Pope

Third place: Kael Viehmann and Gage Conrad

Titanic Award

First place: Jay Arnold and Calvin Biggs

Second place: Isaiah Fessenden and Hannah Fessenden

Third place: Terner Otten and Ben Schisler

Jenna McDonald, aquatics director at Hannibal Aquatics Center, reported a successful event and said the cardboard boat race will be tentatively scheduled for June 23 next year.

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Hampshire College: Identity-Based Housing – Accuracy in Academia

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Combining identity politics, social justice doctrine and the concept of safe-spaces, Hampshire College allows students to self-segregate by living in Identity-Based Housing. The colleges website explains:

Residence Life and Housing facilitates the continuation of many identity-based housing communities started by students. These residential spaces give support to members of our community with social identities that have been historically marginalized in this country, and strive to counter systemic oppression. This arises from our commitment to fostering diverse, socially just, and inclusive communities.

We recognize that our societythrough its laws, institutional structures, and customshas privileged some social groups while systematically disadvantaging and disenfranchising others. Even as we struggle to end these practices, we recognize that day-to-day life for members of these disadvantaged groups can be hurtful and exhausting.

The websites explanation of identity-based housing also states:

Identity-based housing is an institutional structure designed to assist members of historically oppressed groups in supporting each other. It helps to create an added level of psychological comfort and safety for those who choose to live in those spaces, often providing the foundation for those students to be able to engage fully in the greater community.

Creating these safe spaces, in collaboration with centers on campus, will benefit the entire community. We must have the full engagement of all our community members, especially those whose experiences, ideas, and perspectives are different from those of the Colleges mainstream population. It is through these means that we, as a full community, are most likely to challenge assumptions, craft new solutions to problems, and perform to our highest ability.

The Permanent Identity-Based Mods listed include: LGBTQQIAAP, Queer, Women of Color, Students of Color and Asian Heritage.

Pan-Afrikan Diaspora, Trans Stability Mod and QPOC are designated as Not-Yet-Permanent Identity-Based Mods. Marginalized Gender Identities is categorized as On Hiatus for 2017-2018.

Under the guidelines for developing an identity-based mod, the second guideline explains: The group must be unified by a social identity (such as race, culture, gender, or sexual orientation). The third guideline says, The unifying social identity must currently experience or has historically experienced oppression within or outside the Hampshire community.

Hampshire College also offers Intentional Housing Communities which it explains, are living spaces in which the residents have chosen to come together around a particular area of interest that will contribute to and cultivate the campuss culture of learning. Some of those listed on the website include the Hampshire Basketball Mod, the Kosher Mod, the STEM Mod, the Mindfulness Mod, the Greenhouse Mod and the Middle Eastern Immersion Mod.

The intentional housing community called the Gender Justice Mod (formerly Womens Empowerment Mod), contains the following deluge of leftist lingo within part of its description: We understand our struggle against cissexist heteropatriarchy as part of a broader struggle against all systems of domination, includingbut not limited towhite supremacy, capitalism, imperialism, and ableism.

In 2015 AIA Executive Director Mal Kline documented some of the courses offered at Hampshire College.

Some of the upcoming Fall 2017 course offerings listed under the subject Critical Social Inquiry include:

White Supremacy and Appropriate Whiteness in the Age of Trump

Critical Ethnic Studies: From Settler Colonialism to Trumpism

Border Matters: Mexico and the United States

Feminist, Queer, and Trans Theories of Race

Feminisms Sciences

Autonomism, and Labor: Business Ethics for Radicals

Black Girlhood Studies

Queer Feelings: The Emotional and Affective Life of Gender, Sexuality, and Race

A course titled, A Philosophy of Tattoos and Tattoo Art is listed under the subject of Cognitive Science.

Hampshire Colleges course descriptions are available here.

Alex Nitzberg is a freelance conservative journalist and commentator and the host of The Alex Nitzberg Show podcast. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Indiana Christian school at center of LGBT voucher debate … – goskagit.com

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. The Lighthouse Christian Academy promises to provide an exemplary education, a caring atmosphere and service to God, but says in its admissions brochure that it reserves the right to deny admission to LGBT students because the Bible deems their lifestyle sinful.

As the Trump administration seeks to expand school choice nationwide, the academy was thrust into the national spotlight last month as part of a heated debate over whether schools that receive money from taxpayer-funded vouchers can discriminate against certain groups of students, such as LGBT children or students with disabilities.

Lighthouse officials say theyve never turned anyone away based on sexual orientation. But at a congressional hearing, Senate Democrats cited it as an example of a school that discriminates against LGBT students. A Lighthouse brochure says the Bible does not allow homosexual, bisexual or any form of sexual immorality and if a students home life violates biblical rules, the school can deny them admission or expel them.

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Pressed on the issue, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, an ardent supporter of school choice, told the Senate committee that discrimination is wrong, but that it was up to Congress and the courts, not her department, to intervene.

Founded in the early 1990s by a tight-knit group of families who wanted an affordable Christian education for their children, the academy is now an academically successful K-12 school serving 300 children in the Bloomington area. About half receive vouchers to help pay an annual tuition that ranges from $4,500 to $6,000 depending on a students grade.

This year, Lighthouse received over $665,000 in state funds to enroll 152 students.

DeVos and the Trump administration are strong proponents of giving states a greater role in education. Earlier this year, the administration rescinded former President Barack Obamas guidance that instructed to schools to let students use school restrooms in accordance with the gender they identify with, not their sex at birth. The move sparked criticism from the civil rights community.

The administration is looking at taxpayer-funded vouchers as a way to expand school choice nationwide, but it has not yet come out with a specific plan on how to do it.

Indiana is one of 30 states that use public money for school choice programs, including vouchers, educational savings accounts and tax-credit scholarships. The District of Columbia has the countrys only federally funded voucher program. All told, some 450,000 students participate nationally.

In a study last year, Indiana University professor Suzanne Eckes found that none of the states with voucher programs prohibits discrimination against LGBT students.

Lighthouse defends its right to educate children according to its values, saying that Christians are state taxpayers, too, and should be allowed to fund institutions of their choice with their money.

Parents are free to choose which school best comports with their religious convictions, Brian Bailey, an attorney who is serving as the schools spokesman, said in a statement. For a real choice and thus real liberty to exist, the government may not impose its own orthodoxy and homogenize all schools to conform to politically correct attitudes and ideologies.

Former Lighthouse student Mary Wegener, 24, says some of her classmates at the school were gay and received love and care. Bailey confirmed that the school did admit some students who were tempted by same-sex intimacy, saying we teach our students to flee these sins.

Wegener sees both sides of the story, but says a religious school cannot function contrary to its core beliefs.

If they (Lighthouse) are going to be a Christian school, they cant conform to everything else, because then that would be a private school that knocked out the Christian name.

Carissa Dollar, 46, of Indianapolis, who has a transgender daughter, is unconvinced.

I have a problem with public funds going to a private institution who then make decisions that would be discriminatory to any group, Dollar said. Its wrong if an LGBT student, or even if someone in their family identifies on the LGBT spectrum, could be denied admission to the school.

Dick Komer, senior attorney with Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm, said that federal law has protections against discrimination on the basis of race, national identity, sex and religion, but they do not extend to LGBT individuals.

If the people who are grilling DeVos believe that sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity, then they should propose amendments to the statues that they have written and given her to enforce, Komer said. The Congress is supposed to write the law, the agency is supposed to administer what Congress has given them. And Congress hasnt given it to them.

Eckes, the Indiana University professor, said states must create protections to ensure that any benefit they create is available to all. She said that decades ago some private schools used their own interpretation of the Bible to exclude African-American students and federal protections were necessary to stop those practices.

If you accept public money in the form of a voucher then you shouldnt be able to discriminate whether its based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability or sexual orientation, Eckes said. If you agree to take that public money, then there are certain rules that you need to follow.

Lindsey Burke, director of education policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation, disagrees.

Racism was based on identity and skin color and had no reasonable basis, Burke said. This is about whether a student, a family is going to live out their communal beliefs of the school that they have chosen to attend. These are intentional communities that are built upon a moral code that they have decided on.

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Lily Eskelsen Garca, president of the National Education Association, the countrys largest teachers union, said the Trump administrations attempt to fund private schools takes away money from public schools, where discrimination is not allowed.

Every child, every blessed child has the legal, civil and the human right to attend their public school, but no one can say that about a private school, Eskelsen Garcia said. Why would you get public dollars to a school that discriminates against students?

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Family of Philando Castile reaches $3M settlement in police shooting case – ABC News

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The family of Philando Castile, who was shot and killed by officer Jeronimo Yanez of Minnesota's St. Anthony Police Department, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city of St. Anthony Village, according to a statement from both parties.

The settlement follows the acquittal of Yanez on June 16 of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety.

Castile was killed July 6, 2016, during a traffic stop, and his death, as well as the acquittal of Yanez, have drawn protests across the country.

The settlement over his death is the second major settlement to be awarded to police shooting victims' families in recent days.

The family of Michael Brown, a black teenager who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, settled its lawsuit against Ferguson for $1.5 million on June 23.

"Under the terms of the settlement, Valerie Castile, as trustee, will receive a payment in the amount of $2.995 million," the statement says. "The settlement will be paid through the city's coverage with the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust."

The statement notes that no taxpayer money from St. Anthony Village will be used to fund the settlement and that the family intends to "deal with their loss through the important work of the Philando Castile Relief Foundation," a nonprofit created to help victims of gun violence.

New dashcam video, which was released last week, reopened old wounds for those who were outraged by his death.

Yanez, who is Latino, encountered Castile, 32, while investigating a broken taillight on his vehicle.

Diamond Reynolds, Castile's girlfriend, was in the car with him at the time of the shooting, along with her 4-year-old daughter.

Reynolds live-streamed the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook Live, helping make it a national news story.

The dashcam video shows Yanez saying, "OK. Don't reach for it," referring to a firearm Castile reported that he had.

"Don't pull it out," Yanez says, repeatedly, as he appears to draw his own weapon.

He fires multiple rounds into the car, and Reynolds can be heard screaming in the car.

The joint statement attempts to address the communal rift opened by Castile's shooting death and says that the city is working to "rebuild trust" between the police and those they serve.

"The important work of healing our community continues. The city of St. Anthony Village reaffirms its commitment to transforming its police department in partnership with the United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services," the statement says. "Through the Collaborative Reform Initiative, the city and residents are working to improve trust between the police department and the communities it serves."

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Gardening in Microgravity: How Space Plants Are Adapting (Video) – Space.com

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A new NASA video explores the science of space gardening and what researchers are learning about plants in space.

In 2015, astronauts aboard the International Space Station ate the first produce ever grown in space. During Expedition 44, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren, as well as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kimiya Yui, chomped down on red romaine lettuce that was grown in the station's Veggie plant growth system in August of that year.

It was a big moment, and a necessary step toward NASA's goal to travel to Mars someday. [Plants in Space: Photos by Gardening Astronauts]

As the new video from the agency's video series "Science at NASA"explains, the ability to grow both edible and nonedible plants in space is essential for deep-space travel and the establishment of dwellings. Plants provide both a food source and the ability to recycle air and water, Anna-Lisa Paul, a University of Florida professor who researches how plants grow in extreme environments, said in the video.

While it was a major step toward someday being able to grow gardens on Mars, the lettuce taste test was nowhere near the end of this endeavor. Scientists aboard the space station and here on Earth continue to test how plants adapt to harsh environments.

Paul and her colleague Robert Ferl, also at the University of Florida, first launched plants into space in 1999, on space shuttle Columbia, and have been studying plant growth in space ever since.

The roots of plants grown on tilted soil on Earth grow in a slanted direction, which scientists call "skewing," according to the video.

Through their research, Paul and Ferl discovered that gravity doesn't actually affect the direction in which roots grow, as Charles Darwin had previously hypothesized. Darwin believed that skewing was partially due to gravity's effect on the roots, but Paul and Ferl discovered that plants grown in microgravity exhibit the same behavior, meaning that roots don't need gravity to seek out necessary nutrients.

Growing in microgravity did, however, change the plants' genetic response, according to the video.

"When living organisms are faced with environmental change, their response almost always involves a change in genetic expression," Paul said in the video. "To cope, they switch on and off certain genes."

The genes that changed are associated with the cell walls of plants, according to the video, though Paul and Ferl aren't yet sure what purpose this serves. They plan to conduct experiments to study this effect as well as other ways plants adapt to microgravity, and scientists aboard the space station will also continue to study plant growth in an effort to help people survive on Mars and beyond.

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Ascension Parish arrests – Weekly Citizen

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June 15

Thomas, Dennis, 57, 38432 Dennis Road, Darrow, Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles, Expired DL, No Motor Vehicle Insurance, Careless Operation, Domestic Abuse Battery, Operating while Intoxicated; First (Misdemeanor).

Williamson, Jacky, 55, 10803 Fenway Lane, Denham Springs, Threatening a Public Official; Penalties; Definitions, Simple Obstruction of a Highway of Commerce, Operating while Intoxicated; Third (Felony).

Fife, Blayson Paul, 18, 41504 Black Bayou Road, Gonzales, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction. Cook, Judd, 25, 17035 Fountainbleau Drive, Prairieville, Bond Revocation, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden.

Jones, Tiffany, 28, 2285 Acosta Road, Donaldsonville, Obscenity.

Bailey, Immanuel Kennedy, 28, 16142 La. 930, Prairieville, Probation Violation, Two Counts Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor).

Gibson, Kendrick Kendell, 34, 3038 La. 1, Donaldsonville, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Parole Violation, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Simple Burglary of an Inhabited Dwelling.

Fowler, Reginald D., 38, 928 St Patrick St., Donaldsonville, Parole Violation, Unauthorized Entry of an Inhabited Dwelling.

Claiborne, Jason, 33, 41060 Merritt Evans Road, Prairieville, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Domestic Abuse Battery.

Lemon, Cody A., 25, 43083 Weber City Road, Gonzales, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Robinson, Jyron, 20, 5620 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Two Counts Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Reckless Operation, Flight from an Officer.

Eddy, Dustin M., 36, 601 Bourg St., Donaldsonville, Simple Kidnapping, Second Degree Robbery, First Degree Murder, Principals.

Falgout, Ryan Paul, 24, 43512 Talley Road, Gonzales, Disturbing the peace / Drunkenness.

Firmin, Heather M., 40, 42361 Moody Dixon Road, Prairieville, Probation Violation, Reckless Operation, Distribution/Possession with the Intent to Distribute Schedule II CDS (Methamphetamine), Criminal Conspiracy, Simple Kidnapping, Second Degree Robbery, First Degree Murder, Principals.

McKnight, Seth J., 26, 24155 Center St., Springfield, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Blanton, Jason, 34, 41056 Rustling Oak, Prairieville, Second Degree Battery.

Rakowski, Edgar T., 41, 410546 Rustling Oak Road, Prairieville, Second Degree Battery.

Bell, Ryan Kendell, 31, 328 La. 998, Belle Rose, Domestic Abuse Battery.

Allen, Richard , 54, 6100 Panama Road, Sorrento, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Schedule IV CDS, Sale, Distribution, or Possession of Legend Drug without Prescription.

Sheridan, Andrea, 43, 6100 Panama Road, Sorrento, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Possession of Schedule V CDS, Possession of a Schedule IV CDS (Alprazolam).

June 16

Mendez, Juan, 22, 2007 N. Amelia, Gonzales, Probation Violation, Stop Lamps And Turn Signals Required On New Motor Vehicles, Driver must be Licensed, Operating while Intoxicated; Second (Misdemeanor).

Hose, Floyd Charles, 32, Unauthorized Use of a Movable over $500 (Felony).

Russell, Donald, Jr., 21, 41434 Victoria Ave., Gonzales, Battery of a Police Officer (Misdemeanor), Resisting an Officer, Battery of a Police Officer (Misdemeanor), Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Disturbing the peace / Violent & Tumultuous Manner/ Disorderly Conduct, Simple Battery of Persons with infirmities, Battery of ER/Services Personal or a Healthcare Provider (Misdemeanor).

Thompson, Devontia Kendall, 17, 11858 S. Harrels Ferry, Baton Rouge, Distribution/Possession with the Intent to Distribute Schedule II CDS (Cocaine), Three Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Resisting an Officer, Unauthorized Use of an Access Card less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Aggravated Battery , Armed Robbery; Attempted Armed Robbery; Use of Firearm; Additional Penalty, Simple Burglary of an Inhabited Dwelling.

Leblanc, Tynari De'Eric, 20, 102 W. Seventh St., Donaldsonville, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden, Resisting an Officer.

Elledge, Donna Jo, 22, 37313 La. 74, Geismar, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Carbo, Jeffery Paul, 30, 32494 La. 943, Donaldsonville, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Theft of Goods under $500.

June 17

Macias-Rodriguez, Jose Manuel, 42, 10965 Letton Drive, Baton Rouge, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Aggravated Battery.

Lee, Rosa, 46, 198 Virginia St., Belle Rose, Disturbing the peace / Drunkenness.

Charles, Myran Raheem, 24, 3819 E. Longview Road, Paulina, Probation Violation, Theft $750 but less than $5000 (Felony), Unauthorized Entry of an Inhabited Dwelling, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Resisting an Officer, Illegal Carrying of Weapons (Misdemeanor).

Venegas, Margraet, 33, 25249, La. 16, Denham Springs, Use of Certain Wireless Telecommunications Devices for Text Messaging Prohibited, Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles, Driving on Roadway Laned for Traffic, Operating while Intoxicated; First (Misdemeanor).

Darville, Kevin Jerome, 39, 44498 Braud St., Sorrento, Theft less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Domestic Abuse Battery.

Johnson, Colley, Jr., 19, 46029 Richard Road, St. Amant, Violations of Protective Orders.

Edgerson, Alexander John, 30, 1612 N. Coontrap Road, Gonzales, Parole Violation, Possession of Firearm by Person Convicted of Certain Felonies, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Williams, Shanita, 43, 2169 77th Ave., Baton Rouge, Disturbing the peace / Language/ Disorderly Conduct, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden, Contributing to the Delinquency of Juveniles; Commission of any other Felony (Felony), Obscenity.

Tilford, Jamarcus Jaquiel, 19, 36782 River Oaks Road, Geismar, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Norris, Tyler Levon, 29, 80 Adams Road, Mcalester, Okla., Reckless Operation, Stalking.

June 18

Johnson, Dillen B., 24, 7323 Carl Lane, Pineville, Operating while Intoxicated; First (Misdemeanor), Simple Burglary (Vehicle).

Thompson, Clevon Jaquin, 20, 168 Boutte Estates, Boutte, Simple Battery, Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearms, Attempt Second Degree Murder.

Nelson, Felicia, 35, 1708 Joseph St., Donaldsonville, Aggravated Battery, Simple Battery.

Spurlock, Phillip, 32, 2252 Sagona Road, Donaldsonville, Domestic Abuse Battery.

Sullivan, Patrica, 46, 2305 Acosta Road, Donaldsonville, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Two Counts Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Possession of Marijuana, or synthetic cannabinoids.

Thompson, Cleveland , 20, 39012 Bayou View Ave., Gonzales, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Simple Battery, Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearms, Attempt Second Degree Murder.

Lewis, Wilbert J., 29, 810 E. Hamilton St., Gonzales, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Bond Revocation, Possession of Marijuana, or synthetic cannabinoids, Operating Vehicle while License is Suspended, Reckless Operation.

Telfair, Martell Michael, 33, 1002 Maginnis St., Donaldsonville, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Turning Movements and Required Signals.

Loupe, Cody J., 28, 44444 Melancon St., Sorrento, Two Counts Violations of Protective Orders, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Domestic Abuse Battery; Second Offense (Felony).

Wilson, Kelsey Dshae, 26, 44444 Melancon St., Sorrento, Violations of Protective Orders.

June 19

Miller, Bryan Keith, 34, 18301 Jessica St., Prairieville, Two Counts Theft, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden.

Williams, Dexter Dewayne, 28, 7311 Communi, St. James, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Myers, Brandon, 44, 4809 Longfellow Drive, Baton Rouge, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Lemoine, Jake Joseph, 44, 11254 Sheets Road, Gonzales, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Aggravated Battery.

Fairchild, Sidney Clay, 36, 48259 Amite River Road, St. Amant, Failure to Register and Notify as a Sex Offender or Child Predator.

Brown, Coretta, 36, 11320 Salman Road, Geismar, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle.

Lucrecio, Ocias C., 26, 526 E. Verna St., Gonzales, Hold for Other Agency, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Entrekin, Brianna Flowers, 24, 14227 Mire Road, Gonzales, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Schedule II CDS (Methamphetamine).

Alanos, Qasim, 20, 520 S. Daphne Drive, Gonzales, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Parks Rules and Regulations, Possession of Marijuana, or synthetic cannabinoids.

Tillotson, Markis, 17, 17323 W. Cherry Creek Drive, Prairieville, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Theft less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Simple Burglary (Vehicle).

Fowler, St Taurus L., 22, 13385 LeBlanc Road, Gonzales, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Possession of Schedule III CDS, Illegal Carry of Weapons;Crime or CDS (Felony), Distribution/Possession with the Intent to Distribute a Schedule I CDS (Benzylpiperazine)(BZP).

Mitchell, Jarrous Kimo, 21, 15270 Roy Rogers Road, Prairieville, Simple Robbery, Possession of Schedule II CDS, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Distribution/Possession with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana, or synthetic cannabinoids.

Lockett, Trevor, 17, 16064 Macaluso Lane, Prairieville, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Theft less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Simple Burglary (Vehicle).

Peppers, Cadin, 17, 18462 Belle Alliance Road, Prairieville, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Theft less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Simple Burglary (Vehicle).

June 20

Winfrey, Patrick Jamal, 19, 908 Mulberry St., Donaldsonville, Two Counts Contributing to the Delinquency of Juveniles (Misdemeanor).

Junior, Dwayne, 18, 401 W. 10th St., Donaldsonville, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant.

Marsh, Landon, 26, 6937 W. La. 190, Port Allen, Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor), Theft less than $750 (Misdemeanor), Simple Battery, Unauthorized Entry of an Inhabited Dwelling.

Felton, Rayne, 46, 929 S. Ashley Ave., Gonzales, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Schedule II CDS (Cocaine), Reckless Operation.

Simon, Theresa, 38, 934 Elizabeth St., Donaldsonville, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Operating Vehicle while License is Suspended, Brake Light Out.

Musso, Raymond Todd, 56, 18230 Little Prairie Road, Prairieville, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Simple Assault.

Johnson, Rory, 28, 1116 Crete St., New Orleans, Hold for Other Agency, Misdemeanor sexual battery.

Hull, Armond Joseph, Jr., 35, 12190 Perry Babin Lane, St. Amant, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden.

Brown, Tremaine, 33, 812 Houmas St., Donaldsonville, Three Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm (Felony).

Bennett, Otis L., 49, 35291 Rayville Road, Donaldsonville, Disturbing the peace / Language/ Disorderly Conduct, Violations of Protective Orders.

Redmond, Shane Cameron, 47, 7536 Vice President Lane, Baton Rouge, Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, First Degree Murder, Second Degree Robbery, Simple Kidnapping.

Smith, Edward Oscar, III, 34, 10501 La. 431, St. Amant, Bond Revocation, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden, Theft of Goods under $500.

June 21

Evans, Rhonda Ann, 33, 13456 Bayou Oak St., Gonzales, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction.

Gause, De'Von, 38, 42173 Cannon Road, Gonzales, Theft $750 but less than $5000 (Felony).

Whittington, Kaitlyn Alexis, 24, 41152 CJ Courtney Road, Gonzales, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Heroin, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction.

Chapman, Anthony Vincent, 32, 412 E. Caldwell St., Gonzales, Fugitive-Other Louisiana Jurisdiction.

Hull, Armond Joseph, Jr., 35, 12190 Perry Babin Lane, St. Amant, Bond Revocation, Disturbing the peace / Violent & Tumultuous Manner/ Disorderly Conduct, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden, Resisting an Officer by Violence, Resistance, or Opposition , Simple Criminal Damage to Property less than $500 (Misdemeanor).

June 22

Gonday, David Joseph, 34, 43258 Norwood Road, Gonzales, First Degree Murder, Second Degree Robbery, Simple Kidnapping.

Matthews, Desiree Dawn, 33, 1200 La. 67, Slaughter, Two Counts Failure to Appear-Bench Warrant, Violations of registration provisions, Switched License Plate, No Motor Vehicle Insurance, Operating Vehicle while License is Suspended, Flight from an officer (Misdemeanor), Aggravated Flight from an Officer (Felony), Reckless Operation, Entry on or Remaining in Places or on Land after being Forbidden, Theft of Goods under $500.

Joyner, Amanda, 41, 37305 Prairie Drive, Prairieville, Vehicle entering highway from private road, driveway, alley or building, Operating while Intoxicated; First (Misdemeanor).

Trabeaux, Shawn Dwana, 41, 17054 Blue Ridge, Prairieville, Operating while Intoxicated; First (Misdemeanor), Registration; Commercial Vehicles; Expired Plate, Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Motor Vehicles, Security Required, Operating Vehicle while License is Suspended, Driving on Roadway Laned for Traffic.

Debate, Larry Joseph, 33, 41060 Merritt Evans Road, Prairieville, Illegal Carry of Weapons;Crime or CDS (Felony), Possession of Schedule II CDS (Methamphetamine).

Green, Ryan Michael, 17, 40032 Coontrap Road, Gonzales, Prohibited acts; Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Schedule I CDS, Resisting an Officer, Criminal Mischief /Tampering with any property of another, Possession of or Dealing in Firearms with Obliterated Number or Mark, Illegal Carrying of Weapons (Felony), Simple Burglary (Vehicle).

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Lamar-Dixon Expo Center gym back in play after renovations – The Advocate

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GONZALES The 36,000-square-foot gym at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center has gotten new life in a renovation that not only expands its sports capacity but broadens its appeal for other events.

"It's going to be a great asset for the community," said Travis Turner, Ascension Parish councilman and head of the council's recreation committee.

By removing space-consuming wooden bleachers andreplacing them with portable ones and by rearranging basketball goals, workers transfigured the gym's previous lone basketball court into two; the space has been reworked to add a second volleyball court, as well.

A new public address system, laminate wood floors and fresh paint make the gym, a free-standing building on the Lamar-Dixon grounds, almost like a new venue for all types of events.

"It will provide us with another opportunity to attract a diverse calendar of events to Lamar-Dixon that will appeal to a broader audience," Parish President Kenny Matassa said.

The $339,000 gym project came in early in May instead of July and about $10,000 under budget, said Martin McConnell, public information officer for the parish government.

Last month, the popular Senior Sock Hop dances the parish throws for older adults returned to the gym for the first timesince its upgrade.

A second, still unfunded phase, would expand the size of the gym building and add a third court.

"We'll keep working toward that end," Turner said.

Three years ago, Ascension Parish voters rejected by a large margin a proposed 10-year, 5-mill property tax that would have funded a new recreational complex at Lamar-Dixon, a new performing arts center and upgrades to all parish parks.

In the wake of the tax's failure, Turner pushed for funding for improvements to the gym alone.

Turner had originally sought funding for a $2 million renovation and expansion of the gym, but a budget amendment he proposed in late 2015 for the project died in committee, as Parish Council members wrangled over funding for recreational needs elsewhere in the parish.

Turner returned with a scaled-back version of the original gym plan, opting for a first phase that renovated the existing gym building with new courts for basketball or volleyball.

"The gym was inadequate," Turner said. "Individuals who wanted to play basketball and volleyball were underserved."

The renovation of the gym was due to begin last fall, but the August flood changed those plans, and the facility served as a major distribution center for meals after the disaster.

Work on the gym, which is called the Ascension Gym and has a lobby and concessions area, began in January.

The Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, off La. 30 just outside the Gonzales city limits and not far from the Tanger Outlet shopping center, has 90,000 square feet of air-conditioned display space in two other large buildings on the site, two open-air arenas and two recreational vehicle parks.

The renovated gym enhances "Lamar-Dixon's capacity as a general entertainment center in the parish and the capital city region and Gulf coast," said Kyle Gautreau, chief of staff for the Ascension Parish government.

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Goatwhore Vengeful Ascension – mxdwn.com

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CJ Brown June 26th, 2017 - 12:00 PM

Goatwhores latest release is everything one would expect from the New Orleans extreme metal giants. The introductory track, Forsaken, kicks off the album in a manner that is almost overwhelming to the senses. The guitar is persistent throughout the entire song and serves as a foundation for the sonic tomfoolery that surrounds it; the drums are seemingly everywhere, following no clear-cut path; and the ever so familiar over-the-top vocals add to the chaos but its awesome.Its almost as if this was set as the introductory track to weed out those that would be faint-hearted enough to falter and hit the stop button as opposed to continuing on through the rest ofVengeful Ascension. Soon,the album begins to take a more structured approach into the fray,seemingly fueled by purespeed and hatred, with emphasis on the latter.

Several tracks could be usedtoexemplify the character and musicianship found throughout the album, but Chaos Arcane comes first to mind. Itis a rich example of what Goatwhore have to offer musically and does not fail to leave the listener in awe by its end, whether it be from admiring or admonishing the composition. The persistent double bass onslaught in tandem with the masterful riffing from the guitars provides a sense of urgency that almost forces a physical response from the listener throughout.

Along with other songs such as Drowned In Grim Rebirth and Mankind Will Have No Mercy,Vengeful Ascensionexhibitsan incredibly strong foundation of skill, urgency and vulgarity wrapped in an easy to ingest form. As a whole it is an excellent album, as well as a great offering to the metal community in a year that has consistently set the bar high in terms of itsreleases thus far.

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