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America’s First Video Newspaper Celebrating the Past and Building the Future of North Baton Rouge November 2017 • Vol. 1, No. 8 • 16 Pages • Your Community Newspaper • Like Istrouma Journal on Facebook.com • 225-261-5055 Historic School Celebrates 100 Years 1917-2017 IHSIstrouma Homecoming, Centennial Parade, Pow Wow Drew Thousands For Celebration Woody Jenkins Editor BATON ROUGE - The 100th anni- versary of the founding of Istrou- ma High School was celebrated with a week-long series of events that drew students, parents, fac- ulty, alumni, and members of the North Baton Rouge community to the campus of Istrouma High. Principal Reginald Douglas said the Centennial Celebration was a huge success and that attendance at the many events exceeded all expectations. The events included • Unveiling of the Homecoming Court on Tuesday, Oct. 10 in cer- 2017 ISTROUMA HOMECOMING COURT included Ja’Meracle Rogers, Deshun Daniels, Nykia Dorsey, Lionel Early, Antionelle emonies at the Istrouma gym Johnson, Donald Crayton, Leah Monet Morgan, Darryl Kelly, Jalyn Smith, and Tabyres Smith. Photo by Marlon Cousin • The Centennial Homecom- ing game against Northeast was played at Leadership Institute field on Hooper Road on Wednesday, How to ‘Watch’ the Istrouma Journal Oct. 11. Istrouma won 27-0. BATON ROUGE - You are holding your computer, iPhone, or other the funny squiggles in the photo • The crowning of Jameracle in your hands an historic first — device, is now introducing a news- above. We like “QR Scanner” Rogers as the 2017 Homecoming the first video newspaper in Ameri- paper that comes alive and talks but there are many. Now you’re Queen and Don Crayton as King can history! The Istrouma Journal, to you! To “watch” the Istrouma in business, and you can watch • The Centennial Gala for which has already helped pioneer Journal, simply go to the App Store the Istrouma Journal anytime you alumni on Friday, Oct. 13, which Facebook Live as a new media, on your phone and downtown an please! We are proud to bring you See ADVISORY on Page 9 bringing high school football to app to read QR codes, the box with the first video newspaper ever! Gen. Bobby Efferson, IHS ’61, Honored by LSU ma forces which were firing on him. rou Growing Up in NBR, Despite great danger to himself, he ist didn’t quit until all the enemy guns Attending Istrouma were silent. Then U.S. helicopters were able to come in and rescue the Formed Character of downed pilot. As Bobby was pull- ing away, the pilot was on the ra- A U.S. Military Hero dio from the helicopter with a mes- BATON ROUGE - Brig. Gen. Bobby sage, “Boys, thanks for my ass!” Efferson, a certified American Bobby was awarded two Distin- hero, grew up on Seneca Street guished Flying Crosses in Vietnam. near the corner of Plank Road and Twenty-one years later, Col. Choctaw Drive in the 1950’s. Bobby Efferson was back in com- In 1969, during the Vietnam bat during the First Gulf War. On War, Bobby was an Air Force 1st one mission to take out Saddam lieutenant flying combat missions Hussein’s scud missiles, Bobby’s out of Thailand. On one fateful A-10 Warthog encountered heavy day, another pilot went down on antiaircraft fire. As it limped back the border with Laos. It was only a to base, the electronics were hang- matter of minutes before he would ing out. The ground crew was amazed to find 368 bullet holes Jenkins byWoody be killed by Viet Cong forces on Photo the ground or taken prisoner. But in the plane but Bobby was un- his Bobby continued to circle the area, GOV. JOHN BEL EDWARDS (center) with Brig. Gen. Bobby Efferson of Istrouma, as harmed. That night he brought making run after run at the enemy they were about to be inducted into LSU Military Hall of Fame Saturday at Tiger Stadium. See GENERAL.on Page 6 2 ISTROUMA JOURNAL November 2017 COMMUNITY PRESS, LLC CAPITAL CITY NEWS CENTRAL CITY NEWS & & South Baton Rouge Journal Vol. 26 • No. 11 The Leader Vol. 20 • No. 11 • CCN No. 406 910 North Foster Drive Post Office Box 1 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 City of Central, LA 70739 910 North Foster Drive Vol. 1 • No. 8 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Phone (225) 261-5055 • Entire contents © 2017 Email stories and photos to [email protected] Published Monthly on the first Thursday of each month The Leader was founded April 30, 1998. The Central City News was founded April 21, 2005. They merged May 4, 2006. The South Baton Rouge Journal began publication in 1989. It went on hiatus in 2008 during its 20th year of publication. The Journal resumed publication as the Capital City News on Aug. 16, 2012, with Vol. 21, No. 1. Istrouma Journal began April 6, 2017 Editor & Publisher Woody Jenkins Business Manager Jolice Provost Account Executive Kim Powers Member, Louisiana Press Association and Chamber EBR Deadline for news and advertising: 5 p.m. Friday before publication $18 a year by subscription in advance • $25 a year outside East Baton Rouge Horse on Lobelia Street in North Baton Rouge There Will Be Video Newspapers and the Old-Fashioned Kind After Today, You Will Never Look at a Newspaper The Same Way Again: Welcome to the 21st Century! ing to die! Rather, we will be at the advantage of this new opportunity. are studying this technology — Newspapers Have forefront of change! In May we broadcast the State print, telephone, television, social Last year, Facebook released 5A Championship baseball game media, Facebook Live, QR codes, To Change to Keep Facebook Live, and it is for prac- between Central and West Monroe and everything else everyday. tical purposes a whole new me- live on Facebook and had an as- Each day, new ideas and new pos- Up with the Times dium. It is not over the airwaves tounding 94,000 viewers. This fall, sibilities emerge. or on cable. It is on the Internet. we have broadcast Central High Think of the telephone. Alex- Woody Jenkins Moreover, rather than be limited to varsity games on Facebook Live ander Graham Bell patented it in Editor the coverage of a broadcast signal, and averaged more than 20,000 1876. How was the telephone be- BATON ROUGE - It’s really quite which can only go out a few miles, viewers a game. These numbers ing used one year later? 20 years obvious, isn’t it? Newspapers have or a cable signal, which depends dwarf those expected by broadcast later? Or today, 141 years later? to compete with television, radio, on a hardwire, Facebook Live goes television and cable. The telephone is constantly and cable. Even more to the point, around the world to the 2 billion Moreover, we have found a way changing. And expanding. they have to compete with comput- people who have Facebook. to profit from Facebook Live by Facebook Live became available ers, the Internet, smartphones and The ability to broadcast from the selling advertising. less than two years ago. Where every manner of new device. iPhone to a worldwide audience is, Now we integrate the technology will it be in five years or 20 years? So newspapers have to change quite simply revolutionary. of QR codes, and we have the abil- We don’t know, but we want to — or die. Our newspapers, owned by ity to turn our newspapers, start- be at the forefront of finding out! Well, this newspaper is not go- Community Press, LLC, are taking ing with the Istrouma Journal, into So how do you like your new “video newspapers.” And who Video Newspaper? wouldn’t want to have a newspaper Follow us on Facebook at Istrou- that combines print and video? ma Journal. Also at Central City All you do is download an app News, Capital City News, and my that reads QR codes from the App personal Facebook, Woody Jen- Store on your phone, and Voila! kins. Tell us what you think and this newspaper comes to life! where you think we should go! You can now Watch the Istrouma Journal, and we trust you will. It’s interesting, it’s fun, it’s revolution- ary, and it’s free! So where do we go from here? Well, the sky’s the limit! 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Taken with Santa Everyone living in 70805 is in- vited to come and enjoy the event. Ask an Istrouma High Admission is free for children Student for Free age 1 to 10 but everyone must have Tickets for Age 1-10 a ticket. Complimentary tickets will be available from any Istrou- 11-18 $3 • Adults $5 ma High student.