HHERALDING OOVER A CCENTURY OF NNEWS CCOVERAGE •• 1903-20121903-2012 LIFESTYLES SPORTS INSIDE NSU OPENS BOOK AGAINST PROMOTING SIGNING TEXAS TECH GOOD GRADES See Page 6A See Page 8A See Page 2A The Natchitoches Times And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free, John 8:32. Friday, August 31, 2012 Natchitoches, Louisiana • Since 1714 Fifty Cents the Copy Letters to the Editor Let us know what you think, City Court lists write a letter to the editor. See Page 4A for details. Natchitoches Times e-mail [email protected] August trial docket Visit our website at: www.natchitochestimes.com City Court Judge Fred loud music amended disturb- Gahagan lists the trial docket ing the peace, pleaded guilty, WEATHER for Aug. 8. sentence of the court was, HIGH LOW Sharneika Adley, disturb- confine 30 days in jail, 30 days ing the peace/fighting, simple in jail suspended, 6 months 95 76 criminal damage to property, unsupervised probation, pay dismissed. fine and cost totaling $278, Colonda Slate Bell, disturb- default of payment 20 days in Area Deaths ing the peace/fighting, BW jail. failure to appear. Christopher Jackson, loud Obituaries Page 2A Julie Clare Cobb, theft by music amended disturbing shoplifting, dismissed. the peace, reset Feb.11, DA’s SWEPCO personnel departed the staging area on the bypass near the Alliance Nathaniel Dwayne Darville, probation. Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 1,100 non-SWEPCO personnel joined SWEPCO possession of marijuana, Marquitia Jackson, simple Drake employees to provide storm assistance to both the Valley and Shreveport Districts and obstruction of justice, resist- battery, dismissed, diversion. Texarkana if needed. They came from eight states and represent 16 different AEP and ing an officer, dismissed. Daryl Wayne Johnson, sim- Saltworks contract companies. Included in this number were 300 tree contractors. SWEPCO line- Christina Douglas, 2 counts ple battery, dismissed. men will go up in a bucket if wind speed is 40 mph or below. The SWEPCO Customer theft, cash bond forfeited. Donell Johnson, possession Solutions Center has staff working overtime to acceptoutages over the phone (outage George E. Emmitt Jr., theft of drug paraphernalia, reset Festival number: 1-888-218-3919). Customers are encouraged to report outages via computer or by shoplifting, pleaded guilty, Sept. 10. smartphone at www.swepco.com. Longer-than-normal wait times are likely for those who sentence of the court was, Marcus Johnson, simple call to report outages. confine 90 days in jail, to run battery, reset Nov. 12, DA’s pro- is Saturday concurrent, credit toward bation. time served. Sabrina Johnson, simple The 23rd Annual Goldonna DeQuan Evans, loud music criminal damage to property, Drake Salt Works Festival is amended disturbing the reset Sept. 10. Saturday, Sept. 1 in Goldonna, peace, pleaded guilty, sentence Demorris Jones, 2 counts on Hwy. 156. The Labor Day of the court was, confine 30 loud music, 3 counts domestic Weekend activities begin at 10 days in jail, 30 days in jail sus- abuse battery, reset Sept. 10. a.m. with a parade through pended, 6 months unsuper- Karen L. Kelly, aggravated the town. vised probation, pay fine and assault, dismissed. Other festivities will cost totaling, $278, default of Olivia McMillian, simple include food, arts and crafts payment 20 days in jail. battery, reset Nov. 12, DA’s pro- booths, children’s activities, Rhonda Ann Ford, theft by bation. live entertainment, treasure shoplifting, pleaded guilty, Regina Milsap, obstructing hunt, cake walk and much sentence of the court was, public passages, dismissed. more. Entertainment will last confine 60 days in jail, 60 days Flora Mitchell, theft by throughout the day and will in jail suspended, 1 year shoplifting, pleaded guilty, include blue grass, gospel and supervised probation, pay fine sentence of the court was, country music. and cost totaling $431, default confine 60 days in jail, 60 days One of the major activities of payment 30 days in jail. in jail suspended, 1 year unsu- of the day is the Louisiana Walter D. Gay, domestic pervised probation, pay fine Trails bike ride. The trail abuse battery, reset Sept. 10. and cost totaling $431, default extends from Goldonna to Ronnie D. Hamilton, crimi- of payment 30 days in jail. Winnfield and is an 18-mile This crew arrived from Ohio Tuesday to assist SWEPCO in restoring power outages nal trespass, dismissed. Terry Monroe, simple trek through the woods and resulting from Hurricane Isaac. SWEPCO booked over 400 hotel rooms in the Shalonda Haskett, simple assault, dismissed. old creek beds of the parish. Natchitoches, Mansfield and Hornbeck areas. battery, found not guilty. Shafonda Murphy, simple New this year is hawgball Jennifer Henderson, theft battery, dismissed. volleyball in which teams will by shoplifting, pleaded guilty, Jacqueline Laconia Parker, play volleyball in the mud. Quickie payday loan storefronts sentence of the court was, telephone harassment, plead- Registration and entry fee confine 60 days in jail, 60 days ed guilty, sentence of the court required. Call Brandy at (318) in jail suspended, 1 year was, confine 30 days in jail, 30 228-0685 or Lacey at (318) 727- supervised probation, pay fine days in jail suspended, 6 8534 to register. also had paydays for elected officials and cost totaling $431, default months unsupervised proba- For more information on of payment 30 days in jail. tion, pay fine and cost totaling BATON ROUGE (CNS)— lets was 781 in Kentucky. House Financial Service the Drake Salt Works Festival, Clayton T. Hester, open con- $263, default of payment 20 You’ve seen them mostly in The rankings of the nine Committee, and Sen. call (318) 727-8770. tainer, public possession of an days in jail, stalking, sentence the seedier parts of town, states with the highest per- Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), For updated information alcohol beverage under the of the court was, confine 30 those quickie payday loan centage of payday storefront ranking member of the about upcoming events and age of 21, dismissed. days in jail, 30 days in jail sus- storefront operations that activity, in order, are Senate Banking Committee. festivals, visit www.natchi- Bobby Houston, theft by pended, 6 months unsuper- specialize in small, short- Oklahoma, Missouri, In April, all that lobbying toches.net or call (800) 259- shoplifting, pleaded guilty, vised probation, pay fine and term, high-interest loans Washington, Ohio, and financial investment in 1714. sentence of the court was, cost totaling $278, to run con- against a customer’s next Louisiana, Indiana, Kansas, the legislative process paid confine 60 days in jail, 60 days current. paycheck. Their clientele Kentucky and Texas. huge dividends when the in jail suspended, 1 year Erin Patton, aggravated Schools reopen consists mainly of the work- About 120 million payday House Financial Services supervised probation, pay fine assault, dismissed. ing poor who, for whatever loans, with an average inter- Committee voted to gut the and cost totaling $431, default Alicia Jackson Petite, pos- after Labor Day reason, can’t quite make that est rate of 455 percent, are CFPB budget. of payment 30 days in jail. session of marijuana, reset last paycheck stretch to the made in the U.S. to low- Aquilla Nicole Howard, Natchitoches Parish next one. income customers each year. See Loans Page 3A See Docket Page 3A schools will be closed Louisiana has 18.7 percent The Center for Responsible Thursday, Aug. 30 and Friday, of its families living below Lending found that 76 per- Aug. 31 because of predicted the poverty line, third-high- cent of the $3.5 billion pay- Convention and Visitors Bureau inclement weather according est in the country. The state day loan volume comes from to Superintendent of Schools also ranked third in the “churning,” which is repeat Derwood Duke. nation in the percentage of borrowing by customers who Classes will resume at all households earning less paid off their loans but schools on Tuesday, than $35,000 (33.3 percent). because of high interest September 4 after Labor Day Not surprisingly, rates, are forced to borrow weekend. Louisiana has the fifth-high- again before their next pay- est payday loan usage rate in check. the nation at 10 percent. Many of the payday Louisiana allows lenders lenders, who are financed by to charge annual rates of up the nation’s larger banking to 567 percent for a two- institutions, have upped the week, $100 payday loan. Most ante in lobbying and cam- Index borrowers do not under- paign donations in response stand the true cost of the to the creation of the Obituaries 2A loans and use them for Consumer Financial Editorial 4A recurring expenses rather Protection Bureau (CFPB) than one-time uses. which is attempting to pass Annie’s Mailbox 3A Incredibly, of the nine more rigorous regulations states with the most payday the industry. Lifestyles 6A lending in the U.S. So it should come as no Louisiana, with 2,059, had surprise that recipients of The Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Sports 8A the highest number of pay- the biggest campaign dona- the Natchitoches Area Convention & Visitors Bureau in their new location in the new TV Guide 12A day lending storefronts. tions from the payday loan St. Denis Place building at 780 Front Street, Suite 100. On hand to welcome guests and Texas, ranked ninth in industry are Reps. Jeb visitors were Executive Director,Iris Harper and staff, Latisha Dumars, Arlene Gould, Comics 13A payday loan usage at 8 per- Hensarling (R-Texas), vice Denise O’Bannon, Caitlin Cunningham and Darrian Williams. Also attending were cent, has 1800 payday lend- chair of the House Financial board of directors, Doyle Bailey, J.