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Runoff Election Dec.
6
Results
Landrieu vs. Cassidy; Edwards vs. Graves
United States Senate
Congress - 6th District
Nov. 4, 2014
United States Senate
Bill Cassidy R 602,439 41%
Mary Landrieu D 618,840 42%
Rob Maness R 202,413 14%
— and 6 others —
Congress - 6th District
Bill Cassidy (R)
Received 41% in Primary
BATON ROUGE — The Dec.
6 ballot will feature two
runoffs with national implications. U.S. Sen. Mary
Landrieu (D) will face
Congressman Bill Cassidy
(R) for a six-year term in
the United States Senate.
Conservative Republican
Mary Landrieu (D)
Received 42% in Primary
Edwin Edwards (D)
Received 30% in Primary
Garret Graves (R)
Received 27% in Primary
candidate Col. Rob Maness received more than
200,000 votes in the Nov.
4 primary, and his endorsement is considered
important to uniting conservatives behind Cassidy.
On Nov. 4, Republicans
picked up eight seats and
won control of Senate, and
a Republican win in Louisiana would strengthen the
party’s hold on the body.
In the Sixth Congressional District, former Gov.
Edwin Edwards (D) will
face Gov. Bobby Jindal’s
former coastal zone director, Garret Graves, the
Republican. Edwards and
Graves eliminated nine
other candidates in the
Nov. 4 primary. Fifth
place finisher Lenar Whitney (R) endorsed Graves
Wednesday. It is unclear
if candidates Paul Dietzel
(R) and Dan Claitor (R)
will make an endorsement.
EBR School Bd - Dist. 1
Jerry Arbour (R)
Incumbent
Evelyn Jackson-Ware (D)
Incumbent
EBR School Bd - Dist. 6
Mark Bellue (R)
Newcomer
Jennifer Andrews (D)
Newcomer
3 School Board Seats
To Be Decided Dec. 6
BATON ROUGE — Voters
in Baton Rouge will decide runoff elections for
three seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish School
Board on Saturday, Dec. 6.
The election could decide whether BRAC will
achieve its goal to winning
a majority of the ninemember board.
In District 1 - Two incumbent board members
will face off — Jerry
Arbour (R) and Evelyn
Jackson-Ware (D), who is
backed by BRAC.
In District 6, Republican Mark Bellue (R) who
is supported by BRAC, is
in the runoff with Jennifer
Andrews (D).
In District 8, Republican
incumbent Connie Bernard is opposed by Chris
Bailey (R), who is supported by BRAC.
The East Baton Rouge
Republican Party is supported Arbour and Bernard.
EBR School Bd - Dist. 8
Chris Bailey (R)
Challenger
Connie Bernard (R)
Incumbent
Bob Bell R
5,182 2%
Dan Claitor R
26,520 10%
Rufus Craig L
3,560 1%
Paul Dietzel II R 35,013 14%
Edwin Edwards D 77,852 30%
Garret Graves R 70,706 27%
Richard Lieberman D 7,3063%
Craig McCulluch R 5,8142%
Trey Thomas R
1,447 1%
Lenar Whitney R 19,146 7%
Peter Williams D
4,036 2%
District Judge • Div. J
Gideon Carter D
1,716 7%
Trudy White D
14,947 59%
Alfred Williams D 8,509 34%
District Judge • Div. K
Tiffany Foxworth D 6,834 29%
Nina S. Hunter D 2,387 10%
Bonnie Jackson D 14,288 61%
District Judge • Div. I
Mike Caldwell R 34,643 58%
Randy Piedrahita R 24,731 42%
Juvenile Court • Sec. 1A
Adam Haney R 44,462 50%
Dedrick Moore D 12,250 14%
Kathleen Richey D 31,549 36%
Juvenile Court • Sec. 2B
Gail Grover D
13,388 28%
Pam Johnson D 33,783 72%
Family Court • Sec. 1A
Hunter Greene R 30,203 68%
Annette Lassale R 14,402 32%
EBR School Board
District 1
Jennifer Andrews D 4,043
Mark Bellue R
6,229
Mary Lynch NP
2,564
District 5
Jerry Arbour R
4,080
Patty Merrick D
1,274
Evelyn Jackson-Ware D 4,427
W. T. Winfield D
3,259
District 8
Chris Bailey R
4,884
Connie Bernard R 6,290
Obie O’Brien R
1,087
Joan Wallyn R
1,228
32%
49%
20%
31%
10%
34%
25%
36%
47%
8%
9%
Winners listed in Blue
Candidates in Dec. 6 Runoff in Red
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Country Living in the City
Pro-Life Was Big Winner in Tuesday’s Election
Eight Pro-Life
Republicans Will
Replace Eight
Democrats Who
Are Pro-Abortion
Woody Jenkins
Editor
The Republican tidal wave of
victories arrived all at once Tuesday night around 10 p.m. By 10:30
p.m., the liberal media was already
playing down the victories and cautioning that the Republicans must
“work with” President Obama.
That’s amazing, because Obama
hasn’t worked with anyone — Republican or Democrat — since he
was elected. For Obama, it’s “My
way or the highway,” which is in
part responsible
for the remarkable failure of his
presidency.
By Wednesday,
Speaker
John
Boehner was already
talking
about “compromise” with the
President. What?
Woody Jenkins This
historic
majority — a 100-year high mark
— was elected to stop and undo
what Obama is doing — not pander
to his idiosyncrasies.
On Wednesday, Obama said very
clearly: I have heard the voters, and
I don’t plan to change course! One
headline read, “Obama Defiant Despite Humiliation”!
With a net gain of eight new
senators and Louisiana still out, Republicans in the Senate will have
a working majority. Republicans
in the House will have a huge majority. This is not the time to play
piddy-pat with Obama.
January will be the time to move
forward on many fronts. It is essential that Congress use the power of the purse to enforce its will.
That means restricting how Obama
uses the taxpayer’s money. While
Obama can veto regular legislation,
his ability to veto appropriations has
limits, and that is the vulnerability
that Republicans must exploit.
Perhaps the biggest winner Tuesday was the right to life. Eight prolife Republicans defeated eight proabortion Democrats in the Senate.
The Senate will be far more prolife than in the past. In addition, the
Right to Keep and Bear Arms won
victory after victory, as pro-gun
Senate candidates and gubernatorial
candidates defeated Democrats who
favor gun control.
It is an historic time. Now we
will see if Republicans will move
forward expeditiously with pro-free
enterprise, fiscally conservative
polcies. They must rein in Obama
on a host of critical issues, starting
with illegal immigration.
HHH
Senate Race in Louisiana. Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy
made a good showing, as did conservative Republican Col. Rob Maness, who won more than 200,000
votes. Incumbent Democrat Mary
Landrieu will fight, and her hope is
to turn out her base, while Republicans slumber, secure in the knowledge that she can’t win. The reality
is she can win, if Republicans don’t
do their job. Congressman Cassidy
must reach out aggressively to bring
into the fold Col. Maness and the
conservative base which supported
him. That means taking a strong
conservative stand on the issues and
communicating those policies to the
electorate.
HHH
Sixth District Race. In the Sixth
District, Garret Graves too must
reach out to conservatives. He
polled 27 percent but must appeal
to those who voted for Paul Dietzel,
Dan Claitor, Lenar Whitney, Craig
McCulloch and the other Republicans. That means healing the differences and bringing people together.
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Candidates Out Sign Waving on Election Day
Continued from Page 2
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Central school board members reelected Tuesday were Sharon Browning, Will Easley, and Ruby Foil.
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See DEVALL on Page 14
Police chief James Salsbury & Ruby Foil
School board member Roxanne Atkinson, Ann Warren, Dr. David & Jill Walker
Dr. Jim Gardner, president,
Central Community School Board
Watching election returns at Will and Dot Easley’s barn
Election Night in Central
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Annual Fall Festival at Zoar Baptist Drew
CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014 7
Families from Throughout Baton Rouge
Annual Fall Festival
at Zoar Baptist
Friday, Oct. 31, 2014
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LOOKING FOR CENTRAL
HIGH GRADUATES
CLASS OF 1964
An effort is underway to locate
the 1964 graduates of Central
High School. If you’re one of
these graduates, and you’ve
not yet received a phone call
or e-mail about plans for an
upcoming 50th reunion, please
contact Connie Mack Dickinson at cmdickinson@bellsouth.
net. Please pass this along to
any 1964 CHS grads you know.
As current Chief Homicide Prosecutor and former
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work as lead prosecutor for Baton Rouge Area
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homicides by 22% last year.
Throughout his career,
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Families Participate in Fall Festivals Oct. 31
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What’s Happening In and Around the Capital
November 9
Veterans Service
First Penecostal Church
The First Pentecostal Church,
1020 South Range Ave in Denham
Springs, (across from Walmart).
will hold a special veterans service
9:45 a.m. to 12 noon. Speakers include Pastor Wm. Ray Johnson,
Col. Rob Maness, Mayor Jimmy
Durbin, and other guests.
November 23
Gospel Singing
Magnolia Methodist Church
Magnolia United Methodist
Church at 16024 Greenwell Springs
Rd. will host The Jones-Sibley
Gospel Group. They offer classic
Southern gospel music. It will be at
11 a.m. All are welcome.
November 30
Gospel Singing
Magnolia Methodist Church
Magnolia United Methodist at
ZACHARY — Frank Roubique, RN,
BSN, has been named Program Director at Lane Rehabilitation Center.
A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana
University, Roubique has more than 29
years of health care experience. Prior
to this position, he was Clinical Informatic Coordinator in the Information
Systems department at Lane Regional
Medical Center. Roubique is a native
of Baton Rouge and a resident of Central. He and his wife, Sandy, have two
sons, Britton and Justin.
are welcome.
December 6
Central Christmas Parade
The Central Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in
the Twenty-Eighth Annual Christmas in Central Parade and Festival,
December 4-7 2014. The Christmas in Central Festival is one of the
longest-running premier events in
our city. Many people look forward
to this time of the year and to the
activities surrounding the festival.
What a wonderful way to begin the
holiday season! We sincerely hope
you will join us by taking part in
this year’s “Christmas in Central”.
November 22-29
Early Voting
Early voting for the December 6
runoff election. Polling places will
be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
December 6
Graydon and Iris Walker were out Tuesday night and attended the election
Election
party at Will and Dot Easley’s house in Central.
Polling places will open at 7 a.m.
16024 Greenwell Springs Rd. will ing of the Greens Service at 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you in line at 8 p.m. you
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LOOKING FOR CENTRAL
HIGH GRADUATES
CLASS OF 1974
Central High Class of 1974
is holding a 40 year class reunion on February 28, 2015.
The reunion will be from 7 p.m
to 10 p.m. at Elegant Memories, 14328 Frenchtown Road
in Central. Cost of the event is
$55 single or $110 per couple.
Cost includes a dinner buffet,
DJ and lots of fun reminiscing!
Send check made out to: Central High Class of 1974 to Carla
Strickland Tarver, 17112 Mary
Lillian Lane, Central, LA 70739.
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Milestones
Births • Engagements • Weddings • Deaths
Anniversaries • Reunions
Canvas Monique Paille to Wed Dillon Ray Guerin on Nov. 15 at Forrest
Grove Plantation.
Canvas Paille, Dillon Guerin
Marriage Set November 15
Canvas Paille and Dillon Guerin
Central
ENGAGEMENTS
CENTRAL — Canvas Monique
Paille of Killian and Dillon Ray
Guerin of Central will marry in
a 1 p.m. ceremony on Nov. 15,
2014, at Forrest Grove Plantation
in Denham Springs.
The bride-elect is the daughter
of Mr and Mrs Robert Watkins of
Killian. She is the granddaughter
of Mrs. Juanita Linton and the late
Mr. Jim Linton of Eunice and the
late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watkins
Sr. of Seattle WA
She is a graduate of Springfield
High School and Delta College.
She is a dental assistant at Dental
Care Associates in Hammond.
Her fiancé is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Guerin of Central. He
is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs
Glenn C. Richards of Central and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Guerin
of Plaquemine, and the greatgrandson of Mrs. Ella B. Poche of
Plaquemine.
He is a graduate of Central
High School and attended LSU
and BRCC. He is a NDT technician at Capitol Ultrasonics in Baton Rouge.
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Wildcat
BIRTHS
Antoinette Belle born on August 25,
2014 to Jared and Jessica Lee
BIRTHS
CENTRAL — Alan and Faith
Phillips of Denham Springs proudly announce the birth of their first
child, Anderson Lane Phillips. He
was born September 24, 2014 at
6:08 p.m. at Woman’s Hospital
in Baton Rouge. He weighed 8
pounds, 10 ounces, and was 21 1/2
inches long. He is the first grandchild of proud grandparents Alan
and Debby Phillips of Central, and
Barry and Pam Weatherly, also of
Central. Great grandparents include Annette Phillips of New Orleans and the late Joel Phillips, Judy
Tegel of Central and the late Bill
Tegel, Bobby and Donis Graves of
Vidalia, the late JQ “Bo” Weatherly
of Vidalia, Steve and Sue Stallings
of Natchez, and Jaunita Verucchi of
Madison and the late Ray Verucchi.
Anderson Lane Phillips
Grey Robert Durio
CENTRAL — Josh and Angela
(Burns) Durio of Lake Charles
are proud to announce the birth
of their son, Grey Robert Durio.
He was born October 25, 2014 at
12:58 a.m. at Lake Area Regional Center in Lake Charles. He
weighed 6.5 lbs and was 19.75
inches long. Proud grandparents
are Joe and Peggy Manuel of
Lake Charles and Bob and Ann
Burns of Central. He was welcomed home by his big brother,
Knox.
Community Press
2014 Publication Schedule
Central City News - Published 1st Thursday of
each month, except January,
when it is the 2nd Thursday
Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication
Central City News is distributed in the City of Central
Capital City News - Same as Above
Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication
Capital City News is distributed in Baton Rouge & St. George
Central Wildcat - Published 3rd Thursday Aug.-May
Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication
Central Wildcat is sent home with all Central school children
Chamber of Commerce
of East Baton Rouge
Meets on 4th Tuesday of
Each Month at Café Américain
7521 Jefferson Highway
Next Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 26
Reception 11:30 Lunch 12n $15
The Central Wildcat
Next Issue Nov. 20, 2014
CENTRAL CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014 11
Central Fire Dept. Proposes 4.25-Mill Tax Hike
Tax Would Provide
Funds to Eliminate
One-Man Stations
Editor’s Note: The Central Fire Department provided the following information to explain its proposed 4.25mill property tax increase on the Dec.
6, 2014, ballot.
CENTRAL — The Central Fire
Department was established in 1972
and currently operates from five fire
stations. These stations cover over
60 square miles, respond to 2,500
calls for service per year, protecting
35,000 people and 10,800 homes
and businesses, with a value over
1.5 billion dollars. Fire stations are
staffed by a total of eight firefighters on duty during each 24-hour
shift.
Three of the stations have two
firefighters on duty and two of the
stations each have one fire fighter
on duty. The current staffing level
for the Central Fire Department is
drastically below the national standard of four firefighters per engine
company.
For most of its history, Central
has depended heavily on volunteer
staffing. Unfortunately, as times
change, more demands are placed
on those who would normally volunteer. Additionally, the national
fire service has placed more stringent training requirements, which
has led to a shortage of volunteer
firefighters.
Highlighting this problem, the
Central Fire Department has conducted four volunteer academies
over a ten year period, with a net
gain of two firefighters to the department. Following national trends,
the Central Fire Department now
depends more on full-time staffing
than volunteers.
Having exhausted all available
options to increase staffing, the
Central Fire Department is proposing a 4.25 millage increase for the
Dec. 6, 2014, ballot. The funds
generated by this millage would
allow Central Fire Department to
increase its staffing to minimum
levels and eliminate single staffed
stations.
The Central Fire Department is proposing to increase staffing at each station.
While having two firefighters on
each engine company is well below
the acceptable staffing per national
standards, having two firefighters
would greatly increase the safety
factor for the firefighters as well as
the public. Firefighting is a labor
intensive, hazardous profession and
having trained, well-equipped personnel on scene creates a safer environment for citizens and for fire
fighters.
The additional staffing goes
well beyond fighting fires and has
dramatic effects on all requests for
assistance from the public. For
instance, a routine medical call in
Central that a one-man engine company responds to, now requires a
second Central station to respond
just to get sufficient personnel on
scene, creating a huge gap for coverage in the fire district.
Central Fire Department’s two
one-man engine companies routinely are relocated to cover empty
stations that are on other emergency
calls, thereby distributing the hazards of a one-man engine company
to all citizens in the fire district. Recently, a one-man engine company
from Central responded to a cardiac
arrest and another one-man engine
company responded to a working
house fire. These single firefighters were alone on the call for some
time, waiting on additional personnel to arrive and assist. While these
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While paying taxes is not some-
thing anyone wants to do, the Central Fire Department directly saves
each home or business owner significant amounts of money each
year in fire insurance premiums.
Citizens of the Central Fire Department pay less than 2.5 million dollars in taxes and service fees to the
fire district each year.
In contrast, Central Fire Department home and business owners save over 14 million dollars on
their fire insurance premiums each
year. The additional personnel this
millage will allow us to employ will
assist us to keep our Class 3 fire rating, thereby keeping fire insurance
premiums low. The cost to the average home owner, with a home assessed at $200,000, will be $4.42 a
month.
Citizens of the Central Fire Department depend on the fire department in emergency situations. The
fire department depends on citizens
to provide the equipment and staffing to respond as professionals. We
have exhausted all options to increase staffing, and we would like
to thank you in advance for considering this proposal.
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12 CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014
First Red Pelican Award Ceremony Honors
Clerk of Court Doug Welborn
Jeannene Kogler, Woody Jenkins, Jay Dardenne, Kathryn Goppelt, Tom Schedler, Doug Welborn, and Peggy Vidrine
Kathleen Goppert and Peggy Vidrine
The Hogg family performed at the event.
Although we were not successful
Tuesday, we feel honored by your
friendship and loyal support!
Thank you and God
Bless You!
Trae Welch & Family
Secretary of State Tom Schedler
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne
Judges Kay Day and Pam Baker, Tom and Stephanie Schedler, Buddy Caldwell, and Jennifer Buchholz
CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014 13
Five Republicans for Service to Community
Woody and Diane Jenkins, Catherine and Saul Newsome
Doug Welborn, Jessica Parrish, and Blake Welborn Deborah Goppelt, Judy Dietzel and Kathryn Goppelt
Sen. Elbert Guillory, Rep. Hunter and Emily Greene, and Peggy Vidrine
Paul Dietzel, constable Carey Jenkins,
and Sen. Bodi White
Jefferson Parish president John Young
and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
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Jolice Provost and Byron and Candi Lee
of Central City News
Judge Pam Baker and
Julie Piedrahita
Ceremonies at Old State Capitol
BATON ROUGE — The East Baton
Rouge Parish Republican Women’s
Club held the first Red Pelican
Award ceremonies at the Old State
Capitol on Oct. 22.
Five Republicans were presented
the Red Pelican Award for their service. The award winners were:
•Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne for serving as the state’s ambassador for
tourism
•Secretary of State Tom Schedler
for innovation in state and national
elections
•Clerk of Court Doug Welborn
for parish elections efficiency
•Ascension Parish Republican
chairman Kathryn Goppelt for conservative community advocacy
•Woody Jenkins, editor of City
News, for conservative media
More than 300 guests attended
the event, which included a reception, food, entertainment, a silent
auction, videos on each of the honorees, and a ceremony in the old
House Chamber. Conducting the
ceremonies were Jeannene Kogler
and Peggy Vidrine of the EBR Parish Republican Women’s Club.
Before each honoree spoke, the
audience viewed a video about the
person’s life and accomplishments.
Lt. Gov. Dardenne recalled that
the chamber had been the locale of
numerous historic events, including
secession convention and the impeachment of Gov. Huey P. Long.
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14 CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014
Central High School Defeats Walker
Central High School vs
Walker High School
October 31, 2014
at Walker, LA
Scoring Summary
1 2 3 4- F
Central 27 6 21 14- 68
Walker 0 0 14 12- 26
Top Players
#6 Sansone
202 Pass Yds
#4 Brownfield 204 Rush Yds
#7 Chatman
164 Rec Yds
Walker Team
Scoring
First Quarter
350 Pass Yds
14 Rush Yds
TD Tyler Sansone 26 Yd Run
(Kick No Good)6-0
TD Leo Brownfield 9 Yd Run
(Failed 2-Pt. Conversion) 12-0
TD Terrell Chatman 46 Yd Pass
From Tyler Sansone (2-Pt. Conversion) 20-0
TD Anthony Johnson 5 Yd Run
(Ross Melton Kick) 27-0
Second Quarter
TD Terrell Chatman 11 Yd Pass
From Tyler Sansone (Ross
Melton Kick No Good) 33-0
Third Quarter
TD Leo Brownfield 9 Yd Run
(Ross Melton Kick) 40-0
WHS
TD Pass (2-Pt. Conversion) 40-8
TD Terrell Chatman 30 Yd Pass
From Tyler Sansone (Ross
Melton Kick) 47-8
WHS
TD Pass (Failed 2-Pt. Conversion) 47-14
TD Xavier Lewis 60 Yd Run
(Ross Melton Kick) 54-14
Fourth Quarter
WHS
TD Run (Failed 2-Pt. Conversion)
54-20
TD 10 Yd Run (Ross Melton Kick)
61-20
TD Anthony Johnson 48 Yd Run
(Ross Melton Kick) 68-20
WHS
TD Pass (Failed 2-Pt. Conversion) 68-26
Anthony Johnson Scores Two TD’s
Central High senior running back Anthony Johnson
CENTRAL — Central coach Sid
Edwards says senior running back
Anthony Johnson is one of the hardest working members of the Central
Wildcat football team.
But before last Friday night, Anthony had been on the playing field
for only four or five plays all season.
Then last Monday Coach Sid promised to put him in the game against
Walker. So Friday night, the Wildcat senior finally got his chance and
made the most of it! It was indeed
a night to remember! He scored two
touchdowns for Central — a fiveyard run in the 1st quarter and a 48yard run in the 4th quarter.
Anthony has had a tough year. He
lives with his dad, who has been on
dialysis all year. Congratulations to
this Wildcat star, Anthony Johnson!
Central at Live Oak
7 p.m. • Friday, Nov. 7
CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014 15
by 68-26 in 3-1/2 Hour Barn Burner
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WILDCATS
Offense
Passing
Comp/Att Yds
TD
Int Long 2PT
#6 T. Sansone
15/25 202
3
0
46
0
#10 G. Brown
0/1
0
0
1
0
0
Rest of team
1/1
0
0
0
0
1
Rushing
Att
Yds
TD
Long Fum 2PT
#4 L. Brownfield
14
204
2
82
0
0
#23 X. Lewis
2
65
1
60
0
0
#44 A. Johnson
5
64
2
48
0
0
#6 T. Sansone
11
62
1
26
0
0
Unknown
2 19 1 100 0
#2 J. Leger
1
11
0
11
0
0
#40 Unknown
2
7
0
4
0
0
Rest of team
0
0
0
0
0
1
Receiving
Rec
Yds
TD
Long Fum 2PT
#7 T. Chatman
11
164
3
46
1
0
#28 M. EVANS
3
23
0
11
0
0
#24 D. Richardson 1
9
0
9
0
0
Rest of team
0
0
0
0
0
1
Special Teams
Kickoff Returns
#27 J. Ward
#5 J. Vessel
Punt Returns
#27 J. Ward
Rest of team
Ret
1
1
Ret
2
2
Avg
35
29
Avg
1
0
TD
0
0
TD
0
0
Long
35
29
Long
5
0
Kicking
FG % PATPts
#16 R. Melton
0
0.0 %
6
6
Kickoff
Num Yrds Long
TB
#16 R. Melton
10
358
56
0
#49 Unknown
1
30
30
0
Punting
Num Avg
In 20 Long
#6 T. Sansone
1
56
1
56
WALKER HIGH SCHOOL WILDCATS
Passing
Comp/Att Yds
TD
Int Long
Team
14/33 350
5
0
67
Rushing
Att
Yds
TD
Long Fum
Team
5
14
0
10
0
Receiving
Rec
Yds
TD
Long Fum
Team
14
350
5
67
0
2PT
0
2PT
0
2PT
0
Central 68 • Walker 26
October 31, 2014 • Photos by Woody Jenkins
Team Totals
CHS
WHS
Total Plays
70
74
Total Yards
634 364
Passing Yards
202 350
Rushing Yards
432
14
First Downs
25
19
3rd Dn Efficiency 4-9 1-12
4th Dn Efficiency 3-3 4-8
Turnovers
22
Fumbles Lost
1
0
Interceptions Thrown1 2
Thank You District 4 for Your Support!
We Look Forward to Serving the
Community!
Will & Dot Easley
16 CITY NEWS Thursday, November 6, 2014
Winners and Losers from Tuesday Election
Results
Nov. 4, 2014
District Judge • Div. A
Colette Greggs D 23,628 47%
Todd Hernandez R 26,545 53%
District Judge • Div. G
Richard Anderson R 26,445 54%
Joyce Plummer D 22,239 46%
District Judge • Div. L
Mike Erwin D
Trae Welch R
Judge Mike Caldwell
Reelected District Judge
Judge Todd Hernandez
Reelected District Judge
Congress - 6th
Judge Richard Anderson
Reelected District Judge
Judge Mike Erwin
Reelected District Judge
28,528 57%
21,503 43%
District Judge • Div. M
Clarence Coon D 21,751
Mike Davis R
9,734
Beau Higginbotham R 14,754
Chris Oetjens R
801
Jamie Zanovec R
3,893
43%
19%
29%
2%
8%
Juvenile Court • Sec. 1A
Adam Haney R 44,462 50%
Dedrick Moore D 12,250 14%
Kathleen Richey D 31,549 36%
Bob Bell (R)
Paul Dietzel (R)
Central School Board
Dan Claitor (R)
District 4
Will Easley R
969
Philip Ziegler R
683
District 6
Nick Carmena NP
595
Ruby Foil R
676
District 7
Felicia Braud R
474
Sharon Browning R 1,242
E. Edwards (D)
Col. Rob Maness received more than 200,000 votes Tuesday, running for U.S. Senate.
Garret Graves (R)
Trey Thomas (R)
59%
41%
47%
53%
28%
72%
Winners listed in Blue
Candidates in Dec. 6 Runoff in Red
C. McCulloch (R)
Lenar Whitney (R)
LOST — (Left to right) Judge Kathleen Richey, Judge Annette Lassalle, attorney Gideon Carter, and attorney Mike Davis
Runoff for District Judge
Clarence Coon
Runoff • Division M
Beau Higginbotham
Runoff • Division M
Newly-Elected Judges
Hunter Greene
New Family Judge
Adam Haney
New Juvenile Judge