May 2, 1970 — December 13, 2022

A Requiem Mass for Kenneth Walter Bruce, 52, will be held today at 2:00 p.m at St. Ann’s Catholic Church at 2264 Highway 171, Stonewall, celebrated by Rev. Mark Franklin, KHS. A visitation will be held at the church at 1:00 p.m. before the service. Burial will follow at St. Ann’s Cemetery.

Kenneth Walter Bruce went to be with His Beloved Jesus Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

He was born in Shreveport to Ruth Powell Bruce and Walter Bruce. He lived on Cross Lake in the family home and was known as the best fisherman around. He kept the family and friends with plenty of fish and deer. He worked at Bruce Treasure and enjoyed helping customers learn to hunt for treasure around old home places. Kenneth graduated from Bossier Parish Community College, where he starred in a children’s show called “Homework Hotline.”

Kenneth once said, ” This may not sound right but I thank God for the brain cancer, if it brings even one person to the Lord.” Through his last years, most people that came into Kenneth’s presence were asked, “Can I pray with you?” Even on his last day on earth, nurses attending him said he was still praying with people. His favorite prayer was to pray for all the ones that had ever prayed for him.

Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Walter Bruce. Left to cherish his memory are his sister, Gloria Bruce Miller and brother-in-law, Charles Robert Miller, his brother, Keith Thomas Bruce; nieces, Ashley Bruce, Christy Holmes and husband, C. D. Holmes, Stephanie Miller; nephews, Jason Miller and wife, Jerri Bourrous Miller, Eric Miller and wife, Desiree Shaw Miller; and numerous great-nephews and great-nieces.

The family wishes to send heartfelt thanks to his many doctors including Dr. Niher Patel, Dr. Jake C. Wang, Dr. Bharat Guthikonda and Dr. Kevin Gallagher, Dr. James Burke, Dr. Kimberley Law; to so many special nurses and to all the staff at Heritage Manor South and Lifepath.

Honoring Kenneth as pallbearers will be C. D. Holmes, Chance Holmes, Jason Miller, Eric Miller, Greg Robertson and serving as honorary pallbearers will be Herman Remedies and Bruce Culpepper.

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JOURNAL STAFF

The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau (SBCTB) is partnering with the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl to create a gamified experience pass program, encouraging audiences visiting for the event to explore the Shreveport-Bossier area.

Visitors and locals alike are invited to participate.

The free program launches today and will be open until New Year’s Eve.

The Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Pass contains a list of locations in Shreveport-Bossier. People “check in” at a location on the mobile website and receive 20 points for each stop. If they visit multiple locations, they will accumulate points to redeem for FREE prizes ranging from an SBFunGuide coffee mug to a Radiance Technologies Independent Bowl Hoodie.

“Both of the teams in this year’s bowl are within a drive market range, which means we are expecting to see a great turnout of visitors in our area for the event,” said Stacy Brown, president of the SBCTB. “This passport program is designed to maximize the impact of those visitors for our area and enhance their experience in Shreveport-Bossier by inviting them to visit our wonderful restaurants, attractions and public art.”

Here’s how it works:

1.     Go to www.shreveport-bossier.org/passports to sign up for the passport. Click on the passport link, and a purchase screen will appear. Participation is FREE.

2.     Users will receive a text message with the link to their individual passport. Click the link to view.

3.     A prompt will ask the user to bookmark the website on their phone. An icon will appear on their home screen for easy access.

4.     Users can then visit the passport locations and check in. The passport will verify the location and award points.

5.     When the user checks in to their first location, they get 20 points. Checking into more locations awards even more points, with a chance of receiving up to 400 points.

6.     View the prizes page to see what free items can be purchased with the accumulated points. Please note that with the wide selection of prizes, there are not enough points available to win them all. Users should be selective about the gifts they would like to win.

7.     Once the pass experience ends, the prizes will be shipped to each winner, or participants can choose to pick them up at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau located in Shreveport at 629 N Spring Street.

For more information about the program, contact Katharyn DeVille, vice president of marketing at SBCTB, or visit www.shreveport-bossier.org/passports.

The Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl between the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Houston kicks off on Friday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, visit www.radiancetechnologiesindependencebowl.com

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An aspiring NASA engineer; a national archery champion; and a phenom on the soccer field and servant in the mission field. These aspirations and accolades describe the three 2022-23 Bossier Parish Students of the Year who will represent the district as they advance to the regional competition.

Bossier Schools Superintendent Mitch Downey and a team of educators made surprise visits at three schools to announce Jax Henry, Zoe Bayne and Caroline Moore are the Students of the Year. Chosen for the academic excellence, community service and leadership each of them demonstrates, this is the highest honor bestowed on students at the parish level.

Caroline Moore is a senior at Benton High and will represent the parish as High School Student of the Year. The student body president is an AP Scholar decorated with Honors by the College Board. She also plays varsity soccer for the Lady Tigers, volunteers as a kids’ soccer coach and is actively involved in mission work, including her church’s children’s ministry and the Matched program, which serves the needs of foster families and those going through adoption.

Zoe Bayne is an eighth grader at Haughton Middle School and the Bossier Parish Middle School Student of the Year. She hopes to become an oncologist and search for a cure for cancer. Zoe is a member of the Haughton Middle School Student Council, National Junior Honor Society and is active in her church. She is also a nationally-recognized archer, having won thousands of dollars in college scholarships.

Jax Henry is proud to be a fifth grade Bulldog at W.T. Lewis Elementary and the Bossier Parish Elementary Student of the Year. He enjoys sports and robotics and dreams one day of working for NASA as an engineer. Jax is Treasurer of the 4-H club, serves as Captain of his football and rugby teams and he enjoys competing on the school archery and robotics teams.

“We are incredibly proud of these three students and the servant’s hearts each of them has, not to mention the leadership qualities they possess and academic excellence they demonstrate,” Downey said. “Bossier Schools will be represented well when they move on to the next level of the state competition.”

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July 25, 1933 – December 14, 2022

Colonel Claret Peter Dale Taylor was born in Indiannola, Nebraska on July 25, 1933. He fell asleep in the Lord on December 14, 2022. Claret graduated from Roosevelt High School in Portland, Oregon. He then attended Oregon State University where he played football and met his future wife and life-long best friend, Mary Lou Phillips. Claret was commissioned into the Air Force in 1955. In 1958, he attended helicopter pilot training which altered the projection of his military career. He had many exotic assignments including time in Latin America, the Philippines where he was the PACAF Jungle Survival School Operations Officer, special assignment in Southeast Asia, and finally Iran. Claret’s last assignment was the position of Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff/Logistics, Headquarters Eight Air Force, Barksdale AFB. While in the Air Force, he received many awards and metals, including a Silver Star for combat service in Cambodia, and the Airman’s Metal which he received for jumping into a torrent drainage culvert in the Philippines during monsoon season to save a young boy who had fallen into the culvert. With the boy held above his head, they were both rescued two hundred yards further down current from where he jumped in. This award was the one which made him most proud.

After retiring from the service, he found a second career as a CPA and started his own tax business which helped hundreds of clients through the years. He was known as the tax encyclopedia by his friends and clients and worked until 2022.

His greatest love was for his family. He was a wise and good man who gave sage advice to many in his extended family. He treasured his grandchildren and great-grandchildren who always made their and his heart happy. He was a unique man in every way.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Gerald and Hazel Taylor; his beloved wife, Mary Lou; his two best friends, brother-in-law Bill Meyer, and brother, Don Taylor. He is survived by his dear sister, Merna Meyer; son, Rodney and spouse Ruth; daughters, Connie Taylor and her spouse Jack, and Lorrie Desautels; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Marcus and Laura Taylor, and Knox, Lawson and Scarlett, Elaine and Todd Aaron, Kai, Christina and Kyle Zahn, and Paul, Clara and Sophia, Katherine and Benjamin Cook, and Claret, Rosemarie, Elizabeth Taylor, Nathan and Sal Taylor, Angela Taylor, Sarah Desautels, Grace Anne Desautels, and Mary Rose Desautels.

Visitation will be held Thursday, December 15th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Holy Nativity Orthodox Church, 2155 Southern Loop, Shreveport. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 16, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Nativity Orthodox Church, Shreveport.

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JOURNAL STAFF

The All-District 1-1A team was released over the weekend following the LHSAA Ochsner State football championships with district champion Glenbrook heading up the team with 11 first-team selections that included the offensive MVP, co-defensive MVP and Coach of the Year.

Quarterback Ty Feaster was named the Offensive Most Valuable Player, Rhett Johnson the Defensive MVP with homer’s Walteze Champ and coach David Feaster the top coach.

DeAndre Johnson was Magnolia Charter’s lone first-team selection, at wide receiver. Magnolia and Plain Dealing had several players on the all-district second team.

Here is the complete list of the coaches’ selections to the 2022 1-A All District team.

First team

OFFENSE

WR: GeAuntre Nelson, Arcadia, Sr.

WR Turner McClelland, Glenbrook, Sr.

WR: Cason Clemons, Glenbrook, Sr.

WR Michael Greer, Homer, Sr.

WR: DeAndre Johnson, Magnolia, Sr.

TE: Landry Powell, Glenbrook, Jr.

T: Garrett Brown, Glenbrook, Jr.

T: Camron Winzer, Homer, Sr.

G: Dimitri Carr II, Arcadia, Jr.

G: Walteze Champ, Homer, Sr.

G: Kemarion Ivory, Haynesville, Sr.

C: Orlanderius Green, Homer, Sr.

QB: Ty Feaster, Glenbrook, Jr.

RB: Markecion Carr, Arcadia, Sr.

RB: D.J. Carter, Glenbrook, Sr.

RB: Toby Franklin, Haynesville, Sr.

RB: J’Karius Turner, Haynesville. Sr.

RB: Elyjay Curry, Homer, Sr.

KR: Maddox Mandino, Glenbrook, Sr.

PK: Ty Feaster Glenbrook, Jr.

Ath: Alonzo Jackson, Haynesville, Jr.

DEFENSE

DL: Walteze Champ, Homer, Sr.

DL: Dimitri Carr II, Arcadia, Jr.

DL: Daivari Jackson, Glenbrook, So.

DL: Kemarion Ivory, Haynesville, Sr.

LB: Isaiah Jackson, Arcadia, Sr.

LB: Rhett Johnson, Glenbrook, Sr.

LB: Hayden Harmon, Glenbrook, Sr.

LB: Alonzo Jackson, Haynesville, Jr.

LB: Brendon Harris, Homer, Sr.

DB: Maddox Mandino, Glenbrook, Sr.

DB: DaKoda Camp, Haynesville, Sr.

DB: GeAuntre Nelson, Arcadia, Sr.

DB: Trey Kent, Glenbrook, Sr.

DB: Katreverick Banks, Homer, Jr.

P: Toby Franklin, Haynesville, Sr.

P: Camron Winzer, Homer, Sr.

Flex: J’Karius Turner, Haynesville, Sr.

Offensive MVP: Ty Feaster, Glenbrook

Co-Defensive MVPs: Rhett Johnson, Glenbrook; Walteze Champ, Homer

Coach of the Year: David Feaster, Glenbrook

Second team

OFFENSE

WR: DaKoda Camp, Haynesville, Sr.; Jamarquese Hampton, Homer, Jr.; Mitchell Adams, Magnolia, Fr.; Peter Santiago, Magnolia, 8th grade; DeVondre Johnson, Magnolia, Fr. TE: Ratravious Crawley, Arcadia, Jr.; Keizavion Woods, Haynesville, So. T: Tyler Davis, Arcadia, Sr.; Kamarion Penegar, Haynesville, Jr. G: Spencer Brantley, Glenbrook, Jr.; Kentavious Watts, Haynesville, Jr. C: Germerian Williams, Haynesville, So. QB: Andrevious Buggs, Homer, Jr. RB: Ian Fitzgerald, Arcadia, So.; Chase Sentell, Glenbrook, Jr.; Jayden Green, Haynesville, So.; Greg Williams, Homer, So.; Aaron Reddix, Plain Dealing, Jr. KRr: Elyjay Curry, Homer, Sr.; Aaron Reddix, Plain Dealing, Jr.; DeVondre Johnson, Magnolia, Fr. PK: Eli Bray, Haynesville, Fr. Ath: Maddox Mandino, Glenbrook, Sr.

DEFENSE

DL: Johnathan Bryant, Glenbrook, So.; Germetrius Speech, Haynesville, Jr.; Camron Winzer, Homer, Sr.; Tyler Davis, Arcadia, Sr.; Kentavious Watts, Haynesville, Jr. LB: Toby Franklin, Haynesville, Sr.; Keizavion Woods, Haynesville, So.; Jamarquese Hampton, Homer, Jr.; DeAndre Johnson, Magnolia, Sr. DB: Jayden Green Haynesville, So.; Derron Donell, Homer, Sr.; LaMichael Greer, Homer, Sr.; DeVondre Johnson, Magnolia, Fr. Flex: Landry Powell, Glenbrook, Jr.

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JOURNAL STAFF

It’s beginning to look and — with a change in the weather — feel a lot more like Christmas so get out and enjoy the holidays with some of the festive events offered in the area.

Enjoy an interactive magical Christmas at the Shreveport Aquarium, stroll through the gardens of The American Rose Center for a number of special events, and enjoy the winter happenings at the newly renovated Sci-Port Discovery Center.

Mark your calendar for these exciting events:

BELIEVE! Lights the Night: Dec. 16-18

Celebrating its third year of Christmas magic, this event offers an interactive magical Christmas journey held at the Shreveport Aquarium in downtown Shreveport. Attendees are gifted a magic motion-activated Christmas wand that turns on lights, makes music, lights a fireplace, creates reindeer footprints, jingles bells, and more. Guests can even use their wand to find out if they are on the naughty or nice list. Photo opportunities will be available with a cast of costumed characters including Mrs. Claus, Santa’s jolly elves, the new beautiful Snow Mermaid, Glacielle and the big guy himself, Santa. Decorating inspiration will be available by gazing at the beautiful community-decorated Christmas Trees with the chance to vote for a favorite tree to win money for charity. Enjoy Mrs. Claus’ delicious cookies and hot cocoa, and make a holiday craft with one of the jolly elves.

Christmas in Roseland: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays – Nov. 25 – Dec. 18 from 5:30-10:00 p.m.; last car admitted at 9:30 p.m.; ENCORE NIGHTS will be every evening Dec. 19-23

The excitement returns to the American Rose Center this holiday season as the gardens transform into a whimsical winter wonderland from the day after Thanksgiving until the weekend before Christmas. The American Rose Center will be featuring millions of twinkling lights, dozens of lighted displays, giant Christmas cards to the community, nightly entertainment, photos with Santa, train rides, marshmallow roasting, and fun for the whole family! 

Special events include Princesses in the Gardens on Saturday, Dec. 17; Postal Workers & Delivery Driver Appreciation Night on Sunday, Dec. 18 (all USPS and delivery drivers will receive $5 off a carload admission into the gardens with their ID); a Candlelight Sing-a-Long on Friday, Dec. 23; and Light up the Gardens: Finale Fireworks on Friday, Dec. 23.

Every night, guests can enjoy the Marshmallow Station – where they roast a jumbo marshmallow in the roasting station. Tickets are available for $2 each and s’mores kits are available for $4.

Admission to the 39^th Annual Christmas in Roseland is $10 per person or $30 per carload. Ages 2 and younger are free. Purchase tickets online at www.christmasinroseland.org or www.outhousetickets.com. Tickets can be purchased at the gate with cash or card.

Santa will be in the gardens every night from 6-9 p.m. for photos, which are $10 each. No personal photography allowed. Santa is located in the Klima Rose Hall Gift Shop.

Roseland Express Train tickets are $5 per ride.

Sno-Port: until Jan. 29, 2023

Visitors from across the area have engaged in snow-themed, science-based activities housed in an interactive science “playground” known as Sno-Port at the Sci-Port Discovery Center since 2019. Sno-Port, redesigned annually, represents the imaginations and creations of local artists and has become a favorite holiday experience. General admission is $10, $15 pp combo, or $8 for Sno-Port only.

Top Gun: Maverick will be shown in the Goodman IMAX Dome on Dec. 16.

On Dec. 17, there will be Cocoa and Cookies with Santa & PJ Contest. Your $10 admission includes photo with Santa while the $15 combo includes general admission, cocoa bar, cookie bar, and photo with Santa. An additional option is seeing Polar Express IMAX Dome movie for $8. Photos with Santa, cocoa and cookies, and the costume contest will take place from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

There will also be 10:00 a.m. and noon showings of Ancient Caves in the IMAX Dome.

There are many more festive holiday events happening in Shreveport-Bossier City and around the area on the Holiday Trail of Lights! Visit HolidaysOnTheRed.com to see a full list of attractions and events.

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Today is the unofficial First Day of Christmas since it’s 12 days until The Big Day, which means it’s fixing to be Christmas. 

That we say “fixing to” instead of “about to” is one of the joys of being a Southerner. Who said it first, I don’t know, but bless his heart, and merry First Day of Christmas to you. 

Some traditions hold that the First Day of Christmas is December 25, and the 12 days run into the New Year. Who wants to wait that long? Not me. We’re fixing to start celebrating now. 

Speaking of things southern, we’ve been working on some carols, Southern-themed: 

“I’m dreaming of a white cornbread,
In every skillet that’s in sight.
May the sides be crispy, to bite,
And may all your cornbreads be just right.” 

Or, how about . . . 

“Pork skins roasting on an open fire.
Chittlins’ nipping at your nose.
Waylon and Willy being sung by the fire,
While dad spends Christmas Eve at Lowe’s.” 

Give me some time to work on it …  

Thankfully, the most important songs were written at the dawn of time and wait as gifts for us to receive and to sing with sincerity, even as the angels sang, that long-ago Judean night, as Luke recorded: 

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
goodwill toward men.”  

Peace and goodwill came to earth, to men, in the flesh and as a baby. Only God could have thought of something like that. 

William Billings, regarded as America’s first choral composer, captured — at least as well as a human mind can — the mystery of the incarnation in his Shepherd’s Carol, composed in New England in the mid-1700s. 

“Seek not in courts or palaces,
nor royal curtains draw.
But search the stable, see your God
extended on the straw.”

God, extended on the straw. 

Extended, as a baby, a stretching newborn.  Extended, from a heavenly throne to an earthly manger.  Extended, to mankind and to man, to each of us, individually. 

God extends his hand.  Even to me.  Even to you.  

Christmas is always the opportunity to receive the best gift of all, a new birth in our old selves. And a new song the Psalmist told us about. 

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God . . ..”   

Now some 2,000 years after Christ’s birth, the message is the same.  A 19th century minister named Phillips Brooks reminds us, each year at this time, that the Good News is everlasting.  If we choose to be quiet, we might even hear the song, the new song, born in a manger. 

“How silently, how silently
the wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him still,
the dear Christ enters in.” 

If no one’s wished you Merry Christmas yet, I’m “fixing to.” Let me be the first. Here’s hoping we can get in tune with the baby and ourselves and each other, and make this our best song yet.  

Contact Teddy at teddy@latech.edu 

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By HARRIET PROTHRO PENROD

This week’s installment is more like a two-for-one : two “Lunches” on a road trip to south Louisiana with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Lillian (Galloway) Cobb . The adventure began on Friday with a delicious lunch at Herby-K’s and ended the next day with a nostalgic meal at Lea’s Lunchroom in Lecompte.

When we were young, we’d talk about growing up and living next door to each other in houses separated by a white picket fence. We’d reenact the movie Grease, singing each song from the soundtrack word-for-word.

Most of our youth, however, was spent on the tennis courts at Pierremont Oaks putting in endless hours of practice and then traveling to tournaments all over Louisiana (and beyond). Through tennis, we made – and have maintained – many valuable friendships.

One of those friendships was the impetus for this recent adventure.

The purpose of the road trip was to attend the Louisiana Tennis Association Hall of Fame Banquet at Bocage Racquet Club in Baton Rouge to see the induction of Lauren Cotter Wilson.

As soon as Lillian picked me up, we headed for Herby-K’s – where we enjoyed a delicious lunch that included marinated crab claws, a Baby Shrimp Buster, and a catfish platter. Lillian hasn’t lived here since she left all those years ago to play tennis at The University of Oklahoma, so lunch at the famous Shreveport restaurant was like a trip back in time.

“I can’t remember the last time I ate here,” she said.

Other than sporadic visits, Lillian doesn’t get to her hometown very often. The last time I saw her was in the spring when she came to play in the “Love for Lancey” tournament at Pierremont Oaks – a fundraiser to help defray the health care costs of Lance Dreyer.

It’s interesting – and bittersweet — how things happen: the “Love for Lancey” tournament would receive the LTA award that evening for Special Tennis Event of the Year. Three days later, Dreyer passed away after his battle with Alzheimer’s.

Serving as emcee for the banquet – and introducing Wilson for the Hall of Fame – was Jerry Montgomery, who coached all three of us in junior tennis.

Lillian and I would reminisce during the trip – talking about certain tennis tournaments and trying to recall all the people from junior development – but first we had to catch up. Lillian and Steve, who met at OU, have been married almost 40 years. After living in Midland, Texas, for 15 years and raising their three children, they moved to Fort Worth.

Catherine, the oldest, lives just outside Fort Worth with her husband Dan and their three kids; Steven and wife have one child and live in Dallas; and Julia lives in Houston with her husband Travis.

While I haven’t picked up a tennis racket in years, Lillian still plays “better now than I ever have” and teaches the game. (After this trip, I think I’ve almost got her talked into taking up golf.)

As soon as we got caught up on the present, we spent the rest of the drive talking about the past and bringing up as many names as we could from the old tennis days: Chris Harbuck, Lacy Williams, Lianne Berry, Doodle and Mary Boggs, Robert Dunkelman, Mary Arnie, Julia Sippel and Jean Hundley, Stephanie Fess, Susu Palmer, Kathryn and Terese Boustany, Kate McCall, Carol Boston, Kay McDaniel, Reese and Robin Baker, all the Harrisons, Grady Wilson, Jose Lambert, Gordon Traylor, Linda and Jennifer Tuero . . . so many I can’t think of them all.

We talked about the many trips we took to play in tournaments, some where we stayed in hotels and some where we were housed with families in certain towns. While listening to the songs on a playlist Lillian had made of our favorite songs, we laughed until we cried.

We got to Baton Rouge, checked into the hotel and headed for Bocage Racquet Club – where we had played many years ago.

When Lillian and I started the trip back to Shreveport, we thought it would be fun to go back the way we did before there was an I-49 – a drive on Highway 71 that would take us through all the small towns we remembered lo those many years ago.

A drive that would take us to another “Lunch” from the past.

Things started looking familiar as we approached Lecompte and found Lea’s Lunchroom – where we used to pass (and stop to eat) on every trip to south Louisiana tournaments.

There used to be a bound book with yellow-stained pages on a table by the door where visitors would sign their names and put their addresses. In its place is a newer paper-bound book so we stopped and signed in before taking our place in a booth by the front window.

The ham sandwiches tasted just like they used to and the pie was, as always, incredible. For the rest of the drive home, we talked about how much fun the trip was and how we should see each other more often.

Lillian dropped me off at my house and headed back to Fort Worth. Unfortunately, we don’t live next door to each other like we thought we would. We don’t have that white picket fence.

But we do have some incredible memories.

Contact Harriet at sbjharriet@gmail.com

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This year the Bethard & Bethard Law Firm is celebrating its 100th anniversary.  The law firm was founded by Henry W Bethard, Jr. (pictured above) who graduated from Loyola Law School and upon his graduation, he was the youngest person to ever graduate from Loyola Law School.  He went back to his hometown of Harrisonburg in Catahoula Parish where he became the editor of the local newspaper and the mayor of that town.  At the time, he was the youngest editor of a newspaper and the youngest mayor in the nation. 

He was aware of the oil boom in Red River Parish due to the discovery of the Red River Bull Bayou Oil Field and in 1922, he moved to Coushatta and began practicing law.  In 1948 his son Henry W Bethard, III joined the law firm.  Today the partners in the law firm are Jim and Robert Bethard, grandsons of the founder, and great grandsons Henry (V) and Ben Bethard.  Great granddaughter Kambrie Bethard plans to join the firm upon her graduation from Loyola Law School in 2023.  Associates in the firm are Matt Kelley, Jordan Young and Adam Massery. 

Bethard & Bethard has locations in Coushatta and Shreveport.  The official celebration will be held at Myrtle Hill Plantation in DeSoto Parish on December 16 and will be attended by present and past lawyers and employees associated with the firm. 

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By ROY LANG III, Journal Sports

Here we are, the final golf tournament to bet of the season. What a run it’s been (more specifics coming in next week’s Locks edition).

But first, a forgettable story from last week. While at my son’s hockey games in Dallas, I periodically checked on the NFL box scores to see how the Locks fared – the game picks and the touchdown scorers.

The two players selected to find the end zone last week were Cincinnati receiver Ja’Marr Chase and Detroit running back Jamaal Williams.

After Chase’s score, I saw J. Williams had also found paydirt for the Lions. I sent a text to a couple of group chats that follow the Locks and said, “another weekend sweep.” With the game picks looking good, it appeared a profit was guaranteed – the 13th winning week in 14 weeks since the NFL’s 2022 season began.

The game picks went 2-1 and our season total climbed to a staggering 102-unit profit.

Not so fast.

When I checked my sportsbook account on Monday (you can’t bet in Texas), I noticed the winnings weren’t there. Well, J. Williams did indeed score. However, it was JAMESON Williams.

My victory dance looked pretty stupid, especially for those who followed the tips and were puzzled at what my “sweep” text meant.

It was an honest mistake, I didn’t celebrate early on purpose (my pet peeve), but it was a dumb mistake – one the gambling gods don’t appreciate.

Naturally, the miscalculation dropped the weekly tally to a miniscule loss (two-tenths of a unit), but a loss nonetheless. 

Hopefully we can shake off the bad karma and finish strong!

Touchdown selections coming Friday, and don’t forget to check out my Facebook (Roy Lang III) for the game selections on game days).

Notes

All bets are measured in units. For instance, if your normal bet on a game is $100, that is one unit. If the bet is listed as .2 units, it’s a $20 bet.

Best line (as of Saturday) is listed in parenthesis. Find the best price, one key to being a successful sports bettor! Shop around! Remember this is a VALUE-based system, so don’t settle for a price significantly less than the one listed. And jump on better prices!

Sportsbook legend

CAE: Caesar’s

FD: Fan Duel

MGM: Bet MGM

DK: DraftKings

BS: Barstool

BR: BetRivers

LANG’S LOCKS

Last week: -.2 units

Season total: +101 units

Season ROI: +31 percent

THIS WEEK’S SELECTIONS

GOLF

DP WORLD TOUR

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

Win bet

Niklas Norgaard Moller, .1 unit, +4450 (MGM)

Top 20 bets

Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, .3 units, +275 (MGM)

Ricardo Gouveia, .3 units, +280 (FD)

Angel Hidalgo Portillo, .2 units, +410 (FD)

Contact Roy at roylangiii@yahoo.com

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September 23, 1931 – December 8, 2022

Dr. William H. “Bill” Haynie, Sr. left this life to be with the Lord on December 8, 2022. He passed away peacefully in his sleep after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Bill was born September 23, 1931 as the only child of Mae and Duke Haynie in Camden, Arkansas where he grew up. He attended the University of Arkansas for both undergraduate and medical school and earned his M.D. degree in 1955. He completed his pediatric residency at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport, then started practicing pediatrics with Dr. W.B. Worley and Dr. Jim Cotter where he continued for the next 20 years providing pediatric care to his community. In 1981, he had the opportunity to build his own clinic building and start Mid City Pediatrics. Mid City grew over the next several years becoming one of the largest pediatric practices in the region. He had an uncanny ability to calm parents’ worries about their children, giving them confidence in their parenting skills and letting them know that he was always there for them. As new pediatricians joined the group, Dr. Haynie continued to be the heart and soul of the practice, mentoring and passing on his caring compassionate philosophy. His loving spirit always showed through in the way he treated his patients and everyone else who knew him. He retired in 2006, after 50 years of providing pediatric care to three generations of parents and countless thousands of children in the area.

Bill met the love of his life, June Brown Davis of Stamps, Arkansas, during medical school. They married in 1954 beginning a loving partnership that would last almost 50 years. They started a family which grew rapidly over the next eight years. Although he was an avid fisherman and sports fan, the activity from which he derived the most joy and pleasure in life was spending time with his children and being “Papa” to his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Whether he was taking them fishing in Alaska or just playing dominoes and drinking grape soda in his living room, if he was with any of them, they were all having a great time.

Dr. Haynie is preceded in death by his parents, Mae and Duke Haynie, his wife and soulmate, June, and his beloved granddaughter, Liza. He is survived by his six children and their spouses, Mike Haynie and his wife, Sam; Bill Haynie, Jr. and his wife, Madeline; Bob Haynie and his wife, Laura; Richard Haynie and his wife, Michelle; Robin Haynie Hanna and her husband, Rick; and Sue Haynie Huggs and her husband, Thane. He is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild whom we are all eagerly awaiting the chance to meet any day now.

A visitation will be held in the Hunter Building at First United Methodist Church of Shreveport on Wednesday, December 14 starting at 9:00 AM. Services will be held in the sanctuary at 11:00 AM officiated by Dr. Carl Rhoads. Pallbearers will be Dr. Haynie’s grandsons: Brown Haynie, Marshall Haynie, Will Haynie, Andrew Haynie, Thomas Haynie, Ben Huggs, Alex Huggs, and Gabe Hanna. A private family graveside service will follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Holy Angels or Volunteers of America North Louisiana.

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A Shreveport man was arrested after he beat up his pregnant girlfriend and shot her dog to death, said Sheriff Steve Prator.

On Saturday, September 10, at 1:47 a.m. the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 10400 block of E. Kings Hwy. The victim reported her boyfriend and father of her child, Kevin McKeaver Jr., 21, as a suspect. During the incident, McKeaver shoved the pregnant victim in a bathroom cabinet, struck her in the face, and pulled hair from her head. McKeaver then went to a bedroom and grabbed a pistol before he left the residence. As he walked through the living room to leave, he shot the victim’s dog to death while it was locked in its kennel. McKeaver had left the residence before deputies arrived.

Sheriff’s Detective Matt Lucky investigated the incident and obtained an arrest warrant issued for McKeaver’s arrest for violation of 14:35.3 (K), Domestic abuse battery (while pregnant); and 14:102.1, Cruelty to animals; aggravated.

On December 5, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. McKeaver was arrested for the warrant in the 3000 block of Colquitt Rd. He was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center.

Press Release: Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office

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