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6A The News-Star Tuesday, February 19, 2002 Lcllery Crimes -VvM ''t PeSiard I ff fsA W'Jflyi I Monroe I sJPW- Ueaional lAww (' Ouachita Jftx mmk V) UJl ftellf1 i rm I n3nVTm-r 41 1 lint I Monroe A West Monroe Ouachita Parish Oliver Road, Monroe. Open. New Freedom Group 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., 315 Stella, West Monroe. Both Open.

Twin City Group 8 p.m., 1712 Wellerman Road, West Monroe. Open, University Group 6 p.m., 3706 Bon Aire Drive, Monroe. Closed. We Care Group 11 a.m., (open); 8 p.m. (closed); 3217 Concordia, Monroe Child Immunizations Ouachita Parish Health Unit, 2913 DeSiard Monroe.

Bring shot record, medical card or a $5 administration fee with a maximum ot 530 per family. Information; 362-3400. Child Immunizations p.m., West Ouachita Parish Health Unit, 1416 Natchitoches West Monroe. Bring shot record, medical card or $5 administration fee with a maximum of $30 a family. Information: 362-3428.

Cocaine Anonymous 6:30 p.m., Claiborne United Methodist Church, 5401 Cypress West Monroe. Information: (800) 991-0473. Divorce Support Group Information: 397-9869. Gamblers Anonymous For meeting time and place, call 343-3585 (Mainline) or 324-8165 HIV Support Groups Call 325-1092 (GO CARE) for meeting places and times. Narcotics Anonymous 8 p.m., New Spirit Group, Sunshine House, Highway 15 (across from the Ford dealership.) Information: 376-51 OO.Overcomers p.m., 317 N.

Second, Monroe. For anyone affected directly or indirectly by abuse of mood-altering chemicals or compulsive behavior. Information: 362-4504. Overcomes Outreach 8 p.m., brick house next to White's Ferry Road Church of Christ. Twelve-stepBible program for people with drug or alcohol problems.

Information: 396-6000. Overeaters Anonymous For information about area meetings, call 343-3585. Pregnancy Exercise Class 6:30 p.m., Glenwood Wellness Center, 3217 Cypress, West Monroe. Information: 329-9100. Support After Suicide Group Meets at St.

Paul's United Methodist Church, Monroe. Information: 323-9479 or 322-5065. We Care AL-ANON 5:30 p.m., 3217 Concordia, Monroe. Open only to friends and family members affected by another person's drinking. Information: 651-0026 or (800) 371-4017.

YWCA Survivors Survivors of Rape and Sexual Assault support group. Call 323-1505 for meeting location. tT -Ml-l I II Monday Pick 3: 6-6-4 Monday Pick 4: 3-1-6-4 Saturday Rolldown: 15-17-19-46-49 Saturday Cash Quest: 26-33-39-49 Saturday Powerball ($32 million) 19-31-32-42-45, Powerball 6 Power Play 5 Saturday La. Lotto (5375,000) 8-22-25-30-35-36 Births GLENWOOD Alice and Scotty Lindsay, a boy, Jakob Cole Monique Wilson, a boy. Tre'Vion Darnell ST.

FRANCIS Jennifer and Shane Dossett, a boy, Thomas Hugh Paula and Daniel Ebey, a boy, Jesse Walker Ronda Johnson and Earl 0. Shields a boy. Earl O'Neal Jr. Nancy and Dale Parsons, a girl, Kathenne Sophia Roshannon N. Walker, a girl, Joria lyea Leisure Arts Crafts for Seniors 9-noon, daily, Emily P.

Robinson Community Center, 3504 Jackson Monroe. Information: 329-3239. Piney Hill Cloggers Call 396-9585. 30 Round Dance Club p.m. class and easy level, the Bradford's, Pucket Lake Road, West Monroe.

Information: (318) 255-3113. Self-help Adult Aerobics 6-7 p.m., Emily P. Robinson Community Center, 3504 Jackson Monroe. Information: 329-3239. Aerobics 5:45 p.m.

and kickboxing, 6:45 p.m., West Monroe Sports Complex. Information: 388-0260. Alcoholics Anonymous For list of daily meetings call Northeast Louisiana Intergroup, 325-4414 or (800) 371-4017. Here are AA meetings in this area for today. Open meetings are open to anyone.

Closed meetings are for alcoholics only. Bayou Bonne Idee Group 8 p.m., 10050 Merton Bowe. Mer Rouge, Open. Caldwell Patience Group 8 p.m., 729 Alvin Columbia Open. a Delhi Group 8 p.m., 402 Main Delhi.

Open. Footsteps 5:30 p.m., The Mission, 317 N. Second Monroe. Information: Rays of Sonshine, 323-0502. 8 Keep It Simple Group noon, 1301 Monroe, an Allstate Insurance Agent, died Sunday.

Memorial service is 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, West Monroe. Visitation is 1 p.m. today until service time at the church under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe. George Thomas Poke, 26 TULSA, Okla.

George Thomas Poke, formerly of Lake Providence, a handyman, died Saturday. Funeral-arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Funerals by McFarland, Tallulah. Jean Ritter, 89 Jean Ritter of Monroe, a homemaker, died Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Dennis Lane Ritzell, 45 OAK GROVE Dennis Lane Ritzell, died Sunday.

Graveside ice is 2 p.m. Wednesday at La-Ark Cemetery, Jones. Visitation is 1-5 p.m. today at Golden Funeral Homej chapel, Bastrop. Gloria Collins Roe, 64 Gloria Collins Roe of Monroe, X.

retired E.A. Conway Medical Center; employee, died Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Funerals by McFarland, Monroe. Lotabel C. Serrett, 85 COLUMBIA Lotabel Cowart Serrett, a homemaker, died Sunday.

The funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, Columbia. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Riser Funeral Home chapel, Columbia and 9 a.m. Thursday at the church until service time.

Burial is at Columbia Hill Cemetery. Louis Denman Turner, 90 CROPWELL, Ala. Louis Denman Turner, a Pell City Grocery'-' employee, died Sunday. The funeral is -10 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church.

Visitation is p.m. today at Kilgroe Funeral Home chapel, Pell City, Ala. and 9 a.m. Wednesday until service time at the church. Burial is at Mount Pisgah Cemetery.

Ira Washington 52 Ira Washington Jr. of Monroe, an equipment operator, died Wednesday. The funeral is 2 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church, Monroe. Burial is at Richwood Memorial Gardens under the direction of Miller Funeral Home, Monroe.

Claire Jenkins White, 87 OBITUARY ADS are placed through funeral homes. Deadline is 4PM daily and weekends. We strive to en-s i 9 the correctness of your ads. The cHs-Siar may not issue credits or rerun ads, when proof of copy has been issued. Pi.iof is provided for correctness of text only.

It is not representative of the layout and the actual ad may differ, when printed the paper. Credit will not be issued based on appearance of obit. For more information call the funeral home of your choice or us at 362-0210. Obituaries are also posted on our website at www.thenewsstar.com. The following crimes are among those reported to the Monroe and West Monroe police departments and the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office from noon Sunday through noon The times and dates are when the crimes are reported.

Monroe ZONE 2 Theft, 2600 block of May Street, 4:15 p.m. Sunday, cash. ZONE 3 Burglary, 2700 block of Oak Street, 1 a.m. Monday, food. Damage to property, 2500 block of North 12th Street, 2:20 p.m.

Sunday, vehicle window. ZONE 4 Damage to property, 2700 block of Louisville Avenue, 10:20 p.m. Sunday, vehi-' cle, ZONES Simple assault, 800 block of North Sixth Street, 8 p.m. Sunday. Simple battery, 2100 block of Louisville Avenue, 12:38 a.m.

Monday. ZONE 7 Burglary from a moveable, 1300 block of DeSiard Street, 7:40 a.m. Monday, electronics. ZONE 8 Damage to property, 3500 block of DeSiard Street, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, vehicle.

J.C. Stewart Masonic Lodge No. 460 7:30 p.m., Cotton West Monroe. Information: 325-6036. Lions Club noon, Downtown Monroe Lions Club, Monroe Civic Center Conference Room; 6:30 p.m., North Monroe-Lakeshore chapter, Catfish Cabin, Louisville Avenue, Monroe.

Mayor's Commission on Needs of Women noon, Conference Room, Monroe Civic Center. Information, reservations: 329-2310. Patrick Henry Society Noon, Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church, 224 Auburn Ave. Informal discussions. Open to the public.

Rotary Club West Monroe Club, noon, West Monroe Convention Center. Sons of Confederate Veterans 7 p.m., Catfish Cabin, Louisville Avenue. Capt. Thomas O. Benton Camp No.

1444. Trinity Lodge No. 175, Free and Accepted Masons, Prince Hall Affiliation -7 p.m., Prince Hall Masonic Temple. 402 Baylor Drive, Monroe. Western Star Masonic Lodge 24 7:30 p.m., Masonic Hall, 1011 Stubbs Monroe.

Deaths Funeral homes should call The McClintock of Charleston, SC; nine great grandchildren; and eight great, great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Penny DeVincent, Wanda Weems, Sharon Ryland, April Bailey, David Weems, and Kendall Ryland. Visitation will be at 10:00 AM until service time at the church. LOUIE "GREY BUCK" DEAN Gill First National Funeral Home Winnsboro, LA Service for Louie "Grey Buck" Dean, 74, a resident of Winnsboro will be at 2 PM Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at Gill First National Chapel in Winnsboro with Rev. Paul Perry and Rev.

Michael Grant officiating. Burial will be at Crowville Masonic Cemetery in Crowville under the direction of Gill First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro, LA. Mr. Dean was bom September 18, 1927 in Crowville, LA and died Sunday, February 17, 2002 at Franklin Medical Center in Winnsboro. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louie and Annie Bell Dean.

Survivors include his two brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles and Melba Dean of Swartz, and Doyle and Linda Dean of Richardson, TX; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Virginia and Ernest Dupuis of Alvin, TX, and Carolyn and James "Bud" Vaughn of Spartinburg, SC; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5PM to 8PM at the funeral home. The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Magnolia Living Center for their care. Call 362-0202 today and place your classified ad. Meetings Civilan Club West Monroe Club, noon, West Monroe Convention Center.

of Ruston, Michael Moss of Fredericksburg, TX, Bill Moss of Bend, OR, Paula O'Neal, and Judy O'Neal Williams of Shreveport, LA; and 12 great grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Emmanuel Baptist Church, Ruston or Trinity Methodist Church, Ruston. MRS. NOBIS FROST Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe, LA Services for Mrs. Nobie Frost, 86, of Downsville, LA will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Pleasant Valley Assembly of God Church, Downsville, LA with Rev.

Norman Riordan and Rev. Tracy Abies officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Valley Assembly of God Church Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA. Mrs. Frost was born January 30, 1916 in Bentley, LA and died Sunday, February 17, 2002 at her residence after a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Frost was a retired seamstress, she was an avid loving member of the Pleasant Valley Assembly of God Church for over 60 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, M. E. Frost, and a daughter, Geraldeen Frost.

Survivors include her step-son, M. E. Frost of Monroe, LA; step-daughter, Dollie Mae Tedeton of Farmer-ville, LA; beloved niece, Bemice Bohannon of West Monroe, LA; three granddaughters, Penny DeVincent of Downsville, LA, Wanda Weems of Lake, MS, and Sharon Ryland of Pineville, LA; three sisters, Mable Gaston of Oak Grove, LA, Julia Sanders of Oak Grove, LA, and Louise The News-Star Pleasant Valley Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Bettie Sue Fulmer, 63 RAYVILLE Bettie Sue Fulmer, a homemaker, died Sunday. The funeral is 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Brown-Holley Funeral Home chapel, Oak Grove. Visitation is p.m. today and 9 a.m. Wednesday until service time at the funeral home. Burial is at Kilbourne Cemetery.

James E. Griffin, S3 James E. Griffin of Monroe, a truck driver, died Friday. Graveside service is 11 a.m. Thursday at Richwood Memorial Gardens under the direction of Miller Funeral Home, Monroe.

Pearline Harris, 81 RAYVILLE Pearline Harris, a homemaker, died Saturday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Tennant Funeral Home, Rayville. Thelma P. McCarty, 79 TALLULAH Thelma Pitts McCarty, a homemaker, died Sunday. The funeral is 10 a.m.

Thursday at Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home chapel, Tallulah. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tallulah. Ellie Norris Moss, 102 RUSTON Ellie Norris Moss, a homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service is 10 a.m. today at Greenwood Cemetery, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home chapel, Ruston.

Robert Francis Perkins, 62 Robert Francis Perkins of West the Police Jury to close the facilities. An autopsy of David Clark revealed his cause of death was internal bleeding, which Cooley officials say may have been aggravated by a fight with another resident. "The place is wrought with abuse, torture, starvation and death," Olen Clark told the jury, "and I ask you tonight to close the school." Elkin said closing Cooley was not even an option. Seward urged the jury to require residents at G.B. Cooley to have family in Ouachita Parish.

Seward said caring for out-of-parish and out-of-state residents at G.B. Cooley places an unfair burden on Ouachita Parish taxpayers. He also asked the jury to close the 15 community homes that Cooley operates. Elkin drew applause when he said many residents enjoy the independence that living in the community homes brings, and that the jury doesn't want to see the homes closed. "To say that we want to bring everybody back (to the main campus at Cooley) is not the message I'm getting," he said.

There are 53 residents with mental retardation at G.B. Cooley 's main campus in West Monroe. Cooley also operates 15 homes throughout Ouachita Parish for 87 residents. Cooley staff also provides care for 41 people who qualify for the state's mentally retard-ed-developmentally disabled waiver. There have been two charges of patient abuse at G.B.

Cooley in the past six months. In September, two Cooley employees were arrested for cruelty to the infirm. Police state they forced a resident into a closet, severing a finger. Another was arrested after allegedly beating and choking a blind resident. ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

Dialogue anytime soon seems unlikely, however. North Korea called Bush's statement a virtual war declaration. U.S.-North Korean tension in the past year helped bring official inter-Korean contacts to a standstill. The freeze followed a summit in June 2000 at which Kim and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong II, had agreed to seek reconciliation. South Korea's "sunshine" approach helped win Kim Dae-jung the Nobel Peace Prize, but the policy has faced intensifying criticism that it is too soft on North Korea.

Washington supports it, but South Korean officials acknowledge the two allies differ over how generous the policy should be. South Korea's presidential national security adviser, Vim Sung-joon, said the Bush-Kim meeting will reaffirm the allies' tight security alliance and the importance of dialogue with North Korea to resolve problems. News-Star with death notices at 362-0266 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 362-0278 on weekends.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Frost, Nooie 11 a.m. today, Pleasant Valley Assembly of God, Downsville. Jones, Elmer 2 p.m, today, Bethany Worship Center, Crowville. Kyfes, Joseph: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Legion Memorial Park Cemetery, Newellton, Meredith Jody Denzle: 1 p.m.

today, Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Viola, Thurman 10 a.m. today, Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, Austin, Texas. Cecile C. Armstrong, 89 Cecile Cockrell Armstrong of West Monroe, a homemaker, died Monday.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Kilpatrick Funeral Home chapel, West Monroe. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Roy Burdon, 67 Roy Burdon of Monroe, a laborer, died Monday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Funerals by McFarland, Monroe.

Eunice Campbell, 87 RUSTON Eunice Campbell, a C.N.A., died Saturday. The funeral is 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, Dubach. Burial is at Fellowship Cemetery, Dubach, under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston. Nobie Frost, 86 DOWNSVILLE Nobie L.

Frost, a retired seamstress, died Sunday. The funeral is 1 1 a.m. today at Pleasant Valley Assembly of God. Visitation is 10 a.m. today at the church until service time.

Burial is at Changes The Police Jury president says closing the hospital is not an option. From page 1A Police juror Tom Holtzclaw said his first priority is appointing an independent advocate for G.B. Cooley residents. He said he would consider remov ing Baker if the facility does not improve. "Obviously we will consider all options available to us, and if (removing Baker) is prudent, then we will act in a like manner," he said.

"But I do not want to go on a witch hunt." At Monday's Police Jury meeting, Joe Seward of Ouachita Parish was one of many who urged the jury to replace Baker. "Sometimes you just have to make a clean sweep," he said. Attorney Milo Nickel of Lake Charles said that by not reporting abuse to local law enforcement, Baker makes it easier for employees to abuse residents. "If the people that were responsible for committing these crimes were investigated criminally and prosecuted criminally, then their behavior would change," he said. Law requires facilities such as G.B.

Cooley to report abuse to either the state or to the state Department of I lealth and Hospitals, but not both. Baker came to G.B. Cooley in 1997 as chief executive officer. He was previously director of the Association for Retarded Citizens in Ocala, Fla. Olen Clark of Lake Charles, whose son, David, died 17 days after he moved to G.B.

Cooley in 1993, urged Korea North Korean leaders have called the president's statement a war declaration. From page 1A "We should not put the safety of 70 million Koreans at risk of war," Kim said last week. "Efforts should be made to avoid the creation of a war atmosphere by promoting reconciliation with North Korea." While Bush has defined North Korea, along with Iran and Iraq, as adversaries in the global war on terrorism, South Korea is eager for Washington to use conciliatory language that will draw the regime in Pyongyang back to the negotiating table. Both countries have been technically at war under an armistice that ELLIE NORMS MOSS (MRS. DREW MOSS, SR.) Kilpatrick Funeral Home Ruston, LA Services for Ellie Norris Moss (Mrs.

Drew Moss, 102, of Ruston LA will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at Greenwood Cemetery with Dr. Doug McGuire officiating. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Ellie died February 17, 2002 in Ruston, LA. Ellie was born on July 2, 1899 in Oak Ridge, LA.

She was educated in Oak Ridge, LA and Hamburg, AR. She is preceded in death by her husband, Drew F. Moss, twin sons, Drew F. Moss, Jr. and William Hebert Moss; and son, John Warren Moss.

Ellie died after a brief illness. Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Arey Moss O'Neal and husband Murff O'Neal of Shreveport, LA; daughters-in-law, Mary Helen Moss and Martha Chase Moss both of Ruston, and Alice S. Moss of Tomball, TX; grandchildren, Mary Catherine Moss of Ruston, Libby Moss Thompson of Searcy, AR, Drew F. Moss III BATESVILLE, Ark.

Claire Jenkins White, formerly of Monroe, a schoolteacher, died Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. Smith ABC hired the journalist in 1969 as a co-anchor. From page 1A career in 1941 after he joined a CBS news team put together by Edward R. Murrow to cover World War II.

In 1946, he took Murrow's place as London correspondent. He covered Europe and the Middle East for a little more than a decade before moving to Washington as a correspondent and commentator on the nightly new for CBS. Smith resigned from CBS in 1961 after his employers accused him of editorializing during a documentary'! about the civil rights struggle inr Birmingham, During the mid-1960s Smiths reported for ABC news as a spondent and commentator for several news documentaries. In 1969, ABC tapped Smith and Frank Reynolds to co-anchor "The1 ABC Evening News." Two years later' Harry Reasoner joined the duo on the' anchor desk. Smith resigned from his position ill' 1975, but stayed in broadcast news as a political commentator.

Although many don't remember the name, those who worked and kept up with journalism during the Vietnam Era recalled Smith's work. "I remember him as being silver haired and silver tongued," said Wiley Hilburn, head of journalism at Louisiana Tech University. Smith was cool in a cool He was low-key and Hilburn said. "I liked that about him" he said. Despite Bush's tough words, Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States is ready to negotiate with North Korea at the time and place of its choosing.

Washington wants to curb North Korea's development of missiles and weapons of mass destruction and cut the number of its troops near the border with South Korea. Those goals became all the more pressing after the Sept. 1 1 terror attacks. The United States keeps 37.000 military personnel in South Korea as a deterrent against attack from the North, North Korea is on a U.S. list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

It is believed to harbor four Japanese Red Army terrorists who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane and flew it to the North in 1970, but North Korea itself has not been implicated in any terrorist act since the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner near Myanmar that killed all 1 IS people on board. Get rid of Pedals! Get Petals! "I placed a three-line, eleven day classified ad to sell our bicycles and other items in our garage and I received a $10 coupon towards a $50 bouquet or flower arrangements from The House of Flowers." If you need to sell your bass boat or anything else, then use The News-Star Classifieds. Sell your merchandise and receive valuable coupons. if 4, It's simple, call 362-0202 today. The Hmiw or Flower coupons cun be picked up ul The News-Star nlfke during regular business hours or mmled to the customer.

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