LSU makes offer to Haughton QB Dak Prescott

Haughton quarterback Dak Prescott visited with LSU head coach Les Miles in Haughton today, and was offered a scholarship. Prescott had made a verbal commitment to Mississippi State earlier this year, but has not officially signed with the school.
According to The Times, Haughton head coach Rodney Guin said “He wants to play quarterback, and they offered him as a quarterback.”
Mississippi State was the first SEC team to make Prescott an offer. LSU is also having talks with former Georgia quarterback Zach Mettenberger.
How great would it be to see a Bossier Parish QB leading LSU within a couple of years?

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Chesapeake donates K-9's to BCPD & CPSO

Chesapeake Energy Corporation showed its support of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Bossier City Police Department through the sponsorship of two new K9 officers for these organizations. At Sheriff’s Safety Town on Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, Chesapeake announced its support of the two new additions to the Bossier City Police Department and the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office. These K9 officers will not only be tasked with patrolling the Shreveport-Bossier area, but will also be used for narcotics recovery thus providing additional support for improving the quality of life in Shreveport-Bossier. "Chesapeake Energy maintains a strong commitment to safe and healthy communities," said Kevin McCotter, Chesapeake’s Senior Director-Corporate Development, Haynesville Shale. "We are very proud of our sponsorship of both K9s for the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Bossier City Police Department. These K9 Officers will assist both Caddo and Bossier law enforcement officers in their efforts to eliminate illegal narcotics from our community." The newest member of the Bossier City Police Department is 3-year old Chesapeake Tigo, a male, Belgian Malanois. Chesapeake Tigo will be under the direction of Handler Justin Dunn. "We are truly grateful to Chesapeake for their donation to the Citizens of Bossier City and the Police Department," said Deputy Chief Grumble. "This K9 will allow us to maintain a level of service to the people of Bossier City by maintaining our high standards of service in street patrol and narcotics work. I would again like to thank Chesapeake for its corporate citizenship, always willing to help the community." Chesapeake Rocco, a 2 ½ year old Belgian Malanois/Shepherd mix from Abbeville, Louisiana is the newest team member of the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office. Chesapeake Rocco’s handler is Corporal Gary Bailey. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator said the donation couldn't have come at a better time. "In August, the Caddo Sheriff's Office was surprised when Force, one of our young K9s, died unexpectedly from an intestinal condition. The addition of Rocco has allowed us to continue our mission of tracking criminals and locating illegal drugs without interruption," he said. "We're a very grateful to Chesapeake Energy for its giving spirit and commitment to our community that will help us serve the citizens of Caddo Parish."

Here's what irritates me

Why is it that weathermen weatherpeople have to say “Your Sunday will be cool”. It’s not ‘your’ Sunday, it’s not ‘my’ Sunday, it’s just Sunday. Do they teach you that at weatherman weatherperson school or are you all so shallow and stupid that you heard someone say it and it went viral?
Also, when we’re in a drought and there is no rain in sight, don’t make yourself look even more idiotic by getting up there and saying ‘your weekend will be perfect’. See, double whammy. It’s not ‘my’ weekend. Sunshine and no rain is not ‘perfect’ in the midst of a drought.
I won’t even rehash weather coverage during ball games.
Airport Security
Without really jumping into the argument about the nekkid scanners, I will note that our airport security is totally reactive. Israel has the best airport and airline security in the world. They do not use these scanners because they are ineffective. Do you know what they do? They actually look at people and PROFILE them (gasp!). Yep, if young Arab males are guilty of 100% of the attacks on them, and if a suspicious young Arab male appears at the airport, they pull him aside and check him out. If they aren’t satisfied, they send him on his way – just not on an El Al Plane. Could we learn from them? Heck no, we might offend someone – namely young Arab males.
Know what the U.S. does (other than the peepshow?).
Take the case of the ‘shoe bomber’, Richard Reid. There were red flags on this guy from the beginning.
1. He got his British passport in Amsterdam, not in Great Britain.
2. He bought a ONE-WAY ticket to the U.S.
3. He paid cash.
4. He had no luggage.
So what did the TSA learn from this? Make everyone take their shoes off. Little children, old ladies, everyone remove your shoes.
ESPN
You know what else irritates me? That woman on ESPN announcing football games. I don’t even know her name, but she sounds like she should be on the LPGA tour, if you know what I mean.
I know I’ll catch hell for this, but is nothing sacred? It’s football women, it’s a man’s sport.
True, heard all of this within the last two months:
Woman about basketball game, “How many innings to they have?”
Woman about baseball game, “When is halftime?”
True story.
ESPN, I’m sure that your gender-confused announcers don’t want to do, say, figure skating (at least not the female ones), but please give them anything but football. If you persist, regardless of their training, they will fall into the trap of announcing a homerun in a college football game.

I'll be a sport

I had a bet with a couple of guys on Facebook.  As a result, they are displaying fleurs de lis as their Facebook photos for a week.  Not easy for them.
Had the Cowboys won, I would have to display their logo on Facebook and on the blog.
Not going to do it on Facebook, but as a nod to the great performance of the Cowboys tonight and as a nod to all our readers who are Cowboy fans, I will sport the logo on the blog for a couple of days.
Great ball game!

Thanksgiving

Usually I do the typical Pilgrims/Turkey thing for Thanksgiving.  This year I'll make it more serious.  In addition to many good friends and a very extended family, I'm extremely thankful for these folks below - and for another one on the way!

Buttermilk Pie

No, it doesn't taste like buttermilk, any more than buttermilk biscuits do.  Of course, that wouldn't bother me, I love a glass of cold buttermilk with some warm cornbread. 
No, Mrs. Andy made this for me.  It is one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life.  If you have never had one, find a recipe and try it out!
Look at that, had my name on it!

The House that Jerry Jones built

Mike and Carrie Moore are in Dallas for their first visit to Cowboys Stadium.  Misguided Cowboys fans that they are, I hope they have a great time today.  Heck, I'll even pull for a Cowboy win for them.  This week.

New Orleans computer crash shuts down real estate closings

What happened and why it's a big deal
Real Estate closings in New Orleans have been delayed for the last three weeks because of a computer crash in the Civil Clerk of Court’s office. There are gaps in certain mortgage and conveyance records so that a clear chain of title to property in the Parish cannot be established. What this means is that anyone buying a house or refinancing a mortgage for the last three weeks has been unable to close on their transaction. With mortgage rates going up, locks on low interest rates are being lost. Real estate sales are being lost.
The daily transactions are backed up, but the backups in Orleans have failed.

Why this won’t happen in Bossier Parish

Bossier Clerk of Court
Cindy Johnston

A number of parishes in Louisiana have gone to ‘paperless’ record keeping, the advantage being that the clerk doesn’t have to pay someone to physically scan every document and put them into mortgage and conveyance books. The backup system, which failed in Orleans Parish, is their assurance that this is a safe method. Bienville Parish has gone paperless, and Caddo partially so. I’m not sure of the other local parishes except for Bossier, which has not done so.
What this means is that if the system and the backup lost data in Bossier Parish, it would only cause a minor inconvenience to real estate abstractors in determining the chain of title on any property in the parish. Everything is indexed and copies of the documents are available to them to do their work. This is probably the safest backup system available.
Technology is a great thing and I’m all for it, but the lesson that must be learned from the Orleans Parish crisis is that while the availability of the transactions and documents in computerized form is a great enhancement and time saver, it is not a replacement for the physical availability of these vital records.

Bossier High School Band at the Sugar Bowl 1960