AMERICA HEALTHCARE LOUISIANA WE HELP PEOPLE GET CARE, STAY WELL AND BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

CARE IS THE HEART OF OUR WORK.

AT AMERICAA CARE.

>>: AND BY THE US ARMY BATON ROUGE RECRUITING BATTALION.

COMMUNITY COFFEE AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY.

WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM HOTEL INDIGO AND DEM CO. >>: INTERGY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT AND GREENER PRACTS THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

>>: WITH ALL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IS TO INSURE OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

>>: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROPROVIDED BY THE FRED VICLER FOUNDATION AND THE ART MUSEUM IN JENINGS CITY HALL.

LOUISIANA ARTIST AND CULTURE CENTER FOR SOUTH WEST LOUISIANA AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

COACHING LEGEND SKIP BURTMAN AND WIFE ON HOW LSU BECAME HOME.

>>: MY ALL IN COST BETWEEN FOUR AND 5,000-DOLLARS.

>>: HOW A BATON ROUGE CAME LUMBER PRICES THAT WERE OUT OF SITE.

>>: IT WAS A SHOCK.

TOOK A WHILE TO REGISTER IT IN.

>>: A YOUNG HERO.

>>: HI EVERYONE.

GET THIS NIGHT.

BUT FIRST BATON ROUGE IS NOW THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN LOUISIANA.

THE FBI SAYING THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER A CRIME RATING REPORTING SYSTEM THAT MEASURES VIOLATANT CRIMES AGAINST THE COUNTRY BATON ROUGE TOPPED NATIONAL AVERAGE.

>>: THE CITY POLICE CHIEF MURRAY PAUL SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS WAYS TO CURB THE RISE IN VIOLENCE.

USUALLY WHEN VIOLENT CRIMES SPIKE THE MOST.

CHIEF PAUL SAYS HE'S OPEN TO ANY NEW SUGGESTIONS.

>>: AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESIDENTS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WHAT WE HEARD TODAY, WHEN WE SAT DOWN COLLECTIVELY WE TALKED ABOUT LONG TERM STRATEGIES, WE TALKED ABOUT GOALS.

RIGHT NOW WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO GET MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE SECRETE CAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT MORALE IS LOW.

IN SOME DEPARTMENTS ACROSS AMERICA.

WE DO UNDERSTAND ITS A CHAL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY AND THERE IS NOTHING, LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, NOTHING SIMPLE ABOUT POLICING IN AMERICA TODAY.

IT IS COMPLEX.

WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUES.

>>: THE PRESIDENTS PLAN INCLUDES EXPANDING SUMMER PROGRAM FOR TEENS AND REENTRY PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE AMONG OTHER THINGS TO HELP CURVE THAT VIOLENCE.

>>: ALSO SAYING A BRIDGE IT COMING NEAR YOU A CONFIDENT BILL CASOPY AND THE PRESIDENT REACHING A DEAL ON A PAIRED DOWN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

THE PRICE TAG 973 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS.

HERE IS CASSIDY RIGHT AFTERWARDS.

>>: LEAVING THE WHYS HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT WE GOT A DEAL LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE IN THE HISTORY OF GOVERNMENT.

A BRIDGE IS COMING NEAR YOU NOT RIGHT AWAY NOT TOMORROW NOT NEXT YEAR.

BUT IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS REDUCING THE RISK OF FLOODING.

A GOOD BILL MADE GREAT PROGRESS.

>>: BY THIS MORNING AND TODAY THOU SOME OF THE BLOOM OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS OFF BICKERING HAD ENSUED LEAVING QUESTION HOW SETTLED IT REALLY IS.

>>: NOW SWITCHING GEARS TO COVID MIDWEEK STATE HEALTH OFFICIAL MORE THAN 300,000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE VACCINATION LOTTARILY SINCE JUNE TWENTY-FIRST.

A CHANCE FOR SOME TO WIN A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR EVEN A MILLION DOLLARS.

>>: AND GET VACCINATED.

AND THOULIC AT OTHER NEWS MAKING HEAD LINES ACROSS THE STATE.

>>: THIS WEEK THE GOVERNOR VETOED LEDGEIVATION BANNING TRANCE GENDER ATHLETES FROM PLAYING ON GIRLS SPORT TEAMS.

NOW GOP LAW MAKES MAY HOLD THE FIRST VETO SESMGHTZ REPUBLICCON HOUSE SPEAKER A MIDJULY SPECIAL SESSION.

BUT CORTEZ HAS YET TO TAKE A PUBLIC STANCE.

THE GOVERNOR ALSO SIGNED A KEY TAX PLAN TO SIMPLIFY TAXES FROM FALL PAYMENTS BUT STILL NEEDS VOTER APPROVAL THIS FALL.

OTHER ITEM GETTING SIGNATURE ONE THAT MAKE KENNED GARTEN MANDATORY IN THE STATE AND APPROVAL FOR SPORTS BETTING.

APPROVED LEGISLATION ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEP SINGS THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2015.

THE STATE INSPENDS TO SPEND 180 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS ON GRANTS TO TELL COMFIRMS TO BUILD BROAD BAND INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE IN UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES.

FOR THOUSANDS OF LOUISIANA HOUSE HOLDS AND BUSINESSES AFFORDABLE HIGH SPEED INTERNET IS OUT OF REACH.

MAKING SIMPLE TASKS OF MODERN LIVING SUCH AS INTERNET BROWSING, ONLINE SHOPPING, OR WATCHING A YOUTUBE VIDEO OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE.

THE VICE PANDEMIC BROUGHT EVEN MORE ATTENTION TO THE TECHNOLOGY GAPS THAT EXIST.

THE PUSH TO BUILD SOLAR PLANTS IN THE■■ STATE IS GETTING INCREASED SCRUTINY FROM STATE LAW MAKERS AND LOCAL LEADERS.

A CONCERN IS WHETHER FARMERS WOULD BE CROWDED OF OF LAND LEASES LE THE ADVOCATE REPORTS AT LEAST THREE PARISH WEST BATON ROUGE AND WASHINGTON HAVE ISSUE MORTONNIAN ON UTILITY SOLAR PROJECTS.

MCKINLEY GOT HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON LATE TUESDAY GRANTED PAROLE IN THE CASEF A 2001 NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING.

THE ST. TAMMANY PARISH JURY FOUND HIM GUILT OF MAN SLAUGHTER SERVING A 30 YEAR SENTENCE HE LONG MAINTAINED HE WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.

SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WITNESS SAID THEIR TESTIMONY WAS CUORS HIS STORY GOT NEW ATTENTION.

AT THE TIME OF HIS SHOOTING HE WAS A 22 RAPPER.

OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT PAID TO PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAD.

MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE PAYMENTS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

IN ADDITION THESE IMPROPER PAYMENTS WERE JUST A FRACTION COMPARED TO THE 8.6 BILLION BY THE STATE WORK FORCE COMMISSION OF MARCH 2020 TO APRIL OF 2021.

AFTER MISSING FOR 60 YEARS THE GRAVE SITE OF A FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR HAS BEEN FOUND IN RAPIDES PARISH.

JOSEPH WALKER WAS 13th GOVERNOR SERVING FROM 18 FIFTY TO 1853.

HISTORIANS SAY OVER TIME SOME GRAVE MARKERS WERE MOVED AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH WALKERRERS.

IT IS EXPECT A HISTORICAL MARKER WILL BE PLACED AT THE SITE.

>>: ALSO NEW TODAY THE GOVERNOR VETOES THE CONCEALED CARRY GUN BILL.

A VETOTHAT COULD FUEL A VETO OVER RIDE SESSION.

LSU HAS A NEW BASEBALL COACH JAY JOHNSON COMES TO TYKER TOWN FROM ARIZONA TOOK HIS TEAM TO A PAIR OF COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WHILE THERE.

PAUL M RETIRED AFTER 15 SCENES AND WON NATURAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

ALWAYS FILLING THE SHOES OF SKIP BURTMAN HAS PROVEN TO BE DIFFICULT.

ALL THOSE WINS THE FIVE NATIONAL TITLES LEFT TO BECOME THE TIGER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

FEATURES IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY COLD HOLD THE ROPE.

TONIGHT THOU SOME OF THE BURTMAN STORY NOT FROM THE SPORTS PAGES FOR THAT I SAT DOWN WITH SKIP AND SANDEE AT THEIR HOME TO TALK LIFE, FAMILY AND HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.

>>: WE CREATED THIS MONSTER PROGRAM WHERE LSU BAIL POSWAS LIKE KEN TECHA BASKETBALL.

>>: LSU SAYS TIMING A EVERYTHING.

TIGERS WIN.

TIGERS WIN.

>>: THE TIMING IS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE BALL.

HOW THE RIGHT BALANCE AND STABILITY EITHER ATHROUGH TIMING TO BE ON OR OFF.

SKIP BURTMAN THE HISTORY OF LSU BASEBALL TIMING A HANDFUL OF LEAGUE CHAMMIANS OR DEALINGIES WAS RETUNELY OFF.

BURTMAN HAD HAD THE TIMING DOWN ALONG WITH THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

EVEN IF HIS COACHING DREAMS HAD NOT MATERIALALIZED.

IN THE FALL OF 1961 A CHANCE MEET WITHING A GIRL NAME SANDEE WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE BASEBALL IN HER BLOOD.

>>: I WAS BORN IN BROOKLAND MY FATHER TOOK ME TO GAMES.

SO I LOVE BASEBALL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

>>: YOU CAN ARGUE THAT'S HOW SHE FELT ABOUT SKIP FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

>>: WHERE DID YOU MEET.

>>: GIVE HIM THE STORY.

>>: I SAW SKIP AT LUNCH WHEN DONE WHEN IT WAS A TEACHER WORK DAY AND HE WAS AT ANOTHER SCHOOL.

I SAW HIM AT LUNCH AND I SAID THAT GUY LOOKS CUTE.

I LIKE HIM.

AND HE SHOWED UP AT MY SCHOOL THAT AFTERNOON.

HE WAS TEACHING IN TWO SCHOOLS ONE IN THE MORNING ONE INTO AFTERNOON.

THAT WAS IN AUGUST.

SCHOOL STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.

WE GOT ENGAGED IN NOVEMBER AND MARRIED IN FEBRUARY.

>>: YOU'RE KIDDING SO THIS IS QUICK.

>>: VERY QUICK.

>>: AGAIN THE TIMING WAS THERE.

>>: THE RESTAURANT SHE WAS AT WITH HER GIRLS AND THEN I JUST SHOWED UP AT THE DOOR.

>>: AT SCHOOL.

>>: AT HER PLACE.

>>: IT WAS JUST MEANT TO BE.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS AND I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO SHOW UP IN MY SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON BUT HE DID.

THAT WAS IT.

>>: YEARS LATER AS A RISING ASSISTANT AT MIME A BIT OF FOR SHODDINGO FOR SKIP AND SANDEE TO WATCH MIAMI PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME AT TULANE.

SANDEE PRACTICALLY FOUND HERSELF IN WHAT WOULD BECOME HER OWN BACKYARD.

>>: I WENT DOWN RIVER ROAD TO ONE OF THE PLANTATIONS IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME I WOULD BE LIVING A MILE FROM RIVER ROAD I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.

>>: THE WIVES TOOK A BUS TOUR WHICH WAS LITERALLY A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE.

>>: THREE YEARS LATER THE OVER CURES FROM LSU BEGAN.

>>: THE FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BROAD BROAD HEAD CALLED HERE AND INTERESTING BECAUSE I SAID TO HIM WELL YOU ALREADY HAVE A COACH.

HE SAID WAITING FOR YOU TO COME AND TAKE HIS PLACE.

WELL BOB IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.

BEFORE I CAN COME UP HERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A JOB.

AND OF COURSE HE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WOULD SAY THAT.

SO COULD I TRY NEXT YEAR.

AND I SAID YEAH, SURE.

AND HE DID HE CALLED THE NEXAL YEAR AND THEY HAD FIRED THE COACH.

>>: AT FIRST THOU THEY HAD TO CONVINCE THEIR CHILDREN.

>>: WE HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS.

WE HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS WE HAD TO UP ROOT.

I DON'T KNOW I THINK I WAS READY FOR A CHANGE.

MIAMI WASN'T THE MIAMI I GREW UP ANYMORE AND I WAS READY FOR A CHANGE SO IT WAS GOOD FOR ME VERY HARD FOR THE GIRLS.

>>: BUT THIS VERY HOUSE WHERE THEY LIVED SINCE THEY FIRST MOVED HERE IN 1983 HELPED WIN THEM OVER.

>>: MY WIFE EXCUSE ME.

>>: GO AHEAD.

>>: MY WIFE WAS ASKED THE SECOND TIME TO COME UP HERE I WANTED HER TO COME.

AND I WANTED HER TO SEE THIS HOW.

AND OF COURSE THE HOUSE HAS TWO STORIES AND ITS A NICE HOUSE COMPARED TO YOU KNOW 75,000-DOLLAR HOME WITH THE SIX OF US LIVED IN AND I SAID EACH GIRL CAN HAVE HER OWN BED ROOM.

AND SANDEE WALKED UP STAIRS.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE.

>>: IT WAS NICE.

BEAUTIFUL HOME.

AND IT'S BEEN OUR HOME AND WILL BE OUR HOME FOREVERRISM WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WE THRUIVE HERE WE LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE LOVE THE FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE, REALLY HAS, THE WHOLE THING.

WE ENJOY EACH OTHER AND WE LIKE BEING WITH EACH OTHER AND WE ENJOY BEING AT HOME A LOT.

WE DON'T GO OUT A LOT, YOU KNOW.

>>: WELL WE DON'T TRAVEL A LOT.

>>: WE DON'T TRAVEL A LOT BUT WE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS YOU KNOW THAT WE SEE AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HERE AND AWAY AND I LOVE ALL HIS OLD BOYS YOU KNOW THEY ALL LIVE IN THE NEIGHBOR ALL ASSESSABLE AT ANYTIME I NEED THEM.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE GREAT YOU KNOW AND ALWAYS CALLING OR COMING OVER AND TAKE HIM TO LUNCH AND ITS JUST A WONDINGFUL LIFE IT REALLY IS.

>>: AND WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH YOU.

I LOVED IT.

SKIP BURTMAN ALSO A L LA LEDGEDENED.

CHECK OUT WHEN YOU CAN SEE HOLD THE ROPE.

AND NOW WE HEAR FROM A BATON ROUGE MAN A DO IT YOUR SELFER SELF TAUGHT AND METICULLISH IN HOME REMAUNDLING AND BUILDING AND LIKE THE PRICE OF LUMBER SORED A BING OBTUICAL BUT BRENT HAD THE WILL AND FOUND A WAY AROUND IT.

>>: WE STARTED A MAJOR PROJECT ON THIS HOUSE LAST MARCH WHEN COVID GOT GOING AND MY WORK TRAVEL GROUND TO A HALT SO WE JUMPED IN AND FOR THE REALLY FOREMOST OF LA YEAR BUYING THE BIG QUANTITIES OF WOOD TO DO CABINETS AND FLOORS AND STUFF THINGS WERE PRETTY LEVEL.

AND THEN EARLIER THIS SPRING THAT'S WHEN WE START LOOKING AT BUYING THIS OTHER HOUSE IN TOWN AND WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND THEN QUICKLY THERE AFTER STARTED LOOKING THAT ADDITION WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING ON IT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STUFF AND I REALIZE LUMBER WAS ABOUT FOUR TIMES WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS DOING THE PROJECT ON THIS CURT HOUSE.

AND SO.

>>: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN.

>>: YEAH.

>>: YOU WERE BUYING STUFF AT HOME DEPET.

>>: SOME SPELLTY WOOD SHOPS IN TOWN AND STUFF.

YEAH IT SHOWS UP IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

HAD THE EASIEST YOU WALK IN LOWS AND THE END CAP HAS ALL THE STUDS ON IT AND LAST YEAR JUST A TWO BY 48-FOOT WOULD BE $2.37 AND I NOTICE THIS FEBRUARY MARCH WHEN I WENT IN THERE THAT SAME PIECE OF WOOD WAS 797 OR 843 OR IT WAS JUST.

>>: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT.

>>: OH, NO.

ITS AN ALL TIME HIGH FOR LUMBER PRICES.

SO THAT VERY QUICKLY STARTED CHANGING THE CALCULUS HOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THIS HOW WE HAD JUST BOUGHT.

WE CLOSED ON THIS HOUSE THE END OF MARCH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT.

I TRAFFIC FOR WORK SO I WAS ACTUALLY BACK ON THE ROAD.

I WOKE UP ONE MORNING IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI AND I OPENED THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON MY PHONE AND READING AN ARTICLE THERE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE BECAUSE IT SAID TIMBER PRICES ARE AT AN ALL TIME LAW RAW TIMBER COMING OUT OF THE FAR ESTALL TIME LOW BUT LUMBER WAS AN ALL TIME HIGH.

I HAD SEEN THE HIGH PRICE OF LUMBER I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TIMBER.

DURING COVID A LOT OF THE BIG SAW MILLS CORPORATE OWNED NOW AND A LOT OF THEM I'M GUESSING ARE UNIIZE SO THEY HAD VERY STRICT CONTROL ON LABOR FORCE.

SO THEY ARE RUNNING MINIMUM CAPACITY BASICALLY WHILE ON THE BACK END MAXIMUM DUMAN FROM CONSUMERS WHO WERE WANTED TO DO STUFF FOR THEIR HOUSES AND WHEN I SAW LOW TIMBER HIGH LUMMER PRICE WHERES TEXEDED A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LIVES IN WALKER AND WORKING ON VARIOUS PROJECTS AND I ASKED HIM I SAID HEY IF I CAN GET YOU A LOAD OF RAW TIMBER AN 18 WHEELER FULL OF I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE FULL OF TUMBER WOOD CAN YOU MILL IT INTO WOOD I CAN USE.

>>: HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS A BUSINESS.

HE HAS A SMALL SAW MILL.

AND HE SAID YEAH I CAN DO IT.

AND THEN SO I IMMEDIATELY ASKED HIM DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT SAYS TIMBER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HE SAID YEAH I GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS.

OKAY HOW MUCH IS THAT AND SO HE SAID 1,200-DOLLARS FOR A LOAD OF TIMBER.

I SAID WELL HOW MANY BOARDS IS THAT.

STARTED TRYING TO DO THE CALCULATION AND I WAS GOING TO BE PAYING A FIFTH AS MUCH AS I WOULD AT A STORE SO I WAS SAVING 80 PERCENT BY GOING THIS ROUTE.

A LOT MORE WORK.

>>: AND THIS IS A STORTHAT TRADITIONALLY HAS THE BETTER PRICES.

>>: YEAH.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERSES HOME DOPOTE OR LOWS OTHERS STORES IN TOWN CAUSE THEY CAN CHARGE MORE IF THEY HAVE A BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE.

THAT WAS A DISDISCREPTPANCY ONCE I WAS READY TO GO I SENT HIM MY MATERIALS LIST I SENT HIM THIS MANY TWO BY FOUR JUST GAVE HIM THE LIST AND IT WAS ABILITY 4,000 BOARD FEET AND SO HE GOES AND GETS THAT MUCH TIMBER HIS FRIEND CUTS IT BRINGS TO HIS SHOP ON AN 18 WHEELER AND THEY UNLOADED AND HE SETS ON HIS LAWS AND GETS GOING.

SO WHAT HE'LL DO AFTER THAT HE'LL PUT IT ON A TRAILER DROP IT AT THE PROJECT HOUSE AND I'VE GOT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE TO LET THE WOOD DRY.

>>: 80 PERCENT SAVINGS COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE.

>>: YEAH.

>>: BUT MOST ANYBODY WOULD HAVE DONE THINKING THE ONLY PLACE TO GO IS BIG BOX STORE.

>>: YEAH.

SITTAL CALCULATION FIGURED THE WOOD THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THIS PAW JEC WAS GOING TO COST 20,000-DOLLAR IF I WAS GOING TO GO TO BIG BOX STORE AND GET IT.

MY ALL IN COST FOR DOING THIS AFTER I BUY THE TIMBER AFTER I PAY HIM TO MILL IT AFTER I BRING OUT SOMEONE FROM SOUTHERN PINE INN SPECTION BURY TO EXAM THE WOOD MAKE SURE ITS STRUCK READY READY TO PUT INSIDE THE HOUSE CAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT TO PASS CODE ONCE I DO ALL OF THAT BETWEEN FOUR AND 5,000-DOLLARS.

>>: MORE THAN 20,000-DOLLAR.

BRENT THANKPRISE THE HOUSE TO LESSEN.

>>: THIS WEEK LOUISIANA YOUNG HERO DIAGNOSED CAN CANCER AT 14 YEARS OLDISM FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE EVENTUAL ULTIMATELY DEAD ULTIMATEHEADICATION TO COMMUNIT.

>>: FELT SOMETHING WAS MISSING A VOID THAT THE COUPLE DIDSANT EXACTLY KNOW HOW TO FILL.

>>: SOME FRIENDS OF OURS ADOPTED A TWO YEAR OLD FROM CHINA A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND THAT JUST STARTED ME THINKING.

ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN IT SHOWS TO YOU YOU REALIZE OKAY I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THIS.

>>: THE FEELING SHE FELT WAS THE NEED TO CARE FOR ANOTHER CHILD.

BOTH OF HER DOTS HAD GROWN UP AND MOVED OUT THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY EXCEPT THAT NEED TO CARE FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT ONLY GREW OVERTIME.

>>: I REALLY HAD THAT DEEP FEELING SOME SIDE OF ME THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO ADOPT A CHILD.

>>: THAT'S WHAT THEIR FOUND OUR YOUNG HEREMICHAEL.

NINE YEARS OLD AND BOUNCED TO HOUSE TO HOUSE.

HE WAS THE PERFECT FIT.

>>: WENT AND MET HIM YES OR NO WHAT DAY IT WAS AND MET AT A MCDONALD AND WE ALLATE AND HE TOLD HIS CASE WORKER WHEN HE GOT BOOK HER HE SAID THEY OFFERED ME TO GET MORE FRIES WAS VERY NICE OF THEMMISM HE WAS NINE.

LITTLE BIT AMOUNT THE NEXT WEEK HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND BY THE RULES OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOME FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAN ADOPT.

THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 WE ADOPTED JULY OF 2015.

>>: I DO REMEMBER THE MCDONALDS THING WHEN WE HAD FIRST MET.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I WANT TO LIVE WITH.

>>: BUT AS WE KNOW PERFECTION CAN ONLY LAST SO LONG.

>>: MY NAMES MICHAEL I AM 14 IN THE EIGHT GRADE AND I WAS DIAGNOSES WITH LIEU KEEP YEAH.

>>: MIKELES SISTER BUT THIS VIDEO OUT WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.

THEY NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD SUFFER THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN ESPECIALLY NOT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

BUT MICHAEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOUGH EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING.

>>: STARTED AT SCHOOL.

LIKE I WAS HAVING REALLY BAD BACK PROBLEMS MY LEGS WERE HURTING AND I WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME AND STARTED GETTING REALLY BAD HEADACHES AND ONE DAY IT HURT STREAMLY BAD SO WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ACTUALLY MY BIRTH DAY AND I TOLD MY MOM I SAID WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SENT US TO LAFAYETTE.

>>: ONCE HE GOT TO LAFAYETTE MICHAEL GOT THE WORSE NEWS HE EVER HEARD THOSE ACHES A PAINS WEREN'T JUST A PRODUCT OF GROWS UP IT WAS A SERIOUS ILLNESS THAT ONLY ONE IN 800 CHILDREN HAVE TO FIGHT.

>>: WHEN THE DOCTOR MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LIEU KEEP YEAH I WAS LIKE NO THAT'S NOT IT.

>>: BUT IT WAS.

MICHAEL WAS DIAGNOSED HE DEAL WITH SEVERE JOINT PAIN BRUISING AND EXTREME FATIGUE.

>>: IT WAS VERY SCARY.

I NEVER DEALT WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I WAS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE SUBJECT.

AND SO OF COURSE WE HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS FOR THE DOCTOR.

AND THEN OKAY IF YOU'RE REALLY SICK LIKE THIS YOU HAVE CANCER WHATEVER YOU NEED TO GOER TO HOUSTON OR NEW ORLEANS OR MEMPHIS.

I JUST FELT LIKE WE WERE LED TO LAFAYETTE FOR A REASON.

>>: IT WAS MORE OF A SHOCK.

I GUESS IT TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO REALLY REGISTER IT IN.

BUT THEN WHEN IT HAPPENED I WAS LIKE WELL I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS.

I CAN'T JUST BE ALL SAD ABOUT IT.

HAVE TO GO WITH IT.

SOMETHING I HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

>>: MICHAEL STRENGTH TO CARRY OWN THROUGH THIS ILLNESS WAS INSPIRING HIS HIGH SCHOOL PULLED TOGETHER IN SUPPORT.

THEY MADE SURE MICHAEL STRONG AND THAT MENTALITY CARRIES THROUGH THE TOWN.

MICHAEL GOT A HUNDRED FIFTY UNITS OF BLOOD DONATED TO THE BLOOD CENTERRISM JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS HE'S DONE TO BE CONSIDERED A YOUNG HERO.

>>: I REALLY WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS.

>>: HE'S A 2121 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL MANAGER.

AND A CAMP COUNSELOR.

THAT'S INSPIRING TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS.

>>: HE HAS DONE A LOT TO CHANGE OUR PROSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT WERE NOT.

ESPECIALLY AFTER THE CANCER DIAGNOSE THING REALLY PUTS THINGS IN PROSPECTIVE.

IN THE WAY HE'S WENT THROUGH IT.

>>: MICHAEL COMPLETE HIS CANCER TREATMENT IN JANUARY 2022.

TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE OLD STATE CAPITAL BATON ROUGE SOMETHING LONG OVER DUE CIVIL RIGHTS JOHNNY JONES FINALLY RECEIVE PURPLE HEART.

WOUNDED IN THE BATTEDDAL OF NORMANDY.

>>: RATIONAL INECWETY KEPT HIS CAR STORY OVER LOOKED.

TORM HISTORY WILL BE MADE RIGHT.

SENATOR BILL CASSIDY WILL PRESENT MR. JONES WITH THIS METAL.

SIR WE SALUTE YOU YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR US.

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