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• Impressed by Derek Sarvis On Display from June 6 - July 29

Power of Attorney may designate more than one Attorney-in-fact. When someone must assume duties under a Power of Attorney, it can be an overwhelming responsibility; as such, it makes sense in some situations to name co-attorneys-in-fact. For example, in my experience, it is common for parents to name two of their adult children to act as their attorneys-in-fact.

The Bossier Chamber of Commerce hosted the second session of Community Development Institute, a national program aimed at training community leaders and economic development professionals, from June 16 to 19. In partnership with Louisiana Tech University College of Business, the Bossier Chamber offers the only site in the state of Louisiana and serves as a satellite site of CDI Central at the University of Central Arkansas.

The Shreveport-Bossier City area has one of the lowest rates of educational attainment for areas of a similar size. Despite having a smaller number of higher degrees in the city, the same study found that the area actually has high-quality schools.

Fuller Center for Housing Executive Director Lee Jeter addressed the Caddo Commission this week about efforts in place to help families throughout the parish with affordable housing.

A lumber mill in Plain Dealing has been acquired by a Tokyobased company. Sumitomo Forestry Co. said it became the majority owner of Teal Jones Louisiana Holdings, enabling it to launch its first timber industrial complex in the U.S. In addition to providing lumber and other materials for residential house construction, the mill will consider mass manufacturing of timber to maximize the use of logs to nothing goes to waste. The lumber mill is spread over 240 acres and receives enough logs and materials equivalent to building about 14,000 homes a year. Sumitomo plans to use about 100 acres of unused land on site to sell mass timber and wood products in preparation for future increased demand.

I want to take the time to remark on this recently completed legislative session. State representatives Steven Jackson and Tammy Phelps are to each be applauded for their dogged determination to pass into criminal law issues that have deeply affected many Shreveport communities, specifically to criminalize the theft of utilities by landlords, which was signed into law, and to criminalize the inaction of landlords of blighted property. I also thank State Senator Thomas Pressly for his successful effort to stop a bill from fellow Senator Alan Seabaugh to inexplicably end our state’s juvenile courts, including Caddo Parish’s own exemplary juvenile court.

Veronica Brown has an extensive background in the insurance industry, having worked 25 years in various roles!