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Dr. Jack Andonie

SBM December 1, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Humble philanthropist, physician, community leader, LSU Legend and a man of faith. Our living legend describes growing up in poverty and the forces that led him to become the friend of countless sports superstars and help shape the growth of a university.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Jack Andonie

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Dr. Jack Andonie

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Good evening. Good evening. Good evening it’s 4:00 PM. Stand up it’s count time, time for every man and woman to stand up and be counted. Welcome to another edition of Count Time podcast. I am brother LD Azobra. Thank you for joining us today.

Dr. Andonie is a fellow of The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a former Clinical Professor in the LSU School of Medicine OB/GYN Department, was the first obstetrician/gynecologist to perform a C/Section with an Epidural in Louisiana in the 1960s.

Now retired, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Chateau du Notre Dame, and Board Chair of Hotel Hope, a rehabilitation facility in New Orleans for homeless mothers and their children. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Spirit of Charity Foundation, formerly the Medical Center of Louisiana Foundation.

Dr. Andonie is a former Chairman of the Board to both the LSU Board of Supervisors, the LSU Health Science Center Foundation, and the National Board of Directors for the LSU Alumni Association, a role he held for nearly 25 years. Prior to fulfilling those roles, he served on the Board of Directors for LSU Health Science Center Healthcare Network and the Health Education Authority of Louisiana.

He has served on many committees and boards within the Archdiocese of New Orleans including Catholic Charities, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, St. Vincent de Paul, Pontifical Mission Society, the Catholic Foundation, Rebuild Center, Serra Club, Ozanam Inn, Closer Walk Ministries, Family Life Apostolate, WLAE, CRISTO SANA, and Chateau de Notre Dame. In the Greater New Orleans area and Baton Rouge, he has served with Goodwill Institute Hospice, United Way, and several other entities at LSU.

He founded a free clinic for women in Granada, Nicaragua, and also established the first dental clinic at Ozanam Inn. Dr. Andonie is the husband of Pricilla Andonie. Together, they have three children: Jacquelyn, Patrick, and Jon.

Thanksgiving Message 2022

SBM November 24, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Happy Thanksgiving to all out there in Count Time land. We thank you for tuning in weekly. We thank you for being so supportive of our podcast. We thank you for the encouraging words. As easy as it is to say that, we know a lot goes behind Happy Thanksgiving and we’re talking about how this day came about. I know we like to celebrate, but we also want you to be mindful of the many who died.

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Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Thanksgiving Message 2022

Today gonna be a little bit special day because today that we know the Lord has made and yes, we will rejoice and be glad today is Thanksgiving. As easy as it is to say that, we know a lot goes behind that and we’re talking about how this day came about. I know we like to celebrate, but we also want you to be mindful of the many who died. The people who were here thousands of years before the arrival of the colonists. There was a group here, so many different tribes, Choctaw, Cherokee, Chitamachi, they go on and on and on. No, I know it’s a day that we’re going to celebrate because the day of being with the family, friends and loved ones and we want you to enjoy this day. But I just kind of like to give a little background because also the month of November is Native American Heritage Month.

The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors offers an introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement on land that is now the United States. As the featured historians point out, the enslavement of Indigenous peoples stretched from Alaska into South America. It predated and helped shape the system of African enslavement in New England, and it lasted until throughout the 19th century in the West. “This,” explains historian Andrés Reséndez, “is our shared history.”

This 12 minute video should be watched and shared by all Americans.

https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/classroom-videos#forgotten-slavery

Interview with Sukari Hardnett

SBM November 17, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Expulsion by Southern University and blacklisted to working for Clarence Thomas yes that Clarence Thomas. A fascinating life. Our Living Legend completes her journey from fighting for education to fighting for those at a disadvantage in the legal system. The struggle continues.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Sukari Hardnett

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Sukari Hardnett

Now I have here Ms. Sukari Hardnett. Welcome to Count Time.

SH
Thank you.

LD
So you started out in psychology at Southern University At LSU first, then at Southern University, but you end up, because of your situation, where you could not they made you leave the state, basically. That’s almost like a runaway slave.

SH
Pretty much.

LD
You changed your course of schooling. What set you on the course to be an attorney?

SH
Well, I mean, it was a very roundabout way. But my marriage dissolved, and I had to get a job, and I got a job that I thought would put me in a position to leave the country and stay out of the country if I needed to. I worked as an air flight attendant, Pan American Airline.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/23/650956623/anita-hill-testimony-the-witness-not-called

“If you were young, black, female and reasonably attractive and worked directly for Clarence Thomas, you knew full well you were being inspected and auditioned as a female. You knew when you were in favor because you were always at his beck and call, being summoned constantly, tracked down wherever you were in the agency and given special deference by others because of his interest. You knew when you had ceased to be an object of sexual interest — because you were barred from entering his office and treated as an outcast or, worse, a leper with whom contact was taboo. For my own part, I found his attention unpleasant, sought a transfer, was told one “just doesn’t do that,” insisted nonetheless, and paid the price as an outcast for the remainder of my employment at EEOC. That is why I resigned and left the EEOC. To maintain that Clarence Thomas’s office was untainted by any sexuality and permeated by loving, nurturing, but asexual concern is simply a lie. Women know when there are sexual dimensions to the attention they are receiving. And there was never any doubt about that dimension in Clarence Thomas’s office. I know it. Clarence Thomas knows it. And I know he knows it because he discussed some of the females in his office with me. I have told all of this to Senate staff.” Sukari Hardnett

Interview with Sukari Hardnett and Brenda Williams

SBM November 10, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Our Living Legends describe the 1972 unrest at Southern University that included the deaths of Denver Smith and Leonard Brown. They discuss the conditions which led to the community activism and protests of that time period.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legends Brenda Williams and Sukari Haronett

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Sukari Haronett and Brenda Williams

Well, today I’m looking at two beautiful ladies who have a great story to tell, who went through a whole lot in 1972. A lot of great things happened, great in this country, in the community. But there was also some serious things that took place. As in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the Southern University. I have here Ms. Sukari Haronett. Welcome to Count Time.

SH
Thank you.

LD
I also have here Ms. Brenda Williams. Ms. Williams welcome to Count Time.

BW
Thank you.

LD
There’s a whole lot to talk about, and we have ended up in a 50 year coming up to a 50 year I don’t even want to say an anniversary, because it was a tragic situation that took place 50 years ago in November. I don’t want to go too fast. First of all, I have to give a little background, and I want to know a little bit about you. Ms. Sukari, you go first.

SH
Well, I was born in New Orleans. Born and raised in New Orleans. Went to Catholic school all my life and decided that when I graduated from high school, I went to Xavier University prep school. And when I graduated from high school, I decided that I would go to college. I did not want to go to Xavier University because that’s where my father went. And all the nuns, they knew him, and he was a genius, and I was not, and I did not want them to compare me to him.

Interview with Ben Peabody and Dr. Brian Benson

SBM November 3, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Long time community leader and recovery advocate Ben Peabody along with Dr. Brian Benson provide some addiction facts you may not have heard before. Two perspectives on the fentanyl epidemic, addiction, recovery and promise for the future.

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Count Time Podcast on Addiction, Fentanyl and Recovery

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Ben Peabody and Dr. Brian Benson

I got two now. You know, we’re moving on up now I got two. One a dear friend and a young man I just got to know. And I thank them for inviting me out and to his office. First of all, I got Mr. Former councilman in Baton Rouge Louisiana Mr. Ben Peabody Welcome to Count Time.

BP
Thank you. I’m glad to be here with you.

LD
Thank you for being part of it and even thank you for making this happen. Also, I got, I don’t know how to describe it. He’s a medical doctor here in the Baton Rouge area. His focus is addictions and everything that goes along with it. I got Dr. Brian Benson.

BB
Thank you, sir. I’m just so glad to be part of the conversation. Pleasure to meet you.

LD
No, I’m truly elated and thank you for allowing us to come out here to your office. All right. We want to welcome you all to Count Time. This is a serious matter today. One of the first kind of serious issues that we’re going to discuss here that I have discussed on Count Time that deals with the community, all the things that’s going on surrounding alcohol, drugs, new laws that allow you to to get high any time you want to. So there’s just so much going on to the gun violence and all that stems from one thing. We all know what it is, drugs.

https://www.samhsa.gov/

Joanette Batiste Boutte

SBM October 27, 2022 Blog, Count Time

In 1975, the first African American woman to play varsity basketball and volleyball at LSU. She ranks 4th all-time at LSU in rebounds with 1,017 in 121 career games. Our Living Legend discusses the impact of Title IX on her life, and becoming a professional athlete, educator, mother and wife.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Joanette Boutte

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Joanette Boutte

Today, we have a living legend here, someone I’ve been knowing for quite some time, a friend, confidant, agitated at times. She’s a wonderful, wonderful lady friend, worked with me quite some time ago, too, and I’m so excited to have her here. She’s been dealing with her own situations in life, but guess what? She’s a strong overcomer of a lot of things. And we want to welcome Miss Joanette Baptiste Boutte to Count Time

JBB
Thank you, LD.

LD
At New Iberia High, you excelled to the level that you were able to gain a scholarship.

JBB
Well, this is what happened. I think it was my junior year when I heard about title Nine and female athletes being awarded scholarships to college. And I remember thinking, and that’s why I kind of relate to what Coach Cador said. Because for me, I mean, you know, I used to say my family was poor, without the R you know what I mean? Po! My sister keeps saying, no, we weren’t. We were who we were. And it really makes sense because until I got to LSU, I didn’t know we were poor because everything we needed, my mother provided, and that was it. I was a very loved person. I was taken care of. I’d not been molested by anybody. You know what I’m saying?

But I knew that if I was going to go to college, because I was the oldest of my mother’s children, my uncle, my mother’s younger brother, had gone to college, Wiley College HBCU, and actually was drafted by the Saints to play football, but ended up with a foot injury that stopped that from happening.

LD
What was his name?

JBB
Charles Schredit. That’s my grandmother’s last name, married name. But I knew that I was going to go to college then I needed to impress some coaches, so that was kind of my goal for my senior year.

LD
You were thinking that? Because you knew your mama could not afford to send you to college.

JBB
Correct. And if they were going to give women scholarships, then I need to earn a scholarship. But let me tell you how dumb I was. Maybe I told you I had a boyfriend. So my boyfriend you may need to cut this out of the thing.

I have scholarship offers from different parts of the state and outside of the state, right? My husband wants to marry me. He’s a military person. He’s in Florida, right? He tells me that he tells the university, wherever it is, that he would talk to the coach and they would give me a tryout. So I decided to get married and trust the idea that he would talk to a coach. Left all my scholarships behind. You hear me? I’m serious as a heart attack. God is good. He takes care of the stupid ones.

https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/14th-amendment-and-evolution-title-ix

Principal Murphy Armelin

SBM October 20, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Teacher, veteran, family man, martial artist and community leader a man determined to bring change. Our Living Legend discusses his early life, becoming a Karate Black Belt while stationed in South Korea and his career in education.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Murphy Armelin

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Principal Murphy Armelin

He has proven that dedication and determination is the currency to success.

This week we made a special trip to my hometown to visit and to sit and share and hear the stories and stories of the great things, the high, the lows, the good, the bad, the good, bad and ugly things that happen in my hometown of Franklin. I got one of our community leaders and legends here today. Most of the people who are from that area, they’re going to know when they hear your name. Mr. Murphy L. Armelin. Welcome to Count Time.

MLA
Happy to be here.

LD
Not as happy as I am, not as happy as I am. I don’t even know where to start at Mr Armelin, because you have been a blessing to me, to my family and to the community of Franklin, Louisiana for many, many years. When you stepped up on the scene, it was time. It was time because you came at a time when things weren’t looking too pretty, things weren’t too bright. The future was looking down for the community of Franklin. But you came here and made a huge, huge impact on so many young men and young women who singlehandedly. I have to give the credit for what you’ve done, what you did and how you kept us focused as a people, as a community because of what you stood for and what you want to see come out of these young men and women at a young age. So we all owe a lot to you and your lovely wife Miss Earline for being so supportive of our community.

Coach Roy Barron

SBM October 13, 2022 Blog, Count Time

LD reminisces with his high school coach. Our Living Legend talks about football, coaching and the effect integration had on high school sports.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Roy Barron

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Coach Roy Barron

I have a someone here that’s I don’t even know where to start at. It’s it’s a joy. When I ran into him several weeks ago with he and his lovely wife, someone I’ve been knowing from my high school days, 44 to 40, 45 years. That means he got old. I have the great coach, Roy L. Barron. Welcome to Count Time, Coach.

RB
Well. Thank you, Lyman. That’s awful nice of you to say those things, but let me tell you how honored I am that you thought enough of me to bring me in, because I’ve heard some of your guests that you’ve interviewed, and those are first class people. So I’m truly humbled and honored.

LD
No, Coach, you are first class. first class because our history I am so full of joy and I’m so excited when you called me on that day and made that connection. Really, it’s just for you to be here today. All the guests I had, I’m thankful, appreciative of all the wonderful people have been on the show. But this here is even that much more special because you can take me and so many other back to the days of Franklin Senior High School.

RB
Well, let me say this about Franklin Senior High, and I don’t know how many of your listeners know this, but Franklin has put out a number of really, really good football players, which some of them have wound up here at LSU, which I go back with. The first one I was associated with was a young man by the name of Clinton Burrel, Harrison Came,Then you Leonard Marshall, who I don’t know if you’re oh, how can I forget the TV man? That’s what your Dan Bornet called the TV man. He should have been on TV. Greg Bowser Could play pretty good.Well, like I said, all you guys could play. If you wouldn’t have been able to play, you wouldn’t have been up here.

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Farmers Leonard and Alyce Julien

SBM October 6, 2022 Blog, Count Time

From a lineage of successful farmers and innovators they tell their families story of accomplishment and heart ache. Their father invented the mechanical sugar cane planter. Great description of life in the small village of Modeste Louisiana on Highway 405, north of the parish seat of Donaldsonville, between Hohen Solms, and Philadelphia Point. Shameful story of the theft of Black owned farms with the assistance/direction of the federal government. Living Legend

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Count Time Podcast Living Legends Leonard and Alyce Julien

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with Leonard and Alyce Julien

As you all know, we keep it real on this podcast. We keep a lot of great information, a lot of great historic information about the history, the past of those who come and gone, who have done great things and still are doing great things things. And today we got a family here. We got two wonderful people here of the family. We have Ms. Alyce Julien Smith. Welcome to Count Time. And we have the elder brother, Leonard Julien Jr. We’re going to talk about the great history of his family, his dad, his uncle, and the Julien family. And the tradition of this great family is still working as a family, together as a family. And ever since I’ve been knowing them, they have always operated as a family. I appreciate so we’d like to welcome you to Count Time today.

AJ
Thank you.

LD
And we’re going to have some fun here today. We’re going to talk about some history. We’re going to talk about the past, present and the future because you have a lot of family, right?

AJ
Just in our family, I got up to like just in my immediate me, him and all our brothers and sisters, we got right at 100 down to our great grandkids. We right at 100 and some hundred plus. Just the eleven of us.

LD
We want to talk about your family tradition. So your mom and dad, where were they from?

LJ
My father was from Hohen Solms.,Up the road about 3 miles.And that’s where my grandfather started buying property and he built his home there and he had eight children. He was born a slave. Once freed, he moved and came with three man and he started a logging business. And my grandfather graduated from Straight University in New Orleans a carpenter, he started building houses.

https://www.wbrz.com/news/bhm-inventor-of-the-sugar-cane-planter-leonard-julien-sr-

The Mayor Valeria Schexnayder

SBM September 29, 2022 Blog, Count Time

Born on land owned by her ancestors for a century that was stolen to create a National Park, our Living Legend known as the “Mayor of the Lower Nine” talks about her life, surviving Hurricanes Betsy and Katrina and how she has fought for her community and won.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend Valeria Schexnayder

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with The Mayor Valeria Schexnayder

Now we done moved a little further east this week. We are matter of fact all the way out to the east, almost into the waters. So we got this segment here We do have a living legend sitting before us, but we also we have what we call did you know segment. This is going to be our did you know segment with a living legend. Welcome to Count Time, Ms. Valeria Schexynader.

VS
Thank you.

LD
So we’re here to discuss a place that very few heard about, know about, I know I had never heard about. First of all, let me thank Dr. Jackson, Dr. Joyce Jackson, who made this introduction. And I appreciate you for allowing me to come down here, but right now we’re in the lower night ward of New Orleans, but we want to come down here and talk.

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Give us some history of a place that very few probably know about. A place called Fazendeville. Louisiana? So tell us what is it? Is that a French or Germany name?

VS
French.

LD
What was Fazendeville? How did that come about?

VS
Well, it’s a place where I grew up. I was born and raised there in St. Bernard Parish. It’s located in Chalmette down in Saint Bernard Parish. It’s right between the national monument and the national cemetery. The national monument was the battlefield ready for the Battle of New Orleans and the national cemetery was behind by Fazendeville where they buried the soldiers, all the veterans.

You know, I’ll be explaining somebody about Fazendeville, and they’re looking at me kind of off, you know? Like, what are you talking about? And I say, I’m talking about where I’m from, where I was born and raised, a little land with just black folks.

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LD
We were like, that’s a story all by itself. If Dr. Jackson wouldn’t have told me, I would have no clue about it. So that’s what made it interesting to me.

VS
Really? You didn’t know this was a little black land off the battlefield? With the Battle of New Orleans in front of me and Veteran Cemetery behind me, I mean, the National Cemetery behind me. But nobody never heard that. Until the government got ready to buy it, I would look like that’s when it really came to Life and started hearing about it, right?

But, you know, nobody knew about it. But the people live in St. Bernard Parish.

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