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GONZALES The big inning is getting to be a thing for Dutchtown High School when it plays District 5-5A and parish rival East Ascension.

The Griffins scored seven runs in the third inning to support strong pitching by starter Nick Gisclair in a 10-2 victory at East Ascension on Thursday.

Gisclair (2-0) pitched five innings and allowed two runs, one unearned, while striking out seven Spartans batters. Payton Cooper and Caleb Ickes each stroked two-run singles in the third inning and Nathan Monceau, a newcomer to the batting order, had a single, double and triple, and knocked in two runs.

The last two times out against EA we had big innings in the third that set the table for us, said Dutchtown coach Chris Schexnayder, whose team improved to 19-5 and 4-0 in district play. It gave our guys a chance to relax and put it out of reach early on, have comfort in the batter's box and continue to pound the baseball.

Nick settled in. He wasnt as sharp as he has been and gave us five really good innings. He got a chance to start a couple games as a sophomore before COVID last year. He and Monceau got some experience, so we felt good about them coming into the year.

Gisclair allowed three hits and walked one, staying ahead of the hitters by mixing his fastball and curve.

I felt pretty good, did a good job throwing first-pitch strikes, keeping the hits down, Gisclair said. I think we can keep moving forward and keep winning, looking for the next pitch and the next play to make. Keep doing the little things."

A throwing error by Gisclair and a run-scoring single by Jacob Falgoust gave the Spartans (14-9, 1-3) a 1-0 lead in the first. Ethan Mayeaux prevented more when he threw Falgoust out trying to go first to third on a single by Brock Hebert.

Monceau started the third with a triple and scored on Mayeauxs double. AK Burrell hit a run-scoring single before Cooper and Ickes came through with theirs. Monceau capped the scoring with a run-scoring single.

Burrell and Cooper had run-scoring grounders and Monceau added another RBI with a double in the seventh.

That is a really good baseball team over there, and they really swung the bats the last two games, EA coach Kade Keowen said. Their offensive approach was really good. They saw our top three arms. We made good pitches and they just put good wood on them every single time.

The Spartans had a chance to get back in the game when they loaded the bases in the fifth. One run came home on an errant pickoff throw by Gisclair, but he got Falgoust on a fly ball to left field to end the threat.

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Severe weather passed through the Ascension Parish and south Louisiana areas in the early morning hours of April 10.

Police closed a portion of Airline Highway in Ascension Parish and diverted traffic to Old Perkins Road and Highland Road in East Baton Rouge Parish. Electrical transmission towers were toppled in the area near the parish line.

Also, damage was reported throughout the St. Amant area after severe weather passed in the morning.

In the central portion of the state, one person was killed and seven were injured after a tornado touched down in St. Landry Parish. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado in the Palmetto area was either an EF2 or EF3 with 130 mile-per-hour winds.

Reports identified the deceased as Jose Higareda, 27, who was born in California, but lived most of his life in Mexico. According to a family member, he had moved to Palmetto in January to be a crawfish farmer.

Late April 9, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch through 7 a.m. the following day for Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany parishes. It also included parts of Mississippi.

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Inertia are heading to Brighton this summer

Inertia have announced a 12-date UK tour, which includes an appearance at The Prince Albert in Brighton on 23rd July 2021.

Its going to be one hell of a night as they will also be bringing The Danse Society, Black Light Ascension and FORM with them. Grab your tickets HERE.

Lets meet the bands

Inertia

Inertia was formed in 1992 by Reza Udhin. After several name changes and line up reshuffles, the project was properly stabilized with the arrival of Eddie Tempest (synth) and Mark Barrett (guitar). Their sound brought together elements of Industrial and Techno to form something quite different to anything in the scene at that time.

They were immediately signed to Germanys Celtic Circle Productions within a few weeks of producing their first demo tape, and released their debut 6 track EP Infiltrator in June 1995. It was an immediate success, achieving excellent reviews across Europe, UK and USA. The CD was played at several clubs where it became an instant club hit.

In 1996 Alexys B joined Inertia on electronic drums and the 4 track Mind-Energy swiftly followed. Their Programmed To Respond debut album was released in 1997 to great success and European and USA tours followed.

Inertia

A regular stream of seven further studio albums arrived from 1998 to 2010. As well as in 2005, their best of double CD Decade of Machines 1994-2004 was released and Reza also joined legendary alternative Industrial band, Killing Joke, as their keyboard player.

In 2010, Inertia emerged with a new line up featuring Kneill X on guitar (ex Killing Joke, Killer B Movie) and Andrew Lowlife on synths (Swarf). They released a covers album Kloned, featuring their take on a variety of bands from The Beatles to Falco to Sparks to Elvis!!

2012 saw Inertia sign with US giants, Metropolis Records. A new single Alive was released, followed by their Universal Blood album. Three years later the label released the Existential album and in 2017 Dream Machine album arrived.

Today, Inertia comprises Reza Udhin, Alexys B, Kneill X and Andrew Lowlife and the band have been flagged up by none other than Gary Numan who referred to them as Inertia are the best and most aggressive band in London. Inertia 29 years and still going strong!

Check out Inertias music on their Bandcamp page HERE.

The Danse Society

The Danse Society are an English gothic punk rock band, who formed in Barnsley in 1980. Their line-up included Steve Rawlings (vocals), Paul Nash (guitar), Lyndon Scarfe (keyboards), Timothy Bez Wright (bass guitar) and Paul Gilmartin (drums).

The legendary DJ John Peel was interested in the band right from their very first single release Clock in 1981 and continued to feature their music throughout the early eighties.

The Danse Society recorded two sessions for Peel, on 21st November 1981 and 28th August 1982, and also made it into the Festive Fifty with Somewhere in 1983. Two tracks from the first session, Were So Happy and Womans Own were released as a single as early as 1982. The other two songs in the session being Sanity Career and Love As Positive Narcotic. The 1982 session tracks were Ambition, Clock, Godsend, The Seduction.

The Danse Society back in the day

The original formation released three studio albums before splitting up after Looking Through in 1986 (released as The Danse Society International). The previous albums being Seduction (1982) and Heaven Is Waiting (1984).

The original line-up called it a day in 1987, but they were allegedly called on to re-form by a fan-based Facebook campaign in 2009. They obliged in 2011 with female singer Maethelyiah. Their first live gig in 25 years was performed at Germanys Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in May 2012.

A further four new albums have been released: Change Of Skin (2011), Scarey Tales (2013), VI (2015) and Sailing Mirrors (2020). Also out in 2020 was ONT BBC 80-82.

The current line-up features founder Paul Nash on guitar, plus vocalist Maethelyiah, Sam Bollands (keys), Jack Cooper (bass) and Iain Hunter (drums).

Check out The Danse Societys music on their Bandcamp page HERE.

Black Light Ascension

Black Light Ascension commenced operations as a solo project from Andrew Trail following the temporary dissolution of Knifeladder.

Since then there have been three releases, Ashes in 2011 (referenced as Post punk electronic with Industrial leanings and groovy guntar lead lines), Post Future Recordings in 2014 (described as 9 tracks of powerful rhythmic electro industrial, with pastoral moments of apocalyptic melancholy. Music for body and heart), and The Austerity Exhibition in 2017 (described as formidable electronic post punk release featuring furious politicised content and crushing grooves).

Check out Black Light Ascensions music on their Bandcamp page HERE.

FORM

FORM comprises Keith Trigwell, Rob Dust and Mark R Bebb, and three days ago (9th April 2021) they unleashed their latest 10 track album titled This World Is Ours.

This World Is Ours is the second album from the trio whose members are based in England, Wales and Germany. Their debut 12 track album Defiance + Entropy came out on 25th October 2018.

Keith Trigwell, Mark Bebb and Rob Dust are no strangers to electronic soundscapes, each having extensive experience of songwriting, live performances and music production.

Trigwell, also a member of the Depeche Mode tribute, The Devout, started early as a writer, programmer and sound engineer, working with bands in various London studios.

Bebb is also the co-writer and vocalist of the Welsh duo Shelter, who achieved extensive successes with their numerous albums and live performances.

The production for FORM is in the hands of the prolific German master, Rob Dust, who is known in synth circles for his work with Alphaville, Andy Bell, De/Vision, MESH, Visage, Camouflage amongst others.

FORM songs written by Trigwell and Bebb are polished to perfection in his Potsdam studio.

Heres a reminder to grab your gig tickets HERE.

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OSHKOSH For the past two months, Renee Schubart wasn't sure if she'd become a widow this year.

Her husband, Mark, had been at Ascension Mercy Hospital on ventilation support for 21 days after getting COVID-19 in January. But in early March, Renee received the news: Mark was going to make it.

"That's when I started textingpeople.I think I can honestly say that I'm not going to be a widow in 2021," Renee said. "I'm over that;I don't have to consider that anymore. We're going to be moving forward."

Mark walked out of the hospital March 25 while loved ones cheered him on through a crowd of hospital staff and friends. While leaving, he was at a loss for words.

"I always say thank you is not a strong enough word. I don't know if there's a word in the English language that conveys how much gratitude I have for these people," he recently told the Oshkosh Northwestern.

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Thaddeus, Palek and Winnie Thorpe-Kavanaugh wait for their great-uncle Mark Schubart on March 25 at Ascension Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh.(Photo: Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

Schubart, 64, is now recovering from the virus at his home in Neenah. He came down with COVID-19 after working his regularnight shift at Kimberly-Clark.

On Jan. 31, he woke up and started developing a headache, body aches and fever. The following week, he asked Renee to take him to the hospital, but the Ascension campus near their home St. Elizabeth didn't have any COVID-19 beds available.

Instead he went to Ascension Mercy, a decision he credits with saving his life. He had no prior health conditions before getting the virus. Being in good health gave the doctors hope he would recover, Renee said.

Mark has no memories of his time on the ventilator. When he started coming out of the coma, he had vivid dreams that meshed with reality for about a week. On March 10, he realized he didn't remember how to walk.

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Mark Schubart says goodbye to nurses Rose Filipiak and Shauna McCredie on March 25 as he leaves Ascension Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh.(Photo: Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

With the help of hospital staff, after about two weeks he went from learning how to stand to walking out of the hospital's front door.

While her husband battled COVID-19 in the hospital, Renee and one of their sons were also recovering from COVID-19 at home. Struggling with exhaustion, Renee slept 12 hours a night and took naps during the day.

"I didn't have time to be sick. I was numb. I was numb from what was going on with my husband and then the paranoia of being sick myself," said Renee, who has since fully recovered.

While the Schubarts fought the virus, the number of COVID-19 cases in Winnebago County started to decrease from the highs in the fall.

However, the county has seen a slight uptick in cases over the past two weeks. As of Thursday, it recorded 17 new positive cases and no new deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, the county has confirmed 14,651 positive cases and 186 deaths. These numbers don't include Menasha or Appleton, which have their own health departments.

Doug Gieryn(Photo: Doug Raflik/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

It's the second week in a row Winnebago County has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases after several weeks of low numbers, Health Officer Doug Gieryn said.

That's because more people aren't wearing masks and not social distancing, Gieryn said. Those in Oshkosh are still required to wear masks due to a citywideordinance that went into effect once the Supreme Court overturned the statewide mandate. But, because Winnebago County does not have its own mask order, the mandate doesn't apply toanywhere outside the city limits.

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It's still important to wear a face covering and socially distance in order to slow the spread of the virus, Gieryn said. However, the threat of COVID-19 will most likely decline with increased vaccinations over the next couple of months, he said.

Back at home, Schubart said he's thankful to still be alive and plans on making a full recovery with the help of therapy to strengthen his body. His message to others:"COVID is real."

When Mark got home, his neighbors were in his front yard with banners celebrating his return.

"He didn't know any of that was happening. We wanted to make a big to-do about it," Renee said. "The big to-do wasn't about him or me or us. We really wanted people to know how wonderful Mercy is and what they did for us."

Contact Alex Groth at agroth@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @grothalexandria.

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A local construction worker got an ultrasound at Vein Solution, where vascular surgeons could see where the blood flow was restricted in his legs.

INDIANAPOLIS Day after day his legs ached and throbbed. Recently it became unbearable and was affecting his job.

Bruce Brosius is a builder and spends much of his time on his feet going from one construction site to another. But blood clots in his legs, due to varicose veins, led to aching sensations that finally led him to seek a solution.

"The one that I had in my right leg, felt like a golf ball. Next to my knees, and it was very painful," Brosius said.

He got an ultrasound at Vein Solution, where vascular surgeons could see where the blood flow was restricted in his legs.

They recommended a radiofrequency ablation, which is a procedure where they reach the affected veins with a catheter the size of a pencil lead.

"For all intents and purposes, we're cauterizing the vein, destroying the vein with heat with that catheter," said Dr. Richard Chitwood a vascular surgeon at Ascension St. Vincent.

Cosmetically, Brosius's legs are now free of the bulging veins, but more importantly, he said, the pain relief was immediate. Now he can keep moving long after the work day is over.

"I love to ride bikes. A lot of these things have been pretty much taken off the shelf for the time being, And I'm really looking forward to it," Brosius said.

Brosius is 58 and just a few weeks out from surgery he wonders why he delayed seeking help for so many years.

Dr. Chitwood says that's a revelation he hears often.

"I cannot tell you how many postoperative patients say 'Boy, why didn't I take care of that a long time ago?'" Chitwood said.

If you have throbbing varicose veins and want to learn what options are available for you, you can register for a free vein consultation courtesy Ascension St. Vincent and Check-Up 13 on April 13, 2021.

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Check Up 13: Builder back on the job after procedure to relieve leg pain - WTHR