<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">What is the salary of the American Red Cross CEO?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Gail McGovern, the group’s president and CEO, received $556,772 in compensation in 2014-2015, according to tax filings available at www.redcross.org.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Her base pay is listed as $496,877, and the documents say she received $15,000 in bonuses and incentive pay, along with $5,487 in “other reportable compensation,” $31,617 in “retirement and other deferred compensation” and $7,791 in “nontaxable benefits.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The total compensation amounts listed for some other Red Cross officers and executives:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Brian Rhoa, chief financial officer — $453,959.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Dale Bateman, senior vice president and chief audit executive — $270,690.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">David Meltzer, general counsel and chief international officer — $380,639.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Jennifer Hawkins, corporate secretary — $205,477.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Melissa Hurst, chief human resources officer — $359,334.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Clifford Holtz, president of humanitarian services — $438,452.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">Shaun Gilmore, president of biomedical services — $554,236.</span>

<span class="R~sep~AHeadBrief">Neutral ground responsibility of UP</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Who is responsible for mowing the neutral ground on 12th Street from Enterprise Boulevard to Hodges Street?</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">It’s the responsibility of Union Pacific, which owns the adjacent railroad, city officials said.</span>

<span class="R~sep~AHeadBrief">Give liquid baits a try to combat little ants</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">What kind of ants are these? They’re black with small heads and kind of a small body, and it’s hard to kill them because they keep coming back.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Without seeing the ants, The Informer can’t offer a definitive response.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">But it can say that the description of them is similar to that of Monomorium minimum, which is the scientific name for what’s commonly called the little black ant.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“They tend to look black and may appear to have blue reflections,” reads a page on the website of the LSU AgCenter.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“The legs are tan. The body is smooth with no sculpturing and has numerous white hairs. This species might be confused with small foragers of big-headed ants or some species of fire ants.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Treatment advice from the site:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“Bait in areas where they are a problem.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“Try sweet, liquid baits first. If they do not take the sweet baits or stop taking them, switch to a protein-based bait.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“Consider an insecticidal barrier treatment around the structure.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">“Remove vegetation that touches the structure; these ants will use these as bridges into the structure.”</span>

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