Inge’s drama set in 1950s Kansas to emerge at DixieRomantic moments, sloppy dancing and friends fighting will be among the scenes presented by local teens and adults at the Dixie Center for the Arts this week.
Beginning Thursday, Ruston Community Theater presents William Inge’s “Picnic,” a drama set in a small Kansas town in the 1950s.
The show reveals the story of how lives are changed when a handsome, mysterious stranger jumps off a train and shakes things up. »
Dubach election approaches
On March 27, Dubach will go to the polls to decide whether to keep the town’s police chief as an elected position or to allow it to become an appointed position.
Mayor Margaret Rogers said most towns similar to Dubach begin with an elected police chief, but many are switching the position to an appointed one. This trend is part of the reason Dubach has decided to bring the vote to its constituents.
“Most of the towns are changing right now,” Rogers said. “One reason is it allows the council, with legal opinion, to set qualifications for the chief.” »
Recycling meeting in works
The week of St. Patrick’s Day just got even greener.
On the heels of the announcements for the Great American Clean-Up and Keep Lincoln Beautiful Community Clean-Up Event as well as the Adopt-A-School “Go Green!” projects scheduled in conjunction with the holiday, citizens are bringing recycling back to the forefront.
As a follow-up to a meeting held at the Civic Center Peach Suite in June 2009, recycling advocates are rallying again at 6 p.m. March 15 in the Waggoner Room of the Thomas Assembly Center. »
Ruston mourns Faulk’s passing
Ruston is mourning the loss of one of its leading citizens following the death of former Ruston Daily Leader Publisher Clarence E. Faulk.
Faulk passed away at his residence on Friday at the age of 101.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home with funeral services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Methodist Church. »
Two fires ignite
A man sustained third-degree burns on more than half his body Thursday afternoon and was flown to the LSU Medical Center in Shreveport after he tried to put out a fire.
Firefighters with the Lincoln Parish Fire Department responded to a call Thursday afternoon about a man who sustained severe burns on U.S. Highway 167 North, near Barmore Road, said John Price, a spokesman for the Lincoln Parish Fire Department.
“Apparently there was a fire, and this man was trying to put it out, but, in doing so, caught his clothes on fire,” Price said. »
