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June 2022

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CELEBRATIONS

BIRTHDAYS

VFW appreciates community support with flag retirement ceremony

Dear Editor:

Perusing a new survey on news media

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A few months ago, the Pew Research Center sent me an email asking me to take part in a survey of U.S. journalists.

Stranger things in my daughter’s bedroom

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A few days ago, my wife and I joined some friends for a gathering during a few rare hours when we weren’t busy hauling a teenager to some kind of expensive activity or hosting an entire herd of them at our home to ransack our pantry and abuse the plumbing.

Clark quits library board

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Former Lincoln Parish Library Board of Control President Augusta Clark has relinquished her seat on the board.

One-on-One action at the Complex

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Jude McKenzie (right) prepares to make a move on Lincoln Roark during basketball practice at the Ruston Sports Complex Wednesday. Summer athletics abound in the city with baseball, softball and basketball at the complex and prep football teams working out. See Page 6 for more in today’s Sports. Leader photo by Cameron Maynard

Russ-Town Band sets patriotic program

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The Russ-Town Band will present its annual patriotic concert at 3 p.m. June 25 in the Ruston High School auditorium.

Krewe of Pomona ready to make its debut on the local scene

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Out of the ashes of the Krewe of Allegro, the Krewe of Pomona has been born. The Krewe of Allegro, founded by the Ruston Civic Symphony Society in 1999 to raise funds for the arts, has retired to make way for the Krewe of Pomona.

Freighthouse Food Park groundbreaking

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From right, Will Dearmon (Chamber President), Ronny Walker (Mayor of Ruston), Marla Emory (architect), Robert Brooks (architect), Desi Bourgeois (Heard Freighthouse Food Park owner), Dianne Bourgeois (Heard Freighthouse Food Park co-owner), Amy Stegall (City of Ruston), and Jerry Brasher (Lincoln Builders) break ground for the new Heard Freighthouse Food Park Monday in Ruston.