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Lessons about life, food and family

Just this past week I was explaining to a friend of mine where my passion for cuisine began. As those close to me know, I view the kitchen as my oasis, where catharsis meets family tradition.

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Merrick Garland MIA during campus upheavals

Last week, amid nationwide student protesting that threatened Jewish students and effectively shut down college campuses, 27 Republican senators sent Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona a letter urging them to restore order and shut down the antisemitic, pro-Palestine mobs.

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Birthday Fellowship Club donates to CCA

The Birthday Fellowship Club, founded 20 years ago by Joseph Capers of Grambling, recently held its annual fan drive. The collection was then donated to Christian Community Action for the summer. Bottom row (from left) Ray Stringfellow, Joice Dunn and Leonard Lewis of the Club’s Benevolence Committee make the presentation to CCA Ministries Coordinator Hollen Meyers (top left) and CCA Director Stephanie Matthews (top right). CCA is grateful to the Birthday Club for this much-needed contribution.

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Tech partners with KEEN

Beginning this month, Louisiana Tech University’s strong tradition of immersive, entrepreneurial engineering education will receive a new boost through the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).

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Clergy Training Seminar enhances community involvement, support

When DART first opened its doors in 1994, several area churches stood ready to come alongside us in our mission to protect families from domestic violence.

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NCLAC hosts annual meeting

The North Central Louisiana Arts Council recently hosted its annual meeting at Ruston’s Historic Fire Station. NCLAC President Gary Faulkner presided over the event which included an overview of the year’s programming from Director Marcie Nelson as well as the presentation of the following awards: Artist of the Year – Marcus Roach, Patron of the Year – Christiane Drieling and Emily Ezell – Board Member of the Year. Members enjoyed delicious refreshments as part of the fellowship celebrating a tremendously successful year.

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Louisiana National Bank officials tour Daily Leader office

Officials with Louisiana National Bank toured the Ruston Daily Leader office this week along with learning about how its press facilities operate. From left are Celeste Holley, Ruston Daily Leader Publisher; Gabrielle Woodard, LNB Digital Banking and Treasury Management Specialist; Tanner Frasier, LNB VP of Lending; and Hillary Hohlt, LNB Loan Liason.

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Mammoth excavation topic of May 16 talk

Gary Stringer will give an illustrated talk on a wooly mammoth tusk that was excavated from a West Texas gravel pit on Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Union Museum of History and Art — Discovery Place, 211 N. Main Street, in Farmerville. Admission is free.

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Protecting your camp during the off-season

“It was finally the weekend. Spring turkey season had arrived and all Neal Windley of Norfolk, Va., wanted to do was get to his farm, change into his camouflage and get into the woods. What he found when he arrived not only put a halt to his weekend of hunting, it also cost him thousands of dollars in repair and prevention.