The North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC) team is hard at work making final preparations for the 33rd annual Peach Art Exhibit in downtown Ruston.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I am entering my junior year in college and am having second thoughts of changing my major. I currently major in physical education to become a gym teacher, but I’ve become worried that it is too specific and maybe I should focus on children’s education in general and major in early childhood education. Switching majors means losing time and credits that I have already done, and I’ll need to spend more time and money to get caught up in the new major. I am worried about being set back in school and having to spend more money to make up the different classes I will need. Is it worth it to start over in my junior year, or should I keep working on the degree I am near done with?
The numbers are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every 12 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies by suicide with nearly 45,000 Americans taking their lives each year.
I’m not usually a fan of driving. Sure, occasionally when the weather is nice and the traffic is light, cruising down the interstate and listening to music can be a relaxing experience.
After five days of salads, tofu and vegetarian lasagna atop polenta, I cut a swath through the airport in Charlotte, N.C., to Big Bad Dan’s Burger Shack where I smiled at a hamburger and French fries before cannibalizing both.
For at least part of every month since June, a number of patients normally transported to Ruston’s Northern Louisiana Medical Center for emergency treatment have been taken to hospitals throughout the region instead.
