Schools in Lincoln Parish are now in their third week since distance learning efforts ramped up across the district. At the parish’s largest school, Ruston High Principal Dan Gressett said he has been encouraged by student participation thus far, but he doesn’t expect it to rise to the same level as before schools closed their doors on March 16.
Monday was National Library Day, the equivalent of Super Bowl Sunday for folks like Nolan Eller, Louisiana Tech’s Archivist and Special Collections chief who works as an internship supervisor during the COVID-19 challenges of this spring quarter.
It started in a very remote place with one individual who contracted the virus from a creature in the animal world. That individual then infected another individual. Soon the infection started spreading from person to person until everyone who lived very long after birth would contract it. Now the whole world has been infected. Every nation on the earth is seeing the effect. However, there is good news.
DEAR HARRIETTE: Two of my friends have been at a standoff for years, and I’m sick of it. I told each of them that I think it’s time to resolve their disagreement. Whatever they do, I don’t want to have to listen to them talking about each other’s faults anymore. It’s like they are stuck in the past, back when they hurt each other’s feelings, and they can’t let go of that. I know that it can be hard to forgive when bad things happen, but I would hate to see them go to their graves without getting over this. They were very close friends for more than 40 years. A big hiccup in their friendship has led to years now of tight lips. What can I do to help?
In times of great peril, the American people usually put their differences aside, pull together, and find ways to keep moving forward. Unfortunately, the latest crisis is an exception.
