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Raquel Welch found personal peace in a church pew

The statuesque film legend didn’t call attention to herself as she shared a pew with other conservative Presbyterians in their small church not far from Hollywood.

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Dumb luck while on a fool’s errand

I’ve discovered a little jewel on one of our TV channels. The National Geographic network has been running a series entitled “The 80s Top Ten” with each episode focusing around one significant trend from the decade. It might be movies, toys, gadgets, watercooler moments — you name it. It’s been fun.

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Ruston Clubs Part II

The Pierian Club, organized in 1899 and celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this year (1959), stated as its aim “the promotion of social intercourse and broader sympathies, a higher intellectual growth and development, and improvement of the Chautauqua Grounds.”

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BIRTHDAYS

March 9

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Researchers studying metabolic pathways that release dopamine

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National Pack Your Lunch Day

Editor’s Note: The Ruston Daily Leader’s new feature on our Friday Community page shares recipes from ‘The Collection,” a cookbook developed by the Lincoln Parish Museum and Historial Society.

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Mock Trial at Choudrant High School

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How to protect long-term cognitive health

Although a certain level of memory loss can be expected as people age, when the ability to clearly think, learn and remember is compromised, those changes can affect an individual’s ability to perform daily activities and should serve as a cause for concern.

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A few tips for spring cleaning

There is debate regarding where the practice of “spring cleaning” originated. Some researchers link it to certain religious groups. It has long been an ancient Jewish custom to thoroughly clean a house in preparation for the springtime feast of Passover. The house is scoured to remove any yeast bread, or chametz, from the home.