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Keeping Pets Safe in the Garden

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Consider these hazards that can negatively impact the well-being of your furry friends.

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Franklin wins Sweep Steaks promotion

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Eddie Franklin (left) of Ruston was named the winner of the Ruston Daily Leader’s Sizzlin’ Summer Sweep Steaks promotion. The promotion was created to encourage people to visit participating businesses and as a way for local businesses to thank their customers. Shown with Franklin is Celeste Holley, Advertising Director at the Ruston Daily Leader. Franklin was presented with a Fire Disk Cooker from O’Nealgas, $200 in gift certificates from Shopper’s Value and a subscription to the Ruston Daily Leader. Leader photo by CRYSTAL RICHARD

A brief history of domestic violence in the 20th century

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Recently, I attended a webinar on the history of gender violence advocacy given by the Battered Women’s Justice Project. I was curious to learn more about how our nation and the world began to recognize domestic violence as destructive and organized to fight it.

Art students design a Better Tomorrow

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McKinney and Ruff were approached by Tech School of Design professor Nick Bustamante to help create a children’s book in partnership with Tech’s VISTA (Visual Integration of Science Through Art) Ce

Friend doesn’t respect walker’s boundaries

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I have started walking for fitness, and it is good for me: I am slowly getting healthier and shedding a bit of weight.

BIRTHDAYS

Today

Chardrigus Gant

Sunday

Kevin Wills, 60

Tuesday

Maxine Anders

August 11

Dillon Rone

Ruston hosting Barrels of Fun Weekend at Expo Center

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The North Louisiana Exhibition Center will host the Barrels of Fun Weekend today through Sunday in Ruston.

GET AWAY without going away

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However, a staycation — a vacation you take right in your hometown (or nearby) — can be much less expensive and fit into nearly any amount of available time with the added bonus of skipping out on potentially stressful travel.

Reader hurt when ex and best friend become tight

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DEAR HARRIETTE: When I was in college, my boyfriend was physically abusive to me. I confided in one of my best friends, and apparently he forgot. I moved away after college, but my ex and my best friend were in the same town, and they became close friends.