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Nancy Bergeron, Add One

Cell-phone glitch: Y2K finally arrived

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On the Friday before New Year’s Eve 1999, we backed up all our news stories, put extra copies on small diskettes that I took home, printed out all the Daily Leader’s circulation records, and made sure we had gasoline in our cars, just in case the feared turnof- the- century computer meltdown happened that night.

When Valentine's Day meets Ash Wednesday

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Today is Valentine’s Day. It’s also Ash Wednesday and, in Louisiana, tornado awareness day.

Jury’s still out on congressional remap

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If the congressional redistricting plan approved by the Louisiana Legislature in January survives a current court challenge, Lincoln Parish will be in a new district, one that for the time being is represented by House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Voting supposed to be about people, not parties

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I registered to vote on the day I turned 18. It was important to choose one of the two major political parties, my father said, because there are some elections in which only Democrats or Republicans can vote.

Clearly the celestial deities hold long grudges

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My mother learned to drive in winter weather when my parents lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Grambling dilemma classic ‘he-said, she-said’

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Talk about a classic he-said, she-said saga.

Downtown parking: Could a shuttle be the answer?

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Ruston finally has public transportation downtown. Sort of.

Old year still with us as new year begins

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Today is the third day of 2024, and it doesn’t feel much different than 2023.

Thoughts at Christmas 2023

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It’s happened. I’m turning into my mother and my grandmother. All at once. At Christmas.

Everybody wins when the system works

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Sometimes the system works exactly like it’s supposed to. Take the recent case of a Ruston developer who wanted to build townhouses at the corner of Rhody Drive and East Kentucky Avenue.