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Bennett makes reelection bid

Lincoln Parish Police Juror Bobby Bennett has announced his candidacy for reelection to the District 3 seat.

Bennett has served on the jury for 17 years.

“If reelected, I would like to start a program to cut overhanging limbs growing over the parish roads,” Bennett said. “I also, in this program, want to fix road shoulders where big trucks have traveled off the blacktop with their back wheels, causing a washout between the road and the shoulders.

Biggest 401(k) mistakes people often make

Question: I’m just about to start in my company’s 401(k). I’m super excited, but I am also concerned.

I don’t want to mess this up. So, what are the biggest mistakes you’ve seen people make with their 401(k) and how can I not do that?

Answer: James Joyce called mistakes “the portals of discovery.”

So, don’t fear making mistakes. Fear not learning from them and repeating the same few endlessly.

Estate plans crucial for good future

The word “estate” conjures images of great wealth, which may be one of the reasons so many people don’t develop estate plans – after all, they’re not rich, so why make the effort?

In reality, though, if you have a family, you can probably benefit from estate planning, whatever your asset level.

And you may well find that a comprehensive estate plan can help you answer some questions you may find unsettling — or even worrisome.

Here are a few of these questions:

Doug Williams Drive unveiled

Surrounded by family members and Grambling State University Director of Athletics David “Rusty” Ponton (center background), former Tigers quarterbacking great Doug Williams (holding sign post) looks Friday afternoon at the sign officially renaming Facilities Drive on the GSU campus as Doug Williams Drive . 

LA Tech Athletics made big marks in 2018-19

RUSTON — A fifth straight bowl victory by the Bulldog football team and a pair of Conference USA titles by the Lady Techster softball team highlighted another successful year for Louisiana Tech Athletics in 2018-19.

Although not every story was one of success this past year, even the most devastating loss was turned into a positive in many ways in Lincoln Parish. The community and the LA Tech campus came together following the EF3 tornado that ravaged so much of the Ruston area in the early morning hours of April 25.

Millers celebrate anniversary

Louis and Janece Miller, of Ruston, celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Sunday, July 14.

The couple will be treated to lunch with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the home of Kathy and Randy Frasier. The Millers were married on July 14, 1954, at Barnett Springs Baptist Church in Ruston. Alton E. Polk performed the ceremony.

Library to host Sci-Port Discovery Center

The Lincoln Parish Library is going to infinity and beyond Tuesday.

Sci-Port Discovery Center will be at the Lincoln Parish Library Events Center with their mobile planetarium for three shows. The library will issue tickets for the StarLab on Monday for 30-minute sessions in the planetarium beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

World Series almost here

The clock is ticking.

In 13 days, the first pitch leaves the mound and the 2019 Dixie Youth Baseball World Series begins. Over the course of the two-week event, more than 70 teams from 11 states, including Louisiana, will play in the tournaments at Ruston’s new sports complex, located on U.S. 167 south.

All totaled, the series is expected to draw thousands of people to Ruston and pump several million dollars into the summertime economy.

Find thermocline to find crappie in hot weather

Once springtime slab slaying is done, some crappie fishermen hang it up for the year. However, others stick with it with good results, but you have to do it differently.

What about fishing for crappie this time of year when the weather turns super hot? Should you stay home under air conditioning or can you actually catch crappie when temperatures flirt with double digits and being on the lake up in the day brings with it a threat of heat stroke? Crappie fishermen who know never quit targeting their favorite fish; they catch them in hot weather, but they have to do it differently.

James M. Young

Dr. James M. Young went to meet his Lord on July 11, 2019. He was born on November 13, 1924, in Choudrant, LA, where he lived with his grandparents until the age of 6 when he moved to Ruston with his mother, Ila May Gibson. He attended Choudrant Grammar School for first grade, Hillcrest Elementary School, Ruston High School, and Louisiana Tech, where he graduated with honors. During World War II, he joined the Navy, where he completed his training as a Naval aviator. He was assigned to duty on an aircraft carrier just as the war ended.