Backpacks are handy tools that carry an array of gear. Students rely on them to hold books, while hikers and campers utilize backpacks to carry items such as food and beverages that keep them safe on trails. Even office workers may turn to backpacks to carry laptops or other tools of the trade.
In keeping with the reputation of “Southern hospitality,” Ruston citizens are leading by their concern for others and the good deeds of giving back. These are two examples of such deeds that have taken place in the city recently.
Barbara Carothers, of Avon, Indiana, and Michael Ulmer, of Indianapolis, Indiana, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kaitlin “Katie” Ulmer, of Indianapolis, to Jason Butz, also of Indianapolis.
District X of the Louisiana Retired Teachers Association will hold its fall District meeting on Sept. 15, at the Carolyn Rose Strauss Senior Center in Monroe. The center is located on 2407 Ferrand Street. District X of LRTA includes Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita and
Calling all salon professionals. On Sept. 12 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Louisiana National Bank, DART is offering a free hour-long training event specifically geared towards those who work in the beauty industry.
Editor’s Note: Today’s Church News lists churches that have contacted the Leader about their worship format. Any church that has made a change should email their information by 5 p.m. Wednesday to newsroom@rustonleader.com.
Thursday night Major League Baseball held its second “Field of Dreams” game in Dyersville, Iowa, with the Cubs and the Reds appearing out of the cornfield onto the baseball diamond.
East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.