Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - May 21, 1990, Ruston, Louisiana La Peche La Peche chapter of celebrates Education See page Huston m Daily eader Gary Mitchell new leader of Bearcat See page A listing of events happening in the area this Today I The Lincoln Parish Park will be open from 8 until 6 and from 10 until 7 on Ad mission to the park is per vehicle for up to six persons and 50 cents per person over Ruston City Council will meet at 7 in the city A public hearing will be held at Tuesday The Ruston Sunrise Ki wanis Club will meet at at Maxwells Restaurant in the Ruston Holiday The featured speaker will be Pat Mosley on the Lincoln Parish Veterans Chamber of Commerces Business After Hours will be held from to 6 at Central Banks main of located at 305 For call the chamber office at The Ruston Lions Club meets at noon at the Holiday Sue Math ews and Jim Eaton will discuss the 1990 Loui siana Peach The Lincoln Parish Po lice Jury will meet at 7 in the jury meeting room on the third floor of the Lincoln Parish School Board The North Central Club meets at 7 at the Club House on 33 north of Rus Chamber of Commerces Business After Hours will be held from until 6 at Central Banks main located at 305 For call Wednesday I The Louisiana Lions Mobile sponsored by the Ruston Lions will be at the Ruston Civic Center from 9 until 4 The mobile clinic will be giving free glaucoma and diabetes The Lincoln Parish Park will be open from 8 until 6 and from 10 until 7 on Ad mission to the park is per vehicle for up to six persons and 50 cents per person over Members of the Ruston Optimist Club will meet at noon at The No one badly hurt in accident By JEFF BENSON Managing Editor no one was seriously injured in a accident late Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Tech Drive and Carey According to Police Department Public Information Officer the incident occurred at approximately as Gerrick of Simsboro traveled north on Tech ap proaching Carey Avenue in his 1980 Chevrolet A 1987 Buick driven by Maria Key of apparently pulled out in front of Davis See page 2 Flood waters crash through resort city Associated Press Flash flood warnings were posted in Hot today after a 6foot wall of water caved in shop carried off bridges and swept up cars and Residents had to be rescued from their roofs after their homes were swamped by nearly 13 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending Sunday Several people rescued from swamped cars were taken to hospitals with minor A wall of water just came in and everything was just floating said who owns a souvenir store in the resort Even the fixtures they just turned over and Goodwin said he watched a floating compact car crash through a Jerry who runs an art said a woman was washed out of a bathhouse and down a street but grabbed a sign at the end of the We couldnt get to her and we told her to hang he She was hollering and Then this guy came by in a frontend loader and just scooped her It was like the Colorado Chambliss I expected a raft to come There were these big Ive never seen anything so frightening in my 42 A 90yearold landmark iron bridge in Malvern on the Ouachita River was washed Eight other bridges In the Hot Springs area were washed The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings overnight for parts of Oklahoma and including Hot Hot Springs was under flash flood farmers in central Louisiana who erected levees to hold back the bloated Red River were warned to expect even higher water next In the southeastern Texas town of Wayne and his turned their hilltop home into a feeding and housing about 20 people forced to flee high water from Lake I had just purchased a house on top of a so we just had everyone down there come up The 39yearold is disabled by back problems from a 1985 car and his only income is Social Everybody helps one another down said Charlie Bell See page 2 Leader photo by BRAD WEIMER Maria Key of was taken to Lincoln General Hospital after this accident on Tech Drive at Carey She was treated for minor injuries and Although her vehicle did hit the utility the pole was not Bagert hopes blitz will change direction of race Associated Press NEW ORLEANS State Ben Bagert is hoping a two week advertising blitz will im prove his position in the race for the What I hope well do is redirect the course of the cam to the issues of impor the Republican Party nominee said when he introduced the advertisements one about one about the environ Polls indicate the New Orleans legislator is running a distant third in his bid to unseat in cumbent Bennett Johnston on Recent polls show a Democrat from leading with 44 to 56 percent of the vote and state David in second with about 20 percent Bagert polled less than ten percent Name recognition is the prob What I hope well do is redirect the course of the campaign to the issues of Ben Bagert Bagert Despite his 15 years in the state House and six in the Sen he is little known outside the New Orleans Fewer than 20 percent of the voters statewide know enough about him to have formed an he A survey by the National Re publican Senatorial Campaign Committee found that 14 percent of voters know who Bagert said GOP stale chair man William He said whose past as a Nazi sympathizer and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard has received widespread and who has run four statewide since are known by 70 to 80 percent of the Bagert is the only candidate with room to said Nung Johnston ran six 30 See page 2 Pyles cares for children Leader Photo by DONNA WENNER Chinkie Pyles with Christopher Wilson Editors note The above profile is part of a series that will be published in the Ruston Daily Leader every As a community wed like to have some input from the commu If you know of a person you think should be featured in this please let us Send your nominations and the reason why this per son should be featured to the Ruston Daily Ruth Family News Box Rus By DONNA WENNER Leader Staff Writer Juggling the needs and wants of 110 their and a staff of 21 cant be an easy Keeping all of these people happy takes someone with understanding and lots of Chinkie director of Emmanuel Day Care is one such special according to the teachers and kids involved in the She cares about the workers that are working here and the children that are going to nursery She shows in terest in what she You cant ask for any more from a said Terri a teacher at the day care who suggested Pyles for a Profile As Pyles sets the curriculum and plans activities for the its evi dent that she also enjoys the personal contact with the chil ages six weeks to 12 years The favorite part of my day is the hugs and the love I get from the Theyve just got so much to she Pyles says she learns just as much from the kids as they do from You learn so much from them their their how to get along with she The children enrolled in the day care follow a structured curriculum that prepares them for somewhere amidst the the and she has her staff sandwich in what she feels is most important the religious Were a ministry here were not here to make a We teach the children Bible stories and stress in our curriculum who made the low the birds and the she Its good to know I hat youve had a small part in their religious she Teachers at the center not only describe Pyles as a very talented artist and a See page 2 Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 percent chance of Partly cloudy Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of Highs near Dear Family Experience is what you get when you dont get what you Dan Stanford TO GET THE LEADER DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME WEEKDAYS SUNDAY ONLY FOR 3 MONTHS CALL 2554353 TODAY
