Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - July 12, 2001, Ruston, Louisiana Engaging Hustons Hometown Newspaper Since 1894 BIST COPY 107 166 Truck raffle drawing to be held Friday The North Central Louisiana Arts Councils fourth annual PickUp the Arts Truck Raffle Benefit will end Friday The drawing for the winning raffle ticket will be held during the Triad benefit in memory of Joe Woods at 7 at the Ruston Civic For the first time in the history of the 50 extra tickets were sold to benefit Dixie The Arts Council will use a portion of those proceeds to dedicate a chair in the finished theater in honor of the longtime master of ceremonies for the Wild wood one of the Dixies most popular programs for Staff Report Money course set An African American Youth Money Management summer camp will be held Monday through July 20 at Grambling State The fee is For more call Staff Report HELP offers fans HELP will be distributing fans to income eligible elderly and disabled residents of Lincoln There are limited amounts of fans and it is their intent to first serve the people without For more call Staff Report Investigation continues into death of man SHREVEPORT AP An investiga tion has been launched into the death of a man who was shot three times in the leg outside an apartment complex and later died at a James died July 2 as a result of a mistake by emergency medical personnel at LSU Hospital in hospital spokeswoman Elaine King It was the second such case at the hospital in less than two On May Jeremy stopped breathing when LSU Hospital police officers attempted to restrain him after he assaulted two hospital staff Although police have completed their investigation into Bennetts investigators are awaiting a final coroners King said that she could not elaborate further on the exact cause of Jacksons death but said an internal investigation had The State Board of Nursing Examiners also will she Police suspect devil worship after arrest AP Police searching an apartment found a fetus in a jar sitting on a along with a a marijuana and rolling Authorities said they suspected the tenant was involved in satanic George was ar Wednesday on charges of distributing breaking and entering and receiving stolen property and three charges that involved digging in a cemetery and defacing Police believe the fetus and brain were stolen from a hospital and that the skull was dug up from a nearby Picard pleaded innocent last month to charges of possessing marijuana and receiving stolen The clerk magistrates office at Quincy District Court did not know if Picard had an Picard was being held at a state mental hospital until his next court Price 500 Copyright Ruston vv The Huston Daily Leader July 12 2001 Leader photo by KELLY GRIFFIS Sinking a basket Michael Emerson a life guard for Ruston Parks and Recre and Sterling Hickerson shoot hoops at the City of Ruston pool this week to beat the The located on Georgia is open from 16 Tuesday through Parish test scores up By Ty Hinton Staff Writer The testing results from the past school year were all positive news for Lincoln Parish students and Results from the LEAP GEE 21 and IOWA tests were discussed Tuesday at the Lincoln Parish School Board meet During the Ronnie Suggs said the scores compare favorably with other even those with more Lincoln Parish likes to compare themselves with Natchitoches and Bossier According to these parishes have more financial resources for the most part and about the same number of Natchitoches is also a small university town like Grambling and Our students are he And we like to see how we can do against the parish improved on the LEAP 21 tests from the The scor ing is judged by percentages of LEAP 21 fourth grade English Language unsatisfactory went from 14 percent in 2000 to 9 percent this year the state aver See page 2 Commission approves purchase of lawn mower By Duane Baillio Staff Writer Commissioners of the Lincoln Parish Fire Protection District 1 have fire Chief Neill Kirkland to pur chase a new riding lawn mower if the districts current mower goes on the The warm weather makes the grass grow at a tremendous rate at the 20 fire stations around the parish during the Kirkland If a cutting is it becomes more difficult to stop the In other the commissions Salary Survey which met last recommended a pay raise for em ployees of the missioner Harrell Pipes We agreed we should give the hands a Firefighters and lieutenants will receive about a 10 percent while the chiefs secretary will receive a 5 percent Kirkland will receive a percent Because Kirkland is on the or able to retire with full benefits at the district is no longer contributing money into his retirement Pipes raise will come from money that would have gone into his retirement Including the fire district employs four with two open posi The fire district is also mourning the loss of one of its Central quad rant Chief Jack Kirkland Duncan died in his home earlier this apparently of a heart he He was very good with our Tech stu Kirkland He was a very spe cial and he will be Jury approves Parish Park rules By Duane Baillio Staff Writer The Lincoln Parish Police Jury unani approved a committees recom to accept drafted regulations governing the use of Lincoln Parish Park Tuesday After reviewing the changed wording in the members of the Recreation and Tourism Committee rec the ordinance to the full Committee members previously asked for more clear wording in some sections of the particularly a section that prevented music in the With these Park Director James Ramsaur and I are prepared to recommend the ordinance for said Andy attorney for the In the original the ordinance stated No recorded or amplified music is permitted in the The wording was changed to Loud activities or including recorded or amplified music which may be annoying or disturbing to any person is The determination of what constitutes annoying or disturbing noise will be made by park personnel or law enforcement See page 2 Moore on the job at By Mary Margaret van Diest Staff Writer After three years as the Lincoln Par ish Schools secondary education super Randy Moore has ac the position of Ruston Junior High School filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Sandra Henderson in The Lincoln Parish School Board voted Tuesday night to approve the unanimous recom of the interview com to name Moore immedi ately to the The interview committee was chaired by Assistant Super intendent Ronnie Suggs with members David Patrice Mary Charles Owens and Gloria The top three candidates for the position were Moore Eric Carter and David Moore said his Central Office experi ence will benefit him in his new I thoroughly enjoyed working at the Central Office for the last three Moore That experience has given me a chance to see the district from the tive of the big It was also a pleasure to work with the principals of each of our secondary schools and the in staff of each of the schools as we have entered into the accountability But I have deeply missed the daily interaction with teachers and Moore said the Ruston Jun ior High School principalship will give him an opportunity to do a job he See page 2 V y Leader photo by DUANE BAILLIO K9 Officer Randy Walton prepares to give his new a command to retrieve an The 1yearold German shepherd came to Ruston several weeks ago after months of Ace in the hole RPD welcomes canine officer By Duane Baillio Staff Writer The Ruston Police Department has a new friend to help fight crime in the After several months of training at Unlimited Dog Training Acad Officer Randy Walton brought a 1yearold German shepherd to his new home two weeks With the delivery of the police department again brings its number of K9 units up to what the depart ment has had since We believe the new K9 and Of ficer Walton will improve our effec in some Chief Randal Hermes Having two well trained and handlers will help a lot in See page 2 WEATHER with 0 90 percent pf Highs in the 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