In June 2022, college students from around the world will converge on Ruston to socialize, network, and lock horns for a top spot in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Concrete Canoe Competition.
Thanks to the hard work of Louisiana Tech University’s ASCE student chapter, the University has been selected to host the international competition. Former Louisiana Tech ASCE student president Katya Opel, who received her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 2020, came up with the idea for Tech to bid on hosting the 2022 competition shortly after Tech hosted the regional Deep South competition in 2019. Opel will have a busy summer in 2022; she will be completing her Master of Science in Civil Engineering program while planning the event.
Friday, February 12, 2021
Leader photo by CALEB DANIEL
Lincoln Parish Park has sold $100,900 worth of water from Hoogland Lake to oil and gas company Nadel and Gussman, all of which will stay in the park’s fund and help finance future improvements. Joe Anderson, executive vice president of Nadel and Gussman’s Ruston-based Arklatex operations, said he chooses to buy water for fracking from the park in lieu of more accessible options in order to help support the park. Anderson, left, is pictured handing a check for the water to Park Director James Ramsaur. Ramsaur said the lake would be back to normal water levels long before beach season.
My New Orleans
Travel Resolutions
While 2020 could be dubbed the year of the staycation for reasons we look forward to forgetting, at Louisiana Life, we always relish being a tourist in our town, and the next one over and way up there and down yonder. So let’s continue the staycation vibes in 2021 and resolve to visit every corner of the Pelican State.
12/31/2020
Forget those diet resolutions. When do those 10 pounds ever come off? Especially with Carnival following the holidays. Instead, resolve to visit cities and towns in one of America’s most fascinating states Louisiana!
Here are suggestions to put on your 2021 travel list, so resolve to staycation in Louisiana this year and check out both old and new dining experiences, attractions and the great outdoors with our state’s unique landscapes.