The Best and the Worst of the Week
The Crescent City Classic,the annual 10k race that sends runners -- many in costume -- from Jackson Square to City Park, was recently named the second most competitive race in the world by Running Times magazine. Seven of the top men's 10k times in history were achieved at the CCC, says its elite athletic coordinator, Gary Gomez. This year's race is scheduled for April 10.
Louisiana
has
made significant improvements in strengthening its child passenger safety laws
in the past three years, according to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign. Louisiana
SAFE KIDS credits new laws that require proper restraint of infants and children
in vehicles as recommended by national safety organizations. Louisiana was
one of 27 states listed as making notable progress.
Michael L. Lomax,
president
of Dillard University since 1997, has been named the new president and CEO of
the United Negro College Fund. Lomax will start his leadership of the national
scholarship organization June 1. During his tenure at Dillard, Lomax presided
over a 49 percent increase in enrollment and a 300 percent increase in private
funding, plus a $60 million campus renovation, according to the university.
Suzanne Haik Terrell
the
former state Elections Commissioner, gave top aides a going-away present before
leaving office in the form of almost $85,000 in overtime pay. Records obtained
by the Baton Rouge Advocate show little overtime was granted to workers
the first three years of Terrell's term, but nearly half came in the months before
her term ended in January. State officials call the action legal, but outrageous.
