From four-legged friends to students embarking on a mission program, plenty of good news was happening in the Miss-Lou last week.

Before we prepare for the week ahead, let’s take a look back at some of the highlights from last week:

• The 1,000th puppy with the Moving Animals Places Program was transported from the Natchez-Adams County Humane Society to a Florida shelter. The program, in which the Natchez shelter began participating in 2012, helps relocate animals in areas with overpopulation problems to areas of the country in need of adoptable animals. The program has helped find homes for many dogs in our area that would have likely been euthanized. We salute the work the NACHS is doing to help save the lives of animals and provide the world with some four-legged friends.

• A group of Trinity Episcopal Day School students who recently traveled to Spain quickly realized how similar other teenagers their age are regardless of being half a world away and speaking a different language. The trip was a part of the school’s global studies initiative and took the students to Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo and other parts of the Spanish-speaking country with the goal of exposing the students to different cultures. We hope the students enjoyed the trip and learned the value of keeping a global mindset.

• Caitlyn Hendricks and Julie White will soon travel to Atlanta and Chicago, respectively, to embark on a summer ministry program that will connect the Vidalia High School graduates and Louisiana Tech students with those communities. The goal of the program is to have the students become invested in the community and possibly help pave the way for a new church in those areas. We wish Hendricks and White safe travels this summer.

The summer heat has started to beat down on our area, but don’t let that stop you from doing great things in our community this week.