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Helana Francois takes her seat in the principal’s office at Basile High School last week after being named the school’s new leader. (Photo by Darrel LeJeune)
Eunice native Helana Francois was named Basile High School principal Aug. 5 at the meeting of the Evangeline Parish School Board.
Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold shows a tablet computer with the Active 911 application. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The Eunice Fire Department recently acquired an application that probably makes us a bit safer.
Rev. Kayla Givs
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot is to negotiate a request from the Rev. Kayla Givs to use the Southeast Community Center seven days a week for an after-school feeding program.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz has started a Contactless Self-Reporting System that allows citizens to file a crime report online.
Two combines harvest rice on the R&Z Farms between Eunice and Crowley, Louisiana. The 2020 harvest is resulting in a better crop than previous years. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)
The harvest for the 2020 rice crop in south Louisiana is nearing the halfway point, and the result is a big improvement over a string of bad to mediocre years.
Sports
Evangeline Downs Results For Wednesday 08/12/20
POST TIME: 05:50 PM
RACE 1 $19,000 - 2 yo, 5F, MCL $15,000
7 Get Them Justin (Kennedy, T.) $11.20 $3.80 $4.80
There will be no jamborees this fall as the LHSAA sent out its latest decision to its member schools.
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Tom Dodge
At least they have a date.
That seems to be the opinion of the local head coaches concerning the LHSAA’s decision to push back the start of its football season until Oct. 8.
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Tom Dodge
Editor’s Note: This is first of the three story series looking back at the 2019-2020 high school sports seasons.
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Tom Dodge
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo.
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Lifestyle
Pollinators are responsible for one in three bites of food we eat. )Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)
As humans, we need water, food and sleep. OK — more than that. We also need a good immune system, among other things. But thanks to plants and the sun, we as humans can eat, breathe and live.
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Heather Kirk-Ballard /LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Garden centers have heat-set tomatoes ready for transplanting into your garden. (Photo by Rick Bogren/LSU AgCenter)
Summertime is the best time to just sit back and enjoy your garden. And while you’re at it, you can start thinking about fall gardening.
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Heather Kirk-Ballard /LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Nadia Dugas, 11, operated a lemonade stand Monday on B&B Avenue. She also offered cookies for 25¢ each at her stand. Dugas is the daughter of Danielle Leger and Yancy Miller. Dugas says she plans to donate half of her proceeds to the nursing home for bingo prizes and the other half she plans to use on an upcoming trip with her father. (Submitted photo)
Nadia Dugas, 11, operated a lemonade stand Monday on B&B Avenue. She also offered cookies for 25¢ each at her stand. Dugas is the daughter of Danielle Leger and Yancy Miller.
Public Safety
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
August 13
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold shows a tablet computer with the Active 911 application. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The Eunice Fire Department recently acquired an application that probably makes us a bit safer.
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Harlan Kirgan
Obits
Debra “Debbie” Ann Young passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at the age of 67. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, August 14, 2020 at 11 a.m.
Randy Paul Matte, II passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at the age of 27. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 11 a.m.
EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that the family of Patricia L. Gaspard announces her passing on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Camelot Place in Crowley at the age of 77.
Betty Fuselier Guillory passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at the age of 91. No Services have been planned at this time.
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