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DL Menard
ERATH — July 2017 marks an important date in the life of Cajun music legend DL Menard, and his hometown of Erath is planning a celebration.
Gov. John Bel Edwards
After convening three different times this year, the Louisiana Legislature isn’t scheduled to go into another lawmaking session until March 12, 2018.
Attendees of an event at the LSU AgCenter Sensory Services Lab listen as AgCenter food scientist Ashley Gutierrez, right, explains features of a kitchen during a tour of the Animal and Food Science
Nowadays there is a mass exodus out of the Gulf when tropical weather threatens, but that wasn’t always so.
Sports
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RACE 1 $22,000, 2 yo, 5F, MSW
1 Beauty Boy (Contreras) 115 5/1
2 Ready Prospector (Saenz) 115 3/1
3 Flashy Image (Broussard) 115 10/1
By Tom Dodge
Sports Editor
They won two national championships while at LSU Eunice, now they have a chance to add to their softball accomplishments at the next level.
Evangeline Downs Entries For Wednesday 06/28/17
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RACE 1 $22,000, 2 yo, 5F, F, MSW
1 Suckerforagrey (Batista) 115 15/1
2 Run By (Saenz) 115 6/1
OMAHA, Neb. – For the first time in program history, the Florida Gators are College World Series champions.
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RACE 1 $7,500 - 3 yo's & up, 5 1/2F, CLM $5,000
4 Catwalk Commando (Bonilla, C.) $29.40 $8.40 $6.40
1 Cajun Dame (Clark, K.) $4.60 $4.80
Lifestyle
St. Edmund cheerleaders recently attended Southwestern Cheerleader Association camp at McNeese State University in Lake Charles.
The Wolves Cub Scouts planted a live oak tree on the playground at St. Edmund Elementary in April. This was a community project that was a requirement.
St. Edmund teachers in grades pre-k through 12th participated in a two-day math strategies training course. Sherri Addler, Singapore Math trainer, traveled from Arizona to present the course.
Public Safety
Jermaine Dwayne Doucet Jr.
A retired race horse, “Dr. Drip,” was euthanized after being found malnourished to the point its rib bones were easily observed, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
Stephen Waguespack
For generations, Americans have peacefully disagreed amongst themselves about the direction of the country. At times, fights have escalated over some of those disagreements.
Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson announced 10 drug arrests. They are:
Jacob Ritter, 18, Evangeline. Citation for simple possession of marijuana.
Obits
EUNICE~It is with the heaviest of hearts and great sadness that the family of Dr. Ferdinand Joseph DeRouen, Jr.
BASILE~Our hearts are filled with sorrow as we announce the passing of Jimmie D. Pelloquin in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family at the age of 80.
Helen Merza Wyble, 99 years young, a native of Eunice, Louisiana and resident of Abbeville, Louisiana passed away on June 24, 2017.
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