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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’s Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice is accepting applications for week-long day camps Camp de Cuisine and Camp Bonjour.
A preseason seafood meeting for mariners, boat owners, dock managers and seafood processors will be held Tuesday at the LSU AgCenter office at 1105 W. Port St. in Abbeville.
Central Middle School teacher and 4-H leader Amy Duplechin and her 4-H members helped with the Cleanest City Contest preparations by picking up a truck load of pine cones at the corner of Maple Avenue & Viola Street. Helping out was Bulb & Blossom Garden Club member Jeanita Morris. Judging is Wednesday.
From the March 2009 files of The Eunice News.
Some historian say advances in harvesting machinery were a big reason for the growth of the Louisiana rice industry in the late 1800s.
Mary Ellen Donatto, a Eunice St. Landry Parish School Board member and president of the Board, at the March 13 School Board meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Eunice public schools are not included in the current public discussion of school changes, but their time is coming.
Sports
Eunice High senior Stacie White was named District 5-3A MVP, while three other Lady Bobcats earned all-district basketball honors.
LAKE CHARLES – The Lady Jays exploded for 13 runs in the first inning as St. Emund cruised to a 16-1 mercy-rule victory over Lake Charles College Prep.
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Tom Dodge
The Lady Cats fell to 1-3 in District 5-3A with a pair of losses to rivals Port Barre and Iota.
Iota 11, Eunice 2
St. Edmund grabbed a pair of impressive victories this week over Class 3-A baseball teams as the Blue Jays prepare for next week’s District 4-1A opener.
SEH 4, Port Barre 3
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Tom Dodge
Five St. Edmund Lady Jays earned a spot on the 2019 All-District 4-1A basketball team.
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Tom Dodge
Lifestyle
Guest speaker the Rev. Tre’ Clark at Eunice High's Black history month program.
Eunice High School held a Black history month program recently in the auditorium with a theme of “Black to The Future”.
Michael Godfrey, a fourth grader at Highland Elementary, was chosen as the student showing the best leadership role during the school’s Black History Month. Godfrey’s teacher is Gail Clark.
Highland Elementary welcomed guest speakers during the school’s Black History Month program. Speakers included the Rev.
Public Safety
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
March 15
Andrew Whitfield, 25, 800 block of S. Beulah, Eunice. Possession of marijuana, warrant.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
March 15
08:56 Report from 1900 block of Betty of subjects walking in yards and jumping fences.
A Pine Prairie man wanted on a probation warrant for the Eunice City Marshal’s Office was arrested recently by Pine Prairie Police for simple burglary and theft.
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From the Ville Platte Gazette
Obits
A funeral service will be held for Delton Darbonne, 77, on Monday, March 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.
John Albert Guidry Sr. passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at the age of 74.
EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts that the family of Audrey Duplechain announces her passing on Thursday, March 14, 2019 in the comfort of her home with loving family by her side. She was 82.
Ronald “Doug” Douglas Manuel passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at the age of 66.
Mildred “Millie” Doherty Launey passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at the age of 72.
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