Lifestyle

What’s eating your plants?

Does your lantana have yellowed leaves or brown spots? Is it pale and sickly looking with no flowers? The likely culprit is lace bugs. They are the most common insect found on azaleas, lantana and verbena.

Fans at Eunice Food Bank

Cynthia Tanner, left, community volunteer, and Mary Ann Guillory, executive director of the Eunice Food Bank, display fans donated by Cleco during the company’s 20th Annual Fan Drive which helps elderly customers stay cool and lower their energy usage during the hot summer months.

How to be safe in the sun

Sun protection is important especially during the hot summer months. Protect yourself from UV rays by applying sunscreen, wearing a hat, and wearing light- colored clothing. If you are in the sun at the hottest part of the day, try finding shaded areas.

Termite ‘police’ help manage colonies

Many insects, such as ants, bees, wasps and termites, live in cooperative groups with one or a few reproductives and many workers. And reproductive conflicts are common in these insect societies, said Qian “Karen” Sun, an assistant professor in the LSU AgCenter Department of Entomology.

Tips on effective landscape watering

Water is our most precious natural resource. According to the American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Americans collectively use 29 billion gallons of water per day, with 30% or 8.5 billion gallons per day being used for gardening and lawn care.

Cleco fan drive to help elderly

Malita Bartie, left, executive director of the Acadia Council on Aging, and Allison Pousson, receptionist, display a fan donated by Cleco during the company’s 20th Annual Fan Drive which helps elderly customers stay cool and lower their energy usage during the hot summer months.

Identifying and understanding dehydration

Dehydration can affect anyone at any time, which only highlights why men, women and even children should learn to identify signs of dehydration and what to do should it surface.

Safety first when handling fireworks

This weekend all of us will hear sounds of the 4th of July, fireworks. Our sky will light up with beautiful and bright lights. I enjoy watching expressions from our younger generation as they watch the beauty of our sky light up from fireworks.

Birth Announcements

Arayah Mitchell Calvanita and Jonathan Mitchell Sr. announce the birth of their daughter, Arayah Sunshine Mitchell, born at Acadian Medical Center on June 17 weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Yolanda Buckley and Christopher Johnson Sr.

Ice cream truck history

I’m still a kid at heart when it comes to hearing the tinkling of the bell and music from the ice cream truck. I run out to the front of my driveway with cash in my hand waiting to buy an ice cream bar.