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Catholic Schools Week celebration at St. Edmund

St. Edmund students cheer on their team during a volleyball game. The school celebrated Catholc School Week last week with different activtiies.

EHS senior project new benches

Eunice High School seniors Deacon Richard, left, Ting Jiang and Aaron Meche completed their senior project recently. The team helped the city and school replace benches at the Fairground tennis courts. (Submitted photo)

Cormier at Liberty

The “Rendez-vous des Cajuns” Cajun Music Radio & TV show Saturday at the Liberty Center at 6 p.m. will have a performance by Sheryl Cormier & Friends. Admission is $5. Show starts at 6 p.m. The Liberty opens at 4 p.m. Starting at 10 a.m.

Birth Announcements

Raegan Clark Rai’Shawna Edwards and Traylon Clark of Eunice announce the birth of their daughter, Raegan Amari Avielle Clark, born at Acadian Medical Center on Jan. 22 weighing 7 pounds and 6.3 ounces. Maternal grandmother is Constance Edwards of Eunice.

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Alli Sittig, a senior at Eunice High School. Her parents are Tammy and Clint Sittig. If you had to live in another part of the world, where would you want to live and why? I would like to live in Florida because I love the beach. Do you have a career wish?

Health forum brings leaders together in Washington Parish

By Johnny Morgan Franklinton — Community leaders and elected officials are working together to improve the health of Franklinton and Washington Parish residents. Louisiana state Sen. Beth Mizell and the LSU AgCenter SNAP-Ed program hosted the Franklinton Community Forum on Jan.

St. Edmund Catholic School names Students, Teachers and Supporter of the Year

Each year, St. Edmund students in the fifth, eighth, and 12th grades, who have a 3.1 cumulative grade point average or higher are eligible to participate in the Louisiana Student of the Year awards program for the Diocese of Lafayette.

Guest speakers on campus at St. Edmund

Each year, during the second semester of school at St. Edmund High, college and technical school representatives give presentations to juniors.

Third graders conduct scientific experiment

Mary Joubert’s third grade students at St. Edmund Elementary used a scientific method process to conduct an experiment to figure out what heats up faster? Sand? Soil? or Rocks? (Submitted photo)

Enhance meals with homegrown herbs

By Heather Kirk-Ballard, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Nothing completes a great recipe better than fresh herbs straight from your garden. Have you ever pulled out a recipe that calls for a specific fresh herb, gone to the grocery and couldn’t find it? Or you find it but it’s not the quality you want?