Lifestyle

Students hear about opportunities in agriculture at AgCenter career day

By Bruce Schultz, bschultz@agcenter.lsu.edu CROWLEY — Students from nine parishes attended the Southwest Regional Agricultural Career Day on Dec. 11 to learn about the vast range of career choices in agriculture.

St. Edmund Jr. Beta club gives to food bank

On Dec. 19 the St. Edmund Jr. Beta Club members presented a check of $1,200 to The Eunice Food Bank. Proceeds from a recent Christmas Cookie Festival went to the food bank.

St. Edmund raises money for New Life Center

St. Edmund High School’s religion department raised $800 for the New Life Pregnancy Center, in which the grand opening will be in January. It is part of their high school service project. St.

Three strategies to help achieve goals in new year

A new year is a great time to set goals. A handful of strategies can help people set their goals and keep them on track toward achieving them.

Positive Office Referral students named at East Elementary

East Elementary named its Positive Office Referrals students. From left, are Kinsley Johnson, Shaniya Daughtery and Amiyah LeBlanc. At right is Principal Gina LaGrange. (Submitted photos)

Dads with Kids at East

A local organization, Dads with Kids, recently rewarded two fourth-graders at East Elementary for showing an all-round improvement at school. With Elliott Mitchell, president of the organization, are Amiah Leblanc, left, and Kinzey Reed. (Submitted photo)

JD Bank gives to food bank

Kitty Jo Deshotel, left, vice president and branch manager of JD Bank, gives a $300 check to Mary Ann Guillory, director of the Eunice Food Bank. (Submitted photo)

Birth Announcements

Jaxson Dupre Caroline Castille of Sunset and Brennon Dupre of Opelousas announce the birth of their son, Jaxson Antonio Dupre, born at Acadian Medical Center on Dec. 18 weighing 6 pounds and 12 ounces. Maternal grandmother is Carla Castille of Sunset.

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Ava Elfert, a fifth-grader at Central Middle School. Her parents are Jeanne and Justin Elfert. 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 Hollywood because there’s a lot to see and do.

LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens presents first Green Stick workshop

By Rick Bogren, rbogren@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden is introducing Green Stick Workshops, an initiative to provide hands-on learning about all things green, with the first event set for Feb. 1.