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VFW Post 8971 gives tribute to Nagata

The VFW Post 8971 was honored to give a speech honoring Joe Nagata and the 442nd/100th Battalion of WW2. Joe Nagata, a Japanese-American soldier was in the 442nd. He also played football for LSU and was the head football coach for both Eunice High School and St Ed High School after the war.

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Xander Bakka, a sixth-grader at Central Middle School. His parents are Estelle and Bruce Bakka. If you had to live in another part of the world, where would you want to live and why?

Birth Announcements

Karter Gallow Shaniqua Gallow and Lee Eric Ardoin announce the birth of their son, Karter Lee Gallow, born at Acadian Medical Center on Aug. 23 weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces. He was welcomed home by many family members. Dwight Allen Jr.

American beautyberry: a true American native

By: Rick Bogren, rbogren@agcenter.lsu.edu Heather Kirk-Ballard, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is a native shrub of North America.

Understanding and living with sciatica

Sciatica can have an adverse effect on everyday life, causing pain that can radiate from the lower back through the hips and buttocks and down the legs. I am personally experiencing sciatica pain more often.

Eunice High names Homecoming Court

Eunice High School named its Homecoming Court Wednesday. The Eunice High Bobcats will play against Abbeville High Wildcats for its homecoming game on Oct. 4. Senior maids include, seated, from left, Layla Bellard, Caroline Andrus, Mone Edwards, Amanda Rougeau and Shanyia Toussaint.

Dads with Kids at East Elementary

Members of the Dad’s with Kids organization in Eunice treated fourth grade students at East Elementary with pizza for lunch. The Dads also visited with students and encouraged them to do their best in school. From left, Bracey Ballew, Dad Paul DeRousselle and Ah’Reviona Brickey. (Submitted photo)

ABC to host annual Wild Game Dinner

Acadian Baptist Center will hold its 9th annual Wild Game Dinner Oct. 15 on the ABC campus near Richard. At 5 p.m., a variety of wild game dishes will be available to enjoy, as well as booths and demonstrations related to outdoor sports. At 7 p.m.

A look at the past... inside a lunchroom

These lunchroom workers are pictured in the 1950s at the old High School. According to T.J. LeBouef of Eunice, “Back then all students. elementary through high school, ate at different times inside one large lunchroom located on the grounds of the high school.

“Crimes of the Heart” Eunice Players’ next offering

Rehearsals are underway as Eunice Players’ Theatre continues its 50th anniversary season with “Crimes of the Heart”. This heartwarming comedy is written by Beth Henley and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. It was first produced by EPT in 1988 under the direction of Victor Andrews.