Lifestyle

George Prejean at Liberty Saturday

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

Solutions for a better night’s sleep

Sufficient sleep can have a dramatic, positive impact on a person’s quality of life. I know, for myself, if I don’t get enough sleep and a restful sleep I will not be fully energetic the next day. I have learned, however, that I cannot consume any kind of caffeine after 3 p.m.

Moses receives 91 cards on her 91st birthday

Dorothy Moses of Eunice wished and wanted 91 cards for her 91st birthday. Moses is the mother of Eunice’s Donna Baltakis. Baltakis put out a call to family, friends, neighbors and Heart of Hospice, who cares for her in Baltalkis home. Baltakis added, “The love poured in!

Rotary’s Triathlon gives to Eunice Health Clinic

Proceeds of $8,000 from Eunice Rotary’s annual Zydeco Triathlon was presented to the Eunice Community Health Clinic. From left are Nickie Toups, president of Rotary; Alisha Ardoin-Morein, pharmacy technician at the clinic; and Donald Richard, rotarian. Not pictured is David Reed.

Therapeutic cannabis samples collected for final round of testing before release to pharmacies

BATON ROUGE— Samples of products for the first release of the LSU AgCenter therapeutic cannabis program were collected Monday, July 29, for a final round of testing by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

Eunice schools lists its orientation and open house events

Some Eunice schools have announced its orientation and open house events. Eunice High School will have an orientation for ninth graders from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday followed by an open house from 2 to 3 p.m. St. Edmund School will host an open house from 5:30 until 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Birth Announcements

Mar’ques Senegal Kaylee Senegal and DeMarques Senegal announce the birth of their son, Mar’ques Paul Senegal, born at Acadian Medical Center on July 24 weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Jeana Roasas of Kinder and Randy Sharon of Shreveport.

Eunice High School holds registration

Eunice High School held registration for students, tenth-through twelfh-grades, Wednesday morning. Registering, left, Morgan Daigle, a sophomore; and Aubry LaFleur, a junior. Assisting students with registration are, left, Kelly Sonnier and Anna Bielstein. (Photos by Myra Miller)

AgCenter provides educational opportunities for Haitian students

By Johnny Morgan, jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — Two students from the Caribbean country of Haiti will soon have master’s degrees in agriculture from LSU.

Field day stresses need for young people in agriculture

By Karol Osborne, kosborne@agcenter.lsu.edu BONITA — The importance of connecting young people to agriculture and securing the future of farming in America emerged as central themes at the 2019 Morehouse Farm Field Day held July 19 in Bonita.