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Meet & Greet evening at Highland Elementary

A Meet & Greet event was held at Highland Elementary Tuesday evening where parents and students had the opportunity to meet their teacher and bring in school supplies. Randi Reed, a third grade teacher at Highland, welcomed some of her new students.

Meet The Teacher at Glendale Elementary

Glendale Elementary held its Meet The Teacher Tuesday evening where parents and students had the opportunity to meet their teacher and bring in school supplies. Jackie Johnson, a second grade teacher at Glendale, greets Kaiden Thomas. (Photo by Myra Miller)

First day of school at St. Edmund School

Students reported for their first day of school at St. Edmund Catholic School Wednesday. These seniors stopped for a photo, from left, Brianna Bertrand, Victoria Marcantel, Jaedyn Soileau, Kinsley Marcantel, and Katelyn LaCour. (Photos by Myra Miller)

First Baptist Church extends prayer at Highland Elementary

First Baptist Church members visited and prayed at many Eunice and area schools and one included Highland Elementary. First Baptist members at Highland included Barney and Jean Andrus, Dane and Beverly Laughlin, Malcom Naquin, Bertha Garcia, Mary Johnson, Eric, Ashley, and Matthew St.

4-H’ers learn culinary skills at KidChef Camp

By Karol Osborne, kosborne@agcenter.lsu.edu ALEXANDRIA — Junior chefs showcased their new culinary skills by hosting an informal buffet for their parents as part of the LSU AgCenter KidChef Camp held July 29-Aug. 1 at the DeWitt Livestock Center near Alexandria.

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.