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EHS senior high project

Eunice High School seniors De’Andre Courville, left, Seth Deshotel, Brodi Walker, and Hunter Fontenot pose with Robbi Courville, left, mentor. For their senior project, the seniors cleaned and pressure washed at Faith Christian Worship Center in Eunice. (Submitted photo)

Top seller at Glendale Elementary

Jace Abshire, a pre-k student at Glendale Elementary, was named the top seller in the school’s fall fund-raiser. He won $50 for his reward. His teacher is Natasha Gil. (Submitted photo)

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Lainey Briggs, a senior at Eunice High School. Her parents are Scott and Nicky Briggs. If you had to live in another part of the world, where would you want to live and why? I would like to live near the East Coast because of the climate and scenery.

LaRecolte 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 LaRecolte. Admission is $5 at the door. Show starts at 6 p.m. The Liberty opens at 4 p.m. Starting at 10 a.m.

Chocolate linked to Valentine’s Day in the 1800s

How did chocolate become tied to Valentine’s Day? The following, courtesy of Newspaper Metro, explains the sweet link.

‘Southern Fried Funeral’ captures top honors during annual Irving Awards

Submitted “Southern Fried Funeral” earned top honors at the 49th annual Eunice Player’s Theatre’s Irving Awards. The play took home the Irving Award for Best Play, and earned Best Director awards for Sharon Blankenship and Amy Maricle in their directorial debut.

‘Bard of the South’ at St. Edmund Elementary

Rickey Pittman, often called, “Bard of the South, visited St. Edmund and spoke to the school’s second, third, fourth and fifth-graders. Pittman is an award-winning author, storyteller, and folk singer who has written and published many books and CDs.

Fatica, Hard as Nails, at St. Ed

St. Edmund students and faculty were honored Monday to have visiting evangelists for the past straight four years in a row. Justin Fatica and Hard As Nails missionary team delivered a message of “Your Amazing-The Journey to Joy”. (Submitted photo)

Khalifa top academic student at UL Lafayette

Dahlia Khalifa, a recent graduate, was named as the outstanding academic student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She was presented the prestigious President Ray Authement Award for having the highest scholastic average in the science curriculum. Khalifa chose to attend UL Lafayette.

Facts about February

Today is January 31. It’s hard to believe that the month of February is upon us. It seems like we just celebrated New Year’s Day. The following, courtesy of Newspaper Metro, gives interesting facts about the month of February.