The Oliva Dodd’s Studio of Dance dancers performed during the annual Eunice Player’s Theatre’s Irving Awards Saturday evening. Choreography was by London Dodd Vidrine.
An event in Eunice, “Black Women Against All Odds, ” was held Jan. 28 with a Eunice native Col. Gwendolyn Hebert Thompson as parade marshal and guest speaker at the Liberty Theater.
Eunice Elementary named its Teacher of the Year. Katie Fontenot, a third-grade teacher, has nine years of teaching under her belt. Fontenot earned her bachelors in education from the University of Lafayette.
This week’s Student of the Week is Brandon Leger, a seventh grader at Eunice Junior High School. His parents are Danny and Sharlene Leger.
Samuel Estilette
Spencer and Megan Estilette of Ville Platte announce the birth of their son, Samuel Robert Estilette, born at Acadian Medical Center on Jan. 28 weighing 7 pounds and 4.6 ounces.
The “Rendez-vous des Cajuns” Cajun Music Radio & TV show Saturday at the Liberty Center at 6 p.m. will have a Samedi Gras with Jambalaya Cajun Band and an appearance by the Basile Mardi Gras Association.
Valentine’s Day, at the most, is just another day for me. Since I’m single and with no prospects, haha, I celebrate the date just as another day.
St. Edmund School kicked off its Catholic School Week celebration by named Students of the Year, Teachers of the Year, and Supporter of the Year during Mass Monday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.
St. Edmund Elementary kindergarteners in Suzanne Wimberley’s class participated in 100th Day of School by creating and designing their own posters. Front, from left, are Emma Montgomery, Avery Cormier, Millie Fontenot and Bryn Heinen.
Eunice High School seniors donated toiletries to the New Life Center in Opelousas on Dec. 19 as their senior project.