Lifestyle

LSU Ag horticulturist answers the question of What do plants eat?

By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Gardeners are aware of the important relationship plants have with light. We are forever talking about the light preferences of plants. Every garden reference stresses how important it is to provide the proper light for different plants, indoors or outside.

Salvinia control efforts helped, hurt by winter’s severe cold

By Craig Gautreaux, cgautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu STEPHENSVILLE — A severe winter in Louisiana caused much of the giant salvinia in the state to die off, especially in the northern part of the state. However, the weather caused a drastic reduction of a weevil being used to control salvinia.

Business Garden of the Month chosen

Northside Veterinary Hospital, owned by Dr. Tim Deshotel and Amy Deshotel, received the Business Yard of the Month by the Bulb & Blossom Garden Club of Eunice. The business, located at 440 Hwy. 13 South, features magnolias, sasanqua, flax lilies, vincas, coleus and Indian Hawthorn.

Fontenot to speak at senior luncheon at ABC

Acadian Baptist Center will host a Senior Adult luncheon on Sep. 26.

VFW and Auxiliary Post awards scholarship

The VFW Department of Louisiana, Auxiliary awards one Borel Continuing Education scholarship each school year in the amount of $1,000. The Doucet-Aucoin VFW Post & Auxiliary announced that their entry, Tori Vidrine, is this years’ winner.

Troy LeJeune 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 Troy LeJeune & Cajun Revue. Show starts at 6 p.m. The Liberty opens at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, and children ages 7 to 12 are $3.

Louisiana 4-H’ers place in regional horse show

By Olivia McClure, omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — Several Louisiana 4-H members brought home awards from a recent regional horse show. They were among 4-H’ers from 13 states who participated in the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Show, held Aug. 1 to 5 in Perry, Georgia.

Birth Announcements

Alaysia Robinson Lonnie Robinson and Uniquewa Mouton announce the birth of their daughter, Alaysia Madalyn Elise Robinson, born at Acadian Medical Center on July 31 weighing 5 pounds and 11.8 ounces. Maternal grandmother is Mary W. Chachere. Paternal grandparents are Tarzan Wheeler and Debra Mouton.

School hygiene tips

For those parents with children in school trying to keep them healthy at school can be tricky. The following, courtesy of Newspaper Metro, gives parents tips on how to keep students healthy at school and at home.

Students report for first day at Eunice Elementary

These Eunice Elementary students arrive on campus Thursday to begin their first day of school. From left, are, Kristlin Broussard, second grader; Marissa Seraile, first grader; and Lederick Lewis, first grader. The principal at Eunice Elementary is Mary Dupre.