Lifestyle

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Jennifer Fuselier, a senior at Eunice High School. Her guardians are Scott and Lisa Deshotel. If you had to live in another part of the world, where would you want to live and why? I would like to live in London because I love cold weather and the culture.

Rose rosette disease confirmed in north Louisiana

By Johnny Morgan, jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — New reports of rose rosette disease were recently confirmed in commercial landscapes in the Shreveport and Bossier City area.

How parents can motivate students

Motivating kids to be excited about their schoolwork at the start of the new school year sometimes can be difficult. But parents can explore various strategies that can help their children adjust to life in the classroom and motivate them to perform to the best of their abilities.

South Carolina takes first place at 4-H seafood cook-off

By Johnny Morgan, jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu NEW ORLEANS — The competition was steep with seven teams competing at this year’s Great American Seafood Cook-Off: 4-H Edition at the Morial Convention Center on Aug. 5.

Louisiana 4-H’ers win fifth place at national forestry competition

By Johnny Morgan, jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE — Louisiana placed fifth among 15 states that competed in the 39th annual National 4-H Forestry Invitational from July 29 to Aug. 2. Teams from Alabama, North Carolina and Florida placed first, second and third, respectively.

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.