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Soil health, cover crops field sugarcane field day set

Rick Bogren, rbogren@agcenter.lsu.edu JEANERETTE — The LSU AgCenter has scheduled a soil health and cover crop workshop for July 26 in conjunction with a sugarcane field day for Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes.

Soil health, cover crops field sugarcane field day set

Rick Bogren, rbogren@agcenter.lsu.edu JEANERETTE — The LSU AgCenter has scheduled a soil health and cover crop workshop for July 26 in conjunction with a sugarcane field day for Iberia, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes.

A siamese twin cucumber

Jimmy Smith of Eunice stopped by the newspaper office to show off his “siamese twin cucumber as he called it.” Grown in his garden at home, he hadn’t seen one quite grown in this shape. Smith has kept count since May 6 of how many cucumbers he has picked, and his total is 546.

An ice cream social at Goodhope Place Apartments

Tenants at Goodhope Place Apartments beat the heat with an ice cream and cake birthday party held by the manager Cheryl Anderson. From left are tenants Gerrell Charles, Viola Dossman, Danny Godfrey, Sandra Rideau, Marie Scott, Richard McDaniels and Debra King.

LSU Ag horticulturist suggests how to deal with grass clippings

By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist As if mowing the lawn wasn’t trouble enough, dealing with and disposing of grass clippings is a major pain. Clumps of grass clippings left on the lawn are unsightly and yellow the grass beneath them.

Louisiana 4-H announces state contest winners, new officers

BATON ROUGE — With a theme of “We’re all in this together,” nearly 1,500 4-H’ers from across the state won educational trips, participated in educational programs and selected new officers for the 2018-19 school year during 4-H University.

Identifying and understanding dehyration

Dehydration can affect anyone at any time, especially during the heated summertime months. My philosphy is to always drink fluids, and lots of it.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom at the library

There were some “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” dancers at the library Wednesday morning. Bobbie Bordelon displayed a video screen with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom music and dance moves for the children in attendance. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Crafts at Story Time

Hayes Ortego, 8, left, and Elly Ortego, 6, color a coconut tree during a recent Story Time hour at the Eunice Public Library. Every Wednesday morning the library host Story Time hour for children to enjoy. (Photo by Myra Miller)

St. Anthony’s Happy Days

Cheyenne Leger, 6, was one of the participants at St. Anthony’s annual Happy Days Vacation Bible School. She wrote the name of her Hero on her name tag. (Photo by Myra Miller)