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St. Edmund High students at open house

These St. Edmund High freshmen students, Jose Deshotel, left, Kasen Hollier and Anthony Walker study school schedules during the high school’s open house held Aug. 8. (Submitted Photo)

Acadia DAR summer workshop

The Acadia Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution was represented at the summer workshop in Pineville by American History Chairman, Alma Reed, left, and Regent Charlene Lacombe. Round table discussions were held on the upcoming year for the various committees.

Louisiana takes first place at seafood cook-off

By Johnny Morgan, jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu NEW ORLEANS — Three Pointe Coupee Parish 4-H chefs showed the judges and the competition how seafood is done with their shrimp dish at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off: 4-H Edition on August 6.

LSU AgCenter horticulturist advises to remove faded flowers

By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Deadheading is an important but often neglected gardening technique. It refers to pruning off old, faded flowers from a plant as it blooms. It is most often done to annuals and perennials, but it is also useful with some summer-flowering trees and shrubs.

Birth Announcements

Caiden Malveaux Yolanda Kennerson and Craig Malveaux Jr. announce the birth of their son, Caiden Milique Malveaux, born at Acadian Medical Center on Aug. 2 weighing 6 pounds. Maternal grandmother is Elaine Rubin. Paternal grandparents are Joann Malveaux and Craig Malveaux Sr.

Survivorman event at Acadian Baptist Center

Do you know how to get back to civilization? What do you do if you are lost? How can you avoid being lost in the city? Acadian Baptist Center of Eunice will present a two-day event, Survivorman, on Sept. 15 and 16th for boys first-through sixth-grade and their dads and grandfathers.

A procession of statue of Mary at St. Edmund

As a processional tradition of the statue of Mary, St. Edmund football team members and spirit groups walked Friday and transported the Statue of Mary from the school’s campus, to Vine Street, and to the Blue Jay field in order to place Mary in her grotto for the 2017 football season.

Louisiana 4-H’ers take third place at national forestry competition

By Johnny Morgan BATON ROUGE — Louisiana placed third among 15 states that competed in the 38th annual National 4-H Forestry Invitational from July 30 through August 3. Teams from Arkansas and Florida placed first and second respectively.

Ashley Lodge 232 donates school supplies

The Ashley Lodge 232 Prince Hall Affiliate in Eunice recently donated school supplies to Eunice Junior High School. Seated, from left, are Damien Papillion, Don Dupre, Wishful Master; and James Carrier. In back, from left, are Clarence Lazard Jr.

Jay Cormier & Cajun Born at Liberty

The “Rendez-vous des Cajuns” Cajun Music Radio & TV show Saturday at the Liberty Center at 6 p.m. will feature a performance by Jay Cormier & Cajun Born. 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.