Lifestyle

4.0 GPA students honored at East Elementary

East Elementary recently recognized students earning a 4.0 GPA for the first half of the 2016-2017 school year. Seated, from left, are Caleb Simon, Desiree Arceneaux, Cayli Lemelle, Kain Lormand and Wesley Thibodeaux, all second-graders.

Celebrate the new year with 10 Louisiana free trees

Residents in our state can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January.

Birth Announcements

Cheyenne Elkins Kevin and Courtney Elkins of Eunice announce the birth of their daughter, Cheyenne Layne Elkins, born at Acadian Medical Center on Jan. 11 weighing 6 pounds and 1 ounce. Maternal grandparents are Lennie and Amanda Boulet of Eunice and Mary “Shelly” Fontenot of Walker.

‘Experimenting’ together, Central Middle and Eunice High

As part of Central Middle School’s “Navigating Futures’ learning and interacting experiences Central Middle School sixth-grade science classes traveled to Eunice High School’s senior physics class on Feb. 12 to learn more about science and physics.

Top fourth-grade Accelerated Readers at East Elementary

Receiving their 25-point ribbons for Accelerated Reading in Annetta Papillion’s fourth-grade class at East Elementary included, in front, from left Jace Aymond and Gabriel Dietrich.

Junior Auxiliary and Welders Equipment donates to Belly Buddies

Junior Auxiliary of Eunice and Welders Equipment donates $150 each to support Katie Richard and Belly Buddies.

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Hannah Andrus, a senior at Eunice High School. Her mother is Julie Labbie. 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 Florida, because I love the beach and view. Do you have a career wish?

Children’s Garden series set for LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens

By: Richard Bogren BATON ROUGE – The Children’s Garden at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden has announced a series of special events for the coming year.

Richard Lebouf 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 Richard Lebouf & Two Step. Doors open at 5 p.m. Show starts at 6 p.m. Advanced tickets are $15. Starting at 10 a.m.

Make the year clutter-free

Start the new year right at home. Set a goal to become clutter free. I have started cleaning, storing and throwing away, beginning one room at a time. The following, courtesy of Newspaper Metro, gives you tips and suggestions on how to become clutter free.