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Honor Roll at Eunice Jr. High for second nine weeks

Eunice Junior High School lists its Honor Roll for second nine weeks of school. Students are listed below. Seventh grade, 4.0: Ava DeVillier, Abbie Dupre, E’mon Jones, and Caroline Vienne.

Richard Elementary’s gift of kindness

Richard Elementary presented its Christmas program, “Santa’s Holiday Hoedown" on Dec. 22 in the filled to capacity school gym. But prior to the start of the program, the school presented a check for $1,627 to the Welcome House Shelter, which will cover its electric bill with Slemco for a month.

Things you might not know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Source: Metro Newspaper Well respected, honored and appreciated for his civil rights activism, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rightfully earned his place as one of the most influential figures in American and world history. Through his religious teachings and social activism, Dr.

Top AR readers at East Elementary

Receiving their 25-point ribbon for Accelerated Reading in East Elementary’s Danielle Daigle’s third-grade class is Reiana Celestine. She is pictured with her teacher. Not pictured is Kyle Fontenot. Fontenot earned his 25 points in AR program. (Submitted Photos)

East Elementary's "Big Bang Behavior" students honored

As part of the Operation Greatness program for December, the following East Elementary students were awarded the Big Bang Behavior Award for demonstrating positive behavior.

AgCenter research station breaks milk production

By: Olivia McClure, omcclure@agcenter.lsu.edu FRANKLINTON – The dairy herd at the LSU AgCenter Southeast Research Station in Franklinton has broken a record for milk production, reaching the highest rolling herd average ever documented in Louisiana.

Strike early on weed-infested winter lawns

By: Richard Bogren BATON ROUGE – Recent cold weather in Louisiana has caused lawns to go mostly dormant. If you see green plants in the lawn right now, it’s probably the first flush of winter weeds such as annual bluegrass, chickweed and lawn burweed, said LSU AgCenter turf specialist Ron Strahan.

LSU student overcomes obstacles along path to graduation

By: Tobie Blanchard BATON ROUGE– When Alexandra Arceneaux crossed the stage with her service dog, Mishka, at the LSU College of Agriculture commencement ceremony on Dec. 16 at the Maddox Fieldhouse, the crowd erupted in applause.

Eunice High seniors volunteer at Oak Lane Wellness

Eunice High School seniors Tierra Fontenot, Makayla McCauley, Katelyn Howell, and Cora Rillig-Ware volunteered at OakLane Wellness as their senior project. The group helped and assisted on Dec. 21 during the residents’ Christmas Party.

Class Act Student of the Week

This week’s Student of the Week is Kamryn Miller, a senior at Eunice High School. Her parents are Tracy Lomas and Kirk Miller. 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 Disney World because it is the happiest place on earth.