Lifestyle

The many benefits of tomatoes

Modern diets designed with nutrition in mind are much more flavorful than the healthy diets of yesteryear. Healthy foods have long suffered from an ill-gotten reputation that they’re devoid of flavor, but one need only look at tomatoes to see how nutrition and flavor are not incompatible.

Attention all graduating seniors

Graduation will be approaching soon and much is needed ahead of time for the newspaper’s special graduation edition. Eunice High and St. Edmund seniors are to email their senior bios.

Family activities to get kids off the couch

Thanks to increasingly busy weekday schedules that have families running in different directions for work, school and extracurricular activities, weekends are an ideal time to recharge. Too often, however, family members retire to their respective rooms, devices in hand.

Eunice Community Garden Easter activities

Elton Elementary special education students took a special field trip to the Eunice Community Garden on March 28. The students enjoyed a Storytime reading and activities by Eunice librarians. A local park ranger assisted children with animal activities, and the kids enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt.

Birth Announcements

Nora’ea August Tayona and Chad August of Eunice announce the birth of their daughter, Nora’ea Mae’liahna Reyn August, born at Acadian Medical Center on March 13 weighing 6 pounds and 8 ounces. Maternal grandmother is Faith Peterson of Eunice. Paternal grandfather is Reynaldo Woods of Eunice.

Seven surprising health benefits of walking

Individuals looking for a way to incorporate exercise into their lives need look no further than their own feet. Walking offers numerous health benefits to people of all ages, and it’s particularly beneficial to fitness novices.

Attention all graduating seniors

Graduation will be approaching soon and much is needed ahead of time for the newspaper’s special graduation edition. Eunice High and St. Edmund seniors are to email their senior bios.

Six Easter egg coloring tips

Coloring Easter eggs is a time-honored tradition dating back more than 2,500 years. There is evidence that people living in the ancient settlement of Trypillia dyed eggs. Ancient Persians also were believed to paint eggs for Nowruz (Persian New Year).

Attention all graduating seniors

Graduation will be approaching soon and much is needed ahead of time for the newspaper’s special graduation edition. Eunice High and St. Edmund seniors are to email their senior bios.

NAUW Eunice Branch honors Women in the Community

Members of the Eunice Branch of the National Association of University Women sponsored its annual program recently to recognize women in the community for for their skills and talents to help others in various ways and to make life better for them.