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Steve Moosa, right, CPA with Darnall Sikes & Frederick, reads highlights from the city budget at a special meeting on Wednesday. Seated, from left, are Chad Andrepont, Ward 1 alderman; Germaine Simpson, Ward 2 alderwoman; Ginny Moody, city clerk; Scott Fontenot, mayor; Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, alderman at-large; Randall Reed, Ward 3 alderman; and Connie Thibodeaux, Ward 4 alderwoman. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
City’s budget approved
Mayor Scott Fontenot was the guest speaker Wednesday at the Rotary Club meeting. From left, are Bob Fontenot, Rotarian; LSUE Chancellor Nancee Sorenson, president of Rotary; and Fontenot. Mayor Fontenot was the guest of Bob Fontenot. (Photo by Myra Miller)
Mayor touts progress at City Hall
City of Eunice offices closed for Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5
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Reed named to Acadiana Watershed District Board
Members of the Evangeline Parish Library Board of Control met with engineers and Friends of the Library members on June 6 to award the low bid for the new Basile branch library building. Pictured above (left to right, seated) are Bill Fontenot, engineer; Sandra Salazar, board president; Rella Joseph, board vice-president; Lisa Godeaux, secretary and parish library employee; (standing) Linda Lebsack, board member; Ronnie Landreneau, engineer; Suzy Lemoine, co-manager of the Evangeline Parish Library system;
Evangeline Parish Library Board approves bid for new Basile library
The Queen Cinema on Walnut Street on Tuesday afternoon. The movie theater is for sale. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Eunice landmark Queen Cinema, built in 1937, is for sale
Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, sponsored legislation that will cut permit fees for trucking businesses like the one her husband owns. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)