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Myra Miller
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Know Your Worth, Say Yes to the dress Sponsors New Zion Baptist Church’s Excellence Know Your Worth, Dads & Kids and New Day Personal Care Services will host a Prom Dress Giveaway from 5 to 7 p.m. from April 11 until April 13 at New Zion Baptist Church J.G. Frank Life Center, in Eunice.
Dr. Kina Sweet

Dr. Kina Sweet

Sweet swarded by LSU Online and Continuing Education

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Dr. Kina Sweet, LSU Eunice program coordinator of medical billing and coding, was honored by the LSU Online And Continuing Education team, it was recently announced at their spring conference.

Teachers’ Retirement pays $83M in Tri-Parish

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) reports Tri-Parish retirement dollars paid in 2022 totaled $83,365,094. Tri-Parish recipients averaged $25,690 per year. TRSL reports paying $630 million in retirement income to retirees and beneficiaries in Acadiana.

Tri-Parish workforce down 0.5%

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Tri-Parish workforce in February was down 312 people or 0.5% compared to a year ago in February, according to Louisiana Workforce Commission statistics released Tuesday. The report also shows Tri-Parish unemployment rates are holding steady.
Dean Whitsett, center was among the veterans attending Vet Fest at LSUE on Saturday. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Dean Whitsett, center was among the veterans attending Vet Fest at LSUE on Saturday. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Vet Fest grows

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
About 100 people attended Vet Fest at LSUE on Saturday where a two-hour symposium was loaded with information for veterans and their families. John Hamlin, vice chancellor of Academic Affairs and provost at LSUE, welcomed the participants and attendees.
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Myra Miller
Monday, April 3, 2023
Bulb & Blossom meeting set April 4 The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. A social will begin at 5:30 p.m. and at 6 p.m. the meeting will begin. Lynn Pavich will be a hostess of “Easter symbols and Native Lore.

Easy ways to sprout seeds

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 31, 2023
Submitted by the Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club An fun, easy, and inexpensive way to grow plants is to start them from seeds indoors. It increases the number of sprouts and give the young seedlings a head start on the growing season. Mason Jar – this method works better with larger seeds.
Nickie Toups, the administrator of Eunice Manor Nursing Home, was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Nickie Toups, the administrator of Eunice Manor Nursing Home, was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Toups talks about long term care payment options

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 31, 2023
The topic of conversation at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting was Medicare and Medicaid. Nickie Toups, the administrator of Eunice Manor Nursing Home, was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting. Toups talked about long term care in nursing homes.
Jim Patterson, interim president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, spoke March 28 at the Grand Opera House about the upcoming Legislative Session and the October elections. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

Jim Patterson, interim president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, spoke March 28 at the Grand Opera House about the upcoming Legislative Session and the October elections. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post-Signal)

LABI eyes insurance, tax reform budget and education in session

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 31, 2023
(March 30) — Some good things can happen in the upcoming Legislative Session. Some good things can happen in the upcoming statewide elections. Unfortunately, because of the latter, officials with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry are not very hopeful about the former.
From left, St. Landry Parish School Board President Joyce Haynes and Courtney Joiner, Board attorney, during the Executive Committee meeting on March 27. Joiner was discussing the procedure for hiring a new school superintendent. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

From left, St. Landry Parish School Board President Joyce Haynes and Courtney Joiner, Board attorney, during the Executive Committee meeting on March 27. Joiner was discussing the procedure for hiring a new school superintendent. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board to learn who superintendent applicants are this week

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, March 31, 2023
The St. Landry Parish School Board is to learn this week who has applied for the superintendent’s job. Courtney Joiner, the Board’s attorney, said he and the superintendent’s secretary will retrieve the applications from a post office box on Tuesday. Applications were due March 24.