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A check for $4,650 from the Eunice Rotary Club was presented to the Eunice Community Health Center at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. The money is from the Eunice Rotary Zydeco Triathlon held in April. Accepting the check on behalf of the clinic was Alisa Ardoin, right. Also shown, from left, are Rotarians Coby Clavier and Pat Dossman. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A check for $4,650 from the Eunice Rotary Club was presented to the Eunice Community Health Center at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. The money is from the Eunice Rotary Zydeco Triathlon held in April. Accepting the check on behalf of the clinic was Alisa Ardoin, right. Also shown, from left, are Rotarians Coby Clavier and Pat Dossman. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Rotary donation to Eunice Community Health Center

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
A check for $4,650 from the Eunice Rotary Club was presented to the Eunice Community Health Center at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. The money is from the Eunice Rotary Zydeco Triathlon held in April. Accepting the check on behalf of the clinic was Alisa Ardoin, right.
The Rev. Mitch Guidry, center, processes into Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Church. Also pictured are Deacon Chuck Ortego (left) and Deacon Ben Soileau (right). (Photo by Tony Marks/Ville Platte Gazette)

The Rev. Mitch Guidry, center, processes into Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Church. Also pictured are Deacon Chuck Ortego (left) and Deacon Ben Soileau (right). (Photo by Tony Marks/Ville Platte Gazette)

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Jesuit friend inspired Ville Platte priest

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
Stories of growing up together in Church Point and entering the seminary together were shared as the Rev. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, delivered the homily during an anniversary Mass for his friend, the Rev. Mitch Guidry, pastor of Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Church in Ville Platte.

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School Board reviews school bus safety

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
School buses may be allowed to load and unload students in the far right lane of traffic if the St. Landry Parish School Board approves a policy change. The Board’s Executive Committee mulled over policy changes regarding buses at a meeting Monday in Opelousas.
Louisiana Department of Health officials Dr. Tina Stefanski, left, and Stacy Conrad spoke about virus threats and the rising deadly danger from fentanyl at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan )

Louisiana Department of Health officials Dr. Tina Stefanski, left, and Stacy Conrad spoke about virus threats and the rising deadly danger from fentanyl at the Eunice Rotary Club meeting. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan )

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Fentanyl poses severe threat

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 26, 2022
The nation is on the downside of the sixth surge of the COVID Omicron variant, monkeypox is on the emerging and fentanyl is a rising deadly threat. That sums up the message from Dr.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Bulb & Blossom meeting set Sept. 6 The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 with a social and business meeting. The meeting will be held at Jacquelyn Love’s home at 1351 Clanton in Eunice.

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Princeton Review places UL Lafayette among best

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among the “Best 388 Colleges for 2023” for undergraduate education among the country’s four-year colleges, according to The Princeton Review.

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Spectrum awarded Gumbo grant for St. Landry Parish

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Spectrum announced it has been awarded a $1.45 million grant to bring gigabit high-speed internet access to over 300 homes and small businesses in St. Landry Parish.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy looks at a “Thank You” from LSUE during a presentation on Friday of a $1 million grant to upgrade LSU Eunice’s Allied Health laboratory equipment. Third from left, is Chancellor Nancee Sorenson. (Photo by Myra Miller )

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy looks at a “Thank You” from LSUE during a presentation on Friday of a $1 million grant to upgrade LSU Eunice’s Allied Health laboratory equipment. Third from left, is Chancellor Nancee Sorenson. (Photo by Myra Miller )

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Cassidy announces health education grant at LSUE

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D.announced that Louisiana State University Eunice has been granted $1 million dollars in funding from Congress, via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022.
Retired accordion-maker Larry Miller, left, talks with Barbara Boltoukhine, of France, at the CFMA Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday. Scalamogna is a representative for the Louisiana Office of Tourism. In the background is Sarah Savoy, who performed with Cameron Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Retired accordion-maker Larry Miller, left, talks with Barbara Boltoukhine, of France, at the CFMA Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Sunday. Scalamogna is a representative for the Louisiana Office of Tourism. In the background is Sarah Savoy, who performed with Cameron Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Tourism promise

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Tourism took a deep hit when the COVID pandemic forced people to stay home starting in March 2020. In Eunice, that was combined with the closing of the Liberty Theatre and Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Culture Center. Both are shutdown for repairs.
Mary Tate Collier, a resident at Eunice Manor, celebrated her 100th birthday with a party Friday. Collier and her late sister, Ethel Tate, owned and managed Mary Collier Fashions from 1966 until 1984. Blowing out her candle on her birthday cake with her are Nickie Toups, administrator, left, and Lauren Lirette, minimum data set nurse at Eunice Manor.

Mary Tate Collier, a resident at Eunice Manor, celebrated her 100th birthday with a party Friday. Collier and her late sister, Ethel Tate, owned and managed Mary Collier Fashions from 1966 until 1984. Blowing out her candle on her birthday cake with her are Nickie Toups, administrator, left, and Lauren Lirette, minimum data set nurse at Eunice Manor.

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Collier clothed many in Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
It was a morning to celebrate Friday because Eunice Manor resident Mary Collier would turn 100 years old on Sunday. Collier, born on Aug. 21, 1922, in Ville Platte, is last surviving child from her family.