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Eunice Community Garden celebrates

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
There was a festive air at the Eunice Community Garden on Friday as the Second Harvest Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market was open for business and a crowd was present. Randy Miller, Community Garden director, said about 200 people attended the open house around noon.

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Crowd tells a story about animal issues in Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
A meeting on a proposed animal control ordinance for St. Landry Parish drew two people. That’s compared to at least 30 people at a similar meeting in Opelousas. Parish President Jessie Bellard thinks the Aug.

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Registrar sending new voter ID cards

Rebecca Chaisson
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
new voter ID cards The St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters has announced that due to precinct reapportionment and the reapportionment of municipalities and school board districts, voters in St. Landry Parish will receive updated Voter Identification Cards.
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Myra Miller
Monday, August 15, 2022
Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society to meet The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society will have its annual summer meeting on Aug. 27 at LSUE. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. The meeting will be preceded by a tour of the Eunice prairie, starting at 8 a.m.
Rock garden with plants. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Rock garden with plants. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Finding garden inspiration

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist I have the great fortune in my profession to get to visit many gardens. Some are associated with land-grant universities and some are large-scale nursery producers, with many having trial gardens to evaluate new plant cultivars.
Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Eunice Rotarian of the Year

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
Patricia Dossman was honored as Eunice’s Rotarian of the Year at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. Presenting the award was Coby Clavier, immediate past president, who said Dossman is “Rotary through and through.” Dossman called Rotary Club members outstanding citizens. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Of ice, fish, and high-octane booze

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
More than a half century ago, Atchafalaya Basin fish buyers who knew what they were doing stopped at “Uncle Tom” Bernard’s post office before running up or down the river.
Sweet dough pies will be on sale at the Grand Coteau Sweet Dough Pie Festival is planned from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29. (Submitted photo)

Sweet dough pies will be on sale at the Grand Coteau Sweet Dough Pie Festival is planned from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29. (Submitted photo)

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Grand Coteau Sweet Dough Pie Festival set Oct. 29

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
The Grand Coteau Sweet Dough Pie Festival is planned from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 on the grounds of the Grand Coteau Town Park behind Town Hall, 231 Burleigh Lane.
Water rolls off South 5th Street at the intersecton with West Maple Avenue during Tuesday’s storm that flooded many streets in Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Water rolls off South 5th Street at the intersecton with West Maple Avenue during Tuesday’s storm that flooded many streets in Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Heavy rain recalls flood in August 2016

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 12, 2022
A rain on Tuesday that flooded Eunice streets brought back memories of a historic deluge in August 2016.