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Myra Miller
Monday, August 8, 2022
Food Farmacy open house set Friday The Eunice Community Garden will have a Food Farmacy open house from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday at 2101 West Ash in Eunice, behind the DMV. There will be refreshments.
Eunice High School FFA students, Jasmine Vargas and Wesley Doucet were state winners and advance to compete on the national level. Vargas and Doucet were introduced at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on Thursday. At the meeting, from left, are agricultural teachers Brook Comeaux and Rebecca Berzas, and Vargas and Doucet. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice High School FFA students, Jasmine Vargas and Wesley Doucet were state winners and advance to compete on the national level. Vargas and Doucet were introduced at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on Thursday. At the meeting, from left, are agricultural teachers Brook Comeaux and Rebecca Berzas, and Vargas and Doucet. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Eunice High FFA state winners

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
Eunice High School FFA students, Jasmine Vargas and Wesley Doucet were state winners and advance to compete on the national level. Vargas and Doucet were introduced at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on Thursday.
The Fête-Dieu du Teche begins at Leonville in 2019. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Fête-Dieu du Teche begins at Leonville in 2019. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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8th annual Fête-Dieu du Teche coincides with Eucharistic Revival

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
Fête-Dieu du Teche 2022, to take place Aug. 15, coincides with the three-year Eucharistic Revival underway in the United States. The intention for the all-day spiritual and cultural celebration will be for a Renaissance Eucharistique in Acadiana and beyond. The day begins at 8 a.m.
First United Methodist Church of Eunice welcomed a new pastor and assistant to the pastor this summer.

First United Methodist Church of Eunice welcomed a new pastor and assistant to the pastor this summer.

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Pastor, assistant named at First United Methodist Church

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
First United Methodist Church of Eunice welcomed a new pastor and assistant to the pastor this summer. Dr. Warren Langford begins serving as pastor and his assistant is Mrs. Christy Brammer. Both also serve FUMC at Crowley and Ebeneezer Methodist Church.

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Annual Zydeco Breakfast scheduled for Sept. 3

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
The City of Opelousas, Zydeco Music Capital of the World, hosts the Annual Zydeco Breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 3 in downtown Opelousas on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square. Featured musicians are Jeffery Broussard and The Creole Cowboys.
Mark Ardoin

Mark Ardoin

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Elton native leads the next Zydeco Capital Jam

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
Accordion ace Mark Ardoin leads the Zydeco Capital Jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 13 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas. Since February 2019, the jam has welcomed seasoned zydeco musicians and newcomers to play in St.
Bobbie Brown, founder of Sister2Sisters, was the guest speaker at Eunice Rotary Club Wednesday. She invited her daughter and friends to the meeting. From left are Brown, Priscilla Simon, and Shakaria Brown, Brown’s daughter. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Bobbie Brown, founder of Sister2Sisters, was the guest speaker at Eunice Rotary Club Wednesday. She invited her daughter and friends to the meeting. From left are Brown, Priscilla Simon, and Shakaria Brown, Brown’s daughter. (Photo by Myra Miller)

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Women’s shelter founder describes her vision

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
Bobbie Brown, founder of Sister2Sisters Shelter, a free non-profit women’s needs shelter, was the guest speaker at Wednesday’s Rotary Club meeting. Sister2Sisters Shelter is all about, “Helping women from all walks of life.
The meeting on Aug. 2 at the Delta Grand Theatre on a St. Landry Parish animal control ordinance. A meeting on the ordinance is planned Thursday in Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The meeting on Aug. 2 at the Delta Grand Theatre on a St. Landry Parish animal control ordinance. A meeting on the ordinance is planned Thursday in Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Proposed parish animal control ordinance goes on the road

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
A proposed St. Landry Parish animal control ordinance will be the subject of public meetings throughout the parish. “Our animal ordinance that we have in place now was put in place in 2005.

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St. Landry Parish LEAP scores improve

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, August 5, 2022
St. Landry Parish eked out a gain in LEAP scores for 2022 released Wednesday by the Louisiana Department of Education. The parish Mastery rate in 2022 was 23%, up from 21% in 2021. That compares to 31% Mastery rate statewide, up from 29% in 2021.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Food Farmacy Open House set Aug. 12 The Eunice Community Garden will have a Food Farmacy Open House from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 at 2101 West Ash in Eunice. There will be refreshments. Second Harvest Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market will be on site from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.