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Eunice Main Street offers restoration grant opportunity

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 10, 2022
Eunice Main Street is soliciting Main Street Restoration Grant applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program offers grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.
Randy Fontenot

Randy Fontenot

Fontenot announces for Eunice chief of police

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 10, 2022
I, Randy Fontenot, thank you for allowing me to serve you as your chief of police for the last eight years and hereby announce my candidacy for re-election. I have been serving as your chief of police since 2015.

Roads, buildings funded

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 10, 2022
The area is about to get busy with construction projects funded in the legislative session that ended June 6. “It was a long and interesting session. It wasn’t a real contentious one, which was nice just to really focus on getting some things for our area,” State Rep. Phillip DeVillier said.
Drew Miller

Drew Miller

Miller tells airport history

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, June 10, 2022
Drew Miller has served as manager for the Eunice Airport for the past 38 years and on Wednesday he spoke about the airport’s history at the Eunice Rotary Club. Miller is a 1967 Eunice High School graduate, attended LSUE, and a graduate of Louisiana Tech where he earned a business marketing degree.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Pickleball every Monday, Wednesday You are invited to play Pickleball every Monday and Wednesday during the month of June from 1 to 3 p.m. inside the gym at LSUE. Newcomers are welcomed. Anyone 10 years old and older can play.
As Eunice Players’ Theatre rehearses with these young actors of the cast of “Charlotte’s Web,” they are seeking youth artists, ages 8 to 18, to paint the scenery for the stage. With the guidance of adult artists and teachers, those with a budding talent for drawing and painting will create the visual elements of the play, including the interior of a barn and the exterior of a county fair. In the meantime, the actors will continue to learn their lines and develop their characters for the performances to be h

As Eunice Players’ Theatre rehearses with these young actors of the cast of “Charlotte’s Web,” they are seeking youth artists, ages 8 to 18, to paint the scenery for the stage. With the guidance of adult artists and teachers, those with a budding talent for drawing and painting will create the visual elements of the play, including the interior of a barn and the exterior of a county fair. In the meantime, the actors will continue to learn their lines and develop their characters for the performances to be h

Players’ Theatre seeks artists

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
As Eunice Players’ Theatre rehearses with these young actors of the cast of “Charlotte’s Web,” they are seeking youth artists, ages 8 to 18, to paint the scenery for the stage.
Front, from left, are Dr. Malcolm Vidrine, PhD, Louisianian Conservationist of the Year, and Margaret Frey, Volunteer Recognition Award. Back, from left, are Annette Parker, Society outgoing president, Steve Nevitt, CPHPS president, Colby LeJeune, Society vice president, John Michael Kelley, speaker and Eric Van Bergen, Ascension Episcopal School Cajun Prairie Project. (Submitted photo)

Front, from left, are Dr. Malcolm Vidrine, PhD, Louisianian Conservationist of the Year, and Margaret Frey, Volunteer Recognition Award. Back, from left, are Annette Parker, Society outgoing president, Steve Nevitt, CPHPS president, Colby LeJeune, Society vice president, John Michael Kelley, speaker and Eric Van Bergen, Ascension Episcopal School Cajun Prairie Project. (Submitted photo)

Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society recognizes Vidrine

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society held its Spring Symposium and meeting on May 14 at the Ascension Episcopal School’s Youngsville campus. Members of the Society took the opportunity to tour the Cajun Prairie Garden planted by Eric Van Bergen and the Society in the spring of 2019.
Glendale Elementary teacher Keesha Huval assists Zailynne Taylor during a Camp Accelerate class on Tuesday. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Glendale Elementary teacher Keesha Huval assists Zailynne Taylor during a Camp Accelerate class on Tuesday. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

For many students, school started Monday

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Another school session started Monday in St. Landry Parish as the school district started Camp Accelerate to help students overcome any learning loss that occurred during the COVID pandemic. Classes are being held at Glendale and East elementary schools in Eunice.