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Lyn Henley, standing at right, a representative from Volkert Inc., speaks to St. Landry Parish School Board members on Monday during a meeting to decide on a master plan for a building program. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Lyn Henley, standing at right, a representative from Volkert Inc., speaks to St. Landry Parish School Board members on Monday during a meeting to decide on a master plan for a building program. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board waffles on building plan

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
The St. Landry Parish School Board seemed to have decided on building elementary schools in Opelousas and Eunice if a tax proposition passes. Lyn Henley, a representative from Volkert Inc.

School Board may extend COVID sick leave

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
The St. Landry Parish School Board approved extending COVID-19 sick leave for its employees through Dec. 31. The recommendation was made by the Board’s Executive Committee at a meeting Monday in Opelousas. The full Board must approve the leave.
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Approval sought for teachers to wear scrubs

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
As another pandemic year unfolds, the St. Landry Parish School Board will be asked to allow teachers to wear surgical uniforms — scrubs. School Board member Myron Guillory, who championed the scrubs issue last year, asked that approval be given again for their use.

Eunice High leads parish in graduation rate

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Eunice High School had the highest graduation rate among the six traditional high schools in St. Landry Parish. The Class of 2020’s graduation rate was 91.1%, an increase of 11.1 percentage points from the Class of 2019. The parish overall graduation rate for the Class of 2020 was 79.5%, up from 74.
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Myra Miller
Monday, August 23, 2021
French Table at Eunice Depot Friends of the Depot Museum have organized a French Table at 9:30 every Wednesday at the Eunice Depot Museum on 220 South CC Duson in Eunice. The public is invited. For more information, call 457-6540.

We have a long tradition of gossip

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 20, 2021
I have a mind’s-eye vision of Jean Gaudet as a crusty old Frenchman, sun-burnt, with dark, work-hardened hands, capable of doing what had to be done to wrest a simple life from the soil. He was probably an independent old cuss.
St. Landry Parish Registrar Cheryl Milburn and demographer Mike Hefner were among those who spoke at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting on Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish Registrar Cheryl Milburn and demographer Mike Hefner were among those who spoke at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting on Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Polling place changes draw criticism

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 20, 2021
Polling place changes drew criticism from voters at a St. Landry Parish Council meeting on Wednesday. The Council approved changes that reduced the number of precincts from 92 to 53.
A girl sees and feels the approach of Big Boy. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A girl sees and feels the approach of Big Boy. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Big Boy rumbles through Eunice

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 20, 2021
By Claudette Olivier and Carissa Hebert The Church Point News and Kinder Courier A Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive never made a trip along the “O.G.” railroad between Opelousas and Church Point, but one of the 1.2 million pound train engines got as close as it will likely ever get to Church Point.