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We have a long tradition of gossip

Rebecca Chaisson
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)

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Polling place changes draw criticism

Rebecca Chaisson
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)

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Big Boy rumbles through Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
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.
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Big Boy passes through Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Train buffs and the curious gathered along the tracks in Eunice as Big Boy No. 4014, the famed Union Pacific steam locomotive built in the 1940s to conquer mountains while carrying equipment in support of World War II, passed through Eunice on Thursday. The scenes are near the La. 13 crossing.
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Myra Miller
Thursday, August 19, 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.

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Voter registration week begins Monday

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is joining registrars of voters across the state the week of Aug. 23 to 27 to hold Voter Registration Week activities aimed at registering Louisiana citizens to vote. The St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters Office will hold voter registration events on Aug.
UL Lafayette is planting the seeds for an outdoor classroom. The first step will be blanketing four acres along Coulee Mine with native plants, a campus urban prairie initiative supported by the CenterPoint Energy Foundation. Pictured, from left, are: Francisca Comeaux and Jeff Pike, CenterPoint Energy; Gretchen LaCombe Vanicor, UL Lafayette Office of Sustainability; Matt Smith, CenterPoint Energy; Andre Daugereaux, UL Lafayette Ecology Center; and Lisa Capone, UL Lafayette Office of Development.

UL Lafayette is planting the seeds for an outdoor classroom. The first step will be blanketing four acres along Coulee Mine with native plants, a campus urban prairie initiative supported by the CenterPoint Energy Foundation. Pictured, from left, are: Francisca Comeaux and Jeff Pike, CenterPoint Energy; Gretchen LaCombe Vanicor, UL Lafayette Office of Sustainability; Matt Smith, CenterPoint Energy; Andre Daugereaux, UL Lafayette Ecology Center; and Lisa Capone, UL Lafayette Office of Development.

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UL Lafayette laying the groundwork for outdoor ‘urban prairie’ classroom

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is sowing the seeds for an outdoor classroom for learning and research about storm water runoff erosion management, native grasses and plants, bees and other pollinators, and soil quality.
Rev. Hampton Davis

Rev. Hampton Davis

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St. Edmund schools open Monday

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
The Rev. Hampton Davis, pastor and principal of St. Edmund Catholic School, has announced that St. Edmund Elementary, junior high and high school campuses will have their first day of school Monday. The original date of St. Edmund’s first day of school for students was Aug. 11 with a noon dismissal.