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Program on small business capital planned A program on small business capital access is schedule from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday in Room C116, LSUE Community Education Building. The free program features speakers from Small Business Administration, U.S.

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LSUE Testing Center offers HiSET exam The newly opened Testing Center on the LSU Eunice campus has expanded its offerings after being named a HiSET (GED) testing site. The HiSET exam is a test used to measure high school equivalency skills.

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Court Eunice 208 meeting May 6 The Court Eunice 208 of the Catholic Daughters of Americas will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at the Jeanmard Hall. All members and potential members who are 18 years of age and older and the Catholic faith are invited to attend.

House panel seeks protection for deceased

By James A. Smith LSU Manship News Service BATON ROUGE — A House committee approved a bill that would enact the Allen Toussaint Legacy Act, outlawing the use of a deceased individual’s name, image and likeness without the consent of the individual’s family or representative.

Barnes named director of Blanco Public Policy Center at UL Lafayette

LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has named Dr. Stephen R. Barnes founding director of the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center. Barnes directs LSU’s Economics and Policy Research Group, the state’s largest university-based economics research center.

Former Lafayette Diocese priest Michael Guidry sentenced to 7 years for abusing altar boy

By Ben Myers bmyers@theadvocate.com A former priest in the Lafayette Diocese was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison after pleading guilty last month to sexually abusing a 16-year-old altar boy four years ago. Michael Guidry, the 76-year-old former pastor of St.

UL Lafayette snags coastal seafood industry study grant

LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has netted a $250,000 grant to help create a comprehensive economic development strategy for the state’s coastal seafood industry. Lt. Gov.

SLEMCO agrees to purchase Knight Oil Tools facility

SLEMCO has entered into an agreement to purchase the Knight Oil Tool campus, near the Lafayette airport, and will relocate its headquarters once the purchase is complete, the electric co-operative announced in a news release on Monday. The purchase is expected to be final in 60 days.

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National Day of Prayer is today The National Day of Prayer will be observed in Eunice tonight at 6 p.m. at the Liberty Theater. The public is invited to attend. Court Eunice 208 meeting May 6 The Court Eunice 208 of the Catholic Daughters of Americas will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m.

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Court Eunice 208 meeting May 6 The Court Eunice 208 of the Catholic Daughters of Americas will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at the Jeanmard Hall. All members and potential members who are 18 years of age and older and the Catholic faith are invited to attend.