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From The Eunice News files

From the May 2009 files of The Eunice News Top reader at Eunice Elementary. Eunice Elementary recently honored its Top Accelerated Reader. Kade Bertrand, a third grader, reached his 100 million word count. The school presented him with a trophy for his outstanding reading accomplishment.

Day and half took about an hour to hash out at school meeting

By Harlan Kirgan Editor OPELOUSAS — “I’ll try to be as brief as possible,” said Jamal Taylor, president of the St. Landry Association of Educators, which is one of the unions representing School Board employees.

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Farmer’s Market at Community Gardens Until further notice, the Eunice Farmers’ Market will be meeting at the Community Garden (behind the DMV). Weather permitting, we will meet each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, call Sanford Wood at 337-457-0607.

News notes

Farmer’s Market at Community Gardens Until further notice, the Eunice Farmers’ Market will be meeting at the Community Garden (behind the DMV). Weather permitting, we will meet each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, call Sanford Wood at 337-457-0607.

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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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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.