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Samuel Jonas Stagg Jr. M.D.

Samuel Jonas Stagg Jr., M.D.

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

Samuel Jonas Stagg Jr. M.D. died peacefully on September 2, 2021, in Fairhope, Alabama, where he lived for three years with his daughter, Nancy, her husband, Paul, and his grandchildren, Lily and Emmie. Dr. Stagg felt blessed to live and die among Nancy’s loving family.

Sr. Mary Murray

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

Sr. Mary Murray, MSC (AKA, Sr. Celsus) was born May 30, 1929, at Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. She died at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home on September 3, 2021 at 6:04 A.M. Sr.

Critical debt-ceiling and dollar battles ramping up

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

Over the next 90 days critical battles over the National Debt and the Dollar will be taking place. Our political leaders and media will be telling us daily that it is imperative to increase the debt limit (which is maxed out) to preserve the creditworthiness of the U.S. government.

What do you remember about 9/11 – and before?

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

Early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was a newly minted warehouse supervisor for a farmers cooperative. I can remember almost exactly where a customer’s truck was parked when I overheard him telling one of my co-workers something or another about a plane crash up north.

A time when miles were subjective

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

When we cruise across the south Louisiana prairies today, we know almost exactly where we are all the time. Numbered markers are set along the highway at one-mile intervals, so we can calculate how far we’ve come and how far we have to go. It wasn’t always that way.

Volunteers help to distribute hay donated for livestock affected by Hurricane Ida. (Photo by Christine Navarre/LSU AgCenter)

Hurricane Ida ag damage could be extensive

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

LSU AgCenter agents are beginning the arduous task of damage assessment and recovery from Hurricane Ida.

Eunice Police arrests

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. September 2 Euricka S. Hardy, 30, 500 block of East Gordon, Washington. Probation violation.

Eunice Police radio dispatch logs

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. September 2 00:27 Disturbance between two subjects at intersection of St. George and East Laurel. 02:04 Report of a possible burglary in progress of an outdoor shed in the 1900 block of West Magnolia.

Hedges serve as a practical solution to create a boundary or to guide movement of people in a specific direction. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Good hedges make good neighbors

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

You may have heard the old proverb “good fences make good neighbors.” Robert Frost made the phrase popular in his poem “Mending Wall.” The debate may have begun there, but I say the same can be true of a good hedge.

Alisha Mire, of Eunice, talks to the St. Landry Parish Council on Wednesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Tourism director seeks Eunice pro for commission

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, September 3, 2021

The executive director of the St. Landry Parish Tourism Commission asked the Parish Council to appoint Alisha Mire to the commission. The appointment is to be decided at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Parish Council.