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Pets bring many benefits to their owner’s lives and they may be the perfect remedy for seniors looking for a friend and purpose. (Newspaper Metro photo)

Pets bring many benefits to their owner’s lives and they may be the perfect remedy for seniors looking for a friend and purpose. (Newspaper Metro photo)

Amazing benefits to seniors having pets

Newspaper Metro Pets bring much joy to the lives they touch. So it should come as no surprise that the 2019-2020 National Pet Owners Survey, which was conducted by the American Pet Products Association, found that about 85 million families in the United States own a pet. In Canada, 7.
Retirement may no longer mean what it once did. (Newspaper Metro photo)

Retirement may no longer mean what it once did. (Newspaper Metro photo)

Smart ways to embrace your retirement

Newspaper Metro Retirement is on the horizon for a significant number of people. Around 10,000 people retire each day in the United States, according to a study by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave, a consultancy studying the cultural and economic impacts of aging.

Fainting spells for elderly linked to blood clots

Newspaper Metro Falls are one of the greatest risk factors for injury among the aging population. When falls are attributed to fainting spells, people may be very eager to get to the source of the fall. Doctors have found that blood clots may attribute to fainting in the elderly.

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Newspaper Metro Pet owners who are considering microchips for their pets but are concerned that inserting a microchip into their pets will make the animals susceptible to cancer should not allow that concern to dissuade them from going forward.
Debbie C. DeRouen

Debbie C. DeRouen

Debbie C. DeRouen

EUNICE–It is with the heaviest hearts that the family of Debbie C. DeRouen announces her passing on Friday, April 16, 2021 at the age of 66. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 26, 2021 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice. Entombment will follow in the St.
Jerry Raehal

Jerry Raehal

Don’t let storage companies skip printed notices

Legislators have their hands full each session with the plethora of bills that come their way, facing the fundamental question: Who benefits if this bill passes? This is a question I hope legislators are asking when it comes to Senate Bill 101, which we urge them to vote no on.
Danny Tyree

Danny Tyree

Is there a future for wit?

As graduation looms, my son Gideon has been named both salutatorian and Wittiest Boy of the Cornersville (TN) High School Class of 2021. (I myself did well academically “back in the day” — which even then was about 15 years after the hoary phrase “back in the day” had applied for Medicare.

Free food for seniors at Farmers’ Market

Coupons are available for low-income senior citizens to get free food. The coupons may be used to buy fresh produce at the Eunice Farmers’ Market. For more information, call Sanford Wood at 337-457-0607.

Petals of Mercy

A morning of reflection for women is being offered by Petals of Mercy, a Theresian community in Eunice, on May 7. The event will take place in the Jeanmard Hall at 250 N. 3rd St. in Eunice with refreshments from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and the program ending at 11 a.m.

Registration for French-immersion school in Sunset

École St. Landry, a public charter school will launch in August for the 2021-2022 school year with capacity for 48 kindergarten students and 48 first grade St. Landry Parish students.