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CDA meeting set for Monday Court Eunice 208 of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas will hold their monthly meeting, at 6 p.m., Monday April 1, at the Jeanmard Hall. All members and potential members (Catholic females who are 18 years of age and older) are invited to attend.

Dale W. Bihm

EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that the family of Dale W. Bihm announces his passing on Saturday, March 30, 2019 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 78.

Robert Joseph Bergeaux

Robert J. Bergeaux, 54, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home. Reverend Ron Lacombe and Reverend Doug Doyle will officiate. Burial will be at Fuselier Cemetery.

Lowering auto insurance rates in Louisiana!

Statewide elections are six months away, so after ignoring Louisiana’s outrageously high insurance rates for the past three years, legislators are running for cover.

Are men’s suits on the endangered list?

My octogenarian aunt has spoken wistfully of one of her older relatives who had operated a boarding house and required college students to show up for breakfast wearing suit and necktie.

Guns stolen in 2002 recovered

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office and Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies teamed up to recover property stolen from a 2002 burglary which occurred in Rayne. Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson said, “In 2002, a local business was burglarized where a large amount of guns were stolen.

Sugar wasn’t the only thing short

We know that sugar for coffee often ran short — not to mention coffee itself — and that there was lack of rubber for tires during World War II, but we don’t hear so much about the wartime shortage that really pinched.

‘Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got The Will’ continues at Eunice Players’ Theatre

“Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got The Will” opened Wednesday to an audience full of laughter and if you missed it, there are still more performances to catch.

Legislators back teacher pay raise, but question funding source

Teacher pay raises. Centralized sales tax collections. Revenue Estimating Conference. The state budget. It’s fairly obvious that a fiscal session of the Louisiana Legislature is coming.

Eunice’s strategic plan nears completion

A strategic plan for Eunice is nearing completion and presentation to the Board of Aldermen in April. Lorna Guynn, planner with St. Landry Parish Economic Development, has led in the development of the strategic plan in a series of meetings that started in the fall of 2018.