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Coupons for seniors at Farmers’ Market Beginning in May, senior citizens will be able to use coupons from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture to purchase fresh produce and honey from the Eunice Farmers’ Market.

Prairie Acadian Cultural Center announces summer camps

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’s Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice is accepting applications for week-long day camps Camp de Cuisine and Camp Bonjour. The center is located at 250 W. Park Ave.

Pine Prairie Police arrest man with Eunice warrant

A Pine Prairie man wanted on a probation warrant for the Eunice City Marshal’s Office was arrested recently by Pine Prairie Police for simple burglary and theft.

Fishers meeting set for Tuesday

A preseason seafood meeting for mariners, boat owners, dock managers and seafood processors will be held Tuesday at the LSU AgCenter office at 1105 W. Port St. in Abbeville. The meeting, organized by the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant, will begin with registration at 8:15 a.m.

From The Eunice News files

From the March 2009 files of The Eunice News. Officials and employees of the United Home Care Services are joined by public officials, Chamber of Commerce members and other well-wishers at the Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting at their new Moosa Blvd. quarters. JA holds StoryTime at Library.

Irish stereotypes no joking matter

Ah, St. Patrick’s Day is upon us — which means it’s time for retailers, and too many other Americans, to perpetuate the “drunken Irishman” stereotype. Here’s what three typical St. Patrick’s Day T-shirts available at Amazon.

Debt/deficits and modern monetary theory

The national debt has more than doubled over the last 10 years to $22 trillion. The Trump Administration just released it’s 2020 Budget that projects a budget deficit of $1.1 trillion (if Congress agrees to a $2.

The pump that transformed the prairie

Some historian say advances in harvesting machinery were a big reason for the growth of the Louisiana rice industry in the late 1800s.

Eunice not included in school talks, but its time is coming

Eunice public schools are not included in the current public discussion of school changes, but their time is coming. Mary Ellen Donatto, a Eunice St.

School change hits a pause, but action urged

A decision on closing two Opelousas elementary schools and reconfiguring grade levels at the remaining schools was paused as some School Board members backed off from action at a March 13 meeting. But they also approved more discussion and a meeting Wednesday on the plan.