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UL Lafayette’s new master’s degree offers French immersion concentration

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s College of Education will offer a master’s degree that will enable students who have earned a bachelor’s degree in disciplines other than education to teach in elementary schools.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Sept. 19 04:35 Man is at residence in the 100 block of Acadia with a knife. 04:49 Man told to leave residence and not return. 07:23 Juvenile acting up at Eunice Junior High School.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Sept. 19 Raymond Dominic Miller, 36, 500 block of Buckhorn, Eunice. Bench warrant. Juvenile, 16. Eunice. Possession of drug paraphernalia, misrepresentation during booking and no driver’s license.

News notes

St. Thomas More Fall Fest dates set The St. Thomas More Church’s Fall Festival will be held Sept. 28 from 6 until 10 p.m., from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Sept. 29, and Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The fair armbands are $20 each for one 4-hour period. Weekend armbands are $40.

Free workshops set for small business owners

The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Institute (SARDI) has partnered with the USDA and the Acadiana chapter of SCORE to hold two events for rural business owners in the Acadiana area. The free learning sessions will be held on Sept. 25 at SARDI’s office, 1209 Diesi St., in Opelousas.

Food safety meetings scheduled

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will hold four outreach meetings around the state to update produce industry stakeholders on the implementation of the new Produce Safety Rule from the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Fyzical Therapy & Balance Center

A grand re-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for Fyzical Therapy & Balance Center, formerly Studio P3, 121 S. 4th St., Eunice. The Eunice Chamber of Commerce assisted. (Photo by The Eunice News)

Acadia Parish property tax assessments up about $4M

Property assessments are up almost $4 million from last year, parish Assessor James “Jimbo” Petitjean told the Acadia Parish Police Jury. After three consecutive years of decline, assessments are up to $384,759,698 for 2018, compared to $380,822,348 last year, Petitjean said at the Sept. 11 meeting.

In defense of dumb country lawyers

I have a confession to make. And President Trump is not going to like it. I’m a southern country lawyer. Darn proud of it. In the president’s words, I may be a “dumb southern country lawyer.

America has always been great

I never liked the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.” The implication was that we’d entered some dystopian era in which America was unexceptional, unpleasant, and diminished.