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Chick-fil-A’s capitulation is sad but not surprising

I’m not going to stop eating at Chick-fil-A for three reasons. First, I like it. Second, if I started avoiding businesses with which I might have a philosophical or ideological difference of opinion, my options would be pretty limited.

Ho, Ho, the Mistletoe

During the Holiday Season, which now stretches from Autumnal Equinox to New Year’s Day, it’s nearly impossible to turn on the radio or walk through a shopping mall without hearing the rich, mellifluous voice of Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives.

The booming voice of conservative women

Elise Stefanik, a representative from upstate New York, tried to speak at the impeachment inquiry this past week. She tried several times to ask a question, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff kept cutting her off. He was annoyed.

Best Christmas gifts aren’t bought

What’s the best gift you ever received? Whatever it was, it surely wasn’t a material item bought in a store. An experience, rather than a material good, is the best gift to receive.

Evangeline Parish Foundation accepting donations on behalf of twice-burglarized school

Donations are being accepted to support the James Stephens Montessori School in Ville Platte. The school was burglarized twice in November. Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue said the school was burglarized and vandalized on Nov. 13, and on Nov. 17.

Tips sought to find stolen pickup

The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of a vehicle from the 2400 block of Degregory Road south of Eunice that occurred from 9 p.m. Nov. 16 to 1 a.m. Nov. 17. The vehicle is described as a 4-door 2015 Dodge Ram 1500, black in color.

Council seeks legal opinion following executive session

During a special meeting Thursday night, the Church Point Town Council unanimously approved a motion to turn over all the information from an executive session to the Acadia Parish District Attorney’s office for a legal opinion.

Thanksgiving’s meaning found in food drive

Mitch Fontenot’s daughter Millie, 7, learned the true meaning of Thanksgiving this year. Mitch and Millie held a neighborhood food drive where the Fontenots’ live, University Place.

Church Point council talks social media policy

The Town of Church Point is moving toward the implementation of a social media policy for all of its employees following a recent post related to an incident at the town’s Nov. 18 Magistrate’s Court. “We have one website, and we have one Facebook (page).

Korean rice buy to hemp production covered by Ag Commissioner Strain

Dr. Mike Strain, DVM, recently re-elected to his fourth term as state Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, covered a wide range of topics when he addressed the Crowley Lions Club recently.