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Eunice Police Arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Sept. 7 Phoebe Joy Christen, 18, 1300 block of W. Peach, Eunice. Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia. Tracey A. Terry, 38, 800 block of S. Beulah, Eunice. Criminal trespass. Richard Arthur Ray, 37, 200 block of 6th St., Mamou.

Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Sept. 7 05:02 911 call female sounds distressed, call came from 600 block of Carron. 07:17 Disturbance reported in the 1300 block of W. Peach.

News notes

Keep Eunice Beautiful needs volunteers Keep Eunice Beautiful is looking for four volunteers to take part in its annual Community Litter Index. Volunteers will be taken to 50 neighborhoods over a two day period (8:30 to 11:30 am, Oct. 1 and 2).

UL Lafayette unveils state-of-the-art financial lab

Business students and faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette now have access to a state-of-the-art financial lab. UL Lafayette’s B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday to open the Maraist Financial Services Lab.

TECHE Project to unveil new information kiosks

Breaux Bridge – The TECHE Project will reveal the first information kiosk for the Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail at a special 4 p.m. ceremony in Breaux Bridge on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at Parc des Ponts.

Royal memories of cotton

Hidden behind overgrown grass, weeds, and vines is a vestige of days gone by when cotton was king in Ville Platte.

Janelle Landry-Wiltz

March 20, 1959 - August 24, 2018 ABBEVILLE — Funeral service for Janelle Landry is scheduled for 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Faith Hope Baptist Church – 407 Duroq Street, Abbeville, LA. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery. God Looked around His garden and saw an empty space.

Elaine Romain Vallot

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Elaine Romain Vallot, at 11:00AM on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church in Abbeville, officiated by Fr. Chester Arceneaux and Fr. Francois Sainte-Marie. Interment will follow at St. Paul’s Cemetery.

Sandra Louise McCammant

September 29, 1959 ~ September 5, 2018 ABBEVILLE — Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Sandra Louise McCammant, 58, who died Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at St.

Norma Crane Mayeaux

LAFAYETTE — Norma Crane Mayeaux, age 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 1, 2018 in Mandeville, LA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette. Interment will immediately follow in St.