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Etienne Boone, Sr.

Etienne Boone Sr. passed away on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at the age of 80. He was born Aug. 28, 1937. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Chataignier. Burial will follow at St. Louis Cemetery in Eunice. Rev. Gary Mitchell will officiate.

Marie Elsie Frey

Marie Elsie Leger Frey passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at the age of 92. A Funeral Service was held on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice. She was born on Oct. 10, 1925. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Pastor Chris Frye will officiate.

Shirley “Fox” Lanclos

Shirley “Fox” Estilette Lanclos passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at the age of 77. She was born Oct. 12, 1940. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow at St. Thomas More Cemetery.

Algie P. St. Cyr

It is with sadness that the family of Algie P. St. Cyr announces his passing on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Acadian Medical Center in Eunice at the age of 82. At the family’s request there will be no visitation or service, and burial will be at a later date.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Jan. 18 Floyd Leis Jr. 42, 1100 block of Easy Street, Basile. Purse snatching, domestic abuse battery and simple battery. Joshua David Meyers, 35, 600 block of Chestnut Street, Mamou.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from The Eunice News radio dispatch logs. Jan. 18 07:03 Wreck at 8th and Park Avenue. 08:21 Union Pacific Railroad tracks not working properly. 09:51 Ex-wife harassing by phone in the 200 block of East Dean. 10:30 Vehicle in ditch in the 1500 block of West Magnolia.

Marie Elsie Frey

Marie Elsie Leger Frey passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at the age of 92. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, January 19, 2018, at 1:00 PM. at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Pastor Chris Frye will officiate.

Advice for reducing heating bills without cutting comfort

Recent unusually cold weather across Louisiana is likely to result in higher utility bills. LSU AgCenter housing specialist Claudette Reichel said you don’t have to give up comfort to control your heating bill.

Fiscal cliff: Experiment of the 60s

EDITORS NOTE: This is the third of a series of articles on the Fiscal Cliff crisis facing Louisiana today.

Raw water: Threat or menace?

Thirty-plus years ago, aunt Addie Lee dropped in on the farmhouse that my parents used for storage and family cookouts. She quaffed a glass of sparkling tap water and waxed eloquent about how our good ol’ spring water put to shame the over-processed H2O from the municipal water works.