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Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. March 8 Jerry P. Comeaux Jr., 29, 100 block of Virginia Street, Opelousas. Possession. Released on summons.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. March 8 Richard Russell Mansfield, 36, 1500 block of Joyce Drive, Opelousas. Contraband penal institution. Joseph Calvin Buck Jr., 23, 1600 block of LaDay Street, Opelousas. Theft of firearm.

Newsnotes

Nursing Specialties Food Drive March 18 Nursing Specialties Home Health and Hospice, in conjunction with the Eunice Food Bank, will have a food drive on from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. March 18 in the Walmart parking lot in Eunice.

Grand opening, ribbon-cutting ceremony for Washington State Bank

St. Landry and Eunice chambers of commerce held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Washington State Bank’s branch location at 215 S. 2nd St., Eunice. Washington State Bank’s President and CEO, Sue Brignac cut the ribbon.

‘Dirty Rice’ to return to Eunice

The 1990’s movie “Dirty Rice” is returning to Eunice for a showing at the Queen Cinema during October’s Experience Louisiana Festival. Filmmaker Pat Mire, who directed “Dirty Rice,” which was filmed in around Eunice, announced the film at a recent Eunice Rotary Club meeting.

Cajun music legend draws Canary Island musicians to city

Musicians, calling themselves, “Olga Cerpa and Mestisay,” from Canary Islands, south of Spain, were in Eunice Monday at the Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The musicians were particularly interested in Joe Falcon, an accordionist from Bayou Plaquemine Brulee, just north of Rayne.

Eunice Superette wins top honors at Here’s the Beef Cook-off

The Here’s the Beef Cook-off was held Sunday the St. Landry Parish Agricultural Arena. The winners included the following. Gourmet — six entries First: Eunice Superette, Willie Burson; and Second: Union Street Barber Shop, Jessica Cox.

Channeling Donald Trump

Maybe I’m channeling Donald Trump. Or maybe he’s been reading my columns — or my mind. All I know for sure is that when he gave his great speech to Congress Tuesday night he did exactly what I suggested he should do that morning in my column in The Hill – stop being Donald Trump.

A day without American tech workers

Last month, there was a national “Day Without a Latino.” This week, the demonstration du jour shutting down schools and shops is a “Day Without Women.

Science standards embrace evolution

With dialogue reminiscent of the evolution versus creationism arguments from the movie classic “Inherit the Wind,” the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) Tuesday accepted updated content standards for science education in Louisiana’s public school.