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The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 15 Andagia Ameanish Rideau, 21, 1800 block of Hazel, Eunice.

Concert Band, Choir rehearsals set The Eunice Community Concert Band and Choir will begin rehearsals on May 10 for the choir and May for the 11 band for their 31st Anniversary Concert, “Be Our Guest.” Concert dates are July 15 and 16. For more information call 337-457-1776.

BATON ROUGE — Employment in Louisiana’s oil and gas industry has been declining since 2014 and took another big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, with layoffs of 7,500 more workers. The high-paying jobs have not come back yet even though world oil prices have rebounded to prepandemic levels.

An attempt to put to rest a running issue with a police dog that the police chief said is no longer needed, but aldermen decided to keep, ran afoul of the state’s Open Meetings Law. At Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting the dog issue arose again.

The St. Landry Parish School Board has nearly $104 million possibly coming to it in COVID relief funds.

Anna Mendoza receives a first dose of Pfizer vaccination from RN Jamie Guillory at a free Sleeves Up vaccination event held at Acadian Medical Center. Mendoza was at Acadian Medical Center with Daniel Farjondo, Maria Mendosa and Paula Mendoza, all of Colombia. Paula Mendosa said they flew to Miami and New Orleans, and then drove to Eunice to get their first vaccination. They plan to fly back to Eunice on May 7 for their second dose of the vaccination. “Our original plans was to receive the one dose of J&J/Janssen vaccination, but since that is on a FDA pause, we kept our appointments, and will get our two doses,” she said. The Louisiana Department of Health and Acadian Medical Center teamed up Friday to administer a first dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Music from around the world comes to Eunice. The Eunice Symphony Orchestra conductor Nancy Simon provides tips to violinists Brenda Granger and Louis Huckaby during a rehearsal. The Eunice Symphony Orchestra will hold its 11th anniversary program, “Around the World in Eighty Minutes” at the Liberty Theater April 10. For more information, see News Note on this page.

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” Acts 20:35 NIV Happiness is one of those things which we are more likely to have if we focus on helping others find theirs. Consider this story which was recently sent to me by a family member: A professor gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it, and throw it in the hallway.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8971 and Ladies Auxiliary each year host and sponsor an Americanism essay contest for Eunice students. Students from all Eunice elementary, junior high and high schools enter and participate in the contest.