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Shall we sing the praises of public restrooms?

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

It’s an amenity that most consumers take for granted. It’s an amenity that most retailers and professionals grudgingly accept as a cost of doing business. But I simply must salute those businesspeople who provide the miracle of indoor plumbing to their patrons.

Escape from New York and Southwest Airlines

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

In the 1980s, I repeatedly watched a recorded copy of the film “Escape from New York” on my family’s Panasonic VCR – complete with tuning knobs the size of hubcaps.

Searching for Fabacher in Acadia Parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

Sometime ago, I wrote about an all but forgotten Acadia Parish community called Fabacher, noting that little remains to mark just where it was. I speculated that “Fabacher Road, which runs west for several miles from Hwy.

New Year, new promotion on stays in cabins at Louisiana State Parks

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

Louisiana State Parks announced a new year promotion designed to encourage people to enjoy the great outdoors and stay overnight in a cabin. Through use of the promo code STAY125, visitors can enjoy a deluxe cabin in state parks across north Louisiana for $125 per night.

UL Lafayette campus

Arbor Day celebration is Jan. 21 at Louisiana State Arboretum

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

Celebrate Louisiana’s Arbor Day with a day full of activities and free tree seedlings at the Louisiana State Arboretum from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 21. The tree seedling give-a-way will begin after the opening ceremony at 10 am.

Learn floral design this year. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

It’s a new year in the old garden

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

Happy New Year! It may be your same old garden, but it’s a whole new year, and this a great time to start the planning process of what needs to be done in the landscape. Many people like to tackle new things in the New Year, and the garden is an excellent place to start.

With hand-held scanners are officials and some of the donors who helped pay for the equipment. From left, are Deputy George Cain, Parish President Jesse Bellard, VFW Post Commander Donnie Fontenot, Police Chief Kyle LeBouef, Deputy John Medlin, City Marshal Terry Darbonne, Joseph Tuminaro of State Farm, Trey Ducote of State Farm, Evelyn Stringer of WoodmanLife Chapter 243, Caroline Frey of State Farm, Mayor Scott Fontenot and Chief Deputy Joey Peloquin. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Metal detectors protect public

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

Eunice City Marshal Terry Darbonne called donors together at the Eunice City Court to thank them for making possible metal detectors used at school sports events and other uses.

Dustin Champagne, a wildlife biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, speaks with Eunice Rotarian Randall Vige at Wednesday’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Habitat loss turns some wildlife into nuisances

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, January 13, 2023

From black bears feeding on leftover pizza, coyotes preying on pets and feral hogs tearing up levees, animals and humans often find themselves conflict. Sometimes, as in the case of wild hogs, the once domesticated animals almost defy control.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. January 12 Shonna Idella Lacey Owens, 44, 100 block of Sandra Lee Road, Opelousas. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Fredrick Francis, 61, 1600 block of Charlie Street, Opelousas.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. January 11 00:07 911 caller in the 100 block of Hill said she is having chest pain. 01:48 911 hang up call from the 1800 block of West Dudley.