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Burton G. Cormier

Burton G. Cormier

Burton Gerard Cormier

Myra Miller
Monday, June 27, 2022
EUNICE – With heavy hearts, the family of Burton Gerard Cormier announces his passing on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the Carpenter House in Lafayette at the age of 62. A Celebration of Life will be held at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice on Monday, June 27, 2022, at 11 a.m.
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist This week’s full moon drew many people out to sit in awe of the bright, beautiful moon. It reminded me of moon gardening. Someone asked me about moon gardening in the past, and I wasn’t sure of what it was. Curious, I did some digging into the subject. Here is what I discovered. Moon gardens are enjoyed at night and defined by the type of plants they include — typically, plants with white or cool-colored flowers in addition to silver or variegated foliag

By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist This week’s full moon drew many people out to sit in awe of the bright, beautiful moon. It reminded me of moon gardening. Someone asked me about moon gardening in the past, and I wasn’t sure of what it was. Curious, I did some digging into the subject. Here is what I discovered. Moon gardens are enjoyed at night and defined by the type of plants they include — typically, plants with white or cool-colored flowers in addition to silver or variegated foliag

Gardening by the moonlight

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter horticulturist This week’s full moon drew many people out to sit in awe of the bright, beautiful moon. It reminded me of moon gardening. Someone asked me about moon gardening in the past, and I wasn’t sure of what it was.

Eunice city budget meetings set Tuesday

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
A proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 and amending the current budget are on agenda for hearings and passage at 9 a.m. Tuesday meeting of the Eunice Board of Aldermen. The proposed budget lists General Fund revenues at $5,024,010 and expenditures of $7,998,700.

Insurance reform falls flat

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
Remember your ancient history of how Nero fiddled as Rome burned?  Boy, does that apply to the Louisiana legislature. Now we are talking about the state that has far and away the highest insurance rates in the nation. Yet in the recent legislative session, insurance reforms were all but ignored.

Do poll respondents have a prayer?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
You’ve probably seen the screaming headlines about a Gallup survey revealing that Americans’ belief in God has hit an all-time low. I’m not here to quibble with the atheists, agnostics and alternate-spirituality practitioners who answered the survey.

He was neither fool nor fraud

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
Questions turned into consternation when a mysterious stranger tried to buy every square inch of public land in Cameron Parish in 1883.

LSU AgCenter highlighting innovations at Rice Field Day

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
By Derek Albert dalbert@agcenter.lsu.edu CROWLEY — LSU AgCenter rice researchers are once again inviting producers and industry professionals to the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station for its annual field day to be held here on Wednesday.

Eunice fireworks display scheduled at Rec Complex

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
The City of Eunice will be hosting its yearly firework display on July 4 at the Eunice Recreation Complex located at 461 Sittig St. Gates will open to the public at 6 p.m. and the fireworks will begin at 9 p.m., which is about 30 minutes after sunset.

Committee OKs improvements, renovations at all Acadia campuses

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, June 24, 2022
An estimated $16 million in improvements and renovations at all 26 public school campuses will be considered when the Acadia Parish School Board meets in regular session in July. The projects were forwarded to the full board by the Budget and Finance Committee earlier this week.