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There are only three elections in the Eunice area that have a chance of entering a runoff on Dec. 8.
Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for an election that includes a contest at the top of the ballot for secretary of state.
Perhaps the strongest focus in the election has been the municipal election that has contests for all but alderman at-large, which was won by Marion “Nootsie” Sattler when he was the lone qualifier for the job.

A school job that many people probably never heard of snared the St. Landry Parish School Board in nearly an hour long discussion.
The assistive technology job involves helping special needs students with devices that enable them to learn.
The job is open after it was filled for up to 25 years by the same person.
Board members Mary Ellen Donatto, of Eunice, and Hazel Sias, of Opelousas, found the job description handed to the Board by the administration lacking at Thursday’s meeting.

For Earlene Watts, walking to a farmers market with her 15-year-old son has become a weekend ritual. The LSU student and mother of four has visited the downtown Red Stick Farmers Market every week for seven years and counting, delighted that farmers there let her use state assistance to buy more nutritional food.  
“We’re are able to shop for healthy items, and I am able to teach my kids how they can benefit from being healthy,” she said.