Getting ready for the Fourth of July
Kenneth Peart, a former Eunice mayor, has kept the July 4th fireworks display tradition alive for more than 20 years. Peart shows off a five-mortar assembly that will be used at the display, which begins at 9 p.m. Monday at the Eunice Recreational Complex on Sittig Road. Peart said about 3,000 rockets will be fired in a show that will last 20 to 30 minutes. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Fireworks display scheduled at 9 p.m. Monday
With the Fourth of July on Monday, fireworks will be legal to use until Tuesday, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.
Fireworks can be used in the city from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
“Bottle rockets or penny rockets are prohibited at all times including the possession and sale of them,” he said.
On the Fourth of July the fireworks display at the Eunice Recreation Complex on Sittig Road will bring a change.
Fontenot said from 6 p.m. until after the fireworks only eastbound traffic will be allowed on Sittig Road.
The road became impassable during the last year’s fireworks display, he said.
Following the display, which lasts about 45 minutes, traffic from the complex will be routed either west or east on Sittig Road.
Eunice city jail trusties pick up litter in Circle Park on Park Avenue Tuesday. The trusties volunteer for the outside work as part of an litter abatement program funded by the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
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