As hurricane season approaches, Louisiana residents can turn to the LSU AgCenter website for tools to determine if they live in a flood zone and how to prevent storm damage. Among the resources are interactive flood maps, which have recently been updated with new features.
AMENDED
AGENDA
ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
MAY 20, 2015 @ 6:00 P.M.
OLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA
I. CALL TO ORDER
Few voters are paying attention to the campaign for Governor in Louisiana.
May 18
02:23 Traffic stop, LSUE campus; Citation.
06:46 Ungovernable juvenile, 600 block of S. 7th St., subject advised her child does not want to go to school.
07:03 Traffic stop, Betty St.
07:10 Traffic stop, Park/Nellie St.
May 18
Rockell Roshon Vories, 22, 301 N. East St., Eunice, simple burglary.
Kevin Paul Edwards, Jr., 20, 107 Jennifer St., Eunice, Money warrant, possession of marijuana.
Ryan Anthony Blanchard, 29, 251 Mill St., Eunice, resisting an officer, and money warrant.
The University of Louisiana Lafayette released its spring graduate list, which is attached in a pdf.
Acadia
Arts
Joseph P Artall
Charles Bates III
Chase Anthony Ludeau
Molly Anne Thornton
Business Administration
LSU Eunice will hold a short course for rural first responders on working with the news media on Aug. 20. The seven-hour tuition-free course will be held on the LSU Eunice campus. The deadline for registration is Aug. 6.
Billy Fontenot, associate professor of English and coordinator of English at LSU Eunice, was recently awarded the 2015 Teaching Excellence Award by the LSUE Foundation and Campus Federal Credit Union. Fontenot received the award for his dedication to quality teaching and student learning. He was selected for the award by a committee of his peers. From left, are Campus Federal Chief Developmental Office, Ron Moreau; Fontenot; Blaine Grimes, Campus Federal Financial Education coordinator, and Scott Privat, LSUE Foundation president. (Submitted Photo)
Billy Fontenot, associate professor of English and coordinator of English at LSU Eunice, was recently awarded the 2015 Teaching Excellence Award by the LSUE Foundation and Campus Federal Credit Union.
Kayakers John Bienvenu and James Bienvenu of Lafayette come into a checkpoint on placid Bayou Teche in the Tour du Teche 135. The 275-mile Tour de la Riviere Rouge, with no checkpoints, no mandatory overnight stops, will be a lot more challenging for one- and two-paddler teams. (Ron J. Berard/Tour du Teche)
Early registration opened May 1 for all Tour du Teche paddle races, including the new ubermarathons being launched from Shreveport-Bossier City, the Tour de la Rivière Rouge and 410 de Louisiane.
And for the first time, online registration is available through Webscorer.
Billy Turner
Doing some reading for a sermon late last week, I stumbled upon Jeremiah’s call story.
“The Lord gave me (Jeremiah) this message: ‘I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.’ “
In May 1870, newspaperman Daniel Dennett made a tour of a good part of south Louisiana and left us with a picture of a region that had been ravaged during the Civil War that had ended just five years earlier, but one that he thought still had good prospects.
Curtis Matherne, management professor in the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, was recently awarded the 2015 John T. and Sandra B. Landry Endowed Award for Teaching Excellence at the college’s 57th annual Awards Banquet.
The annual award recognizes a professor, selected based on student evaluations and senior exit survey comments, as the outstanding teacher in the college.
John T. and Sandra Landry of Abbeville established the endowment in 1991 to annually honor, and give recognition to, the top teacher in the Moody College of Business Administration.
In addition to a recognition plaque, the recipient receives a check for $1000 from the endowment.
(Submitted Photo)
Curtis Matherne, management professor in the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, was recently awarded the 2015 John T. and Sandra B. Landry Endowed Award for Teaching Excellence at the college’s 57th annual Awards Banquet.
MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
Karla Bellon, left, and Michelle Brown shop Saturday at Gossip Boutique during the annual Noel on The Prairie.
The 17th annual Noel on the Prairie held Saturday and Sunday in Eunice drew many pre-holiday shoppers with 32 Eunice merchants offering customers discounts and sales. Above are shoppers at Holly’s Hobbies. (Photos by Myra Miller)
Irice Ann Darbonne Lavergne passed away on Thursday November 17, 2016 at the age of 73.
Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.
