St Landry Parish field day provides plethora of information

St. Landry Parish farmer Charlie Fontenot explains an experimental rice crop grown on a 40-acre field with limited irrigation during an LSU AgCenter field day held on his farm on July 6. Fontenot said the crop used 48 percent less water than an adjacent field that was conventionally flooded. (Photo by Bruce Schultz)

An LSU AgCenter field day held on July 6 at the Charlie Fontenot farm in St. Landry Parish offered a smorgasbord of information on a variety of crops and ways to grow them.

News notes

Community Garden open hour Tuesdays
The Eunice Community Garden’s open hour on Tuesday has been suspended until milder weather arrives, Patricia Brown, interim garden coordinator, said.
Keep up with it on Facebook or contact the garden at 337-580-1385.

Siblings, friends enjoy a summertime tradition

Top, from left, Jacob Zaunbrecher, Jinsi Bourque, bottom, from left, Levi Manuel, Sadie Zaunbrecher, Lauren Daigle, J.P. Ward and Ethan Zaunbrecher returned from a frogging trip near Iota with about 75 frogs. All of the hunters are from Iota, with the exception of Ward, who is from Jennings. (Photos by Claudette Olivier)

The race was on down Schultz Road near Iota on a recent hot summer night.
J.P. Ward, of Jennings, said, “I bet we’re going to smoke ya’ll.”
Jacob Zaunbrecher, of Iota, said, “We’ll see about that.”

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Sports

MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.

Lifestyle

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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)

Obituaries

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.

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