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The Eunice Chamber of Commerce held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Bengal Outdoors, LLC. The business is located at 1446 Hwy. 190 past McGee’s Equipment Company. Owned by Blake Darbonne, the company is a landscape and pool supply business. (Eunice News photo)

If an up-and-coming Cajun French musician has a desire to take the stage and hear applause coming from the audience, Grammy-winning musician Steve Riley has a simple piece of advice for those youngsters to follow.

Community Garden open hour Tuesdays
The Eunice Community Garden has scheduled open hours from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays to allow the community to learn about the opportunity to garden in a community setting.

Street projects approved Tuesday are as follows.
Ward 1
Neva Street from U.S. 190 to Williams Avenue, hardsurfacing, estimated cost $35,500.
Nile Street from Shelia Street to McKenzie Street, patch and overlay, estimated cost $100,500.

The contractor for 20 street improvement projects was approved at Tuesday Board of Aldermen’s meeting.
Karl Aucoin, city engineer, said there were five bids. The low bid was from Elliot Construction, of Grand Coteau, and it was approved by aldermen.