Accordion maker works to keep family tradition alive
Sat, 09/05/2015 - 8:34pm
Making accordions and knowing how to play an accordion should go hand in hand, according to accordion-maker Larry Miller.
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School system budget approved
Sat, 09/05/2015 - 7:58pm
The St. Landry Parish School Board approved a $144 million budget with a lone dissenting vote from Eunice area board member Albert Hayes.
Hayes objected to school activities, which he said costs families up to $400 and force them to take out high interest loans.
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Parish president proposes pay raise
Sat, 09/05/2015 - 6:17pm
Bill Fontenot
The St. Landry Parish Government’s president should be paid $140,000 a year and current president Bill Fontenot is placing that change for a vote on the council’s October agenda.
The president’s salary of $65,000 established when the parish home rule charter was adopted in 2003.
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Eunice man discovered rosary craft at Folklife Festival
Thu, 09/03/2015 - 6:21am
Tommy Myers shows off rosaries he crafted from Job’s Tears and China balls. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Many in Louisiana know what it’s like to evacuate for a hurricane, taking only what is necessary, but the ancestors of many in Louisiana did not get to bring anything with them when they arrived first in Louisiana.
Park Service supports Experience Louisiana Festival with $23K grant
Thu, 09/03/2015 - 6:15am
Lance Hatten, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park superintendent, left, announced a $23,000 grant to the Experience Louisiana Festival at the Prairie Acadiana Cultural Center Wednesday. Also shown are Angela Rathle, supervising park ranger, and Angelle Bellard, park ranger at the center in Eunice. The Experience Louisiana Festival is scheduled Oct. 17 and 18 at the Louisiana State University Eunice campus. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
National Park Service Superintendent Lance Hatten announced Wednesday that the Experience Louisiana Festival has received a $23,000 grant through the service’s Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative.
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