News notes

LSUE OLLI French Table at Jean Lafitte every Friday
The LSUE OLLI French Table will be held at the Jean Lafitte Cultural Center until further notice. The free event is held on Fridays from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Subjects will be:
Sept. 2 - What was your first job? What was your favorite job?
Sept. 9 - Lets talk about coffee. How is it made, how strong, or what was added to it. Started drinking coffee at what age.
Sept. 16 - Discuss canning vegetables or/and figs/peaches.
Sept. 23 - Discuss bad weather.
Sept. 30 - Talk about when friends/family came to spend the night with your family. Or family gatherings long ago.

Auditions planned for Players’ last show, set for Tuesday and Wednesday
Auditions will be held for the last show of the 47th season of the Eunice Players’ Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The play is Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee, a murder mystery. The play is set in the 1940s in England at Sir Claud Armory’s Manor.
The director, Brett Faulkner, is looking for three ladies and 10 gentlemen. The ladies age range should be from mid-20s to mid-50s, and men ages will range from mid-20s to early-60s.
Anyone interested in auditioning should meet at the theater, located at 121 S. 2nd Street, on Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Community Garden open hour suspended
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.

Changes in Farmers Market schedule
The Eunice Farmers’ Market last day for Wednesday afternoons, 1 to 5 p.m., will be Wednesday.
Saturday morning market will continue from 9 a.m. until noon until last Saturday before Thanksgiving, weather permitting.
A variety of home-made items and fresh produce will be available.
Information: call Sanford Wood at 457-0607 or the mayor’ office at 457-7389.

St. Leo Rummage Sale set Sept. 3
The annual St. Leo CDA Rummage Sale is set for Sept. 3 at the parish hall in Roberts Cove, located on Hwy. 98.
The sale is sponsored each year by the Catholic Daughters of Court St. Leo #2168. Hours of the sale will be from 7 a.m. until 11:30 am. Items of clothing, furniture and furnishings, potted plants, books, knick-knacks, and much more will be available.
Information, details: Cindy Habetz, regent, 337-783-3205.

Church Anniversary celebration Sept. 4
The Greater Golden Light Baptist Church of Basile’s pastor Gregory Fontenot invites the public to their 120th year church anniverary celebration, Sunday, Sept. 4 at 8:30 a.m.
Information: Rev. Gregory Fontenot 337-305-1265.

COA Miles-for-Meals fundraiser Sept. 10
The St. Landry Council on Aging will have its 14th annual Miles-for-Meals walk-a-thon fundraiser on Sept. 10 with registration from 9 until 9:30 a.m.
The walk-a-thon will be held at South City Park in Opelousas with opening program from 9:30 until 10 a.m.
Awards will be given at noon. Pledges are being accepted. For those who pledge $20 or more will receive a Free T-shirt. All proceeds will toward Miles-for Meals.
For more information on sponsorships, and other additional details: Call Mary Chapman at 942-1938. Or visit: stlandrycoa1@juno.com or mail P.O. Box 1596, Opelousas, LA 70571-1596.

St. Anthony Faith Formation Classes
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church will offer Faith Formation classes (formerly CCD) for elementary, grades kindergarten through sixth graders, for the 2016-2017 year at St. Anthony Catholic Church on Sept. 12 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Junior high, grades 7 and 8, will begin Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. High school, grades 9-12th, will begin with a 6 p.m. Life Teen Mass on Oct. 2, followed by the first Life Night of the semester.
If you have not registered, call Faith Formation office at 457-7505.

Saturday program at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center
Saturday programs at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, 250 W. Park Ave., Eunice, are the Explore & Restore craft workshop for kids, from 10 a.m. to noon; Cajun Conversations meets 1 to 2:30 p.m. to learn and practice conversational Cajun French; Music and dancing kicks off at 2:45 p.m. and ends with the cooking demonstration and sampling at 4 p.m. Admission to the center and programs is free.
For more information, call 337-457-8499.

VFW bingo held Thursdays, Sundays
The VFW Post 8971 holds bingo for the public at 7 p.m. every Thursday and Sunday at the VFW Hall located on U.S. 190 East. All proceeds from Bingo games goes back to the community.