🌱 Church Point cowboy rockets up world standings with breakthrough NFR victory

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• Church Point cowboy rockets up world standings with breakthrough NFR victory

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 64 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 76, low: 54.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ty Erickson surges in standings with Round 3 win (tsln.com) — A 26-year-old cowboy from Church Point scored his first-ever round win at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas with an 88.75-point bareback ride, jumping to fifth in the world standings. The story also recaps several other standout Round 3 performances across steer wrestling, team roping, barrel racing, and bull riding as the chase for season titles tightens.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• BiblioBop: South Regional Library In-Person
  South Regional Library Story Time Room,
  10:00 am
• Mah Jongg at the Library (Open Play): South Regional Library In-Person
  South Regional Library Large Meeting Room,
  1:00 pm
• Mobile Branch: New Llano Senior Apartments
  Vernon Parish Library , 1401 Nolan Trace , Leesville
  1:00 pm
• K-Pop Kommunity Meet-up: South Regional Library In-Person
  South Regional Library Large Meeting Room,
  5:45 pm
• LCCP Girls Varsity Basketball @ St. Edmund
  Saint Edmund High School , 351 W Magnolia Ave , Eunice
  6:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Evangelization Retreat -Grand Coteau, LA
  Grand Coteau Retreats , 313 E M.L.K. Dr , Grand Coteau
  9:00 am
• Winter Wonderland Boogie: Main Library In-Person
  Main Library , Story Castle (1st) , Carencro
  10:00 am
• Parachute Play: South Regional Library In-Person
  South Regional Library Story Time Room,
  10:00 am
• Drop-in Gaming: Main Library In-Person
  Main Library , Teen Area , Carencro
  3:30 pm
• F2 Havoc Douget
  Eunice Recreation Complex , 461 Sittig St , Eunice
  5:30 pm
• George Porter Jr.
  Acadiana Center for the Arts , 101 W Vermilion St , Lafayette
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• All lanes are now open on I-10 East before LA 13 (Crowley Eunice Hwy) with minimal congestion.
  6:22PM on Dec 9: The right lane on I-10 East before LA 13 is blocked due to a vehicle fire, causing congestion approaching LA 91. (Nextdoor )

• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Team Member in Church Point. Apply here.
• Brookshire Grocery Company posted a job opening for Meatcutter in Opelousas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Church Point here.

🗞 Nearby News

Opelousas

• St. Landry Jail Worker Allegedly Smuggled Drugs Into Facility (973thedawg.com)
• St. Landry Parish Government installs 'The Giving Fridge' to address food insecurity (kadn.com)
• Basketball Recap: Washington-Marion Skates Past Rayne with Ease (maxpreps.com)

Rayne

• 5 SLO County cities nominated for America's ‘favorite small town.' Which ones? (fresnobee.com)
• Louisiana Is Home to America's Only ‘Wrong Way' Cemetery (1130thetiger.com)

Carencro

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