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Acadiana city known for traditional Cajun music, Eunice is also home to a beach resort
A sunny spot
Trump says Iran deal won’t be rushed
But contends negotiations proceeding in ‘constructive manner’ BY SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press
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Bonnie Pitre Kyzar is co-owner of Lakeview Park & Beach, a blue lake with white sand in the middle of rolling farmland and crawfish ponds near Eunice. BY JOANNA BROWN
Located about an hour northwest of Lafayette, the “Cajun Prairie” region is not exactly beachfront property, and The little city of Eunice attracts visi- true watering holes in the region are tors from all over the world, seeking hard to come by. But just outside of the the trappings of authentic Cajun cul- city proper, Lakeview Park & Beach is ture — like live music, the traditional providing exactly that — a white-sand rural courir de Mardi Gras and incred- beach on a blue lake, in the middle of rolling farmland and crawfish ponds. ible food. The resort also features RV camping They don’t go to Eunice looking for with full hookups, cabin rentals, band sandy beaches.
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stages, a dance hall and amusing summer amenities, like a trampoline that looks like a big fluffy pillow and a “kid car wash,” which washes the kids. The Pitre family have owned Lakeview since the early 2000s, when they purchased the then-abandoned park with the goal of restoring it to an earlier glory. Lakeview has been around since
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Cassidy drops Kisatchie transfer plan Outrage grew over local control proposal
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A sweeping proposal drafted by a Grant Parish resident and backed by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s office that would have transferred about a quarter of Louisiana’s only national forest to local control is dead after fierce opposition from hunters, conservationists, a Native American tribe and the parish’s own government.
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The Kisatchie National Forest is Louisiana’s only national forest, located in seven parishes in the state’s north and central ä See KISATCHIE, page 3A regions.
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Rural town’s internet plans derailed again as funds stall BY JENNA ROSS
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CAIRO — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though President Donald Trump said he told representatives “not to rush into a deal.” Trump said negotiations were “proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner,” and the relationship with Iran was becoming “much more professional and productive.” He pushed back against criticism by some fellow Republicans seeking a tougher approach. The agreement would not be signed Sunday, according to a person familiar with the status of negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. The sides have previously seemed close to a deal in recent weeks, only to falter. The strait’s reopening would ease a worldwide energy crisis sparked by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Iran on Feb. 28, which led Tehran to effectively close the waterway. Prices have spiked for oil, gas and related products. Experts say it would take several weeks or even months for shipping and prices to recover once the strait reopens. The U.S. has blockaded Iranian ports for over a month, and Trump said it “will remain in full force and effect un-
EAST CARROLL PARISH — “Celebrate,” the original poster said, “the arrival of fiber internet!” Folks were trekking to Lake Providence in the northeast corner of Louisiana from Washington, D.C., to cheer the expected expansion of high-speed internet across the small city. The head of the state’s broadband office was set to attend. The in-
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ternet company, Conexon, had installed fiber optic cables in the ground, right up to the library, where the event was to be held. But by the time of the event, in early May, the celebration and the exclamation point had disappeared from the poster. A few of the speakers had, too. Instead, leaders were again answering the same question: Where’s the fiber internet?
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