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Gueydan Memorial Guest Home has chosen Donna Kibodeaux as Employee of The Month for November.
Gueydan Memorial Guest Home November News
GUEYDAN - November is the month of Thankings. Ask any residence of the Gueydan Memorial Guest Home and they will tell you they do indeed have a lot to be thankful for every day this year. November ...
Nov 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Boyd Girouard, running the Boston Marathon, has run in 16 marathons and is training for his 17th.
Girouards have combined for 19 marathons
KAPLAN — It is said that life is a marathon, not a sprint. That can be taken almost literally for Boyd and Olivia Girouard. The father and daughter from Kaplan have run a combined 19 marathons. And...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Abbeville City Council denies road-block request
The Abbeville City Council is certainly interested in the safety of the citizens it serves, but there are limits. In a 5-0 vote Tuesday, the council denied a request by Amir Batoej, who owns Live O...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Neighbors in Erath do not like to have a high hill like this one in their backyard.
Erath aldermen get tough on building dirt mounds
Starting next year, anyone who wants to place dirt for a foundation in Erath is going to need a permit and follow certain rules. At Monday night’s aldermen meeting, the discussion was about residen...
Nov 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish School Board discusses summer kindergarten program
Vermilion Parish Elementary Supervisor Ann Hardy reported to the School Board the success of Kindergarten Intervention Developing Successful Students (KIDSS), a summer program for Kindergarten stud...
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Mark Shirley
LSU Ag Center honors Abbeville's Mark Shirley
The LSU AgCenter is honoring six individuals, including Abbeville resident Mark Shirley, and four teams of faculty members for outstanding service to extension and research at a ceremony on Dec. 2...
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Gene Sellers (left) is given his award by Duayne Richard.
Abbevile's Gene Sellers given Philanthropy Award
LAFAYETTE - Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) held its inaugural 2011 Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon, presented by The Shaw Group, recently at the Cajundome Convention Center, and A...
Nov 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The AFD responded to the fire Saturday at 4:20 a.m.
Abbeville Fire Department battles early morning blaze
The Abbeville Fire Department responded to a structure fire early Saturday morning. The house, located at 1619 Cherokee Ave., was completely engulfed in flames when the AFD arrived at approximately...
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jeffery Coates
Two arrested by Vermilion Parish Task Force
The Vermilion / Municipal Narcotics Task Force recently made two more arrests while working street level crimes and drug activity operations. • Agents received information that a person was alleged...
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The Erath High band.
Erath High band finishes strong in competition
There is the saying, “It is not how you start that counts but how you finish.” Well, if that is the case, then the Erath High School Band finished the marching season strong. In the final two week...
Nov 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Mary Magdalen to hold 100th Celebration
On Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, St. Mary Magdalen Church located in Abbeville, will celebrate an important milestone – the 100th anniversary of the present exterior church structure. The celebration wil...
Nov 11, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kate Faulk
North Vermilion's Kate Faulk is latest Class Act Student
Student Name: Kate Faulk School: North Vermilion High Age: 17 Grade: Senior I hate it when: there aren’t enough hours in the day to complete my tasks. My most memorable pet was a yellow lab n...
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Month later, Abbeville Police still not 100 percent sure who skeleton is in bank chimney
Thursday marks the one month anniversary of the skeleton found in Bank of Abbeville, and the Abbeville Police Department are still not 100 percent sure who the person is. What the police do know i...
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Major Tommy Rigsby leads the ceremony.
Abbeville's Rigsby continues to pay his respects to fallen comrades by hosting Memorial Day ceremony
Each year residents from Vermilion Parish visit Graceland Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony to pay their respect for those who were killed in war. Leading the special ceremony for at least the ...
May 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaplan's Suire gets jail-time for 3rd DWI
Brock Charles Suire will spend 45 days in jail after being sentenced by the courts following a Nolo Contendre plea for his third DWI charge earlier this month. Suire, from Kaplan, was arrested in ...
May 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charles Sonnier (right) recently purchased the Bob Theatre. Sonnier said he is in looking into different options for the building.
Sonnier looks to revamp Bob Theatre
Charles Sonnier was born and raised in Abbeville, leaving only to attend Law School at Tulane University in New Orleans. He has a strong love for his hometown. “Abbeville is a quaint little town,” ...
May 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vermilion Parish Police Jury President issues ban on burning for the entire parish
Volunteer firemen are fighting field fire after field fire which has gotten the attention of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury. Friday morning, Police Jury President Wayne Touchet declared a burn ...
May 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kindergarten teacher Delia Girouard stacks the chairs for school employees to move.
LeBlanc Elementary staff begins move into new school
ERATH - Finally - no more bad hair days; no more heels breaking in the walkways walking to the cafeteria; no more reasons to put on rubber boots and a rain coat to walk from one class to another. ...
May 26, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Leighton Theriot
Kaplan man's body found in Grand Lake
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries and the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office located the body of Kaplan’s Leighton Theriot Wednesday morning in Grand Lake in Cameron Parish. The departments locate...
May 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ryan Allen, who will attend the U.S. Air Force Academy, is close to earning his pilot's license.
Erath High grad Allen will attend U.S. Air Force Academy
ERATH - Ryan Allen graduated from Erath High School last Saturday. Now he is ready to spread his wings and fly...literally. Allen, 18, will leave June 17 to begin a journey to Colorado Springs, Co...
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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A Daisy Red Ryder BB gun like this one was used to shoot out windows in Erath and Abbeville.
Erath teens use BB gun to shoot out windows in businesses and cars in Erath, Abbeville
ERATH - A group of teenagers in Erath decided they were going to have fun and ride around Erath and Abbeville, shooting out vehicle and store windows with a BB gun. What they did not figure into th...
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Councilman at Large Herb Gaspard assists city workers in spreading the eco-friendly ground cover at Kaplan’s Eastside Park. The mulch is recycled rubber tires from which all metal has been stripped. The rubber is then shredded and colored for playground use.
Children’s parks get eco-friendly ground cover
KAPLAN - The playgrounds in the two Kaplan parks will have a new fresh look, be a lot safer for the youngsters, and is very eco-friendly. A rubber mulch made from recycled and shredded tires was l...
May 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fr. Meaux talks to National Guard soldiers in Haiti.
Abbeville priest talks to Louisiana National Guard troops in Haiti
Written By Sgt. 1st Class Paul Meeker, Task Force Bon Voizen Public Affairs, Louisiana Army National Guard GONAIVES, Haiti – It’s fairly routine for military chaplains to be on hand to minister t...
May 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Arthur Ray Thibodeaux Jr., along with his wife Bonnie, claims a $100,000 top prize from a “Hot Streak” scratch-off at the Lottery’s Lafayette office.
Maurice man wins $100,000 from Lottery scratch-off
LAFAYETTE – Arthur Ray Thibodeaux Jr. of Maurice isn’t sure what prompted him to purchase a Hot Streak scratch-off from the Lottery besides feeling drawn to it. That feeling paid off in a big way ...
May 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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