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Jim Meaux, owner of Jim s Tree Service. Couvillon's Career: Jim's Tree Service
KAPLAN – Trees are as much of a part of Vermilion Parish’s landscape as canals, pastures and crawfish ponds. Live Oaks shade us, Crepe Myrtles provide colorful scenery, and Cypress and Pin...
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Holly and Carrick Boffy (left) hand  Robert F. Stephens of the Alzheimer’s Association (right)  a check for $28,000. The money donated was raised at the Second Annual Fishing For Memories Tournament. Behind Stephens is Joey Russo of IBC Group, who is the champion sponsor of the fishing rodeo. In the back are board members of the Harbor and Terminal Board, where the check was presented. Fishing For Memories earns lots of money for Alzheimer's Association
Despite the oil spill in the Gulf, tropical storms, and the summer’s worst heat wave, the second annual Fishing for Memories for a hit. A benefit rodeo for the Alzheimer’s Association was held Jul...
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Abbeville voters may or may not be able to vote on a flood protection tax in the near future. Police Jury may sue City of Abbeville
The Police Jury may file a lawsuit against the City of Abbeville and let a judge decide if the Police Jury has the right to call a parish-wide property tax election for flood protection even thou...
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Jane Derouen Derouen: Class Act Student of the Week
This week’s Vermilion Parish’s Class Act Student of the week is VC senior Jeane Derouen. Her parents are Harvey and Antoinette Derouen. What has been the most memorable thing, thus far, that has h...
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Colby Comeaux Task Force cracks down on cocaine
Agents with the Vermilion / Municipal Narcotics Task force along with Abbeville Narcotics agents ended up in a short chase earlier this week after receiving information about possible illicit narc...
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Martial d’ Augereau moves the cage that the four foot gator is trapped in. Alligator found in chicken yard near Meaux
MEAUX – Martial d’ Augereau thought he had seen every wild animal possible living in the Meaux area for the last 15 years. There have been foxes, birds, a bobcat, possums , and snakes to ...
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Jeremy Varney Abbeville man charged with aggravated incest
An Abbeville resident is sitting in the Vermilion Parish jail after being arrested by the Abbeville Police Department and charged with one count of aggravated incest. According to Abbeville Police...
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Douglas Touchet was piloting a plane like this one when it crashed in Las Vegas on Monday. Erath resident killed in plane crash in Las Vegas
An Erath resident, who was the pilot, was killed in a small plane crash Monday morning in Las Vegas. Douglas Touchet, 45, and three other passengers, including his wife Susan, piloted the plane t...
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It took 20 years for Zoe Sagrera Lynch (left) and daughter Nora to write her memories on Cheniere au Tigre. A month after it was completed, Zoe passed away. Cheniere au Tigre’s historian passes away
A major part of Cheniere au Tigre’s history is gone. Zoe Sagrera Lynch, 92, died peacefully while being a passenger in a vehicle after returning from a doctor’s visit Thursday morning. She was bu...
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Golf clubs' state funds par for the course
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CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE BATON ROUGE -- As the Jindal administration considers even more budget cuts -- as much as 35 percent -- to higher educatiion and health care many other spending programs go un...
Backseat seat belt usage doubles
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BATON ROUGE -- Fifty-eight percent of backseat passengers over 13 years old are buckling up in accordance with a 2009 law extending Louisiana’s seat belt use requirements, according to an observati...
Got goats? Moreauville dairy does
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MOREAUVILLE. – Besides saying cheese, visitors can taste it at WesMar Farms, a self-proclaimed agricultural respite owned by West and Marguerite Devillier Constantine. “The ultimate goal is for th...
17 men plead guilty to shrimp violations on Sabine N.W.R.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division's Special Operations Unit in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) federally charged 17 individu...
Gentlemen, and ladies, dip your paddles
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LSN ST. MARTINVILLE – Entries are starting to come in for the inaugural running of the Tour du Teche, including the second-place winner of last month’s 340-mile race across the state of Missouri, ...
Ville Platte team ready for run in All American Futurity
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Two Evangeline Parish residents, the father/son team of John L. Soileau and Darrel Soileau, will soon enter a new chapter in their quarter horse racing careers by competing in the All American Futu...
Dorris Schexnider
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Doris Schexnider June 21, 1923 ~ September 3, 2010 Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Monday, September 6, 2010 at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Most Holy Ros...
Betty Schexnayder Broussard
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Betty Schexnayder Broussard Abbeville – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Betty J. Schexnayder Broussard, 77, will was held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at St. Mary Magdelan Catholic...
Raymond Lee Morgan
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Raymond Lee Morgan Erath- Funeral Services for Raymond Lee Morgan, 74, will be held at 11:00AM, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in the David Funeral Home Chapel of Erath with Deacon Cody Mille...
Alice Cade Broussard
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Alice Cade Broussard August 11, 1923 ~ September 6, 2010 Abbeville—Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 9, 2010 at a 2:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Magdalen ...
Nolia Viator
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Nolia Viator June 29, 1917 ~ September 2, 2010 Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 3, 2010 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Nolia ...
Joseph “Stut” Stafford Boudreaux
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Joseph “Stut” Stafford Boudreaux December 18, 1937 ~ August 28, 2010 Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 4, 2010 at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Frances X...
Abbeville Police Call Log for Sept. 3
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September 3, 2010 E. Lafayette @ S. Miles A person told police that a man was sitting in a vehicle on the side of the road and that he possibly had stolen an air conditioner. Officers arrested th...
Abbeville Arrest Report for Sept. 3-7
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Miguel Gonzalez Bazan DOB: 9/29/1983 Charge: Driving while intoxicated- 1st offense No insurance No driver’s license Howard Lee Bessard DOB: 11/9/1961 Charge: Domestic abuse batte...
Abbeville Arrest Report for September 2-3
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Barry James Guidry DOB: 2/12/1988 Charge: Resisting an officer No inspection sticker No driver’s license Jeremy Adam Varney DOB: 4/15/1981 Charge: Aggravated incest
Abbeville Police Call Log for September 1-2
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September 1, 2010 Edwards @ Hawthorne Officers stood by while the Abbeville Fire Department put out a small fire on the side of the road. S. Young There was a prank call made to an area busi...
Kaplan Police Report
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08/20/10 Sandy Alatorre, 34, 1716 Vets. Mem. Dr., Kaplan, was cited with general speed law. Shane Duhon, 36, 1108 N. Hebert, Kaplan, was cited with stop sign violation, suspended license, and no...
Abbeville Arrest Report for August 27-30
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Coy James Breaux DOB: 11/21/1972 Charge: Two counts of stalking Johnny Del Carter DOB: 9/24/1957 Charge: Disturbing the peace by fighting Rashanda Renee Evans DOB...
Nathan Abshire made music legends
by Jim Bradshaw
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The inscription on Nathan Abshire's accordion box read, "The Good Times are Killing Me." Eventually, they did. But not before he established himself as one of the best Cajun accordion players eve...
Today is special to Acadians
by Jim Bradshaw
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August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, is a special day to Acadians around the world. It’s officially been National Acadian day since the first National Convention of the Acadians declared it so i...
1924 was a real scorcher
by Jim Bradshaw
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On August 2, 1924, during a sweltering heat wave, Father W.J. Teurlings, then the pastor of St. John's Cathedral in Lafayette, issued this statement to the Daily Advertiser: "At the Cathedral, a s...
Brother Brinkhaus stayed close to home
by Jim Bradshaw
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Joseph Armand Brinkhaus died on the day I was born, March 7, 1944, in the little town of Grand Coteau. He was born there 84 years before, and left the town for any length of time only once. That wa...
Slot machine raids divided citizenry
by Jim Bradshaw
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Francesco Castiglia, better known as Frank Costello, was already a big-time gangster in New York City in the 1930s when Huey Long was at his peak of power. Costello was consigliore of the Luciana ...
On house dances and fais-do-dos
by Jim Bradshaw
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Whether the tune is a Cajun two-step, an upbeat Zydeco song, a Swamp Pop melody, or even something with a Big Band sound, the music we make in south Louisiana is designed for dancing -- and it alwa...
Learning about People from What They Leave behind
by Duncan Boutwell
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Several times in my life I have found myself exploring what others left behind. It’s interesting to see what people will stack beside the street for the claw truck. Sometimes it is worthwhile to wa...
Taking a Look at Stephen King and His Writing
by Duncan Boutwell
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Where do writers come from? It looks as though there may be as many answers as there are writers. Hiding behind this question, there are often better ones, depending on what the questioner...
Nocturnal or Diurnal: Not always an Easy Choice to Make
by Duncan Boutwell
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Armadillos are nocturnal, creatures of the night. If you want to see one eating your garden, you might need to sit out on your porch and wait for it, so you can discuss the matter. A .22 rifle ...
Strength to be like Drew Brees
by Jacques Couvillon
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We’ve all had our heroes or someone we looked up to in life. We’ve admired their actions and felt awed by their presence. They are our leaders who we cheer for and sometimes aspire to be. By whe...
Two Ideas That Can Play Nice With Each Other
by Duncan Boutwell
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One idea is good. Two are better. Two that can play nice with each other, best. First, someone mentioned how strange it feels to be alone in a building normally populated. Now there are only...
Remembering Tarzan and a mentor I never met
by Duncan Boutwell
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Have you heard the old song “Sentimental Journey,” about a “sentimental journey back home”? I took one about two weeks ago, just in my mind. Somewhere there was a reference to Tarzan, and I ...
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