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Aubrey Vincent

Rene Rost’s Aubrey Vincent earns Parish Elementary Student of the Year honor

Fifth-grader Aubrey Vincent was chosen as the Vermilion Parish Elementary Student of the Year at Rene Rost Middle School.
Aubrey is in the theatre club and 4-H. She did a play called “Deck the Halls with Poison Ivy during the Christmas season.” Her hobbies are cooking, dancing, painting, sewing, arts and crafts, and gymnastics. Her favorite subject in school is math, and her favorite teacher is Janie Turnley.
“I made a purple shirt and pants, and I put it in the 4-H clothing competition,” said Aubrey.

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Ty Hebert

Kaplan’s Hebert has worked hard to win parish student of the year

Eighteen year old Ty Hebert of Kaplan High was chosen to be the Vermilion Parish Student of the Year.
The son of James and Charlsie Hebert, he is the youngest with two older sisters. His GPA is a 4.0 and hobbies include 4-H, Beta, cross country and track and field. These hobbies helped him achieve being Student of the Year.
“I was excited. I put in a lot of work throughout high school and before high school while seeking out leadership positions, doing all my extracurriculars and trying to excel as much as I could in high school, it’s good feeling,” said Hebert.

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The Gueydan Duck Festival Association win big with Festival of The Year and 2022 LAFF Queen. Attending the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals Convention in Baton Rouge are, front row, Judy LeBlanc, 2021 Gueydan Duck Festival Queen and 2022 LAFF Queen Jordan Fuqua and Mildred Duncan. Back row, Ashley Smith, Tiffany Hebert, K’Rees Broussard, Tammy Richard, Jerrod Broussard and Julian LeBlanc.

Gueydan Duck Festival brings home wins

BATON ROUGE - The Gueydan Duck Festival has once again carried home the ultimate prize ‘Festival of The Year’ for the fourteenth time.
Members of the Duck Festival Association recently attended the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals Convention in Baton Rouge.
The members attended workshops and participated in round table discussions with other Louisiana Fairs and Festivals directors from throughout the State.

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Carter Primeaux and EMS Principal Dana Primeaux.

Erath Middle's Carter Primeaux earns his second parish student of the year award

ERATH — The Vermilion Parish Middle School Student of the Year is from Erath Middle School.
Erath Middle School’s Carter Primeaux is in the eighth grade, and he is 14 years old.
His parents are Ryan and Marlene Primeaux, and he has a younger brother in the fourth grade.
His G.P.A. is 4.0 and he is a part of the rodeo, 4-H and Junior Beta. He wants to go to college to be an anesthesiologist. When he was in the fifth grade, Carter was the student of the year at Dozier Elementary School and won parish student of the year.

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Kelsey Miller waves to the crowd after she just won the crown.

North Vermilion's Kelsey Miller crowned Miss La. High School queen

North Vermilion junior Kelsey Miller represented her school title of Miss North Vermilion High School this week at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in competition for the state title of Miss Louisiana High School, where she took home the crown.
Ashley Green, Kelsey’s mom, took to social media to congratulate Kelsey and tell her how proud she was.

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