Lifestyle

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.

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.

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.