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NEW IBERIA — In his 33 years of farming sugarcane, Ricky Gonsoulin had never had as good of a crop as the one he saw growing in his fields in 2022. And in 33 years, he had never lost so much as a stalk of sugarcane to a freeze.
But that unlikely scenario came to pass in late December when an arctic blast sent temperatures below freezing for three days across Louisiana. At his farm near New Iberia, Gonsoulin spent Christmas waiting for his cane to thaw so he could survey the damage and get back to work harvesting whatever remained.

There will not be two ambulance services in Vermilion Parish.
The police jury voted 7-4 to deny Global Medical Response from locating in the parish.
Jurors voting not to let Global Medical Response (Med Express) into Vermilion were Ronald Darby, Liz Touchet, Mark Poché, Chad Lege, Chad Vallo, Scott Broussard and Dexter Callahan.
Dane Hebert, Brent Landry, Errol Domingues and Ronald Menard voted to allow Global Medical Response into the parish.

On Wednesday, the Vermilion Parish police jurors are expected to hear a presentation from Acadia Ambulance and Global Medical Response on whether there is a need for two ambulance services in the parish.
The two will speak at a “Need and Necessity” hearing at Wednesday’s 911 Committee Meeting in the Police Jury Meeting Room. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. The meeting room is located on the second floor the Vermilion Parish Courthouse.
The public is invited to attend the meeting.