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ERATH – The town of Erath still has not chosen a new fire chief after two attempts.
The town’s ordinance says the Erath mayor must submit one of three candidates for fire chief.
Volunteer firefighters give the mayor two names, and honorary volunteer firefighters submit one name as well.
After the mayor submits a name, the aldermen vote on that nomination. If they do not approve the choice, the mayor is expected to submit another name, or so the aldermen believed.

Vermilion Parish Police Juror Errol Domingues, who is also a sugar cane farmer, asked his fellow jurors to help defend the sugar cane industry in Vermilion Parish when people or social media users complain about its presence.
In the past 20 years, the sugar cane industry has grown steadily in the parish and is now Vermilion’s top crop. Planting started in the Erath and Delcambre areas and has gradually moved west toward Gueydan.

One of the reasons Chad Vallo wanted to become a police juror was his father, Harris Vallo, and his desire to help others.
His dad served as a police juror in Gueydan for 16 years, and during that time, Chad learned what it truly meant to be a police juror. Harris also held the position of jury president for two years.
Well, on Wednesday, Chad Vallo was voted in as the new police jury president. He had previously been the vice president for two years before stepping up to the presidency.