The Louisiana Military Museum will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on Monday, in honor of those service members who are no longer with us. This all-day event is free and open to the public.
The Museum will be open for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The inaugural Anything Over Rice or Pasta Cook-Off will take place from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
McNeese State University conferred degrees on 756 graduates during the 158th commencement ceremonies May 13 in Burton Coliseum.
The spring Class of 2022 included graduates from 33 parishes, 18 states and 30 countries and 771 degrees were awarded, including 29 associate degrees, 633 bachelor’s degrees, 108 master’s degrees and one education specialist degree.
Spring graduates from Vermilion Parish are:
ABBEVILLE: Katlyn Marie Luquette, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
ERATH: Jennifer Suzanne Power, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
It is that time of the school year when the hiring begins for the Vermilion Parish Public School system.
While teachers and students are counting down the days before the school year ends, there are those in the central office who kicked into the hiring mode.
Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert, who is retiring in January, and his staff is busy trying to find people to fill 160 open positions. The positions range from teachers, secretaries, principals, assistant principals, lunchroom operators, and janitors.
The Erath Police will be on the look out for adults not wearing their seat belts, along with children being buckled up properly.
Erath police officers are stepping up seat belt enforcement ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
The Erath Police Department for the next few weeks will be on the look out for drivers and passengers 15 and younger who don’t wear their seat belts.
The annual “Click It Or Ticket” campaign comes just before the start one of the most active travel weekends of the year.
It will be held starting May 23 and runs through June 5.
A ticket in Erath for not wearing a seat belt is $52.
Mark Shirley introduces third graders to a live alligator during a recent Wetland Days event.
Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent Mark Shirley has been inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Renewable Natural Resources/Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Hall of Fame as Alumnus of the Year for 2022.
Nominations must be made by School of Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) faculty members, and all 28 RNR faculty members vote on the nominations. The Hall of Fame was re-established in 2007, and Shirley makes the 30th inductee since that time.
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