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Don Chauvin

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Mark Mula, who is on the Abbeville Hall of Fame Committee, hugs Barbara Lemaire after Don Chauvin left the ceremony in an ambulance.

Don Chauvin passes away after helping induct longtime friend into Abbeville High Hall of Fame

Fri, 10/15/2021 - 10:11am

On Thursday, one of the founding fathers of the Abbeville High Hall of Fame gave his final talk about his good friend who was being inducted in the Hall of Fame Class of 2021. He sat back down, and then closed his eyes.
Don Chauvin died around two hours later after speaking highly about his long-time friend, Barbara LeMaire, who was being inducted into the Abbeville High Hall of Fame as an honorary member.
Acadiana Ambulance and the Abbeville Fire Department worked on Chauvin for about 30 minutes, and when they left Magdalen Place, Chauvin still had a pulse.

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Ray A. Landry, FACHE

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A Story of Re-birth: Taken April 2016 - A whooping crane chick stands by its parents at a nest in Jefferson Davis Parish. This is the first whooping crane chick hatched in the wild in Louisiana since 1939.

Abbeville General Board announces ​retirement of CEO Ray Landry

Tue, 10/12/2021 - 9:11am

John Boudreaux, Chairman of the Hospital Board of Abbeville General, has announced the retirement of Ray A. Landry, FACHE, as Chief Executive Officer of Abbeville General.

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VEDA launches Community Job Board

Mon, 10/11/2021 - 3:40pm

ABBEVILLE – Pandemic-era issues are affecting business communities across the world. Employers are turning to age-old practices to solve new programs to limited success. That’s where the Vermilion Economic Development Alliance (VEDA) comes in. VEDA has launched an online community job board to help local companies connect with Vermilion Parish jobseekers.

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Sandra and John T. Landry

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Pictured: Fred Hoyt, Vermilion Foundation Advisory Board member, Sandra B. Landry, John T. Landry, Raymond Hebert, CEO of Community Foundation of Acadiana

Landrys named honorees for Philanthropy Award

Mon, 10/11/2021 - 12:49pm

Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) and Hancock Whitney Bank are pleased to announce the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award honorees for Vermilion Parish, John T. and Sandra B. Landry.
John T. and Sandra B. Landry are lifelong residents of Vermilion parish. John T. was a successful auto dealer and Sandra taught 1st grade for 32 years in the Vermilion Parish Public School System.

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Handing Jewitt Hulin (middle) a special made plaque, are John Andrus (left) and Jimmy Meaux Sr.

65 years of service

Mon, 10/11/2021 - 12:46pm

Jewitt Hulin has decided it was time for him to stop being a public servant.
For the last 65 years, Hulin has worked for the Vermilion Parish Police Jury or drainage boards.
This month, he stepped down as the secretary/treasurer for seven different drainage boards in the parish. For 30-plus years, he attended seven drainage board meetings once a month. While there, he kept meeting notes and oversaw the drainage board’s finances.
Before being on the drainage boards, he was the secretary/treasurer for the police jury for 30 years.

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