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ERATH - Dennis and Natalie Mouton, long-time members of the Erath Fourth of July Association, have been selected to serve as grand marshals of this year’s Erath Fourth of July Parade.
The parade will take place Sunday at 5 p.m. through Erath. The fire works show will be at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
The Moutons are true assets to the Erath Fourth of July Association.
The Moutons have been members of the Fourth of July Association for 31 years.

ERATH — The Erath Fourth of July Celebration is back and it gets underway today.
After a year of absence due to COVID-19, the celebration is back. It will be a five-day celebration that starts today and ends on Sunday.
Erath Mayor Taylor Mencacci is happy to have the celebration return to Erath.

Patience has paid off for one of Louisiana’s female whooping cranes that was a part of the initial population from 2011The female crane, designated L7-11, laid the first egg of the experimental population in 2014. However, that attempt, along with subsequent others for her, were unsuccessful. But this year, two eggs hatched and, as of this writing, both chicks are alive.