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As I poke around among stories and recollections of times gone by, I am continually reminded of how isolated much of south Louisiana was before highways began to connect us, and that our isolation lasted for a good deal longer than we might expect.
That especially applies to places like Cheniere au Tiger, which still has no road, and Pecan Island, which wasn’t connected with the rest of the world by even a shell road until the 1950s. That separation created situations we can hardly imagine today.

This has not be an easy school year by any stretch, but so many students in Vermilion Parish have continued to shine bright.
Last week, the Vermilion Parish School System honored three of its brightest.
Cecil Picard Elementary’s Avery Folsom has been named Vermilion Parish Elementary Student of the Year. Forked Island E. Broussard’s Bryce Trahan is the Vermilion Parish Middle School Student of the Year. Rounding out the honorees is Erath High’s Jon Michael Shiner, the Vermilion Parish High School Student of the Year.

ERATH — Fifty-seven years later, the community of Erath has not forgotten the eight men who died when the water tower fell during Hurricane Hilda in 1964.
They died on Oct. 3, 1964 when the water tower fell on the town hall, where they were among the volunteers who monitored the storm.