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Not long after the start of the new year, a new judge will be seated in Vermilion Parish.
Tommy Frederick is set to be sworn on Jan. 4 as the new Division C Judge for the 15th Judicial District. He won a runoff against Ricky LaFleur on Dec. 5.
Frederick thanked the voters for their support. The 15th Judicial District includes Vermilion, Acadia and Lafayette Parishes. However, only those in Vermilion Parish voted for Division C Judge. Frederick received 2,898 votes (50%). LaFleur had 2,857 (50%).

Phallie S. Sellers Fund, in collaboration with the Vermilion Foundation, an Affiliate Community Foundation of Acadiana granted $10,000 to Keep Abbeville Beautiful.
Vermilion Foundation Advisory Board Member Dr. Jacob Sellers said that “though the Foundation is in its early beginning, it is starting to have an impact in the Parish with several grants being awarded within Vermilion Parish.”

The US, among industrial nations, has the largest number of homeless women and the highest number on record since the Great Depression. An estimated 50% of all homeless people are women. A Maurice woman, after seeing a documentary several years ago about what homeless women struggle with, decided to put one foot forward in the fight to help these women. Jenni Painter gives herself a yearly goal; this year being a goal of 25 bags full of products by Christmas. This is Painter’s fourth year in doing a supply drive to support homeless women.