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Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville members Renee Bertrand and Tayna Istre (blue T-shirts) spoke to the Rotary Club of Abbeville about JA’s Project “Backpack To School Supply” drive.
Rotary member Dr. Anita Carrere, who is also a member of JA, and Rotary President
Thomas Thompson present school supplies to JA, donated by Rotarians.

Project Backpack: Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville looking for school supply donations

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 2:27pm

School began around Vermilion Parish Thursday morning.
Social media filled with smiling students on their first day. Students settled in their new desks with their new teachers.
It’s an emotional and exciting time.
It can also be a stressful time for some families who, for various reasons, don’t have the means to purchase school supplies and uniforms.
Members of the Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville have worked with other groups recently to make sure that students in Vermilion Parish are going back to school with everything they need.

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Milo A. Nickel, Sr.

Services set for Milo Nickel, Sr., longtime President/COO of LSN

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:12am

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at 11 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church for Milo Addison Nickel, Sr., 85, who passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. prior to the services. Monsignor Charles DuBois will officiate for the services and Kenneth Privat will give the eulogy.

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Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, center, listens to St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot at a meeting on rural tourism Tuesday at the St. Landry Visitor Center on Interstate 49. At left is Doug Bourgeois, director of the Louisiana Byways program. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Acadiana tourism leaders air their wish lists

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 8:43am

OPELOUSAS — About 50 tourism leaders were queried Tuesday about their ideas on how to improve rural tourism in a meeting attended by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center.
“We want to know those ideas and those thoughts whether it is additional off road trips, attractions or things we can put together,” Nungesser said.
“We are excited to learn more and see how we can better coordinate moving people around the state,” he said.

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Dispatcher Kaitlin Dugas holds B.J. while Paramedics Kimberly Connor (left), Thelma Stelly (center) and EMT Kevin Duhon are reunited with the baby six months after they all participated in keeping the baby alive after he was born en route to the hospital.

Paramedics reunite with tiny patient

Thu, 08/10/2017 - 12:11pm

On Sunday, July 23, 2017, Paramedic Thelma Stelly, Dispatcher Kaitlin Dugas, Paramedic Kimberly Connor, and EMT Kevin Duhon were able to reunite with a very small patient they had met six months prior.
Baby Brantlyn James Touchet (B.J.) was born at 23 weeks, weighing only one pound, 10 ounces, and considered a micro-preemie.
The story begins when Sabrina Kestler, a Kaplan resident, was not quite six months pregnant. When she returned home from working the midnight shift, she began experiencing pain. She went to bed hoping the pain would stop.

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From left to right: wife, Paula Chautin Guidroz Trahan, sister, Vicki Dees, mother, Hazel Trahan, daughter, Emily Trahan Woods, son, Christopher Trahan, son-in-law, Peter Woods, step-daughter-in-law, Tina Guidroz, step-son, Michael Guidroz, Godmother, Fanny Broussard. Grandchildren in front row: Allie Woods, Jemma Guidroz, Kate Woods, Ethan Woods and Reeve Guidroz.

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The late Errol Trahan.

Honoring an educator: Bench at Erath Middle School dedicated to late Errol Trahan

Thu, 08/10/2017 - 11:13am

ERATH — On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Erath Middle Principal Wendy Stoute welcomed family and friends of the late Errol Trahan to dedicate a special bench in memory of the school's former assistant principal.
Trahan passed away after a long battle with cancer on Feb. 22, 2016.
Erath Middle Principal Wendy Stoute shared this at the dedication, “Errol Trahan was a wonderful giver and he was happiest when he could help our students and teachers.
“Now because of him we have a place to sit and rest, I know he is happy once again.”

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