DELCAMBRE — The Delcambre Board of Aldermen is still getting no resolution to the faulty customer water shutoff valves installed when upgrading water meters and pipes for residents a couple of years ago.
It is no secret that Vermilion Parish has some old school buildings. When you have buildings that average 50 years old, things break and need to be repaired.
The oldest school is Indian Bayou Elementary, which began as a high school around 1949, making it 74 years old.
Recently, Assistant Superintendent Marc Turner and a group of school system employees visited all 20 schools in search of what is needed to be repaired or replaced at each school.
Louisiana District 4 Public Service Commissioner Mike Francis, whose district includes this area, attended a recent Vermilion Parish Police Jury meeting to talk about providing better electricity power to the residents of Pecan Island and along the coastline.
Francis, who started an oil field trucking company in Vermilion Parish in Intracoastal City in the 1970s, educated the police jurors that Cameron Parish is preparing to spend $340 million to harden the electrical system. They want to make it withstand a hurricane.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury said thanks but no thanks to the Alley Cat Allies’ request to help the Vermilion Parish Animal Shelter.
According to a press release, Alley Cat Allies reached out to the Vermilion Parish Police Jury with an offer of collaboration to implement lifesaving, effective programs to help the Parish’s shelter cats.
The organization, at no cost to the taxpayers, planned to:
• install new cat and dog kennels, fans, bedding, toys, and other supplies at the shelter
Deputy Anthony Frederick and his K-9 partner, SAAR, recovered
numerous items during the arrest.
With an assist from his K-9 partner, a Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s deputy arrested a Franklin man on multiple charges.
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the arrest occurred on Feb. 14.
While working Criminal Interdiction, Deputy Anthony Frederick, along with his K-9 partner, SAAR, made a traffic stop on Bryson Gaspard of Franklin. After speaking with Gaspard, and utilizing K-9 SAAR, Deputy Frederick was able to apply for, and obtain a search warrant for Gaspard’s vehicle.
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