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Toasting at the Great Gatsby Gala were members of the Beard Congregational Church Committee: (left to right) Denise Everett, Schelly Lewis, Ethel Ambrose, Mary Morrison, Samantha January, Dana Comeaux and Andrea Dozier.
On Saturday close to 200 people stepped back into the 1920s to raise money for a church that is more than 100 years old.
Anna Guidry
Kaplan High School is excited to announce the inaugural class to be inducted into the newly formed Athletic Hall of Fame.
Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter
Water is pumped onto a rice field that will be used for crawfish. Mark
Shirley, an agent with the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant, recommends
crawfish producers wait for cooler temperatures before flooding their fields.
It’s almost time to flood crawfish ponds and get started on another season, said Mark Shirley, aquaculture specialist with the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant.
Jerome Puyau
On Wednesday, Superintendent Jerome Puyau’s attorney Lane Roy sent a letter to all eight school board members offering them some legal advice for free.
ERATH — The Town of Erath will be without power early Wednesday.
Mayor John Earl LeBlanc announced Monday afternoon that power will be shut off from midnight on Wednesday until 4 a.m.
Sports
Abbeville's Tavion Menard rushed for a team-high 125 yards.
The Abbeville Wildcats needed to beat the Jeanerette Tigers on Friday.
The week before, the Wildcats committed 11 turnovers and were beaten badly by Church Point.
GUEYDAN - Could history be in the making at Gueydan High School this football season?
Kendrick Baudoin (10) breaks up a pass.
Coach Matt Desormeaux’s Ascension Episcopal Blue Gator took momentum from a 95-yard drive and opted to go for the win instead of overtime Friday night here at Patriots Stadium.
The VC Eagles run onto the field before the Erath game.
The VC Eagles beat parish rival, the Erath’s Bobcats, 34-11, on Friday.
John Robert Allums kicked two field goals in final three minutes of game for VC.
When the game was on the line, the Vermilion Catholic Eagles answered in a big way.
Lifestyle
Tommie Pillette
ERATH — Erath educator Tommie Pillette (also known as Coach P. in the community) has been selected as the 2018 Erath High School Homecoming Grand Marshal.
James Schexnayder, Tiffani Broussard, Kathy Cormier and Richard Melancon
Link des Pink Cancer Organization has donated a total of 44 mammogram certificates valued at approximately $450 each to Abbeville General Hospital to use on those that are less fortunate or not fin
Eastridge Nursing and Rehab Center staff honored and celebrated the housekeeping department employees during National Housekeeping week which was September 9-15.
Obits
DELCAMBRE – A memorial gathering for Joseph Bradley Steen will be held on Wednesday September 26, 2018 at Evangeline Funeral Home in Delcambre.
ABBEVILLE – A Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Marcedell Johnson Joiner, 79, at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 822 I.J. Joiner St., Abbeville, LA.
Vermilion Today
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Kaplan, LA 70548
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Gueydan, LA 70542