Donna Ricard
Access to low-cost, high-quality health care coverage is one of the most important factors in determining quality of life for tens of millions of seniors in Louisiana and across the country. That’s why past and potential future cuts to the Medicare Advantage program are so concerning.
75th Louisiana Cattle Festival King Randall Perrin and Queen Isabelle Douet
On Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, the Louisiana Cattle Festival Association proudly welcomed a new group of royalty to reign over the 75th Louisiana Cattle Festival, scheduled for October 3-5, 2025.
The newly crowned kings and queens are tasked with promoting the Festival during their year long reign in addition to representing the Festival Association, the state’s cattle industry, and the City of Abbeville and Vermilion Parish.
Assist. Principal Christine Dubois, VC Principal Stella Arabie, Fr. Nicholas Dupre’, Fr. Alexander Albert, and Assist. Principal Lauryn Lee (L-R)
Christine Dubois is retiring after a long career.
Amanda Trahan has been named assistant principal at VC.
Punctuality, preparedness, and professionalism are attributes essential for success in any career. The field of education also requires patience, empathy, adaptability, a passion for learning and leadership, fortitude, integrity, and a love of people.
VC Assistant Principal Christine Dubois embodies those admirable qualities and more. She has influenced thousands of students, faculty, and parents.
Clavern Adams shows off a copy of the Abbeville Meridional form Dec. 12, 2014. Adams appeared on the front page as the Vermilion Parish Middle School Student of the Year. In that story, Adams said he “dreamed” about becoming an engineer, a dream he has now realized.
Over a decade ago, a bright, ambitious 13-year-old named Clavern Adams stood out at J.H. Williams Middle School. As Student of the Year, he expressed a dream to one day become an engineer, driven by his love for math and a hunger for challenge. Today, that young man is a college graduate with a degree in electrical engineering—proof that hard work, focus, and belief can turn dreams into reality.
But the journey wasn’t easy.
Jessica Duhon (left) and MaKayla Vice are the 2025 recipients of the Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship. The two players are joined by Betty Cormier, co-founder of the Erath Softball League.
Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship winners Jessica Duhon and MaKayla Vice are joined by members of their respective families as well as the Cormier family.
ERATH — Jessica Duhon and MaKayla Vice have been named as the recipients of the 2025 Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship.
Duhon and Vice are both seniors at Erath High School.
The award is named in honor of Shelby Cormier, who along with his wife, Betty, founded the Erath Softball League in 1971. Betty Cormier created the Shelby Cormier Memorial Scholarship after her husband passed away in 2002.
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