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Ray A. Landry, FACHE

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A Story of Re-birth: Taken April 2016 - A whooping crane chick stands by its parents at a nest in Jefferson Davis Parish. This is the first whooping crane chick hatched in the wild in Louisiana since 1939.

Abbeville General Board announces ​retirement of CEO Ray Landry

John Boudreaux, Chairman of the Hospital Board of Abbeville General, has announced the retirement of Ray A. Landry, FACHE, as Chief Executive Officer of Abbeville General.

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VEDA launches Community Job Board

ABBEVILLE – Pandemic-era issues are affecting business communities across the world. Employers are turning to age-old practices to solve new programs to limited success. That’s where the Vermilion Economic Development Alliance (VEDA) comes in. VEDA has launched an online community job board to help local companies connect with Vermilion Parish jobseekers.

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Sandra and John T. Landry

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Pictured: Fred Hoyt, Vermilion Foundation Advisory Board member, Sandra B. Landry, John T. Landry, Raymond Hebert, CEO of Community Foundation of Acadiana

Landrys named honorees for Philanthropy Award

Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) and Hancock Whitney Bank are pleased to announce the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award honorees for Vermilion Parish, John T. and Sandra B. Landry.
John T. and Sandra B. Landry are lifelong residents of Vermilion parish. John T. was a successful auto dealer and Sandra taught 1st grade for 32 years in the Vermilion Parish Public School System.

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Handing Jewitt Hulin (middle) a special made plaque, are John Andrus (left) and Jimmy Meaux Sr.

65 years of service

Jewitt Hulin has decided it was time for him to stop being a public servant.
For the last 65 years, Hulin has worked for the Vermilion Parish Police Jury or drainage boards.
This month, he stepped down as the secretary/treasurer for seven different drainage boards in the parish. For 30-plus years, he attended seven drainage board meetings once a month. While there, he kept meeting notes and oversaw the drainage board’s finances.
Before being on the drainage boards, he was the secretary/treasurer for the police jury for 30 years.

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The vehicle allegedly involved in the theft of the utility trailer.

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The stolen utility trailer

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The stolen mower.

Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office seeking public assistance in theft of utility trailer, mower

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer, Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) is actively investigating the theft of a Utility Trailer and Zero-Turn lawn mower.

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