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Gene Sellers looks on as Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert (left) and
Iberia Parish President Larry Richard sign paperwork to create a new map.

Vermilion, Iberia resolve long-standing boundary issue

Vermilion Parish and Iberia Parish now have an official map that brings an end to a boundary issue that began five years before the start of World War I.
Engineer Gene Sellers said his research found the issue began in 1909, with the first survey that attempted to resolve the dispute.
It ended last Tuesday, 112 years later, when Sellers presented a map to Vermilion Parish Police Jury President Dane Hebert and Iberia Parish President Larry Richard. Other officials from both parishes joined the meeting, which occurred in the meeting room at the Iberia Parish Courthouse.

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A ceremony to cut the ribbon took place at the Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville on Wednesday.

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Pictured from left: PN students Clarissa Lewis and Shalonda
Evans; Brady Broussard with LHC Group; Dr. Vincent June, SLCC
Chancellor; and PN students Kadeisha Mitchell and Mia Lancon.

SLCC unveils Home Health Training Lab in Abbeville

South Louisiana Community College unveiled its new Home Health Training Lab at the college’s Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville this week. This lab is the result of a partnership with LHC Group and Myers Family Foundation called “A Legacy of Caring in the Home and Community” that began in 2020.

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There were more than 600 fishermen who attended the one-day event at Lafitte Drive-Inn Park in Abbeville.

Family Fish Fest draws more than 600 to Abbeville's Lafitte Drive-in Park

Organizers expected a good turnout for Saturday’s Family Fish Fest in Abbeville.
Consider those expectations exceeded.
More than 600 people attended Saturday’s fishing event, which took place at Lafitte Drive-in Park.
“It went extremely well,” said Abbeville Councilman Francis Plaisance, who helped organize the event. “The final count was 619.
“That’s very good.”
That can also describe the time had by those in attendance.
“People really had a good time,” Plaisance said. “A lot of fish were caught.
“We had no problems, whatsoever.”

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Juvenile from Abbeville dies in crash involving stolen SUV

An Abbeville resident reported to the Abbeville Police Department that someone stole her Ford Explorer from her driveway. Two hours later, she learned the vehicle was involved in a high-speed chase that resulted in a juvenile being killed.
The Louisiana State Police Troop I released the name of the passenger killed in a crash near Opelousas as 15-year-old Trashawn Harrison of Abbeville.

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Rotary Club President Chris Duhon (left) and Rotarian Paul Bourgeois present VC’s Joshua Listi with his award.

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Rotary Club President Chris Duhon (left) and Rotarian Paul Bourgeois present the finalists for “What I Want to Be and Why.” The finalists were (L-R) VC’s Joshua Listi, Abbeville High’s Gannon Bourque and Erath High’s John Michael Shiner.

VC’s Listi wins Abbeville Rotary Club’s ‘What I Want to Be and Why’ Contest

There’s something good to be said about a high school senior who not only knows what he or she wants to do in life, but why they want to take that path.
Since 1949, the Rotary Club of Abbeville has awarded scholarships to such students, through its annual “What I Want to Be and Why” contest.
“We have awarded this scholarship every year since then,” Rotary Club President Chris Duhon said during Wednesday’s weekly meeting. “Today, we have three worthy candidates.”

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