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Louisiane-Acadie Announces Dates of Great Acadian Awakening (GRA) Oct. 1-Oct. 9, 2022

Wed, 08/17/2022 - 9:20am

Louisiane-Acadie the sponsor of the Great Acadian Awakening (GRA) is a non-profit organization domiciled in Lafayette, Louisiana whose mission is to celebrate our native French language, Cajun culture and Acadian heritage. Louisiane-Acadie’s premier event, the GRA is held every five years but was postponed to 2022 due to COVID. GRA is patterned after the World Congress of Acadians’ (CMA) festivities that are held in the Canadian Maritimes. GRA is a multi-day event with activities set to take place all around the Acadiana region.

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85 uncertified teachers in the classrooms in Vermilion Parish

Wed, 08/17/2022 - 9:08am

There was a person in the classroom teaching Vermilion Parish public school children when school began on Thursday. Is that person a certified teacher or a non-certified teacher?
Nine years ago, that answer would probably have been certified because only one percent of Vermilion Parish’s public school teachers were uncertified.
Today, it is 11 percent, a jump of 10 percent or 77 teachers.
That means 11 out of 100 teachers in the parish are uncertified. Nine years ago, that number was like 1 out of 100.
The state average for uncertified teachers is 12.5%.

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Vermilion Parish Task Force makes narcotics arrests in early August

Tue, 08/16/2022 - 9:28am

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish:
On Aug. 4, Lacey Derouen, 27, homeless, was arrested in Abbeville and charged with the following:
•Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II, (Methamphetamine)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
On Aug. 4, Blaze Demette, 30, of Erath, was arrested in Abbeville and charged with the following:

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The 70th Annual Delcambre Shrimp Festival Queen Alaina Barras stands in the place of the letter, “I.” Barras, with a group of Delcambre volunteers, helped to make the wooden sculpture, “SHR MP” in time for the Shrimp Festival.

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Alaina Barras (next to M) stands with some of the Delcambre High woodworking students who helped cut out the letters during school last school year.

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Here are the local artists who are standing by the letters they painted. Blair Blancard painted the letters “S” and “H.” Lexi Renard stands next to the letter “R.” Jessica Touchet stands next to the letter “M.” Kassie Duhon stands next to the letter “P.”

Shrimp Festival queen creates shrimp sculpture minus a letter

Thu, 08/11/2022 - 12:19pm

DELCAMBRE - Delcambre Shrimp Festival Queen Alaina Barras wanted to do something to help bring back the Delcambre Shrimp Festival with a bang.
The festival has been canceled for the last two years because of COVID-19. It will take place on Aug. 17-21.
Back in April, Barras came up with the idea of making a three-dimensional wooden sculpture of the word “Shr mp.” However, the letter “I” was left out of the word for a reason. People could stand and fill in for the “I” when they take a photo.

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