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This is the multipurpose building at Herod Elementary in Abbeville. One like this will be built at Dozier Elementary.

Vermilion Parish School Board OKs building Dozier Multi-Purpose building

Wed, 08/23/2017 - 9:25am

The Vermilion Parish School Board approved the building of a new multi purpose building at Dozier Elementary in Erath.
After a lengthy discussion, the school board voted 5-2 in favor of approving the funds to build the building, which looks like a gym.
Voting for the building were school board members Chris Hebert, Sara Duplechain, Stacy Landry, Kibbie Pillette and Laura LeBeouf. Voting against it were Anthony Fontana and Chris Gautreaux. Luddy Herpin was absent from the meeting.

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Takunrat Taksima, a doctoral student from Kasetsart University in Thailand, is spending a year at the LSU AgCenter studying the antiaging effects of the chemical astaxanthin, which is derived from crawfish shells. She is working in Subramanian Sathivel’s laboratory, where several projects are looking at deriving benefits from various parts of crawfish. Photo by Tobie Blanchard/LSU AgCenter

More than meat: LSU AgCenter researcher sees benefit in all parts of crawfish

Mon, 08/21/2017 - 9:52am

BATON ROUGE — An LSU AgCenter researcher is working on ways to add value to the Louisiana crawfish crop. Tail meat is the main reason farmers raise crawfish, but Subramaniam Sathivel sees benefits in the entire crustacean.
Sathivel, an AgCenter food processing and engineering professor, is working on a minced meat made from undersized crawfish, which have low economic value. Sathivel is also helping a local crawfish farmer start a crawfish minced meat company.

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Vermilion Mayors meeting with Gov. Edwards

Mon, 08/21/2017 - 9:48am

Earlier this summer, Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed funding for several constructions projects around the state.
That included all capital outlay projects in Vermilion Parish that are funded by House Bill 2.
Mayors from each municipality in Vermilion Parish will travel to Baton Rouge Monday to meet with Edwards, in hopes of getting a better understanding on the Governor’s stance on the future of the projects.

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Vermilion Parish School board member calls police on another school board member

Mon, 08/21/2017 - 9:45am

The Abbeville Police were called to the central office after a Vermilion Parish School Board Meeting.
The police were called to the central office about 10 minutes after Thursday’s school board meeting had concluded.
The person who made the phone call to the police was school board member Sara Duplechain. She called the police at 6:28 p.m. and issued a complaint against school board member Anthony Fontana.
Duplechain issued a statement to the Meridional about what occurred.

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