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Rotary Club of Abbeville President Brady Broussard Jr. (left) and Rotary Club member Mark Shirley (right) present Allen McLain Jr. with is 2023 Rotary Club Farmer of the Year.

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Allen McLain Jr. is joined by his sons, Allen III and Luke, his wife, Erin, and his parents, Laura and Allen Sr., during the Rotary Club of Abbeville’s presentation of the Farmer of the Year Award.

Rotary Club of Abbeville honors Allen McLain Jr. as Vermilion Parish Farmer of the Year

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 3:30pm

There is a saying about who to thank for the meal you ate today.
Each year, the Rotary Club of Abbeville dedicates a day to offer a special thanks to those who work to make sure food is plentiful, by presenting its Farmer of the Year Award.
Allen McLain Jr. is this year’s recipient. The Rotary Club honored McLain during its weekly meeting on Wednesday.
“It’s a huge honor,” McLain said after the meeting.
That is especially true, as the Rotary Club is not an ag-centric organization, he added.

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Shane Theall, a long-time AHS Ag teacher, demonstrates the dissection of a chicken’s digestive system to AHS students, with sophomore TaCarra Stewart observing.

Raising, processing farm chickens at Abbeville High

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 9:45am

Abbeville High School students were given the opportunity to gain practical knowledge in animal husbandry and understand the intricacies of food production from farm to table.
The slaughtering of 22 chickens, which were raised by the students, was observed by the Agriculture I and II classes, as well as other students.
For seven weeks, Shane Theall and Thomas Stelly, both agriculture teachers, collaborated to teach Abbeville High School students about the process of raising chickens for slaughter.

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Kameron Bergeron is recovering in a Lafayette hospital.

Person run over in Abbeville identified, person who hit him also found

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 9:27am

The identity of the person who was struck by a vehicle and the person responsible for running him over were successfully determined by the Abbeville Police Department.
The name of the man hit is Kameron Bergeron, 24, who is from New Iberia but lives in Leroy. The city police had to fingerprint Bergeron while he lay unconscious in a Lafayette hospital to get a name.
The name of the driver is Khamthout Xayalath, a 59-year-old Vietnamese female from New Iberia.

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