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Beta members from NVHS who placed at the Beta State convention are: Back Row: 2nd place Campaign Skit-Blair Saltzman, Abigail Lopez, New Elected Beta State Vice President-Drew Hebert, Olivia Mouton, Cathryn Hanks, Mallie Gardiner, Ema Cawyer, Caroline Monceaux, Anna LeBlanc, Jacob Romero, Sarah Landry, Brylee Duhon, & Hailey Broussard. Front Row: 4th Place Sculpture-Lindsey Duhon, State Champion Poetry-Kennedy Trahan, Runner Up Language Arts-Jace Meyers, State Champion Woodworking-Benjamin Romero, & 4th Place Science-Avery Franques. In addition to this Blair Saltzman, Olivia Mouton, Hailey Broussard, & Mallie Gardiner were awarded a Golden Ticket as Premier Performers for their outstanding dance skills in the campaign skit. They are invited to perform in the opening ceremony at the National Beta Convention.

KAPLAN - There is a warrant out for the arrest of former Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams.
Adams failed to appear in court for a trial docket on Monday at the Vermilion Parish Court House.
Adams’ lawyer was in the courtroom, but not Adams.
Judge Ed Broussard issued the warrant for Adam’s arrest, because he was not in the courtroom.
Three years ago, Adams turned himself in to the Louisiana State Police after they discovered that Adams was unable to provide receipts or records documenting his use of over $19,000 of Kaplan Police Department funds. Investigators were able to determine that Adams allegedly used nearly $7,000 of the amount for personal purposes.
In September of 2017, Adams was charged with a violation of Theft over $5,000 and Malfeasance in Office.
The Legislative Auditor’s investigation found 149 transactions, which equaled to $17,140 in a Kaplan Police Recreation Account.
Out of the $17,140 in transactions, a total of 59 transactions worth $7,650 had no documentation explaining the reason for the cash deposits.
The audit cited several instances of sloppy accounting and of possible improper use of public funds.
Among them include: The chief cashed checks for $200 and $500, drawn on police department accounts, and wrote a $280 check from a police department account to repay an officer who covered the chief’s phone bill.
Auditors noted that 38 minutes after Adams cashed the $500 check in 2014, he made a $500 deposit in his bank account.
Adams told auditors that the cash from the $200 check was deposited in his department’s “cash bag” and was for an undisclosed undercover operation.
Auditors said Adams had no documentation for cashing the $500 check, but the chief said it was not connected to the $500 deposit he made to his account on the same day.
Adams told the auditors that the deposit was from the repayment of a $500 loan he made to a mother to buy school supplies and clothes for her children.
The former chief also told the auditors that he put $280 into the police department’s cash bag to cover the $280 check he wrote to the officer who paid his phone bill.
According to the audit, a log for withdrawals and deposits from the cash bag showed a $280 deposit from the chief. Still, auditors questioned the accuracy of many of the transactions recorded in that log and they could not find any other records to confirm repayment.
Much of the questionable spending was made using two bank accounts that other city officials said they did not know about, until last year.
Adams said both accounts were set up years ago by his predecessors, a statement that the auditors confirmed.
The accounts have since been closed, and all police department funds are held in authorized city accounts.
Adams was the Kaplan police chief since 2010 before, his arrest in 2017. He is no longer living in Vermilion Parish.

Abbeville’s own AnneMarie Broussard began her sophomore indoor track season at Northwestern State on a positive note.
She won her first-ever college meet by winning the Texas A&M indoor meet in the pole vault. She vaulted 13-0.75 and cleared the bar by almost a foot.
Broussard became the second Lady Demon in as many years to set the meet’s women’s pole vault record. Broussard cleared 13-0.75 on her second attempt, surpassing Northwestern teammate Reagan Darbonne’s 13-0.25 set in 2018.
Last year Broussard finished third at the same meet with a vault of 12.25. In her first year of competing as a freshman last year, Broussard had five third place finishes and a second place finish.

Some new faces are joining familiar ones on the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
The 14 members of the police jury took their respective oaths during a meeting Monday night.
Returning to office are Paul Bourgeois Jr. (District 7), Dane Hebert (District 1), Wayne Touchet (District 5), Ronald Darby (District 4), Brent Landry (District 3), Sandrus Stelly (District 13), Ronald Menard (District 10), Errol Domingues (District 8), Mark Poche (District 6) and Jason Picard (District 2).
New to the jury will be Chad Vallo (District 14), Scott Broussard (District 11), Chad Lege (District 9) and Dexter Callahan (District 12).
Hebert will serve as Police Jury President. The jury also elected Bourgeois to serve as Vice President.