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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Abbeville

Grass fi reskeep fi redepartmentsextra busy

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‘Mums’ theword on 2 shootingsTwo victims of recent shootings not willing to tell police who shot them

For the second time in a week, the Abbeville Police Department is investigating a shooting where the person shot is not willing to tell the police who shot him.

A week ago, a young man was shot at 1 p.m. in the af-ternoon, yet the person shot did not want to give up the name of the person who shot him. The police still do not have a name of that shooter.

On Monday at 4:30 p.m. the police offi cers of the Ab-beville Police Department were dispatched to a “shots fi red” call near the inter-section of Green Street and South Lamar Street.

Offi cers located several 9 millimeter bullet casings on the 1100 block of Green Street.

Minutes later, offi cers ob-tained information that the victim, identifi ed as Quincy Landry (06/03/1992) was at Abbeville General with a

By Chris RosaManaging Editor

A .380 caliber pistol was used in the shoot-ing last week.

A 9 millimeter pistol was used in the shooting Monday afternoon.

The Abbeville Police Depart-ment is having to use extra pa-trolmen to help direct traffi c at two intersections because of the downtown bridge being out.

Monday was the fi rst day the bridge was out and Abbeville Po-lice Chief Tony Hardy was ready for the heavy traffi c fl ow.

Hardy had fi ve patrolmen di-recting the heavy traffi c in the morning and in the evening.

The patrolmen, who were off duty and are getting paid over-time, began watching traffi c at 6:30 a.m. until after 8 a.m. and then they returned at 5 p.m.

The patrolmen are at the in-tersection of the Hwy. 167 and the La. 14 Bypass and State Street and the La. 14 Bypass.

Hardy said the reason for the patrolmen is to keep traffi c fl ow-ing so it does not get backed up.

While the bridge is expected to be shut down for repair for a couple of weeks, Chief Hardy will continue to leave patrolmen at the intersections as long as they are needed.

Patrolmen were at the inter-sections at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Bridge closing causes traffi c buildupAbbeville police offi cers monitoring traffi c at intersections

In response to re-cent windy and dry conditions, the State Fire Marshal’s Offi ce issued Tuesday after-noon a statewide burn advisory.

“Our state has ex-perienced an excessive number of out of con-trol brush fi res direct-ly related to the inten-tional burning of trash and debris,” said State Fire Marshal Butch Browning.

Browning’s offi ce did not go as far as to implement a burn ban, but is asking resi-dents to refrain from burning until the state sees enough rain to improve the dry con-ditions. At any time that burning occurs, Browning urges that proper precautions be taken.

The recent condi-tions have affected Vermilion Parish. Volunteer fi re depart-ments around the area are seeing an increase in grass fi res in recent weeks.

“We were running a call for one yesterday,” Maurice Fire Chief Matthew Trahan said Tuesday morning. “While we were re-sponding to that one,

there were four more in other fi re districts.

“We’ve had more grass fi res in the last two months than we had the previous year and a half.”

Trahan said that comes down to one is-sue.

“The conditions are right,” Trahan said. “Everything at the top (of the ground) is dry because the wind is blowing hard.”

That is causing controlled burns to spread. Lack of focus also plays a role.

“Someone starts a ‘controlled burn’ and then they don’t pay at-tention,” Trahan said. “They are not pay-ing attention to the wind or how dry their neighbor’s fi eld is. They are not paying attention to how dry it

Some in Vermilion Parish utilize con-trolled burns, such as the one above. Fire departments in the Parish have responded to several calls recently where those burns have gone out of control.

BATON ROUGE – On Tues-day, Governor Bobby Jindal joined leaders from higher edu-cation systems across Louisiana to announce a funding increase of $141.5 million for higher edu-cation institutions for the next fi scal year. The funding hike represents a 6.66 percent in-crease over the budget for the current fi scal year. This funding includes a new higher education workforce incentive initiative of

$40 million that will better pre-pare Louisiana students to com-pete in the new global economy.

The money in the incentive fund will be made available to state research institutions that produce nationally recognized commercial research and to state colleges and universities that partner with private indus-try to produce graduates with high-demand degrees and cer-tifi cates, and enable them to link

their coursework to industry needs and projected workforce demands.

Governor Jindal said, “Our higher education institutions have done an incredible job over the past six years instituting a number of reforms to help more of our students graduate. These results are a testament to the in-credible work of our faculty and students at schools across Loui-siana.

“The reforms are working, but it’s time to redouble our ef-forts. We are in the midst of an economic renaissance in Loui-siana. Since 2008, we have an-nounced economic development wins that are resulting in more than 80,000 new jobs and more than $50 billion in private capi-tal investment. Because of these job wins, more people are

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Should I learn how to watch movies the correct way?Watching movies as

a form of entertainment has been popular ever since the movie indus-try got its act together. My earliest memories of movies were long before that.

Growing up in the country as I did, start-ing in the late 40s, made watching a movie a rare treat. The near-est movie theater was a long ten-mile drive on a narrow two-lane high-way; the movie had to be combined with some other motive like buy-ing groceries or visiting kinfolk.

Occasionally, we learned what was play-ing; the local newspaper made the same ten-mile trip and arrived in the mail a day late, when it came at all. Movie stars? They were mostly just names.

A small town four miles in the opposite di-

rection offered free, out-door movies on Saturday nights in the summer. Less than a hundred feet off the highway, which had become the town’s main street, was an enterprising gro-cery store with a large, white rectangle painted on its east side. Every-one brought something to sit on; the street was loose gravel. Unsur-prisingly, the grocery store stayed open and became the concession stand. Just after sunset, a projector came to life,

strategically placed just back of the audience. Large speakers hung on hooks beside the white rectangle.

Of course it was in scratchy black and white. The projector op-erator had to be quick with fi lm repair; his ex-pertise was called on at least once during every performance, accompa-nied by audience par-ticipation in the form of loud groaning.

Attendance had to be regular; the format was weekly “chapters” of the

main feature, augment-ed with an occasional cartoon. I remember only fragments. My at-tendance wasn’t regu-lar.

Fast forward to the present. I’m modern now, with my own col-lection of movies on DVD. Only recently I learned that I wasn’t watching movies cor-rectly. My collection is too small and dated, I have no interest in Net-Flix, and the last time I was in a movie the-ater was several years ago, watching “Perfect Storm.” However, I don’t know why people watch movies these days. They seem to need great vari-ety. Do I really need to change how I watch?

I know the technical side of watching mov-ies. If the movie is any more than something to share with others, two technical words apply,

“vicarious” and “identi-fi cation.” “Vicarious” is experiencing something indirectly, through an-other’s eyes. If you are watching Daniel Craig as James Bond in “Ca-sino Royale,” you share some of his adventures. That also works if you concentrate on Judi Dench, playing “M,” the head of British Secret Service. “Identifi cation” is to assume the identi-ty, in your mind, of one of the characters. Guys start behaving like John Wayne after they have seen “Hondo,” because they have identifi ed with Wayne’s character, Hondo Lane.

Neither of these words describe my movie watching. It also explains why my DVD collection is small.

It’s all about how I feel while I’m watching. I collect movies for the way they make me feel.

Well-chosen, a small DVD library is enough.

Probably my favor-ite movie of all time is “Tender Mercies.” Robert Duvall plays a down-and-out country singer who meets, falls in love with and mar-ries a young widow with a young son in a small Texas town. With her support, he completes his rehabilitation and resumes his singing and writing songs.

Something about “Tender Mercies” un-locks me, and I see the way life can be with the right combination of support and circum-stances. Very deep and beautiful. And I get the same feelings every time I watch this movie. “Vicarious” or “Identifi -cation” don’t seem to ap-ply. Maybe there really is magic, somewhere, within the human spir-it.

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is in general. They look at it the same way they did last year. They did it then and it was fi ne.

“They don’t under-stand how dry it is this year.”

Trahan made clear that none of the recent fi res are a result of sug-arcane farmers.

“The fi rst thing that comes up is that the cane farmers can do it,” Trahan said of respons-es he receives on grass fi re calls. “Yes, they can. People need to under-stand that these guys (farmers) went to class. They were taught when and when not to burn.

“These issues we are having are not because of cane farmers.”

The cane farmers are well prepared prior to any burning.

“We have a system set up with the farm-ers,” Trahan said. “They call us and say when and where they are go-ing to be burning. They also let 911 know so that if they get a call for that site, it is known that it is a cane fi re. If offi cials get a call, they can contact the farmer to make sure that it is under control.

“It has cut down on false alarms because

there are some who have never seen a cane fi re and think it must be a fi eld fi re.”

As for anyone who burns, Browning said that anyone who starts a burn that leads to damage to property or risks injury or death to humans will face crimi-nal charges. Trahan said a grass fi re last week could have caused such a situation.

“We had one on (U.S. Hwy.) 167 the other day where the smoke was so heavy we had to shut it down,” Trahan said. “I told the guy who started it, if a wreck happens and someone dies, you could possibly go to jail.”

Trahan said much effort and resources go into battling these grass and brush fi res. Such fi res are handled in many cases by volun-teer departments, with Abbeville having the only full-time depart-ment in the parish. With that, Trahan asked for those in the parish to help keep these types of fi re calls from happen-ing.

“We need your help,” Trahan said. “It is too dry to burn anything right now.”

The week of Janu-ary 13, 2014, Vermilion Parish leaders Jerome Puyau and Paul Hebert traveled to three area schools to announce the 2014-15 Vermilion Parish Teachers of the Year.

Katie Villien from Herod Elementary was named the Vermilion Parish Elementary Teacher of the Year. Jason Harrington from J.H. Williams was named the Vermilion Parish Middle School Teacher of the Year, while Katherine Wat-son from Abbeville High was named the High School Teacher of the Year.

Each will now move to the next level of com-petition.

Elementary Teacher of the Year: Pictured are (Left to right) Superintendent Jerome Puyau, Herod Assistant Principal Angela Godwin, 2014-15 Vermilion Parish Elementary Teacher of the Year Katie Villien, Herod Principal Errin Robinson Landry and Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert.

Middle School Teacher of the Year: Pictured are (L-R) Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert, JHW Assistant Principal Kimberly Etie', 2014-15 Vermilion Parish Middle School Teacher of the Year Jason Harrington, JHW Principal Dana Primeaux, JHW Assistant Principal Lysonia Burnett Robertson and Superintendent Jerome Puyau.

High School Teacher of the Year: Pictured are (Left to right) Assistant Superintendent Paul Hebert, 2014-15 Vermilion Parish High School Teacher of the Year Katherine Watson and Abbeville High Principal Ivy Landry.

Parish Teachers of Year named

The State Fire Marshal’s Offi ce issued a state-wide burn advisory Tuesday afternoon.

VERMILION PARISH POLICE JURY

NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPENING

Position : Part-Time Maintenance Technician

Location : Vermilion Parish Police Jury Law Enforcement Center 14202 Savoy Road Abbeville, LA 70510

Work Schedule : Monday thru Friday Up to 27 hours per week

Minimum Education: High School Graduate / GED Equivalent.

Job Purpose:

Physically capable of maintenance, repair and improvment work in the care and maintenance of the Law Enforcement Center.

Perform general building maintenance custodial upkeep, and repair to Parish Jail including painting, general carpen-try, plumbing, and limited concrete repair and replacement; ensures cleanliness of buildings including restrooms, shops, break rooms, etc. Minimum Skills/Requirements:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures manuals, write routine reports and correspondence, effec-tively present information

Salary: $10.00 per hour

Applications and/or resumes will be received at the Vermil-ion Parish Police Jury Administrative Offi ce located on the Second Floor, Courthouse Building, in Abbeville, La.

Additional information regarding the job requirements and conditions can be obtained by contacting Ms. Roberta Bou-dreaux, Liaison Offi cer at the Vermilion Parish Law Enforce-ment Center, located at 14202 Savoy Road, Abbeville, LA 70510 or by calling 337-740-4411.

Job Advertisement-Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration & Protection Authority

Executive Director

The Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration & Protection Authority is accepting resumes for an Executive Director for the Authority. The Authority is a three parish board made up of representatives from Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion Parishes. The Authority’s main focus will be coastal restoration and protection for the three Parish area. Interested applicants can obtain a job description by contacting Mr. Earl Landry, President of the Authority at 337-258-8309. Relevant assignments include but are not limited to: Coordinate special projects and events sponsored by the Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration & Protection Authority (CPCRPA) including all public meetings and social events, Coordinate the disbursement of important information and dates of upcoming meetings to all stakeholders, Coordinate public relations and marketing efforts for the CPCRPA in regards to potential funding sources, local and statewide stakeholders, etc., Serve as the CPCRPA Designee to all relevant meetings as it relates to the CPCRPA in the event that the President may not be able to attend, assist with Grant Management, and maintain the Authority’s website. Salary will be contingent upon experience and education. All resumes are to be submitted by noon on January 24, 2014 and directed to:

Mr. Earl Landry, President CPCRPA

By Mail:Chenier Plain Coastal Restoration & Protection AuthorityPO Box 250Erath, LA 70533

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Mary Ann Peré Abshire

December 30, 1930 ~ January 21, 2014

ABBEVILLE—Fu-neral services will be held Thursday, Janu-ary 23, 2014 at an 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Mag-dalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Mary Ann Peré Abshire, 83, a lifelong resident of Abbeville and a na-tive of Kaplan, LA, who passed away on Janu-ary 21, 2014 at the St. Joseph’s Hospice Car-penter House in Baton Rouge, LA.

She will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cem-etery in Abbeville with Reverend Hampton Da-vis offi ciating the ser-vices.

Mary was born De-cember 30, 1930, in Cow Island, to Lucille Schexnayder and Mit-ford Peré. She was a graduate of Kaplan High School in 1948. She attended Southwest Louisiana Institute (now ULL).

She worked in the Bookkeeping depart-ment at the Bank of Ab-beville for 10 years, and then as the Bookkeeper for her husband’s busi-nesses. Having a life-long love of music, she sang in the choir at St. Mary Magdalen Catho-lic Church in Abbeville for 31 years.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Alex Abshire; her parents, her stepfa-ther, William Mouton; her brother, Ed Peré; and her grandson, Ed-win Matthew Jumon-ville. She is survived by her daughters, Sharon Abshire Gerard and grandchildren, Emma and Samuel Gerard, and Wendy Abshire Jumon-ville, son-in-law Charles Jumonville, and grand-children, Margaret and Ben Jumonville.

Her fi nal year was spent in Baton Rouge under the care of her daughter Wendy, and the staff at St. James Place and St. Clare Manor. Nana, as she was affectionately re-ferred to by all who loved her, continued to share her gift of sing-ing with her Baton Rouge friends. Thanks especially to the staff at The Carpenter House for their compassion-

ate care of Nana as she made her journey home.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbev-ille, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, January 23, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. when the proces-sion will depart for the church.

In lieu of fl owers, do-nations may be made to: St. Mary Magdalen Mu-sic Ministry Fund, P.O. Box 1507, Abbeville, LA, 70511-1507 or The Carpenter House at St. Joseph Hospice, 10615 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincent-abbeville.com.

All funeral arrange-ments are being con-ducted by Vincent Fu-neral Home of Abbeville (337) 893-4661.

Mildred Dubois Trahan

November 8, 1925 ~ January 20, 2014

KAPLAN—Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at a 2:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Buri-al at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Ro-man Catholic Church honoring the life of Mil-dred Trahan, 88, who died Monday, January 20, 2014 at her resi-dence. She will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cem-etery with Reverend Kendal Faulk offi ciating the services.

She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Guy P. Trahan; two sons, Dexter Tra-han and his wife, Nancy of Kaplan and Michael J. Trahan and his wife, Mary of Kaplan; seven grandchildren; and eighteen great grand-children.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Dubois and the former Edmay Romero; one sister, Merina Si-mon; one brother, Av-ery Dubois; her grand-daughter in-law, Dana Vincent Trahan; and her great grandson, Landon Guy Trahan.

The family requests

that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Fu-neral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Avenue, on Wednesday, Janu-ary 22, 2014 from 8 a.m. with a rosary being prayed at 10 a.m.

All funeral arrange-ments are being con-ducted by Vincent Fu-neral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Trahan fam-ily at www.vincentfu-neralhome.net.

Carroll Lee Broussard

“Yogi”

March 15, 1938 ~ January 20, 2014

KAPLAN—Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Janu-ary 22, 2014 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Car-roll Lee Broussard, 75, who died Monday, Jan-uary 20, 2014 at Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital of Lafayette. He will be laid to rest at Abshire Cemetery with Reverend Cedric Sonnier offi ciating the services.

He is survived by one son, Jason Brous-sard and his wife, Dana of Kaplan; three daugh-ters, Shera and her hus-band, Paul LaPoint of Bunkie, Linda Lee and her husband, Robert Steaples of Santa Fe, Texas, Vonda and her husband, Rickie Doucet of Kaplan; three step-children, Cheryl, Dawn, and Anthony “Bubba”; one sister, Maudry Landry of Humble, Tex-as; twelve grandchil-dren; and seven great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Exalton Broussard and the former Leone Si-mon; one brother, Har-ris John Broussard; the mother of his children, Genevia Abshire Brous-sard; his wife, Barbara Pinion Broussard; and one step-daughter, Yvette Caudill.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Fu-neral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Avenue, on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 1 p.m. un-til 9 p.m. with a rosary being prayed at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, January 22, from 8 a.m. until

services.All funeral arrange-

ments are being con-ducted by Vincent Fu-neral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Broussard family at www.vincent-funeralhome.net.

Glen Adams Meaux

September 16, 1948 ~ January 11, 2014

ABBEVILLE—Me-morial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 at St. Mary Mag-dalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Glen Adams Meaux, 65, who died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

Reverend David Broussard will be offi ci-ating the services.

Glen was a longtime loyal employee with Acadian Contractors. He enjoyed cooking, hunting, playing cards and spending time with his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Rhonda S. Meaux; two daughters, Kimberly M. Hollier and spouse Jason of Sping, TX, and Heather M. Chaney and spouse Joshua of Mau-rice; three grandchil-dren, Tynes J. Chaney, Samuel L. Hollier, and Averie E. Chaney; brother, Steve Meaux of Charleston, SC; two sis-ters, Jackie Hebert and Lynette Sanders both of Maurice; and his lap buddy, Max.

He was preceded in death by his father, Eno and Elize Meaux; broth-er, Timothy Meaux; and his furry friend, Shaggy Bear.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 300 Pere Me-gret Street, on Satur-day, January 25, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. until time of service with a rosary to be prayed at 10:30 a.m.

Until we meet again.Condolences may

be sent to the family at www.vincent-abbeville.com.

All funeral arrange-ments are being con-ducted by Vincent Fu-neral Home of Abbeville (337) 893-4661.

employed than ever before in Louisiana.

“Tens of thousands of jobs are now in the pipeline that must be fi lled, and our next challenge is to ensure we have the skilled workforce to fi ll these jobs of the future. Economists have re-cently said they have never seen an indus-trial expansion like the one under way in Loui-siana, but have also warned that we must do a better job train-ing skilled workers that will be needed to fi ll the demand for jobs at the major industrial and high tech projects coming to Louisiana. That’s why our top priority must be mak-ing sure we have the resources to prepare our students and train them for the jobs of the future.

“In order to help meet this goal, our budget for the next fi s-cal year will increase state general fund-ing for higher educa-tion and increase total higher education fund-ing by $141.5 million – a 6.66 percent in-crease over last year. This funding includes a new higher educa-tion workforce incen-tive initiative of $40 million that will better prepare Louisiana stu-dents to compete in the new global economy.

“A few months ago I sat down with our higher education lead-ers and said we have brought thousands of jobs to Louisiana. If you had new money, how would you rein-

vest it to make sure we have the quali-fi ed workforce to take those jobs? The leaders of our higher educa-tion institutions came up with an innovative plan. The fund will strengthen the critical linkage between col-lege coursework and employment needs in our state.”

LSU President & Chancellor F. King Al-exander said, “We ap-preciate the Governor supporting the invest-ment plan that will ultimately assist us in helping to address the state’s increasing workforce and innova-tion needs. We want to be an active partner in the future economic development and pros-perity of Louisiana.”

President of the University of Louisi-ana System Dr. San-dra Woodley said, “In the University of Loui-siana System, there is a deep sense of respon-sibility and urgency to increase the pace at our nine universities to meet growing work-force demands and to achieve national com-petitiveness. We are greatly appreciative of Governor Jindal’s support of the WISE plan and are commit-ted to leveraging these new dollars, engag-ing in unprecedented collaboration across higher education sys-tems, and enhancing our partnerships with business and industry to drive economic de-velopment.”

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single gunshot wound to his upper leg.

Drugs are expected to be the reason why the shooting took place.

Abbeville Police Chief Tony Hardy is not happy with the two men who were shot but would not identify who the shooter was.

“It is frustrating and I do not understand that,” Chief Hardy said.

Chief Hardy did not say if the two shootings are related. A different handgun was used for each shooting.

Head of investiga-tions for the police de-partment, David Hardy, said people in the area thought the noise they heard was fi re works.

Landry, who has al-

ready been arrested for a shooting years ago, was shot in the drive-way of a rent home on Green Street, just off Martin Luther King Drive. Based on the trail of blood, Landry walked to the back of the house.

Someone took him to the hospital; however, the police are still inves-tigating to try and fi nd out who took him.

Detective Hardy said his men followed the trail of blood in the grass and it led them to lots of drugs, which including 40-plus small bags of marijuana, pow-dered cocaine, and a half of cookie of cocaine. The street value of the drugs is thousands of dollars.

Landry was not

charged with the drugs because the police did not fi nd the drugs on Landry. They found them in an empty build-

ing behind the empty rent house on Green Street.

If anyone knows any-thing about the shoot-ing, they are urged to call the Abbeville Police Department ast 893-2511.

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The LeJeune-Boudreaux Post 271 American Le-gion wishes to thank everyone involved in our re-cent Toys for Tots campaign. Special thanks to the counselors and principals at Jesse Owens El-ementary, Kaplan Elementary, Forked Island-E.Broussard Elementary, Meaux Elementary, Indi-an Bayou Elementary, Renee Rost Middle School, and Harvest Time Christian Academy. This year the post was able to provide over 271 children with Christmas toys. The Marine ReserveIn Lafayette provides us with the toys which are

donated by people in our local communities.We look forward to working with this program

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Sincerely,Tony Betts, Adjutant LeJeune-Boudreaux Post 271, Kaplan

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Barack Obama's legacy.For, while ending wars without victory may not

garner from the historians' the accolade of "great" or "near great," it is sometimes the duty of a president who has inherited a war the nation no longer wishes to fi ght.That was Nixon's fate, as well as Ike's, and Obama's.And as we look back at our interventions in the

21st century, where are the gains of all our fi ghting, bleeding and dying?We know the costs -- 8,000 dead, 40,000 wounded,

$2 trillion in wealth sunk. But where are the ben-efi ts?After Moammar Gadhafi fell in Libya, the merce-

naries he had hired returned to Mali. The French had to intervene. In Benghazi, the city we started the war to save, a U.S. ambassador and three Americans would be murdered by terrorists.Libya today appears to be breaking apart.While Gadhafi was dreadful, what threat was he to

us, especially after he had surrendered his weapons of mass destruction?In Egypt, we helped overthrow President Hosni

Mubarak and hailed the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammad Morsi.A year later, we green-lighted Morsi's overthrow by

Mubarak's army.Terrorism has returned to Egypt, the Sinai is now

a no man's land, and almost all Egypt hates us now.The Shia regime we brought to power in Iraq has

so repressed the Sunnis that Anbar province is now hosting al-Qaida. Fallujah and Ramadi have fallen. President Nuri al-Maliki is asking for U.S. weapons to retrieve Anbar and for U.S. personnel to train his soldiers.Unlike the bad, old Iraq, the new Iraq tilts to Teh-

ran.Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign

a status of forces agreement giving our troops legal protections if they remain. This could cause a com-plete U.S. pullout in 2014, leading to the return of the Taliban we drove out in 2001.Sunday saw terrorism in the heart of Kabul, with a

restaurant favored by foreign offi cials targeted by a car bomb, followed by a machine-gunning of dining patrons in which 21 were killed.Americans have fought bravely there for a dozen

years. But how has our nation building in the Hindu Kush benefi ted the good old USA?Pakistan, with nuclear weapons, has become a

haven of the Taliban, perhaps the most dangerous country on earth. Anti-American elements in the Khyber region have, because of our drone attacks, been blocking a U.S. troop exodus to the sea.How enduring is what we accomplished in Afghani-

stan?Last summer, Obama, goaded by democracy crusad-

ers and the War Party, was about to launch strikes on Syria when America arose as one to call a halt.We did not attack Syria. Had we, we would have

struck a blow for an insurgency dominated by the al-Nusra Front and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The ISIS goal? Detach Anbar from Iraq and unite it with jihadist-occupied sectors of Syria in a new caliphate.Can we not see that Bashar Assad's worst enemies

are ours as well?Syria's civil war, which has cost 100,000 dead, with

millions uprooted and a million in exile, has spilled over into Lebanon, where Hezbollah backs Assad and the Sunnis back the rebels.The neoconservatives say much of this might have

been averted, had we left a stronger contingent of U.S. troops in Iraq and supported the Syrian upris-ing before the jihadists took control.They were for attacking Assad last summer, are for

more severe sanctions on Iran now, and are for war if Iran does not give up all enrichment of uranium.But the neocons have broken their pick with the

people. For they have been wrong about just about everything.They were wrong about Saddam's WMD and a

"cakewalk" war.They were wrong about how welcome we would be

in Iraq and how Baghdad would become a fl ourishing democracy and model for the Mideast.They did not see the Sunni-Shia war our interven-

tion would ignite.They were wrong about how our interests would be

served in attacking Libya.They did not see the disaster that would unfold in

Pakistan.While we did not follow their advice and attack Syr-

ia, how have we suffered from having taken a pass on Syria's civil-sectarian war?From Libya to Lebanon, Syria to Yemen, Iraq to Af-

ghanistan, the Maghreb and Middle East are afl ame. What have we lost by getting out of the wars Obama found us in? How would we benefi t from parachuting back into the middle of the fi re?Which raises a related question: Was Obama wrong

in extricating us from the wars into which George W. Bush plunged his country?How will history answer that one?

Snowden: Reason vs. Rhetoric

Jack Kerwicktownhall.com

For a conservative who seeks to conserve the tra-dition of constitutional liberty bequeathed to Ameri-cans by their Founders, the spectacle of self-sworn apostles of liberty in the so-called “conservative” me-dia calling for Edward Snowden’s head on a platter is a painful one to behold. Yet neither is this sight particularly gratifying to those of us who prize sober thinking, for the logic underwriting these calls is as woeful as the rhetoric is irrational.If, as Snowden (to say nothing of legions of other

Americans) believes, the NSA has acted unconsti-tutionally, this means that it has acted illegally, for the Constitution is the fundamental law of the land. Those (including sympathizers like Rand Paul) who think that Snowden should be punished for “violat-ing” his contractual obligations as a government employee speak nonsense, for no employee, in any profession, is legally bound to perpetrate, either di-rectly or obliquely, an illegality. It is exactly and only because Snowden believed that the NSA was acting illegally (unconstitutionally) that he blew the whistle in the fi rst place.To accuse him of being a traitor or criminal is to beg

the question here.To the objection that no federal court that has looked

at the NSA’s methods have yet found them to be in circumvention of the Constitution, we need only note that the objection boils down to this: the federal gov-ernment has declared that the federal government is acting constitutionally.The objectors should take our reply for what it’s

worth as they ponder that the federal courts have also declared the constitutional rights of slave mas-ters to their slaves, women to abortion on demand, and state governments to force racial segregation.This notion that Snowden is a “traitor” is also puz-

zling. Who did he betray, and how did he betray them?Millions upon millions of American citizens not

only don’t feel betrayed by Snowden; they regard him as a hero for bringing to their attention some-thing to which they would have otherwise remained oblivious. Yet let’s set this aside and assume that Snowden’s detractors mean to say that he betrayed his country by weakening the government’s ability to keep Americans safe. This notion is deeply problem-atic in its own right.It’s not clear how Snowden could have compromised

the government’s ability to protect Americans from terrorist attacks, for the very idea is inconsistent with Snowden’s enemies’ contention that the NSA is constitutionally sound. In other words, if, as they maintain, there is nothing in the least bit either mor-ally or legally objectionable about the NSA, then the latter should be able to keep right on course.If, pre-Snowden, the NSA was able to keep us safe

from terrorist attacks by accessing countless millions of phone records, and if there is nothing unconsti-tutional about this, then, post-Snowden, it should be able to continue keeping us safe from terrorist attacks by accessing countless millions of phone re-cords.That scores of Americans and others from around

the world now know what the NSA has been doing all along is, or at least should be, neither here nor there—if it was never doing anything wrong in the fi rst place. For if it was never acting impermissibly to begin with, there is nothing that it needs to change—regardless of whether American citizens like it or not.Snowden observed and reported what he thought

was one of the greatest acts of theft in our country’s history, a crime by which the federal government attempted to deprive this generation and their pos-terity of their birthright, the liberty for which their fathers sacrifi ced all and which they codifi ed in the Constitution that they ratifi ed.But, the Snowden haters insist, there was no crime.

Two things here should be borne in mind.First, even if this is true, it certainly isn’t obviously

true. Or, rather, it is “obviously” true only to Republi-cans, for if it was so clear that Snowden was off base, then, presumably, the federal government wouldn’t be launching investigations into its own activities and huge numbers of Americans—including offi ce holders in the federal government itself—wouldn’t agree with Snowden that a crime has been done.Second, even if there is no crime here, that, as I just

noted, it is not at all obvious that there isn’t, should serve to relieve Snowden of much of the scorn that’s being heaped upon him. Just because one can’t be certain that it is a mugging that’s occurring in the dark alleyway doesn’t mean that one hasn’t a respon-sibility to notify the authorities. Snowden acted re-sponsibly.But he didn’t, his opponents maintain. He could’ve

notifi ed his superiors about his concerns. Instead, he chose to go public with them.To think about this last objection for more than a

few seconds is to realize that it is on a par with de-manding of a witness to a crime that he fi rst go and register his complaint with the alleged criminal.Snowden deserves to be thanked for stirring up an

especially spirited national conversation over the re-lationship between security and liberty. Yet maybe time will also prove us to be in his debt for stirring up a national conversation over the relationship be-tween ideological rhetoric and sober thinking.For the latter I won’t hold my breath.

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LCpl Castille, Dylan is a 2010 Graduate from Delcambre High School, Active Marine since June 20th, 2010, Stationed at New River Air Base, North Carolina. Deployed Jan. 20, 2014, to Afghanistan. Is a fl ight-line mechanic with the squadron VMM-261. His primary MOS (job title) in the Marine Corps is a 6116 or tilt-rotor mechanic. He is es-sential in maintaining the v-22 Osprey helicopter in order to support the assault troops with supplies, medevacs, and transportation along with many other missions. Wife: Kristen Castille of N.C., Parent: Shelly Meaux & David Foreman, Carrol Castille. Sisters: Jacqulyne Villasenor, Megan Boutte. Grandparents: Dona & Aveneal Meaux Jr. (Bay City Ford), Lilian Meaux, Nephews: Da’Kota Cessac, & Brayton Boutte.

Recognizing a Delcambre Marine

Pictured: The type of aircraft Castille works on.

Vermilion Parish4-H News

On Thursday, December 12, 2013, the Vermilion Parish 4-H Jr. Leader Club held its monthly meeting at the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building in Abbeville. As a special community service project, the members were asked to donate peanut butter to be added to other food items that were purchased by the club for backpacks to be distributed to local elementary students for the holidays. A total of 110 backpacks were stuffed with an assortment of food items for local children. (Submitted by: Marcus Broussard, Jr. Leader Reporter)

The Rice Festival food contest was held on October 18 in Crowley. RMS 5th grader Carly Stelly participated in it. (Submitted by RMS 5th & 6th grade reporter, Lexi Broussard)

Lifestyles Wednesday, January 22, 2014Page 6

With a new farm bill still in limbo, Agricul-ture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged farmers and ranchers to work with consumers to increase their understanding of agriculture.

During his remarks to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 95th annual convention in San Antonio last week, Vilsack said farmers make up less than 2 percent of the population yet provide food, fi ber and fuel for the other 98 percent.

“There is no more important job than that,” he said. “You have to make them understand why you’re so important to them. And not just to them but to our entire nation.”

With the farm bill stalled in Congress, Vil-sack said all Americans, not just farmers, should be concerned about the lack of passage of the bill. The current farm bill expired in Sep-tember of 2012 and was extended one year.

“Passage of a farm bill is long overdue,” Vilsack said. “Producers understand this, but every American should be concerned that Con-gress hasn’t moved to approve a bill that im-pacts everyone, not just farmers. We need this farm bill and we need it now.”

Vilsack said with most Americans are far removed in their understanding of where their food comes from, “Educating friends about what farming is and what it does is important. The fact that agriculture is a major driving force of the overall economy, accounting for 5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product and employ-ing 16 million Americans, is something many people may not realize.”

Vilsack highlighted several provisions of the farm bill that benefi t farmers and rural Amer-ica that will be restored when the legislation is approved, including programs for disaster assistance, trade promotion, conservation and crop insurance. He said new initiatives, such as assistance for beginning farmers and military veterans interested in reconnecting with the land, also hold great promise once the bill be-comes law.

In other convention news the voting del-egates to the AFBF convention approved reso-lutions that will provide the organization with authority from its grassroots members to push Congress toward the goal line on unfi nished is-sues like the farm bill and ag labor.

“Securing victories on those issues is critical to our competitiveness as individual farmers and ranchers, and to our nation’s success as a food producer,” said AFBF President Bob Stall-man. “Farm Bureau made progress on our pri-orities this past year, more so than most other organizations, and this year, our delegates have provided us direction to work with Congress to complete this agenda.”

On the farm labor front, delegates reaf-fi rmed their strong support for meaningful ag labor reforms that ensure farmers and ranchers have access to workers when they are needed. Delegates also voted to support fl exibility that would allow the employment of workers by more than one farmer.

“Farmers and ranchers need a reliable sup-ply of labor,” said Ronnie Anderson, president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau and a voting delegation to the convention. “That is a simple truth. It’s about availability and fl exibility, nei-ther of which have been hallmarks of the sys-tem our farmers, ranchers and growers have operated under for many years. We must have a workable ag labor program.”

On other issues, delegates adopted new pol-icy that supports the use of unmanned aircraft systems for commercial agricultural, forestry and other natural resource purposes. They also supported the requirement for drone users to gain the consent of the landowners, if operating below navigable airspace However, delegates opposed federal agencies’ use of drones for reg-ulatory enforcement, litigation or natural re-source inventory surveys.

Delegates also reaffi rmed their support for the renewable fuels standard and approved a policy supporting renewable fuels tax incen-tives for the production of biodiesel and cellu-losic ethanol and installation of blender pumps.

At the AFBF annual meeting 357 voting del-egates representing every crop and livestock sector in the United States, deliberated on poli-cies affecting farmers’ and ranchers’ productiv-ity and profi tability. The policies approved at the annual meeting will guide the nation’s larg-est general farm organization throughout 2014.

Errol DominguesVPFBF President

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JA of Abbeville recently donated plates and utensils to all the local Head Starts in Vermilion Parish. The Abbeville location contacted them and inquired about help with this purchase. They are mandated by the State to replace all plates and utensils every few years. With budget cuts they didn’t have the funds to pay for them. That is where JA stepped in and offered to pay for all of the plates and utensils for all the Head Starts. The locations are: Abbeville, Erath, Gueydan and Cow Island.

JA makes donations to local Head Starts

Ten Erath High students recently attended LASC, (Louisiana Association of Student Councils Convention) from January 18th through January 20, 2014. It was held at Grace King High School in Metairie, LA. EHS had 10 student leaders attending along with their sponsor Randy Barras. Those included: Bottom (left to right) Drew Hoffpauir, Catherine Domingues, Maci Viator, Emily Delcambre, Ross Granger; Middle: Sydney Richardelle, Hannah Trahan, Back: Student Council Sponsor Randy Barras, Hannah Soileau, Lena Pham and Caitlyn Domingues.

EHS students attend LASC convention

Abbeville MeridionalWednesday, January 22, 2014 Page 7

Q: When and how should we tell our child that she was adopted?

Jim: According to our coun-selors and the team who oversees our Focus on the Family adoption outreach and initiative, a child ad-opted at birth should be told about it from a very early age. This should happen almost as soon as they are capable of under-standing language. And it should be a recurring theme in conversations with your child throughout the growing-up years.

Unfortunately, some par-ents avoid disclosing this to their child because it makes them uncom-fortable. Then, later on, they're faced with having to tell an older child some-thing they've been keeping secret. This can under-mine the child's sense of security and may result in feelings of rejection or be-trayal.

You'll want to share the facts using age-appropri-

ate words and imagery. Her adoption should al-ways be presented in a positive light. For exam-ple, a parent might tell a 2- or 3-year-old that mommy and daddy chose her over all the other children in the world. This will let her know how special she is.

When she is slightly older -- 4 or 5, maybe -- you can explain the difference be-tween a biological parent and an adoptive parent. Explain that she has ac-tually had two different mothers. Her fi rst mommy took care of her when she was very, very tiny, inside of her tummy. Then, after she was born, you brought her home from the hospi-tal to live with you because she was so extra-special. Please call our Focus coun-selors if we can be of help.

Q: How can I help my daughter, who is strug-gling with her racial iden-tity? I'm white and my ex-husband is black. She struggles with issues of her "color" and I'm not sure how to help.Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, Family Minis-tries: I'd encourage you to talk about race with your daughter. She needs to

know it's OK to be herself, just exactly as she is, and you can help cultivate this attitude by being free and frank in your discussion of the subject.

It's particularly important to spend time listening and understanding her sit-uation from her viewpoint. Ask open-ended questions like, "Tell me what you like or don't like about the way you look," or "Describe a time when you felt differ-ent from the other kids at school."

Also provide her with op-portunities to interact with children and families of various ethnic back-grounds. This is vital in helping develop healthy attitudes toward race and ethnicity. You can also expose your daughter to media (books, videos, etc.) featuring multicultural characters and themes. This will supply her with positive role models of people who, like her, come from racially diverse back-grounds.

Just as important is teach-ing her about the many differences and likenesses that exist among human beings, and that race isn't

the only distinguishing el-ement. Point out that peo-ple all have similar needs and feelings, such as being loved and accepted. When she is able to grasp this, explain that, while she may look different from her peers, she is also very much like them.

Finally, don't shy away from discussing racism, but remember to talk about it in an age-appro-

priate way. She may not be able to grasp the com-plexities of slavery, but she does need to under-stand that some people strongly dislike others who are different from them, and may even treat them unkindly. She'll also need to learn how to respond to the comments or questions of others. Both children and adults can sometimes be rude with their remarks about race, but there are

also many occasions when their words and behavior are simply the result of ig-norance or curiosity.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

RHYMES WITH ORANGE

CHILD'S ADOPTION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED EARLY IN HER LIFE

BY FRANCIS DRAKE ARIES (March 21 to

April 19) This is a good day

to share your hopes and dreams for the future with others, because their feed-back could help you. Try it

and see what happens.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

For the next few weeks, you look good to

authority fi gures, because the Sun is at the top of your

chart, casting a fl attering light on you. Milk this for

all it’s worth!

GEMINI (May 21 to June

20) Because you have a strong desire to travel and

seek adventure, do some-thing different. Go some-

place you’ve never been before.

CANCER

(June 21 to July 22) You can clean up a lot of loose details regard-ing shared property, insur-ance matters, inheritances, taxes and debt in the next

few weeks. Just roll up your sleeves and dig in.

LEO

(July 23 to Aug. 22) Remember to get

more rest now and for the next few weeks, because

the Sun is as far away from you as it gets all year, and

the Sun is your source of energy.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Because your

top priority in the next few weeks is to be better

organized, give yourself the right tools to do a bang-up job. Get shelving, fi le fold-

ers, paint, cleaning supplies -- whatever.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Now and for the

next few weeks, your top priority is to be yourself. You want to play and ex-

press your creative talents without anyone holding you

back.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

It’s appropriate for you to focus on home,

family and your domes-tic needs in the next few

weeks. Discussions with a parent could be signifi cant.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

Just accept the fact that your daily pace

will accelerate in the next few weeks with short trips,

errands and increased read-ing and writing. Busy you!

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) The next few

weeks are the perfect time to think about cash fl ow,

earnings, your possessions and what it is you truly val-ue. Or to go one step further

-- what are your values?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)

It’s fi ne to put your own needs fi rst now,

because this is the only time all year when the Sun is in your sign. It’s your turn to

be top dog.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

Work alone or behind the scenes as you be-

gin to strategize about what you want your new year

(birthday to birthday) to be all about. It’s a good time to

plan ahead.

YOU BORN TODAY Because you are persistent

and careful, many of you develop excellent technical

skills. Personally, there’s a quality about you that is individual, distinctive and certainly memorable. For you, integrity, ethics and moral strength are vital.

You’re happy to be a rugged individualist. Work hard to

build or construct some-thing in the coming year,

because your rewards soon will follow.

Birthdate of: Mariska Hargitay, actress;

Edouard Manet, artist; Randolph Scott, actor.

(c) 2014 King

Features Syndicate, Inc.

BIZARRO

PAJAMA DIARIES

PARDON MY PLANET

ZITS

BLONDIE

SIX CHIX

BY FRANCIS DRAKE Just accept the gin to strategize about wh

HoroscopeDaily

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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Concerned Citizens of Vermilion Parish will hold a meeting at the Vermilion Parish Library in Abbeville on January 27, 2014 from 6:00 - 8:30 P.M. If you have concerns about a certain topic, please come and share them with us. www.ccovp.org

ESL ClassesOffered at Vermillion

Parish Library, Abbeville, La.

Thursdays 6:30 pm - 8 pm Taught by Dr. Bruce

Klein Th.D & Dana D.Klein M.Div

call or text for info: 337 517 3954

American Legion LeJeune-Boudreaux Post 271 in Kaplan holds its regular meetings on the last Wednesday of every month. Meetings start at 6:00 p.m. at the Legion Home. A meal is served following the meeting. New members are always welcome.

American Legion Auxiliary Meeting - 1st Thursday of the month at 5:30 at the American Legion Hall.

Abbeville K of C Meeting- The Knights of Columbus Council 2281 meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at the St Mary Magdalen Ministries Building.

Abuse Victims Support Groups – Abbeville Faith House Outreach offers a Support Group for victims of domes-tic violence on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Call 893-3033 for info.

A l c o h o l i c s Anonymous, Narcanon - Alcoholics Anonymous meets daily at 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m. Alanon meets Monday and Thursday at 12:00 noon. People with drug addictions can call Narconon at 1-337-991-0830.

The Christian Service Center distributes food Monday - Thursday and also daily lunches are served in the St Vincent DePaul Soup

Kitchen. Provide proof of income.

C o - d e p e n d e n t Anonymous (CODA) meetings are held every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Theresa Pastoral Center. For more informa-tion, please call 893-5631.

Erath American Legion Meeting Post #279 meets every second Thursday of the month at their post in Erath. A meal is served before every meeting. FMI call 937-4214.

E m o t i o n s Anonymous meeting every Saturday - 10:30 - 11:30 AM. Kaplan Parish Library.

Food For Families AAA Comeaux Park, Abbeville distributes food for Seniors every 1st Tuesday of the Month except holidays. People 60 or over who wish to participate must bring proof of income, date of birth and number of persons per household.

Jeff Bowles #4 Knight Templar, P.H.A.

1002 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. Montly Meeting 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Meal served. If you have any questions call Sect. Garland Bolden Sr. 337-255-6286.

KAB Welcomes Volunteers - Anyone inter-ested in litter prevention, city beautification, tree preserva-tion, ordinance enforcement, or education of children is urged to attend the KAB meeting the last Thursday of every month at 5:30 p.m. in the city council meeting room at Abbeville City Hall. FMI contact Janice Macomber @ 344-7360.

Kaplan Lions Club Meets on the Second

Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM at the KC Hall in Kaplan. Meal is served.

LA 0526, Erath Tops (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursday at 10:00 AM in the Erath library meeting room. For more information, call 685-2774. Tops is an interna-tional weight loss support group.

COMMUNITY CALENDARLOCAL SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND OTHER SIMILAR GROUPS ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT GENERAL INFOR-MATION ON LOCAL MEETINGS. THE NOTICES WILL APPEAR AS SPACE ALLOWS, AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL MANAGER.

STUDENTS/PARENTS/GUARDIANS

The State mandated iLEAP Tests in grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 will be adminis-tered April 7 - 10, 2014, by the Vermil-ion Parish School System. The State mandated GEE in grades 10 and 11 will be administered March 10 - 4, 2014.

A Parent/Guardian of a Home Study student may request that the Home Study student take the iLEAP or GEE by contacting Patrice Mire, District Test Coordinator, at the Vermilion Parish School Board by Friday, February 14,

2014.

If you plan to enter or re-enter your child in the Vermilion Parish School System, your child is required to take the appropriate grade level test at this time.

Upon registration, please present stu-dent’s social security number, a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a $35 fee to cover the cost of administer-ing and reporting the results.

January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014February 5, 12, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO NONPUBLIC AND

HOMESTUDY STUDENTS/PARENTS/GUARDIANS

This notice is to advise parents of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Edu-cation (SBESE) policy regarding the transfer of nonpublic and home study students to the public school system.

A student transferring into grade 5 or 9 in the public school system from any in-state nonpublic school or home study program, or any Louisiana resident transferring from an out-of-state school shall be required to take the 4th and 8th grade LEAP English Language Arts and Mathematics tests.

A student in grade 4 may not be promoted to the 5th grade UNLESS he/she scores at the Basic achievement level or above on either the LEAP English Language Arts test or the LEAP Math-ematics test and Approaching Basic or above on the other one.

A student in grade 8 may not be promoted to 9th grade UNLESS he/she scores at the Basic achievement level or above on either the LEAP English Language Arts test or the LEAP Math-ematics test and Approaching Basic or above on the other one.

Students may take the LEAP test during the spring administration prior to enrollment in the school system. Phase 1 Testing (English Lan-guage Arts Writing and Mathematics Constructed Response) will be administered March 18, 2014 and Phase 2 Testing (remaining test items) will be administered April 7 - 10, 2014. Parents are to contact Patrice Mire, District Test Coordinator, at the Vermilion Parish School Board by Friday, Feb-ruary 15, 2014, to register their child for the tests. Upon registration, please present student’s social security number, a self-addressed, stamped en-velope and a $35 fee to cover the cost of adminis-tering and reporting the results.

January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014February 5, 12, 2014

NOTICE

The annual reports of the Godchaux Bros Charitable Foundation for the year 2013 are available for inspection at the offi ce of the foundation at 502 Fifth Street, Abbeville, Louisiana by any citizen on request during regular business hours within 180 days of the publication of this notice.

s/Frank K. Godchaux,President

January 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 2014

NOTICE

The annual reports of the Live Oak Foundation for the year 2013 are available for inspection at the offi ce of the foundation at 502 Fifth Street, Abbeville, Louisiana by any citizen on request during regular business hours within 180 days of the publication of this notice.

s/Charles R. Godchaux,President

January 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 2014

PUBLICNOTICES

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles’ season hasn’t gone as swim-mingly as they would have hoped for, but they are starting to turn things around.

They have started turning their season around by going on a three game winning streak.

The third win of this current streak came against the Delcam-bre Panthers, Monday night, by the fi nal score of 60-39.

“We had a pretty good shooting night,” Eagles Head Coach Roch Charpentier said. “We need to shoot more free throws and at a higher percentage, but overall we rebounded well and shot the ball better than we have all year.”

That shooting per-formance was prevalent from the start for the Eagles.

The Eagles were able to score 16 points in the fi rst quarter, thanks in part to starting point guard Brennan Gallet’s six points in the opening quarter.

The defense held strong too, only allow-ing the Panthers to score seven points.

The second quar-

ter, at fi rst, seemed to be all VC. The Eagles found themselves up by 12 points about midway through the quarter and then things changed.

The Panthers just started hitting all of their shots and VC had no answer for it.

When the halftime buzzer sounded the Pan-thers had fought back from 12 points down to only four points heading into the halftime break.

VC led 24-20 at half-time.

The Panthers were expected to make a run coming out of the half-time break, consider-ing all of the momen-tum they had gathered before the break, but things could not have been different.

The Eagles came out and played like a team possessed.

From the opening horn of the third quar-ter till it was over the Eagles never gave the Panthers an inch.

The Eagles scored 23 points in the third quarter, behind seven points from Gallet and six points from Shay Le-porte.

The defense also stepped up and held strong for the Eagles, and only allowed the Panthers to score nine points.

When the third quar-

ter ended the Eagles lead had grown from four points to 18.

“I’ was most proud of the way the guys re-sponded,” Charpentier said. “They (Delcambre) made a run and we were able to respond with a run of our own. I told them at halftime that we need to come out in the third quarter and take a lead, and then put them away in the

fourth quarter. They did just that, and I could not be prouder.”

Like coach Charpen-tier said, the Eagles put the Panthers away for good in the fourth quar-ter by not allowing them to get anything going on the offensive side of the ball.

The Eagles offense was only able to score 13 points in the fi nal quar-ter, but it was plenty as the defense for the Ea-gles held the Panthers to just 10 points.

The Eagles ended up shooting 48 percent from two point land, 33 percent from behind the three point line and shot 60 percent from the free throw line.

The lone dark spot on the Eagles perfor-mance on the night was the amount of turnovers they had. The Eagles turned the ball over 19 times.

“They shot the ball well,” Panthers Head Coach Johnny Trang-mar said. “We commit-ted a lot of unforced errors and we did not shoot the ball well, at all.”

The Eagles were led by the scoring output of Brennan Gallet.

Gallet scored a team and game high 15

SportsWednesday, January 22,2014 Page 11

Abbeville Meridional

By Andy BullardSports editor

By Andy BullardSports editor

Photo by Andy Bullard

(See EAGLES, Page 12)

VC Eagles go streaking

Honey Bears get backon winning track

Photo by Andy BullardPhoto by Andy Bullard

The Gueydan Honey Bears entered the game last night against As-cension Episcopal on a two game district losing streak.

The Honey Bears were able to put the los-ing streak behind them as they defeated AES 44-36.

The fi rst quarter saw the Honey Bears just trying to maintain.

AES was able to take a small lead, but by the end of the quarter the Honey Bears were able to tie it back up at 10 all.

The second quarter

was much of the same for the Honey Bears.

AES would take a small lead and then Gueydan would have to come back, but unlike the fi rst quarter, the Honey Bears could not tie it up at the end of the quarter, and went in to halftime down 22-20.

Coming out of the break the Honey Bears played like a team that wanted to win.

The offense came out and put up 12 points.

Even though the of-fense picked up their game it was the defense that made the most drastic improvement.

The Honey Bears de-fense only allowed AES

to score six points in the third quarter, giv-ing Gueydan the 32-28 advantage heading into the fourth quarter.

In the fi nal quarter, the Honey Bears were able to pull away as the offense once again put up 12 points, and the defense this time only allowed eight, giving Gueydan the 44-36 vic-tory.

Kylie Crochet led the Honey Bears in scoring, by scoring a team high 11 points.

Sheridan Guidry was not far behind Cro-chet as she was able to add eight points to the Honey Bears fi nal tally.

Nya Boudreaux and

T’nia Leger were both able to score six points.

Ke’ara Charles and Ashari Terry were able to get in on the scoring action as they both scored four points apiece.

Cheyenne LaComb rounded out the scor-ing for the Honey Bears with her three pointer in the third quarter.

The Honey Bears record is stands at 12-8 overall and 3-3 in dis-trict play.

The Honey Bears will return to action this Friday as they will play host to district rival La-fayette Christian, who they have already beat-en this year, 45-21.

Photo by Andy Bullard

Gueydan’s T’nia Leger (30) goes in uncontest-ed for a lay-up

Connor Menard (25) of VC puts up a running fl oater over Delcambre’s Reese LeBlanc (33) in the Eagles 60-39 win over the Delcambre Panthers.

VC’s William Noegel goes up and blocks the shot by Chris Borel (22) of Delcambre.

Reese LeBlanc (33) of Delcambre blocks the lay-up attempt by VC’s Shay Laporte.

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The Vermilion Cath-olic Lady Eagles have done one thing pretty well this season, and that’s winning basket-ball games.

That was no differ-ent, even though they had to work for this win, Monday night as they defeated Midland by the fi nal score of 44-37.

“We knew they would make a run at us and they did in the third,” Head Coach Kim Guidry said. “I’m just proud of the way they weathered the run and were able to turn it around and get us the win.”

The fi rst half saw the Lady Eagles doing what they do best, taking a big lead and walking away with a victory.

At halftime, the Lady Eagles led Midland 26-16, and it looked as though this game was over at halftime.

Midland thought otherwise.

Midland came out and scored 12 points in the third quarter, be-hind the eight points of Macy Hoffpauir.

Along with the of-fense coming out swing-ing, the defense stepped up in a big way and held the Lady Eagles to only two points in the entire quarter.

Heading into the

fourth quarter, the Lady Eagles lost their 10 point lead and found themselves tied at 28-28 heading into the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quar-ter, the Lady Eagles we are used to seeing came out.

VC scored 16 points in the fourth quarter be-hind 10 points from As-hailee Brailey and Kay-len Collins combined.

The defense also stepped up and only al-lowed Midland to score nine points, giving VC the 44-37 victory.

Leading the charge

for the Lady Eagles on the offensive side of things was Kaylen Col-lins and Ashailee Brai-ley.

They both scored a team and game high 16 points.

Katie Frith was able to get in on the scoring action by adding eight points of her own.

Lexi Langlinais add-ed two free throws in the fourth quarter.

Ellen Langlinais and Leah Camel rounded out the scoring for the Lady Eagles with one point apiece.

The Lady Eagles re-

cord now stands at 20-3 overall and 5-1 in dis-trict play.

The Lady Eagles will return to the court on Friday as they play host to Hanson.

There is a strong possiblitly they will be without their lead-ing scorer and starting point guard Ashailee Brailey.

Brailey went down in the fourth quarter with an apparent ankle injury.

The extent of the in-jury is unknown as of now.

By ULLStaff reports

Sports Wednesday, January 22, 2014Page 12

Photo by Andy Bullard

By Andy BullardSports editor

Lady Eagles continue to rack up wins

VC’s Ashailee Brailey drives past the Midland defense on her way to scoring two of her 16 points in the VC 44-37 win over Midland.

Senior Katie Frith (10) of VC makes a shot from just inside the three point line.

Photo by Andy Bullard

EaglesFrom Page 11

points. Seven of his 15 points came in the big third quarter for the Eagles.

Shay Laporte also had a big third quar-ter, scoring six of his 13 points in the third.

Drake Broussard was able to get in on the scoring action as he added 11.

William Noegel net-ted seven of his own points, six of which came in the second quarter.

Ethan Menrad and Mike Campbell each added fi ve points apiece.

Tyler Lege rounded out the scoring for the Eagles with his four points.

This win gave the Eagles a three game winning streak and bumped their record up to 5-10 overall and 2-2 in district play.

The Eagles will be back on the court Friday night as they will host district rival Hanson.

“We just made a lot of mistakes,” Trangmar said. “That and we just didn’t run our offense the way we needed too. We did in the second quarter but we just couldn’t get it together for the rest of the game.”

Alex Barras and his 13 points led the Pan-thers in scoring.

Chevaun Walters was able to add 10 points of his own.

Reese LeBlanc and Brayton Trahan each added six and three points respectively.

Tyler Deblanc and Brayton Broussard rounded out the scoring for the Panthers with one point each.

The Panthers record now sits at 3-12 overall and 0-4 in district play.

The Panthers will continue to stay on the road as they will travel and play David Thibodeaux this Friday night.

Cajuns Host SBC Front Runner Georgia State on Thursday

The Louisiana Ra-gin’ Cajuns (12-6, 3-2) return home for what is perhaps their most de-manding home stand of the year, playing a pair of games against the Sun Belt front runners.

The Cajuns open the week on Thursday (Jan. 23) when they host fi rst-place Georgia State (12-6, 5-0) begin-ning at 7:15 p.m. in the Cajundome.

The game will be part of a doubleheader with the Louisiana women’s team hosting Georgia State starting at 5:00 p.m.

On Saturday (Jan. 25), the Cajuns close the week against two-time defending SBC

tournament champion WKU, a 3:00 p.m. game that will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

The Cajuns begin the week in third place in the Sun Belt after splitting a pair of road games last week.

Georgia State has taken the Sun Belt by storm, winning their fi rst fi ve league games by an average of 13.8 points a game to lead the conference race.

This will be the fi fth series meeting with the series standing tied at 2-2 with the home team winning every game.

Louisiana is off to an 12-6 start in 2013-14, benefi ting from the re-turn of fi ve starters and a total of 10 lettermen from last year’s squad that went 13-20, lead-

ing fourth-year head coach Bob Marlin to feel confi dent that the Cajuns have taken a big step forward.

The team is centered around the duo of point guard Elfrid Payton (19.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 6.2 apg, 2.5 spg) and for-ward Shawn Long (20.8 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 2.9 bpg), both of whom were named to the preseason All-Sun Belt fi rst team this year.

Long plays mostly at center with Elridge Moore (5.2, 3.8) has returned at small for-ward after missing fi ve games with an ankle in-jury. Bryant Mbamalu (7.2, 2.0), who started 26 games as a wing guard last season, has returned after missing the fi rst 12 games with

a foot injury. With Mba-malu out, junior Kevin Brown (6.8, 1.7) saw increased playing time with Steven Wronkoski (5.6, 2.6) starting on the other wing.

The bench has been a source of a good offen-sive spark as junior Xa-vian Rimmer (7.4, 2.1) and sophomore Kasey Shepherd (8.6, 2.4) pro-viding the biggest lift at guard with freshman Hayward Register (2.0) also seeing time.

Junior J.J. Dav-enport (3.4, 2.8), who played the last two sea-sons at New Mexico Ju-nior College, and fresh-men Vieux Kande (1.3, 0.9), and Luka Kamber (0.5, 1.3) are the prima-ry reserves inside with both Davenport and Kande playing center

and Kamber a forward. Marlin is utilizing

the depth and quick-ness by forcing an up-tempo game at both ends of the court by ap-plying more defensive pressure.

The Cajuns use their quickness and outside shooting ability to cre-ate a balanced offense, forcing opponents to cover the entire court.

The Cajuns remain at home on Saturday (Jan. 25), hosting two-time defending Sun Belt tournament cham-pion WKU beginning at 3:00 p.m. in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

Louisiana then takes to the road to close the January slate with a Jan. 30 contest at UALR.