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Parents of children in the military always cherish any pictures they receive from their sons and daughters.
Patricia Suby of Kaplan is no exception. Imagine her surprise when a national magazine featured a story, along with pictures, and her son was in most of the photographs.
Her son, Michael Suby, 27, is a member of a medevac unit stationed in currently stationed in Afghanistan which the February issue of Time magazine told their story.

A joint effort between the city and two Vermilion Parish Police Jurors resulted in some streets being repaired in the Kaplan.
VP Jurors Cloris Boudreaux and Ronald “Dago” Menard, both used a portion of their district’s road budget to share the cost in resurfacing Mill Street.
The total cost of the project is $171,924 making each share approximately $57,300.

Two Kaplan residents were arrested on drug charges last week.
Christopher Lee Saltzman, 20, 10014 Romules Road, Kaplan and Amanda Frederick, 29, 10134 Romules Road, Kaplan were arrested on possession with intent to distribute mairjuana and illegal possession of a hand gun.
According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Chief Rick Coleman, Chief Gerald Hebert, and the Vermilion Parish Municipal Narcotics Task Force made the arrests.
Agents received information in reference to the above mentioned suspects dealing large amounts of marijuana.

For the past four decades, one thing has remained constant at the nursing home in Kaplan – and it certainly is not the name.
Currently under the ownership of Nexion, Kaplan Health Care Center has been called ‘home’ by employee and LPN Adella Racca for the past 42 years.
Adella “Della” Racca, formerly a Simon, grew up outside of Kaplan. She graduated high school from Indian Bayou, before the two-story building was torn down and replaced by the current structure.
Immediately following graduation, Della married area mechanic Wilton J. Racca.

Pastor Donnie Crane and his wife, Brandi, of Crossings Place Church were named as ‘Citizens of the Month’ by Mayor Linda Hardee.
The church is located at 503 N. Trahan in Kaplan.
Originally from the Covington area, they have a tremendous outreach program that ministers to the shut-ins, elderly, and the sick in Kaplan.
The couple have also branched out and have started a student outreach facility, The Edge, located in the old LeBeouf cleaners building on Cushing.

Councilwoman Eva Dell Morrison named Abraham Turner as her February “Citizen of the Month.”
Abraham Turner, better known as “Ham” to everyone, is the father of six children; one of which passed away two years ago because of epilepsy.
His parents are the late Verla and Abraham Turner Sr. He comes from a family of seven siblings.
At the age of 52, he’s been through it all.
He is currently the head custodian at Rene Rost Middle School and has been employed there for the past 28 years.