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The town of Maurice got a pleasant surprise late last month.
The third annual Mendoza fundraiser was held at Don Mendoza Ford in Maurice. The fundraiser was to raise money for volunteer fire departments in Vermilion Parish and for the Maurice Police Department.
The all-day event featured music, a top-of-the-line fireworks display, and a jambalaya cook-off.
The Lance Broussard Cooking Team won the crowd favorite, as well as, overall first place in the cook-off.
The lead chef was Jacques Campbell of Kaplan.

KAPLAN — The Kaplan Aldermen are not too happy with the contractor Ricky LeBlanc, who is building a mobile home park in Legion Park near the Kaplan Cemetary.
The mobile home park will probably never happen because the aldermen are about to put the brakes on the project altogether.
Months ago, LeBlanc approached Mayor Kloesel and the aldermen about putting mobile homes in Legion Park, initially developed for homes.
However, that idea never took off, and the subdivision sat empty.

In support of Operation Dry Water, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division arrested 12 boaters statewide for alleged driving or operating a vessel while intoxicated (DWI) from July 1 to July 3.

On July 1, agents arrested:

Johnny W Calton V, 29, Grayson, on the Ouachita River in Caldwell Parish.
Cody Overland, 28, of Independence, on the Tickfaw River in Livingston Parish.
Brett D. Fitch, 38, of Cecilia, on the Atchafalaya River in St. Martin Parish.

On July 2, agents arrested: