BATON ROUGE – LSU awarded 4,514 degrees to graduates at the university’s 310th commencement exercises today. These new LSU alumni and their hometowns can be viewed on the LSU Graduates List and the LSU Commencement website.
Kevin Sagrera provides information on the alligator industry during the tour’s stop at the Vermilion Gator Farm.
The group makes a stop at Gulf Crown Seafood in Delcambre. Delcambre Mayor Pam Blakely (four from left) and Sea Grant’s Mark Shirley (fifth from left).
Dr. Elista Istre (left) welcomes the tour to the Louisiana Military Museum in Abbeville.
The group takes a ride on a shrimp boat.
Vermilion Parish is known for its fresh seafood, bountiful agriculture, great geographical access via roads and waterways, and rich history of cultural and eco-tourism.
All of these parish assets were exhibited recently as Vermilion Economic Development Alliance (VEDA) welcomed six congressional staffers from the office of United States Senator John Kennedy’s office to Louisiana for a Vermilion Parish industry tour. VEDA Program Administrator, Victoria Bourque, led the parish tour alongside Mark Shirley of Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter.
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Engineer Todd Vincent of Sellers and Associates discusses parish projects with the Vermilion Parish Police Jury earlier this month.
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Vermilion Parish resident Paulette Adam talks with the Vermilion Parish Police Jury about getting a pre-application sent in for a watershed initiative grant to help with flooding issues in the western part of the parish.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury approved a motion to pre-apply for a share in a $10 million grant project coordinated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to match funds for three parish coastal protection projects. Still, some police jurors remain unhappy with the scour issues delaying the completion of the Southwest Point shoreline protection project.
The planes were damaged after running into one another.
Two pilots escaped injury after their cropdusters collided with one another on a landing strip in Gueydan.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillion, at approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, two crop duster airplanes collided on a dirt landing strip near the Vermilion Parish Police Jury parish barn located on La.14 near Gueydan.
Neither pilot was injured and only the aircraft were damaged.
Lafayette Regional Airport Operations was notified of the incident, and they notified the FAA/NTSB Regional Operations Center (ROC), who will be handling the investigation.
At a special get-together this week, the Vermilion Parish School Board recognized the retirees from the public school system.
There were 25 employees who had 20 or more years with the school system.
That totaled nearly 700 years of experience walking away from the school system.
“Congratulations to the employees who retired from our school system last school year. We thank you for serving the Vermilion Parish School System,” said Superintendent Tommy Byler.
Leah Bernard had the most years with 46 years, and Jackie Broussard had 42.
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