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Alison Miller

Vermilion Parish tourism figures are on the rise

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 1:40pm

Each year, the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission (VPTC) compiles tourism figures and compares these numbers to previous years to measure how tourism is doing in the parish. After being down for a couple of years, tourism is beginning to pick up in the parish. Although not yet back to pre-COVID visitation, the Tourist Commission is noticing more people coming into the Center on a daily basis, including a few international visitors.

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Photo credit: Doug Dugas /
UL Lafayette)
UL Lafayette will award 1,753 degrees during individual Commencement ceremonies.

Vermilion Parish natives among 1,753 to receive degrees during UL Lafayette’s 2022 Spring Commencement

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:22am

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is celebrating its Spring 2022 graduates during Commencement ceremonies on Friday and Saturday.
The University conferred 1,387 bachelor’s degrees, 328 master’s degrees, 36 doctoral degrees and two certificates. Graduates are from 55 Louisiana parishes, 36 states and U.S. territories, and 33 foreign countries.

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Ten North Vermilion High School seniors who were awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Ramsie Kate Baumgardner Memorial Fund pose with members of the Baumgardner/Vincent family during Senior Day awards at NV on Monday.

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Ramsie Kate Baumgardner

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Family members of Ramsie Baumgardner were present at North Vermilion on Monday morning.

Ramsie Kate Baumgardner Memorial Fund awards scholarships to 10 North Vermilion seniors

Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:11am

To learn more or to donate to the Ramsie Kate Baumgardner Memorial Fund, or for a link to Louisiana organ donation websites, go to rkbmemorialfund.com.

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(Chris Landry / The Abbeville Meridional)
District Attorney Bo Duhe of the 16th Judicial District prepares to show a video to the Delcambre Board of Aldermen Monday about a capital outlay project in the state legislature for a new Acadiana Crime Lab building at the Acadiana Regional Airport.

Delcambre passes resolution in support of project; Capital outlay being sought in legislature for new Acadiana Crime Lab facility

Tue, 05/17/2022 - 3:37pm

DELCAMBRE — The Delcambre Board of Aldermen passed a resolution Monday night in support of a $20 million capital outlay project for construction of a new Acadiana Crime Lab, which covers an eight-parish region and four federal judicial districts.

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Abbeville Mayor-elect Roslyn White (seated left) and Mayor Mark Piazza take part in a
proclamation signing “Community Action Month.” Representatives of the ASSIST
Agency joined the signing, including (in no order) Sharon Clement, Executive Director; Kercia
Huntly, ESC II; Kellie Rankin, ESC I: Mardessa Poydras, Personnel Officer; Dwight
Alexander, Housing Director; and Anita Levy, ASSIST Board Member.

‘Community Action Month’ proclaimed in Abbeville

Tue, 05/17/2022 - 10:32am

Mark Piazza, Mayor of Abbeville, and Roslyn White, Mayor-elect of Abbeville, proclaimed May as "Community Action Month" in Vermilion Parish, “in recognition of the hard work and dedication of the leaders and staff of the ASSIST Agency.”
Piazza accepted the parish-wide proclamation recently with representatives of the ASSIST Agency on hand, including Sharon Clement, Executive Director; Kercia Huntly, ESC II; Kellie Rankin, ESC I: Mardessa Poydras, Personnel Officer; Dwight Alexander, Housing Director; and Anita Levy, ASSIST Board Member.

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