Baton Rouge — President Donald Trump has approved Gov. John Bel Edwards’ request for federal assistance related to Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura. Gov. Edwards submitted the pre-landfall emergency declaration to the President and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Saturday, August 22.
No one will be able to watch the cooking of the eggs during the Omelette Celebration because it was canceled.
The Confrerie d’ Abbeville, Giant Omelette Celebration board met earlier this week.
The board voted to cancel this year’s event, which would have taken place in the first weekend in November.
“It was not an easy thing to do,” Grand Maitre Arlene Collee said. “We know the economic impact we have on our community. We know the joy it brings to those who come. Our vendors were looking forward to it this year more than ever.”
Collee said hope remained even into the summer that this year’s event could take place.
Names for free-roaming cats include feral, stray and alley cats.
Some refer to them a bit more affectionately as community cats, saying they belong to the entire community.
Whatever they call them, some see the cats as a benefit to the community, while others see a nuisance.
Those differing opinions drove the discussion during an Abbeville City Council ordinance committee meeting Tuesday night. While it has one that covers roaming of dogs, livestock and fowl, Abbeville does not have anything on the books that pertains to cats.
VC Principal Mike Guilbeaux has a meeting with his staff in the school gym. Everyone is sitting at least six feet apart.
The day before school began was like no other for Vermilion Catholic’s staff.
Vermilion Catholic Principal Mike Guilbeaux met with his staff in the Vermilion Catholic gymnasium on Wednesday. The teachers sat at least six feet apart because of social distancing. The teachers took up half of the basketball court, while Guilbeaux had a desk set up under a basketball court.
He spent the morning talking through his face covering mask, educating the teachers about what the school year is expected to be like. He also went over procedures dealing with COVID-19 pandemic.
Students at SLCC’s Gulf Area campus in Abbeville practice social distancing during Tuesday’s orientation.
Lawana Stokes, director of the SLCC Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville, speaks to students during an orientation Tuesday morning. Stokes stressed that students follow proper COVID-19 guidelines as they return to campus for the first time since March.
Lawana Stokes welcomed students back to the South Louisiana Community College Gulf Area Campus in Abbeville during an orientation Tuesday morning.
This week marked the first time Stokes, the campus director, had been able greet students in person since the COVID-19 pandemic shut things down in early spring.
“It’s been a long journey,” Stokes told dozens of students, all of whom spread out in the campus’ courtyard. “We haven’t been here since March.”
Stokes said it is exciting to see the students back, but it didn’t come without preparation.
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