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Photo courtesy of Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Keep Louisiana Beautiful's Get Down & Clean Up program has grown to 145 participating libraries in 44 parishes with more than 1,100 litter kits checked out.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful's Get Down & Clean Up Program is available at Abbeville Library

BATON ROUGE, La. - Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB)’s Get Down & Clean Up program, in collaboration with the State Library of Louisiana and the Louisiana Public Library System, makes litter clean-up supplies readily available at public libraries across the state.
In collaboration with Keep Abbeville Beautiful, the program is available at the Abbeville Branch of the Vermilion Parish Library.
The program has grown to 145 participating libraries in 44 parishes, and over 1,100 litter kits have been checked out by library patrons to care for their local communities.

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Parish native Hazel Faulk celebrates 100th birthday

Vermilion Parish native Hazel Faulk celebrates 100th birthday

Recently, the Vermilion at Eastridge assisted living community hosted a very special birthday party.
Surrounded by her family and friends, Ms. Hazel enjoyed the entertainment of The Fa-Tras Cajun band. Great memories were made by all.
Hazel was born in 1925 in the Leroy community to parents Effie Landry and Edward Barras. The oldest of their three children, Hazel had a younger sister (Irene) and brother (Edward, Jr.).

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Special election will see two vie for Abbeville’s District B City Council seat

It’s almost time to head to the polls once again.
Early voting for the March 29 election will begin this Saturday, March 15. Some voters in the city of Abbeville will see a special election, while all Vermilion Parish voters will see four constitutional amendments.
The process will run through Saturday, March 22. However, there will be no early voting on Sunday, March 16, when the Vermilion Parish Courthouse is closed. It will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in the Vermilion Parish Registrar of Voters office, located on the courthouse’s first floor.

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AHS senior Hai Khau stands next AHS principal Phillip Freeman.

Abbeville High Junior scores 34 on ACT

Hai Khau, a junior at Abbeville High School, recently took the ACT and scored a 34.  
Khau has a 4.0 GPA and has never earned less than an A on his report card. He’s considering a career in finance and wants to attend Tulane.
“Tulane is my first choice,” Khau said.  “I’ve done my research. It’s a really good college and not that far away.  I’m leaning toward majoring in finance right now.  I’m also considering pre-med and biology.”

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Clare L. Martin

Clare L. Martin named new Executive Director for Vermilion Council on Aging

Clare L. Martin of Maurice has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Vermilion Council on Aging (VCOA).
Martin brings years of experience working with elder populations and nonprofit management. As part of her vision for the VCOA, Martin says she would like to become “embedded” within the communities of Vermilion Parish to increase outreach to senior citizens. 

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