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A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

Eleanor Hamilton

The Abbeville City Council made the decision last week to switch from its current phone provider, AT&T, to Kaplan Telephone Co. for phone service to all city government buildings.

The third quarter meeting of the Vermilion Historical Society will take place Tuesday, July 22, at 5:30 p.m. at the meeting rooms of the new Vermilion Parish Library on St. Victor Street in Abbeville.

The parish’s legislators were able to secure more than $1 million for projects and infrastructure improvements paid from the state’s general operation budget.

July 21

8:06 a.m. Subject advises truck parked overnight has bullet holes in it, West Laurel.

8:34 a.m. Criminal damage, Duck.

8:49 a.m. Break-in, Duck.

9:13 a.m. Accident, Bobcat & West Laurel.

Two Eunice residents are among four persons arrested as a result of an undercover steroid investigation in Eunice, Opelousas and Krotz Springs.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it has been investigating alleged steroid use at local gymnasiums and has identified about 100 users and 15 dealers.

CROWLEY – A memorial service took place Monday, July 21, 2008 at the Duhon Funeral Home Chapel for Warren Murphy, Sr., 88, who died Friday, July 18, 2008 at Southwind Nursing Home in Crowley.

Burial will take place in Maxie Cemetery.

BATON ROUGE – Governor Jindal announced Monday that two new laws will address classroom discipline problems, which he stated was a top complaint of teachers. According to recent surveys, Louisiana is the second worst in the nation in public discipline problems.