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FEW FALL RACES. . .

Qualifying ended last week for elections scheduled in the fall, but parish voters will have very few races to decide as most incumbents will continue in office without opposition.

A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed — conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama.

It’s funny how sometimes an idea dawns on you. I was watching Michelle Obama’s speech last week, along with millions of other Americans who must have all been shaking their heads with bewilderment.

By Ken Grissom

t_news@bellsouth.net

Baton Rouge – An appropriation of $25,000 to the Breaux Bridge Historical Society and $25,000 for two separate projects for the St. Martin Parish, Iberia, Lafayette Community Action Agency, or SMILE, in St. Martinville are among the more than $16 million in projects deleted by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s veto pen from the state general fund.

St. Martinville – At approximately 1 a.m. Thursday morning, a St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-10 for traveling too close, and for improper display of a license plate.

Robert D. Fontenot

Robert Dale Fontenot, age 51, of Eunice, La., died Sunday, July 13, 2008. Visitation is from 2:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Quirk & Son with a rosary at 7 p.m.  Reopen will be at 8 a.m. Thursday.

July 14

7:41 a.m. Accident, East Maple.

9:48 a.m. Accident, car hits deer, Moosa & East Laurel.

12:39 p.m. Disturbance, Champagne’s lot.

1:30 p.m. Accident, West Laurel.

July 13

Wendy Bourque, 20, 1345 East Laurel, DWI, improper lane usage.

July 15

Sidney Ben, 43, 1015 Drake, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, resisting an officer, illegal carrying of weapons, domestic abuse battery, criminal trespass.