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Natchitoches – Eight hundred and sixty-three students at Northwestern State University have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2008 semester. Students on the Dean’s List must be enrolled full time at NSU and have a grade point average for the fall semester of between 3.5 and 3.99.

The 2007-08 Lady Tiger softball team at Breaux Bridge Jr. High completed the season with a third place finish at the St. Martin Parish Softball League Tournament.

Navy Seaman Recruit Jamal N. Mitchell recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Jessica Greene was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the United States Army National Guard on May 8.

Jesse Grace has been promoted to the rank of private first class in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Navy Seaman Recruit Ricky J. Taylor, son of Judy A. Taylor of Arnaudville and Ricky A. Hebert of Breaux Bridge, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

Army Pvt. Donavon J. Guidry has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Jarred Degeyter of St. Martinville joined C Co., 199th Brigade Support Battalion in Alexandria as a health care specialist.

St. Martinville — The International Trade Center, formerly Martin Mills, is getting busier. Among the newest occupants of the nearly million-square-foot facility is Wal-Mart, which is using the space to facility opening a new Super Center in nearby Broussard.

Baton Rouge — The Louisiana crawfish industry and the St. Martin Parish delegation are one step nearer to winning one legislative battle against foreign crawfish trade.