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U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, R-Southwest Louisiana, announced the 27th Annual Congressional High School Arts Competition. Art entries are due no later than Friday, April 18, 2008.

The Vermilion Parish School Board decided to put a camera on every school bus instead of 30 like previously decided at committee meeting earlier last week.

As reported last week, the City of Abbeville was investigating ways to rid a staging area near the railroad tracks at John Hardy Drive and Frank’s Alley. New developments may speed up the process to clean it up.

Despite having bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Eunice High Lady Cats were handed their third shutout loss by the Sam Houston Lady Broncos in Monday's make-up game, concluding District 4-4A play for both teams.

The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.

Advance tickets to the 34th annual Galveston Historic Homes Tour, set for

the first two weekends in May, are now available online at the Galveston

Historical Foundation (GHF) website, www.galvestonhistory.org, by phone at

Today’s match up in Kaplan could go a long way in deciding the final baseball standings in District 6-3A.

The Kaplan Pirates will play host to the North Vermilion Patriots in a rematch of their March 27 game, won by 17-7 by the Pats. Both teams are coming off of Saturday wins.

The Rough Riders Cruizer Club will hold its 2nd annual Field Meet and Family Weekend in St. Martinville's Adam Carlson Park April 11-13.

On Saturday, May 3, at the height of the Crawfish Festival, the Breaux Bridge Post Office will deliver mail in rural areas only, Postmaster Louis Alexander announced.

The St. Martin Parish Community Action Council is seeking representatives from the following "target areas": St. Martinville-Ledoux, Catahoula-Coteau Holmes, Arnaudville-Cecilia-Henderson, and Parks-Cypress Island-Grand Wood-Ol-Loge.