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Breaux Bridge – Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 17, 2008, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church for Andrew Benjamin Vavasseur, 80, who passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at his residence.

St. Martinville – Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel for Edward Champagne Sr., 80, who passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at his residence.

Patrick Dale Hawthorne, 70, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at Doctor’s Hospital in Opelousas.

St. Martinville – Funeral services were conducted for Mr. John Roy Patin Sr., 60, at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Evangeline Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Ronsonet officiating.

Arnaudville – Funeral services were held Monday, March 17, 2008, at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Francis Regis Catholic Church for John Lewis Stelly, 64, who passed away Thursday, March 13, 2008, at 11:55 a.m. at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette.

Breaux Bridge – Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at St. Bernard Catholic Church for May Gondron Doré, 86, who died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at St. Martin Hospital in Breaux Bridge.

St. Martinville – On Monday, March 10, 2008, at the age of 93, Marie Durand Eastin passed away at Maison de Lafayette in Lafayette.

Cecilia – Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church for Mary Ruth Zeringue Guidry, 79, who passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2008, at Lafayette General Medical Center.

Lake Martin — Record high temperatures and bright blue skies over the weekend brought both the visitors and wildlife out at Lake Martin.

On Monday, Febr. 11, two days after the legislature was called in for a special session to discuss and pass laws pertaining to ethics and good government, the Racing Commission, on very short notice, was ignobly summoned to a Senate committee meeting in Baton Rouge.