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St. Martinville — The City Council Monday rescinded a call for bids on the contract trash pickup service after determining that it would likely be cheaper to extend the current contract with Allied Waste Services.

Breaux Bridge — The City Council authorized Mayor Jack Dale Delhomme to proceed with plans to do a major overhaul of city streets.

The council authorized Delhomme to take the necessary steps to float bonds against the city’s revenue.

The following arrests and/or citations were reported in St. Martin Parish from Monday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 17.

Monday, Feb. 11

Clint LeBlanc, 43, 1000 block of Oleus Champagne Rd., St. Martinville; three counts of failure to appear (SMSO).

BATTLE SCAR? — Trevor Clay, 12, son of Mike and Jackie Clay of Breaux Bridge, holds up the broken rack of an eight-point buck — now a six-point — he shot near Hamilton, Texas, on a hunt with his dad and friends

Members of the Breaux Bridge Jr. High Lady Tigers basketball team for 2007-08 recently completed a successful season, finishing second in the St. Martin Parish League tournament. Seated from left are Kadiah LeBlanc, Kelsey Mouton, Torrie Roy, Jalyn Charles and Tiffany Borel.

Cecilia’s Alayssa Guidroz hurries a throw to first base in hope of completing a double play after a Beau Chene runner is forced out at second.

KAE ANGELLE of Cecilia sends a pitch toward the plate against Beau Chene last week. The Lady Bulldogs were shut out, 2-0, by the Lady Gators in their first loss of the young season.

As softball season got cranked up last week Cecilia’s Lady Bulldogs opened the first week of play with a 1-1 record.

The Lady ’Dogs blew by Acadiana on Wednesday but suffered a 2-0 shutout at the hands of Beau Chene on Thursday.

St. Martinville – The Ten-N-Out Bengals will hold a flag football tournament, the first “Bash on the Bayou,” this weekend, Feb. 23 and 24, at Magnolia Park.

The entry fee is $100 with a deadline of Feb. 20, after which there will be a $10 late fee.

The Cecilia Bulldogs close regular season play with a 19-12, 7-2 record and earn the No. 2 seed for the District 6-3A playoff bracket.