Pulse of the Parish

The 911 dispatch center took the following calls from Wednesday, Dec. 19 through Saturday, Dec. 22. Some were handled by municipal police departments, some by volunteer fire companies, some by Acadian Ambulance and some by the Louisiana State Police. The majority fell to the St.

Home for the holidays, Balfa-style

Dan McKain

St. Martinville — The famous Balfa clan gathered for a family reunion at the home of Dirk and Christine Balfa Powell here on the Sunday before Christmas.

Quite naturally there soon arose the sounds of an accordion, guitars, a fiddle and triangle.

OOOOH! AHHHH!

Chief defends local business

Marie Dawson

Arnaudville — Backed by the chief of police, the owner of a business at Main and Guidroz defended the establishment’s reputation before the City Council last week.

Parish Police Report

The following arrests and/or citations were reported in St. Martin Parish from Monday, Dec. 17 through Friday, Dec. 21.

Monday, Dec. 17

Paul Easton, 40, New Iberia; no headlights, aggravated flight from an officer, license plate light (St. Martin Sheriff's Office — SMSO).

The pulse of the parish

The 911 dispatch center took the following calls from Wednesday, Dec. 12 through Tuesday, Dec. 18. Some were handled by municipal police departments, some by volunteer fire companies, some by Acadian Ambulance and some by the Louisiana State Police. The majority fell to the St.

2007 the year of great beginnings

Ken Grissom

This was a year of broad and generally positive change for St. Martin Parish. It was a staging year, with a lot of major projects either nearing completion, begun or at least funded. Lots and lots of grant money came into the parish in 2007. Sales tax revenues soared.

It could have been worse

A potentially deadly tornado with winds well over 100 mph tore through St. Martin Parish near Breaux Bridge in the early morning of Feb. 13.

Meaux family stable

Slemco President Jerry Meaux has been involved in horse racing for more than four decades, starting with countryside bush tracks.

Now he has a stable of four impressive stallions, including a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby.

Time

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ

Moves on: Nor all your Piety nor Wit

Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.

--Omar Khayyam (From “The Rubiyat”)

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