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Evangeline Parish Sheriff Eddie Soileau released a statement on Saturday afternoon concerning the recent layoffs, and audit, involving EPSO.
In the statement, which was addressed to the the residents of the parish, Soileau writes the following:

The 2016 Tournoi Festival pageant has been canceled due to the recent flooding in the parish and across the southern portion of the state.

POINT BLUE — Point Blue farmer Mitch Soileau started letting his rice fields drain at the end of July in anticipation of the August harvest time, but Mother Nature decided to flood the fields all over again the weekend of August 13.

With the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office experiencing major financial woes at this time, the public is questioning where all of the money has gone.

CHURCH POINT — If it weren’t for the efforts of the Cajuns Ladies of Church Point, The Le Vieux Presbytere could have very well been moved out of the small town or simply would have been demolished.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported five recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:

LAFAYETTE – Today, One Acadiana announced a partnership with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI); The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC); Greater New Orleans, Inc.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency offers disaster assistance and low-interest loads programs to assist agriculture producers in their recovery efforts following floods or similar qualifying natural disasters.
Available programs and loans include:

The well has financially run dry for the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, and it’s the residents of the parish that are left to suffer.

PINE PRAIRIE — If a person is lucky enough in life, there is a single person that teaches them the lessons that mold and shape them for the rest of their existence on Earth. These lessons not only permeate their everyday lives but are embedded in their professional lives as well.