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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.

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.

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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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Sports

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Three Evangeline parish football teams have worked their way into the post-season and will begin their quest for the State Championship this coming Friday night, as the LHSAA reveled the 2017 playo

Lifestyle

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Judy Stewart is pictured here with her family in front of a wall inside The Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La., that bears the names of the alumni who were named to the Hall of Distinguished Educators. She along with other alumni were inducted on October 21. Pictured here in the back is Bart Stewart, Jr., and from left to right in the front are Bart Stewart, Sr., Candace Frazier, Judy Stewart, and Jeff Stewart. (Photo courtesy of Candace Frazier)

The Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La., has recognized alumni who have shown outstanding professional achievemen

Obituaries

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Rushing

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lanell Rushing was held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 30, 2017 in the Pine Prairie Christian Tabernacle. Reverends Barry Gautreaux, Johnny Wilkinson and Chris Juneau officiatied.

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