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Baja St. Martin

Love the cooler weather! It’s really beautiful outside with the exception of the dead vegetation compliments of the big freeze. I am still picking broccoli, Swiss chard and Romaine lettuce, but that’s about it.

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Sportsman of the Week

FIRST SEASON — Luke Broussard, 10, of St. Martinville, straddles a 110 pound white-tailed deer he harvested over the Christmas holidays. A student at Trinity Catholic, Luke is the son of David and Michelle Broussard.

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HALL OF FAMER

Umpire extraordinaire John Usie of Breaux Bridge (left) proudly accepts an achievement plaque from Mayor Jack Dale Delhomme in recognition of his induction into the United States Specialty Sports Association Hall of Fame.

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MAYOR PRO TEM

Breaux Bridge City Councilman Albert “Da Da” Menard (right) takes a seat beside Mayor Jack Dale Delhomme after the council unanimously voted him temporary presiding officer in the absence of the mayor.

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Les Vieux Temps

In the mid-1900s, some of the favorite places to dance to Cajun music were the Silver Slipper and the Happy Landing in Pecaniere. It was there, as a youngster, that I met many people from Prairie des Femmes (femmes is French for women).

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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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