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Saturday, November 7, 2009
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LAFAYETTE — Students in Lafayette Parish will have an opportunity to eye their options for the next school year during today’s Fall Frenzy.
The event showcases the Lafayette Parish School System’s schools of choice programs. It’s also the first opportunity that parents and students will have to apply for a spot in a program.
LAFAYETTE — The gift of reading is on the wish list of preschool programs at nine Lafayette public schools. Barnes & Noble Booksellers of Lafayette customers can help grant those wishes through the store’s annual holiday book drive. A California-based digital effects company with a résumé that includes the movies “300,” “The Last Samurai,” and “Spiderman” is opening shop in Lafayette. LAFAYETTE — A 70-year-old Lafayette man is in critical condition at a local hospital following a Friday morning crash at the intersection of Mudd Avenue andNortheast Evangeline Thruway. LAFAYETTE — The state has revoked the license of a Lafayette group home, citing no less than 10 infractions against the facility. The Vermillion Group Home, 800 E. Vermillion St., received the notice of license revocation from the state Department of Social Services on Monday. LAFAYETTE — Students involved in Carencro High’s Academy of Information Technology will be featured in an upcoming edition of “Louisiana Public Square,” a monthly public forum produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting. LAFAYETTE — Four electric utilities in Louisiana, including Lafayette’s public system, have been tapped for $45 million in federal Recovery Act grants, with most of the money for new “smart” meters that would help utility providers better monitor outages and let customers keep tabs on their usage. OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish School Board voted 8-3 Thursday to allow a 50 percent maximum grade for students who are making-up school work following their return to the classroom after a suspension. LAFAYETTE — The Police Department reported DNA evidence collected at the scene of a March 9 bank robbery has linked a 48-year-old New Orleans man to the crime. ABBEVILLE — The Vermilion Parish School Board tabled a motion Thursday night to reject a property exchange between it and the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. LAFAYETTE — University of Louisiana at Lafayette recruiters will be tailgating tonight at Northside High School stadium from 5 p.m. until game time. LAFAYETTE — Lafayette Parish school enrollment likely will remain steady for the next 10 years, demographer, Jerome McKibben told board members Wednesday. This year’s total enrollment is 29,089. In 10 years, it’s projected to be 29,124. LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette Parish school system likely will hold its H1N1 vaccination clinics Dec. 5, said Betty Alford, schools nursing supervisor. LAFAYETTE — State Police in Troop I have arrested 1,600 impaired drivers and issued more than 10,000 citations this year. Trooper Stephen Hammons, spokesman for State Police, said the DWI Task Force has accounted for about 25 percent of those arrests. VILLE PLATTE — Actively employed Evangeline Parish school workers can expect a little something extra in their Nov. 20 paychecks, according to School Board Business Manager Amy Lafleur. BREAUX BRIDGE — The St. Martin Parish School Board voted Wednesday, on the recommendation of Superintendent Richard Lavergne, to divide architectural services on a $30 million district-wide building and improvement initiative to local firms. NEW IBERIA — Employees of Iberia Parish schools will have to endure a slight cut in this year’s supplemental pay and deferred payment. Annette B. Schouest is the new director of the Medical Unit at Dauterive Hospital in New Iberia. Corey M. Duplechain is the new director of the hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab, the hospital announced this week. LAFAYETTE — A 56-acre commercial and residential development is planned for a stretch of Ambassador Caffery Parkway between Dulles Drive and Guilbeau Road. LAFAYETTE — Projections of the size and location of the student population that the Lafayette Parish School System may serve in the next five and 10 years will be presented to the board during its 5:30 p.m. meeting today. ST. MARTINVILLE — The St. Martin Parish Council approved a March 27 election for renewal of the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District’s special tax. LAFAYETTE — Barnes & Noble of Lafayette’s annual holiday book drive began Sunday and will continue through Jan. 1. LAFAYETTE — A 53-year-old Carencro man wanted on a count of attempted second-degree murder of a woman turned himself in Tuesday morning. LAFAYETTE — On a cool and clear day there is no better beat than the one Ed McLean and Kelsie Lege work for the Lafayette Police Department. The two corporals patrol downtown Lafayette on Segway Personal Transporters, which are two-wheeled devices that seem to defy gravity. LAFAYETTE — The Cajundome has reached a tentative agreement with the tax collector that will allow beer and liquor sales to continue at the facility. CROWLEY — Four supplementary employee paychecks totaling about $3.7 million were approved on Monday by the Acadia Parish School Board. ABBEVILLE — Vermilion Parish Attorney Paul Moresi received permission from the Police Jury on Monday to challenge a state attorney general auditor’s finding the body held two inappropriate executive sessions stemming from a recent landfill fire. LAFAYETTE — Police are searching for 53-year-old Paul Brown of Carencro in connection with the attempted second-degree murder of a woman Sunday night. EarthShare Gardens will hold Harvest Moon Dinner, a fundraiser for the group, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the gardens of Harold and Sarah Schoeffler in Lafayette. LAFAYETTE — By early 2010, Sonny Landreth will have his own signature slide-guitar Stratocaster series, an honor normally reserved for the Eric Claptons and Jeff Becks of the world. LAFAYETTE — The Cajundome won’t be going dry, after all. A dispute over $1.4 million in overdue sales taxes had threatened to halt beer and liquor sales at the Cajundome. |
