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IT’S CALLED A SANDSHARK: Acadia Parish natives and twin brothers, Keith and Kevin Seilhan, have become major figures in BP’s clean-up of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Keith, the incident commander for BP on the Gulf, enlisted the aid of his brother, Kevin, a contractor, to lead a team to design a machine to shift sand from oil-soaked beaches along the Gulf coast. The brothers were featured in television news reports when the Sandshark was demonstrated in Alabama.
Twin brothers unveil beach cleaning machine
By PAUL KEDINGER Managing Editor Did the face on a recent advertisement in the Rayne Acadian-Tribune look familiar? It should have, if you were a Notre Dame High School classmate or friends of his...
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Notre Dame High Senior Alyssa McMurray during the school’s performance of To Kill A Mockingbird. Alyssa was the narrator for the play and took the role of Miss Maudie.
ND senior honored
CROWLEY - Alyssa McMurray, a senior at of Notre Dame High School, received a Superior (highest) ranking in the category of Interpretive Reading on her interpretation of Song of Myself by Walt Whit...
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Play to spotlight Louisiana women
LAKE CHARLES – AlterEgo Productions presents Lake Charles playwright Carolyn Woosley’s cycle of one-woman plays about remarkable women of Louisiana in ten cities throughout the State this fall.  Th...
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Judge cancels Gueydan well
BATON ROUGE - A group of citizens from Gueydan attended a hearing in the 19th Judicial Court House in Baton Rouge and received great news concerning an injection well they have been trying to shut ...
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Homecoming Time!!!
As announced by faculty chairperson Beth Goins, Rayne High School’s 2010 Homecoming will be celebrated the week of Sept. 13-17, complete with the traditional programs and events associated with hom...
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AARON McCLASKY, a carhop at the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Rayne, has been selected as one of six finalists to compete in “So You Think You Can Skate” finals competition in Las Vegas in early October. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Paul Kedinger)
Rayne carhop to compete for skating championship
By PAUL KEDINGER Managing Editor Aaron McClasky admits when he applied for a job at the Rayne Sonic, it had been at least ten years since he had strapped a pair of roller skates on his feet. But s...
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Belgard of ECGC WBC speaks to Rotary
Small businesses can receive help free of charge
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Congressional party primary balloting slated this Saturday
Acadian Parish voters will go to the polls on Saturday, Aug. 28, to cast ballots in the Congressional first party primaries Voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Early voting A total of 316 ballots...
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Labor Day shifts Jury meeting dates
Acadia Parish Police Jury President A.J. Credeur has announced that the committee meetings of the Police Jury scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m., have been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sep...
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Churches Coming Together held Saturday
Members from nine West Crowley churches join in celebration
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Verizon purchases Centennial assets
Acadia among parishes affected
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ND Chili Cook Off set
CROWLEY - Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish will hold its 6th annual Chili Cook Off on Thursday, September 23 at 6 p.m., immediately following the Homecoming Parade on the school’s campus. Ho...
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