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Parish council retains trail ride approval, limits rides to 1,000 horses
OPELOUSAS – Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting passed swiftly as the council moved unanimously on a number of ongoing issues. The council voted to accept five changes to the to the propo...
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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NEW TEACHERS FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR
The six new teachers will take to the classrooms for the 2010-2011 school year at Armstrong Middle School are, from left, Katherine Clement, Lenette Meche, Kristy Olivier, Karris Toups, CHeri Bagge...
Aug 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Teen Acadia Players stage drama
The Fatal Fifties Affair, a murder mystery was recently staged in three performances at Chef Roy’s Restaurant in Rayne. The cast consisting of hostess, Rachel LaCroix; Winky, Tiffany Reed; Barry, ...
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At the weekly Crowley Rotary Club meeting Kim G. Gattle, executive director at the Grand Opera House of the South (center), joined, Pat Miers, vocational speaker (left), and Isabella delaHoussaye, club president (right).
Gattle discusses Opera House with Rotary
New season and features discussed
Aug 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lots of new laws now in effect
Texting while driving isn’t the only thing police are watching for
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New association set up to oversee Frog Festival
By PAUL KEDINGER Managing Editor The Rayne Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture Board of Directors has announced the transfer of the Frog Festival Committee and its responsibilities to the newly form...
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CAJUN MUSICIANS performed during Saturday’s Acadian Day Celebration. Several famed Cajun musicians, including Rayne’s own Belton Richard and Gpldman Thibodeaux, performed for the dance crowd.
Community relishes its heritage during Acadian Day Celebration
The members of La Table Française de Rayne be hosted an Acadian Day Celebration on Saturday, Aug. 14, in the historic Mervine Kahn Warehouse Restaurant, located at 205 East Louisiana Avenue.
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Some Air Force stop loss vets entitled to $500 per month payment
Thousands of current and former Air Force members remain eligible to receive $500 in retroactive special pay for each month they were affected by stop loss. Airmen have until Oct. 21 to apply throu...
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Four Acadia Parish teens held on rape, murder, other charges
A detailed look at the charges and events that allegedly happened in the death of Linda Bonin
Aug 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sandi Dore: “I’ve been preparing since last year. We never really stop preparing. We end the year with evaluations and meet early on in the summer. It’s an ongoing process.”
Man on the street ...
What have you done to prepare for the new school year?
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St. Michael Catholic Church held a mass in support of military families on Aug. 12, 2010. Among the visiting priests were from left, Msgr. Robert Romero, Msgr. Russell Harrington, Bishop Michael Jarrell, Msgr. Jefferson DeBlanc, Fr. Andre “Rex” Broussard, Fr. Donald Pousson and Fr. Charles Moffatt.
St. Michael honors soldiers’ families with special mass
Crowley church lends support to families of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
Aug 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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VANDALS spray-painted the rear wall of Dollar General store on Louisiana Avenue during sometime Thursday night, with the message of “Mudd in Kuhons.” (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)
City police investigate vandalism
The Rayne Police Department was notified early Friday morning by a member of the Rayne Acadian-Tribune staff who discovered graffiti on the rear walls of the newspaper office and the neighboring Do...
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