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Throughout its development, Abbeville city officials imagined Lafitte Drive-in Park as a place for families to enjoy, with fishing being a big part of that.
On Saturday, imagination will become reality.
The City of Abbeville and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) are coming together to play host to a Family Fish Fest on Saturday, May 8. The event will be held from 7 a.m. to noon at Lafitte Drive-In Park, located at 105 S. John Hardy Dr. in Abbeville.

Close to 25 volunteers were busy Wednesday afternoon handing out an 18-wheeler full of free items to residents of Abbeville.
Most of the volunteers were from either Sanctuary Strength Church in Abbeville or family members of the new Williams Scholar Academy.
Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Twyla Williams Damond, the dean of Williams Scholar Academy, received a phone call from a pastor in Houston, letting her know an 18-wheeler full of items would be in Abbeville by noon the next day. The items were to help families who live near Williams Charter Academy.

For 60 minutes, both sides tried to convince the Vermilion Parish Police Jury what to do about lawsuits on having oil companies repair the damage they did to parish coastlines years ago.
The lawyers handling the lawsuits argued that the lawsuits would continue if the police jury votes to take their name off the lawsuits. If a settlement is reached, Vermilion Parish is expected to receive about 9.3 percent of the settlement. The guesstimate amount will be around $9 million to be used to repair the parish’s eroding coastline.