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Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent Mark Shirley has been inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Renewable Natural Resources/Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Hall of Fame as Alumnus of the Year for 2022.
Nominations must be made by School of Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) faculty members, and all 28 RNR faculty members vote on the nominations. The Hall of Fame was re-established in 2007, and Shirley makes the 30th inductee since that time.

DELCAMBRE — A proposal to bring a Dwight’s on the Bayou restaurant to Bayou Carlin Cove is an exciting prospect for the town of Delcambre, Mayor Pam Blakely said at Monday’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen, but the board opted to table the annexation of Bayou Carlin Cove until next month’s board meeting while costs and lease issues are looked into.
“We’re ready to move forward,” Blakely said. “We’re excited. We want this.”
“We are, too,” said Brandy Mitchell, general manager of Dwight’s Restaurant located on Johnston Street in Lafayette.

Each year, the Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission (VPTC) compiles tourism figures and compares these numbers to previous years to measure how tourism is doing in the parish. After being down for a couple of years, tourism is beginning to pick up in the parish. Although not yet back to pre-COVID visitation, the Tourist Commission is noticing more people coming into the Center on a daily basis, including a few international visitors.