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A new addition was unveiled at the Martin Luther King Jr. Stump Service on Monday.
A three-foot-high marble ‘Stump Speech Memorial’ now stands beside the aging stump, featuring an inscription that explains the tree’s significance to the community.
“This stump symbolizes the enduring struggles for equality, justice, and peace. Although the tree is no longer, its roots remain strong, just as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message of Love, Hope, and Perseverance continues to inspire generations.”
Councilman At Large Carlton Campbell of Abbeville created the monument.

ERATH – The town of Erath still has not chosen a new fire chief after two attempts.
The town’s ordinance says the Erath mayor must submit one of three candidates for fire chief.
Volunteer firefighters give the mayor two names, and honorary volunteer firefighters submit one name as well.
After the mayor submits a name, the aldermen vote on that nomination. If they do not approve the choice, the mayor is expected to submit another name, or so the aldermen believed.

Vermilion Parish Police Juror Errol Domingues, who is also a sugar cane farmer, asked his fellow jurors to help defend the sugar cane industry in Vermilion Parish when people or social media users complain about its presence.
In the past 20 years, the sugar cane industry has grown steadily in the parish and is now Vermilion’s top crop. Planting started in the Erath and Delcambre areas and has gradually moved west toward Gueydan.