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Ivy Landry has served as principal at Abbeville High School since 2011.
photo from AHS website

In his own words: Landry announces that he is stepping down as Abbeville High Principal

Ivy Landry has served as principal at Abbeville High School since 2011. He said he has made the tough decision to step down from that post. He wrote this message for the Abbeville High community.

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After decades of teaching the subject in the classroom, math is still an important part of Joyce Broussard Gauthier’s life.

Gauthier enjoys math, career

Seven seems to be an important number for Joyce Broussard Gauthier in 2017.
Let’s do the math.
7 children.
17 grandchildren.
7 great-grandchildren.
Plus, she happens to be 88 years old. OK, so stay with me here.
8 + 8 = 16 1 + 6 = 7 Seven again! Math teachers notice that kind of trivia.
Joyce Gauthier was a math teacher at Maurice High School for multiples of seven years plus.
Even a simple chat with Joyce includes a math problem.

Thelma Theresa Hebert Moody

Thelma Theresa Hebert Moody

Mrs. B.I. "Te" Moody (1926-2017)

Thelma Theresa Hebert Moody passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 22, 2017, surrounded by her family. Visitation for family friends will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Geesey Ferguson Funeral Home in Crowley. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. Michael the Archangel Church at 2:00 p.m.

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Mortimer Cottrell Jr.

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Josiah Cottrell

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Three men considered armed and dangerous wanted for Days Inn shooting in Abbeville

On the morning of Friday, April 21, at approximately 2:55 a.m., the Abbeville Police Department responded to the report of shots fired at the Days Inn, located at 730 Veteran’s Memorial Dr.
Upon the officers’ arrival, they found a 47-year-old female lying in the parking lot, suffering from numerous gunshot wounds to her leg and hip area. The officers recovered numerous casings which were fired from assault type weapons.

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From left to right: Glenn Suire, MCL Lt. Dronet Detachment Sr. Vice Commandant; Jason Patout, Gulf Coast Bank Vice President; Paul Mire, MCL Lt. Dronet Detachment Commandant; Lana Fontenot, SLCC Foundation Executive Director; Thomas B. Thompson, MCL Lt. Dronet Detachment Adjutant/Paymaster; Paul Patout, Gulf Coast Bank President & CEO; Morgen Landry, SLCC Development Officer; Bill McKee II, MCL Lt. Dronet Detachment Chaplain.

Gulf Coast Bank, local Marine Corps League partner to provide SLCC Scholarship to Vermilion Parish studen

The Lt. Dronet Detachment Marine Corps League and Gulf Coast Bank Scholarship is awarded to one full-time high-achieving high school graduate from Vermilion parish to attend SLCC’s Abbeville campus. The scholarship is awarded in the amount of $1,000 with installments of $500 per semester.
The Lt. Dronet Detachment Marine Corps League and Gulf Coast Bank Scholarship will be awarded for the Fall semester beginning in August and Spring semester beginning in January. The scholarship was created in 2013 and is awarded annually.

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