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Vermilion Parish Charter school decides not to move north

Last week, residents who live on Revelation Drive north of Erath were worried about a charter school being built in their backyard
They voiced their concerns to the Vermilion Parish Police Jury last week. They worried about flooding when the charter school elevated the property.
The Williams Scholar Academy Board listened to their worries and decided not to relocate their temporary school on Hwy. 338. The charter school will remain at its current location on the grounds of Lighthouse for Jesus Ministries near Abbeville.

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Visitors packed into Magdalen Square on Saturday for the Daylily Festival and Garden Show.

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Donald Menard (left) is one of the many vendors who enjoyed a successful Daylily Festival.

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Daylily Festival goers raved about the variety of plants and other items provided by vendors during Saturday’s event.

Abbeville's Daylily Festival brings plenty of fanfare with return to Magdalen Square

Is this past weekend’s Daylily Festival and Garden Show the best one ever?
To many who attended, it sure feels that way.
The festival made its return to Magdalen Square in Abbeville on Saturday, after being canceled all together in 2020 and moved indoors due to inclement weather last year.
“I think this is the largest crowd ever,” said Vermilion Chamber Executive Director Lynn Guillory, one of the event’s organizers. “I will tell you that most of the people who attended were really excited to be out in the square.”

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Grady Wise, a recent North Vermilion graduate, stands behind the three flag retirement boxes that he built for his Eagle Scout Project.

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Old flags can be dropped off in a box for the Boy Scouts to dispose of them.

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Grady Wise stands by Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza after placing a flag retirement box in Abbeville City Hall.

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Scouts of Troop 85 helped paint the three boxes.

Vermilion Parish Boy Scout completes Eagle project by building 3 flag retirement boxes

A Vermilion Parish Boy Scout built three flag retirement boxes for his project to become an Eagle Scout.
Boy Scouts must complete their Eagle Scout project before their 18th birthday. Grady Wise, a recent North Vermilion High School graduate, decided he would make three drop-off boxes for flags since many people don’t know how to properly dispose of them after they become worn down.
His idea to build the disposal boxes was born when people gave Boy Scout Troop 85 old flags because they did not know what to do with them.

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The land behind Frankie White’s house (left) has been plowed and cleaned. White is worried that the land will be elevated, pushing more water onto his property.

Residents do not want charter school in their backyard on Hwy. 338

A group of residents who live on Revelation Drive, which is off of La. 338, are concerned about the possibility of Williams Scholar Academy temporarily moving portable buildings behind their homes.
On Wednesday, a handful of residents on Revelation Drive attended a police jury committee meeting to voice their worries to the police jury about the new school possibly rellocating behind their homes.
The residents told the police jurors that land on La. 338 is low and holds water.
Police Juror Mark Poché agrees with the residents.

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Carl “C.J.” Chargois was named postmaster for the Kaplan Post Office in late March.

Chargois happy to be ‘home’ as Postmaster in Kaplan

KAPLAN — Carl “C.J.” Chargois feels at home as the postmaster for the Kaplan Post Office.
Chargois, a Vermilion Parish native, was named postmaster in late March after serving in various posts in the U.S. Postal Service for nearly a quarter-century. Chargois was appointed to the position after John Sergi Jr. retired from the post in December of 2021.
“I’m just glad to be back in Kaplan, working in Kaplan and having a first-hand role in the community,” said Chargois, whose wife, Dr. Tina Chargois is from Kaplan.

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