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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.

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.

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.