Helen Ann Billiodeaux Hariford
Mansura Councilman Gaon Escude (left) and Mayor Kenneth Pickett locked horns at the April 9 council meeting over the $3,000/month salary of the mayor, which was approved eight years ago. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Things were pretty dull at the Mansura Town Council meeting -- until they weren’t.
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There are two run-offs in municipal elections in Bunkie and a 1-cent sales tax proposal in Cottonport this Saturday (April 28). Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Lapin Bridge in Dupont will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from Wednesday (April 25) until further notice. For more information, call the Avoyelles Police Jury Parish Barn at 964-2142.
A wealth of information concerning properties in Avoyelles Parish is literally at your fingertips -- your computer keyboard. However, it remains unavailable unless you know how to access it.
A Houston-based film and documentary production company has offered to buy the former Fifth Ward High School for $320,000. The proposed sale to Gauntlet Film & Media Entertainment Inc.
Renting Haas Auditorium for an event just got more expensive.
READY AND WAITING
This architect's rendering shows most of the $20 million Acadiana Center for Youth, a state-of-the-art detention/rehabilitation facility for juvenile offenders. A group of state and local officials toured the still empty facility on April 11. When/if opened, the center will house 72 juveniles and offer therapeutic treatment in a secure environment.
A state juvenile justice official is optimistic that the Acadiana Center for Youth will open at some level as a juvenile secure care center this year.
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#6 Avoyelles Public Charter School (19-9) 11 - #12 Loreauville (20-13) 9
According to Sheriff Doug Anderson, seven (7) adults and (3) three juveniles have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a series of reported burglaries and thefts from homes and automobile
Alexandria/Shreveport – The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office and Marksville Police were among the departments assisting in the arrest of 180 individuals.
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Acacia Filmed Entertainment’s third movie, "Shock and Awe," is expected to hit the theaters in July.
By Raymond L. Daye
COUVILLION AND HIS GIRLS
Jeremy Couvillion is shown here doing what he loves most -- spending time with his "four girls," (from left) Maria, Julia and Madeline and, not shown, wife Johanna. Couvillion is a native of Plaucheville now serving as principal of Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge. Although he has won several honors, the "win" he is most proud of is his victory over cancer last year. That experience taught him that every moment is precious and should not be wasted.
In early 2017, everything was going Jeremy Couvillion’s way -- until it wasn’t.
The Plaucheville native was named East Baton Rouge Parish’s Middle School Principal of the Year.
By Raymond L. Daye
The Open Hands: Sharing God’s Love organization will hold its fourth annual fundraiser at the Mansura Walking Track from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (April 7).
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