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VFW awards Americanism Program winners

Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:13pm

The Arnaudville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5153 & Auxiliary recently awarded nine students from St. Martin Parish with each a monetary gift of $100. On hand for this event were (back row, from left) Sheriff Becket Breaux and Alan Barron. Receiving checks were (from left) Brock Doucet, Parks Primary; Aubrey Robinson, Early Learning Center (ELC); Emeri Angelle, Cecilia Primary; Charli Dupont, St. Martinville Elementary; and Crystal Huerta, Breaux Bridge Jr. High. Not pictured are Harmony Lewis, ELC; Nia Thibodeaux, St.

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Cruse

City's new COO

Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:11pm

Kimya Cruse, St. Martinville’s chief operations officer (COO) told the Teche News that it will be the team working together, not just her, that will put the city’s affairs in order. Cruz, a St. Martinville native and LSU graduate in education, science and math, fills the newly-created position after managing Jason Willis’ successful mayoral campaign.

Qualification opens Wednesday, July 20

Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:08pm

The qualification period for seats on the St. Martin School Board and offices of several area municipalities opens next Wednesday, July 20.

Positions to be filled at the state level include U.S. senator and representative, Louisiana Supreme Court, and the state’s 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.

The primary election is set for Tuesday, Nov. 8.

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POOL TIME — The St. Martinville swimming pool is open and sweltering temperatures have residents taking advantage of an opportunity to cool off a bit. The pool is now open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $2 for children under 12, and $4 for age 12 and up.(Karl Jeter)

Pool, splash pad concern council

Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:07pm

Staffing of the municipal swimming pool and completion of the adjacent splash pad drew the concern of Mayor Jason Willis and city council members at the July 5 meeting of the new administration.
The pool has been open for the past several weeks on a limited basis, and only three of eight people who  took a recent training course passed the lifeguard certification test. But the city has secured two more certified lifeguards from Lafayette to fill out the staff.
Lifeguard training was conducted by A&M training Group LLC at a cost of $2,800.

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Low water level in Henderson Lake during previous drawdown exposes lake bottom. (File Photo/Sally Angelle)

Henderson Lake drawdown planned

Mon, 07/18/2022 - 3:00pm

Another drawdown of Henderson Lake is just weeks away. At the July 5 St. Martin Parish Council meeting, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Manager Brac Salyers delivered a presentation on the process and the necessity of the action.

Salyers reported that the mild 2021-22 winter has allowed the lake’s three main types of nuisance vegetation to thrive. Hydrilla, water hyacinth and giant salvinia all threaten to choke off lake access and stress fish stocks if control measures are not taken at the appropriate time.

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