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4-20-15

TOMORROW NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER INTRODUCING A NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ORDINANCE.  CITY PARISH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR KEVIN BLANCHARD SAYS THE U-D-C IS AN UPDATE OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARISH.  HE SAYS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE 1960’S AND 70’S.  A GROUP OF EXPERTS ON THE U-D-C WILL BE AT A PRESS CLUB FORUM AT NOON AT THE DAILY ADVERTISER COMMUNITY ROOM ON BERTRAND, AND IT’S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

 

A WOMAN DIED IN A TWO CAR CRASH ON I-TEN IN ACADIA PARISH.  JULIE DARCE REPORTS.

 

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HEAVY WINDS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT CAUSED SEVERAL THOUSAND RESIDENTS TO LOSE POWER.  ENTERGY REPORTED THAT EIGHT THOUSAND OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER AS OF 10:45 LAST NIGHT.  THERE ARE STILL A FEW WITHOUT ELECTRICITY THIS MORNING.  ENTERGY ANNOUNCED ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THEY EXPECTED ALL POWER TO BE RESTORED BY NOON TODAY.

 

A STRONG LINE OF STORMS STRUCK DERIDDER EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SOME BUILDINGS AND KNOCKING TREES TO THE GROUND.  THE BEAUREGARD REGIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED WIND GUSTS UP TO 44 MILES AN HOUR.  THE EAST VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER SUFFERED MOST OF THE DAMAGE, INCLUDING MORRIS TIRE SERVICE, WHICH LOST HALF OF ITS ROOF.  THE STORMS HIT AT AROUND 2:15 SUNDAY MORNING.

 

Ethics considerations are preventing a promotion for the husband of a member of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s cabinet.  Louisiana’s Ethics Board says Kathy Kliebert’s (klee-bert) position as chief of the state health department will prevent a job promotion for her husband, Lynn Kliebert.  He is the assistant chief financial officer of Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City. He was being considered for the newly vacant chief financial officer’s job.

 

TWO WOMEN, WHO FOUND AN OLD ACADIAN BLANKET HAND-WOVEN WITH BROWN COTTON AT AN ANTIQUE STORE, WERE INSPIRED TO CREATE A DOCUMENTARY ON ACADIAN WEAVING.  ONE OF THE WOMEN, SUZANNE CHAILLOT BREAUX OF LAFAYETTE, SAYS THEIR FILM EXPLORES THE ACADIAN WOMEN WHO CREATED THESE BLANKETS, USUALLY AT NIGHT AFTER WORKING ALL DAY IN THE FIELDS.  THE MOVIE, TITLED “COTTON JAUNE – ACADIAN BROWN COTTON: A LOVE STORY” FEATURES MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO COLLECT THESE BLANKETS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESERVING OF THE ACADIAN CULTURE.  THE FILM WILL BE SHOWN AT VERMILLIONVILLE IN LAFAYETTE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH, AT SIX P-M.

State police are investigating an accident in Iberia Parish that killed a 63-year-old man.  It happened Friday night on the U.S. Highway 90 frontage road. The victim was identified as Wallace Davis of New Iberia.  State police say Davis was driving a 2003 GMC pickup truck westbound when he failed to negotiate a left curve and traveled off of the roadway and into the grass separator. Davis’ vehicle continued to travel across an intersecting road before overturning.

 

A new Louisiana group aims to help soon-to-be-released inmates make a smooth transition back into society and find work.  The American Press reported Sunday the Southwest Louisiana Re-Entry Alliance will help local organizations connect inmates to programs that will help them find jobs and reintegrate into society. A spokesman says several government agencies and nonprofit groups are part of the alliance.  Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach says the alliance’s first goal is to build a website to let former inmates know what services are available.