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SAINT LANDRY PARISH OFFICIALS AND THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS ARE PARTNERING TO DEMOLISH THE FORMER BORDELON MOTORS BUILDING. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSE BELLARD SAYS PROPERTY TAXES HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS SO THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ACTION TO REMOVE THE BUILDING. OPELOUSAS CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, LANCE NED, SAYS THE BUILDING HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR HOMELESSNESS AND LASCIVIOUS ACTIVITIES. OPELOUSAS MAYOR JULIUS ALSANDOR SAYS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ONCE THE SITE IS REMOVED.
A LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SAVED AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC GIRL FROM DROWNING. IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER SIXTH IN A POND ON BLUSHING GROOM DRIVE IN CARENCRO. CORPORAL JARED HAVARD WAS IN THE AREA BECAUSE THE GIRL WAS REPORTED MISSING. HAVARD WENT INTO THE NECK DEEP WATER TO PULL THE CHILD TO SAFETY AND RETURN HER TO HER FAMILY.
TWO NEW FERRIES ARE COMING TO CAMERON PARISH, AIMING TO MAKE THE CROSSING MORE RELIABLE FOR DRIVERS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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SOME ABBEVILLE RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING ONGOING WATER QUALITY ISSUES INCLUDING A HAZY YELLOW APPEARANCE AND A STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL. KLFY-TV IS REPORTING THAT THE ISSUE HAS PERSISTED FOR MOST OF FIVE MONTHS. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD KLFY TV ABOUT HEALTH CONCERNS INCLUDING DRY SKIN, RASHES AND BRITTLE HAIR. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE STATED THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK AND USE.
MOST OF THE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDS HAVE TO RENEW THEM WITHIN SIX MONTHS. IF THEY DON’T, THEY WILL, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY, BE UNABLE TO BORROW BOOKS AND C-D’S, RESERVE MEETING ROOMS OR DOWNLOAD BOOKS ELECTRONICALLY. LIBRARY DIRECTOR DANNY GILLANE TELLS THE ADVOCATE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME LIBRARY CARDS ARE EXPIRING BECAUSE OF A DECISION BY THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL TO ELIMINATE FREE LIBRARY CARDS FOR BAYOULAND LIBRARY SYSTEM CARDHOLDERS. HE SAYS THEY SENT OUT EMAIL NOTICES TO CARDHOLDERS WHO WERE ACTIVE FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO AND ARE STILL IN THE DATABASE, ADVISING THEM TO RENEW THEIR CARDS.
THE JEFF DAVIS ELECTRIC COOP HAS PLANNED A POWER OUTAGE FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH. THE OUTAGE WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONNECT ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION LINE ISOLATION LOCATIONS. MEMBERS IN CAMERON, WEST OF THE FULTON SUBSTATION, AS WELL AS MEMBERS IN HOLLY BEACH AND JOHNSON BAYOU, WILL BE AFFECTED. THE OUTAGE WILL BEGIN AT EIGHT A-M ON OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH AND IS ESTIMATED TO LAST UNTIL FOUR P-M.
SAINT MARTINVILLE MAYOR JASON WILLIS SAYS THEY WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATE ENFORCEMENT OF A POLICY TARGETING JUNK AND ABANDONED VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. CITY AUTHORITIES WILL ATTACH A NOTICE TO LAND AND PLACE A LABEL ON ANY VEHICLE IDENTIFIED AS VIOLATING THE POLICY. PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE TEN DAYS TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE OR CONTACT THE CITY ABOUT THEIR PLANS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE DEADLINE, THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED AWAY WITH A POLICE OFFICER PRESENT.
THE ACADIA PARISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL GUMBO COOKOFF IN DOWNTOWN CROWLEY. IT TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST, FROM ELEVEN TO TWO ON THE CROWLEY COURT CIRCLE. GUESTS WILL BE ABLE TO SAMPLE THE GUMBO AND CHEER ON THE TEAMS. TO SUBMIT YOUR COOKING TEAM, SIGN UP FOR A SPONSORSHIP OR GET MORE INFORMATION, GO ONLINE TO ACADIA PARISH CHAMBER-DOT-ORG.
