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The Daily Advertiser reports Samuel Oliver will lead Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette. He is a native of the city. Oliver replaces Gerd Wuestemann, who resigned in February to become president and CEO of Scottsdale Arts in Arizona.
Oliver previously served as assistant director for operations and administration at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans.
A NEW PLAQUE HAS BEEN PLACED AT VETERAN’S PARK IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES TO REMEMBER THOSE IN THE VIETNAM WAR WHO ARE MISSING IN ACTION OR WERE PRISONERS OF WAR. THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA NOTICED THAT OUT OF ALL THE PLAQUES AND MEMORIALS THERE WAS NONE FOR THE M-I-A AND P-O-W. A CEREMONY WAS HELD WHERE A BELL WAS RUNG 24 TIMES FOR LOUISIANA SERVICEMEN CONSIDERED M-I-A OR P-O-W. VIETNAM VETERAN LARRY REGAN SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE CEREMONY AND PLAQUE IS TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THAT THESE SOLDIERS MADE.
THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT’S FIRST HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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Louisiana residents with 2016 flooding damage who took a survey expressing interest in the state’s homeowner aid program have only days remaining to complete applications for assistance. The Restore Louisiana homeowner aid program says 3,000 people with damage from the March and August 2016 floods filled out an initial survey and were invited to apply for a grant, but haven’t done so. The deadline to finish the application, with supporting documentation, is Oct. 1. More than 14,000 homeowners have been awarded grants totaling $480 million so far through the federally-financed program.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is considering moving a greenhouse to make room for a big Montezuma cypress. Workers have removed four concrete parking spaces, and university officials are planning for a deck with seating around the tree. Montezuma cypress are native to Mexico and Guatemala and are found in south Texas and south New Mexico, but they’re not native to Louisiana, and nobody’s certain how this one came to be planted at the Lafayette campus. The Louisiana Forestry Association declared it the state’s largest of its species late last year.
THE WELSH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HAVE TO FORFEIT ITS FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON AGAINST RAYNE AND KAPLAN. THAT’S BECAUSE THEY USED AN INELIGIBLE PLAYER IN THOSE TWO GAMES. THE SCHOOL REPORTED THE VIOLATION AFTER THEY DISCOVERED IT. THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PUT THE PROGRAM ON ONE YEAR’S PROBATION AS WELL.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED LATE LAST WEEK THAT DONNA SHETLER CORLEY WAS NAMED THE PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR FOR ACADIA PARISH. CORLEY, WHO MANAGES SHETLER CORLEY MOTORS AND DON SHETLER CHEVROLET, HAS BEEN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS. HER FOCUS HAS BEEN ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING RAISING THE FUNDS TO BUILD A NEW GYMNASIUM AT ST. MICHAEL’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CROWLEY. SHE WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD AT A NOVEMBER 15TH LUNCHEON THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER.
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy wants federal officials to release billions in unclaimed retirement benefits to states to try to locate people owed the money. The Republican senator met with U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday to pitch his idea. Kennedy’s pushing for the uncashed and undistributed retirement benefits to be returned to their rightful owners through states’ unclaimed property programs. Kennedy administered Louisiana’s unclaimed property program when he was state treasurer.
