'I am a leader'

Thu, 04/23/2015 - 2:08pm

A first grader calls to attention her fellow classmates with one simple word.
“Class?”
“Yes?” they respond in unison.
She calls them to attention once more as they prepare to show off Stephen R. Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” to a room full of community and business leaders from across the southern part of the state.
The habits are sandwiched between a sentence that the students are not just saying because they were taught it, but because they believe it.
“I am a leader!”
And it is through that — the Leader in Me Program — that local schools Ross Elementary and Martin Petitjean Elementary, as well as other schools, have really found their way.

Whether it’s clear or cloudy, Relay is Saturday

Wed, 04/22/2015 - 9:19am

There will be no raining on Relay For Life of Acadia Parish 2015 this year.
After a couple of years of rain forcing Relay’s early closure, this Saturday, Relay For Life will be held at Rayne’s Frog Festival Pavilion, meaning the weather will not stop the fun or the cause Saturday, April 25, at 6 p.m.

ASO&C’s Do-Re-ME! program netting great results

Tue, 04/21/2015 - 3:09pm

With just one 30-minute session per week, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra & Conservatory of Music’s Do-Re-ME! program is netting good results.
Their goal of 20 percent increases in student test scores – labeled as aggressive for a low-dose program – are being met.

3 sought by local authorities

Tue, 04/21/2015 - 3:00pm

Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish is asking for the public’s help to locate a pair of wanted fugitives.

Calendars adopted for 2015-16 school year

Tue, 04/21/2015 - 8:20am

With no objection, students and teachers alike already know how the 2015-16 school year will fall as adopted by the Acadia Parish School Board Monday night.

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Sports

Wolves hold off Bobcats, 28-27

From the cool, Friday night air to the scoreless first quarter, a true football fan knew Rayne’s 28-27 win over Eunice High was going to be the things that Friday night football was made of.

Wolves hold off Bobcats, 28-27
Lady Wolves begin district play with win
Lady Wolves begin district play with win

Lifestyle

Hogan, McFarlain to wed Oct. 8

Mary Hogan and Edward and Jackie Thibodeaux, all of Morse, along with Troy and Julie Hebert of Iota and Marlon and Tricia McFarlain of Evangeline, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthco

Hogan, McFarlain to wed Oct. 8
November wedding announced
November wedding announced

Obituaries

Wayne Timothy Hoffpauir

Wayne Timothy Hoffpauir, 58, of Houston, Texas, passed away Thursday, September 29th, 2016, surrounded by family and friends in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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