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Honored as “Students and Teacher of the Month” for the month of March for the 2023-2024 school year at Rayne High School are, front row, from left, sophomore honoree Chrislyn Pitre, freshman honoree Skyla Saltzman; back row, junior honoree Victoria May, teacher honoree Lauren Green and senior honoree Ashton Mouton.
Rayne High’s monthly announcement of the school’s “Teacher and Students of the Month” was announced this week for the month of March for the 2023-2024 school year.
Eddie Blanchard
Delta Media Corporation in Lafayette is proud to announced that Executive Vice President, Eddie Blanchard, has been inducted into the Louisiana Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
Descendants of Beatrice Lydia Daboval gathered recently at Maison Daboval Bed & Breakfast in Rayne as part of a reunion and celebration held in honor of Louise Landry Morrow, 95-year-old daughter of Beatrice Lydia Daboval Landry of the Rayne Daboval family. Among Beatrice’s descendants in attendance for the gathering were, seated from
left, Manette Sartain Sammons, Christine Landry Power, Louise Landry Morrow, Anne Landry Keller, Patricia Morrow; standing, Suzanne Baronet Landry, Catherine Morrow Hodges, Margaret Power, Susan Sartain Berlin and Dorothy Landry Sullivan. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)
RAYNE - A special time for a special Rayne family was enjoyed on Saturday, April 13, when descendants and wives of descendants of Beatrice Lydia Daboval gathered at Maison Daboval Bed & Breakfa
Byline Lisa Soileaux, Rayne Acadian-Tribune
Sports
Rayne boxer Antonio Zavala, center, brought home the 2024 Louisiana Golden Gloves Championship as he represented Rayne Eastside Boxing Gym.
RAYNE - As always, District 3-4A is a tough district, and the 2022-2023 basketball season was no different for the Lady Wolves of Rayne High School.
Byline Lisa Soileaux, Rayne Acadian-Tribune
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Members of Notre Dame’s golf team that competed in the state tournament were, from left, Evan Dauphine, Tate Savant, Cooper Cary, coach Rodney Lucas, Seth Miller and Henri Pommier.
CARENCRO – It was a rough day on links for the Notre Dame Pios Tuesday during the Division III state golf championships at The Farm d’Allie.
Lifestyle
During pageants held over the weekend at the Rayne Civic Center, the new 2024-2025 Frog Festival royalty were selected to represent the City of Rayne and the Rayne Frog Festival for the coming year. New royalty includes, front row from left, Miss Tadpole Soryn Cole and Mr. Tadpole Noah Doga; second row, Jr. Queen Kyndal Bergeron, Miss Queen Hailey Graves, Deb Queen Annalynn Rinaudo; back row, Teen Queen Amelia Fourrier, Jr. Teen Queen Halleigh Frederick, Ms. Queen Katelyn LeBlanc, and Golden King and Queen Rita Rayon and Stacy Ancelet. (Acadian-Tribune PHoto by Josie Henry)
RAYNE - New 2024 Frog Festival royalty were named from a bevy of beauties, each receiving their crowns and banners as they begin their year to represent Rayne and the Frog Festival.
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The National Association of University Women, Inc. - Crowley Branch celebrated their 56th Local Founders’ Day on Sunday, April 28, in fellowship at Israelite Baptist Church. Among those taking part in the event were, seated from left, Myrtle Cain, Dr. Ezora J. Proctor, Pastor Ivan J. Lewis, Betty Gums and President Jacqunette B. Guidry; second row from left, Shonnetta P. Green, Deborah Webster, Dr. Debira Broussard, Sandra Simmons, Dr. Michelle M. Calloway, Shelda Kelso, Cheryl Shelvin-Lewis; back row from left, Sonjatina B. Wilridge, Cassandra M. Morton, Barbara Morgan, Martha W. Williams and De’Borah Isaac.
The National Association of University Women, Inc. - Crowley Branch celebrated its 56th Founders’ Day on April 28, with ceremonies at Israelite Baptist Church.
Chloe Guidry, a junior at Notre Dame, stars as Josephine Bell, the leader of a girl gang in a home for troubled girls on the HULU series “Under the Bridge.”
ACADIA PARISH - The community of Mire lies northeast of Crowley and one of the most popular shows on HULU right now could catapult that small community and the surrounding towns to the top of Ameri
Obituaries
A’Layziah
“Lay Louu” Thorne
July 1, 2003
~ May 26, 2024
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can’t heal.
Dwayne John Reiners
ROBERTS COVE - Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at a 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at St.
CROWLEY - Memorial services will be held later for William Lee Hoffpauir, 71, who died Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 7:15 a.m. at Kaplan Healthcare Center in Kaplan.
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