Frog Festival Queen’s Pageants slated March 30
RAYNE - The Rayne Frog Festival and City of Rayne will be hosting the annual Frog Festival Queen’s Pageants with categories for ages from five years through adult.
RAYNE - The Rayne Frog Festival and City of Rayne will be hosting the annual Frog Festival Queen’s Pageants with categories for ages from five years through adult.
RAYNE - Details have been finalized, tickets are in hand, dance routines have been practiced and costumes are ready for the 9th Annual Krewe de Joie de Vie Mardi Gras Ball.
Members of the Rayne Garden Club were joined by members of the Rayne High School FFA program and special guests during the 2024 Arbor Day program held near the school’s front arches. Among those in attendance were, kneeling from left, FFA officer team treasurer Ben Dupre, reporter Keagan Ardoin, sentinel Hunter Doucet, vice president Kobe Stakes, secretary Harlee Doucet and president Chloe Bourque; standing front row, guest Calise Breaux, RGC members Julia Breaux, Judy Guidry, Becky Servat and Margaret Comeaux, Acadia Parish School Boiard member Becky Atkinson, RGC President Lisa Soielaux, RGC members Carol Trahan and Martha Pierret, RGC Chairman Desiree Casey and RHS Principal Benny Fontenot. In attendance but not pictured was Acadia Parish Superintedent Scott Richard. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)
Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux, center, presents a proclamation proclaiming Arbor Day for the 2024 observation in the City of Rayne hosted by the Rayne Garden Club. Accepting the proclamation were Arbor Day Chairman Desiree Casey, left, and Rayne Garden Club President Lisa Soileaux. The Rayne Garden Club hosted a tree dedication on Friday, Jan. 26, at Rayne High School when three magnolias were donated to replace those killed by last summer’s drought and extreme heat. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)
RAYNE - Delayed a week due to inclement weather, the Rayne Garden Club hosted a morning Arbor Day program on Friday, Jan. 26, at Rayne High School.
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The Crowley Garden Club is pleased to announce that the Acadia Parish Courthouse is the recipient of the Garden of the Month Civic Award for April. The lawn is always kept mowed and the beds and bushes are always neatly trimmed. Boxwood, foxtail fern, sasanquas and loropetalum, among other plants can be seen on the Police Jury’s side of the Court Circle. Receiving the award are, from left, Theresa Ardoin, Brian Toney and Courtney Hayes.
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Recipients of the April Garden of the Month Residential Award from the Crowley Garden Club are Sandy and Wayne Melancon of 503 E. 5th St. Pictured at the presentation of the award are, from left, Christie Brammer of the Garden Club, Jamie Toney, gardener; and Wayne and Sandy Melancon. Their beds are full of knockout roses, dusty miller, snapdragons, ornamental cabbage, wave pansies and lomandra.
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