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Blanchard to compete in pageant
TAYLOR BLANCHARD, 13-year-old daughter of Adrienne and Willie Businelle of Patterson, was named a state runner-up in the National American Miss Pageant. The Patterson Junior High School student wil...
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Cypress Sawmill Festival crowns Gravois teen queen
Carley Elizabeth Gravois was named Patterson Cypress Sawmill Festival Teen Queen during the pageant held Saturday at the Patterson Area Civic Center. She is the 15-year-old daughter of Greg and Chr...
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Azalea Symposium at Hammond Research Station April 4
The LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Chapter of the Azalea Society of America will host an azalea symposium on April 4 at the Hammond Research Station. It will begin at 9 a.m. and will conclude at ap...
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Franklin Golden Age Club holds monthly meeting
The monthly meeting of the Franklin Golden Age Club was held Tuesday, February 28 at the Franklin Recreation Center with twenty-nine members in attendance. Club President Floyd LeBlanc opened the m...
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Jessica Decuir - miss
Locals to compete in Cypress Sawmill Pageant
A total of eight local young women will compete in the Patterson Cypress Sawmill Pageant Miss Division and the Teen Division. The pageants will take place Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Patterson Area C...
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Berwick Garden Club recognizes Lange yard
GEORGE AND DAISY Lange were chosen as Berwick Garden Club’s Yard of the Month winners for March. The yard is planted with camellias, Bird of Paradise, Indian hawthorn and multicolored petunias.
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AgCenter develops new insect detector site
Identifying insects as native or invasive species just got easier with help from the LSU AgCenter entomology department. LSU AgCenter Entomology Specialist Natalie Hummel and Extension Associate Mi...
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AS PART OF PATTERSON Garden Club’s Garden Therapy program, the club sponsored the February birthday party at Patterson Healthcare Center on Feb. 24. Members gave gifts to residents celebrating their birthday and served homemade cakes and punch. The club also sponsored bingo games for the party. Patterson Garden Club members assisting were, from left, Gretchen Lambert, Sandra Underwood, Peg Rentrop, Linda Thomas, Rosa Butler and Evelyn Estay.
Patterson Garden Club hosts birthday party

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BIRTHDAY AND anniversary celebrants were recognized during the March 5 St. Mary AARP meeting. The cake was provided by M C Bank and coffee was courtesy of Mid South Bank.
Record number attends St. Mary AARP meeting
St. Mary AARP Chapter 4435 held its March 5 meeting with a record 360 members in attendance. The evening meal was sponsored by local attorney Greg Aucoin. Aucoin spoke briefly about his role as a ...
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MARDI GRAS QUEENS of St. Mary AARP were among those attending the club’s Kings’ and Queens’ Luncheon held Feb. 9 at the Holiday Inn of Morgan City. Honored guests were 2012 St. Mary AARP King and Queen Myron and Stephanie Blanco Dupre’. Queens in attendance were, from left, Ann Leblanc, 1998; Helen Hulin, 2010; Marie Vella, 2000; Sandra Mensman, 2007; Dupre’; Patricia Freer, 2008; Linda Darce, 2011; and Bonnie Glynn, 2001. Mark Leonard photo
St. Mary AARP holds Kings' and Queens' Luncheon

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Franklin JROTC makes donation to Emergency Aid Center
FRANKLIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JROTC recently held a food drive to collect non-perishable food items. The items were donated to the Emergency Aid Center for United Way of Southwest Louisiana. Members ...
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Girls Leadership Academy has openings
High-achieving girls entering grades 9 through 11 in the 2012-13 school year are invited to apply for admission to the Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. ...
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