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Making decisions can be intimidating and time-consuming. And while there’s no easy way to just make them, the following

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program. Pre-existing medical conditions, such as high-blood pressure or bone and joint aches, will negatively impact any exercise program--even walking--and need to be addressed before starting.Schuemann points out there are several factors involved to help make a walking exercise regimen successful:- Pace yourself. Start slow and easy, gradually building up to your pace and distance. You should be able to maintain a “conversational” pace - one that enables you to hold a normal conversation while walking without feeling winded.

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By PAUL KEDINGERManaging Editor

Armed with Rayne frog souve-nirs provided by Mayor Jim Pe-titjean, Rayne’s Elliott Venable has been given what must be a dream for any young baseball player.

He, his parents, Mike and Mar-lene, and brother, David, will board an airplane for Williams-port, Penn., the site of the Little League World Series.

Elliott and 17 of his teammates from the Lafayette Little League Challenger division team will play in an exhibition game against a Challenger team from Indianap-olis, Ind. on Saturday, Aug. 27. The two teams are scheduled to

take the field at 10:45 a.m.

The Acadiana squad, based in Lafayette, and the Challenger team from Indiana are the only challenger teams invited to this year’s World Series.

Venable plans to trade the Rayne frog souvenirs with other teams attending the World Series.

Elliott, 18, has played baseball on the team with other dis-abled players, for the past four years. He proudly notes he pitch-es and also takes the field as a shortstop.

The team, composed by 30 players, play ev-ery Saturday on the Little League field in Lafayette.

Eliott’s mother, Marlene, credits Val

Domingue as instrumental in se-curing a coveted invitation to the World Series for the Challenger squad coached by Byran Molai-son.

In addition to playing baseball, Elliott, a junior, is a wide receiv-er on the St. Thomas More High School’s Cougars.

Just like a pro baseball player, Elliott and his teammates are pic-tured on their own website, www.lafayettechallenger.com.Game televised

Since 2001, an exhibition game has been played by teams that are a part of Little League’s Chal-lenger Division. This year, for the first time, that game will become

a part of the television coverage of the World Series.

The 2011 Little League Base-ball World Series Challenger Ex-hibition Game, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Time) on Aug. 27, will air live on North-

eastern Pennsylvania’s and the Central Susquehanna Valley’s PBS Station, WVIA TV(Comcast Cable Channel 7). In addition, the game will be carried live on the internet worldwide at www.ESPN3.com.

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ELLIOT VENABLE was presented frog souvenirs to distribute at the Little League World Series in Wil-liamsport, Penn. later this week following his visit with Mayor Jim Petitjean, (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)

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PLACED FIRST AT SUMMER PROGRAM - Armstrong students who are members of the school’s Education Talent Search Program celebrate with the first place trophy they were awarded during the summer program. (Photo Submitted)

Educational Talent Search is a federally fund-ed program under the guidance of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It is designed to encour-age middle school students who qualify financially and will be first-generation col-lege students to complete secondary training and enroll in a post-secondary educational program.

Armstrong Middle School is one of 10 Acadi-ana schools to participate in the program. During the school year, students stay after school for homework help, tutoring, and other enrichment activities.

The summer program lasts six weeks for four hours a day. Teachers for this summer include Site Supervisor Jessica Of-ford, Theresa Simoneaux, and Claire Meche. Assist-ing the teachers are Rayne High student tutors Raven Woods, Sydney Edmond, and Jazzmin Evans.

Students this sum-mer studied the pillars of character including com-passion, honesty, depend-ability, responsibility, and many others. Vocabulary, comprehension, math-ematical skills, thinking skills, and creativity were stressed in all activities.

They read several articles based on these principles as well. Computer re-search was a large portion of their summer learning. This year, summer ac-tivities also included field trips during which every-one toured the UL campus and enjoyed a hibachi grill lunch.

The final project desig-nated by UL was to investi-gate a career that would in-terest each student. Each student selected a chosen profession, researched it thoroughly, and produced a written report including the education required, probable salary, and job

requirements. Then, the groups created a 3-D mod-el called “Successville” which was a model of a city comprised of their future businesses. The model in-cluded a hospital, a court house, a television stu-dio, a veterinarian clinic, a football field, and even a construction site. The stu-dents’ pictures where then imposed onto a model of an adult performing their fu-ture job.

On Thursday, July 14, UL sponsored a final field trip to Galveston, Texas, for all Talent Search stu-dents and teachers. Dur-

ing this trip, everyone enjoyed the ferry ride, vis-iting Moody Gardens, a paddle boat ride, and the Imax Theater. It was an-nounced during the trip that Armstrong place first in the “Future Dreams” project for their final prod-uct entitled “Welcome to Successville.” This is Arm-strong’s second consecu-tive first-place award.

Any Armstrong student who is interested in join-ing ETS can speak to ei-ther Mrs. Offord or Mrs. Simoneaux when school resumes in August.

Armstrong awarded during Educational Talent Search

PLACED FIRST AT SUMMER PROGRAM - Armstrong students who are members of the school’s Education Talent Search Program celebrate with the first place trophy they were awarded during the summer program. (Photo Submitted)

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ATTEND ANNUAL CHEERLEADING CAMP - A number of youngsters attended the 2011 Annual Notre Dame Cheer Camp last week at the Rayne Civic Center. Here, little ones perform during the last day of the camp for visitors on “Family Day.” (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

GETTING ACQUAINTED: Kindergarten teacher Margaret Doucet assisted Logan Cormier with locking blocks as he and half of his classmates attended the first day of school at Rayne Catholic Elementary School on Thursday morning. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Paul Kedinger)

Josie Henry, adver-

tising representative

of The Rayne Acadian-

Tribune, was named

Grand Parade Marshal

for the 2010 Frog Festi-

val Nov. 11-13.

She was nominated

by Cheryl Richard, fes-

tival coordinator.

The nomination let-

ter follows:

“Eugene and Janell

Henry instilled in their

children a sense of civic

pride, duty and respon-

sibility to the progress

of their community.

One of their children,

Josie, has continued to

volunteer and work in

so many of the aspects

that have made Rayne

and the Rayne Frog

Festival the success

they are today.

“As a business own-

er, she became tremen-

dously involved in not

only the American Busi-

ness Women’s Associa-

tion, but also the Rayne

Chamber of Commerce

& Agriculture, hosts for

the Rayne Frog Festi-

val and promoted the

desire to maintain the

mindset of doing busi-

ness in Rayne for the

event and went on to

become involved with

numerous civic orga-

nizations that were in-

strumental in shaping

the Rayne Frog Festival

into the success it is to-

day.“As a member of the

Rayne Jaycees, who are

credited with the fore-

runner of the current

Rayne Frog Festival,

she worked tirelessly

in promoting what has

become the signature

event of the festival,

the frog racing and

jumping contests and

now works for the co-

sponsor of the event,

the Rayne Acadian-Tri-

bune. The Miss and Mr.

Tadpole contests were

sponsored by the local

Jaycees chapter and

showed Josie’s interest

in instilling the same

civic pride in the Frog

Capital of the World in

children who would go

on to continue to pro-

mote all things frog.

“As a member of lo-

cal chapters of Beta

Sigma Phi, she played

key roles in the selec-

tion of Teen and Miss

Frog Festival Queens…

always willing to do

whatever needed to be

done to achieve suc-

cessful reigns for young

women that would be-

come official hostesses

of the Rayne Frog Fes-

tival.“The Rayne Lions

Club, of which her fa-

ther was a long time

member, has benefited

from her assistance,

although she is not a

member, in producing

and organizing the Frog

Derby Queen’s contest

and continues to be

an integral part of this

historic event that has

seen its way from the

International Rice Fes-

tival and now a nation-

ally recognized queen’s

selection at the annual

Frog Festival.

“Even though her

memberships in civic

organizations have suc-

cumbed to the respon-

sibility of work and fam-

ily, she has continued

to be an integral player

in all things promoting

the City of Rayne and

the Rayne Frog Festi-

val. She continues to

volunteer and partici-

pate in the Miss Rayne

competition and the

Rayne Lions Club Frog

Derby and Frog Jockey

Queen’s contests.

“Her work at The

18th Year

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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Henry named Parade Marshal

JOSIE HENRY, center, will serve as Grand Parade Marshal during the 2010

Rayne Frog Festival, it was announced Tuesday morning. Offering their con-

gratulations were Festival Coordinator Cheryl Richard, left, and Chamber Execu-

tive Director Miles Boudreaux, right. This year’s festival will be held Nov. 11-13.

(Acadian-Tribune Photo by Paul Kedinger)

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TheTribune

Mike Goss, the cur-

rent chief deputy as-

sessor, announced his

candidacy today for

the unexpired term of

retiring Assessor, Rus-

sel Benoit.

Mike stated:

“In these challeng-

ing times it is impera-

tive that the Assessor’s

Office maintains a fair

and accurate assess-

ment roll. All taxpay-

ers should be treated

uniformly and with re-

spect. We need an As-

sessor with the knowl-

edge and experience

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of the office, to follow

115TH YEAR, NO. 38

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SPORTSLIFESTYLE ■ SRE Awards

■ Central Bike Winners

■ Broussard Graduates

■ Duo Honored

During Bayou Bowl

■ Josh Reed Signs

CAMPUS

■ Class of 1942 Holds

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■ Couples’ BBQ

WEATHER

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TODAY

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■ ■ ■

Campus ....................6A

Classified ................. 7B

Lifestyles ................... 5A

Obituaries ............ 2A

Sports ............... 9A

Today

•  Mildred M. Humble

• Marie L. Gautreaux

• Michael Bert Cormier

Deaths

Mike Goss reveals bid

for assessor’s position

Mike Goss

REELING IN A BIG ONE - Little five-year-old Caleb

Richard was busy Saturday, June 12, during the 2010 

City-Wide  Fishing  Derby  as  he  reels  in  a  “big”  one. 

Complete  details,  pictures  and  winners  of  the  differ-

ent  categories  will  be  included  in  next  week’s  Rayne 

Acadian-Tribune.  (Acadian-Tribune  Photo  by  Josie 

Henry)

SUMMER READING PROGRAM - Little ones were in attendance Thursday, June 

10,  for  the  first weekly  fun day held at  the Rayne Library as part of  the Summer 

Library Reading Program, “Make A Splash - Read.” Here, Bernie Sarver, right, assist-

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weekly event will be held every Thursday at the Rayne Library beginning at 10:30 

a.m. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

See MIKE, Page 10A

George Melancon

today announces his

candidacy for police

chief of Rayne.

Melancon has a to-

tal of 20 years of expe-

rience in law enforce-

ment, having served

four years as a Rayne

police officer prior to

being elected police

chief for 16 years.

A Rayne resident,

Melancon is the fa-

ther of four children,

Gayle, George, Jr.,

Gerard and the late

Gazela.

“Please help me.

I hope to be elected,

enforce the law and

help my people,” Mel-

ancon said, “Those

who know me know

that I have a deep love

and respect for all the

citizens of our city.

I ask for this oppor-

tunity to use my years

of experience to bring

the Rayne Police De-

partment closer to all

our citizens –– enforce

our laws fairly and

forcefully –– to bring

safety and security to

all of Rayne.

“I am one of you.”George Melancon

Melancon tells bid for police chief

By PAUL KEDINGER

Managing Editor

The Rayne City

Council Monday night

agreed to sell the west-

ern 379 feet by 50 foot

section of Amelia Street

to the Rayne Guest

Home.

The action was ap-

proved in order for the

nursing home to access

three tracts of land

purchased north of the

street which dead-ends

at the nursing home,

reportedly for expan-

sion plans.

The purchase price

was set at $33,425.

The Council also set

the millage rates for the

corporation tax at 7.10

mills and the youth rec-

reation tax at 5 mills.

The Council and

Mayor Jim Petitjean

welcomed young mem-

bers of the Frog Capi-

tal Boxing Club who

achieved seven cham-

pionships and two

runner-up titles at the

National Boxing Tour-

nament held June 1-5

in Memphis, Tenn.

Coach Charles Trah-

an proudly pointed out

each of the nine boxers

who traveled to Ten-

nessee either won na-

tional championship or

finished as runners-up.

“They certainly know

where Rayne, Louisi-

ana is,” boasted Tra-

han, noting the boxing

club represented the

city and did not com-

pete under its organi-

zational title.

Mayor Petitjean com-

plimented the young

boxers for so well rep-

resenting the city.

In order to compete

at the Junior Golden

Gloves competition in

Las Vegas, Nev., on

July 21-24, the Council

approved a street drive

for the boxing club on

July 9 and 10.

The Council also ap-

proved a street drive

permit for A&O 21st

Century Club on July

30-31 in order to sup-

port its back-to-school

drive. Council members

reappointed Donald P.

LeJeune to a three-year

term on the Rayne Mu-

nicipal Police Civil Ser-

vice Board.

The Council ap-

pointed the city’s two

weekly newspapers

to six month terms at

the city’s legal journal

through June 30, 2011.

Mayor Petitjean was

authorized to execute

an agreement with the

Louisiana Department

of Transportation and

Development for Phase

III of the Adams Avenue

sidewalk and beautifi-

cation project.

The project, esti-

mated to cost $542,000

with the city’s share at

$130,000, will enhance

the area between West

Council sells Amelia St.

to Rayne Guest Home

Security

charges

increased

In a move taken to

increase the willing-

ness of city police and

reserve police to serve

as security guards

at events held at the

Civivc Center and other

city buildings, Coun-

cil members Monday

night imposed higher

salary requirements

for private and public

events.

City policy requires

that two officers be

hired to maintain secu-

rity. The new payment

rate for fulltime police

officers was raised to

$20 per hour, while

reserve officers will be

paid $15 per hour.

See COUNCIL, Page 3A

Rayne hosts Special

Olympics benefit

Softball teams,

comprised of law en-

forcement agencies,

gathered in Rayne on

Saturday, June 12, for

a fund-raising benefit

for Special Olympics

of Louisiana.

The Acadia Parish

Sheriff’s Office fielded

a volunteer team for

the four-team bracket

round robin at Gos-

sen Park.

Twenty teams, from

as far away as Shreve-

port, raised over

$10,000 for Special

Olympics, according

to Katie Bird, director

of special projects.

Bird remarked,

“I’m extremely grati-

ful,” adding that a

great number of the

Special Olympic par-

ticipants are located

in the Acadiana re-

gion.Bird added she

hopes Rayne will host

a second fundraiser

in Rayne next year.

The tournament

was the brainchild of

Georiana Kibodeaux,

a probation and pa-

role officer with the

Louisiana Depart-

ment of Public Safety

and Corroections.

The tournament

was won by one of two

teams fielded by the

Lafayette Police De-

partment (See Acadia

team pictured on Page

3A).

City bank

changes

ownershipDirectors of the Rayne

Chamber of Commerce

welcomed Farmers State

Bank of Church Point

as the newest mem-

ber Wednesday after

Troy Kibodeaux, chief

financial officer, and

Anna Colligan, branch

manger, when the bank

takes over operations

of the First Louisiana

Bank located on N. Ad-

ams Avenue, on July 1.

Kibodeaux reported

Farmers State Bank has

been negotiating for the

facility for nearly two

years.

He added most of the

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