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Former Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster was presented with the Inaugural Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Community and Technical Colleges in Louisiana last week at the annual conference for Louisiana’s community and technical colleges.

St. Landry Parish’s government was thanked for its support of Bayou Teche being named into the National Water Trails system in January.

SLEMCO is now accepting applications for 20 college scholarships — each worth $2,000 — to be awarded in a random drawing at the electric cooperative’s annual membership meeting June 6, in Lafayette.

Perceptions about the direction of the state have slowly improved over the past two years, according to the 2015 Louisiana Survey.

The 16th annual Race for the Cure is this Saturday in downtown Lafayette. The more than 2,500 registered participants may pick up their race packets Thursday and Friday at the LUS Fiber location at 1875 Pinhook Road (shopping Center with Office Depot and Party Time) between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.