Feucht honored by Scouts

Retired Eunice City Judge Lynette Feucht is the first recipient of the Eunice Distinguished Citizen Award presented by the Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts of America.
“I’m happy to receive the award,” she said.
“Thirty years went by really, really quickly,” she said. “I was 32 years old when I assumed the bench.”
Feucht said, “I have had the opportunity to serve a wonderful community and I think that is what it is all about.”
Of the 200 to 300 children who came before her as city judge every year, “I can tell you very few, if any, were involved in the Boy Scouts.
Feucht was honored at the inaugural dinner Wednesday at Ruby’s Restaurant and Courtyard.
The dinner, which is a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts, was attended by about 40 people.
Kent Aguillard, who presented the tribute to Feucht, said she played a personal role in his family. He credited the judge with moving two of his sons to become Marines.
One of those sons, he said, commented on Feucht.
“I have been chewed out by the meanest drill instructors on the planet,” his son said.
“I got to put Judge Lynette in the top three butt-chewers that I ever got that made me listen and change my life,” Aguillard’s son said. “He said I remember it like it was yesterday and I remember every word she told me.”
Feucht represents the “eipitome of what a justice looks like,” Aguillard said.
Feucht first won election as city judge in 1984. She graduated from St. Edmund High School, Newcomb College of Tulane University and earned a juris doctorate at Louisiana State University.
She entered private practice with Young and Burson.
She led the building committee for the Chamber of Commerce, was a member of the Red Cross, was a Boy and Girl Scout leader, and a member of St. Anthony Parish Catholic Church.
Feucht was active in numerous judicial organizations including leadership positions in the Louisiana City Judge Association.
Feucht has been married to Charles Feucht for 38 years and they are the parents of three children. They have four grandchildren.
The Evangeline Area Council of Boy Scouts of America serves Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes.
There are about 4,500 youth participating in the Council’s programs. There are about 1,300 volunteers.