Don Bacque – “A Walk in the Park: A Vietnam Comedy”

Odon Bacqué (“Don”), the author of “A Walk in the Park: A Vietnam Comedy,” is the featured guest on this audio podcast episode of Discover Lafayette with Jan Swift. A member of the Army’s Special Forces (“Green Berets”), this memoir is comedic and also poignant in its recount of how life doesn’t always go as […]

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Fix the Charter: Vote Yes on Amendments to Lafayette Parish Home Rule Charter on December 8th

On December 8th, Lafayette Parish voters will decide whether or not to amend the Lafayette Parish Home Rule Charter for the first time since it was adopted in 1992, creating dedicated councils for the City of Lafayette and the Parish of Lafayette. Discover Lafayette’s host, Jan Swift, visited with Fix The Charter volunteer, Will Kellner, about […]

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New Beginnings Program – Focus on Effective Parenting Following Separation or Divorce

This Discover Lafayette podcast is the second part in our focus on Better Options Initiative, whose mission is to eliminate harm to Acadiana’s children due to parental conflict.  In 2016, Better Options Initiative brought the New Beginnings Program to Acadiana after it was identified as one of the most effective in the country to facilitate children’s […]

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History of LUS Fiber – Part Two

In this second part of Discover Lafayette’s focus on the history of LUS fiber, immediate past City-Parish President Joey Durel, and attorney Pat Ottinger, discuss the hurdles that had to be overcome in creating Louisiana’s only 100% municipally owned broadband fiber network. Mayor-President Joel Robideaux opens the show and discusses the many benefits fiber offers Lafayette […]

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Michele Ezell Tells the Tale of Tsunami

“Tsunami” can be defined as “a force that comes into a community and takes hold of it”. When the concept for the first Tsunami sushi restaurant was being developed in 1999, Michelle Ezell, her husband, Sean, sister, Leah, and cousin, Tara, looked for names that had an Asian influence and “Tsunami” captured it. They had […]

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