At times emotional, Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel delivered his final State of the Parish address to a sold-out group gathered at the Cajundome Convention Center Feb. 11, the kickoff to IND Media’s 2015 Lecture Series sponsored by IberiaBank. Read more on his talk in “Victory Lap.”
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1. Keith Patin, Kevin Blanchard and Police Chief Jim Craft
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2. Bottom: Braxton Broussard and Hudson Broussard Top: Meredith Hebert, Maddie Broussard, Joey Durel and Hannah Hebert
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3. Joey Durel
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4. Justin Centanni, Marie Centanni, Lauren Chauvin, Hunter Chauvin, Skyra Rideaux and Lauren Bostic
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5. Gerald Boudreaux and State Rep. Joel Robideaux
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6. Blair Zuschlag, Charlie Babineaux, Brandt Etier, Karmen Blanco-Hartfield and Harry Patin
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7. IND political columnist Pearson Cross, Joey Durel and IND Managing Editor Walter Pierce
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8. Durel was joined on stage by wife, Lynne, and their children and grandchildren
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9. IND Co-Publisher Cherry Fisher May and Joey Durel
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10. IberiaBank’s Judi Lejeune, Pat Trahan, Jerry Prejean, Lexi Baldridge, Jerry Vascocu, Jill Merkl and Kent Hanes
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11. Dee Stanley, Carlee Alm-LaBar, Katherine McCormick, Kim Spears, Joey Durel, Bobby Cormier, Becky Perret, Julie Bordelon and Cydra Wingerter
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12. Dee Stanley and Joey Durel
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13. Chief Jim Craft, Kevin Blanchard, Carlee Alm- LaBar, Dee Stanley, Eleanor Bouy, Robert Benoit, Patricia Leyendecker, Joey Durel, Mike Hebert, Julie Bordelon and Terry Huval