Hundreds of students in Vermilion Parish are set to graduate high school in the coming days.
Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Abbeville, a couple of those students will not have to spend as much money as they continue their education. On Tuesday, the club awarded Erath High School’s Everett Etie with the Lloyd Doré Scholarship and North Vermilion High School’s Abbie Bourque with the new South Louisiana Community College scholarship.
“This is a scholarship that we have awarded for nearly 50 years,” said Kiwanian Ross Comeaux, who serves as the scholarship chair, said of the Llyod Dore Scholarship. “We increased the total, so it’s now $8,000 for four years. This the first year offering the SLCC scholarship that’s going to total $2,000 for the two years…