Louisiana Technical College in Lafayette is offering an introductory course in solar power and renewable energy, starting on Nov. 4 and running to Dec. 11. Participants will be provided an introductory study of basic principals involved with solar electricity. This study will include the basic components included in a solar system; how to decide the best site for a solar system; how to maximize a solar system’s production with energy efficiency; the basic financials associated with a solar system including available tax credits; and how to choose a qualified contractor to install a solar system.
The classes will be held 6 – 9p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and the cost of the course is free to qualified applicants. Individuals interested in enrolling should call (337) 262-5962 or visit the Lafayette Campus located at 1101 Bertrand Drive in Lafayette to complete an application.
There will soon be a whole lot of shakin’ going on at Benny’s Sportshack Supplement Depot, a new concept by Opelousas native Benny Nele. Located at 2002 Johnston St., the supplement shop, smoothie bar and café, featuring hot off the press paninis and wraps, plans to open in late May.
Philip deMahy Sr., a once respected New Iberia ad exec, was sentenced May 2 to spend the next two years (he faced up to 100 years) in a state penitentiary after state and federal investigators found dozens of images depicting children engaged in lewd sexual acts on his personal computer.
This year’s Cool Town issue is all about people who are not native to South Louisiana but made a conscious decision to be here, to be among us, to participate in our culture and contribute to it.
A shelved ordinance transferring $200,000 from a northside drainage project to a south Lafayette development may not break any laws, but it stinks to high heaven.
An effort to restore a shuttered dancehall and document other vacant or razed honky-tonks could serve as a model for saving an endangered species of entertainment.
Lafayette’s gene pool has been host to a long line of eccentric characters who have blurred the lines between crazy, genius, disturbed and curiously entertaining.
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