Basile Weekly from Basile, Louisiana • 1

Roll-off Dumpsters Basile, Louisiana Thursday, October 10, 2013 Home of the Swine Festival Home of the Bearcats Where Evangeline, Acadia, St. Landry, and Jeff Davis meet Your hometown newspaper since 1964 Basile Weekly The Basile Bearcats travel to South Cameron Friday night BHS PEP RALLY SCENES- Spirit is flying high at Basile High School this football season as the Bearcat football team is undefeated at 5-0 heading into Friday game at South Cameron High School. With a number four ranking in the Class 1A state polls, BHS has much to be proud of this season. The spirit, however, goes beyond the football field and is witnessed at the weekly pep rallies held at 2:45 p.m. on game day in the school gym.

Pictured are scenes from a recent pep rally. From left top to bottom are: Football players signaling are number during the playing of the tubas playing the Fight football players participating in a skit; Elizabeth Ortego, head cheerleader, with Trent LeJeune during a skit; DaQuana Deville, twirling with the majorettes; Meghan Quebedaux performing with the flag corps; the Dance Force to the beat; and the cheerleaders leading the student body in a cheer. Georgie Courville, BHS principal, is asking that visitors coming to the school for the pep rally, not arrive before 2:30 p.m. Visitors are not to park directly behind the gym in the area where buses load. (Photos by Darrel LeJeune) BHS spirit high as team stands at 5-0 Nathan Abshire featured in La.

Cultural Vistas magazine Lundon LeDoux crowned Tournoi Queen Lundon LeDoux, a Basile High School senior and a former Miss Teen Basile, was recently crowned Tournoi Queen in Ville Platte. She will reign over the running of the Tournoi on Sunday, October 20 as part of the La. Cotton Festival and will represent the event at the next Queen of Queens Pageant. The new Tournoi Queen is the daughter of Shelly and Kyle LeDoux of Basile. She will also be crowned BHS Homecoming Queen October 25.

Basile annexes Acadia properties By: Darrel LeJeune, Editor The Basile Town Council annexed three pieces of property Tuesday night during its regularly-scheduled October meeting. The properties are in Acadia Parish and include the Maybrier property adjacent to the Exxon, the St. Augustine Church property, and the Mark and DeEtte Denette property. Prior to the meeting, comments were heard from the public and council members concerning annexation and the possibility of annexing other properties near those being brought into the town at this time. Among the comments were that prop- See ACADIA, Page 2 By: Darrel LeJeune, Editor The Fall 2013 edition of La.

Cultural Vistas magazine features a six page article with eight color photos all about the late Nathan Abshire of Basile. The memory of the legendary Cajun accordionist and lives on these many years after his 1981 death at the age of 68. Roger Hahn pays tribute to Abshire in the story that chronicles life, his love, and his music. According to Hahn, musician from Basile, Louisiana bridged tradition with innovation during the era of the The article mentions his simple home (now a Two pages from the six page piece on the late Nathan Abshire in the Fall issue of La. Cultural Vistas.

See ABSHIRE, Page 3.