Parks, Louisiana

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  Along with New Year celebrations, there will be some birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate in 2009.

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  Even with all of today's new gadgets and gizmos, people still seem to be getting out, according to visitation numbers to St.

• Parks and Recreation plans record renovations project
  

  The Wetlands has firmly established itself as one of Louisiana's destination points for golfers since Lafayette Parks and Recreation opened the facility in 2005.

• Thanks extended for supplies aid
  

  Recently, the city of Monroe, Department of Community Affairs, Divisions of Parks and Recreation enhanced its support of the Partnership-in-Education Program with the Monroe City School System by providing 120 ...

• Parks officials to visit Monroe seeking input on improving outdoor facilities, programs
  

  BATON ROUGE - State officials are seeking public input on improving outdoor recreation facilities and programs.

• Jingle bells ringing in downtown West Monroe
  

  Christmas came a little early on Antique Alley Wednesday as Santa Claus stopped by to help kick off West Monroe's first Christmas on the Alley festival.

• Mark Ridley-Thomas' Blowout Win for L.A. County Supervisor
  

  They brought the roasted pig out in a cardboard box. And even if it was a "victory" party, all in attendance knew that their Los Angeles County Second District candidate, Bernard Parks, was cooked.

• The Look: Playing Her Role
  

  If you've seen Debbie Mills at all, you've seen her smiling. A combination of Cindy McCain good looks and Jackie O affability, she's the perfect political wife and Mardi Gras monarch, both current roles she ...

• Leadership Lafayette class honored
  

  The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce recognized the graduates of its latest Leadership Lafayette Class during a ceremony Tuesday evening.

• More DSS Sites Closing As Applications Decrease
  

  The Department of Social Services reported today that 434,716 eligible households have been provided federal Disaster Food Stamp Program benefits and were issued cards with $152,875,137 in benefits.

• Mrs. Seth DeJean
  

  The wedding ceremony of Alexis Michele Bulliard and Seth Anthony DeJean took place on September 13, 2008 at 6:00 in the evening at Highland Baptist Church of New Iberia.

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  VERMILION PARISH According to the Vermilion Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, there are loose livestock in the parish that are walking onto the highways after dark.

• Storm Update: Program helps St. Martin residents with damaged roofs
  

  St Martin Parish Officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers want to announce that Operation BLUE ROOF continues in St Martin Parish.

• Nagin rolls back curfew hours in N.O.
  

  Mayor Ray Nagin scaled back the dusk-to-dawn curfew Friday that had been in effect in New Orleans since before Gustav made landfall.

• City officials expect quick recovery
  

  An upbeat Mayor Ray Nagin on Wednesday evening portrayed a city still struggling to its feet but poised for a quick recovery from Gustav.

• Advisory to all St. Martin Parish Residents Regarding Water Usage
  

  St. Martin Parish Officials are asking residents of upper and lower St. Martin Parish to please conserve water due to generator problems throughout the Parish.

• Storm Update: Sheriff's office says tape is wrong; mandatory evacuation only for Lower St. Martin
  

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• Storm Update: Buses avaliable starting at 6 a.m. in Lafayette, St. Landry Parish
  

  Buses will begin transporting Lafayette Parish residents with no other form of transportation starting at 6 a.m. from the Clifton Chenier Center at 220 West Willow St.

• St. Martin School Meeting
  

  In St martin Parish, parents and students of St Martinville Junior High were given information on the Schools of Choice program.

City Description

Parks is a village in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 533 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The exact origin of the name "Parks" is somewhat of a mystery. Although some residents seem to think that it had something to do with the railroad, one story states the first train to pass through the community arrived on Easter Sunday. When the train engineer, who apparently did not speak or understand French, inquired about the name of the settlement, the residents replied "C'est Pacques" (it's Easter). The train engineer thought he understood the word Parks, and the name apparently stuck. Parks, originally called Potier, lies in the area previously known as La Pointe District, which existed in 1765. It was also called La Pointe de Repose, supposedly because the cowhands in the early 1800s drove their cattle into the cul-de-sac formed by the sharp bend of the bayou on round up time. Settlement began in the Parks village shortly after 1900. Around that time, Paul Melancon purchased a large tract of land in the vicinity of what is now Parks in order to establish a cotton farm. But, shortly after buying the property,

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