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Bayou Vista Baptist Church, 411 Field Road in Bayou Vista, will have Dr. Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College in Pineville, as well as Voices of LC at its 11 a.m. service Sunday.
Everyone is invited, especially families looking at college choices in the near future.
Louisiana College is a private, Baptist coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences with selected professional programs. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees.
The college is located on an 81-acre campus with a total of 25 academic and residential buildings. Most of the students at Louisiana College come from Central Louisiana, but many states and several foreign countries are represented in the current student body. The faculty and staff of Louisiana College genuinely care for the students. Their primary concern is to enhance student learning and to encourage the student’s Christian growth. Approximately two-thirds of the faculty holds terminal degrees in their academic discipline.
The college was chartered in 1906 as a no-profit corporation with the object “to own, operate and conduct a Baptist college ... to foster Christian education.” Louisiana College is affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention.

April 23, 1985 – February 14, 2018
Joshua Luke Boudreaux, a native and lifelong resident of Franklin, passed away at home at the age of 32 on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Josh, as he was affectionately known, was a “jack of all trades” who could do anything he put his mind to. He enjoyed tinkering with things and fixing anything that needed to be fixed. He was skilled in carpentry and mechanics, which by far was his passion in life. He absolutely loved working on cars, motorcycles, and just about anything with an engine. Josh was also a member of DFC Ministries, where he was a good and faithful servant of the Lord, attending services and assisting the church and pastor in whatever way he could. Although his life was but a vapor here on earth, in his short years he touched many lives and always strived to do his very best. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
Those he leaves to cherish his memory include his father, Mark “Sco-Jo” Boudreaux; his mother, Beth Ann Trahan Boudreaux; his paternal grandmother, Ruth “Conet” Boudreaux; maternal grandmother, Ann L. Swallow; one sister, Angel Boudreaux Buck and her husband Daniel and their children, Destiny, Daniel, Angelina, and Angelique; one brother, Micah Boudreaux and his fiancée Chanler Caulk and their child Madelyn; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and family members.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Dallas Boudreaux; his maternal grandfather, Gayneaux Paul Trahan Sr.; his aunt, Pamela Boudreaux White; and his uncle, Gayneaux Paul Trahan Jr.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Ibert’s Mortuary in Franklin beginning at 10 a.m., followed by funeral services at 2 p.m., led by his pastor, Bro. Blaise Smith. Following the service, Josh will be laid to rest in the Perpetual Park Cemetery in Franklin.
Family and friends may view the obituary and express their condolences online by visiting www.iberts.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, Franklin, La. 70538, (337) 828-5426.

The Cajun Coast Visitors and Convention Bureau will host its 13th Eagle Expo & More in the Morgan City area Feb. 22-24.

This year’s Eagle Expo will also be held in conjunction with the inaugural Water & Nature Expo, which is a free event that will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.

The Water & Nature Expo will feature exhibits and presentations on outdoor recreation, wildlife, safety on the water and protecting St. Mary Parish’s resources, a news release said.

St. Mary Parish is surrounded by water and nature, so organizers decided to add the Water & Nature Expo to promote “environmental stewardship and getting people outside to enjoy nature,” said Cajun Coast Executive Director Carrie Stansbury.

“We’re very fortunate, and we may not always appreciate the beauty that surrounds us,” Stansbury said.

Included in the Eagle Expo will be boat tours into various waterways to view eagles, a birds of prey educational program, presentations on the American bald eagle and other wildlife, a walking and hiking trail and a photography workshop. Admission and registration are required for the tours. Separate registration is required for the photography workshop.

The expo will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Patterson Area Civic Center with Wings to Soar presented by Morgan City Rotary Club.

Wings to Soar is a non-profit birds of prey environmental education organization founded by John Stokes and Dale Kernahan . Their mission is to educate people about the birds of prey, or raptors, of America.

They do this by bringing a variety of live birds of prey to locations for fun and informative presentations, the release said. The presentation will feature a falcon, hawk, black vulture and a bald eagle.

Wings to Soar will have another presentation at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 24 at Morgan City Municipal Auditorium during the Water & Nature Expo.

Both presentations are free and open to the public. Also at the Water & Nature Expo, LSU Wildlife Hospital’s resident birds and students from the veterinary school will be in attendance. The Water & Nature Expo will be in the ballroom and west concourse of the auditorium. Additionally, a photography exhibit by John Flores will be displayed in the east concourse.

At 10 a.m. Feb. 21, private schools, parochial schools and home-schooled students will also have the opportunity to attend a Wings to Soar presentation at Patterson Area Civic Center. There is no charge to attend, but reservations are required. The raptor presentation will visit several junior high schools across the parish, too.

At 9 a.m. Feb. 23, there will be a photography workshop with C.C. Lockwood at Everett Street Gallery. The class is limited to 16 students and costs $195 per person. Lockwood will share tips on how to capture the American bald eagle and other wildlife. The workshop includes class instruction and field trip. At noon, participants will leave to go to Bayou Black Marina and board a boat at 2 p.m. to view eagle’s nests.

To register for the workshop, contact 225-245-5008. As of Thursday, five spots remained for the workshop, Stansbury said.

Also on Feb. 23, the expo will have a dinner and presentation at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City. The featured speaker is John Snell of WVUE, FOX 8, who has worked in the TV news business in New Orleans since 1983, the release said. The cost to attend is $45 and includes dinner.

Since the 2005 storms, Snell has focused on south Louisiana’s storm protection, including natural features, such as barrier islands, marsh and cypress swamps and made the 2012 award-winning documentary, “Disappearing Defenses.”

Guest speakers Feb. 24 in the west concourse of the Morgan City Auditorium include Phillip Vasseur with an update on the whooping crane in Louisiana at 7:30 a.m., Katie Percy with the Louisiana Audubon Institute at 8:30 a.m., and Curtis Walker with the Coastal Louisiana Array Project, which radio tags birds throughout south Louisiana wetlands, at 9:30 a.m. A breakfast will precede the speakers at 7 a.m. The cost to listen to these speakers is $25.

Boat tours take place Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 to view birds and other wildlife. There are limited spots left for the tours, Stansbury said.

Capt. Ivy St. Romain with Blue Dog Charters will host a boat tour on Bayou Long at 9 a.m. Feb. 23. Then, at 1 p.m., St. Romain , Capt. John Burke of Captain Caviar Swamp Tours and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, known as LUMCON, will all host boat tours.

Burke’s tour will take place in the Atchafalaya Basin, while the LUMCON tour will be on Turtle Bayou.

Feb. 24 boat tours will start at 9 a.m. with Burke and St. Romain .

St. Romain will also host a boat tour at 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Burke, LUMCON, and Captain Billy Gaston will each hold separate tours at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Gaston’s tour will be on Bayou Black.

For more on the Eagle Expo & More, including prices for boat tours, visit cajuncoast.com/ eagleexpo or call Cajun Coast at 985-380-8224.