Minutes: 27 August 2008

Minutes - Les Guidry d'Asteur Meeting - 27 August 2008

August 27, 2008

Bonjour Cousins,

On 14 August 2008 Elaine Clément, daughter of Charles Clement and Enid Guidry Clement, received the distiguished Acadian Heritage Preservation Award at Vermilionville in Lafayette, LA. Elaine Clément is the Publicity Chairperson of Les Guidry d'Asteur and very active in our association. She works with the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) to preserve the French language in Louisiana's Acadian community. Please join me in congratulating Elaine on this outstanding award and thank her for her service to the Acadian community.

We also congratulate Alana Catherine Immel, daugher of Peter and Alexa John and of Jeff & Rachel Immel, on being crowned Miss Crowley, Louisiana 2008. Alana is the great-granddaughter of Rose Guidry Shreve and granddaughter of Rose May Shreve Corman.

Attached to this memo is the Guédry Crest and an explanation of the meaning of the colors and components of the Guédry Crest. This is the official crest of Les Guidry d'Asteur and all of its members. It can be used by all of us on clothing, stationary, etc. The Guédry Crest tells the story of our Guédry family from its French origins, its settlement at Merigueche and life with the Mi'kmaq people, its struggle through the years of exile and finally its survival and expansion throughout North America and Europe.

Last Friday, 15 August 2008, National Day of the Acadians, the Guédry Crest was unveiled on the Plaza of the Acadian Memorial. The Guédry Crest is one of several crests of Acadian families displayed in the Plaza of the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Each of the crests are artistically done in ceramic on the Plaza. See the attached photographs of the Guédry Crest on the Plaza.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Bathurst in August 2009,

Marty