PHOTO GALLERY: Touch-A-Truck event
Published 7:58 pm Monday, March 24, 2025
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Emmitt Trahan, 4, of Jennings takes a close look at the shackles on the front of Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff's Deputy Deputy Leonard Boilon's patrol unit Saturday during the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event. The event offered children a chance to explore emergency and specialty vehicles and to meet the people who operate them. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
Acadian Ambulance Emergency Medical Technician Makenzie Cormier gives Audrie Guillory, 3, of Lake Arthur and her brother Lincoln, 5, a tour of the back of an ambulance Saturday during the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event. The hands-on event allowed children explore a variety of vehicles up close and personal. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
Tollyn Fonenot, of Jennings and her nephew, Toryn Sarver, 2, of Mermentau explore a police car Saturday with Patrolman Jeremy Moriarity of the Jennings Police Department during the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event on Saturday. Children were able to touch, climb and explore all sorts of vehicles including police cars, a fire truck, ambulance, wrecker, a tractor and more. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
Firefighter Joshua Sonnier gives Rhorie McKnight, 6, of Jennings a tour of a fire truck Saturday during the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event. The family-friendly event gave children an opportunity to get up close and personal with a variety of public safety and other speciality vehicles. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
Daria Domaradzka of Lake Charles readsto her 2-year-old daughter, Laura, while her 6-year-old daughter, Lili, enjoys her own book while visiting the Jeff Davis Parish Library's bookmobile on Saturday during the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event. The hands-on event allowed children to explore and interact with public safety and other specialty vehicles. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
Ryder Fontenot, 9, of Evangeline explores a John Deere tractor from the driver's seat Saturday at the Jennings Festival Association's Touch A Truck event. The family-friendly event allowed children to interact with and discover a variety of vehicles including police cars, a fire truck, an ambulance, bookmobile, tractor and more. (Doris Maricle / American Press)
The family-friendly Jennings Festival Association’s Touch A Truck event allowed children to interact with and discover a variety of vehicles including police cars, a fire truck, an ambulance, bookmobile, tractor and more. (Photos by Doris Maricle)