To help kick off its Holiday Open House, the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce sponsored buggy rides to take patrons through downtown Ville Platte. In the top photo, Chris Ardoin (middle) takes Chamber President Dr. Gwen Fontenot (back left) and Chamber member Connie Lamke (back right) on a rip around the courthouse parking lot. In the bottom photo are Derrick “Hawk” Fontenot with his wife Meghan and children Kynleigh (7), Ada (4), and Ellis (2). as Ardoin picks them up at the beginning of the route Thursday night in front of Cottage Couture. Pulling the buggy was Jolie. (Gazette photos by Tony Marks)