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Looking Back: Recalling events of January 1974

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Today, we take a look back to January 1974. •City Clerk George Baquet was appointed to be acting mayor for whenever Mayor Harold Bordelon is absent from the office.

Minister’s Corner: A covetous spirit

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We find the Lord giving the Ten Commandments to Moses in Exodus, chapter 20.

Heritage Manor News: December celebrations

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.) When it comes to holidays and observances, December may just be the busiest month of the year.

Amongst Friends: Two “Wicked”-ly wonderful experiences

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month (or longer), you know the movie Wicked was released last week.

Heritage Manor News: Dialysis treatment

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.) Dialysis is a treatment to clean your blood when your kidneys are not able to function properly.

Minister’s Corner: Showing thanks every day

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We read in Psalm 118:24 (KJV), “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” We have just celebrated Thanksgiving.

Who’s getting married: Twenty-three couples receive marriage licenses in October

(Editor’s Note: The following information was obtained from the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s Office in Ville Platte. This information is printed once a month in The Gazette.

Looking Back: Recalling events of January 1999

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Today, we take a look back 25 years ago to January 1999. •Joelle Guichard Pereau, a former French teacher at Sacred Heart in 1973-74, died in a plane crash returning home to France following a month-long visit to the United States.

Heritage Manor News: Happy Thanksgiving

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.) Happy Thanksgiving to all of you from all of us at Heritage Manor.

Minister’s Corner: Disappointments: A means to an end

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 12:6-7 (KJV), “For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool.