Lifestyle

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.

Looking Back: Recalling events of 1964

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Today, we travel back in time 60 years to take a look at the events of 1964. •January - According to Parish Librarian Mike Janowski, a new record for service was set by the Evangeline Parish Library in 1963.

Minister’s Corner: Defiled sacrifices

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The book of Malachi was a warning to the nations of Israel. They no longer reverenced God, and they had defiled the altar of God with deformed sacrifices.

Heritage Manor News: Causes of diabetes

(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.

Minister’s Corner: Thou shall not hate thy brother

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance When we go back and look at Malachi 2:10-17, we see God surveyed humanity. He saw every man treated his brother unjustly. It reminds me of a saying today, “It is a dog-eat-dog world.

Heritage Manor News: Nursing home pros

(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.

Minister’s Corner: Freedom from guilt

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The dictionary defines guilt as a painful feeling of self-reproach resulting from a belief that one has done something wrong or immoral. It can be a very debilitating thing.