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Heritage Manor News: Residents Rights Month

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Monday, July 10, 2023
(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.) Residents’ rights are guaranteed by the federal 1987 nursing home reform law.
VPHS CLASS OF 1978 REUNION HELD - Ville Platte High School Class of 1978 recently held its 45th class reunion at the Northside Civic Center. Those in attendance had a great time

VPHS CLASS OF 1978 REUNION HELD - Ville Platte High School Class of 1978 recently held its 45th class reunion at the Northside Civic Center. Those in attendance had a great time

VPHS Class of 1978 returns to Bulldog Land for 45th class reunion

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Monday, July 3, 2023
(Submitted by Chrisandra Poullard-Smith, Reunion Chairman; Cheryl Davis, Class Secretary; and Reverend Paul Godfrey, Class President.) Our Ville Platte High School Class of 1978 gathered on Friday, June 9th through Sunday, June 11th to celebrate 45 years since graduating from high school.
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Minister’s Corner: For which cause we faint not

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Monday, July 3, 2023
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance In 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (KJV), the Apostle Paul makes an amazing statement. We read, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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Heritage Manor News: Happy Fourth of July

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Monday, July 3, 2023
(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 Fourth of July to all of you from all of us at Heritage Manor.
From left, they are Brian Ardoin, president; Bob Manuel, president-elect; Beau Wilson, vice president; Nicole Wenger, secretary; Annette Johnson, treasurer; Larry Lachney, past president; Hosea (Joey) Soileau, sergeant at arms; and board members Wayne Vidrine, Bill Brunet, Jimmy LeBlanc and Eric Gil. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

From left, they are Brian Ardoin, president; Bob Manuel, president-elect; Beau Wilson, vice president; Nicole Wenger, secretary; Annette Johnson, treasurer; Larry Lachney, past president; Hosea (Joey) Soileau, sergeant at arms; and board members Wayne Vidrine, Bill Brunet, Jimmy LeBlanc and Eric Gil. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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VP Rotary: Ardoin to lead group for new club year

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Monday, June 26, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor The Ville Platte Rotary Club welcomed its new slate of officers for the club’s 2023-2024 club year during the annual installation banquet held Tuesday evening, June 20, at Cafe Evangeline.
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Minister’s Corner: A redirection of our walk

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Monday, June 5, 2023
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance I’ve been asked numerous times throughout the years, why God allows illness in the lives of believers. We need to remember the origin of illness can be traced to Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden.
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Heritage Manor News: June events

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Monday, June 5, 2023
(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.) June is the first month of the summer season. It is known as the greatest month to get married.
MAYOR BUYS POPPY - Ville Platte Mayor Hottell Fontenot (left) purchased the first poppy from Poppy Queen Ashli Prejean during the annual poppy sale sponsored by the American Legion. Also shown, from left next to Fontenot are members of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary who sold the poppies at several shopping centers around Ville Platte. They are Rosie Guillory, Lynette DeBaillon, Cherie DeBaillon, Jeanette Perron and Iris LaTour. (Gazette archive photo)

MAYOR BUYS POPPY - Ville Platte Mayor Hottell Fontenot (left) purchased the first poppy from Poppy Queen Ashli Prejean during the annual poppy sale sponsored by the American Legion. Also shown, from left next to Fontenot are members of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary who sold the poppies at several shopping centers around Ville Platte. They are Rosie Guillory, Lynette DeBaillon, Cherie DeBaillon, Jeanette Perron and Iris LaTour. (Gazette archive photo)

Looking Back: Recalling events of June 1983

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Monday, June 5, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor This week, we take a look back 40 years at the events of June 1983. •Poppy Queen Ashli Prejean sold the first poppy during the annual American Legion Poppy Sale to Ville Platte Mayor Hottell Fontenot.
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Who’s getting married

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Monday, May 22, 2023
(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.
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