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Aubree Rodriguez, created special homemade earrings to raise funds for those battling through traumatic brain injury and help raise awareness after hearing about Alex Wilson’s story.

Aubree Rodriguez, created special homemade earrings to raise funds for those battling through traumatic brain injury and help raise awareness after hearing about Alex Wilson’s story.

Raising awareness

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Monday, April 17, 2023
Ever since April of 2015, the lives of Mamou resident Chasity Monier’s family changed forever when her son, Alex Wilson, was in a horrific accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury.
NEW 911 CENTER ONLINE - 911 Director Liz Hill and Sheriff Wayne Morein (front center cutting the ribbon) were among those celebrating the Evangeline Parish 911 system going online with a ribbon cutting and tour of the facility. Also among those pictured are District Attorney Brent Coreil and Clerk of Court Walter Lee. (Gazette archive photo)

NEW 911 CENTER ONLINE - 911 Director Liz Hill and Sheriff Wayne Morein (front center cutting the ribbon) were among those celebrating the Evangeline Parish 911 system going online with a ribbon cutting and tour of the facility. Also among those pictured are District Attorney Brent Coreil and Clerk of Court Walter Lee. (Gazette archive photo)

Looking Back: Recalling events of April 1998

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Monday, April 3, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor This week, we take a look back 25 years at the events of April 1998. •Brittney Foxworth (Miss Ville Platte), Allison Crawford (Junior Miss Ville Platte) and Jennifer Gautreaux (LA Tournoi Queen) were crowned during the annual pageant festivities.
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Heritage Manor News: Holy Week

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Monday, April 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.) Holy Week this year falls on Sunday, April 2, through Saturday, April 8.
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Minister’s Corner: Acknowledging the King

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Monday, April 3, 2023
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Passion week is the time from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday. It is so named because Jesus Christ truly revealed His passion for us in the suffering He willingly went through on our behalf.
SWAMP POP HISTORY SHARED - Sharon Fontenot, curator of the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte, (center) was the guest speaker for the March 21, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney (left) and Rotarian Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

SWAMP POP HISTORY SHARED - Sharon Fontenot, curator of the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte, (center) was the guest speaker for the March 21, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney (left) and Rotarian Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Fontenot shares history of Swamp Pop

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Monday, March 27, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Bob Manuel welcomed Sharon Fontenot with the Swamp Pop Museum as the guest speaker for the March 21, meeting of the The Ville Platte Rotary Club. Fontenot gave an update on the success of the recent Swamp Pop Reunion held in February.
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Minister’s Corner: He wants you

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Monday, March 27, 2023
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Psalm 50:7-12 (KJV) says, “Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
DRIVE-IN POSTAL SERVICE INSTALLED - Mrs. Burkeman Veillon, a well known legal secretary in Ville Platte, tried out the new drive-in service as Postmaster P.F. Morein checked the mailbox for convenience and distance. Veillon joked, “You should fix it so we can pick up our mail this way, too.” Morein commented in reply, “I’ll have to write Washington about it.” (Gazette file photo)

DRIVE-IN POSTAL SERVICE INSTALLED - Mrs. Burkeman Veillon, a well known legal secretary in Ville Platte, tried out the new drive-in service as Postmaster P.F. Morein checked the mailbox for convenience and distance. Veillon joked, “You should fix it so we can pick up our mail this way, too.” Morein commented in reply, “I’ll have to write Washington about it.” (Gazette file photo)

Looking Back: Recalling events of March 1953

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Monday, March 20, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor This week, we take a look back 70 years at the events of March 1953. •The first drive-in postal service was installed in Ville Platte.
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Heritage Manor News: Spring begins

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Monday, March 20, 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.
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Minister’s Corner: A mandate from God

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Monday, March 20, 2023
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance In John 13:33-35 (KJV), Jesus is speaking, and He says, “Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and as I said unto the Jews, whether I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
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