Lifestyle

La. Tournoi Queen: Kidder to reign

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor The annual Tournoi Pageant was held Saturday evening, August 27, at the Northside Civic Center in Ville Platte.

Sharing her testimony

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Turkey Creek native Bonetta Holloway, will soon release her first published book as an author. She shares of her book titled Just a Girl - A Journey With God, “This book is about my testimony and walk with God.

Heritage Manor News: Lupus disease

(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: The only path

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Jesus said, as is recorded in Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV), “Enter ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there.

Minister’s Corner: Breaking the heart of God

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance In Jeremiah 10:19-24, we see the prophet lamenting because he saw the judgement which was coming to Judah would affect all classes, and in all ways, that is in mind, body and spirit.

Heritage Manor News: Senior loneliness affects health

(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.) Senior loneliness impacts health and quality of life.

Who’s getting married

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor (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.

Minister’s Corner: Managing conflict

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance It is a fact of life that if you live or work or associate in any way with people, you will experience conflict. The only way to escape it completely is to live in the desert all alone.

Heritage Manor News: Volunteers helping residents

(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.) What does volunteer mean?

Heritage Manor News: Vacation and health issues

(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.) People in the U.S.