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SENIORS RECEIVE HONOR CORDS - Graduating senior 4-H club members in attendance received their honor cords during the annual 4-H Awards Banquet held Tuesday, May 10, at the Crawfish Barn. Shown, from left, are Benjamin Fontenot, Cameron Vizinat, Josi Soileau, Olivia Mayeaux, Lillian Guillory, Jordan Edwards, Emily Deshotel and Madison Courville. (Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

SENIORS RECEIVE HONOR CORDS - Graduating senior 4-H club members in attendance received their honor cords during the annual 4-H Awards Banquet held Tuesday, May 10, at the Crawfish Barn. Shown, from left, are Benjamin Fontenot, Cameron Vizinat, Josi Soileau, Olivia Mayeaux, Lillian Guillory, Jordan Edwards, Emily Deshotel and Madison Courville. (Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

Annual Evangeline Parish 4-H Awards banquet held

Emily Deshotel, president of the Evangeline Parish 4-H Junior Leadership Club, welcomed her fellow 4-Her’s, parents and supporters to the annual 4-H Award night held Tuesday, May 10, at the Crawfish Barn.
TINY MISS COURT - Shown, from left, are the members of the Tiny Miss Viande Boucanèe Court. They are Queen Oakley Airhart; Olivia Elizabeth Rose Carrier, first runner-up; Rainee Lynn Johnson, second runner-up; and Demi Herboldsheimer, third runner-up.

TINY MISS COURT - Shown, from left, are the members of the Tiny Miss Viande Boucanèe Court. They are Queen Oakley Airhart; Olivia Elizabeth Rose Carrier, first runner-up; Rainee Lynn Johnson, second runner-up; and Demi Herboldsheimer, third runner-up.

Smoked Meat youth royalty crowned April 24

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor The 28th annual Youth Festival de la Viande Boucanèe Pageant was held Sunday, April 24, at the Northside Civic Center in Ville Platte.
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Heritage Manor News: Older Americans Month

(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 famine in the land

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance In the book of Amos 8:11 KJV, we read “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
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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.
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Minister’s Corner: The rugged face of Christ

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Many artists have painted portraits of Christ depicting Him with fair hair and blue eyes. We must remember He was Jewish, and He worked hard as a carpenter learning the trade from Joseph.
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Heritage Manor News: About A-fib

(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.) A-fib stands for Atrial fibrillation, which is a type of abnormal heartbeat.
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Heritage Manor News: The meaning of Holy Week

(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 is celebrated this year from April 10-16, 2022.
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Minister’s Corner: Be strong in the power of God

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV), “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.