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Heritage Manor News: Sleeping habits

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Monday, April 4, 2022
(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.) Sleeping habits develop over the course of our lifetime.
1947 AD - This ad for Quaker Oats was published in the March 6, 1947 edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette archive photo)

1947 AD - This ad for Quaker Oats was published in the March 6, 1947 edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette archive photo)

Looking Back: A glance at the events of March 6, 1947

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Monday, March 28, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor This week, we take a look back 75 years ago to March 6, 1947. •There was an increase in the number of individuals needing public aid in Evangeline Parish. Numbers showed an increase between December 1945 ($18,914.25) and December 1946 ($26,289.
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Heritage Manor announces Employee and Resident of the Month

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Monday, March 28, 2022
Gordon Fontenot (left photo) was chosen as Resident of the Month for March at Heritage Manor, while Michaella Fontenot (right photo) was chosen as Employee of the Month. Gordon is very sociable and loves all activities, staff and other residents. He and his mother enjoy sitting outdoors.
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Minister’s Corner: A precious promise

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Monday, March 28, 2022
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The Lord makes a precious promise, as recorded in John 14:12-14 (KJV).
NEW QUEEN CROWNED - During the March board meeting of the Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau held March 14, Emily Deshotel was crowned as the 2022 Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau Queen. She is shown with Farm Bureau President David Scott “Scotty” Fontenot. (Photo courtesy of Kristie Mayeux)

NEW QUEEN CROWNED - During the March board meeting of the Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau held March 14, Emily Deshotel was crowned as the 2022 Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau Queen. She is shown with Farm Bureau President David Scott “Scotty” Fontenot. (Photo courtesy of Kristie Mayeux)

New Farm Bureau Queen announced

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Monday, March 21, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Emily Deshotel, the 18-year-old daughter of Vince Deshotel and Stacey Deshotel of Ville Platte, was crowned as the 2022 Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau Queen during a board meeting held at the office Monday, March 7.
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Minister’s Corner: Bearing our insignia

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Monday, March 21, 2022
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The Church of Jesus Christ is facing a tremendous onslaught today. This is nothing new, for it has been persecuted throughout the centuries. It seems, from the White House to the courthouse, everything is against God’s house.
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Heritage Manor News: Spring is here

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Monday, March 21, 2022
(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.) Today is the first day of Spring.
The Second Station of the Cross located at Mill Creek is shown here.

The Second Station of the Cross located at Mill Creek is shown here.

A Lenten labor of love

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Monday, March 14, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor For the fourth year in a row, residents of the Mill Creek subdivision off of Chicot Park Road have banded together to create a walking Stations of the Cross throughout their neighborhood.
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Heritage Manor News: Daylight Savings Time begins

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Monday, March 14, 2022
(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.) Daylight Savings Time begins today at 2 a.m.
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Minister’s Corner: God is dependable

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Monday, March 14, 2022
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Today we have so many people, young and old alike, who worship heroes. They worship sports heroes, rock stars, movie stars, politicians, etc. What a waste of time and energy, for these men of clay are here today and gone tomorrow.
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