Lifestyle

A “blairing” voice

With 40 days to go before a new season of LSU Football begins against Miami, the Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair stopped in Ville Platte Tuesday and addressed the meeting of the Rotary Club before attending a meet-and-greet session at the studios of KVPI radio.

Looking Back: July 1989

July 2,1989 • State election officials have informed the Evangeline Parish Police Jury it may not call a special election in Ward 5 to obtain voter input on whether or not to impose a stock law in that rural area.

Mr. Cavins, Miss West united in Holy Matrimony

The West family barn in Pine Prairie provided the setting for a lovely 6:30 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, May 26, 2018, uniting Miss Melisa Lynee West and Phillip Michael Cavins in Holy Matrimony, with Reverends Daniel Holsomback and Brian Dore officiating.

Submarine lessons

With Vacation Bible School taking place at the Family Life Center, the Ville Platte Rotary Club was exiled to the Northside Civic Center and to the South Louisiana Community College- C.B. Coreil Campus for its first two meetings in July.

In case of emergencies and epidemics

Before the new administration takes over, Ville Platte Rotary President Wayne Vidrine presided over his final two meetings as the month of June came to a close.

A day when the bad guys lost

Events that happened 47 years ago seem like they happened yesterday to Warren Frey of Mowata. “I remember it like it was yesterday. The fear and trauma to my entire family was unreal. The robbers were known as the ‘Dixie Mafia,’ and the head of this mafia was killed,” Frey said.

Rockin’ the horizons of Rotary

The Ville Platte Rotary Club ended its meetings in May by hearing from Janet Armand, who is the director of nursing at Savoy Medical Center’s psych and detox unit called New Horizons. “It’s the best kept secret in the world,” Armand said.

Reading to the beat of a different drum

The Evangeline Parish Library kicked off its Summer Reading program with a performance from the Morgan City native Elizabeth Vidos (also known as Lady Chops), who has performed for 10 years in New York City with the group STOMP.

Looking Back: May 1960

May 5, 1960 • Ville Platte’s city government expressed surprise and disappointment at a revision in the proposals of Central Louisiana Electric Company relative to furnishing natural gas to the Ville Platte System.

Come Lord Jesus! groups hold anniversary mass

Catholic lay people from across Ville Platte and Pine Prairie gathered Wednesday evening at the Our Lady Queen of All Saints Family Life Center for an anniversary mass of the Come Lord Jesus! groups.