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ERA Principal Alice LeJeune (center) leads members of the VIlle Platte Rotary Club on a tour of the Evangeline Reimagine Academy campus.

Ville Platte Rotary:

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor On Tuesday, February 3, Evangeline Parish School District Superintendent and Rotarian Darwan Lazard invited his fellow members of the Ville Platte Rotary Club for a tour of the new location of Evangeline Reimagine Academy (ERA), which opened three years ago at...

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Ville Platte Elementary announces honor students for second nine-weeks

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Ville Platte Elementary School recently announced its honor students for the second nine weeks grading period as follows: First Grade: Superintendent’s List - Jeremiah Bartie, Kaylon Campbell, Elizabeth Dupechian, Tyler Fontenot Jr., Jermany Gallow, Naomi Guidry, Jonus Manuel, Serenity Tezeno,...

Happy Birthday

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Blakely Brooks Doucet, the daughter of Austin and Kaitlyn Doucet of Church Point, celebrated her second birthday with a party at her aunt’s house on Saturday, January 24, 2026. Her birthday was January 22. The party theme was “Bad Two the Bone.”

Heritage Manor celebrates National Activity Week

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Heritage Manor Nursing Home celebrated National Activity Week this past week with many fun events for residents and staff. In the above photo, from left, are activity department staff members Nathalie Knott, Jasmine Fontenot and Activity Director Patricia Duplechin. Not pictured is Bridget Deville.

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Minister’s Corner: An act of martyrdom

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Monday, February 2, 2026

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The Word of God calls each of us to die to self-will as an act of martyrdom. It is not the easiest thing in the world to deny our fleshly desires; nevertheless, Christ would have us to totally submit to His will and not ours.

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Heritage Manor News: February events

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Monday, February 2, 2026

(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, we begin a new month. February is the shortest month of the year and one of the busiest.

Mary Perron is shown as she participates in the New Year’s Day Parade in Rome with others from across the country.

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Local dancer participates in Roman holiday

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Monday, January 26, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor Mary Perron, a senior at Sacred Heart, had a once in a lifetime opportunity to participate in a New Year’s Day Parade in Rome.

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James Stephens Montesorri presents honor students for second nine weeks

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Monday, January 26, 2026

James Stephens Montessori School recently announced its honor students for the second nine weeks grading period as follows: First Grade: Superintendent’s List - Raelynn Martin, Milah Pitre, Khari Washington, Mateo Gonzales, Kloe Anderson, Cailyn Arvie, Syriah Chatman, Logan Cook, Brinley Cross,...

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Minister’s Corner: Everyone matters to God

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Monday, January 26, 2026

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We read in James 2:1 (KJV), “My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.” Then in Romans 2:11 (KJV), it says, “For there is no respect of persons with God.”

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Heritage Manor News: National Activities Week

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Monday, January 26, 2026

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte.

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