EPPJ takes up Hester Heath project, hears from city marshal

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter VILLE PLATTE - During its Monday, September 8 meeting, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury considered a request to use the former Hester Heath Elementary as a shelter. The request was made by Ville Platte Gazette publisher Garland Forman and Representative Rhonda Butler. Forman said the community is “growing by leaps and bounds” and has “double or tripled in p…