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TAKING the OATH – Ville Platte City Judge Greg Vidrine gives the oath of office to newly elected Appellate Judge Gary Ortego of Ville Platte. (LSN photo by Tony Marks)
By: CARISSA HEBERT
and TONY MARKS
LSN Editors
VILLE PLATTE - After being the only candidate to qualify in the special election, the honorable Gary Ortego took the oath office on Thursday, March 3, to replace the late John Saunders on the Third Circuit Court of Appeal District Three.
Judge Ortego called it a great honor for him personally and for Evangeline Parish but described it as being…
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