Rotary learns about distilled beverages made from rice

  • VP ROTARY WELCOMES SPEAKER - Mike Fruge, left, was the guest speaker for the June 15, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Peter Strawitz. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    VP ROTARY WELCOMES SPEAKER - Mike Fruge, left, was the guest speaker for the June 15, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Peter Strawitz. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
Members of the Ville Platte Rotary Club welcomed Mike Fruge, founder of J.T. Meleck Distillers. He is a fourth generation farmer from Branch and has been a rice and crawfish farmer since 1989. He, along with his brother, also runs a crawfish and seafood company based in Dallas, Texas. Their product is distributed throughout Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. A graduate of the University of Southwest…

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