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Parish voters will vote to renew tax for elderly services

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Monday, November 13, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor When parish voters head to the polls on Saturday, November 18, they will decide whether or not to renew several millage propositions. One of them is a parishwide continuation of a 1.

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Mamou council authorizes collection of passed tax

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Monday, November 13, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor During the Mamou Council meeting held November 8, Mayor Leisa Deshotel thanked the residents of Mamou for passing the tax on October 14. She said, “It was much needed and greatly appreciated.” The monies raised from the tax will greatly benefit the Town of Mamou.

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At the Library

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Monday, November 13, 2023

We continue to salute our veterans for the sacrifices they made to allow us the freedoms that we are able to enjoy today! This Tuesday, November 14, the main library will again host a free Medicare information seminar from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Please share this good news.

STATE ISSUES DISCUSSED - Dr. Erin Bendily with the Pelican Policy Institute for Public Policy (center) was the guest speaker for the November 7, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc (left) and Rotary President Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Dr. Bendily discusses state policies

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Monday, November 13, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc welcomed Erin Bendily, Ph.D, Vice President for Policy and Strategy with The Pelican Institute for Public Policy, as the guest speaker for the November 7, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, November 13, 2023

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Sam Gil,of Ville Platte, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar finalist. He is currently a senior at McNeese State University. (Photo courtesy of MSU)

Ville Platte native is a Rhodes Scholar finalist

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

McNeese State University student Sam Gil is a finalist for a Rhodes Scholar. Gil, from Ville Platte, is a senior majoring in mass communication and a member of the McNeese Honors College.

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Beloved newspaperman Henri Clay Bienvenu dies at 82

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

By: KEN GRISSOM Written for Louisiana State Newspapers Henri Clay Bienvenu was born in 1941, but his story really begins over half a century earlier, around 1886, with a 12-year-old kid tacking obituary notices to telegraph poles in St.

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After almost 56 years, Mamou Acadian Press to cease publication

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

After almost 56 years of publication, it is with great sadness that we announce that the Mamou Acadian Press will cease publication following the Tuesday, December 26, edition. Publisher Garland Forman made the announcement last week.

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HENRI CLAY BIENVENU

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

ST. MARTINVILLE- A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at St. Martin De Tours Catholic Church for Henri Clay Bienvenu, 82, who died on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at Iberia Medical Center surrounded by his family.

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GUY NEWSOM

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Marvin Guy Newsom Jr., an ultimate family man, was called to the Lord on October 17, 2023. Guy was born to Marvin Guy Newsom Sr. and Betty Jean (Manley) Newsom on September 10, 1952, in Kermit, Texas. The Newsom family soon settled in Mamou.

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