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CALHOUN TALKS COTTON FESTIVAL - Katelyn Yates Calhoun (center) was the guest speaker for the October 3, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotarian Annette Johnson (left) and Rotary President Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Calhoun shares Cotton Festival plans

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Monday, October 9, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Annette Johnson welcomed Katelyn Yates Calhoun with the Cotton Festival Association as the guest speaker for the October 3, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.

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Kennedy is leaving the party of corruption

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Monday, October 9, 2023

For decades, the Kennedy family has been political royalty in the Democratic Party. Of course, Democrat U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) was elected President of the United States in 1960. After his assassination in 1963, his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, who served as U.S. Attorney General and U.

Queen Cotton LXVIII Amber Hope Borne

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Monday, October 9, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor For Amber Hope Borne, being crowned Queen Cotton LXVIII last October was the culmination of a five-year journey attempting to claim her dream title. Borne shares, “My journey to becoming Queen Cotton took five years.

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Smith, state FFA advisor, is set to be crowned King Cotton

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Monday, October 9, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor King Cotton LXIX will be Louisiana Future Farmers of America State Advisor Eric Smith. “I feel honored to have been nominated by the community,” Smith expressed. “It’s not something I applied for or sought. It kind of found me.

Colonel Cotton Pat Derouselle

Former association president now serves as colonel cotton

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Monday, October 9, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor Born in 1964 to the late Leola “Blondie” and Ellis Derouselle, Patrick Derouselle has been a lifelong resident of Evangeline Parish. Upon graduating from Ville Platte High School, he served as a legislative aide for the Louisiana State legislature from 1984 to 1987.

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Deville, 4-H youth agent, will lead Grand Parade of Cotton as marshal

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Monday, October 9, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor 4-H Youth Development Agent for Evangeline Parish Kimberly Deville has been selected by the Cotton Festival Board to serve as Grand Marshal over the Grand Parade of Cotton to close out the Cotton Festival Week festivities on October 15.

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Mamou Drive-By Shooting Investigation and Arrest

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

An investigation of a drive by shooting, by the Mamou Police Department, lead to the arrest of Malik Rashawnski Moton, 21, of 404 MLK Mamou and the hospitalization of Jamien Williams, 24, of 1067 Shorty Lane, Mamou.

Chauncey Joseph (CJ) Hesnor (left) takes the oath of office from the honorable Judge Chuck West of the 13th Judicial Court. Hesnor was sworn-in as the newest assistant district attorney. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Hesnor is sworn-in as newest assistant district attorney

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor Chauncey Joseph (CJ) Hesnor took the oath of office, on Tuesday, October 3, to become the newest assistant district attorney for the 13th Judicial District Court.

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Bids are rejected for parish jail

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory has rejected all bids for the new parish jail. The sheriff announced he, along with architect Alex Deshotel and four general contractors, opened bids for the new parish jail on September 14.

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Parish readies for Broadband

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter During the October 2 meeting of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, President Bryan Vidrine urged parish residents to let their voices be heard concerning internet coverage in their areas.

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