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Two families share their ordeals with snake bites

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Monday, March 6, 2023

By: CARISSA HEBERT LSN Editor KINDER – Sawyer Savant, 7, and Cole Ogea, 14, have something in common. Both were bitten by copperhead snakes and had to be given anti-venom. Sawyer got bit Wednesday, February 22, at 6 p.m. Ogea got bit in September 2021.

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More information on snakes given

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Monday, March 6, 2023

If you need more information on snakes, whether identifying them or learning more about them, visit the LSU AgCenter’s webite (www.lsuagcenter.com) and search for snakes or visit the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (www.wlf.louisiana.gov/species/main-category/reptiles).

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MARGERY “MAUDE” A. SOILEAU

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Monday, March 6, 2023

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Ville Platte for Margery “Maude” A. Soileau on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Entombment took place at Evangeline Memorial Mausoleum. Margery “Maude” A.

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MARY MAGOLENE PLUMMER

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ville Platte for Mary Magolene Plummer, the former Mary Magolene Cheatam, on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Mary Magolene Plummer, a native of Oakdale and a resident of Tacoma, Wash.

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At the Library

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Monday, March 6, 2023

A new enrichment opportunity at the main library in Ville Platte, hosted by Linda Fontenot, owner of Fundamentally Structured 357 LLC, occurred last Saturday morning for 6th and 7th graders about how to start their own business.

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, March 6, 2023

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail.

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Parish youth participate in livestock program at parish show

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Monday, March 6, 2023

By: MADISON LATOUR Assistant Extension Agent/4-H Youth Development The Evangeline Parish 4-H and FFA Jr. Livestock Show and Sale was held on Saturday, January 21, at the Chauncey Pitre Memorial Building. Over 50 Evangeline Parish 4-H members participated in this year’s Jr. Livestock Show.

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Parish youth participate in livestock program at district show

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Monday, March 6, 2023

By: KIM DEVILLE Associate Extension Agent/4-H Youth Development MADISON LATOUR Assistant Extension Agent/4-H Youth Development Evangeline Parish 4-H Club members participated in the 2023 Southwest District Livestock show held Feb. 1 st to Feb. 4 th in Lake Charles at the W.T.

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Youths named champions at 88th LSU AgCenter Livestock Show

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Hundreds of young people from across Louisiana were named state champions during the 88th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show held Feb. 12 to 18 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.

LAWSON DISCUSSES SELF PUBLISHING - Debby Lawson visited the February 28, meeting of the VIile Platte Rotary Club to discuss the process of writing novels and getting them self-published. Shown, from left, are Rotarian Kermit Miller (left), Lawson and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Lawson discusses self-publishing

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Monday, March 6, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Kermit Miller welcomed author Debby Lawson as the guest speaker for the February 28, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She worked for Eric LaFleur for 20 years and currently works for State Representative Rhonda Butler as her legislative assistant.

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