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Monday, July 25, 2022
This past weekend Evangeline Parish Deputies were out on patrol looking for Seat Belt and other violations. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission awarded the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department a Grant to conduct this specialized detail.
Chef Terryl Jackson (right) presents a knife set to Chef Mattie Buller (left) as she graduates from the Flat Town Culinary Academy on Thursday, July 21. Buller was part of the second group of Ville Platte Girls-Boys Place members to participate in the academy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Chef Terryl Jackson (right) presents a knife set to Chef Mattie Buller (left) as she graduates from the Flat Town Culinary Academy on Thursday, July 21. Buller was part of the second group of Ville Platte Girls-Boys Place members to participate in the academy. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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From scratch

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Monday, July 25, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor After two years away because of COVID-19, the Flat Town Culinary Academy returned as part of the programs offered through the Ville Platte Girls-Boys Place. Because of the hiatus, Chef Terryl Jackson had to start from scratch to rebuild the program.
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Public input to be heard on amended traffic fines

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Monday, July 25, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor With work taking place on U.S. Hwy 167 N, the Turkey Creek Police Department caught people removing warning signs and tearing trash bags off of signs. The offenders were written tickets, but the charge of tampering with barricades was not in the system.
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MAURICE COUTEE JR.

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Monday, July 25, 2022
MAMOU - Funeral services were held at an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Saturday, July 23, 2022, for Maurice Coutee Jr., 72, who passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2022. Burial took place in Pine Clair Cemetery.
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At the Library

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Monday, July 25, 2022
Summer Reading fun wraps up this week with programs at the main library and all branches: Tuesday, July 26, Turkey Creek branch at 10 a.m. and Chataignier branch at 2 p.m.; Wednesday, July 27, Pine Prairie branch at 10 a.m. then Mamou branch at 2 p.m.; Thursday, July 28, Basile branch at 10 a.m.
FRENCH ROUND TABLE MEETS - Jackie Miller visited the July 19, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club to discuss the French Round Table held on Monday afternoons at Hundredfold Coffee. She is shown with Rotarian Dan Poret (left) and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

FRENCH ROUND TABLE MEETS - Jackie Miller visited the July 19, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club to discuss the French Round Table held on Monday afternoons at Hundredfold Coffee. She is shown with Rotarian Dan Poret (left) and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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VP Rotary: Community invited to participate in French round table

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Monday, July 25, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Dan Poret invited Jackie Miller to address the July 19, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Miller talked about the French round table group that meets at Hundredfold Coffee on Mondays from 3-4 p.m.
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Qualifying period ends for local races

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Monday, July 25, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor As the November election date nears, local candidates began lining up at the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s Office, on Wednesday, July 20, to submit their paperwork to the secretary of state’s office and qualify for their respective races.
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