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KAYLA SUE LEGRAND MANUEL

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Kayla Sue Manuel, 71, will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 9, 2021, in the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel. Kayla, a native of Pine Prairie, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Vidor, Texas. Burial is to follow in the Fontenot Cemetery.

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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Lee Arthur Malveaux Jr., 41, Opelousas, was arrested on September 30, 2021, by State Police for DWI 3rd and careless operation. Malveaux Jr.

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Acosta Foundation and the Ville Platte Police Department Cops For a Cure team recently their 5th annual Jail and Bail event. “Bail” was set at $100 with a contest to see who could raise the most! Our participants helped us raise approximately $3,500 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Ville Platte City Councilman Lionel Anderson (left) discusses issues with one of the protest organizers Donald Anderson (right) at the event held outside of the Cleco office in Ville Platte. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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High voltage anxieties

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Frustrated over soaring electricity rates, several Ville Platte residents took the streets to protest outside the Cleco office in Ville Platte on Wednesday, September 29. One of the organizers, Arthur Sampson, questioned the city’s contract with the electricity provider.

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Tri-Parish jobless rates down; workforce decreases

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Monday, October 4, 2021

The Tri-Parish workforce in August was 66,994, down 2.8% or 1,903 from a year ago. August jobless rates in St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes are down compared to a year ago, according to statistics released by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

From left are Raymond Hebert, CEO Community Foundation of Acadiana; Connie Lamke, Acosta Foundation; and Gwen Fontenot, Evangeline Foundation (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Lamke is presented CFA philanthropy award

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Monday, October 4, 2021

During a cocktail reception held Tuesday, September 29, at The Hatchery in Vidrine, Connie Acosta Lamke, of The Acosta Foundation, was presented with the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award for Evangeline Parish.

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MARILYN REED ARDOIN

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Marilyn Reed Ardoin, 90, passed away peacefully at her home in Breaux Bridge on September 25, 2021. A private family remembrance will be held at a later date. Known to many as “Molin,” she was the daughter of Simpson and Ada Reed of Mamou.

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JAMES DAVID MANUEL

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Monday, October 4, 2021

MAMOU – Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Mamou on Saturday, October 2, 2021, for James David Manuel, 57, who passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, surrounded by his loving family.

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At the Library

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Whooping Cranes! Once thriving, whooping cranes are now the rarest species of crane and North America's most endangered native bird. This traveling exhibit is made possible with generous donors like Chevron, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and Audubon Nature Institute.

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ALLEN JOSEPH MONIER

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Monday, October 4, 2021

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at a 1 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte on Monday, October 4, 2021, for Allen Joseph Monier, 88, who passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2021, surrounded by his loving family.

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