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Unrestrained Driver Killed in Evangeline Parish Crash

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Evangeline Parish – Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on October 19, 2022, Louisiana State Police Troop I was notified of a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 115 near O’Quin Loop in Evangeline Parish. The crash claimed the life of 75-year-old Rita Vidrine of St. Landry.

PROVIDING A LOVING, STABLE HOME - Deidra and Joey Guillory have taken these orphan refugees from the Ukraine into their hearts and homes since 2019 and hope to make it permanent one day in the future. (Photo courtesy of Deidra Guillory)

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From Ukraine with love

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Monday, October 17, 2022

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor With four children of their own, Joey (native of Basile) and Deidra Guillory of Mamou did not originally set out to adopt two young orphaned boys from Ukraine.

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Contradanse opens festival

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

The annual Contrandanse held Tuesday evening October 11, kicked off Cotton Festival events for the week. A nice crowd turned out to support the event, and the nursing home residents enjoyed getting dressed up for an evening out.

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It’s Cotton time

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

(Editor’s Note: Carissa Hebert wrote this column last year during the week of the Louisiana Cotton Festival, and it is a wonderful reminder of the what the festival means to the local area. We thought it would be fitting to reprint it at this time during this year’s festival.) “It’s Cotton time.

Danyelle’s and Camey’s meet the Tournoi

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Danyelle’s and Camey’s meet the Tournoi

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Monday, October 10, 2022

On Wednesday, October 5, students at Danyelle’s and Camey’s Day Care Centers attended a field trip out to the Tournoi track.

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A warm welcome

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Monday, October 10, 2022

Dear Visitors, On behalf of the Louisiana Cotton Festival Association and volunteers, I would like to extend an invitation to join us for the 68th annual Louisiana Cotton Festival held October 11-16, in the great City of Ville Platte.

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Grand Parade of Cotton information

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Monday, October 10, 2022

The Louisiana Cotton Festival’s Grand Parade of Cotton has been scheduled for 12 noon Sunday, October 16. Lineup will begin at 10:30 a.m. Registration for the parade is at city hall in Ville Platte with Katherine.

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A brief history of La. Cotton Festival

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Monday, October 10, 2022

Ville Platte is the home of the fall festival known as the Louisiana Cotton Festival and Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte, held each year in October. The World War II veterans are credited with starting the festival as part of their July 4th, celebration in 1952.

Queen Cotton LXVII Holly Kay

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“The Louisiana Cotton Festival has given me the best year of my life!”

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Cotton Queen LXVII Holly Kay has experienced many different fun events during her reign. However, she says, “My favorite, and most humbling, was The Washington D.C. Mystick Krewe of Louisiana’s Mardi Gras Celebration.

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Acadiana Brown Cotton grower Jerry Hale is named King Cotton

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Monday, October 10, 2022

By: TONY MARKS Editor Jerry Neil Hale, of Acadian Brown Cotton, was selected to represent the Louisiana Cotton Festival as King Cotton, following LSUE head baseball coach Jeff Willis.

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