Former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
After a lengthy battle with cancer, former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babinbeaux Blanco passed away Sunday, August 18, at the age of 76.
A second part-time officer, Billy Ortego, was hired as the Chataignier Village Council met Monday.
Pictured above is new Mamou High School Principal Rico Guillory. He explained his satisfaction of leading his students through a new school year. (Photo courtesy of Rico Guillory)
Rico Guillory is now principal at Mamou High School and recently shared how he continues to be a leader and what he does to help out the school.
The Rotary Club of Ville Platte, last Tuesday, heard from one of its own members about irises because now is the time to plant such flowers.
(Editor’s Note: The following article is the first in a series of articles that will reveal the City of Ville Platte’s budget for the current fiscal year as well as salaries for city employees.
Sports
In a very heartbreaking decision, Ville Platte Junior High head football coach Ezekiel Thomas stepped down after 14 years of service to the school and the student/athletes who he served.
Summer is over, school is back in session and football season has begun in full force.
Head Equipment Manager for the McNeese State football program, Matt Saucier, sits at his desk. Saucier, a Ville Platte High graduate, returns for his second year as Head Equipment Manager for the Cowboys. Saucier, who spent four years as a student equipment manager for the Cowboys, was hired in his current position by former head coach Lance Guidry. Saucier retained his position with the hiring of a new coach. (Gazette photo by Tracey Jagneaux)
During this past offseason, McNeese State University decided to change direction and hire on a brand new football coaching staff.
It is becoming really interesting in the world of the LHSAA.
Sacred Heart head basketball coach and assistant football coach JP Boullion has had to adjust to life on the gridiron after not having been around the sport since his freshman year at St. Thomas More. The second year coach in the “Land of Troy” is getting more confident on the field after gaining a year of experience. Boullion led the Trojan basketball team to one of its better seasons this past year. (Gazette photo by Tracey Jagneaux)
To say that having to coach football has been a learning curve for Sacred Heart’s JP Boullion may be a understatement.
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August 8, 1974 - A NEW LIBRARY COURIER SERVICE began this week under a pilot program which has been dubbed the “Bayou Land Pilot Library System.” Monday morning, the courier service began the first of its twice-weekly rounds in Ville Platte from the central office in Lafayette. The Bayou Land system operates through a 10 parish area. Del Tanner is the official “courier,” and accompanying him on the first run this week was Mrs. Malva H. Huson, director of the Bayou Land system. Present in front of the Evangeline Parish Library for the first arrival Monday morning were, from left, Tanner, Police Jury President Earl John Soileau, Mrs. Nettie Perrodin of the library staff, Mrs. Huson, Mrs. Aimee Guillory, Librarian Mike Janowski, and Miss Rita Monier of the local library.
August 4,1949
Malefactors in Evangeline Parish may now be treated to a dose of tear gas- if conditions and circumstances make this treatment necessary.
By ALI MORAS Editorial Intern
Christopher J. Fontenot, Ville Platte author, was elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Acadiana.
By NANCY DUPLECHAIN Associate Editor
Alice Lejeune is now principal at Pine Prairie High School and recently shared how she continues to be a leader and what she does to help out the school.
By TONY MARKS Editor
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