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LAKE CHARLES – For his outstanding efforts on the mound over the weekend, senior right-hander Kaleb Fontenot has been chosen as the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week as presented by UniversalCoin.com, the league office announced on Monday.

The engagement of Miss Kimberly Ann Meyers to Mr. Ross Adam Lafleur, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kary Lafleur of Ville Platte, has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tatula Meyers of New Iberia.

By: HEATHER
BOGARD
Lifestyles Editor

Pine Prairie Elementary students enjoyed an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday, March 23. Shown above is Alex Hazelton’s first grade class. Shown in the back row, from left to right, are Corlyn Johnson, Ava Hebert, Cade Freeman, teacher Alex Hazelton, Madalynn Blood, Areonna Pierce and Aaron Andrus.

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’
Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.)

July 7, 2005 - March 18, 2016
Funeral services were held for Kercy Gage Delafosse, 10, of Hathaway, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 11 a.m., Monday, March 21. Burial followed in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

May 11, 1929 - March 19, 2016
MAMOU - Funeral services were held for Emile Veillon, 86, of Mamou, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 21. Burial followed in the New St. Ann’s Cemetery.

October 18, 1944 - March 19, 2016
Funeral services will be held for Clarance Bradley Sr., 71, at St. John Baptist Church in Ville Platte at 12 noon, Saturday, March 26. Burial will follow in the Little Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in St. Landry.