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The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act), was enacted into law May 22.

By: Keith Fontenot

The 2008 LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station Field Day will be held Wednesday, July 2.

By: Milo A. Nickel

Well, it looks like Governor Jindal is in a heap of trouble. Every newspaper and every columnist in the state is on his back for a number of things from dealing loosely with the truth, not returning his friends’ phone calls vis-à-vis Buddy Roemer, and being inaccessible to the voters or his constituents, among other complaints.

By: Jim Brown

When the Speaker of the House of Representatives took the microphone last week in support of a 300 percent pay raise for legislators in Louisiana, one of his arguments was the job had become full time.

By: Thomas Sowell

If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion.

BURNEL FUSELIER

July 19, 1924 - June 25, 2008

Funeral services were held for Burnel Fuselier, 82, of Ville Platte, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 27. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Cemetery.

By: REV. BRIAN DORE’

Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance

When we sin against the Lord, we can be sure of His chastisement.

By: Adrianne Vidrine

The Ville Platte Magnolia Garden Club presented its Civic Pride Award for June to La Belle Maison located on Main Street.

By: Janice Hardy

More and more kids are getting high by sniffing ordinary household products like hairspray, room fresheners and deodorant, and the consequences are deadly.