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A community meeting was held Tuesday, April 15, at the Martin Luther King Center, Tuesday, April 15, at 6 p.m.

By: Thomas Sowell

By: Dan Juneau

Sometimes it is true indeed that the more things change, the more they remain the same. That may be the case with our new Legislature and the issue of health insurance mandates.

By: MICHAEL BORDELON

News Editor

The Industrial Development Board, Number One, held a meeting Tuesday, April 15, to approve the transfer of funds to pay off school bonds by the Pine Prairie Energy Center (PPEC).

BATON ROUGE - LSU AgCenter rice research scientists conduct many projects at locations other than the Rice Research Station near Crowley. These off-station sites, typically between two and six acres, are in the state’s two rice-growing areas.

The Ville Platte Fire Department and Ward One, District Two, responded to an early morning fire Wednesday, April 16.

By: HEATHER BOGARD

Lifestyles Editor

Will the Princess Snow White awaken when the Prince kisses her? Well you’ll have to find out when the Sacred Heart Drama Club presents its version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sunday, April 20, for the public at 2 p.m. in the high school gym.

STANLEY LEE ALFRED

September 11, 1959 - April 9, 2008

Funeral services will be held for Stanley Lee Alfred, 48, of Houston, Texas, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Ville Platte at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 19. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

By: MICHAEL BORDELON

News Editor

Crooked Creek Recreational Park employees gathered for a personnel committee meeting of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury Monday, April 14, and accused police jurors of not doing their jobs in discovering the operational problems at the park.