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March 13

11:36 a.m. Lawn mower stolen, Williams.

1:17 p.m. Disturbance, Rodney.

2:12 p.m. Accident, North Bobcat.

5:46 p.m. Juvenile disturbance, MacArthur.

6:00 p.m. Vehicle keyed, tires slashed, Wal-Mart lot.

6:02 p.m. Fishing gear stolen, Fuselier.

The City Council is asking the Eunice legislative delegation to secure about $300,000 this spring for two special projects.

The resolutions seeking the appropriations were passed at the March meeting.

By Jamie Anfenson-Comeau

jamieenews@bellsouth.net

What better way to learn what people are doing to help preserve the environment than by bicycle?

Mayor Bob Morris has suspended a monthly fee payment to Aucoin & Associates.

In a letter to City Attorney Jacque Pucheu, Morris said he did so on the advice of the Legislative Auditor’s Office.

The oil-job-rich Lafayette and Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan statistical areas continue to vie for the lowest unemployment in Louisiana while the state as a whole is running near a full point below the nation in joblessness.

Faith House is sponsoring its Second Chance fund raiser dance to raise money for domestic violence awareness in Evangeline Parish. The dance will be held Friday, March 28, at the Ville Platte Civic Center.

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

By: REV. BRIAN DORE’

Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance

By: BERNICE ARDOIN

Staff Writer

Six new festival queens and three kings were crowned Saturday, March 8, during the 2008 Boggy Bayou Festival Pageants held at Pine Prairie High School auditorium.

Identical twins Jarrett and Jerald Batiste have been together since birth and see no reason to separate now.

For the pair, who have both just graduated from an FFA-approved aircraft maintenance school, the sky’s the limit.