VP Chamber announces nominees

The Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce announced its nominees for Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, Man of the Year and Woman of the Year. Winners will be awarded at the annual chamber banquet April 29. They are as follows:
Business Person
of the Year
•Anita Fontenot – Owner, The Hatchery & Southwest Loan Companies
•Annette Johnson – Kolder, Champagne, Slaven and Co.
•Clem Lafleur – Founder and Owner, Lafleur Industries
•Darin Bordelon – Owner, LaVille Funeral Home    
•Donald Fontenot – Storage Facility Manager, Pine Prairie Energy
•Leroy Fontenot – Owner, Leroy’s Cajun Meats
•Liz Hill – Director, Evangeline Parish Communications 911
•Maggie Eades – Owner, Cottage Couture
•Sheila Saunders – Cottage Couture
•Larry Lachney – Owner, PaPa Gator’s Cajun Foods, LLC, Money Mart, Gator’s Drive Thru, Lachney Properties 
Business of the Year
Budget Rental, Cabot Corporation, Citizens Bank, Cottage Couture, Evangeline Parish Communications – 911, LaVille Funeral Home, Leroy’s Cajun Meats, Mayeux Wealth Partners, Rick’s Custom Signs, The Hatchery, Walker and Sons – “Slap Ya Mama”
Man of the Year
•Randy Deshotels – Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court
•Nick LeBas – Evangeline Drug Store
Woman of the Year
•Jennifer Meylian – KVPI
•Linda Lebsack – Friends of the Library, Evangeline Parish Tourist Commission
•Mary Foster Galasso – Evangeline Parish Library