Discussion over an issue which was tabled during a recent committee hearing broke into a lively debate in which the Evangeline Parish School Board had to go into recess over outbursts from one of i
From left are Rotary President Nicole Wenger, Tee Cotton Bowl Co-Founder Tim Fontenot, and Rotarian Bob Buroker. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Everybody in Evangeline Parish has heard about the Tee Cotton Bowl and knows at least one aspect of the football game played between Sacred Heart and Ville Platte High.
Queen Cotton LXV Abigail Fruge
Representing a festival in Louisiana, such as the Louisiana Cotton Festival, gives a young woman the chance to experience new things while also learning something about herself.
Fromme
This year’s King Cotton is Dan Fromme, Ph.D. and state specialist in cotton, corn, and grain sorghum with the LSU AgCenter.
Vidrine
This year’s Colonel Cotton is Major Wayne Vidrine of the Louisiana State Police. He is a Ville Platte native and a 1991 graduate of Sacred Heart. He is married to Jenny G.
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