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Bobby “Doc” Deshotel reminisces about the near half a century he has spent as an Evangeline Parish School Board Member by looking through a scrapbook that his granddaughter Sarah made for him. Doc is the longest serving school board member in the State of Louisiana, and he will remain the longest serving in history due to the fact that in 2008 term limits were placed on school board members. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)

History in the making

Wed, 03/14/2018 - 3:15pm

From working along side some of the greatest doctors to call Evangeline Parish home, including Frank Savoy, to becoming the longest serving school board member in the State of Louisiana, Bobby “Doc

Richard Fontenot, of R and N Farms, is pictured here standing against one of the tractors that used in the farming operation with his brother Neal. The Fontenot brothers have approximately 4,000 acres of farmland in the Mamou area where they grow the trinity of crawfish, rice, and soybeans. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

A unique trinity

Mon, 03/12/2018 - 12:44pm

Most people in South Louisiana know of two main trinities. The first of which is the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and the second is onions, celery, and bell peppers.

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