VILLE PLATTE ROTARY CLUB

JULY 19, 2016

    The Rotary Club of Ville Platte today (Tuesday) heard from guest speaker Debbie Poret. Debbie Poret is the wife of Rotarian Dan Poret who was in charge of the program.

    She spoke about her and Dan’s travels to the national parks in the west this summer. In particular, she spoke about two parks situated in the state of Utah: Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon. Dan and Debbie shared some beautiful photos of both parks to members of the rotary club.

     This year marks the 100^th anniversary of the national park system. She discovered that Louisiana has many state parks but no national park.

     Debbie Poret urged club members to go visit and see “the beauty of our country. It makes you proud to be an American.”

     In other business, Rotarian Mable Forman announced that the Evangeline Parish Coalition will once again offer a back to school supply drive for needy students on July 30 at the Ville Platte Civic Center.