Lifestyle

The Friends National Rifle Association Banquet took place here in Winnfield on July 31st, 2018 at the Winnfield Civic Center. What a great turnout it was for this organization.

It was announced that they had raised $125,000 to put towards the our local shooting range. The Friends of the NRA raised around $5 million to support shooting sports and events all around the state of Louisiana. Friends of NRA are the blockbuster fundraising programs under The NRA Foundation.

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On Wednesday, July 18th, Winnfield Rotarians were pleased to have the Assistant District Governor, Lynda Thomas and the 2018-19 District Governor elect Cecil Campbell who covers this district 61-90.

Campbell joined the Bossier Rotary Club in 1973 and has over 44 years of perfect attendance. He was born and raised in Benton, LA. Cecil is a retired District Judge, and he served 26 years for the 26th Judicial District Court of Louisiana.

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Gretta Pickett introduced Winnfield Fire Chief Brian Montgomery and Assistant Chief Cassidy Martin to the Kiwanis club. Chief Montgomery was the speaker for the meeting.

Montgomery said he wanted to promote community awareness of the Winnfield Fire Department and the needs of the department.

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Kiwanis President-Elect Steve Bates spoke to the Kiwanis club June 9th about the changes in the tax act. For individuals, the biggest change is in the deductions bracket, down 3% in each bracket. The top rate is 37% for joint filing with over $600,000 of taxable income. The standard deduction increase will keep a lot of people from itemizing because the standard deduction will be more. The standard deduction is $12,000 for single individuals and $24,000 for married. If you itemize, home mortgages are deductible up to $750,000 but no second homes. Charitable contributions are at 60 % of taxable income. There is no state income tax deduction. A concern is that people will no longer be giving to charities if they are not able to itemize.

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The West Central La Operation Christmas Child team met to discuss the upcoming events for Natchitoches, Winn, Red River, and Sabine. The team is planning project leader meetings in each parish for August and September. This meeting is open to all participating and prospective churches, organizations, groups, fraternities and sororities and individuals who have packed a shoebox or would like to pack a shoebox to send to third world countries to further God’s kingdom.

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Kolby Lasyone, an 8th grade student at Winnfield Middle School, has earned a position on the Louisiana National Junior High Rodeo Team. The National Junior High Rodeo Finals will be held June 24th through June 30th in Huron, South Dakota. Kolby will compete in breakaway calf roping and goat tying. There will be 1,100 contestants from 43 states, five Canadian provinces, Australia and Mexico competing for a National title.

Kolby has been competing across the state of Louisiana in the Louisiana Jr. High School Rodeo Association. The top 4 contestants in each state advance to the National Junior High Finals Rodeo. Kolby competed in three events and he finished 3rd in goat tying, 4th in breakaway calf roping and 5th in ribbon roping for the 2017-2018 season.

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For the seventeenth consistent year, Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center (Central LA AHEC) collaborated with Winn Parish Medical Center, and Winn Parish School Board to bring the “A-HEC of a Summer” program to students in the area. Selected high school students volunteer at Winn Parish Medical Center for 15 days during the summer. This program is an excellent tool by which students can explore different health care professions and make decisions about their future based on experience and observation.

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