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When DARE first came to schools across the country, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program aimed at teaching young children to “Say NO to Drugs.” However, the focus has changed local DARE officer Anna Jones told the Rotary Club of Winnfield on May 17.

As it turned out, the more children learned about drugs, the more likely they were to being exposed to them. As a result, DARE personnel now go into schools as officers to help children develop a positive relationship with law enforcement. There were 403 students who took part in Winn’s DARE program this year just ended.

“In the past, we were unintentionally showing kids what they could do,” Jones explained. “Now we teach about choices, consequences, responsibilities. How to be safe. Now we talk about alcohol, tobacco, bullying. How to respond. How to avoid situations.”

The Northwestern State University Writing Project will host two summer writing camps on June 12-16 and 19-23.

The first camp on June 12-16 is for adolescent writers in grades 7-12. The second camp on June 19-23 is for young writers in grades 2-5. The camps will held Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the third floor of Kyser Hall on NSU’s Natchitoches campus. The fee for each camp is $125.

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Members of the Rotary Club of Winnfield celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the local service organization with a family-centered fish fry May 4.

The club was chartered May 13, 1927, when there were only a few Rotary clubs established in Louisiana. Shreveport was the first in 1914, followed by Alexandria (1916) and Monroe (1918). Smaller towns began to see clubs in 1922 (Natchitoches), 1924 (Leesville) and 1925 (Bunkie). A second Shreveport club (South Shreveport) came online just six weeks before Winnfield.

The Pine Belt Head Start Program is now accepting applications for children born between October 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2014 for the 2017-2018 school year. Head Start is a pre-school educational program for children who are three to five years of age. The child must be three by September 30 of the school year. Head Start will consider those children not eligible for kindergarten, meeting eligibility requirements. Head Start will enroll children with disabilities who are professionally diagnosed as of their third for fourth birthday.

Transportation will be provided on a limited basis and may not be door-to-door in the communities we serve. Reasonable assistance will be offered to all perspective families, with the understanding that the agency my provide all, none or some transportation.

An attempt by Dodson Mayor Richie Broomfield to comply with state law and set salaries of Village Officials fell by a 2-3 vote after a lengthy, complicated and contentious discussion last week. The meeting also was highlighted by previous minutes not being approved because of public comments included in them.

The Authentic Bonnie & Clyde Festival Committee invites you to join us in Gibsland, La. on Friday night May 19, 2017 and all day Saturday, May 20, 2017 for our 25th festival as we take you back to 1934 with events planned for the Bonnie and Clyde Festival. This year’s festival is being held in memory of L. J. “Boots” Hinton who was the son of Deputy Sheriff Ted Hinton who was a participant in the actual ambush. You will witness five factual reenactments of mock bank robberies and shoot outs in the streets! This festival began in May 1993 because visitors were stopping and inquiring at Gibsland City Hall and the local gas stations for information about Bonnie & Clyde and requesting instructions to the marker at the ambush site.

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The recent sound of helicopters in the skies over Winnfield is evidence that the helipad at Winn Parish Medical Center is once again in full use.

Hospital CEO Bryan Bogle on April 26 told the members of the Rotary Club of Winnfield that AirMedCare opened an airlift operation here on Feb. 14. He invited several representatives of the company to explain how this higher level of care can benefit individuals and the community as a whole. Reducing the time it takes for patients to receive definitive care for any medical emergency can save lives.

Travis “Butch” and Janice Carpenter were wed May 12, 1967. A true example of Holy Matrimony. Love, Your Girls, Grandkids, Family and Friends

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Three educators were recognized at the April meeting of Delta Kappa Gamma, for their many years of outstanding service and dedication to education. Ms. Linda Keyes was recognized for 25 years of service, Ms. Sheila Causey received the Golden Rose Award for 35 years of service, and Ms. Billie Ann Bates was recognized for her 50 years of service in the field of education.

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Freddie Shows, general manager and part-owner of Johnny’s Pizza, spoke to the Kiwanis club Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Shows has been self-employed since the age of 19. He has also been a preacher at the Jonesboro Church of Christ for 35 years. He opened a saw shop in Winnfield in 1985, an outsider from Jonesboro. After closing the saw shop he built several houses, built cabinets, and drove a truck. The Winnfield Johnny’s Pizza is store #4 for Shows and his partners. The others are in Jonesboro, Pineville and Alexandria. The Winnfield franchise was purchased at the same time as the Jonesboro franchise 6 ½ years ago so it has been in the works for a while. However, after Jonesboro they put in at Pineville and Alexandria because they thought there would be more business in a bigger place.