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Shaye Traylor, daughter of Tim and Teresa Traylor, and Craig Daniel Warner, son of Sarah Smith and the late Henry Warner were united in holy matrimony on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Jordan Hill United Pentecostal Church. Rev. Brian Montgomery officiated the double ring ceremony. A reception was held at the couples new home in Winnfield. 

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Winnfield Kiwanis Club president, Mickey Parker, along with Sec/Treas, Dr. Bill Gaddis, are shown with Judge Dee Drell at the July 9th Kiwanis Leadership Retreat in Lafayette, La. Judge Drell led the event, discussing how to improve and grow clubs in service and membership. Kiwanis International celebrated 100 years of service last year, so the retreat was a study of ways to serve by improving young children & communities in the next 100 years of Kiwanis. 

Rotarian Chris Nevils invited the new Methodist minister Kevin D. Smith to speak at the July 6 meeting of the Rotary Club of Winnfield. Rev. Smith has been a Rotarian in three different towns has also served and served as club president in one. He spoke on the value of being involved in a service organization. He described Rotary as the greatest international service organization, apart from perhaps the body of Christian churches. In his first assignment as a Methodist minister, membership in the local Rotary club was part of the “job description” and a paid membership which included a weekly meal seemed like a winning opportunity. But Rev. Smith told the Winnfield members that he decided for several reasons to remain in Rotary as he moved around. First it offers fellowship and contact with people in each community who are outside of his church circle. 

Smith, Austin to Exchange Vows August 6 Sarah Ann Smith and James M. Austin will exchange marriage vows and begin their new life together on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Corinth Baptist Church in Winnfield, LA. A reception will follow. 

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Dillon McCartney and Madelyn Caldwell were married May 14, 2016 by Pastor Andrew Bates. Madelyn is the daughter of Walt and Ellen Caldwell of West Monroe, LA, a graduate of West Monroe High School and Louisiana Tech University and is currently completing her doctrine in Veterinary Medicine.

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The summer meeting of WGHA will be held Saturday, July 16. The meeting begins at 11 a.m. with a picnic lunch at 12:30 p.m. We will have a speaker, and special music by Karla Connor Wroten. We hope you will join us at 301 Main Street in Winnfield, upstairs in room 219.

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One day Jared Hulsey hopes to have a career in the medical field, and he took his first step toward achieving that goal by participating in the A-HEC of a Summer program offered by the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center and held at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. “My goal is to become a general surgeon or a trauma surgeon,” said Hulsey, of Dodson, a rising senior at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. “In this field of medicine, there is never a dull moment. You have to be up and ready to go at all times. It is something that would never be boring.”

The Rotary Club of Winnfield was treated to a great presentation last week when Brent Porche, Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach at LSU Alexandria, discussed their impressive progress over the last few years in developing many new athletic programs. The college started with just baseball and softball in 2008 but in the past two years have added men and women’s basketball and men and women’s soccer and women’s tennis. Additionally, they now have two club sports, rugby and rodeo. They are very proud of how far they have developed their sports programs and maintain they help in the retention and draw of the students. Porche, on the left in photo, was introduced by Marcus Mathews, a new administrator with Central Management.