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The winners of the 2016 Miss Winn Parish Pageant as shown .

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Special guests at the September 17 meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 9 of Winnfield were the 2016 Girls State representatives (left to right) Julie Bartley, Harli Austin, and Gabrielle Gresham. The young ladies spoke to the group about their recent experiences at La. Girls State, which is sponsored each year by the American Legion Auxiliary. At the close of the program, each girl was presented a certificate of excellence from the local chapter. 

Det. Jessie Phillips (Right) and Dianne Peters (middle) are pictured presenting a plaque to Keith Young (left), Marketing Director at Jena Choctaw Pines Casino, thanking him for supporting Operation Save a Kid-Shop With a Cop. 

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Newly elected Clerk of Court Chesney Baxley spoke to the Kiwanis club Monday, Sept. 19th. Some of the duties of the Clerk of Court are related to conveyances, mortgages, marriage licenses, recording of deeds and other things related to the court. The clerk’s office is responsible for civil and criminal minutes for the court. They also help with the elections and hold a school for commissioners.

“Healing Close to Home” is a theme of the Specialty Hospital of Winnfield as Rotarians heard at their September 21 meeting. Bryan Bogle, CEO of Winn Parish Medical Center, has previous told the members how the local hospital is working to provide as many quality medical services as possible to keep local residents from having to make long drives to receive medical care. He had the program Wednesday and invited administrator Chuck Jurek of the Specialty Hospital where the goal is similar. 

Winn Parish Medical Center CEO Bryan Bogle spoke to the Winnfield Kiwanis club, Monday, September 12. Bogle said he had returned to Winnfield in February and was very happy to be back and he planned to stay. He gave the club a history of the hospital beginning with Winnfield General Hospital begun in 1948 by local doctors. In 1970 the hospital was purchased by Humana, in 1994 it was purchased by HCA as part of the Rapides system, in 2009 Progressive Acute Care bought it and now in 2016 our current facility was purchased by Allegiance Health Management. The Winn Parish Medical Center has 86,000 square feet and is on 9 acres.

Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Canerday Celebrate 50 Years Jerry and Jessie Canerday will celebrate 50 years of marriage on October 1, 2016. The family would like to invite friends to a celebration of their 50 years together. The celebration will be at Calvin Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 from 1-3 p.m. Jerry and Jessie have four children: Kim Canerday, Tammy Martin, Kathy Canerday and Tim Canerday. They have several grandchildren and one great grandson. Please come and celebrate.

It’s time again to prepare for the Miss Winn Parish Pageant. The Pilot Club will be hosting the pageant on Saturday, September 24 at the Winnfield Kindergarten School on Maple Street. Interested young ladies should pick up entry forms at the Designing Women Flower Shop or The Pea Patch Gallery, or contact Mrs. Scarlett Lee at 970-302-6897, or 318-302-3337.

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