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Bon Dieu Falls Festival Pageant will be held August 6. Registration will be from 10-10:45 a.m. Competition will begin at 11 a.m. with Crowning to follow. From 12-1 p.m. will be registration for the Queens Division. At 2 p.m. competition will begin with crowning to follow. The pageant will be held at JD Boston Jr. Community Center, 1859 Hwy. 71 in Montgomery. The Bon Dieu Falls Festival Pageant Queen Division Winner will receive a $500 scholarship.

On July 26, I had the pleasure to attend my first plant swap. Karla Wroten started the event at the Sikes Branch of the Winn Parish Library several years ago, with great success. Amy Vines, the Library Director welcomed a crowd of about a dozen very excited ladies into the meeting room, where they registered to win door prizes. Angela Wilson, from the Sikes Branch, had transformed the room with plants, fresh flowers and arrangements, reminiscent of a garden party.

Lions Club District Governor Visits Local Club Shown above with local Lions President Dianne Kennedy is District 8-1 Governor Barry Stevens from Winnsboro. Lion Stevens recently attended the Lions International Convention in Japan. The flag in the photo is one that was presented to each governor attending the convention to bring back to clubs in their district for autographs. Governor Stevens entertained the club members with his experiences at the international convention. He encouraged the Winnfield club to continue the outstanding work of Lions Clubs in the local, state, and national levels and to encourage others to join with them as Lions Club members. At the close of the meeting, the club members present signed the official Lions International flag.  

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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