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May 19, 2016 was the meeting of the Kisatchie Quilt guild held at the First assembly of God Church. Opening prayer was given by Moeice Jones and followed with the Pledge of Allegiance. Secretary, Virginia Smith read the minutes of the April meeting and Treasurer, Billie Ann Bates gave the treasurer’s report. Moece Jones gave a benevolence report and took request for cards to be sent.

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Kate Nevils who has just completed 8th Grade at Winnfield Middle School was guest speaker at the May 25 meeting of the Rotary Club of Winnfield. There she spoke about the “Cinderella Project,” the mission of which is to support young women through resources that may not be available to them otherwise. Since its founding in 2008, the organization has collected some 14,000 prom dresses for distribution to students in 18 parishes including Winn. A Leadership Academy also provides an intensive college prep workshop for underserved high school students. Kate has been recognized nationally in the areas of dance and sculpture and was recently ranked in the top 6 in the 8th Grade competition for Louisiana Student of the Year. In photo, Katherine Cooper Nevils stands with her grandmother Dianne Heard, parents Kim and Chris Nevils and Rotarian Melissa Trammel who arranged the program. 

Congratulations to the Winnfield FFA Poultry Sr. Team for placing 2nd in the Area 2 Contest. Area 2 consist of 11 parishes with 25-30 teams competing in each contest. 

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On Friday May 6, great memories were made for the Anderson family as two family members graduated from Northwestern State University. It was a special day for Tori Friday as she received her bachelors degree 50 years after her grandfather, Jerry Anderson, received his degree in 1966. He was honored, along with the class of 1966, the same day as he walked again to accept his 50 year diploma.

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The Everett S. Fick American Legion Auxiliary Unit 9 District 8 met at Lynda’s Restaurant for their Monthly meeting on May 14, 2016. Attending were Bonnie Buckelew, Gayle Gilcrease, Sandra McLaren, Maxine Godman, Julie Boyett, Carolyn Lang, Chloe Whisenant, Florene Keen, Martha Jordan, Nelda Gilcrease and guest Sonia Schatz from Oregon.

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Autumn Leaves Nursing and Rehabilitation Center held their annual King & Queen Pageant last month. Pictured are King, Roger Hayes and Queen, Shirley Carroll. Congratulations to both of them, along with everyone who participated.

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Desirae Bruce spoke to the Rotary Club of Winnfield on May 4, telling them about the court-appointed special advocate for children program. Winn is part of a growing 8- parish central Louisiana program with a new office here in Winnfield, located in the former Courthouse Pharmacy building. While she is the only staffer, Bruce coordinates work of trained volunteers who work one-on-one with children. Abuse/neglect is a problem as 39 children died last year in Louisiana due to that. Race and income are not contributing factors, Rotarians heard, and you may not even be able to tell the difference in affected children by their appearance in school. Volunteers are objective and have a heart for children. Most spend 5 to 10 hours a month with their clients. The next training sessions will be in September. “ 

Rotarian Samantha Kelly proudly introduced her husband Major Jeremy Kelly to the member of the Winnfield Rotary Club prior to Maj. Kelly’s June deployment to Afghanistan to defend our country. This dedicated officer has an extensive educational background in Aeronautical Science and a Master’s degree in Military studies. His assignments have included bases throughout America as well as three deployments with the 960th EAACS at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

With great pride the family of Dakvin “DK” Hendrix, announces his graduation from Grambling State University Friday, May 13, 2016 at 10 a.m. DK will receive a Bachelor of Education Degree; Emphasis: Therapeutic Recreation. His future plans are to become a certified Recreational Therapist and pursue a profession catered to his sector of education.

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Central Louisiana Technical Community College

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