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The CASA program is coming to serve the foster children of Winn Parish and we need your help! CASA is currently looking for community volunteers who are looking to give back to their community by becoming an advocate. CASA Advocates are trained volunteers who are appointed by a judge to advocate for foster children. Advocates visit kids on a regular basis and make recommendations regarding the child’s best interest. The goal is that each child be placed in a safe, permanent home.

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Bob Holeman told Winnfield Rotarians he remembers that he was crossing the junior high school yard in Baton Rouge when he heard that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. When he interviewed World War II veterans, all recalled where they were when they learned that Pearl Harbor had been bombed. All in the room could also go back in their minds to that moment of triumph of man walking on the moon and the national pain of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Photo Collection: Winnfield Flooding 2016

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The Kiwanis Club met at the Dan L. Page Memorial Rifle Range on President’s Day (February 15). The Club heard officer Edward Harrell speak on his job as the School Resource Officer (SRO) for the Department. Harrell is the retired fire chief of the City of Winnfield with 32 years of service for the Fire Department. Sheriff Jordan started this program, assigning officer Harrell’s “beat”, at the Winnfield Senior High/Winnfield Jr. High Schools. These two schools are the ones with the most potential for problems in the Parish.

Bank of Montgomery is a $100 sponsor of the Trista Tyler “Nothing but Net” Scholarship Bass Tournament. The 13th Annual Tournament will be held on April 16 at the Red River Midway Marina in St. Maurice.

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Winnfield Rotarians heard a view on the history and role of law enforcement when Mike Nichols, a 33-year veteran of the Alexandria Police Department and now an investigator with the Winn District Attorney’s Office for the past 9 years was guest speaker Feb. 17.

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The Dugdemona Soil and Water Conservation District will be having its Annual Tree and Shrub Sale at the Winn Farmers’ Market, located at the corners of Main and St. John Streets in Winnfield, Louisiana. The tree sale is our largest fund-raising event of the year. All proceeds of the sale directly benefit our community. Funds raised sponsor projects such as, Conservation Essay Contest, Conservation Poster Contest, Soil and Water Stewardship Week, conservation education, our Community Tree Planting project, Earth Day, Arbor Day, Project WET and restoration of wildlife habitat.