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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.

Donna Caffelatta, Lt. Governor of Division 11 of the LaMissTenn district of Kiwanis International visited the Winnfield Kiwanis Club, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. She first spoke to the club as a Board Member of the LaMissTenn District Foundation. The District Foundation is a charitable corporation and functions as the fund-raising arm of the district that provides financial assistance for Kiwanis projects and programs within our district.

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Rotarian Jay Hinckley (left) invited his good friend Terrel Deville to speak to the Rotary Club recently about his experiences over 40 years at the Methodist Children’s Home in Ruston, Louisiana. Mr. Deville began working at the home shortly after graduation from Louisiana Tech as the activities director and part-time social worker. He assumed the position as head of the home when he was 28 years old and held that position for 38 plus years.

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Students in Mrs. Vines class at WKS have been working hard to create Mardi Gras floats to show in our school parade. Pictured are: Back row: Saylor Hampton, Braelynn Golemon, Zephaniah Hayes, Kyeshia Bradley, A’lasia Gibson, Kaiden Craft. Middle Row: Kiersten Hobbs, Sammie Maxwell, Brylie Davis, Stetson Phillips, Carson Thompson, Seth Harper. Front Row: Ransom McDaniel, Randall Holmes, Michael Glover, Remy Espejel, Jamie Mercer.

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Kiwanians Mickey Parker, Mike Nichols, Dr. Bill Gaddis and Margaret Coon attended the 2015-16 Mid- Year Conference for “The Red River Region” and the Official Visit of Governor Gary Graham. The host club for the meeting was the Alexandria Kiwanis club and it was held at the Kiwanis Camp in Tioga, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2015. The session was opened by Trustee Paul Funderburk from the Pineville Kiwanis club.

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Mike Nichols introduced guest speaker Judge Jeff Cox, a sitting judge for Bossier/Webster parishes. Cox is running for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Sheriff Cranford Jordan read a little of Cox’s bio saying that he was raised in Minden and attended La. Tech, LSU and Southern Law School. Cox is a business and tax attorney and specialized in estate planning and elder care. He believes that a judge is a public servant. His father taught him the value of hard work and being dedicated to something. He is very involved in the community and considers it an honor to be able to serve. One of the programs he is involved with is helping to train police officers.

Winn Parish Chapter Banquet (Whitetails Unlimited) will be held Thursday, February 18 at the Winnfield Civic Center, 2000 South Jones Street in Winnfield. There will be games/raffles and social hour– 6:00 p.m. and a pork dinner served at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 single, $20 spouse or child (age 15 and under). Individual general raffle packages will be sold at the door.

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