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Kiwanis Scholarship Committee Chairman Lamar Tarver introduced Beaux Cody Vines and his parents Amy and Brett Vines to the Kiwanis Club Monday, May 18. Vines received one of two $750 scholarships given by the club this ear. Tarver told the Vines family and reminded the club that the money for the scholarships came from the Boston  Butt lunch that is held each spring. Beaux Vines scored a 29 on the ACT, had a 4.0 GPA and was one of the valedictorians in his graduating class. Vines told the club that he is planning to attend ULM with a double major in history and accounting. He would like to teach history and maybe do some accounting on the side. However, Vines also said he is going to be in the ROTC at college and is very interested in being in the army. He would like to attend West Point. He has applied but was not accepted and may reapply later. He won a scholarship to go to Normandy this summer.

The Everett S. Fick District 8, Unit 9 American LegionAuxiliary met on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11 :00 A.M. at Fox’sPizza for their Spring luncheon and meeting.President Bonnie Buckelew called the meeting to order andmembers were led in Pledge or Allegiance and prayer byMaxine Godman.Vice President Gayle Gilcrease read minutes of April 11,2015 meeting in absence of Secretary Barbara Poole. Minutesapproved as read.

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Eastern Star Lodge will host a Memorial Day event at theBeville Street Lodge Hall on May 25 at 7:00 p.m. It is open tothe public, and everyone is invited.The presentation of the flags of the Armed Forces performedby the Boy Scouts of Troop 190 will be made to the rousingmusic of the Fight Songs of each of the Branches of Service.Flags of the United States which have been worn and tatteredwill be presented to the Boy Scouts for proper respectful dis-posal.

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Georgia Lee Milton, a juniorat Carroll Academy, wasawarded the title of CarrollCounty Distinguished YoungWoman during the annual at-large program held on Sat.,April 11, 2015 in Meridian,Mississippi. Milton will repre-sent Carroll County in thestate DYW scholarship pro-gram (formerly known asJunior Miss) in July at theTemple Theater in Meridian.Milton, 17, is the daughterof Bo and Shonda Milton ofCarrollton, and the grand-daughter of Gerald andMaureen Wise of Winnfield,La. and Bill and MarshaMilton of Summit, Miss. Sheis the great granddaughter ofPeggy Jordan of Winnfield

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April meeting for theEverett S Fick AmericanLegion Auxiliary District 8,Unit 9 took place on April 11,2015 at 11:00 am at the homeof Vice-President GayleGilcrease. Minutes from theMarch meeting were read andapproved. First new item ofbusiness was the news thatDoris Nugent, longtime mem-ber of the Auxiliary passedaway the previous evening.

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Troy Rogers, Winn ParishFire District 3 Chief andKiwanian spoke to theKiwanis club Monday, April27thabout his model train col-lection and trains in general.He has a long history of lov-ing trains. When he was achild he would ride from hishome on Bernstein St. to thedepot to see the trains. Finallyhe was allowed to even ridesome. When he got his firstjob running a paper route hesaved his money to buy modeltrains. That first collectionwas eventually sold but hebegan to collect again later.

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