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On March 10, Airevac out of Natchitoches made the trip to Winnfield and landed across from Central Station to provide training to WPFD and WFD personnel on setting up a landing zone. Airevac also provided personnel with guidelines to aid in determining if medflight is needed and how to assist Airevac personnel with loading a patient.

Uncle Earl’s Hog Dog Trials began in 1994. Fittingly, the event was named for the three time Louisiana Governor “Uncle” Earl Long who was a beloved native of Winn Parish and an avid stockman and boar hunter. The event is held each year in the third weekend of March here in Winn Parish at the Winn Parish Fair Grounds. It involves boars, and various breeds of bay dogs, including Catahoula Leopard Dogs, Blackmouth Cur, and others.

Currently, the contractor for this event is Jake Loaicano of Orange, Texas, who began serving in 2018. Jake is passionate about promoting this event and continues to share that it is not only a time for family and friends to gather but also produces great revenue for Winnfield with hunters arriving from all over the country to participate.

Gail Shelton did the cover. The cookbook came about when Pat and Rae went to lunch and Rae was talking about the money she would need to help pay for things insurance did not cover and how she was going to get that money. She did not want to do a go fund me page and Pat suggested that they do a cookbook. When you are doing what God wants you to do things just fall into place and that is how the cookbook came about.

The Winnfield Fire Department along with the Winn Parish Fire District 3 recently participated in a live fire prop on flashover and fire behavior provided by Louisiana Fire and Emergency Training Academy. This provides firefighters crucial training to experience live fire conditions in a controlled environment. Councilmen Matt Miller was also present to see what firefighters see on a regular basis when fighting house fires.

Winn Parish Medical Center loves being involved with the community. Recently students from Calvin Highschool and Winnfield Middle School had the opportunity to work with members of the WPMC radiology team. The team shared valuable information about radiology, education needed, compensation and more. Students then got the opportunity to read various x-rays.

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The Annual Krewe of Kingfish Mardi Gras Ball will be held on February 8 at the Winnfield Civic Center from 7pm – 12am. The attire is formal/semiformal. Tickets are $50 single and $80 couple and $320 for a table of 8. See any Krewe member to purchase your tickets.

WSHS recently had a total of 27 students qualify for the State Conference in March with 8 of the 27 qualifying in two events.

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BATON ROUGE, La. – After sending a letter to Louisiana’s United States Senators last week urging them to pass the Social Security Fairness Act before the holidays, Senate President J. Cameron Henry and Speaker of the House Phillip R. DeVillier praised its approval last night saying it will positively impact citizens across the state.

“Public servants who held private sector jobs in their lifetimes did not deserve to be penalized by social security,” said President Henry. “The Windfall Elimination Provision unfairly reduced critical benefits for millions who worked public sector jobs not covered by social security. By passing HR 82, individuals and families can rest easy they can collect the benefits tied to the money they paid into the system just like everyone else.”