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The January meeting of the Winn Parish Police Jury was held on January 23, 2017. The meeting was opened with an invocation led by Jury Member Mike Carpenter and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Jury Vice President Josh McAllister.

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Before the regular School Board meeting on February 6, a group of special Winn Parish students and their families assembled in the Media Room of the School Board. Students from each school were nominated from grades 5, 8 and 12, to compete for Student of the Year at their school. The students prepared portfolios about their school experiences, accomplishments, personal activities, and goals for the future. After review by a committee, one student from each of the three grades was selected to represent their school as Student of the Year. Those students’ portfolios were then reviewed by yet another committee, which selected a student from each level to represent our parish as Winn Parish Students of the Year. The three students recognized as Winn Parish Student of the Year for each level will go on to represent our parish on the regional level, and hope to move on to the state level

On February 6, the Winn Parish Chamber of Commerce and Tourism took time to recognize those in our community who give of themselves to improve the quality of life for others. The banquet was held at the Winn Parish Library to honor those special volunteers. Four awards are given each year to honor the Business of the Year, Businessperson of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year. The Myrtis Allen Spirit Award is presented each year at the banquet.

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On Thursday morning, Fire District 3 received a call about a fire at the T. J. Kervin business on Hwy. 167, north of Winnfield. When firefighters arrived on the scene then found that some employees of T. J. Kervin had been burning a trash pile, but that wind had picked up and the fire had begun spreading in the dry grass. The fire spread to 4 truck trailers on the property, one of which was storing tires. All four trailers were burned.

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The Winn Parish Chapter of Whitetails Unlimited will be holding their annual banquet on Saturday, February 25th at the Winnfield Civic Center. Games/ raffles and social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. and dinner will begin at 7:30 p.m. The mission of WTU is to raise funds in support of education programs, wildlife habitat enhancement and acquisition, and the preservation of the shooting sports and hunting tradition for future generations. Each year, proceeds from the Winn Parish banquet are used to send a disabled child or disabled veteran on a hunting trip.

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The Winnfield City Council held the first regular meeting of 2017 on January 10 at 6:00 p.m. Bruce Hardin of the Winn Ministerial Alliance opened the meeting with the invocation and Mayor Beville led in the Pledge of Allegiance. The only Councilmember not in attendance was Ms. Cheryl Demery. In the first order of business Councilmember Sarah Junkin motioned that the agenda be amended to remove Joe Giordano from the Guest and Audience Participation portion of the agenda. Councilmember Gerald Hamms seconded the motion, and the Council voted unanimously to amend the agenda. The agenda was also amended to change wording in the New Business Action Item #8, regarding applying for Drinking Water Revolving Funding.

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37-year old Derrick Felton from Alexandria was arrested on January 27, 2017 after a months long investigation by several law enforcement agencies, into illegal drug activity. A routine traffic stop of Felton led authorities to illegal narcotics in the car he was driving and in several houses. The arrest led to the recovery of approximately 64 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, two pounds of heroin, two pounds of cocaine, and five pints of promethazine syrup. Promethazine is an antihistamine and narcotic cough suppressant combination. Also recovered was more than $67,000 in cash.

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The regular meeting of the Winn Parish School Board was held on January 9, 2017. The meeting began with an invocation led by Mr. Todd Martin, and then Mr. Matt Walton led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Walton motioned that the order of business be adopted. Ms. Michelle Carpenter seconded the motion, and the Board adopted the order of business.

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Last week a group of teens from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Winnfield had the privilege of traveling to Washington, D.C. to join more than 2,000 other Louisiana residents in participating in the March for Life. Magdelena Guerrero, Fatima Rodriguez, Jonathan Guerrero, Gilliana Caskey, Jyssie Kelley, Manny Kelley and Jennifer Rodriguez, along with chaperones Ms. Tracy Kelley and Ms. Dee Caskey boarded a charter bus and joined youth from the Diocese of New Orleans for the long journey. Upon arriving in our nation’s capitol, they banded together with hundreds of thousands of pro-life citizens from around the nation for the annual march. The majority of those who participate in the march are high school and college students.

Mardi Gras festivities will begin this weekend in Winn Parish and the Krewe of Kingfish and Dugdemona Fest Board is inviting everyone to attend.

Activities will begin on Friday, February 3 with the annual Krewe of Kingfish parade. The floats will line up at the Huey P Long park at 5:00 p.m., and the parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. Following the parade there will be a street dance at the courthouse square, with food vendors and more.