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In celebration of Women’s History Month, UA Little Rock is profiling women in leadership positions who are making a difference at the university and in the community.

The next Woman to Watch at UA Little Rock of 2024 is Dr. Constance Meadors, interim director of the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium.

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Local funeral director with Southern Funeral Home, Bryan Price, recently entertained both Winnfield Kiwanis Club on February 27 and Winnfield Rotary Club on March 13 with the history of Southern Funeral Home, as well as his writings and poetry reflecting on life, death and memories.

Rodeo is one of America’s fastest growing sports and is a way of life for those who choose that lifestyle. One local 15 year old cowboy, Kayson Lasyone of Winnfield, just realized a dream recently that many his age can only imagine. With God and his big brother’s help he pulled off a huge win!

Kayson, a freshman at Magnolia Bend Academy in Coushatta has been involved in rodeo since birth. As a member of a rodeo family, Kayson is carrying on the traditions started by his great grandfather, grandfather, dad and siblings. Kayson has competed in big rodeos in many states and has qualified multiple times for Jr. High Nationals, Little Britches Rodeo Nationals, Vegas Tuffest Rodeo and is currently sitting first in the state in team roping in LA high school rodeo.

Winn Parish High School Fishing Team members Denver Blackman & Mason Green (left) have qualified for the state tournament with a 7th place finish in the 2024 LHSAA Tournament Qualifier 2 at Toleda Bend Lake with a bag of 8lbs 3oz. They will compete on March 21 & 22 at the state tournament. TJ Allen & Liam Weaver also competed. Although they came up short to qualify, many memories were made. Congratulations to you all.

A Community Easter Egg Hunt will be held on March 30 beginning at 11am at Winnfield First United Methodist Church.

Several organizations and churches have collaborated together to put on this special event and would like to extend an invitation for everyone to join in the fun.

There will be hotdogs, chips and drinks after the egg hunt. There will also be a cakewalk and a photo area where children can get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny on the day of the event. A scavenger hunt will be held the week prior to the event with the award for the winner of the scavenger hunt being awarded after the Easter egg hunt at about noon on the 30th.

There will also be an Easter Bonnet Pageant sponsored by Bank of Winnfield.

Brad Cooper, Winn District Ranger, spoke to the Kiwanis Club, Tuesday, March 12th. Cooper grew up in Idaho. He has been here for 5 years coming from Phoenix, Arizona where he was a deputy ranger.

Winn Parish is set to welcome visitors from across the country, March 18th – March 24th. That’s when the largest crowd in the world of field trials will gather for the 29th Annual Uncle Earl’s Hog Dog Trials. It has become a week long tradition of celebrating the sport of hog baying that Winnfield’s own, three time Louisiana governor “Uncle” Earl Long was known for.

1994 was the first year of the hog dog trials here in Winnfield and was rightfully named after the former governor. Later, in 2011, a new corporation was formed to take over the event and a new board was created to run it.

Effective March 8 the Burn Ban for Winn Parish has been lifted according to Dustin Parker, District Chief of Winn Parish Fire District 3.

The annual Kiwanis Scholarship meal will be held Monday, April 8, 2024 at the Winn Farmers Market on Main Street. The menu will consist of Boston Butt steak, potato salad, green beans, bread and dessert. It is take out only and pickup is 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Delivery is available for large orders. Tickets are $10 each and available from any Kiwanis member.

This scholarship meal funds our scholarships for at least 2 high school seniors in the schools of Winn Parish which includes Calvin, Dodson and Winnfield Senior High School. We would also like to give a scholarship to the Central Louisiana Technical College in Winnfield. We appreciate all the support we get from the community with our projects that help the children of our community.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

The item of business on the agenda for a special called meeting of the Winn Parish Police Jury was to review the position of the Winn Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director. The meeting went into executive session after a motion was made by Mr. Phillip Evans and with a second by Vice President Deionne Carpenter and a vote, the motion carried.

The current OHSEP Director is Sheriff Cranford Jordan. He has been replaced by Mrs. Cindy Tilton effective April 1, 2024. Mrs. Tilton is currently the Administrative Assistant to the Director. The Enterprise reached out to Sheriff Jordan to ask about his time as OHSEP Director and he stated that the police jury had not informed him that he was being replaced. He did state that he felt strongly that Mrs. Tilton would do a wonderful job for the parish as she has several years of experience and is very capable and dependable.