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The Winn Parish PoliceJury met for their monthlyregular meeting on Monday,June 15, and the agenda pre-sented a standard by-the-num-bers meeting.Road Superintendent PerryHolmes was on hand to pre-sent a road update to the Jury,and he was pleased toannounce that the heavyspring rain has subsidedenough so that the road crewcould continue mowing grassand grading roads.

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Now that the rain has (hopefully) subsided and given way to sunshine, Winn Parishyouth are taking advantage of the official start of summer by participating in several out-door activities. Pictured above are thirteen boys and girls who attended a two-day GolfCamp at the Pine Ridge Country Club in Winnfield last week. The classes, taught byTommy Harrell with assistance from Delane and Steve Adams, allowed for newcomers ofthe game to learn the rules and practice their swing. The group above practice their puttingbefore breaking for a lunch of hot dogs and pizza. For a picture of all of the attendees, seepage 2-A.

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1Winn Parish students Payton Austin, Nathan Carlile, Kennedi Carpenter, Morgan Hanson,Devin Kendrick, Heather Miller, Diontra Sapp, Sterling Stroud, Austin Willis and KaylaWise traveled to West Monroe for a four week course offered by the Louisiana Departmentof Education.

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MeetingKathryn James, 2015 Winnfield Senior High graduate, was presented with the check forher Kiwanis Scholarship at the June 15, 2015 Kiwanis club meeting. She will be attendingLouisiana College. Her major is biology. Her goal is to be a radiologist which will requiremedical school. She will play softball at LC and her coach will be Lyn Bankston who sheplayed under at Winnfield Senior High School. James was the captain of the Tiger softballteam that went to state this year and came in second. She was also involved in a lot ofextracurricular activities and had a high GPA.

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The American Legion Audiliary Unit 9 of Winn Parish is proud to announce the 2015Louisiana Girls State Delegates. Pictured, from left to right: Jasmine King (daughter ofByron and Renada King), Madison Hataway (daughter of Andrea Hataway), MaKaylaShelton (daughter of Steve and Liz Shelton), MaKayla Maloy (daughter of Mike andSamantha Maloy), Natalie Lang (daughter of Mark and Tanya Lang), Kelsey Jordan(daughter of Bob and Katrina Jordan). King, Hataway, Shelton and Maloy will representWinnfield Senior High School, Lang will represent Calvin High School and Jordan willrepresent Atlanta High School. These young ladies traveled to Baton Rouge to take part ina mythical two-party political system, in which citizens gain special knowledge of how thepolitical process works. Elections are held to fill city, parish, and state positions. Activitiesinclude government briefings, legislative sessions, campaigning, party rallies and conven-tions, debating, and voting.

Citizen complaints, new ordinances, condemnations and street improvements were just a small portion of a twohour meeting of the Winnfield City Council on Tuesday, June 9. Several Winnfield citizens appeared before the council to express different concerns, the first being an incident that occurred at a recent Dixie Youth Baseball game at the Winnfield Recreation Center.

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Winnfield Senior High School students were recognized at Awards Day for their participation in the School-to-Work Program at local businesses. Those receiving awards are Daja Bonner, Damien Bonner, D’Marcquis Craig, Amos McHenry, Daniel McHenry, LaPorcha Pimpleton, Demetri Sanders, and Xavier Wyatt. They are shown with their job coach Mr. Brinson.

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