A member of the Montgomery, LA Tow Council was arrested in Winnfield over the weekend while traveling with a female companion. Winnfield City Police Officers pulled over 49-year old Jack B. Rushing of Montgomery late Saturday night and charged him with possession of a Schedule IV narcotic and failing to use a turn signal.
The Winn Parish Police Jury met for two public meetings on Monday, July 20. The agenda set forth contained several items that were o fvarying degrees of importance.Police Jury Vice-President Doris Leeper, who filled in foran absent President Jack McFarland, conducted the first meeting of the night. This was to adopt the 2015 ad valorem tax millage rates within the parish, and all of thos stayed the same as in previous years.
Eleven Winn Parish English/Language Arts teachers were present at the Winn Parish Library for a “Write Like This” event presented by the North western State UniversityNational Writing Project on July . ELA teachers from the seventh through tenth grades learned new writing techniques to implement in their classrooms in the coming year. The class was presented by Winn Parish native Leeanne Bamburg Bordelon.
It wasn’t hard to find a way for the little ones at First Baptist Church Pre-School to beatthe heat this summer. Their parents packed their swimsuits and sandles for a fun afternoonin the water on the east side of the church. They delighted in moving from one water activity to the next, gleefully enjoying a break from their usual schedules.
Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies intercepteda Winn Parish man transporting approximately 1.1 poundsof suspected high grade marijuana traveling from Houstonto Winnfield during a trafficstop on La. Hwy 6 West onSunday evening according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Victor Jones Jr.
The July 14 meeting of the Winnfield City Council saw various topics of discussion about the city workings, butthe most interesting of which came in the form of a non-action item up for discussion,listed on the city agenda as“City Services.”District 2 Councilman Gerald Hamms discussed the possibility of introducing a“Recreation Tax” that would be used to fund services forthe Winnfield Recreation Department.
bothThe Winn Parish SchoolBoard met for an extensivemeeting on Monday, July 6,where personnel for theupcoming school year wasdiscussed, as well as severalnew grants that have beenimplemented for staff devel-opment.
Winning championships isa difficult task, somethingFrank Thompson and CaitlinConnor knew all too well withboth top shots having neverwon a national title in 19 tries.That quest ended on June 18when these two friends, bond-ed by their past OlympicTraining Center residency, putan end to the drought andwalked away as SkeetNational Champions to con-clude the USA ShootingNational Championships forShotgun.
If I may paraphrase SophiaPetrillo…picture it: Atlanta,La. June 30, 1918.A rustic log cabin sits atop afield in Five Forks, a subset ofthe Atlanta community. Dr.Pou, a long-serving memberof the community, travels bybuggy to an anxious house-hold.
