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Wed
25
Mar

Trista Tyler Tournament Announces Winnersand Sponsors for 12th Annual Event

The 12th Annual TristaTyler Nothing But Net BassTournament held on March14, 2015 at Red RiverMidway Marina at St.Maurice, La. was a great suc‐cess, despite the high water.A total of 69 boats partici‐pated.

 

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Wed
25
Mar

Winnfield named district’s cleanest city

Pictured above are the judges for the Louisiana Cleanest City Contest looking throughWinnfield’s book of evidence at the Pea Patch Gallery on Tuesday, March 17. The judges,left to right: Carolyn Weeler (Marion, LA), Ann Smith (Marion, LA and District Chairmanof the Cleanest City Contest), Adina Miller (Marion, LA) and Jean Gilstrap (Farmerville,LA and State Chairman of the Cleanest City Contest).

The City of Winnfield wasnamed “Cleanest City” in itsdistrict last week after fourrepresentatives from the statetoured the area.Winnfield won the cleanestcity in District F, competingagainst other cities likeMarksville, Rayne, St.Martinville, Tallulah andHarahan, among others.

 

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Wed
25
Mar

Winn Master Gardeners pot ferns for local businesses

Winn Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Board MembersAleta Hoffman, Ellen Russell and June Melton stand besidea delivered fern in front of Timberman’s in DowntownWinnfield.

If you have been throughDowntown Winnfield lately,you might have noticed sever-al ferns placed in front of var-ious businesses the last coupleof weeks.In preparation for the clean-est city judging, the WinnChamber of Commerce andTourism sold 66 plants forbusinesses to place in front oftheir stores, to add a littlemore punch to the atmos-phere.

 

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Wed
25
Mar

Bridge closed on Highway 84

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The bridge on Highway 84 West just past McDonald’s andP.K. Smith in Winnfield is closed for the week of March 24.Traffic is being detoured to Highway 34 and around theWinn Parish Fairgrounds and Country Club Road.Travellers may also detour through Mosley Drive and WestBoundary Street. 

 

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Wed
25
Mar

Jury sets April 20 for comments on road tax proposition

Caroline Whisonant, a student at Winnfield Middle School,delivered the Pledge of Allegiance at the March 16 meetingof the Winn Parish Police Jury. Pictured, left to right: WinnParish Police Jury Vice-President Doris Leeper, CarolineWhisonant and Jury President Jack McFarland.

The Winn Parish PoliceJury met for their monthlymeeting on Monday, March16, and they announced that apublic meeting concerning thehalf-cent sales tax that will beon the ballot on May 2 will beheld on April 20 at 5:00 p.m.Announcements and com-ments at the March 16 meet-ing included three speakers,who each had different topicsup for discussion.

 

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Wed
25
Mar

CCA guard was undercover reporter

Shane Bauer, who had beenemployed by the WinnCorrectional Center sinceDec. 2014, officially resignedhis position at the facilitylast week. It was later dis-covered that he was workingundercover for MotherJones magazine.

The arrest of international Mother Jonesreporter JamesWest by the Winn ParishSheriff’s Office on Friday,March 13 blew the cover of ananother reporter who wasworking inside the WinnCorrectional Center.The undercover reporter,now confirmed to be ShaneBauer, officially resigned hisposition at CCA on Tuesday,March 17. 

 

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Wed
18
Mar

CCA employee was undercover reporter

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Shane Bauer. (Photo by: shanebauer.net)

Story by: Charles Crain

Editor, Winn Parish Enterprise

The arrest of international Mother Jones reporter James West by the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office on Friday, March 13 blew the cover of an undercover reporter who was working inside the Winn Correctional Center.

The undercover reporter, now confirmed to be Shane Bauer, officially resigned his position at CCA on Tuesday, March 17. Bauer did not show up for work on Monday morning following the arrest, and Winn Parish Sheriff Cranford Jordan first discovered that this employee shared the same name as the famous journalist.

Mother Jones confirmed Bauer’s involvement at the facility by releasing the following statement on Wednesday, March 18:

Wed
18
Mar

Wildlife Heritage Banquet this weekend

The Winn Parish Longbeards National Wildlife Hunting Heritage Banquet will be held this Saturday, March 21 at the  Winnfield Civic Center. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m., with a meal served and an auction that will begin at 7:00 p.m.
 
Wed
18
Mar

20th Hog Dog Trials set for next Wednesday

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Winn Parish’s biggest tourist attraction will serve the area next Wednesday, as the 20th Annual Uncle Earl’s Hog Dog Trials brave the damp Winn Parish Fairgrounds. Winn received almost the average monthly rain in just a week, and more is coming, but sunshine is expected to meet travelers as they arrive on March 25. Over 10,000 spectators are estimated to be attending the big 2-0 celebration, and nearly 800 dogs. Of that number, nearly 90% are the official state dog, the Catahoula
Leopard (Cur). 
 
Wed
18
Mar

Out of the Past: History of Montgomery, and the tale of Creola

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Nothing is sacred to the dyed-in-the wool treasure hunter, not even a human grave. Indeed, with many of this fraternity the more hallowed the spot and greater the number of interments, the more anxious are they to dig and plunder about the place. Take the burial place of Thomas A. Woodard, founder of Montgomery as a case in point. This great pioneer who had been a general in the Sixth U.S. Cavalry was buried in a vault a mile or so east of the Mack Davison place in the pine woods.
 
 

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