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Winnfield Police Officers will be aggressively enforcing existing city ordinances to assist city administrators in cleaning the city. Mayor George Moss, upon assuming office last year, stated that he had a vision of returning this city to a “home neighborhood” like it was he grew up here. Part of that vision is to clean the city’s image.

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Uncle Earl’s 24 th Annual Hog Dog Trials are ready 20 and th , aiming Wednesday to start , at 8 March am.

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March 16-Backyard

Chicken Flocks

If you have never raised livestock one of the best way to get started is chickens. They don’t need much room and they are one of the least expensive animals to raise. They are also just a lot of fun, each hen with her own unique personality. And oh yeah, the eggs out of your back yard taste sooo much better than the store bought varieties plus backyard eggs contain less cholesterol, less saturated fat and far more vitamin A, vitamin E and omega 3 fatty acids than the ones in styrofoam crates.

Backyard Chicken Flocks for Beginners will be taught by Winnfield’s very own Donnie Moon. Our county agent will help beginners get off to the right start as he covers the basics of raising backyard poultry.

John David Murphy, born and raised in Calvin, LA, knows personally the effects of Agent Orange. John graduated from Calvin High School in 1963, and later attended Louisiana Tech for three years; only to enlist in the United States Navy. John served from March 1967-1971. While in the Navy he worked two ships, the “Guston Hall” and the “Tom Green County”. He served three combat campaigns in Vietnam where he worked as an electrician for the US Navy. After getting out of the service, he went back to school and finished with his B.A. in English, using that he taught for two years.

Mr. Murphy decided to go work in the oil field after that. John is now 73 years of age, and was made aware that some health problem he was having were due to “Agent Orange”. If you brush up on your history, “Agent Orange” was a powerful herbicide used by the US military during the Vietnam War.

“Team Up and Clean Up”. March 16 th , 2019 the community has a chance to come out and volunteer their time to help improve the appearance of our hometown, all the while gaining civic pride.

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The Winn Parish Library is collecting books for a second annual book sale, to be held March 7 - 9, 2019, in the Library’s meeting room. Books in good condition may be dropped off anytime during open hours through Wednesday, March 6, at the Library’s main location or at any of the branches. Donations of children’s books are especially needed.

The sale is sponsored by the newly organized Friends of the Winn Parish Library. Books covering a wide variety of subjects for all ages will sell for $1.00 per hardback and $.50 per paperback (cash only please). The group expects to host a book sale each year on the second weekend of March. “We want to make it easy for people to remember,” said Friends founder Katherine Brewton, who added that an earlier sale held last spring had inspired a small group of volunteers to organize and plan for an annual event.

First Responders answered to a call on Monday morning around 2:00 am. The accident was a single vehicle incident involving a log truck. The 18-wheeler was headed west bound on US 84 East. The log truck flipped over, leaving the truck on its side in front of the Family Church in the curve. Winnfield City Fire and Rescue had to extricate the driver to free him from the cab. They were able to free the driver within 15 minutes of the call. The patient sustained injuries and was immediately transported to Rapides Medical. A crew of continued to work on the site for around 5+ hours, getting the road cleared for oncoming traffic.

Winnfield First Assembly would like to invite the community to join them in their upcoming Community Fair. The goal of this event is to connect and serve our local communities and to provide a means of awareness to the services that are available to assist them in their day-to-day lives.

The individuals participating will be the churches and local business members of the surrounding communities. As an exhibitor/vendor, the First Assembly is asking your organization to provide educational information, free samples, and screenings or general information about your organization.

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Winnfield Primary School has been awarded $500 by the Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance. Presenting the check to Winnfield Primary School Principal, Candy Polk is Scott Phelps of Lott Oil Company Inc. Not shown is Mrs. Angie Chandler of The Country Girl.

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The WSHS Baseball Tigers started their season off on the winning side when they welcomed 3A Caldwell Spartans for their home opener. Once again the JV got good vibes rolling when they were victorious in 3 innings, with a stellar offense performance with a score of 9-2. The Varsity hen took the field and cranked up some offense of their own. The weather was freezing but the boy’s bats were hot as the Tigers jumped out to a commanding lead. However Caldwell slowly itched their way back with a strong inning causing the game to continue. But the boys bounced back and the offense woke up in the bottom of the 5 th inning causing the game to be called. The Tigers notched their first win prevailing 18-8.

The boys then traveled down south to the Ross Granger Prep Classic on February 22-23. In their first matchup on Friday the Tiger’s played against last year’s State Champion 2A powerhouse Notre Dame.