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The Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office will participate Thursday in a nationwide program that lets local residents drop off old or expired prescriptions and unused over the counter medications for destruction.

Known as “National Drug Take Back Day”, the event will be held on Thursday (Oct. 23) at the Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office between the hours of 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

It’s a no questions asked program that allows individuals to submit for disposal pharmaceutical controlled dangerous substances, other medications and vaping devices to law enforce ment officers.

The turn in location will be at the Winn Parish Courthouse outside of the Sheriff ’s Office.

Dr. Mark Shelton, a local physician, said it was while doing some research on hospice care that he came across information on procedures for medical disposal. It was there he found out about the DEA Take Back Day and how it could impact the community.

The annual Kiwanis fruit sale is going on now. This is our main fundraiser for the projects that we do for the children of our community and the world. The deadline for placing orders is November 15 ^th which is earlier than usual. Please contact a Kiwanian and order your fruit for Christmas. Available fruit includes apples, oranges, grapefruit, pears, clementines, citrus basket, and mixed four pack. Also available is cheese, avocados, and a wooden gift box including summer sausage and cheese.

Thank you for the support you provide for the Kiwanis club with our fundraisers. We appreciate it.

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

The Winn Parish Health Unit is participating in a statewide campaign “Roll Up Your Sleeve Louisiana.”

Through the Louisiana Department of Health, the local health unit is offering free vaccine clinics to area residents. Even if you don’t have insurance, there is no charge for the flu vaccine. If you do have private insurance, please bring those cards, you’re insurance will be billed.

The event is open to the public, walk-ups are welcome and participants are encouraged to wear short-sleeves or loose fitting sleeves.

It will be held on Tuesday, October 26 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Winn Parish Health Unit, 301 W. Main St., Suite 101 in Winnfield. There will also be a Drive-Thru flu vaccine next to the Farmer’s Market.

(From L to R) Front row: Toddler Miss Hayslee Mathis, daughter of Skylar and Colin Mathis, Little Miss Ava Meadows, daughter of Haley McClain and Cole Meadows, Petite Miss McKenna Box, daughter of Beth Box, Deb Miss Asytyn Cavazos, daughter of Dusty and Victoria Cavazos. Top row: Teen Miss Madelyn Cotton, daughter of Tommy and Christie Cotton, Baby Miss Audie McCartney, daughter of Cole and Holly McCartney, Miss Winn Parish Fair Queen Natalie Callender, daughter of Houston and Amber Callender, and Princess Miss Sienna Box, grand daughter of James and Sheila Box.

The Winnfield Senior High School Tiger Football team lost against Avoyelles 12-40 last Friday.

This marks their second loss in a row after starting the season 3-0 this year.

The Tigers knew this game would be a test to stop a juggernaut, which a few weeks ago put up 86 points against Carroll High School in Monroe.

Before the game Coach Watson said that Avoyelles never punted the ball, always kicked onside kicks, always went for two point conversions and had players that were 6’8 and over 250 pounds.

The Mustangs got started early with rushing touchdowns, failing on one two point conversion but succeeding in another to bring it 14-0 quickly.

In the second quarter Malachi Jackson was able to bring the deficit down to a one score ball game with a 13 yard touchdown pass to Jake Norsworthy, the first passing touchdown the Tigers have had all season.

We’re getting closer to the holiday season for 2021,which is sure to be fun for everyone in the parish.

To celebrate the first of the holidays the Winn Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, in conjunction with the City of Winnfield, will host a Fall Festival on Oct. 28 downtown Winnfield.

Festivities will include a pumpkin-carving contest where children from PreK-8 ^th grade can show off their skills and a costume contest for newborns all the way up to 12 year-olds.

“It is our desire to provide a safe and fun environment for the children and families of our community,” the chamber said.

The chamber also asks that businesses, churches and organizations join in the festivities by setting up a table or trunk to hand out candy to those in attendance from the courthouse to the Social Coffee House on Main Street.

Members of the Winnfield FFA Forestry Career Development Event (CDE) team recently competed in Phase 1 of the National Forestry CDE. The team won first place in the 2020 state competition held virtually last winter.

Anyone in that lives in Louisiana knows that the water that comes from your tap isn’t the most desirable water to drink, and may not even be clear, but an expansive federal project will pour $300 million in Louisiana to fix the water systems in our state. In 2017, the Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state’s drinking water a grade of D-. “Most of Louisiana is small rural towns,” Winn Parish Police Jury President Josh McAllister said. “In the parish we put money into our water systems to just meet compliance guidelines.”

With the new project however, the police jury will be able to use federal dollars to improve water in five different systems, Atlanta Water, Wheeling Water, West Winn Water, Tannehill Water and Pleasant Hill Water.

The Winnfield Senior High School Football Tigers after a promising first three weeks the team were handed their first loss of the year by Red River in a 41-25 showing.

The game plan was to do what had been working the last three weeks, hard nose football, running down the opponents throat and to make plays of defense as they have all season with keeping opposing offenses in check.

Coming into the game Red River had put up scores with a powerhouse offense of 54, 63 and 55, so the Tigers knew they’d have to be an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force.

For the first half of football the immovable object was on top of the showdown, as went into halftime with the lead 17-6 with rushing touchdowns from QB Malachi Jackson and Dyllan Lawson, and kicker Breland Martin nailed a 40 yard field goal and made both extra point. continued on page 2

This Saturday, Sept. 25, The Winnfield Police Department hosted their annual motorcycle fundraiser and had their biggest turnout to date.

The event costs $30 to enter and came with a lunch along side the motorcycles driving down the parish.

All proceeds goes to the annual Shope with a Cop program where first responders of Winnfield take children to Walmart to by them Christmas gifts.

While the motorcycle is about the bikers getting together and having fun, they do it all for the kids, who otherwise might not have had a Christmas this year.

Clubs that participated in this years event are

CASA, AM Vets, Soldiers of the Cross, Iron Circle, Outcast, Brother’ Keepers, Hellfighters and Revenant along side independent motorcyclists that wanted to support the children for the upcoming holiday season.