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Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is joining registrars of voters across the state this week if Aug. 23-27 to host Voter Registration Week activities aimed at registering Louisiana citizens to vote. This year, the Natchitoches Parish Registrar of Voters Office will hold voter registration events from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in their office at the Parish Courthouse. “The first step to participating in the electoral process is registering to vote,” Ardoin said. “This fall, Louisianians will choose statewide leaders as well as vote for a host of local and municipal races, constitutional amendments and propositions.

The Winnfield FFA will be hosting their first annual FFA Fundraiser Skeet Shoot to help their forestry team to the National convention to Indianapolis.

The Fundraiser will be held on Aug. 28, at the Flying Q Sporting Clays and Event Center in Benton, LA.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the event will begin at 9 a.m.

Lunch will be provided for participants and prizes will be handed out to the first place team.

If you are interested in participating in or sponsoring the event, please contact Peyton Aurthur at (318) 554-8855 or Reggie Quillin at (318) 218-4060.

The City of Winnfield Recreation Department will be conducting regular registration for its Flag Football League now until the deadline Friday, September 17. Regular registration fee for this league is $40. Boys and girls ages 4-12 are eligible for this exciting program. Don’t let this deadline pass you by. Sign your child up today.

Late registration will begin on Monday, September 20 ^th and conclude on Friday, September 24. There will be a $10 late fee assessed on each application received during this period.

Tryouts will be held on Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Grove St. Rec. Center on Field #2. The times for each age group will be released in that week’s Winn Parish Enterprise. For more information concerning Flag Football, please contact the Recreation Dept. at 628-3413.

The Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office will be holding a Hunter Safety Class on August 28, 2021.

The class will last from 7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with lunch being provided by the Sheriff ’s Office.

The class is free of charge.

“We always try to do this for the community every year,” Sheriff Cranford Jordan said. “It’s always better to have aspiring hunters be educated on safety.”

To register call the Winn Parish Sheriff ’s Office at 318-628-4611.

Frederick and Melody Bonnette, owners of The Social Coffee House, are pictured above at their Grand Opening on Monday, August 23, 2021. (More photos to come next week)

The Winnfield Middle School has started their practice and are gearing up for the start of the season with their home opener on Sept. 2.

On August 26 the team will hold their jamboree.

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Boss, a four-year-old Belgian Malinois, and his handler Sergeant Brian Glenn have started their certification together after Boss’ arrival from North Carolina a little over a week ago.

Boss was imported from overseas and trained in North Carolina before arriving in Winnfield as to be the newest member of the Winnfield Police Department.

He’s trained in narcotics, with certifications in methamphetamines, ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine and heroin.

Certification test are designed to determine the proficiency of the Police Service Dog team for certification in each phase of police work for K-9’s. It is highly recommended, that a Police Service Dog team graduating from an accredited training school be tested and accredited. The successful passing of and accreditation of these courses is acceptable testimony in court. Each test is based on a pass/fail basis.

District Attorney and head coach for the Winnfield Middle School Track and Field team Chris Nevils is excited for the start of the new season that starts with their first meet in Sept.

“We’ve really seen our team grow this year,” Nevils said. “We probably had twice as many this year than we did this time last year. Nevils attributes the uptick in athletes to the children and their parents wanting them to get out of the house after being cooped up for over a year.

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The Long’s have become synonymous with not only Winnfield, but Louisiana as a whole.

The Louisiana Political Museum was created in 1987 because of the affect the Long’s had on Louisiana politics, and after the death of Earl K. Long in 1960, his body was buried in the Earl K. Long Memorial Park, and since then a statue was put into the park as an attraction and memorial for the iconic figure.

Lately, however, residents of Winnfield have voiced their displeasure with how the park has been treated.

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The Winnfield Middle School was hit the hardest out of all the schools during hurricane Laura last year, but is now up and running with it’s students back into the building.

After the hurricane, much of the building was infested with mold, and the seventh and eight graders had to relocate to the Winnfield Senior High School, due to their area being unsafe to be in.

“In all it costs about $1.6 million to fix the damages,” Mark Maxwell Maintenance Manager of the schools said. “But we had the Cadillac of insurances, and we only had a $100,000 deductible, and a lot of that was paid off with grants and other funding.”

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