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Contact: City of Winnfield, Human Resources Department located at 120 E. Main St. Winnfield, LA 71483.
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Applications will be accepted through: January 31, 2022
The Honorable Anastasia Wiley, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court for Winn Parish, based here in Winnfield, spoke to Winnfield’s Rotary Club members on Wednesday, January 5, as the guest of Rotarian of the day, Chesney Chandler. Judge Wiley, who established her law practice in Winnfield 24 years ago, follows in the footsteps of her father, Jim Wiley, who first served this community as Winnfield City Judge and then as district judge for many years.
Judge Staci Wiley was Winnfield’s City Judge from 2008 through 2020, and ascended to the Eighth JDC bench on January 1, 2021. Judge Wiley is active in membership of judicial organizations in Louisiana, having served as president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Louisiana City Judges Association. She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Judicial College, which is charged with providing high quality comprehensive professional development and training for judges in Louisiana to ensure quality administration of justice for all citizens of Louisiana. Indeed, she recently took office as Treasurer of the Board, and will move up the slate of officers of the Board to eventually serve as president.
Judge Wiley tries to bring a rural perspective to the issues and responsibilities of the judicial college’s board, as she has to the other organizations in which she has served. She also brings her own unique communication and administration styles to the district bench in the coming years, planning to introduce more new technology to the administration of the court docket, and the most technologically advanced computerized legal research system provided by Westlaw, which is now available to courts for a much lower cost than it has previously been.
Judge Wiley’s priorities are to strengthen the integrity, dignity and efficiency of the Eighth Judicial District Court. She expects attorneys, litigants and witnesses coming to the court to be dressed appropriately in business-like attire, to appear in court timely, and to be prepared to proceed. Appearing timely in her court means being in the courtroom at 9:00 a.m., as she convenes court 30 minutes earlier than her predecessor. She also does everything possible to maintain a professional and congenial relationship with the clerk of court’s office, the sheriff’s office and the district attorney’s office, all of whom are part of the system of justice in this parish.
She has built on and adjusted the good system of court management her predecessor, Judge Derr, left in place, adapting daily to the requirements of the cases and the needs of the litigants before her. In addition to the earlier time for opening of court, she holds pretrial conferences in the courtroom with a court reporter rather than in chambers. If an unclear or unfamiliar issue of law arises in the course of a trial or hearing, Judge Wiley takes a recess so she can “look in the books” to determine what the statute or case at issue provides.
Another modification Judge Wiley has made in her courtroom is to draft in-court orders in cases where a settlement agreement is recited into the record on the day of hearing or trial, assigning counsel who is to prepare the written order or judgment and providing a deadline for submission of the written order or judgment to the court for signature. If a matter is set for a follow-up court appearance or postponed for some reason, Judge Wiley sets the new date for hearing the matter and prepares a notice containing the new date in the courtroom, so that service of the notice on all parties may be done immediately, thus avoiding delays in setting the case for hearing again as well as additional cost for formal service of the notice by the sheriff’s office.
Most of the cases on the civil side of Judge Wiley’s docket involve divorce, child custody and automobile accidents and injuries. However, the civil matters which come before the district court cover a very wide range of topics, governed by many different Louisiana statutes and cases, and require more reference to the statutes and caselaw. Criminal matters, on the other hand, have a narrower range of subject matter and procedural guidelines, so the applicable law is well known by those who deal in that area of the law and much less likely to change over time.
According to Judge Wiley, the majority of cases in her court are criminal cases rather than civil matters. On criminal court days, she attends to matters involving persons who are being held in jail before handling those whose defendants are out on bail. She has modified the hearing of criminal cases so that all misdemeanor cases are heard on one day out of the month. She reserves two days out of her criminal week for bench trial of felony cases, along with Friday of that week for completion of a case if needed.
Since COVID restrictions have been relaxed, Judge Wiley has presided over two jury trials, both criminal matters, one with a six-person jury and the other with a twelve-person jury. She has another scheduled for February and expects that it will proceed as scheduled, although it is difficult to put the 100-person jury pool in the courtroom with the social-distancing limitations in place to avoid spreading COVID. In 2022, 19 weeks are set aside for jury trials.
Judge Wiley reports that she and the Winn Parish Police Jury have come to an amicable agreement regarding the funds which will be provided from the parish’s general fund to operate the court on a monthly basis. The court has a new telephone system and an upgraded computer system so that everyone is on the internet and has email access. Protective glass has been installed in the courtroom with money provided by the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the police jury purchased a new speaker system for the courtroom. The other technological advancement in progress for the court is a new website.
After Judge Wiley answered all the audience’s questions, the Rotary meeting was adjourned with its motto: “Service above self!”
The Rotary Club of Winnfield meets every Wednesday at 12 Noon for lunch at Lynda’s Country Kitchen. For more information about the Rotary Club of Winnfield, you may contact President, Jodi Taylor (832) 573-5085 or President-Elect, Mary Lou Blackely at (318)481-0227. You can also find club information on Facebook at Rotary Club of Winnfield Facebook Page or online at Rotary.org
City of Winnfield Police Department
Date: 1-8-22
Name: Joseph Blake Audirsch
Address: Winnfield, LA
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age: N/A
Charge: Arrest Warrant Theft
Date: 1-10-22
Name: Jessie C. Wright
Address: Winnfield, LA
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age: 39
Charge: Failure to Appear Warrant
Date: 1-11-22
Name: La Darious Scott
Address: Winnfield, LA
Sex: Male
Race: Black
Age: 22
Charge: Arrest Warrant Simple Battery
Five years or so ago, my spousal unit and I woke to a perfectly wonderful, cool and clear late-winter Saturday, a day full of hope and promise — then took a chance on ruining it all by going to a marriage workshop.
Going to workshops or seminars or couple-improvement things is OK if you’re alone. If you attend as a couple, it’s wise to wear camo. Could be combat.
Because humans are naturally defensive, there is potential, when confronting defects, for tense moments. By tense I mean something along the lines of disarming an explosive device or filling a cavity for a mountain lion.
Why do you think they sometimes call these things “retreats”?
This workshop/seminar/retreat was at the church in the sanctuary and lasted something like two hours in the morning and three in the afternoon. Cost maybe 20 bucks. A steal. Plus, free Chick-fil-a at lunchtime.
Glory!
Long story short is that it was actually really good. My spousal unit didn’t want to go as much as I did, but when it was over, we looked at what had been created during those five-ish hours and said, “It was good,” and the next day, the seventh day, we rested.
(I’m blatantly stealing material now.)
We got there 15 minutes early. They checked us for weapons — can’t be too careful at a marriage workshop — and we headed for the safety of the balcony.
It was understood that if either of us were asked to stand and say something (this is called “sharing” in the seminar game) or if we were asked to “break into small groups,” we would head for the door and try to salvage what was left of the day. I still get the shakes and shivers just thinking about being somewhere and the “facilitator” suggesting we “break into small groups.”
More like break into a fast trot.
And if I’m ever asked to say something on the spot in front of a big group, it would be “goodbye.” (At moments like this I always think of my precious granddaddy Teddy who, when the preacher asked him to pray one time, said, “I beg to be excused.” Then he bowed his head and waited for the preacher to bring in a pinch-hitter. Or pinch-prayer.)
Our leader that Saturday was a good one and an old pro, Gary Chapman, whose 1992 book The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, has sold more than four million copies. He was funny and warm and the opposite of high-falutin’. He also used a couple of words (they had to do with sex) that I had never heard in a sanctuary, which made it worth the 20 bucks admission price right there.
He explained that the five love languages are words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, acts of service, and receiving gifts. Find out your spouse’s main two languages and you become aware of how they wish to be loved, not how you think they wish to be loved or how you want to love them. At least that’s the way it works in theory.
Great concept once he helped us understand. Of course, we’re only human, so you can talk your spousal unit’s love language in sexy French and still be in trouble if you forget to pick up milk or diapers.
Ultimately, me writing about this is silly because I know more about how to fix a jet airplane engine than I do about most matters of the heart. But we have had no dustups around the house during the past 94 weeks of global madness, so maybe it’s luck but maybe we learned something that day.
If you’re interested at all, there is lots of info available online, plus Valentine’s Day is on the horizon, as if we needed something besides omicron and booster shots to worry about.
I can only wish you luck because while I could pretend to explain more, I don’t really know anything else so … I beg to be excused.
(P.S. My main love language turned out, Mr. Chapman said, to be a first: fried chicken. My backup was gravy. Two whole new love languages! Who knew?)
Contact Teddy at teddy@latech.edu
By: Royal Alexander
There has been great attention given to the events of Jan 6th, 2020, which merits a look back a year later. Let’s reflect on that day.
Over a million Americans showed up in the Nation’s Capital. And, although Pres. Trump has been accused of urging the massive showing that day, that is not really relevant. Americans always possess the right to peaceably assemble and be heard.
We should remember that there were comparatively few lawbreakers while over a million of the attendees that day marched, sang, and prayed for their country. I have friends locally who attended, as did others across Louisiana, and they didn’t plan or intend for one moment to do anything but exercise their freedoms of speech, expression and free exercise of religion while peacefully making their views known. Those guarantees are about as iron clad as any that exist in our Constitution.
Those attending the march include my friend, Karen Haymon, and my sister-in-law, Patricia Alexander, who shared with me that they felt they met the best of America that day. People came from across the country—farmers, pastors, lawyers, architects, secretaries, veterans, doctors, truck drivers, plumbers, teachers, welders, CPAs, mechanics, nuns, librarians; individuals hailing from every race, creed, and background in America, meeting together. The mood and demeanor of the crowd were friendly. Attendees were courteous to others and ensured the grounds remained neat and trash-free. The vast majority of marchers were respectful, contained and anticipated a typical Trump rally.
I’m told that despite the cold weather there were red, white, and blue beach balls being volleyed in the crowd, a gigantic American flag rolling out over the heads of the crowd; As far as the eye could see, there were families, pets…happy people…singing along with the music playing in between various speakers who addressed the crowd. Along the route there were pro-life groups, folks singing patriotic music, vendors, and no signs of violence. (In fact, many had no idea of the events of the day until they got back to their hotel rooms that evening and saw it on the news).
It was also not uncommon to be tapped on the shoulder and asked to join in an impromptu prayer circle. My friends also felt Pres. Trump’s speech was rather flat (rather than the inflammatory urge to violence he’s been accused of); perhaps it was the cold weather or enormous crowd that made it difficult to connect.
A fraction of those at the march have been charged with trespassing, assaulting law enforcement officers and criminal damage to property. Many have either pled their cases or they will be tried, and evidence will be presented, and an impartial jury of their peers will decide their guilt or innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. However, in the meantime, every one of the arrested individuals (as are everyone of us) is afforded a presumption of innocence. That’s how our legal system works and that’s how we render justice in this country.
Much of the confusion that day stems from the fact that the national media, which is often less interested in facts and more interested in its preferred narrative, long ago deemed Pres. Trump a racist and bigot (never mind the tens of millions of dollars he has donated to the NAACP and many other minority causes prior to becoming president, when he was simply a generous billionaire) and therefore his millions of supporters must be racist and bigoted too. How untrue and unfair.
Regarding the security that day, I would note I was a staffer for two Members of Congress from Louisiana and spent almost 8 years on Capitol Hill. The Capitol is one of the safest and most secure buildings in the world. I have passed in and out of it many hundreds of times. I had a staff ID badge and was known to police officers who guarded the entrances and exits and yet I was still scrutinized every single time. That’s why it’s difficult to comprehend the lax security on Jan. 6th. There is footage of police simply moving out of the way and letting the rioters enter the building even though there is no indication they were armed. Unbelievable.
So, a multitude of people in town and a joint session of Congress to debate and certify votes for the electoral college. But lax security. We learned later that there were FBI reports of possible violence prior to Jan. 6th; that the outgoing Capitol Police Chief requested days before the riot that the National Guard be placed on standby, but his request was rebuffed by House and Senate security officials and a top Pentagon commander. The New York Times reported, and subsequent reports make this clear, that on Jan. 4th the Department of Defense under Pres. Trump’s authority sent a written request to Mayor Bowser of D.C. and Capitol security to have 10-20 thousand National Guard troops on hand at the Capitol for Jan 6th. The request was refused in writing. Politico also reports that “the intelligence was there” and that “law enforcement warnings abounded” in the days prior to Jan. 6. Why the absence of adequate security? (Also, although heavily insinuated in national media the FBI never found evidence of a planned “insurrection” or effort to “coordinate” an attack on the Capitol).
Let’s be fair, though. What about Left-wing political violence? What about the summer of George Floyd? Those demonstrations quickly moved past protesting the death of George Floyd and calling for police reforms. That early effort was replaced by the rioting, arson and destruction we witnessed daily for months—a mob-driven force whose threatening demands included defunding police, eliminating law and order, and undermining the legal and political framework of our society—enabling chaos and anarchy.
Antifa and Black Lives Matter engaged in domestic terrorism, conduct embraced and enabled by a national Democrat Party that called them “peaceful protestors.” Antifa seeks chaos and anarchy, and BLM is headed by Marxists who seek to tear down our form of government and free-market economy and replace it with some form of socialism. One of its leaders has stated, “if America doesn’t give us what we want, we will burn down this system.” What about that destruction and breakdown of law and order, and those riots, violence, vandalism, and crime? Do we pretend that never happened? Is some violence acceptable and other instances not?
So, yes, Jan. 6, 2020 was an ugly day that unquestionably involved rioting and violence, as well as attacking and breaking into the U.S. Capitol. However, this week Pres. Biden and VP Kamala Harris incredibly described Jan 6th, 2020 in this way: Biden termed it “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” VP Harris deemed Jan. 6th comparable to Pearl Harbor and 9-11. These comparisons are obscenely disproportionate descriptions of Jan. 6th and an insult to the brave and courageous people who lived through or died as a result of the Civil War, Pearl Harbor and 9-11.
It’s unfair and erroneous to allow the dangerous and illegal actions of a comparatively few to wipe away the joyful sense of solidarity of the million plus gathered. The authentic spirit of 99.9% of the marchers shouldn’t be compared with a small group of lawbreakers who are being held accountable for their actions by our legal system. We should not allow a multitude of peaceful Americans to be demonized for the actions of a few.
The views and opinions expressed in the My Opinion article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Winn Parish Journal. Any content provided by the authors is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything.
By: Brad Dison
Buddy was born in 1936 in Lansing, Michigan. His father, Burton, was in the Army and the family moved often. In 1946, Buddy’s family moved to Riviera Beach, Florida, where Buddy’s father eventually became the chief of police. For most of his life, Buddy claimed to have been born in Georgia, so as not to be labeled what was the worst insult a southern boy could be called – Yankee.
Buddy was a man’s man. He was a jock. He was skilled at football. He earned scholarships for his outstanding performance in high school. He was named First Team All-State and All Southern as a fullback. Beginning in 1954, he played football for Florida State University. Buddy was also a frat boy. While at Florida State, he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Buddy partied with his frat buddies as long as it did not interfere with his attention to football. He was on track for a successful NFL career.
Buddy liked to drive fast, albeit in the family’s 4-door Buick sedan. On Christmas Eve of 1955, he was “barreling down” Bee Line Highway in the family’s Buick. Suddenly, in the rear-view mirror he saw the red flashing lights of a police car. He let off the throttle and pulled to the side of the highway. Buddy was somewhat relieved when he recognized the policeman. Officer John Kirk was a friend of his father. Officer Kirk, friendly but firmly, asked Buddy if he realized he was driving nearly 100 miles per hour. Buddy lied. Since officer Kirk knew Buddy’s father, he gave Buddy a break. Rather than writing the ticket for the nearly 100 miles per hour that Buddy was driving, Officer Kirk wrote it for 60 miles per hour. Even though, according to the ticket, Buddy was only driving a few miles over the speed limit, it was still a speeding ticket.
Buddy slowly pulled back onto the highway and began the drive of shame that most drivers experience after getting a speeding ticket. He considered several options as to the best way to tell his father about the speeding ticket. He was careful to drive the speed limit to avoid getting a second ticket. Buddy turned onto a side road and was driving near the Rinker Cement Company when he slammed into something.
A group of guys were stealing concrete blocks from the concrete company. They parked a flatbed truck in the middle of the road so they could quickly load the blocks and make a quick getaway. They had loaded a substantial number of blocks when Buddy crashed the car into the back of the flatbed. The Buick went underneath the bed of the truck. Buddy was lucky to have survived the initial crash. For reasons that he could never explain, Buddy dove underneath the Buick’s metal dash and rolled himself as tightly as he could into a ball. The entire load of concrete blocks fell from the flatbed truck onto the Buick. The weight of the concrete crushed the Buick and trapped Buddy inside.
Buddy waited for help. He was injured, though he was unsure how severely. He later said he was unsure how long he lay there waiting for help. At one point Buddy said, “I felt someone reach in and take the ring I got for playing on the All-Southern High School football team.” He never saw the ring again.
Finally, a policeman arrived and yelled, “Anybody in there?” Buddy recognized the voice as that of Lieutenant Clark Bibler, who worked for his father. He responded, “Clark, it’s me, Buddy.” Clark was surprised to hear the familiar voice. “Jesus Christ, Buddy, what are you doin’ in there?” Buddy’s only response was, “Don’t tell my dad!” Clark said, “I’ve got a feeling he’s gonna know.”
Clark kept Buddy talking while he tried to safely remove him from the crushed Buick. The jaws of life, a hydraulic tool which is used to pry open vehicles in which a victim may be trapped, had not been invented. Within moments, more officers arrived. They called for an ambulance and used pry bars to free Buddy. They helped Buddy from the crushed car, helped him lay down on the pavement and covered him with a blanket to await the ambulance. With adrenaline rushing through his body, Buddy did not realize the severity of his injuries. He stood up, coughed up blood, and blacked out.
When Buddy awoke, he was in the ambulance. He recognized the attendant as a high school classmate. Just before Buddy lost consciousness again, he asked the attendant to pray for him. When he regained consciousness, he was being wheeled into the hospital. Buddy instantly recognized the doctor on duty in the emergency room as Lynn Fort, his family’s doctor. As he was drifting back to unconsciousness, he heard the doctor say, “Prep him, this boy is dying.” The next sound Buddy heard was during the emergency surgery to remove his spleen. A nurse said, “We’re losing him!”
Buddy flatlined. He was dead. The doctor refused to give up and continued working to revive him. Buddy felt himself going down a tunnel toward a white light. Then, he heard himself saying, “F@#$ this! I’m going back!” Finally, due to Dr. Fort’s refusal to give up, Buddy’s heart began to beat again. The doctor and nurses continued with the emergency surgery which saved Buddy’s life. Buddy was lucky to be alive, but he was unable to continue his football career. Buddy’s dream to play in the NFL was crushed when the weight of the concrete blocks crushed his family’s Buick.
Had Buddy not wrecked the Buick, it is likely that he would have ended up with a career in professional football rather than the career we all know him for. Buddy began acting in movies but, because of his name, people confused him with Buddy Hackett. At his agent’s behest, Buddy reverted to a shortened version of his legal name, Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr. We all know Buddy as… Burt Reynolds.
Source: Reynolds, Burt and Jon Winokur. Burt Reynolds, But Enough About Me. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2015.
The Natchitoches Gun Show will be held on Jan 15th-16th, 2022 in Natchitoches, LA at the Natchitoches Events Center. This event is promoted by Triple R Events LLC. All federal, state and local firearm laws and ordinances must be followed. The Natchitoches Gun Show provides the highest quality vendors to ensure a successful event for its attendees.
Come check it out! Buy, Sell or trade.
Hours:
Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4
Phone: 903-249-9075
Admission:
General: $10.00
Military: $5.00
LEO’s: FREE
NATCHITOCHES:
Cory Allen Cameron
October 1, 2013 – January 9, 2022
Service: Thursday, January 13 at 11 am at Northside Baptist Church in Montgomery
Mildred Louise Eckhardt McTyre
March 26, 1935 – January 4, 2022
Service: Saturday, January 29 at 11 am at First Baptist Church of Natchitoches
RED RIVER:
Jimmie “Blackie” Smith
July 26, 1930 – January 8, 2022
Service: Thursday, January 13 at 10 AM at Davis Springs Cemetery in Fairview Alpha
Want to make a difference in our community? Consider running for public office in the City of Winnfield? The March 26, 2022 election will include mayor, chief of police, and city council.
The following is important information for the Saturday, March 26, 2022 Open Municipal Primary Election:
Dear Reader,
Did you know that in 1905 a young lawyer – Paul Harris – founded the first Rotary club in Chicago? He invited a few business and professional men together to recapture the friendliness and camaraderie of the small-town life many of them had enjoyed.
The club was called “The Rotary Club” because members met in rotation at their various workplaces. Membership multiplied rapidly, and the second Rotary club was created in San Francisco in 1908. The first international Rotary club was organized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. Rotary clubs now exist in over 200 countries and geographic areas. Although each club is unique in its culture, language, customs, and traditions, all 34,000 clubs operate in a similar manner. Every Rotarian is welcome to visit any and all of them!
Rotary International World Headquarters is located in Evanston, Illinois. Yes, we are big and complex. But we are also a bottoms-up organization. When you shake the hand of one Rotarian, you are shaking the hands of more than 1.2 million other Rotarians, all working to join leaders, exchange ideas, and take action to enrich youth, ensure health, build communities, and promote peace and world understanding.
If you are interested in changing the world, networking with community leaders, and having fun, we invite you to see what Rotary is all about by attending one of our weekly meetings. The Rotary Club of Winnfield meets every Wednesday at Noon at Lynda’s Country Kitchen in Winnfield, LA. I promise that there will be absolutely no obligation to join. We would like you to share our enjoyment of Rotary, increase your understanding and, help you decide whether Rotary is right for you.
Contact me via email (put ROTARY in the subject line) at jodidawnt@gmail.com or by phone 832-573-5085. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours in service,
Jodi Taylor
President
Rotary Club of Winnfield
How much luck is involved in winning a bass tournament? Is it really skill or is it just pure luck when it comes to bass fishing? To the common person or those who just don’t understand bass fishing, a combination of both goes a long way to being successful. For the most part, it also depends on who you ask about the “luck” side of catching bass and winning events. Today we’ll look at it from a couple of perspectives…professional anglers and the common person.
First, let’s define luck. Luck is defined as the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person’s life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities. To simplify in anglers’ terms…luck is defined as when preparation meets opportunity. Professional anglers take offense if you tell them they just got lucky. They look at the luck accusation from a standpoint that they were ready for the opportunity that came their way because of preparation and took advantage by landing the fish they had hooked. Basically, they were prepared for the situation by doing the little things right. What are the little things? This could be paying attention to detail like making sure they have fresh fishing line on their reels, that their hooks are sharp and their rods and reels are in great shape.
Another area where “luck” used to play a part; was in finding fish. But today’s electronics have made that process a lot simpler. Now these state-of-the-art electronic units give anglers a huge advantage in locating bass. The technology is and continues to go above and beyond anyone’s expectations. It has cut the learning curve in half for young anglers looking to become tournament ready. Gone are the days of anglers having to go out and locate bass by means of going down the bank and fan casting for bass. Well, that’s not totally true. You still need “time on the water” in order to compete, but the level of electronic depth finders on bass boats today is like something out of a sci-fi movie. So, locating bass has become relatively easy, or at least easier, than it used to be. Even though these new electronic units will help you find fish quicker, it does not guarantee you can catch them. Anglers still must figure out how to trigger bass into biting.
So, to answer today’s question, are bass anglers lucky or good? The answer is…. both; it takes both luck and skill to be a good tournament angler. The luck part is when you start to swing a bass into the boat and the hook comes out as the fish lands in the net. Luck is when a bass gets hung up in a brush pile and you end up getting it out and into the boat. Luck is when you catch a 6 pounder on the last cast of the day to give you the win. Luck is when a school of 5 pounders surface within twenty feet of your boat and you catch twenty pounds in 15 minutes. But one thing is for sure, the anglers that fish the highest levels of professional bass fishing really are the best anglers in the world… and are both lucky and good. Till next time, good luck, good fishing and don’t forget to set the hook!
Steve Graf
The Winn Parish Journal “WPJ” will start publishing paid engagement, wedding and anniversary announcements for couples who reside in the parish, who have relatives in the parish or who are getting married in the parish. These announcements will be published each Friday morning.
Digital photograph of the couple
The couple’s names
The couple’s hometowns
High school and/or college of the couple
Parents’ names and/or grandparents’ names
Ties to the parish
Wedding time, date, and place
An interesting fact about the couple
Information for the wedding announcements include:
Digital photograph of the couple
The couple’s names
The couple’s hometowns
High school and/or college of the couple
Parents’ names and/or grandparents’ names
Officiant
Attendants
Ties to the parish
Wedding time, date, and place
Information for the anniversary announcements include:
Digital photograph of the couple
The couple’s names
Where couple was married
Number of children and grandchildren if any
Hometown
Wedding time, date, and place
For engagement, wedding and anniversary announcement prices and/or to submit information for publication, please email wpj@winnparishjournal.com.
WINN:
Helen Gale Hayes
December 5, 1955 – January 6, 2022
Service: Sunday, January 9 at 10 am at Southern Funeral Home
RED RIVER:
Paul Russell Lee
April 18, 1961 – January 4, 2022
Service: Friday, January 7 at 11 am at Ashland Baptist Church
SABINE:
Lena Faye Craig
October 26, 1940 – January 5, 2022
Service: Saturday, January 8 at 1 pm at Spring Ridge Baptist Church
Ellen M. Maxey
January 8, 1950 – January 5, 2022
Service: Friday, January 7 at 1 pm at First Baptist Church of Zwolle