Join local LSU Ag Agent, Shannan Chevallier, for a demonstration on making mini Christmas charcuterie boards! Located at the Winn Parish Library main branch, Nov 10 at 5:30pm. All ages are welcome. Reservations are required, call 318-628-4478 for a spot.
Principals List
AVANT KARLY
BARNETT ADDISON
BARTHELEMY CASSIDIE
BARTLETT RAELYNN
BARTON GRACEE
BOYETT LYDIA
DAVIDSON JOSIE
EVANS OLIVIA
GRANTADAMS HARLEY
GRAY BETHANY
GREEN MASON
GRIFFIN ADDISON
GUERRERO ARON
HEARD ANNIE
HIGGINBOTHAM EMILY
HOBDY JAI-SHIEL
JACOBSEN ADDISON
JAMES CHLOE
JONES JACOB
JONES JASMINE
JONES SAMUEL
LAUGHLIN JEREMIAH
LEWIS MARVANESHA
LITTLE ELI
MALONE BROOKLYN
MARTIN DANIEL
MCMILLER ALA`ZEA
NELSON MADISON
NEVILS EMILY
OBANNON IZABELLA
PAGE ELIZABETH
PHELPS ALLISON
POISSO JULIA
POOLE LAUREN
PRAY BREANNA
ROUSE LAUREN
SANCHEZ IYANNA
SCHILLING ISABELLA
SO JOY
STARK JOSELYN
TAYLOR CAMRIANA VANBLARICUM ALYSSA
VICTOR KADEN
WYATT ASHANNA
Honor Roll
ARMSTRONG AMIYA
AUSTIN LILIANA
BAKER BARRETT
BARRAGAN ALYSSA
BARTLEY SAGE
BILLINGSLEY BRENDAN
BOOKER BAILEY
BOZEMAN MCKENZIE
BREAUX DEONTA
BROUILLETTE JACOB
BROWN ALONNA
BROWN DENASIA
BROWN KAMARIE
BRUCE BRYLEE
BRUCE MAGGIE
BRYANT ELLIE
CATES MAKENNA
CHANDLER BRAYDEN
CHANDLER CLAYTON
CHERRY ASHANTIA
CHEVALLIER ANDREW
COMBS DYSON
COMPTON CANYON
CULP BRADLEY
DELAUGHTER KOBY
DUFF RYLEE
DUNCAN DE`CAVIAN
ENGRAM NAH`SHON
FOSTER MADISON
GANEY BRAXTEN
GARDNER MICAH
GARNER KARLIE
GILBERT JA`LASIA
GLENN PEYTON
GRANTADAMS HUNTER
GUERRERO DANIEL
GUILLORY QUENTERICA
HANSON WILLIAM
HARBOUR IZAYAH
HEMPHILL JAKE
HIGGS KYLEE
HOBDY JATERION
HOLDEN DIVERIOUS
HOLMES YAZMINE
JACKSON CADEN
JEWITT CAYLIN
JOHNS JAYCEE
KING MORGAN
LAUGHLIN CHRISTOPHER
LAWSON JAYDEN
LAWSON JESSE
LAWSON RILEND
LENARD BAILEY
LEWIS FARRAH
LINDSEY BRIAN
LINDSEY JAYLA
MANGUM DAVID
MAXWELL DEVIN
MCCLAIN SHANIA
MCFARLAND JA`NYIA
MCHENRY KIARA
MERCER CARLIE
MILSTEAD CHRISTIAN
MIXON JACI
MONNIN ALYVIA
MUELLER AARON
NEARS D`YANI
NELSON JESS
PAGE DANIEL
PATTERSON ALYSSA
PERRETT JOSIE
PICKETT JOHN
POISSO BRENNAN
POLSON VALERIE
PUTMAN GRAYCIE
ROBINSON KENDI
SAPP HELEN
SCOTT KHRISTYONA
SHEPPARD MATTHEW
SIMMONS LAUREN
SMITH JAMIAH
SPANGLER SEAN
STARKS BREYLAN
STREET LATHAN
SWEAT HALEIGH
THOMAS ASIA
TOWNSEND ERIN
TOWNSEND ROGAN
TOWNSEND SAMANTHA
VARGAS GUSTAVO
VAZQUEZ NOE
VIDRINE SYLVIA
WALKER KADARIEN
WHISONANT CHLOE
WHISONANT JACOB
WHITE BRODY
WILLIAMS JA`KEITRIAN
WOMACK KALEB
WORSHAM KERRIGAN
WREN ALISON
YOUNG CAPLAN
Submitted by: Jr. 4-H Reporter Allie Blake
“Calvin High School’s Junior 4-H showed their Halloween spirit by entering in a pumpkin decorating contest. 1st Place- Oscar the Grouch, 2nd Place- Frankenstein, 3rd Cactus”
You’re invited to join Coach Mike McConathy, his wife Connie, their family, and many friends at the Natchitoches Events Center Thursday for an announcement event officially launching his campaign for the Louisiana State Senate representing District 31.
The event is reception-style, running from 4:30-7 p.m., with a short program expected to tip off at about 6 o’clock. Attire is casual. Light refreshments will be served. There is no admission charge.
After concluding a remarkable career as an educator and basketball coach that began in the late 1970s, McConathy is continuing his lifelong commitment to being a servant-leader.
The vibrant 66-year-old Bossier City native and Louisiana Tech University graduate is the winningest college basketball coach in state history, with 682 victories in 39 seasons as head coach at Bossier Parish Community College (1983-99) and Northwestern State University (1999-2022). The number of wins is just one measure of his far-reaching impact not only on campus but in communities around northwest Louisiana.
The new District 31 has roughly 70 percent of its population located in Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches and Sabine parishes, with portions of Webster, Bienville, DeSoto, Red River, Rapides and Winn included. That fits the geographic footprint which was the base of McConathy’s recruiting area and team rosters at NSU and Bossier Parish Community College.
District 31 has been served by Senator Louis Bernard, who announced this summer that he will not be seeking reelection.
McConathy grew up with a first-hand perspective on public service. His father, John McConathy, was the Bossier Parish Superintendent of Schools for 20 years and later was a key collaborator in the development of the modern Bossier Parish Community College campus between U.S. 80 and I-20 in Bossier City.
Among his accolades, the former NSU coach is enshrined in the university’s Hall of Distinguished Educators for his service as a faculty member at Northwestern, and in 2012 he earned an elite Pillar of Education award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches for leading the Demons’ program into continuing educational outreach in area schools. His program was noted for its wide-ranging community service endeavors, and its academic performance – a remarkable 90 percent of his players earned degrees at NSU.
For questions, information, call Mike McConathy, 318-792-1541
CONTACT: 318-628-6800
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At the time of publishing Kate’s Krewe has raised over $20,000! Keep going Kate’s Krewe, lets help Kate blow her team goal away!!
Check out Kim Caldwell’s Facebook page for bake goods for sale benefiting Kate’s Krewe. https://www.facebook.com/kim.b.caldwell.9
Time for “Ride Ataxia-Dallas”, scheduled for November 5th, 2022 the annual Fund Raising Ride dedicated to raise funds for research and development of drugs to treat Fiedreich’s Ataxia(FA), a rare neuromuscular disease that effects some 15,000 people worldwide.
This will be the sixth year that Kate Walker, daughter of Jason and Rachel Walker, granddaughter of Dr. Jimmy & Helene Walker and Bo & Chris Walker and she will participate in the ride. Kate is no longer able to ride her recumbent trike, but she still goes to give moral support and see her many friends that also have FA.
The ride usually attracts some 600 participants of which about 75 to 100 of them are FA patients that are able to ride. There are three routes to choose from- 6, 17, and 42 mile options. There is also a 1.5 mile walk and even a virtual participation option. Come join us and enjoy a fun time while helping us raise funds.
The goal for this year is $175,000, the same as it was last year and we managed to raise $190,000 of which Kate’s Krewe (team name) raised over $20,000 of that total. Kate is hoping to meet or exceed that amount this year and we can do it with your help. To contribute go to her website https://www.makeithappencurefa.com/kate and click on Donate to Kate’s Krewe. Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated. There are also tee shirts available for a limited time and they can be ordered off of the same website.
The whole Walker family wants to thank everyone for their continued support and ask that you please keep Kate in your prayers.
For more information about rideATAXIA and FARA, visit curefa.org
Pictured above: Kate Walker in previous Ride Ataxia-Dallas fundraiser
Tickets are still available! The committee is collecting donated items to assist them in hosting the Chicken Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on November 6th. For the price of $10, you will enjoy chicken spaghetti, green beans, a roll, dessert, and a drink. One hundred percent of the profits will go directly to the festival to offset expenses. The committee will deliver eight or more plates if you schedule ahead of time. You can pre-order with Eugene Garner (318-663-1148) or Jennifer Smith (318-413-7761).
The First Annual Christmas in the Park Beauty and Beau Pageant will be held on November 19, 2022 at Goldonaa Elementary School Auditorium at 9:00 am.
Girl’s categories for the pageant include Infant Miss (0-11 months), Baby Miss (12-23 months), Toddler Miss (2-3 years), Tiny Miss (4-5 years), Little Miss (6-7 years), Petite Miss (8-10 years) Jr Miss (11-13 years), Teen Miss (14-16 years), Miss (17-20 years).
Boy’s categories for the pageant include Baby Mister (0-23 months), Tiny Mister (2-3 years), and Little Mister (4-5 years).
The deadline to enter is Tuesday, November 1, 2022. The pageant link can be found on Facebook at https://fb.me/e/1Q0tAujls
Today is picture day for the Goldonna Wildcats. Students may wear their best clothes for photos. They are also working hard and in the planning phase for the return of the Fall Carnival. Mark your calendars for October 28, 2022. They are selling split-the-pot tickets and they are also selling Deer Corn raffle tickets again.
Please contact the school office for your tickets.
The school is right in the middle of celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 24th thru October 28th. On Thursday, November 17th, grandparents will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner with their Wildcat. The cost is $5.25 per adult. You must RSVP and pay by October 21st.
The GES Wildcat Cheerleaders will be having a cheer fundraiser by selling Boo Bags until Monday, October 31st. The Boo bags are $1.00 and will be delivered to your child on Halloween Day.
River of Life Family Worship Center will be celebrating Thanksgiving with a church-wide fellowship on Sunday, November 13th. Service starts at 10:30 and dinner on the grounds will follow directly after.
Goldonna Assembly of God recently announced its 2nd Annual Fall Carnival. This family-friendly event will be held on Saturday, November 5th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Join the church family at 105 Talley Street for all of the fun.
Goldonna Baptist Church Kingdom Kids is up and running! Literally. Buses are busy all over Goldonna picking up and dropping off children. They meet every Wednesday night at 6:00 pm and get to enjoy a great meal while they are at the church. The GBC will observe the Lord’s Supper on the 5th Sunday of October. After church lunch will be served in the Fellowship Hall. The youth group is serving biscuits and sausage every Sunday before Sunday school which starts at 10:00 am.
The church is also planning a “Trunk or Treat” on Saturday, October 29th from 4:00 to 6:00. They will serve hotdogs grilled by Mr. Roy Dupree…brown paper bag style with chips. And of course, lots of candy!
As you can see there is always something wonderful going on in the beautiful rolling hills of Goldonna. Christmas in the Park is gearing up and still need volunteers for this jolly ole festival. Please contact Mayor Smith if you would like to be on the committee. Bring your ideas and get ready to start planning for the jolliest year yet!
If you have news to share please email Reba Phelps at jreba.phelps@gmail.com
Date: 10-18-22
Name: Jasmine M Smith
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Age: 23
Charge: Direct contempt of court (x2)
Date: 10-19-22
Name: Joshua Pearrie
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 47
Charge: Theft (under 1,000)
Date: 10-23-22
Name: John Thomas Jr
Address: Baton Rouge, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 50
Charge: Disturbing the peace
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
By Brad Dison
On Friday night, October 14, 1955, Lubbock, Texas would have been the place to be. Rock and Roll was in its infancy, and Bill Haley & the Comets were there at the very beginning. Bill Haley and his band were a hot commodity in the music industry after they released a song which went straight to the number 1 position and would forever link them with the early days of Rock and Roll, “Rock Around the Clock.” Their next single rose in the charts and became forever linked to the era as well, “Shake, Rattle and Roll.” Several hits were yet to come.
When Bill Haley’s management began preparing for the Lubbock, Texas show, they decided to search for a local band to open the show because it was cost effective. They, Bill Haley’s team, would not have to pay for travel expenses, hotel, or meals, and they could hire a local band for a single night at a much lower price than if they hired someone with a hit record. Somehow, Bill Haley’s team learned about a trio comprised of 19-year-old Charles Hardin, 18-year-old Bob Montgomery, and 16-year-old Larry Welborn. The trio had not settled on a name so posters for the show just listed their names. The trio normally performed country music on local radio and at school dances but wanted to branch out into Rock and Roll.
Prior to the show, Eddie Crandall, manager of Marty Robbins, a country singer who was on the cusp of his meteoric rise, heard the trio performing live on Lubbock’s local radio station. Eddie recognized something special in the trio and decided to attend the live concert to see how the trio performed in front of a crowd. The trio so impressed Eddie that he asked them to record four demo songs and forward them to his office in Nashville. In a letter Eddie wrote to Charles, “I’m very surprised to know that nothing has happened before now.” He was referring to the fact that no one had signed the trio to a contract.
The trio recorded the four demos, forwarded them as instructed, and waited. Over the next two years, the lineup in the trio changed as Bob and Larry were replaced by Jerry Allison and Joe Mauldin. Niki Sullivan joined the band as lead guitar player, but only stayed for a few months. The new group adopted a band name and began recording. Oh boy, what recordings they were! In 1957 and 1958, Charles and variations of his band recorded several hits, songs that are still played with reverence today.
Had Bill Haley’s management team not hired the trio as an opening act in 1955, we may never have heard of Charles Hardin. On the poster for the Bill Haley & the Comets show, the trio was listed not as Charles, Bob, and Larry, but “Lubbock’s Own Buddy, Bob, and Larry.” You know Charles Hardin Holley as Buddy Holly.
Source: Paese, Meagan. “Buddy Holly, the History of Rock and Roll Radio Show.” Accessed October 18, 2022. https://thehistoryofrockandroll.net/buddy-holly/
If the school year were a dog and the first day of school was its head and the last day was its tail, you’d be picking it up right behind its front legs about now. You’ve got a good, safe grip on it, but there’s a lot of dog left hanging down.
October, which rivals May (for different reasons) as the best month of the year, is soured by only two things: one is that winter and cold is coming, and the other is that, for the young student, there’s lots and lots of school year left.
That is not a bad thing once you get older and develop an appreciation for how quickly time passes and how lucky you were to be able to go to school. But who cares for such drivel when you’re a teenager?
Once you get out of school you learn that, secretly, you never really leave. You’re always learning something, whether you want to or not, which would be learning things the hard way. Examples:
“Yes, your honor, I understand!”
“Oh, so if my card is declined, that means there’s no money in the account?”
“I don’t know, doctor. I guess it was that 12th pork chop. Or the third bowl of Blue Bell.”
There’s a trick in just learning how to learn. My dad says that on the first day of school, they taught him that two plus two three equals four, and then on the next day they told him that one plus three equals four, and he decided right then that if they didn’t even know what equals four, how was HE supposed to ever know?
But once teachers coach you up, show you there’s more than one way to skin a cat, you realize the world is your classroom. Some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet got that way without having many documents to frame and hang on the wall.
Often a friend named Gene writes me, which I’m thankful for because he is old school, born in an oilfield company house near a wide spot in the highway in Depression era- Garfield County, Oklahoma.
When he was in elementary school, his family rented the first floor of a house owned by a gentleman named Whitey Liddard. He lived upstairs and owned a nearby café where Gene’s father worked as a short-order cook. Whitey had barely a third-grade education, but he was a Rhodes Scholar when it came to running an oilfield-town café.
One day a young customer came in to celebrate his high school education, the first diploma earned by a member of his family.
“He proudly displayed the new diploma for Whitey’s inspection,” Gene said. “Whitey looked it over, front and back, then handed it back to the graduate.
“Now that’s a fine thing to have,” Whitey said. “Just don’t let it keep you from learning something.”
Hearing that from a wise man like Whitey Liddard kept Gene modest as he went through both high school and college, even on to some graduate work. “I still try to ‘learn something’ every day,” he said.
True, some things will remain forever a mystery. Why, for instance, is the word panties plural and the word bra singular? Think about it. Or not.
Why do we eat nuts out of socks in front of a dead tree in our dens in December? Why is “contraction” such a long word?
The older I get, the more I understand that “I don’t know” when I really don’t know is a mighty handy answer.
Contact Teddy at teddy@latech.edu
Developments like these are greatly encouraging for those who believe in restoring our Constitutional Republic.
This week a panel of three judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Louisiana, ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding method is unconstitutional.
The CFPB was intended to regulate a myriad of consumer protection laws, but without Congressional or executive branch oversight. This is a recipe for unconstitutional autocratic totalitarianism.
Judge Edith Jones described the CFPB in this way:
“Created in 2009, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an administrative agency that was expressly designed to answer to neither of the politically accountable branches. Unlike other agencies, Congress put the CFPB’s staggering amalgam of legislative, judicial, and executive power in the hands of a single Director serving a five-year term and removable by the President only for cause; and Congress insulated the agency from the ordinary congressional appropriations process.”
It’s worth noting that the CFPB is also empowered to conduct investigations, issue subpoenas and “seek a dizzying array of penalties” including civil penalties of up to $1, 190, 546 per day.”
“Even among self-funded agencies, the Bureau is unique,” Judge Cory Wilson wrote. “The Bureau’s perpetual self-directed, double-insulated funding structure goes a significant step further than that enjoyed by the other agencies on offer.”
Americans for Tax Reform describes the law in this way:
“Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB was granted authority to supervise, enforce, and regulate consumer protection laws … including “deposit taking, mortgages, credit cards and other extensions of credit, loan servicing, check guaranteeing, collection of consumer report data, debt collection associated with consumer financial products and services, real estate settlement, money transmitting, and financial data processing.” (ATR, 10-21-22).
That is an enormous portfolio!
The 5th Circuit ruling principally holds that the CFPB’s funding structure—in which the agency receives funds through the Federal Reserve, rather than congressional appropriations—violates the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers. “Congress’s decision to abdicate its appropriations power under the Constitution, i.e., to cede its power of the purse to the Bureau, violates the Constitution’s structural separation of powers,” the Court said.
CFPB rose from the 2008 financial crisis but was a drastic and misguided legislative approach. Democrats created the CFPB in the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, supposedly as a way to shield the Bureau from political pressures that could impact its oversight of the finance industry.
It’s done the opposite—it’s created a financial dictator.
This powerful, untouchable federal agency may arbitrarily reach into and target any aspect of our trillions-of-dollars financial industry. This includes demanding, under the threat of fines and penalties, the use of highly controversial Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. An increasing trend among investors is to apply these kinds of non-financial ESG metrics as part of the process to identify material risks and growth opportunities.
This is ludicrous, of course. Investment decisions are made based upon considerations of profit or increasing market share, not upon whether a particular entity is sufficiently Woke—whether with regard to so-called racial “justice,” “equity,” climate change or anything else.
In short, this ruling is welcomed by those who have fought to shrink the CFPB’s reach and limit its ability to police financial services because the agency lacks both objectivity and accountability.
It’s important to recall that the U.S. Supreme Court itself, in 2020, ruled that another provision of the CFPB’s structure — a single director who could only be fired for cause, rather than at will, by the president — violated the Constitution’s separation of powers.
As we know, the Separation of Powers means that our three branches of government, Executive, Legislative and Judicial, are required to “stay in their own lanes” such that one branch could no more increase its power than it can give it away or diminish it.
No reasonable person doubts the need to regulate our financial industries, but that regulation must come from our Legislative and Executive branches—not some powerful, free-floating entity that effectively answers to no one.
This 5th Circuit panel has struck yet another blow for a return to self-government. I am hopeful that if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear this case it will affirm this decision.
Recall Thomas Jefferson’s directive that we were given and must maintain a ‘government by consent of the governed.’ Congress has no authority to give away power granted to it through the Constitution by ‘We the People.’
The People did not consent to the CFPB.
Pictured above: Royal Alexander is an attorney, writer, and former politician in his native Shreveport, Louisiana. In 2007, he was the Republican candidate for Louisiana Attorney General. In addition to his law practice, Alexander is an opinion writer, a guest lecturer at public events and education forums, and a frequent guest on various TV and radio outlets.
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.
Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) seeks applications for a full-time personal counselor to serve its diverse student population and includes state-supported benefits including retirement, health, and life insurance.
The ideal candidate will have experience working effectively with underrepresented groups experiencing depression, anxiety, pandemic-related stress, and other common mental health concerns, in a school setting.
Core functions include:
Preferred Qualifications:
Application Process:
Please submit a letter of application along with a resume or CV of education and experience to: employment@LSMSA.edu
For more information regarding the school, the position, and the application process, as well as our application form, please visit: https://www.lsmsa.edu/about-
LSMSA is committed to equal employment opportunities. LSMSA will not dis criminate against, nor tolerate discrimination against, any employee or applicant for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to, race, color, creed, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, disability, citizenship, or age. This policy applies to all personnel actions including recruitment, hiring, training, promotions, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, termination, recreational and social programs, and professional contracts. discriminate
WINN:
Ruth Carpenter Blackstock
July 26, 1952 – October 23, 2022
Arrangements TBA
Harley Jordan Glaze
May 8, 1991 – October 23, 2022
Service: Friday, October 28 at 2 pm in the chapel of the Southern Funeral Home of WinnfieldMarie Tatum Waters
September 21, 1935 – October 21, 2022
Service: Wednesday, October 26 at 2 pm at Southern Funeral Home Chapel
NATCHITOCHES:
Howard Ray Chester
August 9, 1936 – October 22, 2022
Service: Thursday, October 27 at 11 am at the Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches
Kristi Kelli (Mathis) Stephens
May 15, 1984 – October 20, 2022
Service: Friday, October 28 at 10 am at the Red River Cowboy Church in Lake End
Eric Rupert Nelson
April 26, 1943 – October 4, 2022
Service: Saturday, October 29 at 10 am at Lambertown Cemetery in Shamrock
SABINE:
Earl Preston Rains
January 15, 1940 – October 24, 2022
Arrangements TBA
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