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Month: February 2024
Political Hall of Fame Unveils 2024 Banquet Plans
The Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame had revealed the details for the 32nd Annual Hall of Fame Induction, set for April 6, 2024, at The Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center at 201 Lafayette Street. This event will pay tribute to seven distinguished Louisiana political leaders with induction into the esteemed Political Hall of Fame in Winnfield and will present the coveted Political Family of Officeholders Award to the Carter family.
The 2024 Political Hall of Fame inductees include Mr. Ed Anderson, Deacon Dan Borné, the Honorable Joseph Delpit, the Honorable John Bel Edwards, Mr. James Engster, the Honorable Louis Lambert, and the Honorable Richard Lipsey. The Carter family, featuring Judge Burrell Carter and his son Representative Robby Carter, will receive the Political Family of Officeholders Award.
The celebration will kick off with a public reception from 6-7 p.m., followed by the banquet and induction ceremony. Tickets are priced at $250 each for open seating and can be conveniently acquired through the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame’s website at lapolmushof.com or by calling (318) 628-5928 before the March 25 deadline. Advanced reservations and payments are required for all tickets.
For organizations and individuals keen on supporting the event, diverse sponsorship opportunities are available. Those seeking additional information about sponsorships may contact the Louisiana Political Museum at (318) 628-5928 or (318) 628-0169.
Everyone is encouraged to mark their calendars for April 6 to come together to acknowledge and celebrate the enduring contributions of these exceptional individuals to Louisiana’s political legacy.
Watch the Winn Parish Journal next week for a summary of details on each of the seven honorees.
Property Owners Urged to Help With Return of Bobwhite Quail
Growing up in the country, there were sights and sounds I became accustomed to never thinking these would ever fade from the landscape. There were birds we took for granted, birds that have seemed to fade away over the years.
One is the shrike, or butcher-bird as we called them. They’re colored a lot like our mockingbirds but have totally different habits. Mockingbirds feed on insects, seeds and berries. Shrike feed on lizards, frogs and small rodents they catch with their hooked beaks and sometimes hang what they catch on the barbs of a fence to enjoy later. I have not seen one of these birds in years.
Another is the meadow lark, a bird we knew as field lark. They sported a coat of mottled brown with a distinct golden chest marked by a black vee over the gold. They spend their time feeding on insects in fields and like to sit on fence posts with their distinctive whistle call. Again, this is another bird that has escaped my sight for the past several years.
Another bird has all but disappeared. I’d love to be able to see a shrike or a meadow lark but I’d be super thrilled if I was out for a walk and heard the distinctive clear ringing “Bob WHITE” of a bobwhite quail.
These game birds enjoyed decades of popularity as species to hunt and provide some of the best eating of any wild game. Folks fed their pointers and setters all year long for the chance to see these special dogs work for a month when their noses were filled with scent of a covey of quail. Few sights in the outdoors can rival a bird dog running, sniffing the air and then suddenly come to a complete halt, frozen in one position where the covey is located. Nothing is more.
thrilling than to walk up behind the dogs on point, step forward and the covey explodes from underfoot, causing heart palpitations to increase and giving you about two seconds to find one in your shotgun sight.
I mentioned quail problems on my Facebook page as my topic for my radio program this week and the responses from those who read it were instantaneous. So many comments were like mine; they had not heard or seen a quail in years and sorely missed hearing and seeing them. Others pointed toward loss of habitat, predators and fire ants as being the source of the problem.
Austin Klais is Conservation Delivery Coordinator for the Mississippi Valley Joint Venture with the focus on enlisting property owner’s involvement in attempting to bring back quail to areas where they formerly lived.
“Quail have been hit by so many different directions. Predators and fire ants are problems for sure but the main thing that will help their numbers increase is habitat management,” said Klais.
“The purpose of our Arkansas-Louisiana Open Pine Landscape Restoration program is to enlist property owners to enroll in the program to enhance habitat and as a result to help quail have everything they need to survive.”
Property owners who enlist in the program will be involved in putting in fire breaks, have controlled burns to remove undergrowth and undesirable trees such as sweet gum and elm.
We asked Klais how long after enlisting in the program and following guidelines before positive results can be expected.
“Usually after thinning and the first burn, we have been successful in quail showing up on the property. We’ve seen quail show up we didn’t know were there,” he said.
To learn more and to enlist your property in the program, contact your local National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) office. Deadline for signing up is February 16.
When The Game Was The Thing
On Sunday, January 12, 1969, the editorial cartoon in The State, the daily newspaper from Columbia, S.C., was of a young colt smiling and stomping on a jet that was grounded and broken in two.
Both the colt and the airliner had on little helmets with the logos of the teams they were representing.
That’s how most people figured that day’s Super Bowl III would end, with Baltimore’s Colts of the NFL beating New York’s Jets of the AFL by five or six touchdowns — although the official betting line was 18.
Of course, cocky 25-year-old Joe Namath and the Jets beat Baltimore, 16-7, in Miami. Baltimore’s quarterbacks played a bigger role than Namath: Earl Morrall and Johnny U. combined for four interceptions, two in the end zone and one at the goal line.
The great defensive lineman Fred Miller of Homer, LSU and the Colts, passed away at 82 last February and said until the end that it was that loss to the Jets that troubled him the most, made him angry whenever he thought about it.
I remember it because it was Super Bowl I to me, the first Super Bowl that activates any memory. My pre-10-year-old brain had not been able to register Green Bay’s sweep of Super Bowls I and II.
It was a big year for a kid in a Carolina farming town of 750 to begin realizing that the world expanded beyond Myrtle Beach and Columbia. New York was, I figured, the only team that got to win titles: the Jets won, the Mets beat Baltimore, and the Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers that year.
Two more things about 1969. That Super Bowl III lit some sort of sports fire in me, expanded everything. The Baltimore Orioles and their Arkansas third baseman, Brooks Robinson, became my baseball team, and the Birds being upset by the Miracle Mets that October taught me at an early age a bit about love and loss.
The other thing: Willis Reed from Lincoln Parish, who passed away in March of last year at 80, was a bad, bad man (in a good, good way). The former Grambling star limped onto the court before what many call the Greatest Game 7 Ever Played in NBA history, and his inspiring return from injury was the shot the Knicks needed to demolish the visiting Lakers that day to win the title in Madison Square Garden, back when the Garden was Eden. That scene was probably a lot more dynamic in person than on our little black-and-while Sylvania. Or was it a Philco …?
Sports matter.
If you are a sports fan and, like me, nearing the time when Medicare and Social Security are things your friends are reminding you to familiarize yourself with, you can remember when you could recite every Super Bowl matchup, along with the score and where it was played.
I can’t do that anymore. (New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17 in Miami, 2010, is an exception.)
Used to, the game was the thing. It was actually a really big deal. Halftime shows for Super Bowls I and II were Grambling’s “World Famed Tiger Marching Band,” a bad, bad band (in a good, good way). Today, halftime is an “extravaganza,” the commercials are more anticipated than the contest, and the pregame show is longer than the game. Today it’s Super Bowl parties and prop bets.
Which is fine. Things change. And they needed to. Fred Miller and Willis Reed were the best at what they did, and they had off-season jobs.
Still fun to remember, though.
Last year, Kansas City beat Philadelphia, 38-35. Great game (I think; had to look it up to remember. Insert confused-face emoji here.) Sunday in Las Vegas, San Francisco is a two-point favorite over Kansas City, an organization playing it its fourth Super Bowl in five seasons.
This bureau will pull for KC because L’Jarius Sneed of Minden and Louisiana Tech plays cornerback for them. If he plays as he has all season, maybe he’ll give us something fun to remember. No matter what, it’s a better bet we’ll be talking about either halftime or a commercial.
Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report
Date: 2-2-24
Name: Ryley J Desadier
Address: Goldonna, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Charge: Failure to appear
Date: 2-2-24
Name: Theresa M Sykes
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Age: 21
Charge: Failure to yield from a private lot, DWI (1st), Alcoholic beverage with open container
Date: 2-4-24
Name: Joshua H Turley
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 28
Charge: Obstruction of justice, Damage to property, Battery of an officer (x3), Resisting with Force or Violence (x3), Possession of firearm by convicted felon, Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of schedule 2 (meth), Domestic Abuse Battery with Child Endangerment
Date: 2-4-24
Name: Gehegan Cain Pratt
Address: Atlanta, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Charge: Trespassing, Simple burglary
Date: 2-5-24
Name: Joseph L Marquis
Address: Pineville, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 39
Charge: Failure to appear, Warrant, DUS and No Seatbelt
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.
Winnfield Police Department Arrest Report
Date: 1-30-24
Name: Nigil Foster
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Male:
Age: 33
Charge: Unauthorized attempt at a moveable (thing/item), Interference with medical treatment
Date:1-31-24
Name: Michael Walker
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 42Charge: (affidavit warrant) Illegal possession of stolen things, Resisting an officer
Date: 2-1-24
Name: Gary D Wise
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 48
Charge: Direct contempt of court
Date: 2-2-24
Name: Quincy McDonald
Address: Homeless
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Age: 42
Charge: Remaining after forbidden
Date: 2-4-24
Name: Aiden Hennigan
Address: Winnnfield, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Charge: Direct contempt of court
Date: 2-5-24
Name: Alan Clinger
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 53
Charge: Theft
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.
Notice of Death – February 6th, 2024
Lucille Beaudion
July 28, 1939 – January 25, 2024
Service: Life Celebration Service will go forth Saturday, February 10, 2024, 2:00 p. m. in the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Breda Town Cemetery. Please keep this family lifted in prayer.
Bobby R Marsh
March 16, 1956 – January 27, 2024
Service: Celebration of Life Service will take place in the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, 318 North Street Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457 Saturday, February 10, 2024, 11:00 a. m. Burial will follow in the St. Mark Cemetery on the Allen-Beulah Road
Jackie Wayne Ball Sr.
September 1, 1955 – January 25, 2024
Service: A celebration of Life will take place on February 10, 2024 in the Chapel of Winnfield Funeral Home, 117 MLK Dr. Winnfield, La 71483 at 11am. Viewing will be at 9am until the time of service. A burial will follow in the Winnfield Cemetery.
Bishop Harold W. Wright
Passed-Febuary 2, 2024.
Service: Celebration of Life Service will go forth Saturday, February 10, 2024, 11:00 a. m. at the Winnfield Senior High School, 631 Thomas Mill Road, Winnfield, LA 71483. The casketed remains will lie in state at the school from 9:00 a. m. to the beginning of the religious service. Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery of Hawthorne, LA.
Opal Michelle Grisby
January 5, 1961 – February 2, 2024
Service: The final care arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Bad Weather Forecast Dooms Mardi Gras Parade
Due to the weather forecasted for Saturday, the 2024 Krewe of Kingfish Mardi Gras Parade in Winnfield has been canceled.
Despite Krewe efforts to reschedule the popular event, changes would not work for the participants that had signed up so the 2024 parade had to be called off, confirmed Hanna Austin.