A good response of local citizens together with a turnout of students from Winnfield Senior High School and Winnfield Middle School gathered in the parking area by Stokes-Walker Stadium at 2 p.m. May 8 in an effort to recreate a community promotion photo for a poster like one done back in the 1980s.

The original photograph, taken under the administration of Mayor Max Kelley, was taken from the back row of the stadium, looking down into the crowd below. A number of residents who were in that vintage poster turned out last Wednesday to be a part of this recreation.

This time, under the administration of Mayor Gerald Hamms, photographer Brian Lewis had the advantage of getting closer to the crowd while still having a bird’s eye view when he carefully climbed the extended ladder of the Winnfield Fire Department’s Ladder Truck 1.

The theme of the current publicity poster is “Why Not Winn?” The theme of the original poster was “7,500 Reasons Why Winnfield Means Business.”