Winnfield’s Rotary Club hosted Rotary District 6190 leaders on Aug. 20, 2025, when the district governor visited to meet members of the 98-year-old club, chartered in 1927. Joining him were District 6190 Governor-elect Charlotta Nordyke of Shreveport, Area Assistant Governor Linda Thomas of Leesville, Past District 6190 Governor Wayne French, president of the Leesville Rotary Club, and Steve Scerna, past president of the Leesville club.

Lawrence Caldwell, District 6190 governor for 2025-26, was introduced by Thomas, his assistant governor for the area. Caldwell retired after 42 years in his family’s commercial insurance business. Following retirement, he served as executive director of the Downtown Rotary Club of Shreveport, where he remains a member. He is an avid sportsman and enjoys working with youth in sports.

Caldwell outlined four goals for his term: increasing the number of Rotary clubs and members; increasing donations to the Rotary International Foundation to fund local, national and international projects that support educational, economic and social growth; boosting participation in district activities and events; and improving training and involvement in the district’s Rotary Youth Leadership Award summer camp for rising sophomores.

Nordyke expressed her enthusiasm for serving as district governor in 2027, when the Winnfield Rotary Club will celebrate its 100th anniversary. She encouraged the club to continue its community service projects, including providing school uniforms for economically disadvantaged students, giving dictionaries to all fourth graders in Winn Parish, sending local youth to the district’s RYLA leadership camp and awarding scholarships to graduating seniors.