Lifestyle

The Jackson Parish Classic & Antique Car Club will hold its twenty sixth annual car show on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Jay Mallard Ford in Jonesboro. Sponsors for this year’s show are Jonesboro State Bank - Trophy Sponsor and Jay Mallard Ford - Venue Sponsor. Classic and antique cars and trucks that are at least 25 years old (autos through 1999 are eligible for entry in the Classic & Antique Classes. Late model cars and trucks (model years 2000 - 2024) are eligible for entry in the Late Model judging class.

The Kiwanis club fundraiser lunch began Sunday afternoon with the seasoning of the meat by Dr. Bill Gaddis, Jim Nicol, Troy Rogers and Lamar Tarver. The cooking crew made up of Jim Nicol, Troy Rogers, Joe Evans, Dylan Womack, Ronnie Dubois and Dr. Gaddis began very early Monday morning at the Farmer’s Market. By 10 AM many Kiwanians and helpers(Sabine Bank, Dr. Gaddis’ office staff, Shonna Moss and Megan Nicol) began filling plates. A total of 499 plates were sold and picked up. The Kiwanis Club is very appreciative of Jimmy Dale Zimmerman and Autumn Leaves Nursing Home with help from Wyatt Manor preparing the potato salad and green beans. Mac’s Fresh Market provided the bread. Kim Futrell provided the cakes. Thank you to our wonderful community for your support for our scholarships and all our endeavors.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Kindergarten - left to right: Jude Roberts, Stephanie Simmons, Kinsley Bartlett. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Margaret Coon and Miranda Atkins.

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Grade 3 - left to right: Leah Catlin, Landon Williams, Da’Michael Hall, Jeannie Tolbert. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Margaret Coon and Miranda Atkins.

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Grade 1 - left to right: Dakota Lemay, Kingsleigh Evans, Autumn Amos, Eve King Armstrong. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Margaret Coon and Miranda Atkins

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Grade 4 - left to right: Jamikal Hall, Emma Swensen, Aaliyah Washington. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Margaret Coon and Miranda Atkins.

The 1st Annual Uncle Earl’s Hog Hunting Classic was held March 8-10, with the final weigh in being on Sunday, March 10. The official results are listed below: Longest Stringer – (1st) Last Chance Feed 27 head, (2nd) Sonday’s Outdoors 22 head (3,703 lbs), (3rd) Modern Day Outlaws 22 head (2,262 lbs) Heaviest Five – (1st) Sonday’s Outdoors (1,278 lbs), (2nd) Leblanc Tree Service (1,036 lbs), (3rd) Last Chance Feed (997 lbs) Biggest Boar – Leblanc Tree Service (261 lbs) Biggest Sow – Sonday’s Outdoors (282 lbs) Biggest Barr – Outlaws (342 lbs) Congratulations to all of the winders!

Uncle Earl’s 29th Annual Hog Dog Trials begins on March 18 and continues through March 24 with events scheduled daily. This is the largest field trial in the world and the biggest economic event for Winn Parish. Hunters will come from all across the country to compete with their dogs and participate in daily events.

Handler Rules

1. One handler per dog. Only the designated handler is allowed to give any commands to the dog or try to manipulate hog movement. For instance trying to make the hog move or trying to make him stop. If an elderly, youth, or injured handler needs help leading the dog that is perfectly ok the extra person isn’t allowed to do anything but watch and stand still after releasing the dog. In the youth bay the adult can’t coach the youth on what to do after the run starts. It’s the youths job to compete and they will do so on their own. If a handler breaks this rule they will be disqualified on that run no matter if it’s in a bay off or not.

2. Handler will have to stay in the designated area specified before each event starts. If a handler breaks this rule they will be disqualified on that run no matter if it’s in a bay off or not.

CALVIN Left to right: Jayden Sepulvado, Zoey Hanson, Mia Gonzalez, Rylie Clark, Hailynn Gibbs. Kiwanian Mary Lou Blackley, Teacher Kim Dupree, Kiwanian Kim Futrell.

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Grade 1 - Left to right: Marilyn Rustom, Jathen Brady, McKensli Washington, Carson Durbin. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Troy Rogers, Steve Bates, Brendan Thomas.

WINNFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL Grade 4 - Left to right: Harmonie Sapp, Alayah Pattain, Ashlun Simmons. Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians: Troy Rogers, Steve Bates, Brendan Thomas.

DODSON Left to right: Ellyson Gates, Kailil Jenkins, Brynnleigh Desadier, Ava Garrett. Principal Wendy Miller. Back row: Kiwanians Margaret Coon and Lamar Tarver. Not pictured:  Zoe Muse

NATCHITOCHES – The non-profit organization Empower Nepali Girls will offer a unique fundraising experience in which individuals can participate in a virtual cooking class streamed live from Kathmandu, Nepal. The class will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28 with participants pre-paring momos, traditional Nepali dumplings. Participants who sign up will receive the recipe and a grocery list through email 10 days prior to the event. The cost to participate is a suggested donation of $20-$120.

The fund raiser is taking place in conjunction with a service-learning experience in which North-western State Uni-versity students and faculty will travel to Nepal over spring break to share information about physical and mental health in remote areas of Nepal.

The MLK celebration took place on Saturday, Jan 27, after being postponed on Jan 15 because of weather conditions. The weather was still cloudy but Mrs. Ethel Howell’s smile provided the sunshine that brightened the day. Supt. Roland Lynch opened the ceremony with a powerful prayer. Mrs. Christina Todd was the Mistress of Ceremony for the celebration which included good gospel singing by the Todd Family, The Jewel Tones and the Chosen Voices. Pastor James King delivered an awesome message urging those who were not saved to come to Christ, in light of all the many deaths we’ve had in our community.

This year’s theme for the MLK celebration was “Education Past, Present, and Future” and consistent with our theme, educators from our community were acknowledged and were given certificates for their hard work, enduring patience, and sincere dedication to the proposition of stomping out ignorance and educating young minds.

The Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at the Louisiana Political Museum on January 23, 2024. The educators enjoyed a game of DKG Jeopardy and had a delicious meal of shrimp and grits. Hostesses for the meeting were Carolyn Lang, Missy James and Linda Keyes.