Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 28, 1996 edition of Gurdon Times
- School Budget Approved;
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- Smithson Favors Annexation By JOHN MILLER A budget for 1996-97 was the main topic for the Gurdon School Board at its regular meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 20. The district had $210,889 in its coffers to start the school year with, and is expecting...
- Discussion Leads To Vineyard
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- By JOHN MILLER Several years ago, Mackey Dillard was sitting around with a group of friends. This is nothing unusual, but they were talking about growing grapes, which is not an everyday occurrence in Gurdon. From this talk, Dillard became ...
- Parks Department Touts 1/8 Cent Tax
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- By JOHN MILLER Arkansas' state park system brings in an average of 7.5 million tourists annually. These tourists spend an average of $250 million per year at the 48 state parks. However, the department operates on $24 million per year budge...
- Street Work
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- Road crews with Clark County work with the Gurdon Street Department to overlay streets in Gurdon recently. The crews did a chip and seal job on Seventh Street and Jocelyn. More work is planned for the future.
- Top Gun
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- Doug Watts, one of the featured performers for the First Annual Gurdon Forest Festival Air Expo, is shown with a rare World War 11 vintage AT-6D fighter training plane. Planes such as this were used to get pilots ready for the more battle-ready fighters s...
- Headbanging Time
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- Members of the Gurdon Go-Devil football team gear up for the 1996 season on the gridiron. This year's team will be competing in a different conference, as Gurdon dropped in classification. The Devils will lock horns with squads in the 7A-West division, in...
- All Council Seats Open
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- Anyone planning to run for a seat on the Gurdon City Council needs to get their petition in by Sept. 6. This is the deadline for any municipal candidate intending to seek election in the Nov. 5 General Election. All six council seats are open fo...
- Deadlines Will Stay The Same
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- Deadlines for the Sept. 4 issue of the Gurdon Times will remain the same, regardless of the Labor Day holiday, Sept. 2. All news and advertising, both classified and display, must be in by 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2. The Times' office ...
- Forest Fest Pageant Is Slated
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- {Saturday, October 19, has been set for the 14th annual Forest Festival Pageant.<} {The age divisions will reamin the same: Tiny Miss, ages 3-5; Little Miss, ages 6-8; Princes, ages 9-12; and Queen, ages 13-18.<} {Entry fee will be $30. The fee ...
- Fair Hosts Pretty Baby Contest
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- {The Clark County Fair Association is sponsoring the first annual Pretty Baby Photo Contest.<} {The contest will have four categories: 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-24 months and 3-4 years. Each category will have one girl and one boy winner. Each wi...
- McKinnon Girls Fare Well At
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- Simmental Summer Classic {Katie McKinnon of Gurdon has placed among the leaders at the American Simmental Association's (ASA) Annual Summer Classic, held recently at Fort Worth, Texas.<} {In competition with 286 American Junior Simmental As...
- Funlands To Have Midway
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- {Funland Carnivals will have special ride nights at the Clark County Fair this year.<} {Tuesday, September 10, and Wednesday, September 11, will be armband nights. By purchasing an armband you can ride all the rides as many times as you want on one...
- Civil War Sept. 7, 8
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- {Old Washington Historic State Park will host the 6th annual Civil War weekend on Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8.<} {On Saturday, a scripted tactical will take place. Several groups will be recreating life during the Civil War era.<} {Me...
- McGear Attends CAPS
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- {Molly McGear, daughter of Chester and Cynthia McGear of Arkadelphia, was a delegate to a 4-H workshop, called CAPS, recently.<} {McGear attended the three-day citizenship workshop that was held at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center at Ferndale near...
- Petting Zoo Is Sept. 13
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- {The Clark County 4-H members will host a petting zoo on the morning of Friday, September 13, at the Clark County Fair.<} {The zoo will provide nursery schools, kindergarten students and other youngesters a chance to have a close-up view of some bab...
- GPS Is Glad To Be Back
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- {The Gurdon Primary School reports its faculty is glad to be back to work for the 1996-97 school year.<} {The teachers have developed a mission statement, which reads: #"Gurdon Primary School will meet the needs of students by creating lifelong read...
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