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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 25, 1996 edition of Gurdon Times

Devils Can Open '97 Season In New Gym
Good news for Gurdon High School -- the bleachers are in and being installed.

This information was given to the Gurdon School Board during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Bobby Smithson, Gurdon superintendent, said it will take two...

Marks, Fields Plead Guilty On Drug Charges
Two Gurdon residents decided not to take their chance with a jury trial and worked out plea agreements on drug charges recently.

According to court records, Julius Marks, 46, and Micki Fields, 27, pled guilty to charges of possession of a controlled ...

Comfort Zones Need To Be Expanded
Members of the Clark County Industrial Council learned of Motivational Therapy during the group's regular monthly meeting, Dec. 19.

Tressie McJunkins, with Ouachita Technical College of Malvern, said it is important for people to learn how to deal ou...

HeartPower! Available For Children Through ACH Funding
Funding from Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) and St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center will help provide HeartPower!, the American Heart Association's (AHA) new preschool-middle school supplementary kits, to Arkansas schools.

Details were unve...

Free Booklet Available
A free illustrated booklet describing the use of peak flow meters is available to parents of children with asthma from the American Lung Associaton of Arkansas, the Christmas Seal People.

The booklet, `Facts About Peak Flow Meters,' illustrates t...

Cabe Tabbed Advisor To ACH
Anita Cabe of Gurdon has been appointed as a regional advisor for Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH).

As a member of the Regional Advisory Council, Cabe will help promote ACH, its mission and programs and assist in local fund-raising efforts for...

Police Urging Caution
Arkansas State Police will join the International Association of Chiefs of Police and 49 other state police and highway patrol agencies as well as Canadian Police agencies in a pre-holiday safety campaign that encourages motorists to be safe and sober ...
Producers Must Now Recertify
David Goodson, county executive director of Clark County Farm Service Agency (FSA), reminds producers that with the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, proudcers in some cases are required to certify highly erodible...
County's Jobless Rate Stands At 2%
Once again, Clark County has the bragging rights with the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

According to the Employment Security Division, Clark County's jobless figures were a flat 2.0 percent for October, down from September's 2.1 percent.

...

265 Graduate From Henderson
Approximately 265 undergraduate and graduate students received degrees in Henderson State University's annual winter commencement ceremonies Friday, December 20, in the Wells Center Gymnasium.

Graduating from Gurdon were Rebecca S. Cooper with a ...

Devils In Classic
The Gurdon Lady Go-Devils will play in the Prescott Classic Friday, December 27, at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 28, at 2:30.

Friday night they will play Hot Springs Lakeside and Saturday night they will play Smackover.

The classic is ...

Budget Hearings Beginning To Heat Up
From Percy Malone

State Representative

Legislataive budget hearings are gathering momentum as the starting date nears for the convening of the 81 Arkansas General Assembly.

Legislators have been meeting weekly since October to review...

Golf Cards Now Available
Resolve to never play golf again at full price. Start the new year off right with the purchase of the 1997 Golf Privilege Card from the American Lung Association of Arkansas.

Holding the price at $30 for the past several years, the American Lung...

Obituaries
Mary McArty Neel
Mary McArty Neel, 90, of Arkadelphia died Tuesday, December 17, 1996, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.

She was born January 9, 1906, in Curtis, the daughter of the late Thomas Oliver and Eliza Elizabeth Daniel McArty. She was a retired s...

Genine Baumgardner
Genine Marie Baumgardner, 58, of Gurdon died Wednesday, December 18, 1996.

She was a registered nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital and a member of Beech Street Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd Baumgardner of Gurdon; two son...


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