Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 29, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times

District Enjoys Single Status

There has been talk about splitting the Eighth Judicial District, merging Nevada and Hempstead counties with Clark County.

Currently, Clark County is a single judicial district, the 9th. Should the split and merger be approved by the Judicial Realign...

District Enjoys Single Status (cont)

s to house inmates in the Clark County jail, and can't afford to have them sitting there for extended periods of time awaiting trial.

Bids Opened For Gurdon's Rural Water Project

Bids were opened for the Gurdon Rural Water Project, Thursday, Jan. 22, though no company was chosen to do the work at this time.

However, the apparent low bidder was G&S Trenching of Arkadelphia. This company submitted a bid of $1,031,24.95 for the ...

Banquet Is Monday

Gurdon Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet next Monday night at 7:00. The banquet will be held in the new Gurdon High School cafeteria.

Loyd Perry, minister of First United Methodist Church, will be the emcee. There will be no speake...

Cheerleaders Need New Floor

Gurdon's cheerleading squad is one of the best in the nation.

This is evidenced by their rankings in international competition (7th) and the respect they get in contests.

Cindy Duke, the cheerleader sponsor, said when there's a contest, the comp...

Facing 81st General Assembly -

Senator Ross Sees 3 Major Issues

Gov. Mike Huckabee and the 81st General Assembly will have their hands full this session.

According to State Sen. Mike Ross, tax reform, Medicaid and welfare reform will be the three most hotly debated issues.

However, education and the modifica...

Senator Ross Sees 3 Major Issues (cont)

effect.

Ross added the capital sales tax on the sale of homes will be done away with as well, while the assembly plans to make it easier for senior citizens to get property tax refunds.

While Ross will work on the governor's agenda, he has one ...

JC President Visits Gurdon

Wake Up America Tour will be in Gurdon Friday, Janaury 31, in Gurdon Municipal Building at 11:30.m. It is sponsored by South Clark County Jaycees.

Mike Marshall, president of the U.S. Jaycees, accompanies the tour, spreading the Jaycee concept ac...

Deadline Is February 28

February 28 is the final date for a producer to obtain multi-peril crop insurance for 1997 corn, sorghum, cotton and soybeans. March 31 is the final date for rice.

Crop insurance is no longer required, but a waiver must be on file to be eligible ...

Valentine's Day Program Feb. 9

Eastern Star Baptist Church youth of Gurdon will sponsor a Valentine program on February 9 at 2:30 p.m. The theme will be, "Bring a Sweetheart to Church."

Guest church will be Mt. Zion of Prescott and Rev. Joe Battle will be guest speaker.

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State Property Tax Collections Are Up

Charlie Daniels, Commissioner of State Lands, has released the statistics for the State Land Office for the calendar year, 1996, which reflect a 15 percent increase in collections over 1995. Daniels collected $6,996,525 in 1996 as compared to $6,033,642...

County Group Attends Arkansas Fair Meeting In Hot Springs

Francis McGill, president of the Clark County Fair Board, attended the Arkansas Fair Managers Association at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs on January 17 and 18. Others sttending were: Ron and Debbie Matlock, Mildred Welch, Karen Kirkpatrick, Bob Mc...

From GMS

Classy Moments

Rain! Rain! We are anxious for the play area to be nice and dry again. For some reason, and I realize that it is difficult to believe, it seems as though at least one, and sometime more, of our students fall, slip or "jump" into the muddy puddle on our ...

Deadline Extended

David Goodson, County Executive Director, Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced that requests for refund payments through the Dairy Refund Payment Program (DRPP) will be accepted throught March 17, 1997.

Eligible producers must provide evidence ...

Alzheimer's Course Slated At Texarkana

`Alzheimer's -- A to Z' is a six-session educational course for caregivers and providers to be presented at Texarkna College beginning January 28 and continuing through March 4.

Sponsored by greater Texarkana area chapter of the Alzheimer's Assoc...

ASP Give Warnings On Stopping For Blue Lights

Motorists who see an unmarked car behind them with a flashing blue light on the dashboard "should use reasonable caution when stopping" because of the threat of the pursuing vehicle being driven by a man posing as a policeman, Arkansas State Police Maj....

Conservation Agreement Signed

International Paper, The Natural Conservancy's Arkansas Field Office and the Arkansas Heritage Commission recently signed an agreement to cooperatively manage ecologically unique sites on International Paper lands in Arknasas.

The goal of this pa...

Obituaries

Esta Marie Ricketts

Esta Marie Ricketts, 88, of Gurdon died Friday, January 24, 1997.

She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Chruch of Gurdon.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Carolyn Ricketts of Gurdon; two daughter...

C.J. Leamons

C.J. Leamons, 77, of Arkadelphia died Tuesday, January 21, 1997, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.

He was born September 17, 1919, in Vaden, the son of the late Claude J. and Lubi Smith Leamons. He was a retired recovery operator for Reyn...

Mary Ellen Cheeseman

Mary Ellen Cheeseman, 50, died Friday, January 17, 1997, at her home in Vallejo, Calif.

She is a former resident of Gurdon and was a employee of K-mart for 18 years.

She is survived by her husband, Randolp Cheeseman of Vallejo; a daughter,...

J. Ed Smith

J. Ed Smith, 88, of Hot Springs died Friday, January 24, 1997, at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs.

Born January 23, 1909, in Wickes, he was the son of Alex and Daisey Chapman Smith. Mr. Smith was an educator and served as superintende...

Willie Ed Washington

Willie Ed Washington, 52, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Gurdon, died January 18, 1997, in Los Angeles.

Born May 24, 1945, he was the son of the late Willie and Alice Washington. He worshiped regulary at the Second AME Church and Greater Eb...