Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 7, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times
- Rebuilding Will Take Two Years
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- Rebuilding Arkadelphia will take at least two years, according to Jim Harris, director of press operations with the Governor's Office.
Harris was in Arkadelphia Thursday, May 1, to see how things were progressing following the March 1 tornadoes that ...
- New Program Geared For Children's Health
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- Because of a new program, many of Arkansas's children will now have medical coverage.
According to Jim Harris, director of press operations for the Governor's Office, Gov. Mike Huckabee and the General Assembly took $11 million from the state's surpl...
- Jester New Miss GHS
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- Le Andra Jester, a senior at Gurdon High School, was crowned Miss GHS in a ceremony April 26 at the Gurdon High School auditorium.
She was the essay winner and received the trophy for Miss Photegenic. First runner-up was Kimberly Robertson; ...
- Huckabee Wants Youth "Hooked"
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- To say people in Arkansas are hooked on fishing would be an understatement.
After all, fishing is one of the most popular recreational activities in the state. Annually, this sport brings in millions of dollars from tourists who know of Arkansas' ric...
- Jobless Rate Soars
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- Unemployment in Clark County skyrocketed in March, going from 3.4 percent to a whopping 8.1 percent.
However, according to a release from the Arkansas Employment Security Division, this was not due to the March 1 tornadoes. Instead, it was because of...
- Banquet Thursday
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- Gurdon band awards banquet will be tomorrow night, May 8, in the GHS cafeteria at 7:00.
Cost is $5.50 per guest a student brings. The Band Booster Club will pay each gand student's cost. Photographs will be taken from 6:00 to 7:00. B...
- Ranchers Should Watch For Backleg In Cattle
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- by RON MATLOCK
COUNTY AGENT - STAFF CHAIRMAN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE There is nothing more horrifying to a cattle producer than to wake up one morning to find his best calf or cow dead. In some cases the cattle producer ...
- Deaths, Funerals
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- Vata Hedrick
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- Vata Hedrick, 81, of Gurdon died Sunday, May 4, 1997.
She was a homemaker. Mrs. Hedrick was a member of Center Point Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Clarence Hedrick of Gurdon; a son, Curtis Caughlin of Highland Ranch, Colo....
- Nancy `Bun' Spencer
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- Mrs. Nancy `Bun' Hayes Spencer, 99, of Hope, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 1997, in a Texarkana hospital.
Born September 1, 1897, in Okolona, she was the daughter of Thomas Henry and Beulah Cloud Hays, a graduate of Okolona High School and att...
- Cooperative Members Getting Refund
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- Members of South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative will receive an economnical boost of $200,000 this summer.
Ronald Easley, general manager of the local member-owned electric cooperative, announced that the cooperative board has voted to ret...
- No Tobacco Day Is Scheduled For May 31
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- by Dr. Sandra B. Nichols, Director
Arkansas Department of Health The sponsor of the annual World No Tobacco Day would like for everyone who used tobacco products to abstain on May 31, or to quit for good. However, the World Health O...
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