Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 11, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times
- Voters To Decide On New Sales Tax
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- Voters in Gurdon will get the chance to show just how much they do want animal control.
The Gurdon City Council, in its regular monthly meeting Monday night, agreed to hold a special election to deal with three separate issues. These issues include a...
- Voters To Decide On New Sales Tax (cont)
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- ll most likely take care of itself once animal control has been in operation a while. When people see the city is serious about catching dogs running loose, he said, they will take the appropriate steps to alleviate the situation.
The city's attorney...
- Reading Program Begins At Library
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- A fun summer has been planned at Gurdon's Cabe Library.
For boys and girls in grades 1-6, it's time to register for the Independent Reading Program. All participants will get a chance for a free Icee, kid's meal or pizza to be drawn for weekly. ...
- Council Purchases Breathalyzer For Police
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- Those who drink and drive in the Gurdon area need to know about a new piece of equipment being purchased.
The Gurdon City Council, in its regular monthly meeting Monday night, approved the purchase of a portable breathalyzer unit for the Gurdon Polic...
- Coleman Is New Miss Gurdon Lake
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- Jennifer Coleman was crowned Miss Gurdon Lake in the Miss Gurdon Lake Beauty Pageant held on May 5 in the Gurdon Middle School Auditorium.
Coleman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Coleman of Arkadelphia. She is a graduate of Arkadelphia High...
- Unemployment Down
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- Clark County's unemployment rate took a nosedive from March to April, according to the Arkansas Employment Security Division (ESD).
The ESD's report showed a massive drop from the March figures of 8.0 percent, due to a major plant laying off its work...
- Students Attend Girls State
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- Fatima McKindra of Little Rock was elected Governor of Girls State last week. Girls State was held on the campus of Harding University in Searcy June 1-6.
Cities and counties the junior high schools students were elected to are fictitious. ...
- GHS Honor Roll Is Given
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- Honor roll students at Gurdon High School for the spring semester have been named. They are listed below by grades.
Ninth grade -- all A's: Heather Davies, Brandi Nicole Escalante, Brandon Dwight Gattis, Whitney Layne Hogue, Christina La...
- Fundamental Camp Planned
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- The Henderson State Univesity Individual Fundamental Camp is being held Sunday, June 22, through Tuesday, June 24, for 7th through 10th grade boys.
The fee for the 1997 camp is $120 for a resident camper and $90 for a commuter camper. The...
- College News
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- Mark Thomas Edds of Gurdon graduated with cum laude honors from Ouachita Baptist University May 17.
Other OBU graduates from Gurdon were John Raymond Ross with a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and ministry-family life Christian counseling...
- Kendall Harper Wins Poster Contest
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- Kendall Harper, a first grader at Gurdon Primary School, won the first place blue ribbon and $15 cash in the Backyard Stewardship Poster Contest. The contest was sponsored by Clark County Conservation District of Arkadelphia. The children drew pictures...
- Wise Selected To Attend Upward Bound
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- Christopher Wise, a sophomore at Gurdon High School, has been chosen to attend the Upward Bound Math and Science Center at Lyon College this summer.
The six-week course is designed to strengthen capabilities and enhance basic skills. It is also ...
- Obituaries
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- Vera Maxine Tutt
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- Vera Maxine Gills Tutt, 65, of Camden died Friday, June 6, 1997, at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock.
Born June 7, 1931, in Wink, Texas, she was a homemaker and mother and a member of Fairview Road Baptist Church. She was the widow of Fred H...
- Insurance Changes Made
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- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has announced that crop insurance will be available exclusively through crop insurance agents, beginning in the 1998 crop year.
Previously, the catastrophic level of crop insurance (CAT) was available through b...
- Applications Are Sought
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- Central Arkansas Development Council has begun accepting applications for the Crisis Intervention Program.
This program will assist low-income households with home energy related emergency situations. The household must have an energy related cri...
- Guard's Youth Challenge Set For Next 100 School Students
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- Arkansas National Guard's Youth Challenge Program is preparing for the next class of 100 students, which will commence August 4.
Youth Challenge is a federally funded program designed for young men and women ages 16-18, who are high school dropou...
- Three From County Part Of Space Team
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- Three Clark County 4-H members attended Missions in Space for the 1997 space trek.
Lauren Arnold, Trey Burchfield and Jessica Herron were members of an 88-member `crew' representing 40 Arkansas counties attending the U.S. Space and Rocket Center...
- Local Attend Boys State
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- The 57th Arkansas Boys State has elected Heath Hanson of Cabot as its governor.
The son of Tony and Cher Hanson and a senior at Cabot High School, he was elected in a vote of the 860 delegates attending the annual session on self-government June...
- Workshop Planned
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- Are your family photographs stored in the closet in a shoe box?
The Extension Homemakers craft class on Wednesday, June 25, at 9:30 a.m. in the EH Kitchen at the Clark County Fairgrounds may be the inspiration you need to organize and protect you...
- Center Opens
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- A new cancer research laboratory in honor of George Torgerson was dedicated Friday, June 6. Torgerson is the late husband of Betty Torgerson of Gurdon.
Dr. Paul Gardner was coordinator of the dedication in the University of Arkansas Medical Scie...
- Top Students
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- Students of the month at Gurdon High School for the last month of school have been named.
The GHS May students of the month are: twelfth grade -- Debbie Jackson, daughter of Billy and Lois Jackson; eleventh grade -- Brock Harper, son of Hal and ...
- Falling Barriers Aid Cattle Market
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- As trade barriers in foreign markets continue to erode, increasingly affluent consumers in those markets are beginning to better appreciate a familiar U.S. food -- beef.
At the same time, beef producers in Clark County and around the country are...
- Tiger Camp Set
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- Boys entering the fourth, fifth and sixth grades for the coming school year are invited to register for the annual Tiger Cub Basketball Camp to be held June 16-19 at the Roy and Christine Sturgis Physical Education Center on the campus of Ouachita Bapt...
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