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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 9, 1997 edition of Gurdon Times

Rescue Unit For South Clark County May Be Reality
Gurdon's Fire Department has received a grant for $7,500 from the Arkansas Rural Development Commission (ARDC).

This grant was for Cycle III recipients of the Arkansas Rural Community Grant, the Arkansas Rural Community Fire Protection Grant and the ...

Director Is Relieved Of Duties
At this time, the Clark County Industrial Council has no executive director.

On Thursday, July 3, Peter Lawson was relieved of his duties as executive director of the CCIC by the organization's president, Brown Hardman.

In a release, Hardman sai...

Rural Water Project Proceeds Nicely
Gurdon's rural water project is coming along nicely. In fact, about half the lines have already been laid.

Harold Hurst, manager of the Gurdon Water and Sewer Department, said if the weather stays warm and dry the construction crews can finish puttin...

For New Building -
Okolona Given Fire Grant
Okolona has garnered a grant to help purchase a building for a fire department.

The Arkansas Rural Development Commission (ARDC) announced the recipients for the Cycle III grants through the Arkansas Rural Community Grant, Arkansas Rural Fire Protect...

Miss SW Pageants Are Near
It's time once again for the Miss Southwest Arkansas Pageant and Miss Teen Southwest Arkansas

Young ladies, ages 13-24, who live in Hempstead, Nevada, Hoard, Sevier, Clark and Lafayette counties are eligible to compete in this pageant.

The pagea...

Common Sense Can Make Kitchens Much Safer
Barbara A. Holt, Ph.D.

Clark County Extension Agent

Family and Consumer Sciences

Cooperative Extension Service

SAFE KITCHEN

How safe is your kitchen? Kitchens today are centers of activity for all family members, young ...

Farmers Could Get More Help
Help may be available area farmers who suffered losses this past spring when a tornado struck the March 1.

The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) is an emergency effort administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to help livestock producers, who...

Military News
Army Pvt. Laketric K. Allen has entered basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the eight weeks of training, the soldiers will study the Army mission and will receive instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map readi...

Huckabee Honors Williams
Booie Williams has been recognized by Gov. Mike Huckabee for her efforts during the March 1 tornado.

According to Jim Harris, with the governor's press office, Williams was nominated for the Service to Citizens Award because of the way she pitched in...

Patient Tips Given
Most people want to comply with their doctor's orders, reports Arthritis Today, the Arthritis Foundation's national consmer magazine. But a number of factors can minimize benefits of prescribed treatments.

Some of these roadblocks are side effect...

Dr. Jacobs Bestowed With High Honors
Dr. Richard F. Jacobs (right), formerly of Gurdon, and his wife, Penni, are shown with Dean Dodd Wilson, M.D., and W.T. Dungan, M.D., as he is honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award for 1997 during a 1997 College of Medicine Banquet.

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Jones Family Had Reunion In Santa Fe
Santa Fe, N.M., is a city that provides many excellent facilities for all types of meetings and it proved to be the perfect spot for the recent reunion of the decendants of the late Susie Nunn Jones and Clarborn (Clay) Jones of Gurdon.

The famil...

Fern A Hardy Plant
from Cooperative Extension Service

University of Arkansas

The burgundy and silver stripes of the Japanese painted fern may leave other ferns green with envy.

"This fern, native to Japan, is the most popular hardy fern in American ga...

Obituaries
Frances Wingfield Luck
Frances Jean Wingfield Luck, 71, of Arkadelphia died Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at her home.

She was born February 22, 1926, in Okolona, the daughter of the late James Burt and Eva Lois Hammons Wingfield. She was a mother, grandmother and a business...


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