Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 26, 2000 edition of Gurdon Times

Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith Gives State Of The City Address

BY JOHN MILLER It was a busy year for Gurdon in 1999, according to Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith. In his state of the city address, Smith said the year began with the Gurdon City Council passing a resolution creating an animal control department, something th...

No Budget Ready For City Of Gurdon

With no budget for 2000 ready, Gurdon's City Council meeting of Jan. 17, was short. It began with the panel approving the adjusting of the 1999 budget to reflect exactly what monies had been received and spent by the city, then setting a time for the bu...

Sheriff Warns Of Scams

Beware of scam artists in Clark County. This is the warning issued by Clark County Sheriff Troy Tucker. It seems some scam artists have been operating in the area, with the Clark County Sheriff's Office getting involved when an elderly couple were conn...

Club Hears Of Procedures Foillowing Emergency

Members of the Gurdon Rotary Club were told what to do in the event of an emergency. Rev. Lloyd Perry, chairman of the Methodist Church Disaster Relief Committee, said Arkansas is subject to four different kinds of disasters: tornadoes, floods, fire and...

Health Center Opens

Tired of being tired, overweight and out of shape? Just want to tone the muscles a bit? Or, maybe, you'd like to see just how good of physical condition you can get in. No problem. Any or all of this can be accomplished at the new Prescott Fitness Cen...

GPS Construction Over Budget, Not Finished Yet

Gurdon's School Board will be hunting for money to finish the Gurdon Primary School renovations. The construction cost for the Gurdon Primary School (GPS) renovations has ended up $59,877.83 over budget. When first budgeted, the district had $800,000 to...

Fund May Help Pay For Work At Station In Gurdon

The Gurdon Water and Sewer Commission have a smart accountant to thank for making unforeseeable problems affordable. The commission heard from Harold Hurst, department manager and Charles R. Summerford of Summerford Engineering, Inc. Monday, Jan. 17, a...

Gurdon Boys Now Fourth In Conference

As basketball season winds down, the conference races are heating up. In the tough 7AA Central division, the Stephens Roadrunners are racing away with the conference crown in sight as they are undefeated at 9-0 in senior boys play. Next on the list is ...

Much Has Changed To State's Wildlife In Past 100 Years

Arkansas has wildlife varieties animals, birds and fish  today that weren't around when the 20th century opened. And we are missing some species today that were here when 1900 dawned. Nature is full of changes and some of these new arrivals on the wil...

In Our Time

The Clark County Extension office in Arkadelphia has a new look in a new building. Its new address is 501 Clay Street, in the former Department Human Services building, which held the courtroom for a while. The phone number remains the same 246-2281. T...

College News

Three from Gurdon made the dean's list for the past fall semester at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope. They are Melissa Bruce, Nolona Edwards and Michael McBride. Glen Edwin Shults was named to the dean's list for the 1999 fall s...

Golden Oldies

Our activity director has been working hard, planning activities for February. The month of January has flown by on wings. Our monthly council meeting was on Tuesday of last week. Some of the seniors went to Arkadelphia to eat. We want to thank Bro. G...

Community News

Section one meeting and fifth Sunday singing will convene with New Bethel Baptist Church near Arkadelphia January 28-31. Everyone is welcome. Pre-musical Friday night at 7:00 with division A in charge. Rev. C.W. Harris, president of Section One, Bro. Law...

Classy Moments

"Smile for the birdie," "say cheese," were many of the phrases that several students heard Thursday morning. Group pictures were being taken to be placed in the yearbook for Cabe Middle School (CMS). We only hope that no one was missed. You might think ...

Deaths, Funerals

Tannie Weeks, 92, of North Little Rock died Tuesday, January 18, 2000. Mrs. Weeks was a homemaker and member of Park Hill Christian Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Janette. Survivors include her husband, J.A. Mann' Weeks of Nort...

'Aladdin Is Set'

A simple caress of a lamp sets the stage for a young boy as Children's Theatre presents Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp February 4-20 at the Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce, in MacArthur Park in Little Rock. After Aladdin is whirled unconsciousl...

Dancers Win Awards

Five local dancers from Shirlene's School of Dance in Prescott and their instructor, Shirlene Gills, received first place ratings at dance competition on December 10-12 at Hall High School in Little Rock. The Showbiz national talent regional competition...

Entries Are Sought

Entries are being accepted for the 39th annual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition, on display April 21-May 29 at Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce, MacArthur Park in Little Rock. Deadline for entries is March 6. Students in kindergarten through g...

Access Free Info In Finding Funds To Help Pay College Tuition

Every spring high schools across the country graduate another class of seniors, and students and their families begin looking for creative ways to finance a college education. Another annual event is a rise in the cost of tuition and room and board. Acc...

Seminar Set At OBU On Tornadoes

Tornado safe rooms and wind resistant construction is the topic of a seminar open to the public and building professionals on Saturday, January 29, at 2:30 p.m. at the Jones Performing Arts Center on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelph...

Scholarships Offered

The Arkansas Public Health Association (APHA) is accepting requests for applications for $500 and $1,000 scholarships to be awarded to Arkansas students in the public health field. Application deadline is March 16. Recipients will be notified April 1 an...

Senator Looks At E-Commerce Taxation; Drug Expenditures Up

American consumers are buying more products over the Internet, and they do not have to pay any state or local taxes when they do. Commonly known as e-commerce, retail purchases over the Internet amounted to an estimated $20 billion last year and will gr...

Meeting Set By Association

Environmental and forestry experts will explain how the EPA's proposed new TMDL (total maximum daily load) regulations are a dangerous threat to forest landowners, loggers and local jobs. These new regulations would require private landowners to obtain ...

Poll Looks At Reformation

"Most nations have grappled with some form of social security," says James Metzger in a recent article distributed by the Arkansas Forum. "Ancient Greeks stored olive oil as a form of financial security during old age. The English Poor Law of 1601 includ...