Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 29, 2000 edition of Gurdon Times
- Taxing Situation Related By Smith To Rotarians
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- Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith recently gave the Rotary Club an update on city activities and progress.
He began by recapping 1999, saying the year began with the Gurdon City Council passing an ordinance to purchase an animal control truck and get the animal c...
- Chamber Banquet Is Monday Night
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- Gurdon's Chamber of Commerce Banquet is rapidly approaching.
The banquet will be held Monday, April 3, at the Gurdon High School cafetorium. It will begin at 7 p.m. with tickets costing $12.50.
Matt Mosler, weatherman for KATV Channel 7, will be the fea...
- "Suspension Of Rules" Discussed By Clark County JPs
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- Discouraging words were heard at the Clark County Quorum Court's meeting on March 14. The high tension level between JP Juanita Dot' Curry and JP Bill Conine was an unusual occurrence.
JP Curry has sponsored an ordinance, Amending Ordinance No. 98-14...
- Spring Cleaning Urged - Curbside Service For Junk Is April 10-15
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- It's time once again for spring cleaning in Gurdon.
The city will be holding its semi-annual household junk curbside pickup April 10-15 this year.
All items must be placed at curbside to be picked up, and it must be accessible to the street.
Those wit...
- Clocks Should 'Spring Forward' Sunday Morning
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- This Saturday marks the return to daylight savings time.
People need to remember and move their clocks ahead one full hour before they go to bed Saturday night, April 1. Daylight savings time actually goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, April 2.
There a...
- In Our Times...Events That Matter To Gurdon & Southern Clark Co.
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- HSU's Founder's Day activities begin on Sunday, April 2, with a faculty recital and reception at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi and Evergreen in Little Rock
The Arkadelphia 2025 Commission will be meeting Thursday, March 30, at 5:00 ...
- Fort Making Trip To Germany
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- Eddie Fort Jr., a sophomore at Gurdon High School, has been chosen to travel to Germany with People to People Sports Ambassadors (PPSA), a unique international event founded by former President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
As an ambassad...
- 1999 Gurdon Go-Devil Baseball Team
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- DIAMOND DEVILS Gurdon's Go-Devil baseball team currently has a 6-3 record on the year and has won the Prescott Classic Tournament. The Y2K Devils are: back row from left Brandon Ellis, Christian Fergeson, Colby Pace, Tommy White, J.R. Gober, Keith Re...
- State's Prisons Are Overflowing
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- A legislative committee that monitors the operations of prisons received some discouraging news during a recent inspection of prison units the inmate population in Arkansas is increasing at such a rapid rate that it will take an enormous amount of stat...
- April 1 Is Deadline For Babe Ruth Registration
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- Saturday, April 1, will be sign-up day and tryouts for all children, ages 13-15, who are interested in playing junior Babe Ruth baseball this summer.
Sign-up will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Cabe Field.
A parent or legal guardian must be present to sign...
- College News
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- Lee Hendrix of Gurdon has been inducted into Alpha Epsilon Lambda at Henderson State University (HSU).
Hendrix will be graduating in May with his master of science degree in community counseling. He is a health services specialist for the Arkansas Depar...
- Community News
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- Pastor's aid program will be Saturday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of the city. Everyone is welcome. Sis. Sheree Hendrix, Sis. Mary Ann Anderson, vice president. Rev. Quintin Radford, pastor.
Revival services will be held at Bet...
- Excitement Of Reading Found In Parent, Child Relationship
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- "Would you like to hear a story?" Doesn't this question capture your interest? Imagine how excited a child would be to know that an adult would like to tell or read them a story. Children's experiences with stories can build positive attitudes toward rea...
- GHS Band Earns Superior Ratings
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- While attending the Region III concert and sight-reading contest, the mighty Go-Devil band earned three superior ratings from three separate judges. One judge awarded an excellent rating in sight-reading.
Even so the band was disappointed with the two t...
- Club News
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- Tootsie Dempsey and Cathy and Laverne Bauer hosted the Red Springs Extension Homemakers Club meeting March 9 at the Gurdon Municipal building.
President Dempsey led the Pledge of Allegiance and Laverne Bauer gave the inspirational reading Foot Prints.'...
- Golden Oldies
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- The senior adults enjoyed their trip to Glenwood last Thursday.
We had a beautiful display of quilts and Afghans. Most of them were quilted or crocheted by the center ladies. My Afghan was made by my daughter, Shirley White, of South Bend, Ind.
We are...
- School Menus
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- Meals for the Gurdon School District for the week of April 3-7 are as follows. All meals are served with milk. Meals for Gurdon High School and Cabe Middle school were not provided The Times for this week.
Primary School
BREAKFAST
MONDAY: Super doughnut...
- Trebia Eakin
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- Trebia Eakin, 76, of Malvern, formerly of Gurdon, died Monday, March 13, 2000.
Mrs. Eakin was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil, and a grandson, Rodney Black.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, C...
- Marjorie L. Raines
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- Marjorie L. Raines, 78, of Malvern died Saturday, March 25, 2000, at her residence.
Mrs. Raines was born August 2, 1921, in Whitehall, Ill., to the late June and Mammie Tabb Sandage. She was reared and educated in Gurdon. In 1939 she married the late Ot...
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