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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 6, 2000 edition of Gurdon Times

Holiday Shopping Can Be In Gurdon
Christmas shopping has gotten off to a slow start in Gurdon, but business is expected to pick up as the holiday gets closer. For those still looking for the perfect Christmas gift, it can be found in downtown Gurdon at local businesses. If clothes are ...
Gurdon's Christmas Parade Is Friday
Friday is the annual Gurdon Christmas parade. Gurdon's annual Christmas Parade has been scheduled for Friday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m., with more than $400 in prizes and gift certificates to be awarded. The parade will follow its traditional route through dow...
One Charged With Burglary Of Gurdon High School
A 19-year-old Gurdon man has been charged with two counts of residential burglary in connection with an incident at Gurdon High School. Andrew Darnell Bell was arrested Sunday, Nov. 19, by the Clark County Sheriff's Office. However, a Gurdon Police off...
Holiday Concert Set By Gurdon Bands
The Gurdon School bands Christmas concert this year will be held in the high school cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. The concert will feature beginner band, intermediate band and the high school concert band. There will also be some guest so...
Go-Devils Outlast Hornets
Fans got their money's worth Friday, Dec. 1, when the Gurdon and Blevins senior boys hit the hardwood. The game was back and forth from the outset, and literally not decided until the final buzzer when the Devils were able to escape with a 50-47 win. T...
Jr. Lady Go-Devils Defeat Blevins In League Play
Gurdon's Heather Griffin led the junior Lady Devils to a 41-18 beating of Blevins Friday, Dec. 1. The game opened with both teams playing a deliberate offensive and defensive scheme, feeling one another out like heavyweight boxers. The Lady Devils work...
Gurdon Teams Faltering On Courts
Gurdon's senior girls fell to 3-4 on the season after a 50-33 loss to Blevins Friday, Dec. 1. The game began with the Lady Hornets taking the tip and scoring. From there, though, turnovers marred the contest and neither team was able to score much. At...
Gurdon Junior Teams Struggling As Well
Hope's junior teams proved to be too much for the Gurdon squads in the Blevins Junior Tournament last week. Gurdon's boys and girls played back-to-back games against the Bobkittens and Lady Kittens Wednesday, Nov. 29, and were eliminated from the tourne...
School Menus: December 11-15
Meals for the Gurdon School District for the week of Dec.11-15, are as follows. All meals are served with milk. Cabe Middle School students will not be served tea. Primary School BREAKFAST MONDAY: Doughnut, toast and fruit. TUESDAY: Pop-Tart, toast and...
Methodist Church Plans Celebration
The birth of Jesus will be celebrated at the First United Methodist Church with two special services on Dec. 10. The morning service will feature the chancel choir in the presentation of the musical Touched By a Child, Touched By a King by John Purifoy....
In Our Times . . . News That Matters To Gurdon
Gurdon Primary School's "word of the month" for December is compassion. Compassion is the desire to help others. The Close-Up chili supper will begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, before the Gurdon Christmas parade. The supper will be held at the Hoo Ho...
Clinton L. Jester
Clinton L. Jester, 61, of Hot Springs died Thursday, November 30, 2000, in a Hot Springs hospital. Mr. Jester was honorably discharged from the Arkansas National Guard, where he served from 1953 to 1956. Mr. Jester was preceded in death by his wife, Ang...
Community News
Minister Bennie Welch of Osceola visited his parents, Joe and Hazle Welch, sister, Lois Williams, and her family of Gurdon over the weekend. He and his dad also attended the morning worship services at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Sunday. Harvey McCel...
Classy Moments from Cabe Middle School
We were hoping to know who our president is by this time, but as you know we still do not have that information. It has been most interesting. So many different ideas of how this could be solved have been expressed. In fact some were good ones that might...
America's Eating Patterns Traced
America's eating patterns have changed over the past century. Some of these trends have been traced by Elizabeth Jones, family nutrition specialist with Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas. When the 20th century was young our populati...

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