Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 7, 2001 edition of Gurdon Times
- Earl A. 'Sonny' Allen
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- Earl A. Sonny' Allen, 79, departed this life Friday, February 2, 2001.
Mr. Allen was a retired car man for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and a retired merchant, operating Allen's Grocery for a number of years in Gurdon. He was a member of First Baptist...
- Mattie Faye Jones
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- Mattie Faye Jones, 85, of Gurdon died Saturday, February 3, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Jones was born March 17, 1915, in Clark County, the daughter of the late A.J. Drew' and Cora Cox Milloway. She was a homemaker and a member of Southfork Baptist Church....
- Community News
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- Eastern Star Baptist Church of Smithton will hold its sixth annual Valentine's program Sunday, Feb. 11, at 2:30 p.m. Guest churches include Gennesaret Baptist Church of Arkadelphia and New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Gurdon. The theme will be Bring a swe...
- Golden Oldies
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- I am so thankful for the beautiful sunshine we have been enjoying.
Three of our center members are in Twin Rivers Rehab recuperating. They Eulah Wilson, Maxine Purifoy and Junior Thrasher. Our love and prayers are with them, and hope they can soon be ba...
- School Menus: February 12-16
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- Meals for the Gurdon School District for the week of Feb. 12-16 are as follows. All meals are served with milk. Cabe Middle School students will not be served tea.
Primary School
BREAKFAST
MONDAY: Super doughnut, toast and fruit.
TUESDAY: Pop-Tart, toa...
- Classy Moments from Cabe Middle School
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- Mrs. Hogue, Cabe Middle School secretary, probably feels as though she has opened a health clinic, as she is so busy taking temps, and assisting students to be absent. Hopefully the old bugs' will leave our school soon.
Tuesday progress reports were to...
- Baseball Boosters Raising Funds To Improve Fields
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- The Gurdon Baseball Booster Club is in the process of raising funds to make Gurdon's baseball-softball park one of the nicest parks around.
Cabe Field is in desperate need of major work. This work includes sodding the field, doing dirt work on the field...
- College News - UA Dean's List
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- Andrew M. Wilson of Gurdon has made the dean's list at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Also making the list were Justin Adams and Charles D. Jeffers, both of Arkadelphia.
More than 1,300 students were named to either the chancellor's list o...
- College News - Two Earn Scholarships
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- Leslie R. Baumgardner and Leah M. Edwards, both students at Gurdon High School, have been awarded scholarships at Henderson State University.
Baumgardner has been awarded the University Academic Scholarship for 2001-02. She is the daughter of Bryan Baum...
- In Our Times . . . News That Matters To Gurdon
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- The Beirne Rural Fire Department will be holding a chili supper at the fire department on Saturday, Feb. 3, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Dinner plates will cost $4.50 per plate.
There will be a private applicator pesticide training session in Nevada County F...
- "New American Plate" Is A Balanced Diet
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- The New American Plate is a fresh approach to healthy eating devised by the American Institute for Cancer Research. It focuses on the proportion of plant-based to animal-based foods on your plate and on the portion sizes you eat. It wants to help you red...
- IP Re-Certified As VPP Star Site
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- International Paper's Gurdon Wood Products was recently re-certified as an OSHA voluntary protection program (VPP) star site. This prestigious award is given by OSHA to those facilities whose safety programs are ranked in the top five percent in the nati...
- Fire Melts Gurdon's M&M
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- M&M Enterprises was destroyed by fire Saturday, Jan. 27, with the cause of the blaze unknown.
Gurdon Fire Chief Jake McBride said the Gurdon Fire Department was notified around 1:30 a.m., with three companies of firefighters responding.
Firemen...
- Gurdon Baseball Season Starts Feb. 22
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- Gurdon Coach John Pace will field one of the most experienced baseball teams he's ever had this season.
The Devils will field four seniors, and several juniors and sophomores who saw plenty of action in the 2000 season from a team that went to the regio...
- Gurdon Budget Unchanged For New Year
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- In effect, Gurdon's budget for 2001 is the same the city had for 2000.
The Gurdon City Council, meeting in special session Monday, Jan. 29, voted to adopt this budget, but fine tune it as the year goes on.
The problem, Gurdon Mayor Rick Smith said, is ...
- Debris Clean-Up Bids Are Opened
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- Bids for cleaning up debris from Gurdon's city streets, caused by the Christmas Day ice storm, were opened at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1.
Three bids were submitted, with the bid amounts ranging from $38.75 per cubic yard to $7.50 per cubic yard.
As of pr...
- County Begins It Cleaning
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- TAG Grinding of Palmetto, Ga., has the contract to clean the debris from Clark County roads.
According to Clark County Judge Floyd "Buddy" Manning, the company was awarded the contract Tuesday, Jan. 30, and began moving in men and equipment to do the jo...
- Lady Devils Dispatch Blevins And Genoa
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- Blevins's much vaunted offense was held in check by the Gurdon Lady Devils Thursday, Feb.1, as the Lady Hornets were felled 48-47.
However, it took a pair of last second free throws by Vanesha Young for Gurdon to seal the win. In fact, free throws almos...
- Gurdon Boys Post Pair Of League Wins
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- Blevins and Genoa Central fell victim to the Gurdon Go-Devils in 7-AA Central basketball action last week.
Genoa was Gurdon's first victim, losing 37-36, while the Devils simply beat up on Blevins 71-52.
GURDON 71
BLEVINS 52
The Devils made no bones ab...
- Alicia Michelle King
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- Alicia Michelle King, 18, of Gautier, Miss., died Monday, February 26, 2001, in Gautier, Miss.
Alicia was born Aug.6, 1982 in Arkadelphia. She was a 2000 graduate of Gautier High School and was currently attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Colleg...
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