Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 7, 2001 edition of Gurdon Times
- Lunch Menus: March 12-16
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- Meals for the Gurdon School District for the week of March 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: Blueberry mu...
- Diabetes Class Set
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- Behavior and Lifestyle Changes is the topic of the next diabetics education meeting.
Evelyn Latimer, R.N., who is a diabetic herself, will lead a discussion on the implications of being diagnosed with diabetes and the effects on a person's life. A diabe...
- In Our Times . . . News That Matters To Gurdon
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- Gurdon Primary School is needing help painting playground equipment. The date set for working is Saturday, March 17, at 9:00 a.m. If you are available to help, contact Mrs. Roe or Shellie Stroud at the school by calling 353-4321.
Centerpoint Baptist Ch...
- Sleep Necessary, Needed For Today's Lifestyles
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- The modern world is a stressful place. One result is that more and more people are getting less and less sleep.
While stress is the major cause of sleep loss, other factors include backache, non-specific insomnia, snoring, jet lag, allergies and asthma....
- Kelly Renee Stroud
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- Kelly Renee Stroud, 27, of Hope died Thursday, March 1, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Stroud was born October 3, 1973 in Hope to Robert F. and Phyllis M. Price Stroud. She was a plant supervisor at Meyer's Bakery of Hope. She was preceded in death by her moth...
- Junior Eugene Thrasher
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- Junior Eugene Thrasher, 65, of Gurdon died Thursday, March 1, 2001.
Mr. Thrasher was a retired road department employee for Clark County and a Baptist Minister. He was a member of the Boughton Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther Thrasher...
- Junior I. Schee Jr.
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- Junior Eugene Thrasher, 65, of Gurdon died Thursday, March 1, 2001.
Mr. Thrasher was a retired road department employee for Clark County and a Baptist Minister. He was a member of the Boughton Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther Thrasher...
- Smithey To Head New Program At Gurdon Schools
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- Charles Failla, assistant high school principal and co-grantee, had stated when the $467,760 federal grant was awarded, "The director is the key to getting the whole thing to work."
Jean Smithey, Cabe Middle School educator has been chosen to be directo...
- Gurdon Reading Teachers Using Different Methods
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- Cabe Middle School reading teachers Carolyn McClure, Florida Briscoe and Jean Smithey have been using several different methods as motivational techniques with the reading students. For every accelerated reading quiz a student is able to pass with 85 per...
- Saturday Is Final Day Of Registration
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- The Gurdon Baseball Booster Club had its first sign-up day last Saturday at the Municipal Building. The next sign-up day is Saturday, March 10, at the same place. The last chance to sign-up by mail will be March 14.
The cost for a child to play is only ...
- Classy Moments from Cabe Middle School
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- We have just completed a very busy week. Beside the routine things, like going to class and eating lunch, we had spring school pictures taken. The fifth and sixth graders had class pictures taken.
Ident-A-Kid took some time to get completed. This provid...
- College News - Cassie Ross
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- Cassie Joanne Ross, a senior at Gurdon High School, has been awarded an academic scholarship to Arkansas Tech University in Russeville, beginning with the fall 2001 semester.
Ross is a senior cheerleader team co-captain, president of Beta Club, secretar...
- College News - Jodi Purifoy
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- Jodi Purifoy, a senior at Gurdon High School, has been awarded the Presidential Academic Scholarship at Henderson State University.
This scholarship may be offered to high school graduates who have an ACT composite score of 27-29 or 1200-1300 re-centere...
- College News - Whitney Hogue
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- Whitney L. Hogue of Gurdon, studying computer science at the University of Central Arkansas, has been named one of its Presidential Scholars for the fall 2000 semester. Presidential Scholar is UCA's designation for students who make a perfect 4.00 grade ...
- College News - Rusty Freeman
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- Rusty M. Freeman of Gurdon, studying general business administration at the University of Central Arkansas has been named to its dean's list. Students who make a 3.5 grade point average on at least 12 credit hours are named to the dean's list.
Freeman ...
- College News - Kara Thomas
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- Kara Thomas of Gurdon progressed to the semi-final round in junior and senior women's categories at the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition.
Six of Henderson State University's voice majors attended the NATS competition at the Univer...
- Stafford Sworn In At Ceremony
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- Harold Ellis Stafford, son of Ellis and Beatrice Stafford of Gurdon, was appointed in January by recently elected Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to the position of Secretary of the Delaware Department of Labor (DOL).
The DOL consists of seven divisions: ...
- 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...
- Murdered Hope Woman Has Gurdon Ties
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- A Hope murder victim had ties to Gurdon.
According to reports, Nicholas Wade Whatley, 20, of Hope has been charged with capital murder in Hempstead County for the death of Kelly Stroud, 27, also of Hope.
Stroud's body was found Thursday at her home. Of...
- Jobless Rate Drops In County
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- Unemployment in Clark County dropped a tenth of a percentage point from November to December, according to information from the Arkansas Employment Security Divsion.
The jobless rates for surrounding counties varied, with some rising and others falling....
- Gurdon WAter And Sewer Hoping To Get Generator
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- The Gurdon Water and Sewer Commission continues to pursue the generator issue.
At the meeting commissioners conversed on the details of the 60-kilowatt generator with a tandem six-axle trailer. Outgoing Mayor Rick Smith is assisting department manager H...
- Spring Brings Threat Of Severe Weather To Area
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- As spring approaches, so does the threat of severe weather.
One of the moss underrated, but dangerous parts of spring weather is thunderstorms with lightning.
The typical thunderstorm covers a 15-mile diameter and lasts about 30 minutes, though some ha...
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