Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 26, 2004 edition of Gurdon Times

CCIC considers joining Learning Center

State Sen. Percy Malone may have come up with the only way possible to keep the Clark County Industrial Council viable. The CCIC had its first meeting of 2004 Wednesday, May 19, at the Southwest Technical Learning Center, with President Brown Hardman sayi...

Gurdon Kindergarten class graduates

The graduation ceremony was, in most ways, very traditional. Graduates marched in, single file. Family and friends cheers as the grads trekked across to receive diplomas and handshakes. And no one minded if tassels were on the wrong side of the caps or if...

Thrasher retires as teacher in Gurdon

Formal acceptance of the retirement of third grade teacher Linda Thrasher and transfer of staff within the school system were among the items planned for the May meeting of the Gurdon School Board. But without a quorum, the board could not conduct busines...

Runoff needed for JP race

Voters in Clark County Justice of the Peace districts 9 and 10 will be asked to return to the polls on June 8 to select their representatives. Both districts had a field of three candidates and both will have run-offs. According to unofficial election res...

Phillip Coplen

Phillip L. Coplen, 54, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Gurdon, died Saturday, May 1, 2004, in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Phillip was a Construction Services Manager for ABB Lummus Global. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Eckert Coplen of Houston; one son, Brett...