Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 28, 2004 edition of Gurdon Times

Biley taking over as Gurdon basketball coach

Lights at the Gurdon baseball field, student insurance and employment of additional teachers were among the topics discussed by members of the Gurdon School Board during the July meeting. After an executive session, the board approved the employment of Br...

Jester tells his side of assault story

Russell Lee "Rusty" Jester's account of an incident that apparently occurred at Whelen Springs on May 22 differs from that of the victims. Jester has been charged with robbery and burglary in Clark County Circuit Court for his part in the incident, but in...

Meeting needed on bond issue

The City of Gurdon will likely hold a special meeting in early August to adopt a bond ordinance and sign the bond purchase agreement. The bonds issue is slated to be closed on Sept. 7 and Gurdon Mayor Clayton Franklin said work on the streets should be re...

Council ponders future of old lake

The Gurdon City Park, Gurdon Lake and the old Gurdon Lake were among the items discussed during the July meeting of the Gurdon City Council. Gurdon Mayor Clayton Franklin said the park and lake are assets to the city, and the old Gurdon Lake could be valu...

Gurdon man charged with rape of 12-year-old girl in 2002

A Gurdon man has been charged in the rape of a girl who was 12 at the time of the incident. According to a bench warrant issued on July 19, Roberto Aguilar, of Gurdon, listed as a Hispanic male with no age or street address given, was charged with a singl...

Stafford recalls time as teacher

Beatrice Bragg Stafford raised six children of her own, but she also spent 25 years teaching the children of others. But teaching, she said, is more than offering knowledge to a classroom filled with children. For Stafford, it was a chance to give childre...

Wendy's World

With so many local folks headed out of town or even out of the state for summer travels, it occurred to me that it's difficult to understand the customs and laws of those strange, foreign places  places like Kansas and Ohio. And sometimes, not knowing th...

Reba Lamb

Reba Laverne Manning Lamb was born Dec. 19, 1935, in Richwoods, to parents Roy and Ethyl Manning. She passed from this life to her Heavenly reward on July 17, 2004, at her home in O'Fallon, Mo. Reba had been an active member of First Assembly of God Churc...

Eddie Jones

Eddie Ray Jones, 47, of Gurdon died July 21, 2004, at Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia. He was born Jan. 26, 1957, in Hot Springs, son of the late Robert and Ellen Eddlemon Jones. He was employed by Anthony Timberlands Inc. and was a member of th...