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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 7, 2006 edition of Gurdon Times

Librarian calls reading key to success stories
The childrens librarian for Gurdon and Arkadelphia told Rotarians June 1 that she is expecting between 50 and 75 readers for the summer program this year. "I have been doing this on Tuesdays during the summer at Gurdon for seven years," Julie Watson sa...
Sign-up begins for summer reading at Cabe Library
The Cabe Librarys Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales 2006 Summer Reading Program will begin on June 13. Librarian LeElna Davidson said children who participate will be asked to keep reading logs. Summer reading logs must be turned in to the front desk at t...
School Board has special session to select new assistant principal
The assistant principals position was reportedly the top item on the agenda of the Gurdon School Board during a special meeting held May 30. According to Gurdon Superintendent Bobby Smithson, the list was narrowed to four applicants. Charles Failla, h...
GHS announces 2006 sports awards
The annual Gurdon High School sports banquet took place in the middle of May with the following students being honored for the 2005-06 school year. In football, Gurdon Head Coach John Pace said the Go-Devil Award went to Camron Kennedy. The offensive ba...
Voters will go to polls for runoffs on June 13
The polling places for the Tuesday, June 13, runoff election will be the same as usual in Clark County "because there is not enough time to consolidate them." Rhonda Cole, Clark County Clerk, said May 31 voters will be deciding on five runoff races on J...
Biologist notes plenty of deer in Clark County
The May 25 Rotary program on deer and turkey hunting was presented by Charles Self, a private lands biologist and employee of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Self works out of the Camden office. Self began his talk on turkeys by noting there are...
Elizabeth Sutton
Elizabeth Sutton, 90, died Friday in St. Joseph Hospital in Hot Springs. She was born in Nevada County on October 22, 1915, and had lived mostly in Gurdon before moving to Hot Springs Village to be near her son. She was the widow of G.E. Sutton and a me...
L.R. McDonald
L. R. McDonald age 63 of Gurdon died Wednesday, May 31, 2006. He was a logger for Forthman Logging Company, member of Red Springs Baptist Church and a US Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. Survivors include one son, David (Jerusha) McDonald of Gurdon; t...
Wayne Schee
Wayne Schee, 48, of Gurdon, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at his home. He was born Nov. 8, 1957 in Hope, the son of the late Glen Victor Schee and Ruby Ann Warren. He was a contractor, a U.S. Marine and a loving father, husband and grandfather. He was pre...

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