Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 2, 2006 edition of Gurdon Times

Progress made toward GHS auditorium

Construction of the proposed Gurdon High School auditorium is tentatively set to begin just after the first of the year. Anita Cabe, who hopes to have the remaining $600,000 of funding raised by then, said the auditorium itself would be phase one of cam...

Gurdon Fire Department gets new turn-out gear

Members of the Gurdon Volunteer Fire Department now have 16 new turn-out gears, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Horace Cabe Foundation. Gurdon Fire Chief Robert Burns said the grant came through in February and he began shopping around to make the mo...

Gurdon High School student returns fom touring Europe

LaDonna Sade Lasker, 17, who will be a senior at Gurdon High School this fall, returned from a 20-day European tour June 28 with a new respect for American culture. Lasker, daughter of Sharon and Ronnie Lasker, said part of that respect came from realiz...

Gurdon woman hurt in wreck

A two-vehicle accident on the morning of July 26 in Gurdon resulted in minor injuries to one of the drivers and serious damage to one vehicle. Gurdon Police Sgt. Garry Marshall and Marshal Don Childres were at the scene, which was at the corner of Main ...

Writer waits for fall weather

I dont know about you but 104 degrees boils my body and my brain. In the past journey of my writing career, I have written many pieces on the heat and how it effects the older population. Most of them recommend that we dont get out much in the heat s...

Go-Devils announce football schedule

The Gurdon Go-Devils football teams were scheduled to begin practicing on Monday, July 31, with about a month to prepare before competition starts. A complete schedule is now available for both senior high school and junior high school teams. Senior te...