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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 6, 2006 edition of Gurdon Times

Hurricane victims call Gurdon home
A family victimized by Hurricane Katrina sought shelter through a church in Gurdon a year ago and now has purchased a three-bedroom home after completely starting over. The house is on East Walnut Street and buying it is nothing short of a miracle, acco...
Forest Festival pageant seeks contestants
The 17th annual Forest Festival Beauty Pageant will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, in the Gurdon High School cafetorium. Pageant coordinator Billy Wells, owner of Billys Main Street Florist, reminds girls to have their photographs and applications...
Exploding tires alert neighbor about fire
An fire in a hay baling machine resulted in a field being burned The accident happened on Aug. 17 at a hay farm in Moon Valley on Stephenson Road by Curtis. T.J. Smith, 64, of Gurdon, was baling hay alone for his brother-in-law, Hollis Thaxston. He look...
Pageant winner recalls experiences
Megan Trout, 12, of rural Gurdon, is the 2005 reigning Young Miss of Clark County and will be handing over her crown to the new Young Miss on Saturday, Sept. 9. Trout has been involved with the Forest Festival Pageant since she was 7 years old. The Cla...
Writer recalls doing a dance for football pictures
The weather is beginning to cool off and the dog days of our 2006 summer will soon be just a memory. My attention turns to beauty pageants, the Forest Festival, and fall football games. I am looking forward to doing the journalists dance at our game a...

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