Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 14, 2007 edition of Gurdon Times

School gets nod from state review

The Gurdon School District fared well during a recent site visit by the Arkansas Department of Education, and now the district is awaiting a letter which will reveal the current accreditation status. Bonnie Ross, curriculum coordinator for the district, s...

Several arrested in unrelated incidents

Two Gurdon residents were arrested March 3, after an alleged theft at a construction site at Gurdon Primary School. Sumer D. Ellis, 20, and Christopher Young, 18, both of 604 E. Beech Street, were arrested after they were allegedly seen trespassing at the...

HSU aviation is topic at Rotary

The aviation program at Henderson State University is the only one of its kind in the state, and Gurdon Rotary Club members were able to learn all about the program during its meeting on Thursday, March 8. According to Troy Houge of the HSU aviation progr...

Lee laid to rest with military honors

Tom Lee Jr. was known for many things. By all accounts, he was an incredible bass singer, a top-notch soldier and a friendly person. More than 60 friends and relatives gathered Saturday, March 10, to pay their final respects to Lee. Better known as Bus...

On my mind: Not a laughing matter

There are a lot of good things falling into place for Gurdon  things that could help this town become a little more of what it use to be. The most prevalent thing happening is, of course, the Clark County Strategic Plan. The plan, as illustrated in an ar...

Mitchell B. Pierce

Mitchell Mitch Bradley Pierce, 51, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Monday, March 5, 2007, in Luling, La. He was born in Little Rock on Dec.13, 1955, the son of the late Olen and Jessie Bradley Pierce. Mitch was a member of Bethlehem United M...

Harvey Brown

Harvey E. Judge Brown, 83, of Hot Springs died Tuesday, March 6, 2007. He was a retired union brick layer, member of First Baptist Church of Hot Springs, a Mason and a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Brown of Hot Spr...