Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

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Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.

Al-Anon, for those affected by another's drinking, meets Thursday

evenings at 8:00 in the church. For more information call 887-5991.

Mom's In Touch prayer group meets every Tuesday at 9 a.m. at First Baptist Church.

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is conducting the Master Gardener training program every Wednesday between January 27 and February 24 at Clark County Fairgrounds in Arkadelphia.

New trainees, following receipt of their Master Gardner certification, will be asked to donate a minimum of 40 hours to help Nevada County Extension agents train others.

Training begins on January 27 with instruction on basic botany, principles of horticulture, soils and fertilizer, irrigation, pest control and pesticide use. Other training sessions include vegetable production, home fruit production, landscaping and lawns. All training will be conducted by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service professionals. A fee of $60 covers books and other materials.

Deadline for applying is January 6. For details, contact the Nevada County Extension office at (870) 887-2818.

There will be a 4-H Livestock Club meeting at the Nevada County Cooperative Extension office at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 7. Club officers for 1999 will be elected at this meeting.

Youths interested in learning more about livestock or starting a livestock project are encouraged and welcome to attend this meeting.

Revival at Mt. Zion Baptist Church continues through January 8. Rev. Raymond Gill is the speaker at 7:30 nightly.

The Emmet School board will have its regular meeting Monday, January 11, at 7 p.m. in room 4.

The agenda will include the elementary and high school principals' report, superintendent's report, consider elementary math textbook adoption and personnel matters.

The Nevada County Courthouse will sponsor the January Chamber of Commerce coffee. It will be held on January 14 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. in the courthouse. Everyone is encouraged to attend.