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YEAR 15: 2021 ISSUE: WEEKENDER FOR JANUARY 29, 2021 VOL. 477 12 Pages
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May
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Poetry: Keep on until you do it right;
P-4
Gurdon girl back from
Census work; P-11
GATE INDEX
Making a Difference
IN GOD WE TRUST
JOHN’S SERMON
Before we act,
pray to Jesus
and then react
Page 3
Basketball: game
results; senior night
Go-Devil basketball season will host senior night Feb. 5
Page 5
Mayor gathering
pothole information
Mayor Sherry Kelley is collecting pothole information to fix
Page 6
Tailgater hopes
vaccine helps
Tailgater says COVID-19 hurts athletic programs;
hopes vaccine will lessen cancelations Page 7
Gurdon water
needs chemical
adjustment, says
local plumber
Kenneth Harper offers to reduce water problems
and keep state approval Page 8
Obituaries: Yates, Fulton, Marlar, Benton, Ball; Ps: 9&10
Classifieds; Page 11
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GURDON SWEARIN IN - City Council members present on Tuesday, January 26 were sworn in for
another year of service. Mayor Sherry Kelley did the swearing in for: Lois Williams, Ward 3; Darlene
Simpson Jones, Ward 4: Jodie Ellis, Ward 2 and Theresa Powell, Ward 5. Danny Paull, Ward 1, is still that
Ward’s City Councilman but was absent from the meeting. (John Nelson photo)
Gurdon passes
budgets, swears
in Council crew
By JOHN NELSON
Tailgate News Editor
The Gurdon City Council met on Tuesday, January 26 and unan-imously passed the amended 2020 budget, as well as the 2021 annual budget.
The budgets passed via Ordinance 21-002 for the amend-ed 2020 and by way of Ordinance 21-003 for the 2021 annual. Treasurer/Recorder Amy Woods said sales tax collections were up $12,800 for this past year.
She said property tax collec-tion was up $4,000, but fines were down $6,800. Woods said there was only one grant, which was for $5,000 in this past year, whereas Gurdon usually averages $40,000 in grants annually.
“Police salaries were $20,000 less,” Woods said. “We also gained $14,500 from government 833 money in the fire department, thanks to compliance efforts by Fire Chief Mitch Nolan. This, along with new anticipated 833 money, will go toward the recovery fire truck we are about to buy.”
Mayor Sherry Kelley said Chief Nolan was negotiating on a used recovery truck that he want-ed for the Gurdon Fire
Department, but the people who wanted to sell it to Gurdon were being told they have to fix a few things before the purchase will be a done deal.
“A used truck is really so much cheaper than buying a new one,” Mayor Kelley said. “But Mitch is wise in making sure all the repairs are taken care of
COACH DAVIS AT WORK - Lady Go-Devil Coach David Davis
talks to players about strategy during the Thursday home game against
Parkers Chapel. The team won Wednesday against Lafayette County in
an away game 50-25 victory. Coach Davis said #3 Rayann Williams,
junior guard, led with 15 points and the rebounding with 11. Senior
night for the Ladies and the Go-Devils will be Friday, February 5
start-ing at 5 p.m. against Hampton. SEE STORY P-5 (John Nelson photo)
Local plumber
offers to help
adjust chemicals
to improve water
By JOHN NELSON Tailgate News Editor
Local Gurdon Plumber Kenneth Harper came to City Council Tuesday evening and offered his services in regard to fine tuning the chemicals used to make Gurdon water not only meet state standards, but also be less harmful to water equipment in homes.
Mayor Sherry Kelley assured this reporter that Gurdon water does meet state standards and that the state is very particular about the chemical mix used to
before we get it.”
The used fire recovery truck, complete with water hosing capa-bilities, has been on the table for purchase these past few months with an estimated cost of between $50,000 and $60,000.
In regard to the 2021 budget, Woods said Gurdon figures show an anticipation of $5,000 more from taxes this year than last. She said trash service was usually allocated $170,000, but this past year it was only $148,000.
“I put down $150,000 for trash service in 20-21 because we are paying off a trash truck. We realize adjustments may have to be made over repair costs,” she said.
Woods went over some budg-et totals for the 2021 budgbudg-et on Thursday with this reporter. As to the general fund revenues, the total is $692,000. This is without antici-pated police grant revenue from both federal and state, which is $32,500. So this makes the gross profit revenues for the city a total of $724,500.
As to a breakdown of expens-es, the total is $142,370 for the administrative department. For ani-mal control, $26,750. The park department is $8,900, but Woods said that figure will have to be amended once Gurdon gets esti-mates on fixing pavilion roofing and the bathrooms.
Police Department totals had a net change in the funding balance of $64,380. Police totals to run the department had been $482,100. With the net change, the police department total expenses for this year are at $660,120. These fig-ures are from January 1, 2021 until December 31, 2021.
In regard to the street depart-ment for the same time period, the revenue figure is $216,311, which breaks down to $178,650 in expenses and a net change of $37,661.
For the fire department, Woods said the gross profit antici-pated revenue is $274,452.48. Fire expenses are $214,500, with rev-enue less expenses at $59,952.48. Therefore the net change in finding
balance is $59,952.48. The Gurdon Fire Department Act 833 money, which is fairly new for Gurdon to qualify these past couple of years due to hard work to do so by Chief Mitch Nolan, has a separate budg-et. Last year’s allotment has not been spent, in anticipation of using this money as part of the anticipat-ed cost involvanticipat-ed with the recovery truck the department plans to buy. So with last year’s 833, plus this year’s anticipated 833, the total $28,533.59. Expenses are $21,000, with a net change in fund balance of $7,533.59.
As for the solid waste fund, revenue is $120,510. Total expens-es are $108,100 with a net change in fund balance of $12,410. Woods said expenses will be down $10,000 from the fact that no truck lease payment will be required. The city is paying off a trash truck, but the lease payment is listed as an expense in anticipation of any repairs needed on the truck.
In regard to the Rose Hedge cemetery fund, the anticipated rev-enue is $24,054.22. The expenses should be $5,150, leaving the fund balance at $18,904.22. Firemen’s pension fund revenues are $15,998.11 with total expenses of $6,000 - which would leave a bal-ance of $9,998.11.
The LOPFI fund, which Woods called the new fireman’s pension fund, has anticipated revenues of
$37,247, with expenses of $1,500 -leaving a balance there of $35,747. As to city fines, the revenue figure is $7,829, with expenses anticipat-ed at $3,000 - leaving $4,829 in said fund.
For the municipal court cost fund, the anticipated revenues are $10,212.28, with expenses to be $3,500 - leaving $6,712.28. For the Gurdon Animal Shelter, revenues are $2,782.05, with expenses of $2,200 - leaving $582.05 cash on hand.
For the Market on Main Street fund, the revenue is $1,094.15 with expenses of $1,000 - leaving $94.15. As for the Main Street fund, the revenue is $1,261.51 with expenses of $500, leaving $761.51 on hand.
Woods said she is applying for a grant to improve Gurdon Park’s playground equipment this year and Mayor Kelley will continue applying for a variety of city improvement grants. The police department will also be applying for grants. She said one federal grant for police use only is $30,000 “which should help with police vehi-cle expenses.”
She said the police depart-ment paid off a vehicle in December. With utility expenses going up, Woods said available cash to run the city will end up being nearly the same as last year. Mayor Kelley complemented
Woods on making sure to keep Gurdon living within its means and said she anticipates a good audit report again this year.
Moreover, City Council mem-bers present were sworn in for another year of service. Mayor Sherry Kelley did the swearing in for: Lois Williams, Ward 3; Darlene Simpson Jones, Ward 4: Jodie Ellis, Ward 2 and Theresa Powell, Ward 5. Danny Paull, Ward 1, is still that Ward’s City Councilman but was absent from the meeting.
Council member and the mayor went into executive session to discuss personnel. Raises were approved by the hour for listed city workers; Jeremy Rogers, 50 cents; Tony Inscore, 50 cents; James Giles, 75 cents; plus two other ten-tative raises of 50 cents an hour to two employees were approved.
Mayor Kelley said, “Our coun-cil has approved the raises, but all of that is only if we have the money. It would seem we do have, but in this pandemic environment nothing is certain.”
The mayor mentioned that fix-ing potholes is a top priority this time of year. She then recognized Kenneth Harper, a plumber from Gurdon, who has volunteered to offer ways to improve the Gurdon water supply product. The water budget is from May to May and was not available at publishing time.
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By JOHN NELSON Tailgate News EditorHave you ever been in a mental position where someone stepped on a family member, smacked you bad and your human countenance barked loud-ly?
That barking is one thing. But it takes a conscious decision to then go unlock the gun cabinet. This is where prayer comes in as a way of increasing your self con-trol and reducing your regrets. When you pray, always pray in the Name of Jesus Christ (1).
My advice, when in a stressed out state of mind, is to pray to Jesus first, then recon-sider any act of retaliation your mind suggests.
Not only does the Christian Bible tell us to do it, it works. And in our current political situation, most of us need prayer that brings us peace and joy, not just some Satanic confirmation that you should go get a gun or cuss out the wife or do any number of negative things associated with reacting to extreme stress.
Regrets are a hard thing to live with. I know this from person-al experience. While I am still of the opinion that I only have a few substantial regrets, even one is too many sometimes. But praying before we act can eliminate a regret and allow us to live a much healthier mental life.
It can also make a person like me, who has professed with sincerity to be a Christian since I was 15, to be a lot better example of love, kindness, forgiveness and compassion than simply over-reacting when someone or some stream of events makes me mad-der than a hatter.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, so our Bible tells us, got mad at the mer-chants for selling goods in the house of God (2). I do not blame Him. Church is for worship and praise, not for making a buck.
Praising God, in or out of church, is a great idea. Our Christian Bible tells us to be thankful in all things for a rea-son. God All Mighty, like most human fathers, loves to hear the words thank you and see a grateful heart instead of someone who is never satisfied -even for a moment in time. By way of an example of what anger can do, my most prominent sin is colorful language. When I really get mad, many times the farm boy words are out before I even know it.
And yes, I know Jesus died for all of my sins. But as I grow in Christ, it hurts me when I realize I hurt His Spirit by such useless sinning. So I try to grow out of the same old failures.
This weekend, my three grand kids were all in my little office wanting me to take them to the park. I had to finish my work first. I did that but I was very stressed out with what psycholo-gists call cognitive dissonance.
That simply means I was torn in two directions mentally and my stress level was starting to boil. I prayed to Jesus Christ
before I said a word. And praise the Lord, I did not cuss them or around them.
That is an accomplishment for the old buzzard writing you this sermon. And so I want to thank the good Lord for His help in my momentary success and I want to pass the idea on to you. If people, especially of the Christian faith, would think, pray, take a deep breath and then act, those actions will have a tendency to be much kinder for the most of us.
I get mad about politics. Our new United States direction is not what I would prefer at all. But before I go off about it to the pub-lic, it is in my best interest to take a deep breath, pray about it to my friend Jesus Christ and let Him have the moment and the worries. I realize Jesus could get angry without sinning, as He was a sin-less man walking this earth. But the rest of us give in to temptation from time to time.
My Bible tells me I can do miracles just like He did. To me, getting angry without sinning represents a small miracle. So I turn to Him to find out how to do it. I suggest you do the same for the sake of your fami-ly, friends or business clients.
Studying the Bible helps me realize that Solomon was right in saying there is nothing new under the sun (3).
Others have gone through disappointments and disasters and grown through them all. While I believe I have done some growing in the Lord, I hope to do a lot more before “my hour comes.”
At 62, I think about death a lot more than I did at 22. Oh sure, my grandparents busted 90, but there are no guarantees when my number will come up - or yours will. Be it a small percentage, people really are dying of the COVID19 virus. We also die of cancer, heart attacks, car wrecks and a lot more at unexpected ages.
Before you go, you need to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord. There is no reason to go into eternity without asking forgive-ness from Christ and forgiving all who have wronged you.
Not only will you then have fire insurance from going to an eternal hell of damnation, you will have a constant Companion that will bring joy to your life like you have never imagined.
So if you do not get much
else out of this rambling sermon about praying before you act, remember to give the Lord Jesus Christ a change to save you. You just might find you feel a forgive-ness that you never even knew you needed.
Of course, you need to real-ize that Jesus Christ, the only Begotten Son of the Living God, came to earth as part of the God Head; God in three persons, blessed Trinity.
No, there are not three Gods in the Christian faith. There is but one Jehovah God. But the Lord has appeared on earth as a Man, dwells with us as a Spirit and sits on the throne in heaven as our Father. Sure, that sounds strange but All Mighty God is our Creator. He can appear to us or speak to us in any form He picks.
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When Jesus Christ died on that cross, He took the eternal punishment that I deserved for my sins. And He took it for yours as well. Salvation is there for the asking.
But you have to be forgiv-ing to get forgiveness. And our Bible tells us that he (or she) who accepts Christ and pro-fesses it to the end will be saved.
It is up to you if you spend the rest of your life, and your eter-nal life, reaping the rewards of getting bitter or if you accept the hand of Jesus Christ and acquire a desire to get better and better in regard to kindness to others, lov-ing others and havlov-ing a Friend that never goes away.
When you have Christ in your heart, He can give you a lot to think about before you delve off into a rage of cussing or violence or set out on an act of
vengeance.
Vengeance is another place where praying earnestly to Jesus Christ can stop a lot of wrongs. Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord is in our Bible. It also says woe unto the man (or woman) who falls into the hands of an angry God.
So be careful. Pray before you act. You will not only be saving yourself a lot of grief and embarrassment, you will save friendships, relationships and even your own self respect. I realize this sugges-tion to pray before you pay is a hard one to swallow. But the sooner you develop the habit, the easier your Christian walk will be.
What happens when praying through still does not quench your anger or your hurt in a given situ-ation? I have found that helping someone less fortunate often gets my mind off of opening the afore mentioned gun cabinet to either scare or maim someone I am ready to adjust an attitude for in a very unsociable way.
In all fairness, I rarely get that mad. But I believe we all do get that mad from time to time. I
recently had an encounter with a guy whose company had taken money from my account and caught me by surprise. He calmed me down and we ended up liking one another. It was a mistake in the wording that set me off, as I thought I would be financially charged by the month instead of by the year.
But I prayed and the calm-ness of the Lord came over me. Yes, I should have prayed sooner, and I am working on it. But we all have to start somewhere and for-tunately both me and the busi-ness owner had the same goal of forgiveness. We worked together to find the mistake and all was well. If I had not relyed on the Lord to calm me down, it could have turned into a disastrous situ-ation.
Let’s look at the Christian Bible. Moses lost his temper and hit a rock with a stick to get water instead of remaining calm. Jehovah God kept him from entering the promised land because of his angry outburst. Our Bible tells us there will be no sin in heaven. Jesus Christ died for all of our sins, but a current relationship with Jesus, that has minimal sin, is going to go a lot farther than if you think you have fire insurance and that is all you want from the Lord.
He has so much more to offer in regard to joy, family love, friendship love, prosperity we don’t deserve and a whole lot more if you just seek ye first the Kingdom of God. If you do, then you just may find it a little at a time. But you have to keep trying to make your best better if you want to grow a closer walk with our Lord Jesus Christ. And one way to do that is to take it all to the Lord in prayer, as the old song says.
Our old friend the devil will tell you to go ahead and get that guy back. God will forgive you. But premeditated sin is simply not worth it.
Oh sure, God has forgiven you at your salvation, but it takes a while to forgive yourself when you have behaved in a
non-Christian way. Asking God’s for-giveness at the time, even though you know He has already granted it, does help. At least it helps me. The more I force myself to admit to the Lord that I know I messed up and ask for His forgiveness, the less likely I will repeat the same mistake.
My best Biblical example of what happens when vengeance is allowed to take place is with the brothers Cain and Able back in Genesis. Cain gets jealous because Able sacrifices animals to God and God is good with it, while Cain offers his vegetables and the Lord does not accept those.
I might have been jealous and angry too, but the key is get-ting over it before the jealousy turns into violence like it did with those two.
Cain killed Able over it. Then he tried to hide what he had done from Jehovah God. You can not ever hide anything from God. Cain asked, “Who am I, my broth-er’s keeper?” when God asked him where Able was. God’s response fits us today, “Yes, you are your brother’s keeper and yet his blood cries out to me.”
The moral of my story is sim-ple; you can never hide anything from God All Mighty, so you might as well work toward obeying His formula for living and make Him smile on you instead of rain on you. So before you do an act that you know breaks the will of Jehovah God, pray for the strength to make a better deci-sion. My money says you will be glad you did.
SCRIPTURES
1) PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS - 4 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now even-tide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed;
and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and eld-ers, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the peo-ple, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be exam-ined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there sal-vation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowl-edge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had
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ohn’s Sermon - When you are tempted to react quickly to a problem, pray to Jesus first!
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Poetry Musings...
Keep on until
you do it right
People tell me the world
it is changing and I had
better change quick or
face a lot of danger.
Slow change I can do,
like learning a new way
to tie an old shoe.
But when you come to me,
with total unfamiliarity,
me and you will probably
crinkle up and disagree.
Give me a typewriter,
I can write you a story.
Give me a computer,
I can do the same.
But it is what is in our hearts,
not our machines that make
me wonder about fast change.
I would be willing to bet you
humans come in boy or girl
style, yet my new culture
tells me many more numbers
on the gender dial.
I read my 10 commandments
in the Christian Bible you see,
and I know the Bible is right
even if I wonder about me.
But no, my new culture tells
me to wake up. There is no
right from wrong, just
arbitrary stuff...
So I wonder, as I sit
and ponder, do two wrongs
now make a right?
Can people riot, kill
and mame while telling me
their actions are for
integrity’s gain?
Me, I have given it some
thought. I wil keep on doing
life until I do it right - or until
they bury me...
JOHN NELSON
By JOHN NELSON
Tailgate News Editor
The Gurdon Go-Devlls hit the floor running in basketball this week, after a month off because of COVID-19 cancelations.
The one win recorded went to the Senior Lady Go-Devils on Wednesday night against Lafayette County in an away game victory of 50-25. Head Lady Go-Devil Coach David Davis said #3 Rayann Williams, junior guard, led the scoring with 15 points and also the rebounding with 11.
Lady Go-Devil Kavina Johnson, #5 junior forward, had 8 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals. Jocelynne Leon, #2 senior guard, scored 11 points.
Quarter by quarter, the Lady Go-Devils led: 13-2, 19-9 at the half, 34-15 after three and finished with the win of 50-25.
The Senior Boys also played Lafayette County Wednesday, los-ing 32-29, accordlos-ing to Head Go-Devil Coach BJ Rogers. #11 DJ Anna led the scoring with 13 points, #12 Bryce Bratton had 5 and #13 Bryson Carter and #32 Kyle Radford chipped in with 4 each.
Coach Rogers said, “The guys played hard and played well on defense but just couldn’t get make-able shots to fall.”
Backing up to Monday night’s losses against Parkers Chapel, the Senior Lady Go-Devils lost that game 57-28. #3 Rayann Williams scored 20 points for Lady Go-Devils.
The Sr. Go-Devils played that night too, losing to Parkers Chapel 59-54. #11 DJ Anna led the scoring with 24 points. #5 Zamari Haynie, #23 Royrick Anderson, and #12 Bryce Bratton led in rebounding for the team with 4 each.
Coach Rogers said, The Go-Devils shot well at 51% from the field and out rebounded them 23-16. As to be expected, we didn’t execute well and had a few too many turnovers due to being off for a month due to COVID-19.”
In regard to the home games played Thursday, the Lady Go-Devils and the Go-Go-Devils hosted Parkers Chapel. As to the Lady Go-Devils, they lost 45-17. The leading lady scorer was Rayann Williams, who had 9 points and 8 rebounds. Amiyah Trobradovic, #10 junior guard, had 4 points.
Coach Davis said, “The Lady Go-Devils are 4-7 overall and 2-4 in conference play. Right now, we’re dealing with injuries. We hope to get folks healthy in the next few days and pick up some wins while we’re at it. We play at Fordyce Monday, at Spring Hill Tuesday and we go to Junction City Thursday. Friday we play Hampton for Senior Night.”
The Go-Devils lost a heart breaker by 1 point against Parkers Chapel Thursday, 42-41. #11 DJ Anna had 26 points, #13 Bryson Carter had 8 points, #23 Royrick Anderson had 3 points and #0 Kishawn Cummings contributed 2 points and 2 blocks.
Coach Rogers said, “I preach to the guys it is important to have the 3 E’s... Energy, Effort and Enthusiasm. If we have those three, we can work on the fourth E (execution). The guys have had great attitudes during a tough week of close losses and kept those 3 E’s.
“ When we play great defense, and hold teams to 30 to 40 points, we expect to win. We should find a way soon. The Go-Devils are 2-5 overall and 1-5 in conference.”
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WATCHING A
BASKET GO
IN
- DJ Anna,
#11, left, led the
scoring Thursday
against Parkers
Chapel with 26
points. He
watch-es, as does
Go-Devil #13 Bryson
Carter, who had 8
points that
evening, as Anna
sinks 2 points.
Gurdon lost a
heart breaker,
42-41 that evening.
Gurdon also lost
an away game to
Chapel Monday,
59-54. Anna led
the scoring then
too with 24
points. (John
Nelson photo)
Gurdon basketball update: Senior Night Friday, February 5
TOP SCORING LADY GO-DEVIL - Parkers Chapel players watch to rebound after Gurdon Lady
Go-Devil #3 Rayann Williams, a junior guard, sinks a basket Thursday against Parkers Chapel here. Williams
made 9 points that evening and also led the scoring with 15 points Wednesday in an away game against
Lafayette County. The Lady Go-Devils fell to Chapel, 45-17, but did beat Lafayette County, 50-25. They
faced Chapel away Monday, losing 57-28, but Williams led scoring with 20 points. (John Nelson photo)
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GurdonPolice Department Deputy Marshal and Lt. Toby Garner said Thursday Jermaine Lawson, 45, of Gurdon, who traveled through a Gurdon school zone at 85 mph on January 12, and led police in a high speed chase at 110 mph, faces felony charges of possession of controlled substances and possession of a firearm in a school zone, but Lawson did not unload his firearm while being apprehended.
The firearm was apprehended during the arrest by police. Garner said a suspect with a gun is never allowed to raise and/or touch that gun during a police apprehension.
Tailgate News regrets the error.
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Gurdon Treasuer/Recorder Amy Woods said housing permits to refurbish, and/or construct several 2 or 3 bedroom houses at Gurdon have been issued for 2021.
Woods also said damages to the pavelion roof at Gurdon Park will be repaired.
“Our bathrooms out there should be repaired and ready for use this spring,” she said.
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Congratulations to Gurdon band students Caitlynne Chitwood (1st Band, 1st Chair), John Sims (1st Band, 5th Chair) and Austin White (1st Band, 1st Chair) for becoming State Qualifiers.
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BUDGET A GO - Gurdon’s new budget, and the amended one for
last year, passed with unanimous City Council approval Tuesday.
Recorder/Treasurer Amy Woods, left, talks it over with Mayor Sherry
Kelley. The mayor said fixing potholes is a priority this time of year.
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Mayor asks for pothole reports
By SHERRY KELLEY
Gurdon Mayor
It’s winter time and that means many potholes in cities
like ours. We are filling them as we go, but if you would like
to report one give us a call and we will put it on our list.
Speaking of lists, The City of Gurdon has some outdated
equipment on which we are accepting bids for two weeks.
Those items include a 2002 Dodge 4-wheel drive pickup
truck, a 1995 GMC pickup truck, a 1986 Ford flatbed dump
truck, a 1964 Ford flatbed dump truck, a Street Roller, Fuel
Tanks, and Sewer Jetter.
All will need some repair or they can be used for parts.
Bids may be dropped off at the Gurdon Water Department
drive-thru window.
The Southwest Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority
met this week via zoom online, due to COVID-19. The
multi-county and city agency works to improve existing business
and create new job opportunities through transportation. To
learn more visit swaria.org.
I was glad to swear-in City Council members Tuesday
night for additional service to Gurdon and am looking
for-ward to it being easier to make improvements in our city as
COVID-19 threats become less. We are looking forward to
the increased availability of the vaccine to the general public
in hopes that will help us gain back important aspects of our
city, such as our Senior Citizens Center re-opening and our
weekly meetings of the Rotary Club.
I will keep you updated if I hear any news about when
those losses will be coming back to our citizens. Have a
good and safe week. Please continue to take COVID-19
pre-cautions for all of our sakes. I am looking forward to our new
Gurdon Drug Store opening this spring.
Stay warm!
By JOHN NELSON Tailgate News Editor
I went to two home Gurdon basketball games on Thursday night, where the Sr. Lady Go-Devils and the Gurdon Go-Go-Devils put up a good fight to nearly empty bleachers.
Coaches David Davis and BJ Rogers have been very coopera-tive in getting me the needed information for the games. Refer to page 5 for the results and the tentative schedules for Gurdon basketball.
I am looking forward to going to Senior Night on Friday, Feb. 5 when the Go-Devil teams are to host Hampton...
This past year has been the hardest in journalism that I have ever experienced in more than 40 years as a newspaper man. COVID-19 knocked the Christian leadership I recognized in now former president Donald Trump in the head.
I admired him for coming out against using abortion as a form of birth control, building a wall down Mexico way so that those wanting to become citizens would do it legally, boosting jobs and our economy to a better percentage than I can remember in recent history and for wanting to make America great again.
The Chinese virus changed
all of that, as did the official vote totals against Donald Trump.
Mr. Trump is history now. Our new president, Joe Biden, seems to working fast and furiously to return our government to politics as usual.
But one thing that is good to talk about is the vaccines that Trump helped get on a speedier basis than most thought possible. Gurdon Coach David Davis told me in the sports interview for the Sr. Lady Go-Devils that the “vac-cine is working great.”
Hopefully its widespread availability for teachers, and the general public, will continue to increase.
I know I plan to take it when it becomes available to the gener-al public. Not only do I not want to pass around a virus, if indeed I ever get unlucky enough to have it, I want this nightmare of public mask wearing to end.
I feel like every time I walk into a meeting, a store or even a barber shop that I should be try-ing to figure out who the surgeon is amongst all of those in the wonderful hospital masks, now a “suggested” mandate.
I read one government report that told me if the vaccine knocks COVID-19 in the head, as expect-ed, we might be looking at a nor-mal fall, with plenty of attendance at ball games and not having to wear the breathing limiting cover-ings over our faces.
I sure hope that Fauci report was accurate. I am nearly positive you do too. None of us like worry-ing about some virus that inter-rupts so many activities in our country and pretty much makes most of feel like we are in a very bad horror movie.
I realize it also kills about 1 percent of those who get it. But it also kills a lot of encouragement in our society, as well as hinder-ing the mentally positive gesture of giving folks a nice smile when you run into them.
I was very glad to go to the Parkers Chapel game at the bas-ketball court in Gurdon. I was very disappointed with the small crowd, but with people never knowing when a game will be called off, I guess I should have expected low attendance.
We can only hope and pray this virus gets less and less atten-tion and disappears from more and more activities as 2021 pro-gresses. Baseball is an outside sport. Maybe that will go a little smoother than basketball.
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TOP SCORER - Gurdon Go-Devil DJ Anna, #11, was top scorer on
Thursday night at the home game against Parkers Chapel with 26
points and against Lafayette County during Wednesday’s away game
battle with 13 points. Head Go-Devil Basketball Coach BJ Rogers,
right, said, “I preach to the guys it is important to have the 3 E's:
Energy, Effort and Enthusiasm. If we have those we can work on the
fourth E (execution).” The Go-Devils lost against Chapel 42-41 and
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Gurdon hosts Hampton. (John Nelson photo)
make it drinkable and safe. “I do respect Mr. Harper’s extensive knowledge of plumbing, as he has been our plumber here for many years,” she said after the meeting. “And as long as none of the changes he may pro-pose do not get us into violation of any state standards, I am will-ing to work with him and have told him so.”
During the meeting, Harper insisted he could improve the Gurdon water supply and reduce the possibility of rust accumulat-ing in hot water heaters and caus-ing damage plus discoloration or bad smells from the hot water coming out of the tanks. He said several residents have com-plained to him about rust colored water coming out of the water heaters.
“I have been doing this kind of work for many years and I
believe we can adjust the water chemicals to where they still meet state standards and pose less risk of rusty water or damaging a hot water heater,” he said. “This would also most likely make those hot water heaters last longer.”
Mayor Kelley said she would be glad to work with Harper to find out how the water supply could be
improved. While she stated that the current water chemical mix is tested by the state and does meet state standards, she does not rule out the possibility that Harper could help her and the water department staff improve the water supply further to help residents deter expenses that may be caused by the current chemical mix.
It was brought up by Harper that he could tell from smelling the water in certain residences that the chemical mix should be
changed. Kelley and Harper agreed to look into the situation, getting input from the water superintendent and workers, so the staff could learn the new chemical mix. Of course, as the mayor said, the state officials will have to agree to a new mix of chemicals after determining that new mix does not violate state standards.
Kelley said, “If we can make the best better, so be it. But I do know that our current chemical mix for Gurdon water has high marks from the state. We just have to be careful that any change Mr. Harper proposes does not hurt our state water mix rat-ings.”
Harper said some of the resi-dents have asked him to find out why water smells like rotten eggs at times. Kelley said she had tests ran and the water in question was treated until tests came back clear.
It was also reported that cer-tain residential hot water near a fire hydrant that had been flushed out was discolored. Mayor Kelley said she would have Fire Chief Mitch Nolan look into that.
This writer knows first hand that flushing a fire hydrant may cause water discoloration to come from a hot water heater, but drain-ing the heater should eliminate the problem.
It did in the Nelson resi-dence on 16th Street in Arkadelphia after a nearby fire hydrant was flushed and hot water changed color in our show-er. Arkadelphia Plumber Bob Clark suggested that we drain our hot water heater to get rid of the colored hot water and we have not seen any discoloration since.
It was agreed at the City Council meeting, between Harper and Mayor Kelley, to work togeth-er to improve the Gurdon wattogeth-er system.
They are to set up a meeting with the water department staff so everyone involved understands what Harper is recommending in regard to altering the chemical mix in an effort to improve the city’s water supply.
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Joel P. Yates, age 54, of Fouke, Arkansas passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 in Texarkana, Texas. He was born May 25, 1966 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Doyle J. and JoAnn Cozzetto Yates.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and brother Jesse Yates.
Joel is survived by his wife Elisha Yates; children, Hunter Yates-Fuselier, Christian N. Anderson, Andrew D. Anderson, Alexandria N. Anderson; three brothers, John Yates and Melissa, Jim Yates and Cherie, Jeff Yates and Kim and many nieces, nephews and cousins that love him very much.
Family will hold a graveside memorial 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Sweet Home Cemetery.
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Mr. Wallace Butler Fulton, 93 and 6 months old, passed from this life on January 26, 2021 and moved to his heavenly home. He was born on July 20, 1927 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Wallace T. Fulton and Dona McLain Fulton. He was a
member of White Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in DeAnn, Arkansas.
Mr. Fulton was a proud veter-an veter-and joined at only 16 years old and served from April 17, 1944 to May 24, 1946 in the Navy in World War II as a gunner on LST 478. His boat went in on the first wave of
Okinawa. He served as gunner on several ships, USBTC, San Diego, California APB, RB, NTS, Seattle, Washington USS Rutland (APA 192), USS LST 478, and USS LST 553. He had an honorable dis-charge when he returned home. He was a master machinist in
Houston, Texas and later returned to Arkansas and had his own mechanic shop in McCaskill and he also enjoyed farming. He was an avid hunter and loved spending time with his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Sherry Fulton; four brothers, Burl, Weldon and Brooks Fulton of Blevins, Arkansas and Rock Fulton of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Florine (Dutch) Stone of Blevins, Arkansas, Bonnie Spicer of Houston, Texas; and one niece, Patsy Stegall of Hope, Arkansas.
He is survived by his wife of over 44 years, Dorothy Faye (Fielding) Fulton of Hope,
Arkansas; one son, Dennis Myrick (Roxanna) of Hutchinson, Kansas; one daughter, BeLinda Henderson (Sam) of McCaskill, Arkansas; one sister, Margie Morrison of Sante Fe, Texas. He was blessed with 13
grandchildren and 27 great-grand-children.
Visitation was to be from 1 p.m. on Friday, January 29, 2021 until the funeral service was to begin at 2 p.m. in Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home Chapel at Hope. Interment was to follow at Friendship Cemetery in McCaskill with Bro. John Nations officiating under the direction of Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home.
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Steve was preceded in death by his parents, five sisters, and one brother. He is
sur-vived by one sister, Allie Marlar of Hope, three nieces, and two nephews, HHS classmates, and many friends.
Steve was a
1956 graduate of Hope High School where he lettered three-years playing Bobcat football. He also played two years for the Texarkana College Bulldogs.
Steve spent many years in sales including working for Hope Auto and ARKLA Gas.
Steve was a wealth of knowl-edge and collector of Southwest Conference football game pro-grams accumulating a substantial
collection, as well as many person-al autographed pictures of many of the SWC greats. He also pos-sessed many photographs of past Hempstead County Schools’ ball teams. His collection was the source of many pictures used by the late Mary Nell Turner for the annual historical calendars she designed for First National Bank of Hope. His memory and recall of sporting events in Hope athletics was uncanny. It has been said that Steve recalls every play and the players involved in every football game in which he played. He formed lifelong friendships with his teammates, and with many whom he played against. Also Steve was a resource of the history of families and personalities of Hope in the forties, fifties, and sixties.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Sunday January 31, 2021 at Marlbrook Cemetery Blevins, Arkansas with the Rev. David Porterfield officiating under the
direction of Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home.
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“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear…”
Jasper Robinson Benton was born May 16, 1954, in Norphlet, Union County, Arkansas to the late Melzona and Rebecca Robinson-Benton.
In the fall of 1970, Jasper met Linda Dianne Reynolds, after nine years of courtship, Jasper decided to ask her to be his wife. They were married March 17, 1979 at Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, El Dorado by the Rev. Ezell Charles. To this union two children, Jasmond Roshard (JR) and Amanda Louise were born.
After graduation from Norphlet High School in 1973, Jasper enrolled at Henderson State
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When he was not in classes or practicing football, Jasper was par-ticipating in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC).
Upon graduation from Henderson State University in 1978, he was commissioned as a US Army Second Lieutenant. Jasper completed 13 years of serv-ice and retired as a Major from the United States Army. His tours of duty included Germany, Korea, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. He is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He received the following medals for valor and service: The Bronze Star,
Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Saudi/Kuwait Liberation Medal (Operation Desert Storm). Other service Awards include: Air Force Reserve Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Air Assault Badge and Army Lapel Button.
Jasper was employed by the Arkadelphia Public School District for over 28 years. He served as a coach of many sports, including football, basketball, track and ten-nis. He also taught social studies, history, health and PE. Coach Benton, served as a teacher in the Alternative classroom for several years.
Being raised in a home with strong Christian values, Jasper was baptized at an early age by the Rev. J.H. Rowe at New Providence Baptist Church El Dorado,
Arkansas. Jasper said, “Many days we walked through pastures and across creek beds, to get to Sunday School.”
Jasper was also an activities coordinator for United for Youth, an umbrella organization for Men United. This mentoring organiza-tion’s mission was to help develop positive character in young men.
He was preceded in death by his parents, paternal grandparents, Willie and Sarah Logan-Benton and his maternal grandparents, Henry and Aurora Robinson and Everteen Robinson; his brothers Wardell and Grover Benton.
He leaves to cherish his mem-ories, His wife of nearly 42 years, Linda Dianne Reynolds-Benton of the home, his son Jasmond Roshard Benton of Arkadelphia, and daughter Amanda Louise Benton of Little Rock, Arkansas; six brothers, Keith (Quinn), Robert Ellis (Travina), of Detroit, Michigan, Hardy and Ira (Jo) of El Dorado, Arkansas, Reuben (Angela Reedy) of Winona, Texas and Kenan Wynn (Wanda) of Los Angeles, California; four sisters Judy Benton-Harris (Robert) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Iran Benton-Smith of Keller, Texas, Suzette Benton Collier (Joe) and Virginia Benton-Williams. He also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
A walk-through visitation was to be held on Friday, January 15, 2021 from 2 until 6 p.m. at St. Paul AME Church.
A service of life and remem-brance for family and friends was to be held at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, AR-8, Arkadelphia at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021 with the Rev. T. W. Scott, eulogist and Dr. Lewis A.
Shepherd, Jr., officiant. In lieu of flowers, you may make donations to the Jasper Benton scholarship at Patterson Credit union and or the American Heart Association in his name.
Williams Funeral Home of Arkadelphia in charge.
Ronald Foster Ball passed away January 27, 2021 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Ron was born March 25, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Opal Gladys Yeager and Frank Woodrow Ball.
Ron
gradu-ated from Fairhope, Alabama in 1961. He then enlisted and proud-ly served in the USMC, where he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal. He served during the Cuban Missile Crisis with a Jet Fighter Squadron based out of Cherry Point, North Carolina. Ron was an Arkansas State Trooper from 1971-2000, he served on the SWAT team as a sniper and was also on the Underwater Search and Rescue Unit. He then went on to serve as Hot Spring County Sheriff for three terms (2001-2006).
After retiring from the county, Ron worked for the Arkansas Department of Corrections as a Grievance Officer; he then finished his career at Arkansas Career Training Institute where he served as Chief of Police and Public
Safety and he retired in 2019. Ron was a Past Master of the Rockport Masonic Lodge, 32nd degree Mason and a member of the National Sheriff’s Association. Other than his parents, Ron is pre-ceded in death by his daughter, Ronda Gray.
Ron enjoyed spending time on his boat with his family and friends, spending time with his daughter and grandchildren on the family ranch, where he worked side by side with his grandson Dalton run-ning heavy equipment and working cattle. He enjoyed traveling with family, road trips and trips to the beach.
Ron leaves behind his loving wife, Shari Douglas-Ball; sister, Pat Tinsley of Winter Haven, Florida; children; Melinda Ericson (Ed) of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Karen James (Greg) of Clarendon, Arkansas, Heather Boyett of Malvern, Aaron Roys (Jalana) of Omaha, Nebraska and Trevor Roys of Denver, Colorado; grandchildren, Monica Nobles (Nathan) of Hot Springs, Matthew Green, Dalton Robbins, Rachel Robbins of Siloam Springs, Kimber and Karlee Gray of Malvern, Evan and Harper James of Clarendon, Preslee and Grayson Boyett of Malvern, Ryan and Colby Roys of Omaha, Nebraska; great grandchild, Michael Nobles of Hot Springs; nephew, Mark Springle (Paul Crawford) of Saranac Lake, New York and niece, Lori Beisner (Ron) of Winter Haven, Florida.
A walk through visitation was tp be held from 2 until 6 p.m. on Saturday, January 30 at Regency Funeral Home.
Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 31 in the Regency Funeral Home with Brother Don Robinson officiat-ing. Masonic Rites will follow serv-ice. Burial will be at Prairie Bayou Cemetery with honors by the Arkansas State Police Honor Guard. Pallbearers were to be Jeff Crow, Johnny Conzel, Dalton Robbins, Aaron Roys, Trevor Roys and Evan James. Honorary pall-bearers were to be Gary Phillips and Matthew Green.
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Want an ad? Mail money to: JohnNelson, editor, 216 N. 16th Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923.That is $24 for one business card run. Test us out in print and run your card 2 months for $45 or 4 months for $80. Want a story about your busi-ness? Run a half page ad for $150 and we will put your story on page one. Classifieds; $3 or 4 runs for $10; 10 runs for $20. Rather be in our online weekly? Test us out, 7 weekends of your biz card for $100. Get your billboard in front of a crowd! Our 12 weekly Read Pages appear on the Current Issue Home Page. We are now available on Clark County Swap Shop and Guys and Dolls Swap Shop in Malvern.
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May God Bless & 2021 be better.
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