By JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

Amy Stroud Woods, long timeworker for the City of Gurdon andcity office worker since March of2019, is running for GurdonTreasurer and Recorder in theupcoming November 3 GeneralElection.

Woods is currently runningunopposed. The current Treasurerand Recorder, Tambra Childres, isnot running for re-election.

Woods, 43, worked for CityHall from 2002-2010 as the GurdonWater Department assistant undermanager Virginia Childres and the

assistant Treasurer and Recorderunder Tambra Childres.

“I worked half time for Virginiaand half time for Tambra,” she said.“The job I do now includes theduties of the Treasurer andRecorder, plus I answer the phonefor the police and right now I amhelping with training BrandyMatthews, our animal control offi-cer, with duties in the water depart-ment because Virginia’s replace-ment, Caroline Hill, turned 65 andretired.”

Woods, 43, said she enjoysworking at City Hall and has spentmost of her life in Gurdon.

“I love this small town and Ienjoy living in a little area like thiswhere everyone knows everyoneelse,” she said.

“I want to see Gurdon pros-per. Gurdon has been a city withlimited resources the whole time Ihave lived here, but I do want tosee it prosper and will work towarddoing all I can to improve thingswith the funds we have available.”

Amy, as the town knows her,said the best part of being in herhometown is the willingness ofGurdon people to come together

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS WITH VORA! Courtyard Gardens Health And Rehabilitation, on Twin

Rivers Drive in Arkadelphia, was the site of a 100-year-old’s birthday party on Monday, July 13. Vora

Graham, from Greenville near Gurdon, is shown center in her Corona Virus face mask and on her wheel-

chair, just outside of the facility, with family, staff and friends present for a balloon launching in honor of

the big day. Robin Reynolds, staff worker and party organizer, right, said 100 balloons would be launched

in Vora’s honor. The birthday girl told this reporter that she still looks forward to things, even after living a

century. “I am looking forward to the challenge of making it to 103!” she said. Courtyard Garden party

organizer Reynolds said, “We are blessed to have Vora here with us at Courtyard Garden and she is a joy to

be with. I am so glad we were able to have this celebration.” (John Nelson photo)

Gurdon’s Amy Woods runs for Treasurer and Recorder position

Gurdon

accepts

perfect

auditBy JOHN NELSON

Tailgate News Editor

The Gurdon City Council metTuesday evening, July 28 andreviewed the 2019 financial audit.

City Office Worker Amy Woodstold the group that the auditor wasstrict as always but Gurdon cameout with no deficits this year.

Mayor Sherry Kelley said,“That is great. It is always goodwhen our books are just as theyshould be. Our audit had no non-compliance points noted and that iswonderful news.”

Woods and Kelley noted thatthe city will have to buy some new

Amy Stroud WoodsGurdon City Office Worker

business software for $1,700 “inorder to achieve the high tech sup-port we need to keep our books ingood shape.”

Marshal Don Childres attend-ed the meeting, Corona Virus maskon face. All who attended where inmask.

Marshal Chidres said, “It isreally foolish not to wear one, aswho really wants to get this CoronaVirus?

“I realize it is hard to breath inthese masks, but it is worth theinconvenience if it keeps you fromgetting sick. Sure, I can fine you fornot wearing it, but don’t wear it justfor that. Wear it to protect yourself

and others.”In other business, Mayor

Kelley said the Viola factory,where Reynolds used to be in GumSprings, is hiring. She said it is herunderstanding there may be asmany as 200 job openings.

Stephen Bell, Clark CountyIndustrial administrator, was con-tacted about the alleged openings

but had no comment.The mayor gave a report on

water maintenance, noting the cityhas recently replaced 300 feet ofan 8-inch main and is in theprocess of replacing a 10-inch linenext week.

“We do have an apartmentgoing up on 53 South; 3 bedroomsand 2 baths in those units,” shesaid.

“We have two trailers, that istwo new mobile homes, onHighway 53. And we are workingon a new water line by Doug’sGrocery.”

Mayor Kelley said any waterissues should be reported to OfficeWorker Woods to get on the sched-ule to be fixed.

The mayor told the CityCouncil that ongoing street depart-ment work has been happening, inthat potholes are being filled andalleys and ditches are beingcleared that are under the city’sjurisdiction.

Some ditches and run-downproperties have to go throughowner permission and/or legalclean-up orders “which takes time.”

Fire Chief Mitch Nolan saidthere is a possible clean-up burnon a structure near Joslyn and 3rdStreets, after clearing asbestos andshingle hindrances.

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your lifetime...By JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

When I a young fellow in the1970’s, if a guy thought aboutaccepting Jesus Christ as Savior,the main reason was usually toavoid burning in a place called hellforever and ever after this compar-atively short life was through hereon earth.

I know fire insurance had

quite a bit to do with why I person-

ally went to the altar at 15. I went

to ask Jesus Christ to forgive me

of my sins (past, present and

future), to come into my heart and

never leave me and to bring me

the peace that comes from forgiv-

ing others who in my estimation

had wronged me.

But that never leave me partwas also a big factor for yourstruly. You see, I had grown up anonly child and gotten used to theidea of talking to “Mr. God,” afriend that I had inside my headsince there was a me to have ahead.

But the age of accountabilitycame, sin temptation became morerampant with me and somehowthose innocent talks with “Mr. God”out in the woods, next to our farmfields, became less and less. Imissed them and I missed him. Ihit my knees and our communionwith God All Mighty resumed atsafe speed.

Moving from the juvenilethought patterns to the present, Istill realize I have a long way to goin my quest to live Christ-like themajority of the time instead ofJohn-like. But I do have the desireto, as the old song said, have “Justa Closer Walk with Thee. PreciousJesus, hear my plea.”

I have made some progress inmy 61 years toward the goal of liv-ing more Christ-like. And I believe Iwill continue to do so through pray-

ing this simple prayer: Lord, yousee the areas where I am failingyou. I ask you to give me the guid-ance and direction to fix my wrongbehavior in say patience with oth-ers and the strength to conductmyself as you have directed.

But above all, I ask youLord that my will to change toYour ways be stronger than mywill to have good intentions butto just “let things go” like I havetoo many times in the past whenmy natural tendency to take thebull by the horns and solvewhatever problem is before mein an old fashioned and crudeway has taken over...

In other words, I realize I mustbe the one to tailor my behaviormore Christ-like, but I am just theclay. Jesus Christ is indeed thepotter of the new man He wantsme to become. And the journey ofbeing molded is a wonderful one.

KNOWING JESUSGetting to know the person-

ality of Jesus Christ throughsaid direction and guidance hasbeen one of the most rewardingand exciting experiences I haveever had.

So with me, this journey isnever scheduled to end. When Ished this body, I will indeed bespirit with the Lord and body backto dust. That is OK. Now don’t getme wrong. I want to live in healthon earth and be as useful to theLord for as long as He will allow.

I am Cherokee and do notbelieve in suicide. We Cherokeessee no sense in shooting an inno-cent man...

But I can tell you this. I havenever regretted accepting JesusChrist as my Savior and Lordwhen I was 15. It has been arough ride at times, but most of thehard times were brought on by mesubmitting to some sin temptationinstead of remaining strong in whatI knew to be right.

Let’s look at our ChristianBible concerning those who havehad a strong relationship with theLord and had it recorded in scrip-ture.

The first that comes to mymind was Moses. Here was aman so close to God that theLord had him take the 10 tabletstones down to His chosenJewish people (1). Yet Mosesgot so mad at the people forworshipping a golden calf, hebroke those tablets...

One interesting point is thatpeople who the Lord chooses toget close to are not necessarily theperfect citizen types. Moses was amurderer. Paul was a hit man. Hewas on the road to Damascuswhen the Spirit of Jesus stoppedhim flat in his tracks and blindedhim temporarily to get his attention(2). Then Saul became Paul andthe rest is history.

The Apostle Paul is said tohave written probably more thanhalf of the New Testament. If Godcan accept Paul’s plea for salva-tion, He can accept mine andyours.

Let’s look at Peter. Here wasa fisherman who wanted to honorhis friendship to Jesus on a veryhuman basis. He even cut off the

ear of a soldier that was assignedto take Christ in for the crucifixionand Jesus fixed the ear tellingPeter what must be done to savehumanity must be done.

Peter went on to tell Him hewould never deny his Lord.

We know the rest, who haveread the Christian Bible. Peterdenied Jesus Christ three timesbefore the cock crowed, but Christnever stopped His spiritual friend-ship with Peter. Peter preached,taught of the Lord and thousandswere saved (3). In my scripturesearch, I did find one commentarythat states it was during the veryfirst sermon Peter gave that 3,000souls were added to the Kingdomof God.

Again, my point is JesusChrist does not pick his soldierson the basis of their sin record.Instead, He seems to be attractedto a forgiving and loyal heart. Ihappen to believe He also seemsto enjoy soldiers that are not afraidto work.

His followers must forgiveothers and then admit they defi-nitely can not live the Christianway unless Christ saves them,implants the Holy Ghost insideof them and proceeds to culti-vate a real friendship of trust,along with a lot of gratitude intheir attitudes, for the rest oftheir natural lives and on intoeternity.

Even so, as important asbecoming more Christ-like really is,a person in a close friendship withJesus needs to feel confident thathe or she is accepted for who orwhat they are and that throughGod All Mighty change for the bet-

ter really is possible.As to what “for the better”

really means, here I am calling ita change to be more Christ-like,as described in the NewTestament of the Christian Bible.

Have you ever really wantedsomething that a friend could pro-vide but something else got in theway and that special somethingcame later instead of sooner? Thathappens in a relationship withJesus as well sometimes. At leastit has in my life. For example, Ihave wanted to leave certainhabits in the past and be done withthem “right now!” And I can think ofone habit in particular that stillrears its ugly head from time totime and has been doing so sinceI was 17.

Will the Lord take it from me?Maybe. His Bible tells me I havenot because I have not asked.Well, I have asked. But sometimesit is God’s will that what we areasking be taken from us and othertimes we are asking a miss and weremain stuck with what we are try-ing to get rid of via divine interven-tion.

I have a disability that I havebattled since I was 20 years old. Iam now 61. I have asked the Lordto take it from me on more thanone occasion.

I can control it, but it is stillthere. That is just something I haveto accept. I could wonder why it isstill there, but really I know.

My disability keeps me hum-ble and humbleness is a goodquality if a person seeks to beChrist-like. It is apparently mycross to bear.

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As the Rev. Charles Stanley,who has to be past 80, said in asermon this past Sunday, “God AllMighty will never let you down.

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I have been trying the LordJesus Christ out now for morethan 40 years. His friendship issolid. His words are true and HisSpirit will never ask you to doanything contrary to the instruc-tions of love found in theChristian Bible. So you can trustthat Jesus will lead you home,not lead you astray.

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SCRIPTURES 1) MOSES TRUSTED WITH

THE 10 TABLETS - Exodus 32:19-

35 New International Version 19

When Moses approached thecamp and saw the calf and thedancing, his anger burned and hethrew the tablets out of his hands,breaking them to pieces at the footof the mountain.

20 And he took the calf thepeople had made and burned it inthe fire; then he ground it to pow-der, scattered it on the water andmade the Israelites drink it.

21 He said to Aaron, “Whatdid these people do to you, thatyou led them into such great sin?”

22 “Do not be angry, my lord,”Aaron answered. “You know howprone these people are to evil. 23

They said to me, ‘Make us godswho will go before us. As for thisfellow Moses who brought us upout of Egypt, we don’t know whathas happened to him.’ 24 So I toldthem, ‘Whoever has any gold jew-elry, take it off.’ Then they gave methe gold, and I threw it into the fire,and out came this calf!”

25 Moses saw that the peoplewere running wild and that Aaronhad let them get out of control andso become a laughingstock to theirenemies. 26 So he stood at theentrance to the camp and said,“Whoever is for the Lord, come tome.” And all the Levites rallied tohim.

27 Then he said to them,“This is what the Lord, the God ofIsrael, says: ‘Each man strap asword to his side. Go back andforth through the camp from oneend to the other, each killing hisbrother and friend and neighbor.’”

28 The Levites did as Mosescommanded, and that day aboutthree thousand of the people died.29 Then Moses said, “You havebeen set apart to the Lord today,for you were against your ownsons and brothers, and he hasblessed you this day.”

30 The next day Moses said

to the people, “You have commit-

ted a great sin. But now I will go

up to the Lord; perhaps I can make

atonement for your sin.”

31 So Moses went back to theLord and said, “Oh, what a greatsin these people have committed!They have made themselves godsof gold. 32 But now, please forgivetheir sin—but if not, then blot meout of the book you have written.”

33 The Lord replied to Moses,“Whoever has sinned against me Iwill blot out of my book. 34 Nowgo, lead the people to the place Ispoke of, and my angel will gobefore you. However, when thetime comes for me to punish, I willpunish them for their sin.”

35 And the Lord struck thepeople with a plague because ofwhat they did with the calf Aaronhad made.

The New Stone TabletsExudus 34 The Lord said to

Moses, “Chisel out two stonetablets like the first ones, and I willwrite on them the words that wereon the first tablets, which youbroke. 2 Be ready in the morning,and then come up on Mount Sinai.Present yourself to me there ontop of the mountain. 3 No one is tocome with you or be seen any-where on the mountain; not eventhe flocks and herds may graze infront of the mountain.”

4 So Moses chiseled out twostone tablets like the first ones andwent up Mount Sinai early in themorning, as the Lord had com-manded him; and he carried thetwo stone tablets in his hands. 5Then the Lord came down in thecloud and stood there with him andproclaimed his name, the Lord.

6 And he passed in front ofMoses, proclaiming, “The Lord, theLord, the compassionate and gra-cious God, slow to anger, abound-ing in love and faithfulness, 7maintaining love to thousands, andforgiving wickedness, rebellion andsin. Yet he does not leave theguilty unpunished; he punishes thechildren and their children for the

sin of the parents to the third andfourth generation.”

8 Moses bowed to the ground

at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,”

he said, “if I have found favor in

your eyes, then let the Lord go

with us. Although this is a stiff-

necked people, forgive our wicked-

ness and our sin, and take us as

your inheritance.”

10 Then the Lord said: “I ammaking a covenant with you.Before all your people I will dowonders never before done in anynation in all the world. The peopleyou live among will see how awe-some is the work that I, the Lord,will do for you.

2) JESUS BLINDS SAUL,CREATES PAUL - Acts 9:1-12

King James Version

9 And Saul, yet breathing out

threatenings and slaughter againstthe disciples of the Lord, went untothe high priest, 2 And desired ofhim letters to Damascus to thesynagogues, that if he found anyof this way, whether they weremen or women, he might bringthem bound unto Jerusalem.

3 And as he journeyed, hecame near Damascus: and sud-denly there shined round abouthim a light from heaven: 4 Andhe fell to the earth, and heard avoice saying unto him, Saul, Saul,why persecutest thou me? 5 Andhe said, Who art thou, Lord? Andthe Lord said, I am Jesus whomthou persecutest: it is hard for theeto kick against the pricks.

6 And he trembling and aston-ished said, Lord, what wilt thouhave me to do? And the Lord said

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Poetry Musings...

The truck was

cemetery bound...It started out

like any other

fishing trip.

Me, Grandpa,

some poles, minnows,

worms and hope

to catch the big one,

just knowing it!

But Grandpa pulled

the old 1955 Dodge

pick-up truck into

the brick cemetery lot.

It was on the way to

the Scout Lake fishing hole,

but I never really

thought about it much.

This had to have been

about 1974. I might

have been 14, not

much more.

Grandpa looked a bit

worried that day. He

was nearing 90 so he

knew on this earth

he could not stay...

But he wanted to teach

me something so

out of the truck we got.

He talked of Molly, a

friend under the ground.

He named Lawrence, whom

I had known before

Lawrence joined Molly

next to his own stone.

Grandpa told me

about this friend or

relative as we went

row by row. Then

he looked at me

and said, “Before we go

fishing, remember one thing.

Make friends with

the kids of the friends

you get. Make friends

with their kids too.

Because if you don’t

change with time, then

time will bury you.”

I never forgot what

the old man said and here

lately his words ring in my head.

But we will get through these

strange times. I read the end of

our Bible. We win!

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Gurdon School Board met inregular session on Tuesday, July21 and discussed the upcomingschool year with the latest deci-sions revealing a plan to include acombination of traditional face toface classes and Alternate Methodof Instruction (AMI) type virtuallearning for those who refuse torisk getting Corona Virus by attend-ing in-person, direct contact to gettraditional education. Either way,school will start on Monday, August24.

Superintendent Nikki Thomas

said those who would like to scan

the new Corona Virus restriction

oriented school rules,concerning

social distancing, face mask

requirements and more, can go to

the Gurdon School facebook site

and click on the rules link.

The bottom line is most stu-dents are expected to report toclass as usual and masks will berequired for all students, grades K-12, with educational instruction tolet students know when social dis-tancing and mask wearing breakswill be allowed. No visitors will beallowed at school unless it is foressential business. Thomas saidparents can not escort their chil-dren to class, “but we will havefamiliar staff there to make sureyour child gets where he or she issupposed to be.”

A school survey concludesthat approximately 75 percent ofthe student population in Gurdonwill be attending classes at GurdonPrimary School, Cabe Middle orGHS. The other 25 percent will beenrolled in virtual learning via theInternet or flash drives, but withregular attendance, regular homework assignments being completedand required and a suitable tutorsupervisor at home to keep the vir-tual student on track.

Superintendent Thomas saidshe would love to see all of the stu-dents attend face to face classes,but offering a blended school envi-ronment is the plan because of notwanting to force parents into send-ing students to school while novaccine for the Corona Virus isavailable.

GPS Principal Mike Spragginssaid if the expected 75 percent ofstudents choose face to face

school, hebelieves hiscampus canadjust tosocial dis-tancing inmanyinstances.However, ifeveryonecomes tocampus, hesaid socialdistancing

would not be very realistic.Thomassaid bus transportation for studentswill be provided, as it has been inevery other school year “but thereis no way to social distance on abus so we will require everyone rid-

ing to keep their masks on.”She did say family members,

or members of the same house-hold, would be encouraged to sitwith each other.

FOOTBALL SEASONThe plan for football season,

Go-Devil style for 2020, is prettytraditional, according to HeadFootball Coach Kyle Jackson.

“Gov. Asa Hutchinson is tellingus contact sports will be allowedthis fall,” Coach Jackson said. “If aplayer is in AMI virtual, he can stillplay football. But he must agree tocome to a real practice. There willbe no such thing as a virtual foot-ball practice.

“So we are planning a footballseason with regular football prac-

tice starting the first week ofAugust. And if the governor doesnot change his mind, we will beallowing fans in the stands, theband there, announcers and evenphotographers on the football field.All we can do is go with what ourgovernor is saying right now. This,again, could change.”

If all remains in place, Gurdonwill be in 3A this year, playingPrescott the first game of the sea-son. See “Football Facts” for moredetails, page 5 of this publication.

In regard to business at theSchool Board meeting, BoardPresident Bernard Hatley asked forand received approval on: a resolu-tion for the suspension of districtpolicy to align with emergencyCOVID-19 legislation and statutorywaivers; a revised district calendarfor 2020-21 (pending further guid-ance) and two personnel changeitems.

In regard to the first option cal-

endar change that passed, Thomassaid teachers voted 63 to 37 per-cent in favor of knocking out exist-ing teacher days during the schoolyear and two days fromThanksgiving break in order to nothave to extend the school year tocompensate for Gov. Hutchinsonchoosing to start school a weeklate, that is on Aug. 24.

Ms. Thomas reported on awork session on goals thatoccurred July 7.

“The big goal is to shoot forrigorous academic growth in ourstudents,” she said. “Whether inclass physically or in class virtually,we want to maintain strict account-ability of learning and attendanceto insure a quality education.”

Ms. Thomas said by the timethe School Board meets at 7 p.m.on Tuesday, August 18, details ongoals and school policies should bea lot clearer for the school year.

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Railroad donates to Food PantryBy SHERRY KELLEYGurdon Mayor

Thank you to our community partners, Union Pacific Railroad.Recently they reached out with a desire to help Gurdon during thisCorona Virus Pandemic.

The railroad donated $1000 to the Gurdon Community FoodPantry. Director Velvet Gonzales, and many others at the pantry, haveexpressed gratitude for the railroad contribution. The money helped tofeed those with an urgent need.

I am glad that Gov. Asa Hutchinson has created an executive orderrequiring face masks in public. Our City Council was considering thesubject and I am sure that many in the state are in favor of this measure.Please take care of yourself and others by wearing a mask when youcannot social distance.

One of the best things about summer is enjoying fresh produce. InGurdon we have some of the most beautiful, tasty, big red tomatoes atthe Whatever Bait and Produce Shop located on Highway 67 South.Everyone looks forward to the summer crop and they also have verysweet and juicy watermelons.

Sometimes I set a piece of straw on a melon, if it spins or turns thenthe melon is ripe. But last week I didn’t have a piece of straw so I select-ed a melon with a yellow bottom and it was super! Peppers, squash andother produce is available Tuesday through Saturday at the store.

Our sewer main replacement is nearly complete. Waiting for theweather to clear and the soil to dry was the biggest challenge. Thankyou to our understanding customers and to May Construction. It is goodto have this job behind us.

Some of the hottest weather of the year may be upon us this week-end. Take care of yourself and others and the pets, too.

A beautiful new tri-plex apartment building is going up on Highway53 South. Each unit is three bedrooms with two bathrooms. Mr. and Mrs.Gary Hill are the owners and the contractor is Blake Deaton. The con-struction should be complete soon and the new structure looks great onthe East side of town.

Nearby and also on Highway 53 South a new modular home is slat-ed to be placed on a large lot. It’s exciting to see these new dwellings inGurdon and I have visited with a few others who are interested in devel-oping lots. Wear your mask, practice social distancing and wash yourhands. Let’s keep Gurdon safe and pray for a Covid19 vaccine.

Bible VersesBible verses is a section pub-

lished to honor the late JamesCrews, a Gurdon businessman,who believed exposure toChristian scriptures would encour-age readers to seek and acceptJesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

1 Peter 2:2-3New International Version2 Like newborn babies,

crave pure spiritual milk, so thatby it you may grow up in yoursalvation, 3 now that you havetasted that the Lord is good.

Clark County Fair plans

livestock show, carnivalDue to concerns about the

spreading of the Corona Virus, theClark County Fair will downsizethis year and only consist of a one-day livestock show and a carnivalthat will stay open fromWednesday, Sept. 16 thruSaturday, Sept. 19.

Fair worker Cindy Ham saidJuly 22 there will be no commercialbuilding open, no arts & craftsbuilding and no EH Kitchen at the2020 fair.

Gurdon Schools

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order forms will be availabe at theGHS open house and in the officewhen school starts.

The cost will be $31 and orderdeadline is Sept. 18. Cabe MiddleSchool Yearbooks will also beavailabe in their office after schoolstarts.

CMS Yearbook order dead-line is Aug. 28.

Cabe Message BoardIf you want a message on the

community board in Gurdon, call353-4444 and ask for Kris Hodges.

Governor gives fines

for not wearing masksGovernor Asa Hutchinson told

Arkansans this past month to wearmasks in public, where social dis-tancing is not possible, or face upto a $500 fine from police.

The ruling comes as a contin-ued effort to minimize the effects ofthe Chinese bat flu.

and help someone who may be introuble.

“The level of caring for othershere is wonderful and I hope italways stays that way,” she said.

When Woods left her City Hallwork in 2010, she went to work forlocal businessman and landlordMike McKenzie as an office man-ager and stayed with that job foreight years until City Hall neededher to return and help out.

“I came back to City Hall whenVirginia Childres decided to retirefrom her position as manager ofthe Water Department,” Woodssaid.

“That was in January of 2018when I came back. I did not quitcompletely at Mike’s until probablyMarch or April of that year, as whenI came back to work with Virginia, Iwas part-time at the water depart-ment.”

Childres retired from theGurdon Water Department in Mayof 2018. Woods ran the WaterDepartment from May of 2018 untilMarch of 2019 when Angie Harperresigned from the City OfficeWorker position.

Moreover, Woods has been

full-time in the City Office Worker

job ever since. Mayor Sherry Kelley

said Woods does an excellent job

and she highly recommends her for

the Treasurer and Recorder office.

“I am running for officebecause I like to help people,” shesaid. “When someone comes to mewith a problem, I either solve it ordirect them to someone who can. Imake sure work orders go out forthe water department to fix leaks orfor the street department to dopaving for example. We recentlygot a huge water line replacementproject done.

“If elected, I will continue towork toward improving the efficien-cy of things as the town can affordit. Being acting treasurer, and goingthrough audits, I do have to keeptrack of all of our funds.

“It is sad to say but some ofthe folks who I have contactedyears ago still do not take care of

their property due to living out oftown or other circumstances. All wecan do is to keep trying to clean upthe town and make improvements.”

Amy said she is also in chargeof Rose Hedge Cemetery. Shemakes sure it is mowed by cityworkers, sells burial plots out thereand helps people find where theirrelatives and/or ancestors areburied.

“If elected, my job duties willremain basically the same. TheTreasurer and Recorder keeps writ-ten records of nearly everythingthat goes on at City Hall. Now withthe police, they do type their ownreports but I can get you a report ifyou need it.

“All of my City Hall paperworkis public. If you need a copy of ourbudget, just ask,” she said. “Nowas for the police, I just answer theirphone line from 8-3 p.m. and findyou a cop if you need one.”

Woods said in addition torecording City Hall business in awritten down manner, she takescare of the day to day finances withher treasurer hat on. She doesthings like payroll, taxes, business

licenses - you name it financiallyand she probably has a hand in it.

Woods did say tax paymentsto the city have picked up this pastquarter a little “and that is cause tosmile.”

She called herself a projectoriented person and tries to think ofways to improve things for the peo-ple of Gurdon.

Currently, she is trying tocome up with a grant to make theold Gurdon hospital safe with someboarding up and such instead ofbeing left as it is and being possi-bly a danger to the public.

“It would cost $150,000 to tearit down. Our town can not affordthat. But we could assume owner-ship pretty easily because of over-due taxes and then at least board itup. Again, it is just a pet project ofmine. I hope to find a grant the willtake care of it,” she said.

Amy Stroud Woods is thedaughter of Gurdon native FrankieWhite Davidson, now of Greenbrierand Joe Stroud of Gurdon.

Amy is married to JeremyWoods, a log truck owner, loggerand entrepreneur. She has four

children and two step children. Herchildren are: Lauren, 22; Reece,17; Cash, 10 and Ava, 4. Her stepchildren are: Valley, 23; andBrittany, 21.

Amy is a 1994 Gurdon HighSchool graduate. She has a bache-lors in business administration afterattending Henderson State

University for two years and thenfinishing at the University ofArkansas Community College atHope (UACCH).

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Brenda Gail Kinard Williams,age 69, of Gurdon, passed fromthis life on Friday, July 31, 2020,at her home. She was born

August 29, 1950, in Waldron, thedaughter of the late Homor (H.B.)and Grace Loretta Oxford Kinard.Brenda was a homemaker and amember of First Assembly of GodChurch in Gurdon. She workedfor Hollywood Vassarette and

ReynoldsMetal Co.Brendaenjoyedspending timewith her familyand her veryspecial grandand greatgrand kids.She was preceded in death byher parents, two sisters, MelbaClark and Marilyn Lenard, threebrothers, Jimmy, Don and RonnieKinard, brother-in-laws, TonyClark and Jerry Williams, oneson, Ronald Baker and onenephew, Steven Ellis.

Survivors are her husband,Charles D. Williams of Gurdon,one son, Jason David Williams(Maranda) of Gurdon, two daugh-ters, Renae Foster (Jason) ofNashville, and Rhonda Jester

(Keith) of Gurdon, two sisters,Shirley Ellis (George) of Burleson,TX, and Billie Jean Russey(Johnny) of Arkadelphia, daughterin law, Mary Ann Baker ofGurdon, nine grandchildren,Presley Capps (Colton), WestonCreed Foster, GunnerPennington, J.L. Lockwood(Jordan), Jaimee Lockwood, JoshLockwood, Remington Williams,Cadence Williams and Kylee JoBaker, and four great grandchil-dren.

Graveside services were tobe held at 10 a.m. on Monday,August 3, 2020, at Rose HedgeCemetery with Bro. AndrewGodwin officiating.

Visitation was to be from 2until 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 2at Welch Funeral Home.

Interment will be in RoseHedge Cemetery.

Pallbearers are J.L.Lockwood, Gunner Pennington,Creed Foster, RemingtonWilliams, Colton Capps, and SamBurdett.

Honorary pallbearers areJoey Pennington, JonathonWeems and Chris Williams.

Memorials may be made toFirst Assembly of God Church,1007 E. Main St., Gurdon, AR71743.

Final arrangements areentrusted to The Welch FuneralHome of Arkadelphia. Visitwww.welchfh.net to sign the guestbook.

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Coach Chris Harper said thefund raisers to help three Gurdonstar football players finance theirtrips to the Hawaii Tiki Bowl fromDecember 30 until January 4 toplay in a national high school All-Star game have had some suc-cess.

All Care Pharmacy, owned byPercy Malone out of Arkadelphia,has donated $100. Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home has donated$250, according to Paiten Griggs,Administrative Assistant

In regard to the star GurdonGo-Devils football players, D.J.Anna was one of three to beselected to play in the Hawaii TikiBowl. In addition to D.J., Go-Devilfootball players Armando Harperand Markell Pollins have beeninvited to play in the Tiki Bowl thiswinter.

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Gurdon Class of 2020 graduation honors seniors on July 24!By JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

The Gurdon High School Class of 2020 held a traditional cap and gown gradua-tion ceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 24 in the Cabe Auditorium on the high schoolcampus.

New Superintendent Nikki Thomas said July 1, her first day at work, that thegraduation plans had been set by the previous superintendent “and borrowing someunforeseen circumstances we should go through with this well deserved honoraryceremony.”

According to Amy Ledbetter, school counselor, the following students were set tograduate after the 2019-2020 school year from GHS.

In this year’s Gurdon graduating class, Ashlyn Rebecca Henry and AshleyCastillo Olivas tied for high academic honors and so they are both considered vale-dictorians. As to a salutatorian, that honor goes to Lani Jo McClure.

High honor graduates include Lily Ashlyn Cox, James Dickens, Leslie YanetJimenez and Addington Suz Ann Stroud.

Honor graduates include: Brooklynn Ella Halliday, Erica Magaly Loarca and

Blanca Iris Martinez. Others slated to graduate on Friday, July 24 include: Jasmin Alba, Leslie Anne

Burris, Isaac Jesus Carmarillo, Madison Jackson Cary, Adrik Daniel Chacon-Agraz,Kolby Lee Conway;

Victoria Illene Evans (not pictured), Kenya Jakaria Foreman, Tatiyunna KadaishaLaTae Gray, Isaac Edward Hulsey, Kelsey Grace Jackson, Tyia Terrell Jones, O’ShayD. Lawson, Juliana Nicole Leon, Railinn Elizabeth Clark (not pictured);

Reynaldo Jesus Leon, Brady Russell Malcom, Emmanuel Deangelo Marks,Michaela Dream Mayfield, Iverson De’Avione O’Brian Munn (not pictured), DianaCarolina Olivar, Garrin Roy Orsburn;

Sarah Tyanne Pool (not pictured), Zake Ethan Ramey, Devin Joe Riley, Je’NiyaLaJoy Rogers, Delanie O’Neall Self, Jaedyn A’maiya Shields, Shelly Myka MarieSmith, Titana Taniyah Staten, Thomas Dwayne Stockdale;

William Jackson Stroud, Sara Nicole Warren, Garret Ryan White and Mia NadineWoodley. The Tailgate News editor would like to congratulate all of the GHS Class of2020 for the their academic achievements and wish them the best of luck in thefuture.

Gurdon Go-Devils Class of 2020 graduates!

Ashlyn Henry

Valedictorian

Ashley Olivas

Co-ValedictorianLani McClure

SalutatorianLily Ashlyn Cox

High Honor Graduate

James Dickens

High Honor Graduate

Leslie Yanet Jimenez

High Honor GraduateAddington Suz Ann Stroud

High Honor Graduate

Brooklynn Ella Halliday

Honor Graduate

Erica Magaly Loarca

Honor Graduate

Blanca Iris Martinez

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Gurdon Go-Devils Class of 2020 graduates!

Jasmin Alba Leslie Anne Burris

Kolby Lee Conway

Tyia Terrell Jones

Kenya Jakaria Foreman

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Tatiyunna Kadaisha

LaTae Gray Isaac Edward Hulsey Kelsey Grace Jackson

Isaac Jesus Carmarillo Madison Jackson Cary Adrik Daniel Chacon-Agraz

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Sara Nicole

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7 And the men which journeyed with him stoodspeechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 8 AndSaul arose from the earth; and when his eyes wereopened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand,and brought him into Damascus.

9 And he was three days without sight, and nei-ther did eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disci-ple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said theLord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I amhere, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, andgo into the street which is called Straight, and enquirein the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus:for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision aman named Ananias coming in, and putting his handon him, that he might receive his sight.

3) PETER PREACHES, 3000 SAVED - Acts 2:20-

41 King James Version

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and themoon into blood, before the great and notable day ofthe Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, thatwhosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall besaved. 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus ofNazareth, a man approved of God among you by mira-cles and wonders and signs, which God did by him inthe midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate coun-sel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and bywicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom Godhath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:because it was not possible that he should be holdenof it. 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresawthe Lord always before my face, for he is on my righthand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did myheart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover alsomy flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt notleave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine HolyOne to see corruption.

28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak untoyou of the patriarch David, that he is both dead andburied, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing thatGod had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit ofhis loins, according to the flesh, he would raise upChrist to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing this beforespake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul wasnot left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are wit-nesses.

33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalt-ed, and having received of the Father the promise ofthe Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye nowsee and hear. 34 For David is not ascended into theheavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto myLord, Sit thou on my right hand,

35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye havecrucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 Now when theyheard this, they were pricked in their heart, and saidunto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men andbrethren, what shall we do?

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and bebaptized every one of you in the name of JesusChrist for the remission of sins, and ye shallreceive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your chil-dren, and to all that are afar off, even as many as theLord our God shall call. 40 And with many other wordsdid he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves fromthis untoward generation.

41 Then they that gladly received his wordwere baptized: and the same day there were addedunto them about three thousand souls.