TAILGATE NEWS May 27, 2016 - Southern Arkansas Tailgate News

Gate Briefs
Sherry’s Corner
By SHERRY KELLEY
Gurdon Mayor
An amazing transformation occurred on Thursday at the Cabe
Bible verses is a section for the
Fields. The Alcoa team and other volunteers used rakes, shovels and
late James Crews, a Gurdon busipaint brushes to update and upgrade the softball and little league
nessman, who believed exposure to
Christian scriptures would encourage fields.
The purple paint on the backstop and wall coupled with the deep
readers to seek and accept Jesus.
Mark 2:3-5 King James Version reddish brown of the new infield surfacing made the park come alive
(KJV) 3 And they come unto him,
with deep rich color. And that’s just the beginning. Volunteers are
bringing one sick of the palsy, which
scheduled to paint the concession stand purple.
was borne of four.
Both the stand and the wall will be adorned with gold “G’s” for
4 And when they could not come extra team spirit and flare. A great big thank you to plant manager Britt
nigh unto him for the press, they
Scheer and administrator Kathy Combs and all the hardworking Alcoa
uncovered the roof where he was:
volunteers for their time, effort and funding.
and when they had broken it up, they
Combs said it was one of their favorite Action Grants because of
let down the bed wherein the sick of
the amazing transformation. Scheer said this latter half of 2016 is
the palsy lay.
going to be a good one for the Gum Springs Plant. “It’s going to be
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he
busy and toward the end of the year it is going to be very busy at
said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,
Alcoa,” said Scheer.
thy sins be forgiven thee.
Another success story comes from Baptist Health Gurdon Family
Clinic. The final cost for the storm sirens was nearly double the predicMalvern School Board
tion. The community partners at Baptist Health have generously agreed
will meet June 28
to pay the entire amount. Last week we met with Donna McMillan and
The Malvern School Board,
Tony Hardage for a tour of the new early warning alert system.
which usually meets on the second
The Market On Main is staying busy and many good comments
Bible Verses
Monday of the month, has changed
its June meeting to 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 28 at the administration meeting room.
Graduation at Malvern was on
Saturday, May 14. Names of the 126
graduates were on page 8 of the
Southern Arkansas Tailgate News in
the May 20 issue. Go under Oldies
Two on the dashboard to review it.
are coming from the patrons of our new community event center. The
Market was the site for several large graduation parties and a surprise
birthday party this week. The restaurant incubator phase for The
Market On Main will be launched in June.
A state highway study of Gurdon’s traffic patterns will begin soon. I
will keep you posted.
Gurdon’s High School Graduation at the Cabe Auditorium was an
amazing evening on Friday night. The 1200 seat auditorium was full
and it was standing room only for those for the spectators who didn’t
arrive early. 2016 is a great class full of students that will make a positive impact in the future.
Have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day Weekend.
CLOSE-UP CARWASH Saturday morning, at the old
AP&L building in Gurdon on
Main Street, the new group
planning to take a Close-Up
trip to Washington D.C. in the
spiring of 2017, conducted a
carwash. This reporter got
there too late for a photo of
students in action, but his wife,
Michelle Nelson, had her
Nissan Rouge get the full
treatment. (John Nelson photo)
24-hour towing
Drug busts on tap
at Gurdon PD
Gurdon Deputy Marshal Toby
Garner said Tuesday he is waiting on
warrants and a judge getting home
from a leave of absence before his
men go to work to remove even more
drug dealers from the area.
While no time table can be set
until those two things come to pass,
the police department is busy gathering information to retire said pushers
from their illegal business dealings in
Gurdon.
Celebrate Recovery
still available
Although Celebrate Recovery
leaders have the key and permission
to use the Faith Mission for their
classes, the size of the group does
not merit it.
For now, Celebrate Recovery
will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
at the home of John Nelson, 111 East
Cherry Street in Gurdon.
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