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The Southern Arkansas

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Poetry: Got Up Early, Birds Singing; P-4

Summer reading

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GATE INDEXMaking a DifferenceIN GOD WE TRUST

Happy Father’s Day!

JOHN’S SERMONJesus Christ;the gift worthopening now!

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AllCare donatesResuce Boat

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boat to Arkadelphia Fire Department

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Mayor advisesCorona cautionGurdon Mayor Sherry

Kelley warns not to let your guard down as

area re-opensPage 6

Red Springsto open in June

Red Springs MissionaryBaptist Pastor John Woods

reveals his road to the Christian ministry

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Go-Devils gettingready for football!

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New Gurdon superintendent says first goal, ‘listen and learn’

PLANS TO KEEP IN

TOUCH WITH STU-

DENTS - Nikki Daniell

Thomas, 47, Arkadelphia

High School Principal, will

begin her contract as super-

intendent of the Gurdon

School District on July 1.

She said Tuesday, May 19,

she is glad the administra-

tion building is close to the

high school as knowing her

students is important

“because you have to find

out their views and needs

before setting goals toward

helping them achieve

things.” (John Nelson

photo)

By JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

Nikki Daniell Thomas, 47, will begin her role as superintendent ofthe Gurdon School District in July, replacing long-time superintendentAllen Blackwell, who has accepted a superintendent’s post at Rosebudto be closer to family members.

Thomas, who is currently the Arkadelphia High School principaland an Arkadelphia native, said Tuesday her first goal in Gurdon is toget to know the people, form some relationships with most everyoneand find out what the current focus is for students and their prospectivefutures.

“I will not be coming in with a lot of preconceived ideas,” she said.

“Before you can improve a school district, you have to know what the

current situation is and what is already being done to make it better. My

first little while on the job will consist of a concentration on listening and

learning so I can be an asset to the Gurdon students and the communi-

ty as a whole. I will be asking what do the students need now and how

can I help them?”

Thomas said she has learned that some students do want to go tocollege, others want a trade school background and still others justwant to enter the workforce or possibly go into the service.

PASSING OUT GOODIES - Prescott Chamber of Commerce repre-

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Dalrymphe, city accountant, at Monday’s socially distanced City

Council meeting. During Hillery’s report, she said the new bakery was

to have a grand opening on June 1. (John Nelson photo)

Prescott Council votes to join

class action suit for taxes dueBy JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

Prescott City Council voted unanimously May 18 to participate in aclass action lawsuit to where effected municipalities are suing to gettax money due from Internet hotel business bookings in the area .

City Attorney Glenn Vasser said, “I see no down side to us votingto participate in the suit. The hotels owe the money for having donebusiness and yet are not paying their taxes so Prescott has nothing tolose. Plus we will gain our fair share of the tax money if the lawsuitresults in a win.”

The lawsuit participation agreement, in the form of PrescottResolution 3 for 2020, went through with no objection from CityCouncil members or Mayor Terry Oliver.

FOOD DONATIONPrescott Chamber of Commerce representative Jamie Hillery told

the Council members and mayor about a a Prescott distribution of 50-pound boxes of food, to be donated by Central Arkansas DevelopmentCorporation (CADC) at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, from 2 until10 p.m. on Friday, May 29. She thanked CADC for their desire to help.

“All of these aspirations havemerit and need respect. With somany manufacturing jobs in theGurdon area, it is good if somewant to enter the workforce andstart families. I am glad Gurdonalready has the logging simula-tors in shop to give students achance to learn skills needed tosay work at Georgia Pacific.”

Thomas said she respects allstudents, whether they want to bedoctors, lawyers, engineers,teachers, loggers, factory workersor whatever their goals. Her job,as she sees it, is to listen andlearn what direction each studentwants and help them becomehappy and productive adult citi-

zens.“I am glad not everyone

wants to go off to college andnever return home to workbecause small town Americaneeds its family ties and labor-ers to enjoy life, work hard,raise families and maintain thelifestyle of mixing hard workand fun that makes small townAmerica what it has been formany years,” she said.

Thomas said she is already afan of the Gurdon Go-Devils foot-ball team, the cheerleaders, bandmembers and more.

‘“The Go-Devils had a great10-4 season last year which tellsme they know how to work hardfor success and to have fun in the

process,” she said. “And I under-stand our band is having greatfun and success making music aswell. I already know quite a fewpeople at Gurdon and expect mytime here to be productive andenjoyable as I help the districtmove in the direction that bestserves the students. I realize I willhave to ask a lot of questions.”

Thomas said she also real-

izes she is coming into her posi-

tion in a rather unique set of cir-

cumstances with the Corona Virus

worries in progress.

Gurdon is planning a Classof 2020 traditional graduationceremony at 7 p.m. on Friday,July 24 in the Cabe Auditoriumon the GHS campus.

Tailgate News plans to pub-lish a list of accomplishments andhonors for the upcoming gradu-ates as soon as such scholar-ships, future plans and so forthare provided.

At the time of this writing,traditional football practice for thefall is to begin in July or earlyAugust - if state authorities, whoare monitoring the Corona Virus,agree that contact sports fit intoguidelines.

Thomas said a meeting ofthe minds goal evaluation sessionbetween herself, other administra-tors, School Board members andfaculty members is planned forJuly.

BACKGROUNDThomas is a 1990

Arkadelphia High School gradu-ate, achieved a Bachelor of

Science in Education to teachSocial Studies in grades 7-12from Ouachita Baptist Universityin 1994, got a masters at HSU inEducational Leadership, P-12, in2004, and then a further degreein 2009 from HSU in CommunitySpecialist and SecondaryEducation Specialist.

From 1994-98, Thomas wasan office manager for MorseAutomotive and then took her firstteaching job. She taught seventhand eighth grade Social Studiesfor 9 years at Goza Middle Schoolin Arkadelphia.

In 2007, she worked a yearat Bismarck as the funding coordi-nator for the district, similar to theadministrative post help byJeremy Bell at Gurdon.

“I had an opportunity tobroaden my impact and go intothe field of being a principal,aspiring one day to be a superin-tendent,” she said.

“Then BismarckSuperintendent David Hopkinsbelieved in me and I was suc-cessfully employed as the princi-pal for Peake Elementary School,4th and 5th graders, from 2008until 2017.”

Thomas said she believed infilling in as needed in theArkadelphia District and so in2012 she also finished out a two-month principal job at ParrottElementary when a principalretired from there.

“When I left my steady posi-tion at Peake in 2017, I wantedexperience as a secondary school

principal and so from 2017 untilfall of 2018, I hired on as theassistant principal at theArkadelphia High School,” shesaid. “This helped me to learn alot of new things and to grow pro-fessionally.”

Then in the fall of 2018, theArkadelphia Goza Middle Schoolprincipal retired and Thomas wasasked by then SuperintendentDonnie Whitten to take that posi-tion.

The following year the highschool principal left and Thomaswas placed in her current positionas Arkadelphia High School prin-cipal.

“My move to high school prin-cipal was based on districtneeds,” Thomas said. “I wentwhere the administration told me Icould do the most good.”

AT GURDONThomas said she hopes to

continue programs at Gurdonwhere students can get collegecredits, as well as increase tradeschool experiences by sharingfacilities with places like Malvernor Centerpoint.

“I want the students to enjoylearning and for the district to pro-vide whatever it takes for them toreach their academic and/or workgoals and I will do my best to bea help in the process,” she said.

Thomas did note the Go-Devil bus fleet will need continuedupkeep and that state mandatedteacher raises will have to bemet.

“I may get someone from thestate to come give us their ideason the best ways of accomplish-ing the mandates,” she said.

Thomas is a member of ThirdStreet Baptist Church inArkadelphia and the mother oftwo daughters; Kacie, 19, andJancey, 13, both of Arkadelphia.

Her sister is Sydney Millier,GPS kindergarten teacher. Herbrother, Justin Daniell, teacheshigh school at Arlington, Texasand her other brother, Craig, isalso in education in Virginia.

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Jesus Christ;

the gift worth

opening now!By JOHN NELSONTailgate News Editor

There are two schools ofthought about All Mighty God andHis perfect sacrifice for us, that isHis only Begotten Son - JesusChrist.

You either believe you aregood enough in life and need noSavior to enter heaven afteryour check-out time from earthor you admit your sinful nature,grab the hand of our perfectJesus Christ, accept HisChristian Spirit and hang on!

Actually, there is a thirdschool of thought that somehowbelieves we must be saved overand over every time we slip andcommit even an unintentional sin.

Those folks in that third cate-gory seem to think good worksgets you to heavenly placesinstead of the gift that God AllMighty gave the people of theworld through the pureblood sacri-fice of His Son Jesus Christ.

Me, I buy the hat in the mid-dle. I went to the altar at 15 andasked the Lord Jesus Christ tocome into my life, forgive me of mysins, past, present and future andteach me what it means to be aChristian.

I also asked for the Lordshipof my Lord Jesus Christ so that mylife would have more meaning thanjust my earthly goals, but ratheramount to a sling-shot to encour-age the acceptance of Christianityin the non-believer.

In our Christian Bible, Jesus

told His disciples, “If you love me,

feed my sheep (1).” He also told

them in plain language there is no

way to the Father but by Him, the

Lord Jesus Christ - who came into

the world so that the people of this

world might be saved - not to con-

demn this world (2).

Realize there is a “might”there. To change that to a “will be”saved, go down the book ofRomans (8 especially) Road.Believe in Jesus Christ as theSavior of our world of sinners,believe He cut a trail for you andme and beat death and ask that allof your sins be forgiven so that theSpirit of God All Mighty will dwellwith you forever and ever.

So let’s look at this. Ask your-self if you believe you will one daydie? Then ask if you believe thereis any way to know what day thatmight be - short of suicide?

If your sanity is consistent withwhat the world calls normal, yourconclusion will be that you have noclue when your last day on earthwill be.

Then ask yourself if youbelieve in a life after death? If youare not sure, give the ChristianBible a read where Jesus Christsays, “I go now to prepare a placefor you. In my Father’s house thereare many mansions. If it were notso, I would have told you (3).”

So there you have it. The LordJesus Christ has offered to go tobat for your eternal future. Thatsame Christian Bible tells us “Godis Love.”

It also says if you acceptJesus Christ and His purebloodsacrifice on the cross as paymentfor your sins, you will not be sepa-rated from God (Love) for eternity.

That same Bible tells us thetares will be separated from thewheat come Judgment Day andthat the tares, those of us whohave not asked Jesus Christ tocome into our hearts to be our per-sonal Savior, will be burned in aneternal Lake of Fire, never dyingand burning in torture for eternity.Is that, my friends, what you reallywant if there is indeed life afterdeath?

Our Lord knew from thebeginning that the only way topopulate heaven with the peoplewho may be weak but really loveHim was to send a sacrificiallamb to cover sin with pureblood that would do the job andkeep heaven a pure place.

That same Christian Bible tellsus that heaven is a sinless place,except for the sin that is covered inChrist’s pure blood that usChristians own. Jesus bought us apardon.

It does not mean its a licenseto sin. Paul made that clear in hiswritings about humanity. Faith with-out works is dead, so our sameWord of God says.

But those works of Christianlove should be done not becausewe are afraid God will somehowchange His mind and strip us ofour eternal salvation but rather theworks of Christianity should bedone out of praise and thankful-ness. Paul said it best when hetold us in all things to be thankful.

Now Paul was a tent makerguy who had a cross to bear.Some schools of thought think hestruggled with bad vision, yet hestill managed to compose morethan half of our Christian NewTestament - bad eyes or not... Theonly way to really know what

Paul’s cross to bear was would beto die a natural death, go on toParadise and then on to Heavenand ask him if you are still curious.

As a reporter since the year of1980, I have kidded with many ofmy friends that my final interviewwill be when I sit before God AllMighty on His Throne in Heavenand do a little Creator brain pick-ing.

But to be honest, if I dohave such an occasion as to sitand talk with my Lord JesusChrist, face to face, I will proba-bly not care about so manyearthly issues and just be happyto Praise my Lord.

So let us look at the originalquestion of this sermon. Is the giftof Jesus Christ worth opening inyour current life?

Or are you willing to take therisk and just keep considering themotion, denying the possibility thatChrist was and is telling 100 per-

cent of the truth and that once youare dead it will be too late foraccepting the gift of being in theloving presence of God All Mightyforever?

Accepting or rejecting Jesuscould make the difference betweenyour soul being in the presence ofeternal love and happiness inParadise on the way to Heaven orthat same soul being in a placecalled hell on its way to a Lake ofFire.

Only you can decide if the oldmovie from my generation in the1970’s, “Tomorrow Never Comes,”still has validity. That movie had aprofound effect on my young life.

It was about two teenagerswho kept putting off going to thechurch altar to get saved. The boyand his girlfriend were busy withsexual sin and drinking.

They had an earthly love ofsorts but had not submitted to the

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unconditional love of God AllMighty. They knew they needed aSavior for their sin but after all theycould go to the altar next Sunday.It was Saturday night for goodnesssake.

Salvation could wait untiltomorrow... I went to the altar afew Sunday nights after that in theFirst United Methodist Church ofHagerstown, Indiana.

The movie made me think ofmy high school girlfriend Joni. Shewas a wonderful girl who I hadknown in church since she was 10years old.

We were a couple from when Iwas 15 and she was 17 until metaking a wrong path somewhere inthe first semester I attended col-lege at Indiana University ruined arelationship that I believe JehovahGod would have preferred lastedfor the rest of our lives.

But our love and confidence inJesus grew during those highschool days.

Even though we made ourshare of mistakes in our inno-cence, our faith in Jesus Christkept loving Him and loving eachother first in our young lives.

What would Satan havemade sure happened to us if wehad not taken the Lord with uson our journey of life? I am gladI will never know...

For you see, accepting JesusChrist as your personal Saviordoes not mean you will never sinagain. It does not mean you willnever put the Lord in your car asco-pilot from time to time, end upon a wrong road and wish you hadnot done such a foolish thing.

The Christian Bible tells usChrist comes to stay and will neverleave or forsake us through all ofthe trials and good times of ourlives. I hold onto that; especially inthese troubled times of epidemiccrisis and such.

I long for our world to get backto “normal” like most all of youprobably do. But this time is agood time for refection. “Grab ahold of the hand that calms thewater.

Take the hand of the Manfrom Galilee. Take a look at your-self and you can look at others dif-ferently.”

Put your hand in His hand andJesus Christ will be there for youto remove mountains in your lifeyou never thought could bemoved. Trust Him. Indeed, what doyou have to lose?

SCRIPTURES 1) IF YOU LOVE ME, FEED

MY SHEEP - John 21:15-25 NewInternational Version (NIV)

Jesus Reinstates Peter 15When they had finished eating,Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simonson of John, do you love me morethan these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “youknow that I love you.” Jesus said,“Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simonson of John, do you love me?” Heanswered, “Yes, Lord, you knowthat I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care ofmy sheep.”

17 The third time he said tohim, “Simon son of John, do youlove me?” Peter was hurt becauseJesus asked him the third time,“Do you love me?” He said, “Lord,you know all things; you know thatI love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed mysheep. 18 Very truly I tell you,when you were younger youdressed yourself and went whereyou wanted; but when you are oldyou will stretch out your hands,and someone else will dress youand lead you where you do not

want to go.” 19 Jesus said this toindicate the kind of death by whichPeter would glorify God. Then hesaid to him, “Follow me!”

20 Peter turned and saw thatthe disciple whom Jesus loved wasfollowing them. (This was the onewho had leaned back againstJesus at the supper and had said,“Lord, who is going to betrayyou?”) 21 When Peter saw him, heasked, “Lord, what about him?”

22 Jesus answered, “If I wanthim to remain alive until I return,what is that to you? You must fol-low me.”

23 Because of this, the rumorspread among the believers thatthis disciple would not die. ButJesus did not say that he wouldnot die; he only said, “If I want himto remain alive until I return, whatis that to you?”

24 This is the disciple whotestifies to these things and whowrote them down. We know thathis testimony is true. 25 Jesus didmany other things as well. If everyone of them were written down, Isuppose that even the whole worldwould not have room for the booksthat would be written.

2) JESUS CHRIST CAME TOTHIS WORLD SO THAT THEWORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHTBE SAVED - John 3:10-30 NewInternational Version (NIV)

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”said Jesus, “and do you not under-stand these things? 11 Very truly I

tell you, we speak of what weknow, and we testify to what wehave seen, but still you people donot accept our testimony. 12 I havespoken to you of earthly things andyou do not believe; how then willyou believe if I speak of heavenlythings? 13 No one has ever goneinto heaven except the one whocame from heaven—the Son ofMan.

14 Just as Moses lifted up thesnake in the wilderness, so theSon of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes mayhave eternal life in him.”

16 For God so loved the worldthat he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shallnot perish but have eternal life.

17 For God did not sendhis Son into the world to con-demn the world, but to save theworld through him.

18 Whoever believes in him isnot condemned, but whoever doesnot believe stands condemnedalready because they have notbelieved in the name of God’s oneand only Son.

19 This is the verdict: Lighthas come into the world, but peo-

ple loved darkness instead of lightbecause their deeds were evil.

20 Everyone who does evilhates the light, and will not comeinto the light for fear that theirdeeds will be exposed.

21 But whoever lives by thetruth comes into the light, so that itmay be seen plainly that what theyhave done has been done in thesight of God.

John Testifies AgainAbout Jesus

22 After this, Jesus and hisdisciples went out into the Judeancountryside, where he spent sometime with them, and baptized.

23 Now John also was baptiz-ing at Aenon near Salim, becausethere was plenty of water, andpeople were coming and beingbaptized.

24 (This was before John wasput in prison.) 25 An argumentdeveloped between some ofJohn’s disciples and a certain Jewover the matter of ceremonialwashing.

26 They came to John andsaid to him, “Rabbi, that man whowas with you on the other side ofthe Jordan—the one you testified

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Poetry Musings...

Got up early,

birds singing,

hope coming backI got up early today

and wow what I heard;

the birds singing

and life bells ringing.

One day soon, our

world will be renewed.

God’s mercy never ending,

bat flu boo hoo...

For you see there is

truth to the old saying;

“you can’t keep a good

man down,” so don’t

be surprised when he

gets up off the ground.

Our lives were displaced,

and that was a disgrace.

A sucker punch stopped

graduation, but only

for awhile.

Because our Go-Devils

will still be honored.

Bat flu horror in a pile!

So yes the birds were singing

and how beautiful

they did sound. It amazes

me how the good Lord

knows the perfect sound.

Such a peaceful animal

kingdom, where respect

and peace abound. Peaceful

until us humans knock

a hole in nature’s sound.

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According to AllCare OfficeManager Amy Briscoe Johnson,the boat was presented on April29 and is already in service.

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Pastor John Woods said Thursdaythat Pastor Jeff Efird, manager ofthe Malvern/Gurdon RealRecovery ministry, will be backopen for church and counselingsoon but no date has been set dueto the virus restrictions.

Woods said the location maybe changed “as we were growingin numbers before the Coronascare.”

Pastor Woods said those withaddiction problems should feel freeto call him at Gurdon’s RedSprings Missionary Baptist Church,(870) 776-7875.

Gurdon Council

puts off May meetingThe Gurdon City Council will

have an April and May make-upmeeting after the first of June,according to Office Worker AmyWoods.

Woods said the last Tuesdayin June meeting will happen afterthat and hopefully return Gurdon toa regularly slated council meeting.

Mayor Kelley asks residents

to be careful as society opensBy SHERRY KELLEYTailgate News Edtor

With Corona Virus cases on the rise in Arkansas, I hope thateveryone will be extra careful as things begin to reopen.

We are about three months into this pandemic and it is interest-ing to see where it is all going.

Stay safe and don’t let your guard down. I’ve seen a lot of peoplein Gurdon behaving responsibly. For that, I am very thankful.

Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, a day to honor thosewho have given their lives for their country. It was also the unofficialstart of summer. We had a huge storm on Friday night when wereceived nearly 3 inches of rain in just a few hours.

It seems that the past couple of years have been extra rainy. It islike living in a jungle around here.

Everything grows so fast and the ground is often too wet to mow.I guess there are worse things but I am glad that this weekend is

looking dry, so far.We are continuing to work on the Main Street facades and at City

Hall on the antique letter press from The Gurdon Times. Take careand have a great weekend.

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Gurdon’s Red SpringsMissionary Baptist Church willswitch back from Internet virtualchurch services to “the real thing”on Sunday, June 7.

Pastor John Martin Woods,33, says the service will beCorona Virus guideline approved“because there could be liabilitiesotherwise if someone caught thevirus in one of our services.”

Pastor Woods said thechurch rules for Arkansas (seepage 8) have remained prettymuch the same since the CoronaVirus epidemic started to gainmomentum in March.

“I will be very glad to be backwith the congregation in person,but as long as I get to be God’sserver and bring what He wantsto the table, I am happy to do it inperson or even virtual if neces-sary.”

Pastor Woods has been athis post at Red SpringsMissionary Baptist since Februaryof 2017. He is also a Gurdon fire-fighter, president of GurdonRotary and helps with the RealRecovery program under PastorJeff Efird, which traditionallymeets in Malvern and Gurdon atleast once a week.

“Real Recovery is for addictsand those who love them. Wehave not been meeting at Gurdonsince the Corona Virus epidemic,but we will be back - and maybeeven in a bigger location, as wewere outgrowing the one we had,”he said.

Pastor Woods is fromMonticello. He is a Drew CentralHigh School 2005 graduate.

He married Daryl on March31, 2012. Daryl Woods is aMonticello High School graduateand the couple has two children;Gracelynn Woods, 6, and JohnMichael Woods, 3.

He first got an associatesdegree from Central ArkansasBaptist Institute (CABI) in Benton,and has added to his formal edu-cation since. Pastor Woods saidhe met Pastor Jeff Efird at CABI

and has done all he can to helphim with his calling to help addictsfind a productive life and to findJesus.

And there is a very good rea-son for that. Woods is a recover-ing addict as well as a convictedfelon. Although Pastor Woodssays his primary purpose is toserve up what God wants for hiscongregation and he hopes to beserving the people of Red SpringsMissionary Baptist Church for 50plus years to come, his check-ered past has served him well inhelping people with a variety ofbackgrounds.

“I don’t mind to sharesome of my testimony,” hesaid. “It may seem amazingthat I came out of my past andended up here, but I give all ofthe credit to God.”

SAVED AT 14Pastor Woods said he was

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in Norfork at the age of 14.“I was a sinner saved by

grace but knew very little aboutChristianity,” he said. “I had beenusing drugs and alcohol since I

was 13. Back then it was beerand marijuana. But as I got older,I started partying a lot more.

“At 17, one thing led to

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another and I got a public intoxi-cation charge. That should havebeen my wake-up call, but it was-n’t.”

Now Pastor Woods said hebarely graduated high school at17, and after high school he start-ed using a lot of cocaine.

“I got a construction job andthe harder drugs were more read-ily available. It became more fre-quent that I used drugs. I remem-ber being up for three days whenI was working at a Save-A-Lotmeat market.

“This church goer namedBen Williams prayed for me after Itold him about the cocaine.

“God heard the prayer allright and that night I got arrested.

At 19, I went to jail. A fellow druguser stole a bunch of stuff and Ishowed up with my truck to helphim haul it away. We got caughtand I was charged with theft ofproperty.”

Woods said the judge decid-ed to send him to rehab insteadof jail and he ended up at NewBeginnings under Mr. MikeKnickerbocker.

“I was supposed to stay 30days but ended up asking for 15more so I stayed 45 days,” hesaid. “They finally kicked me out. Imade it two weeks and went backto drinking.

“The rehab did get me off thepills, ecstasy, cocaine and more.But then I thought I should beable to control drinking, just like

everyone else. “I was 20 years old and my

friend, who was 29, would buy memy alcohol. By the way, I havebeen sober 12 years. My sobrietyday was September 29, 2007.

“But here comes the worstpart of my testimony. I was 20years old, drinking and drivingand I crashed.

“There were three peoplein the car with me. One died. Itwas my 29-year-old friend. Itchanged everything. I hit rockbottom.

“I kept going to AA and NAand met my wife. She kneweverything and waited for mewhen I went to prison. I wascharged with negligent homicide,sentenced to 6 years and endedup doing two and a half.”

Woods said he wanted to bepunished but prison changed hislife. He spent one month in PineBluff Correctional, four months inVarner by Cummins and thenMalvern for nine months.

Then he went to Wrigtsvillefor 18 months. Then he did fourmonths on work release at aMcDonald’s in TexArkana, theTexas side.

“I was the Mr. AA counselorin prison, but I was denied myfirst parole after a year becausemy friend’s mother showed upwho had gotten killed and object-ed to me getting out.

“She showed up at my sec-ond year parole too but I got thatwork release, appealed the sec-ond parole denial and became afree man. The bottom line is I

went into prison a partying boyand came out a man of God witha desire to give the Lord the cred-it for the change.

“Daryl, my girlfriend, wroteme letters in there and waited.She became my wife and now themother of my two children.

“After prison, JohntownMissionary Baptist Church in

Texas hired me as their youthminister for three years before mywife and I took our post atGurdon.

It was new beginning time.And I thank God every day for mylife serving him and for the won-derful family and community hehas given me. It was worth all Iwent through.”

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Kyle Jackson said at School Board May 26 that football players will begina weight program and running agenda after June 1, with regular footballpractice starting the first week of August.

This, of course, borrowing anymore unforeseen restrictions from thegovernment concerning the Corona Virus. Coach Jackson had this to sayabout last year’s winning season and high hopes for this year, if hardwork continues on the parts of the players and the coaches, in remarkspublished on the Gurdon Schools Facebook site.

“ It is great that our players and our community are getting recogni-tion. Our players have certainly put in the work so far to deserve that. Atthe same time it doesn’t really matter where you are ranked in June.

“My dad told me a long time ago people “remember November.” Itis up to the 2020 team to write their own story. Hopefully, when we startback June 1, this group of seniors and our whole team will do the littlethings day in and day out to be successful.

“We have a chance to have a successful year, but that is going tohinge on our work ethic and discipline all day everyday - not on whatsomeone else thinks about us in June. We have a good group comingback this year and they have played a lot of snaps in their high schoolcareers, but Fordyce is the team to beat until someone knocks them offthe top. I’m sure Junction City, Foreman and some others will be in themix when it gets colder as well.

“We try to prepare during the season the same as we do in off-sea-son and summer workouts. Pretty much all year we want to focus on us.We know there are other great teams out there. We aren’t getting anybetter worrying about what they are doing. We want to put all our atten-tion and focus on being as good as we can be and limiting our mistakes.

“More high school football games are lost rather than won so we tryto keep our minds on getting our team better and then go compete onFriday night.”

“We are helping with thesefood drives because of shortagesbrought on by our Corona Viruseffecting our local economy andwe are happy CADC is makingthis effort to join our Chamber andcity government in our efforts tofill the basic needs of our people,”she said.

“If you do want to volunteerfor future food drives, or you getthis message to someone whodoes, contact me at: (870) 724-5080. Our Chamber is glad to beinvolved and invites you and yourfriends to participate in local fooddistributions. For example, these50-pound CADC boxes contain alot of food that will really helprelieve the pressure on needyfamilies.”

According to Hillery, thosereceiving food by way of a CADCdrive need only to prove theyhave a Nevada County address.

Each box has bologna, rice,beans, toilet paper, ham, legquarters and much more.

SEWER & WATER LINESIn other business, the City

Council approved a $210,156.21bid presented by Kiron Browning,A.L. Franks Engineers, fromTexarkana, to replace water andsewer lines in places such asFirst Street, Olive Street and PineStreet.

The project will be a go with$117,000 grant involved. PercyNelson, water and sewer superin-tendent, said this bid will help geta third of some projects done thathave been in the works about 3years down Highway 67 andWalnut Street. The Council votedunanimously for the project to goforward and also to accept Boboand Bean out of Hope as the con-tractor for this sewer project.

Moreover, Prescott CityCouncil members voted to

approve the CARES Act to helpsmall businesses and municipali-ties. Attorney Vasser called theCARES Act a win-win forPrescott, as it could help smallbusinesses pay their water billsand rent.

The council also approved aresolution on the budgeted trashtruck lease and the financing oftrash cans.

Mayor Oliver said, “This trashtruck lease is wise. Once thesetrucks are worked to death, theyare not worth much. As to thetrash cans, we can ask our resi-dents to get rid of their trash caneyesores and replace them withthese.”

Oliver said the new trashcans are designed to be easilypicked up by the trash truck so asto make trash pick-up in Prescottmore efficient.

CHAMBER BANQUETC of C representative Hillery

said the annual Chamber ofCommerce Banquet will takeplace this year, despite it having anormal attendance of around 300and having now to adhere tosocial distancing and maybemasks because of the CoronaVirus epidemic in the nation andworld.

Mayor Oliver said, “I amglad we had this meetingtonight and it is really good tosee you all. One thing I will sayabout out Corona Virus safetypolicies, it does seem a littleodd that folks can gather allthey want at WalMart orAtwoods, but in many casesattending church has been a nogo.”

In addition to saying the C ofC banquet will be a go, Hillerysaid there is a new bakery inPrescott and a grand openingwas scheduled for June 1.

“We don’t have any other

business serving baked goods sogo there and give them a try,” shesaid.

Hillary said coffees, ribboncuttings and other Chamber func-tions have been postponed orcanceled over the past fewmonths due to Corona but “thingsare starting to come alive.”

“Farmer’s Market peopleare contacting us with sched-ules and should be more andmore active,” she said.“However, the annual CrawfishBowl will not happen.”

The next regularly scheduledmeeting of the Prescott CityCouncil will be at 6:30 p.m. onMonday, June 15. If anyone hasquestions concerning city busi-ness, they may call: 870-887-2210. If a person wants on theagenda, it is best to call 72 hoursin advance of the meeting. Socialdistancing will be followed untilfurther notice.

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Robert Deaton hasdeparted his Earth.Robert had many, many

friends flung far across the Globe.He had a generousand loving heart,and his presenceand effervescencewill be missed.Robert was fortu-nate enough topass in his ownhome among manythat cared about and for him.

Robert was seldom lone-ly in his home in OldWashington, Arkansas

with many who traveled great dis-tances to see him regularly. Robertwas born on February 4, 1939 inArkadelphia, Arkansas to B.L. andKate Hasley Deaton. Though tragi-cally orphaned at the age of 10,

Robert, a descendent of early set-tlers in South Arkansas was proudof his family heritage and appreci-ated the kindness of his sister,Doris Deaton Thomas, and theH.W. McMillan family who, amongothers, took him in and raised himas one of their own. Within theseenvironments, Robert was able toexpress his immense creativity inCurtis and Arkadelphia, later pursu-ing his love of dance, theater, andart.

After attendingHenderson StateTeachers College and

Ouachita Baptist University pursu-ing dance and theater, he honedhis skills in a Master’s Program atthe University of Michigan wherehe focused his education on televi-sion, directing and acting.Homesick, Robert soon found him-self back in Arkansas where hebegan working as AssociateDirector at a state foundation fordevelopmentally disabled children.

It was within this capacity that heworked tirelessly to help establishthe first summer camp in Arkansasfor developmentally challengedchildren.

After working with thefoundation, Robertmoved to Russellville

where he worked for the ArkansasCultural Enrichment Program anddirected plays throughout theArkansas River Valley. With thesupport of Governor and laterSenator Dale Bumpers, and hiswife Betty, he led cultural enrich-ment tours throughout Europe.

In 1970, Robert moved toLittle Rock and taught the-ater at Central and

Parkview High Schools. In 1972,he married Susan Pfeifer, the loveof his life, and devoted himself toher and his stepson, BradSherman. In 1975, he founded theStanton Road School, a privateschool based in inclusivity. Theschool emphasized the visual andperforming arts and recruitedteachers from the ArkansasSymphony Orchestra, ArkansasRepertory Theatre, and UA OperaTheatre. Robert spent several sum-mers studying with Lee Strasbergat The Actor’s Studio in New Yorkand Los Angeles. In 1989, Robertmoved to Maui and taught Speechand Theater at the University ofHawaii and worked with Bill Clintonon his first presidential campaign.He returned to Little Rock in 1991

and continued his career as a polit-ical fundraiser.

Throughout his life,Robert championed edu-cation and progressive

politics as the keys to improving hisbeloved Arkansas. Robert chairedthe first inaugural ball for GovernorDale Bumpers. He worked tireless-ly to advance issues such as civilrights, arts in education, AIDSresearch and treatment, andPlanned Parenthood. Robert lovedDemocratic politics, the arts, travel,entertaining, and beautiful things.Robert said many times that whatmade him happy was making otherpeople happy.

Robert is survived by hisbeloved stepson BradSherman, his wife,

Chris, and their family. He is alsosurvived by nieces Janice DeatonShirey, Anne Thomas Buck, andKay Thomas Graham and nephewLarry Thomas and their families.Robert adored his god-daughter,Megan Delamar Schroeder.

The family would like toexpress so much grati-tude to those who sup-

ported and cared for Robert in hislife and retirement including JuliaPeck Mobley, David McMillen,Stephen Brown, and Tim Orchard.Heartfelt thanks to Mike Malek,Mary Stutten, Julie Roberts, andthe devoted staff who cared forRobert in his home.

Aprivate burial will beheld at RichwoodsCemetery in Curtis,

Arkansas under the direction ofHerndon-Fuqua Funeral HomeHope. A celebration of Robert’s lifewill be held at a safer time to gath-er in Little Rock. In lieu of flowers,memorials may be sent to theSouthwest Arkansas Arts Councilor the Arkansas Arts Center.

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She was preceded indeath by her parents,husband Robert Earl

Ellerd, sons, Ramond Peter andMikey Joe Ellerd, her siblings, Billy,Michael, and Sandy.

Survivors are her sonRobert Ellerd and wifeCheryl of Malvern,

grandchildren, Cory Ellerd, RachelRankin, Roy Hawkins, Aaron Ellerd,Ryan Ellerd, and numerous niecesand nephews.

Memorial services willbe held at a later dateand will be

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about—look, he is baptizing, andeveryone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “Aperson can receive only what isgiven them from heaven. 28 Youyourselves can testify that I said, ‘Iam not the Messiah but am sentahead of him.’

29 The bride belongs to thebridegroom. The friend whoattends the bridegroom waits andlistens for him, and is full of joywhen he hears the bridegroom’svoice. That joy is mine, and it isnow complete. 30 He mustbecome greater; I must becomeless.”

3) IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE,THERE ARE MANY MANSIONS -Jesus Comforts His Disciples -14 “Do not let your hearts be trou-bled. You believe in God; believealso in me.

2 My Father’s house hasmany rooms; if that were not so,would I have told you that I amgoing there to prepare a placefor you?

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7 If you really know me, youwill know my Father as well. Fromnow on, you do know him andhave seen him.”

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Anyone who has seen mehas seen the Father. How can yousay, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Don’t you believe that I am in theFather, and that the Father is inme?

The words I say to you I donot speak on my own authority.Rather, it is the Father, living inme, who is doing his work.

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Telling the truth,

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making a differenceLet’s keep our word today. Let our word be true and

meaningful because what we say is who we really are.Do you want to change how you feel? Then change how

you think! Romans 12:2 New International Version (NIV) 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be trans-formed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be ableto test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasingand perfect will.

I understand helping out, being kind to others, but howdo I make a difference? I ask Jesus for opportunities to bewhere I’m needed, if only for encouragement or a word thatcan build someone up. If we don’t share , we know somewill never go to church.

So we’re placed in their lives to be that word, that exam-ple of love. If we don’t share then we are acting like we real-ly don’t care.

And if you know the outcome of a lost soul, how couldwe not share the Lord Jesus Christ? I pray for boldnessand wisdom for us ALL to be able to help when the opportu-nity arises. Did we do anything to further The kingdom ofGod?

Oh I, well I think I , did .. I surely... I did something !!!Let’s know we helped in some small way, with what little wehave to give. God can use us in a way that ends up beingmore than enough! God Bless you today. Be that personthat shows His love and you will make a difference! Amen

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