By JOHN NELSON

Tailgate News Editor

A Gurdon First UnitedMethodist Church minister toldRotarians Thursday about theavailability of flood bucketsthrough area Methodist churchesdesigned to get people started incleaning up homes, businesses,camp sites etc. that were dam-aged by Tuesday’s flooding.

The Rev. Mike Proctor said,“We have given away between 10and 15 large buckets so far, with

cleaning products, gloves, laundrydetergent, OFF mosquito spray,clothes pins and more in them,”he said. “I have 12 still availableand can get more. If anyoneneeds them to get started on theirflood damage clean up, they cancall our church at: 870-353-4469or City Hall at: 870-353-2514.”

Proctor said the flood bucketsare through United MethodistChurch on Relief (UMCOR).

He gave one bucket at themeeting to Rotarian AshleighPennington, loan officer at Bankof DeLight in Gurdon, to help herclean up her area deer camp.

Pennington said the water ather camp had not been that highsince 1982.

Proctor said the coordinatorsof the UMCOR flood bucket proj-ect are Bryan and Jane Mann,who work on the church’s reliefeffort in Oklahoma and Arkansas,coordinating efforts with the feder-al FEMA relief program for longand short term help.

Hard hit area communities,such as Nashville and Dierks,who also got more than 10 inchesof rainfall Tuesday, were alsogiven bucket aid.

He said the Assembly of Godand Baptist denominations arealso involved in flood relief efforts.

“Each of our relief bucketsmeans a $55 investment. Theidea is to show love and reducepanic,” the Rev. Proctor said.

“People grieve, get tired andweary and blame God. Our effortis show people we are here tohelp get flood recovery started.God’s people do care. We did asimilar bucket program inNashville 20 years ago.”

Proctor said Clark CountyEmergency Services CoordinatorTate Chandler is also involvedwith UMCOR and area flood vic-tims needing a bucket start-upcan call Chandler at: 870-246-0013.

The biggest flooding inGurdon from Tuesday was atPlyler’s Hardware on Highway 67.

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Summer Marching

Band rehearsals

July 22-26The Gurdon Go-Devils march-

ing band will conduct rehearsals onthe practice field at the GurdonHigh School this week, fromMonday, July 22, until Friday, July26.

Band Director Chris Elliott saidthe rehearsals will be from 8 a.m.until 5 p.m. on each of those days.

Elliott said, “Be sure to drinkplenty of water and stay hydrated. Ican’t wait to see you all there.”

Aradelphia lifts

boil order FridayA main pipe of the Arkadelphia

Water System busted earlyTuesday morning, July 16 from theexcessive rains over Monday andTuesday.

An employee of the watercompany called residents andwarned them to boil water. Waterpressure was back up to normal onNorth 16th Street Tuesday night,although water system inspectionscontinued. The water boil orderwas lifted as of Friday, according toan Arkadelphia Water Departmentsource.

Jody Evans to

be at county fairJody Evans, a Nashville Star

contestant and Arkadelphia native,will perform at 7 p.m. on August 10at the Clark County Fairgrounds onHighway 67 across from the Airport.

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UMCOR BUCKETS - The First

United Methodist Church is par-

ticipating in United Methodist

Church On Relief by providing

clean-up buckets for flood victims

from Tuesday’s Hurricane Barry

rains. The Rev. Mike Proctor

holds a relief bucket, ready to go

with supplies, at Thursday’s

Gurdon Rotary meeting. (John

Nelson photo)

Conquering Hurricane Barry

Methodist Church buckets

available through GurdonRecord flooding at Gurdon TuesdayBy SHERRY KELLEY

Gurdon Mayor

The remnants of Hurricane Barry hit us hard on Tuesday. Recordflooding throughout the city was a reality. Several accidents, waterrescues, businesses flooding, washouts and a tree down were on themenu. So far no reports of injury or of any home flooding have crossedmy desk.

Depending on where you check, we received 10 to 13 inches ofrain in 12 hours. Interstate 30 was closed in both directions due toflooding and a lot of traffic came through Gurdon on Highway 67. Thehighway was almost impassable south of Georgia Pacific. Vehicleswere able to traverse the water single file in the middle of the road. Itwill take a while to repair the damages, but recent dry weather willhelp.

The Gurdon Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting for the Go-Devil Nutrition Den on Main Street was a big success. Throngs of peo-ple attended the event on Saturday morning. The place was packedwith more than 50 patrons. Proprietors Carrie and Andrew Stanley saidthat they appreciated the turnout and the support from the GurdonCommunity.

The Gurdon Go-Devils are practicing hard and are heading towarda great season.

It looks like the city is going to take over the mowing of the RoseHedge Cemetery. We want to keep it maintained consistently and withall the rain, the rising cost of paying to have it mowed and the lowresponse to cemetery dues letters, it is looking like the best option.Have a great week.

Sherry’s Corner