Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 24, 1996 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- By Hospital Board
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- Bankruptcy Options Are Deliberated
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- Financial reports for the past three months for the defunct Nevada County Hospital are bleak.
These reports show more money is being spent than is coming in. In a called meeting of the Nevada County Hospital Board of Governors Wednesday afte...
- 58 Lose Jobs As Plant Closes
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- More jobs were lost in the area last week when Prescott Manufacturing closed down.
According to Jim Sharkey, executive director with the Nevada County Economic Development Office, 58 workers were notified of the closure. He said the problem is Pres...
- Miss Arkansas To Speak At Banquet
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- The 1996 Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet will be held Tuesday, May 14, at the Prescott Middle School cafetorium, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
A Carousel of Dreams is the theme for this year's banquet. Many chamber members...
- First Jaycees Political Rally Attracts Crowd
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- Political candidates gathered in the Prescott Middle School cafetorium Saturday afternoon to tout their platform and ask for votes.
The event, sponsored by the Prescott-Nevada County chapter of the Jaycees, drew mostly candidates and their families...
- First Jaycees Political Rally Attracts Crowd (cont)
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- segment, said he was raised in the county and is a lifelong resident as well.
He told those on hand he's been a certified part-time deputy for more than three years, is on the Emmet Volunteer Fire Department and Emmet School Board. Otwell sa...
- Community Still In Running For Prison
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- 'Short List' Of Sites Just Rumor
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- Prescott is still in the running for a proposed minimum security prison complex.
However, according to Jim Sharkey, executive director of the Nevada County Economic Development Office, the rumors of Prescott being on a "short list" are just that --...
- Suspects Sought In Rape
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- Authorities are searching for two black males wanted in connection with the rape of a Prescott woman.
According to Jim Westmoreland, criminal investigator for the Prescott Police Department and Nevada County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred ...
- Dr. Gorman Named Co. Extension Agent
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- Dr. Charlotte Gorman has been named county Extension agent -- home economics leader for Nevada County with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. The appointment is effective May 1.
Currently Dr. Gorman is with the Extension s...
- Ila Upchurch Awards Banquet Is Saturday
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- Tracy L. Steele, executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, will be the speaker at the 1996 Ila Upchurch Awards Banquet on April 27.
The banquet will be held in the Prescott Middle School cafetorium at 6:30 p.m. The Ila Up...
- District To Look Into Complaints, Petition
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- Parents of children who ride home in cars from the Nevada School want to leave earlier than buses.
In fact, Rick McAfee, superintendent of Nevada Schools, said a petition has been circulated and signed by 15 people. He told the Nevada School...
- Prescott Aids Could Be Jobless
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- Federal Funding For Positions Cut
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- The text of this article was not available.
- Former Laneburg Resident's Killer Sentenced
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- The killer of a former Laneburg resident has been sentenced to death.
Jack Jones Jr. of Bald Knob, had the death sentence handed down by a Searcy jury Wednesday, April 17 for the 1995 murder of Mary Phillips, who lived in Bradford at the time. ...
- Low First Quarter Earnings Reported
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- Potlatch reported lower earnings for the first quarter of 1996 due to severe flooding, other weather-related problems and weaker markets in several product lines.
Net earnings for the first quarter of 1996 were $5 million, or $.17 per common shar...
- Honor Roll For Emmet Is Released
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- Students at Emmet Public School named to the honor roll for the fifth six-week period are listed below by grade.
First grade: Misty Avery, Myrriah Chance, Troy Elliott, Eric Farley, Junior Hart, Jessica Hicks, Tobe Korenek, Brittany Lemons,...
- Area Students Earn Scholarships
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- Three Are From prescott, Rosston And Blevins School Districts
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- Ricci Farris of Prescott High School, Hagan Barnes of Nevada High School in Rosston and Emilty Sweat of Blevins High School have received academic scholarships from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) beginning in August.
These scholarships ...
- 2 Blevins Students Named Overall Winners
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- At SAU Writing Contest Two students at Blevins Public Schools were named the overall winners in their age division at the Southern Arkansas University Writing Festival in Magnolia.
Heather Blount, a fourth grader, won the division for grad...
- Bats Blaze As Wolverettes Win First Game, 14-7
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- Prescott's Wolverette softball team earned its first win of the year Tuesday with a 14-7 win over Blevins.
The Wolverette's bats came alive in the game, as the Prescott crew sent five around the bases in the opening frame, added five more in the th...
- Nashville Pounds Curley Wolves In 7AA Action
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- Two games resulted in a split, with a win and a loss for the Prescott Curley Wolves on the baseball diamond last week.
The Wolves opened by demolishing Delight 15-5 Wednesday, with the game called at the end of six because of the 10-run rule. ...
- Curley Wolves Win At SAU
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- The Prescott Curley Wolves were finally able to overcome the Stamps Yellowjackets in the annual SAU Rip Powell Rider Relays on Tuesday of last week.
Division II of this meet was very limited in number of teams and both Prescott and Stamps were no...
- Jacksons Attend Banquet
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- The 14th annual National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Academic Banquet was held at the Riverfront Hilton in North Little Rock on April 6.
The Arkansas chapter of this organization selects outstanding football players with high aca...
- PHS Defeats Stamps At Local Relays
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- The Prescott Curley Wolves and the Stamps Yellowjackets hooked up twice in one week and the Wolves were able to squeak by at SAU and in the 22nd annual Prescott Merchants' Relays held last Thursday. Last week brought Prescott's first victories over the...
- Baseball Jamboree Sets For April 27th
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- A baseball jamboree will be held Saturday, April 27, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The jamboree will consist of t-ball, softball and Little League games, and plenty of food and fun.
The jamboree is sponsored by the Rosston Baseball Association. All proc...
- Gurdon Rotary Sets Scramble
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- The Gurdon Rotary Club will be hosting a two man golf scramble on Saturday May, 4, 1996. Tee time at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon at the Red Martin Country Club located on Hwy. 53, three miles south of Gurdon.
The entry fee is twenty-five dollars per ...
- Hawthorne Earns Academic Scholarship To Red River
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- Red River Technical College at Hope has announced that Jennifer Hawthorne, a senior at Prescott High School, has been awarded an academic scholarship to attend the school.
The scholarship is based upon an ACT and/or grade point average plus a rec...
- Obituaries
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- Mary Jane Estes
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- Mary Jane Estes of Hope died Tuesday, April 16, 1996, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
She was a retired school teacher of the San Antonio, Texas, Public Schools, a member of the Church of Christ, a graduate of San Marcus University in New Braun...
- Bertha Johnston
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- Bertha Johnston, 82, of Waldo, died Friday, April 19, 1996, in the Magnolia hospital.
Born December 23, 1913, in Trumann, she was a retired self-employed grocer and member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include her daughter, Ann Jo...
- Everett Sutton
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- Lloyd Everett Sutton, 78, of Garland, Texas, formerly of Sutton and Prescott, died Saturday, April 20, in Dallas.
Born July 30, 1917, in Sutton, he was an independent candy broker, founder and owner of Everett Sutton Candies in Garland, and had la...
- Mary Williams
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- Mary Louise Williams, 65, of Prescott died Thursday, April 18, 1996, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Born October 15, 1930, in Cale, she was a homemaker and a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church in Prescott. She was preceded in death by a son, ...
- Joe Williams Jr.
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- Joe Earl Williams Jr., 76, of Prescott died Sunday, April 21, 1996, in North Little Rock.
Born January 3, 1920, in Prescott, he was a member of First Baptist Church in Prescott. Survivors include a brother, Derald M. Williams of Prescott; an...
- Clara Ridling
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- Clara Mae Winberry Ridling, 83, of Hope, died Saturday, April 20, 1996.
Born July 28, 1912, in Willisville, she taught school for 32 years, 20 in Hope, and prepared taxes for 25 years. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church of Hope for 47 years...
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