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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 12, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Judge Gunter Hands Wilson Life Sentence For Rape of Woman
DeChay Wilson, 19, of Prescott, will not see the outside world again as a free man.

He was sentenced to life in prison for the rape of a 68-year-old Prescott woman on April 20, 1996 in circuit court Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1996.

The jury deliberated le...

Judge Gunter Hands Wilson Life Sentence For Rape of Woman (cont)
o see much because it was dark.

She also informed the court she did not returned to her home for three months after the attack.

The victim was allowed to step down at 1:40 p.m.

Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigator Scott Clark was cal...

Sales Tax To Develop Industry
A one-cent sales tax primarily used for the defunct Nevada County Hospital will now be used to help attract business and industry.

In a town meeting Thursday, Feb. 6, the Prescott City Council met with members of the public to discuss how to best mak...

Two Admit To Arson Of Emmet Gym
In a surprise move Wednesday, Richard Matthew Ward entered a plea of guilty to the charge of arson.

Ward, along with his wife, Latisha, had been charged with the burning of the Emmet School gymnasium on Nov. 19, 1996.

He had been scheduled to go...

Former Prescott Graduate, Federal Judge Passes Away
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, U.S. District Judge Oren Harris, a Prescott native, died of pneumonia.

Harris, who lived in El Dorado at the time of his death, continued to stay busy since he semi-retired in 1976.

Local attorney Chuck Honey knew Harris an...

Woman Found After Nearly 12 Hours In The Woods
Gathering kindling for a fire Sunday turned into an adventure for a 69-year-old woman.

According to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, at about 11 a.m. Sunday, Rosie Slater left her home to gather kindling to build a fire.

However, in picking u...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Income taxs reform legislation, one of the major initiatives of the 81st General Assembly's regualr legislative session, won approval in the House of Representatives and eventually should deliver tax relief of more than $70 million a year.

State...

On Life Of Harriet Tubman -
Play Set For Nevada
The Tell-A-Tale Troupe of The Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock will perform a tribute to the American heroine Harriet Tubman at the Nevada School at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 27.

Born a slave, Tubman was known as the "Moses of her people,...

Laubach Makes Donation
Laubach Literacy, the world's oldest and largest nonprofit literacy organization, awarded Southwest Arkansas Development Council's literacy program the National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF) totaling $861.18.

This grant is to be used to purchase ma...

Volunteers Certified In Laubach Program
Fresh volunteers for new readers have been trained and placed with waiting adults enrolled in the Southwest Arkansas Development Council's (SWADC) literacy program in Nevada, Hempstead and Lafayette Counties.

According to Literacy Outreach worker ...

Darryl Pickett Winner Of Sixth Grade DAR Essay Contest
Winners of the 1996-1997 Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest in Prescott Middle School are Jade Hall, fifth grade; Darryl Pickett, sixth grade; Megan Taylor, seventh grade; and Amanda Phillips, eighth grade. This week's essay is written ...
College News
Kelly Whitmarsh, daughter of Glen and Linda Whitmarsh, has been designated a presidential scholar by the faculty and staff of the University of Central Arkansas.

In order to make the presidential scholars list a student must have a 4.0 grade poin...

Dillard Earnes Scholarship
Billy Don Dillard, a senior at Prescott High School, has been awarded an academic scholarship at University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.

The scholarship is based upon an ACT or grade point average plus a recommendation from a school off...

Injuries Plague PHS Girls As They Enter Tournament
Winning the 7AA District Tournament may be a bit tougher than expected for the Prescott Wolverettes.

Aside from having every team in the league gunning for them, two starters are not 100 percent as the season winds down.

Gladies Gulley, the post...

Curley Wolves Enter District Tournament With Spot Set For Regional
With a 9-2 conference record, the Prescott Curley Wolves will be making a trip to Fordyce for the AA Regional Tournament.

This is a complete turnaround from last year's team, that played the entire season shorthanded.

A few more bodies, talented...

Curley Cubs Win In First Round
Prescott's Curley Cubs were successful in their first round game of the 7AA District Junior Tournament.

Making the trip to Fountain Lake, Saturday, Feb. 8, the Cubs whipped the Bismarck Lion Cubs 45-20 to advance to the semi-final round Thursday.

...

Cubettes Begin Defense Of District Title With Win In 1st Round
Prescott's junior girls have made the first step in defending their district title.

The Cubettes hammered Fouke 33-14 in the first round of the tourney Saturday, Feb. 8, at Fountain Lake.

It was a workman-like game for the Cubettes, as the squad...

NHS Boys Win Over Bradley
Girls Drop Two Games During Week
Grit and determination led the Nevada BlueJays to a 54-50 win over league-rival Bradley, Tuesday, Feb. 4.

The Jays opened with a 13-12 lead at the end of one, but trailed 29-25 at the half.

The squad rallied in the third to regain the lead, at 4...

FFA Alumni Forms
Several Donations Made To Start Group
A membership drive is underway for the newly formed Prescott Future Farmers of America Alumni.

This organization is being established to promote and support vocational education in Prescott schools by working with Future Farmers of America.

...

At Blevins, Friday Night -
Chili Supper Scheduled
The Hornet Athletic Booster Club will have a chili supper Friday night before the Blevins-Prescott basketball games.

The club will host the supper in order to raise funds to continue feeding the athlete's and cheerleaders before the away games.

...

From The Prescott High
COUNSELOR'S DESK
by Donald Crane

This column has been sadly neglected of late. I think it has been a case of just not quite getting around to it.

This time of year I'm able to find so many other things which have urgent deadlines and my column suffers as a resul...

NES Medal Of Honor Winners Named
Nevada Elementary School's `Medal of Honor' winners in grades kindergarten through third and its `Citizens of the Month' in grades fourth through sixth for January are listed below by grade level.

Medal of Honor

Kindergarten: Camer...

Deaths, Funerals
Pearl Tomlin Morgan
Pearl Tomlin Morgan, 92, of Rosston died Saturday, February 1, 1997, in Prescott.

Born September 23, 1904, in Rosston, she was a retired sales person for Dilard's and a Baptist.

Survivors include two daughters, Maxine Luck of Rosston and J...

Lola Marie Willis
Lola Marie Willis, 78, of Prescott died Teusday, February 4, 1997, at St. Michael Health Care Center in Texarkana, Texas.

Born July 30, 1918, in Cotton Plant, she was a housewife and a mother. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Presc...

Ara Lewis Atchison
Ara Lewis Atchison, 93, of Hope died Saturday, February 8, 1997, in Medical Park Hospital.

Born January 7, 1904, in Hempstead County, she was the daughter of Charles and Josie Tollett Lewis. She was a homemaker, a member of the American Legion A...

Harris `Bud' Rateliff
Harris A. `Bud' Rateliff, 71, of Hope, died Sunday, February 9, 1997, in John McClellan VA Hospital in Little Rock.

Born March 9, 1925, in Patmos, he was the son of the late Thomas W. and Zura V. Saunders Rateliff. He was a retired machinist, an ...


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