Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 28, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- New Jobs Announced At Industry Gathering
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- Prescott Nursing Center Expanding; E.A. Holder Opens Truck Terminal
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- Two industry- and business-related expansions were touted during an industry appreciation day at the Prescott Country Club on Thursday, May 22.
This is the second year the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office has had a gathering for the...
- Mayor Howard Taylor Named Top Citizen At Chamber Banquet
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- Prescott Mayor Howard Taylor was named Citizen of the Year at the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce banquet Tuesday, May 20.
Chamber president Mary Godwin read a long list of accomplishments attributed to Taylor, including family, church...
- Police Nab Alleged Hot Check Writer
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- Two Others Busted For Violations
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- A Gurdon man found himself in the Nevada County jail for passing bad checks.
According to Jim Westmoreland, criminal investigator for the Prescott Police Department and Nevada County Sheriff's Office, Charles C. Ross, 28, was arrested Thursday, May 2...
- Duplex Units Finished; Open House Scheduled
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- Six new rental duplexes have been completed in Prescott and applications are being accepted for those interested in leasing the two- and three-bedroom units.
Eight of the 12 units consist of two-bedroom apartments with the four others being three-bed...
- Justin House To Attend Seminar
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- Justin House was selected to represent Nevada High School at the 1997 Arkansas Leadership Seminar of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation (HOBY) May 2, 3 and 4 at the Arkansas 4-H Center in Ferndale.
HOBY is an international organization hosting lea...
- Potlatch Headquarters To Move
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- Potlatch Corporation announced its board of directors has approved a plan to relocate the company's corporate headquarters from San Francisco to Spokane, Washington. It is anticipated that the move will be completed during the third quarter of 1997 and ...
- Sherwood Earns Grant
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- Natalie Sherwood, elementary principal at Nevada School District, recently submitted and received a grant in the amount of $12,000 from the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission for a specialized child care contract.
This grant is for a period to be...
- School News
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- Old Washington Historic State Park was the site for the first Arkansas History Quiz Bowl held on May 1. Nell Rockett, supervivor of gifted programs, directed this Southwest Arkansas Educational Co-op sponsored event.
Nineteen teams from eight scho...
- Tamla Allen Wins Award
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- The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Tamla M. Allen has been named a United States National Awards winner in history and government.
She is a student at Nevada High School. Allen was nominated for this national award by ...
- Talley Named Top Teacher
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- Blevins High School students selected Ed Talley as Teacher of the Year.
Tameka Morrison, president of FHA, presented Talley with a plaque in the annual awards assembly. The first year educator teaches Spanish.
- Obituaries
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- Arl Fincher
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- Arl Fincher, 95, of Duncanville, Texas, formerly of Hope and Nevada County, died Friday, May 23, 1997, at Shady Side Nursing Home in Duncanville.
Born April 17, 1902, in Nevada County, he was a farmer, a Baptist and a 32nd degree mason. He was t...
- Linnie Viola Nolen
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- Linnie Viola Nolen, 85, of Delight died Saturday, May 24, 1997, at Howard County Memorial Hospital in Nashville.
Born March 3, 1912, she was a housewife and mother and a member of Pisgah Church of Christ. She was the widow of Lawrence Randle Nole...
- Marian Hardamon
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- Marian Yvonne `Vern' Gulley-Hardamon, 56, of Rosston died Wednesday, May 21, 1997, in Columbia Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Born February 1, 1941, in Emmet, she was the daughter of Jewel H. and Melba Muldrew. She was a member of the Bethel AME ...
- Dance Recital May 31
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- The 1997 dance recital for Shirlene's School of Dance will be held Saturday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m. at Klipsch Auditorium in Hope on the third floor of the old city hall.
Dance students include Jordan Holland of Arkadelphia; Sara Booker of Emmet; T...
- Cowling All-Star MVP
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- While everyone in the 7AA knew how good Prescott's Ross Cowling is, the rest of the state had to be shown.
Cowling, the first Curley Wolf to represent Prescott in the Arkansas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game, played last week a...
- Morrow Captures 1600 Run
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- The 1997 track and field season officially ended Thursday afternoon at Clarksville with Jason Morrow of Prescott winning the top flight's 1600-meter run.
Morrow, a junior vaulter/400-man, had an outstanding two-day event as he improved nine of t...
- Reduce Stroke Risk By Knowing Symptoms
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- Another good reason to get serious about reducing your risk of stroke: You may also stave off the devastation of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), according to the June '97 John Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50 .
Recent research has indicat...
- June Pea Festival Planned
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- Ricky Waller fine tunes his racing garden tiller, Digger II, which in 1994 tilled 200 feet in 7.94 seconds, still the world record.
Looking for a new, unusual hobby? Or just need those weeds in that backyard tilled up -- fast? There are s...
- TIM'S TIPS
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- MULCHING HELPS
SUMMER GARDEN Mulching can improve your summer garden by holding in soil moisture and keeping the soil in your plants' root zone cool. A mulch will also help keep you cool, because it smothers weed seedlings. ...
- Taylor In MAP Program
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- Madeline Taylor has qualified and registered for the Motivation for Academic Performance (MAP) program sponsored by Duke University Talent Identification Program.
Duke University Talent Identification Program, also known as TIP, was founded in 19...
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