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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 17, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Broadway Likely To Close With Death Of Owner
By JOHN MILLER

A piece of Prescott's history will soon come to an end.

The Broadway Hotel will close unless it is bought. Judy Ammons, one of Chester Hooker's daughters, said the family has discussed what to do with the hotel and decided to close i...

Fair Begins, Pageants To Highlight Events
Pageant festivities will get underway Thursday and Saturday nights at 6 o'clock.

The pageants are being done in conjunction with the Nevada County Fair.

Patsy Ledbetter, pageant director, and Traci Ellis, co-director, invite everyone to attend the ...

Meth Chemicals, Lab Found
By JOHN MILLER

A major methamphetamine lab was literally uncovered in Nevada County Wednesday, Sept. 10.

According to Nevada County Sheriff Steve Otwell, a local resident was doing some work with a bulldozer near an unused livestock pen when he unc...

Highway Police Beef Up Patrols
The Arkansas Highway Police have been monitoring commercial truck traffic on Highway 24 south of Prescott.

The increased patrols were due to a number of complaints made since school started. School buses are having problems when picking up and lettin...

Jobless Rate Rises
By JOHN MILLER

Unemployment in Nevada County climbed a full percentage point from June to July.

According to information from the Arkansas Employment Security Division (ESD), the numbers went from 6.7 percent to 7.7 percent in the reporting period....

Tax Lands Up For Sale
Commissioner of State Lands Charlie Daniels will offer for sale

approximately 20 parcels of Nevada County land at 10:00 a.m. September 24,

at Nevada County Courthouse in Prescott.

Registration for bidders begins at 9:30 a.m.

The Stat...

Four Earn Degree From SAU
In August, Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia conferred degrees to 71 graduates during summer commencement.

Students attaining a grade point average (GPA) of 3.50-3.74 graduated cum laude, students who earned a GPA of 3.75-3.89 graduated ma...

Emmet Meeting Held
The Emmet School District held a public meeting on September 8 in the school cafetorium to inform patrons of the school's goals, policies, programs and improvements.

The district's goals for the 1997-98 school year are:

1. Improve the aver...

Focus Group To Meet Wednesday
The Arkansas Independent Living Council will have a focus group meeting Wednesday, September 24, at Citizens National Bank in Hope for persons with all types of disabilities.

Participants may choose from three sessions: 10:)0 a.m., 2:00 p.m., or...

TIM'S TIPS
FARM SAFETY WEEK

SEPTEMBER 21-27

Tractor accidents continue to plague Arkansas farmers nearly 20 years after federal safety standards were instituted. But experts say good judgment can help operators prevent such mishaps.

M...

A-Team Program Begins
Prescott Middle School has announced a new advisory advisoree program known as the A-Team. The A-Team is a set of teachers working with a randomly selected group on social and academic skills as determined by the staff at the school.

Each grade ...

Blood Drive Is Set For September 23
A blood drive will be held in Prescott Tuesday, September 23, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Central Baptist Church by the Greater Ozarks-Arkansas region of the American Red Cross.

Red Cross depends on caring individuals to donate blood 365 days of t...

Curley Wolves Still Looking For First Win
In spite of what the Prescott-Hope score may indicate, the game Friday night was much closer. Even though Hope won it 35-21, two of the Bobcats' touchdowns came from the Prescott offense in the second half, when quarterback Al Johnston was intercepted....
Curley Wolves Still Looking For First Win (cont)
as good, making the score 28-14 in favor of Hope.

Once more the Prescott defense got tough, with Bret Wicker recoving a quarterback fumble for the Wolves. And, once more, with the ball on the Hope 38, the Prescott offense moved the ball for a to...

Scramble Held
The Prescott Athletic Booster Club held a three-person scramble on Saturday, September 12, at Prescott Country Club.

Results were:

Championship flight- Timmy Grimes, Kevin Grimes and Jerry May were the winners H.T. Lasiter, Marty Reyenga, ...

Regulations Are Ready
The 1997-98 Hunting Regulations booklets of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are available to sportsmen across the state at license dealers nad sporting goods outlets, as well as regional offices of the commission.

The booklets feature artw...

PMS, PHS Students To Take SAT 9 Tests
Prescott Middle School (grades 5-8) and Prescott High School (grades 9-11) will begin Stanford Achievement Test - Ninth Edition (SAT-9) Monday, September 22. Other test days will be Tuesday, September 23, Wednesday, September 24 and Thursday, September...
Obituaries
Leone R. Birdsong
Leone R. `Momma Bird' Birdsong, 80, of Prescott died Wednesday, September 10, 1997.

Mrs. Birdsong was born August 3, 1917, in Centerville, Ala., to Joseph Clayton and Bessie Nichols Richey. She was a retired factory worker and a former desk cler...

Chester Dale Hooker
Chester Dale Hooker, 77, of Prescott died Saturday, September 6, 1997.

Mr. Hooker was born September 8, 1919, in Prescott. He was preceded in death by his wife, Winnie Belle Hooker, who died in 1996. A member of the Church of Christ, he was the ...

Chester `Chet' Hall
Chester Robert `Chet' Hall, 53, of Delight died Wednesday, September 10, 1997, at the veterans hospital in Nashville, Tenn.

Mr. Hall was born May 23, 1944, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Robert Rex Hall and Eva Hall Baker. He was an areospace engineer ...

Bertie Mae Norvell
Bertie Mae Norvell, 82, of Hope died Friday, September 12, 1997, at Columbia Medical Park Hospital.

Mrs. Norvell was born November 9, 1914, in Nevada County. She was a retired store clerk and a member of White Oak Grove Baptist Church in DeAnn. ...

Clarence G. Gordon III
Clarence G. Gordon III, 63, of Webster, Texas, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, September 12, 1997, at Southwest Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Gordon was born August 15, 1934, in Prescott to Clarence Germaine Gordon II and Hesterly ...

Dennis Robert Hill
Dennis Robert Hill, 88, of Prescott died Sunday, September 14, 1997, in Prescott.

Mr. Hill was born November 8, 1908, in Delight. He was a retired maintanance supervisor for Potlatch Corporation. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oresta Hill...


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