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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 19, 1998 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Denton To Head Economic Office
There's a new executive director at the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office.
Nelsons Picked As Top Farm Family In Nevada County For '98
Nevada County's Farm Family of the Year for 1998 is the James and Kay Nelson family of Bluff City.
Nelsons Picked As Top Farm Family In Nevada County For '98 (cont)
he fall, the pastureland gets a dose of lime at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre, though soil tests results don't indicate the lime is needed.
Emmet City Finds Computer Glitch
When the year 2000 rolls around, many computers will basically go nuts.
Emmet City Finds Computer Glitch (cont)
ople aren't allowed to speak during the business session, but are to have time after the city's business has been concluded and before adjournment.
One Arrested For Drugs And Drug Paraphernalia
A vehicle stopped without lights led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Prescott man recently.
Jps Change Personnel Policy; Transfer Funds
No meeting of the Nevada County Quorum Court personnel policy committee has been held as of yet after appointing three members following an executive session in the June meeting.
High School Heroes Part Of A Successful State Event
High School Heroes, a joint effort of the American Lung Association of Arkansas, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the State Department of Education, enjoyed another successful year of educating Arkansas' children of the dangers of smoking. The orga...
Arkansas Was Home European Settlement
On the eastern edge of Desha County in southeastern Arkansas lies one of the state's most inaccessible and unsung geographical features the confluence of America's longest river, the Mississippi, and its fourth longest, the Arkansas.
Arkansas Was Home European Settlement (cont)
formation on the state museum, phone 870-548-2634 or write Highway 165 South, Gillet AR 72055.
Fifties Follies, Sidewalk Caf' Planned
Final plans are being made for the, Fifties Follies and Sidewalk Caf, being sponsored by the Artesian Arts League of Prescott.
Loe Tabbed As Delegate
Olen E. Loe of Bluff City will serve as a delegate to the 11th Silver Haired Legislative Session (SHLS) at the state Capitol on August 26.
SAU Sets Registration For Fall
Registration for the fall term at Southern Arkansas University (SAU) in Magnolia will be held Monday and Tuesday, August 24 and 25. Classes will begin on Wednesday, August 26.
Bodcaw
We had a Watermelon Festival of our own after church on Sunday night. It was real good.
Boughton
We have had enough rain. Our lawn is green and the temperature has been in the eighties.
Caney
Sandra Pace of Kalamazoo, Mich., visited her dad, Delbert Steed last week. With her was her husband, Rev. George Pace, children, Rebekah, John, Jared, Tamarah, Sheriah and Nathanial.
Hillcrest
Mrs. Arlene Willis and friend, Janice Tuelin, from Hope visited her mother, Mrs. Annie Burke, Monday.
Oak Grove
Homecoming at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Willisville was held Sunday, August 16. There were a lot of people from out of state. It was really nice. The spirit was really high. A home boy preached Sunday evening Elder Hershel Martin from Hope. His ch...
Redland
The much needed rain has helped so much and now the yards have to be mowed.
Rosston
Marguerite Williams
Deaths, Funerals
James Madison Sisk
James Madison Sisk, 77, of Prescott died Wednesday, August 12, 1998.
Betty I. Bevill
Betty I. Bevill, 83, of Camden died Friday, August 15, 1998, in a Little Rock hospital.
Mary Alice Cox
Mary Alice Buie Cox, 76, of Gallatin, Tenn., died Monday, August 3, 1998, of natural causes.
Dail Brown Butler
Dail Brown Butler, 85, went to join her Savior in that home not made by hands Saturday, August 8, 1998, at 9:45 p.m. at Columbia Medical Park Home in Hope.
El Spotro Show Planned
Spot Daniel, a 77-year-old artist from Prescott, will be featured at Brenda Antin Antiques at 7319 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif., September 10-13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
College News
Debra L. Magness, a 1998 graduate of Nevada High School, was awarded an Alumax Scholarship to Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. The scholarship has one year value of over $1,800.
PHS Sets Scrimmage
The Prescott High School football team will be having a maroon and white game Friday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Here and There
Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
Kucera, McKeever To Wed In October
William and Linda Kucera of Plano, Texas, are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Cheryl Leah, of Dallas, Texas, to Paul Josef McKeever of Carrollton, Texas, son of Gerald and Betty McKeever of Flint, Mich.
Fair Pageant Deadline Nears
The deadline for entering the 1998 Nevada County Pageant is fast approaching. August 29 is the last day to turn in entry form, entry fees, photogenic pictures, composites, program ads, money and pictures for ads.

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