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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 31, 1999 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Businessmen Recognize Honor Cards
Local merchants are showing their support for education by participating in the Honor Card Program.
All Ready For Chamber Banquet
Ticket sales are going well for the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Banquet.
Jobless Rate Rises Again
January's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Nevada County was horrendous as the figure climbed from 8.3 percent to 8.9 percent.
Vaccination Clinic Saturday
The Nevada County 4-H will again sponsor a low cost pet vaccination clinic Saturday, April 10.
Mena Edges Wolves; Prescott Returns Favor By Pounding Blevins
Prescott's baseball team has been showing improvement throughout the season.
PRESCOTT 19
BLEVINS 9 The Wolves gained a measure of revenge over the Blevins Hornets after losing to them twice earlier this year by a combined score of 19-4.
Bluff City
Everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather last Sunday. I believe spring is finally here to stay.
Bodcaw
There is still a lot of colds and flu. Several have been out of church because of sickness.
Boughton
Boughton Church will meet at the entrance of Piney Grove Cemetery Sunday morning, April 4, for their Easter sunrise service. After the service they will go back to the church where the men will serve the women breakfast. After breakfast they will continue...
Caney
Linda Sue Howell of Pensacola, Fla., and Nada Cearley of Smackover visited in Caney Monday. They visited a while with Margie Reed and had lunch with their cousin, Wallace McBride, and Retta.
Hilllcrest
Jesse Steed's children, Charles, Nan and Jesse May, from Murfreesboro and Lt. Col. Ray Steed and Carol and their children, Laura, Amy and Robert, from Virginia visited him over the weekend.
Oak Grove
The annual Sunday school program was held at Bethel A.M.E. Church Sunday, March 28. The theme was 'Lets Talk About Love.' Guest speaker was Sis. Constance Putilla from Dallas, Texas. Missionary Tessie Scott is her daughter. She is a wonderful speaker. Sh...
Redland
I'm sure everyone here in Arkansas is enjoying this nice spring weather.
Rosston
Marguerite Williams
Deaths, Funerals
Jeffery Allen Miller
Jeffery Allen Miller, 28, of Magnolia died Monday, March 22, 1999, in Little Rock.
Mary Estelle Blakely
Mary Estelle Blakely, 83, of Rosston died Tuesday, March 23, 1999.
Myrtle Dale Muldrow
Myrtle Dale Jones Muldrow, 88, of Rosston died Saturday, March 27, 1999, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Prescott Group Attends Heifer Project Camp
World hunger, starvation and the Barter system was on the minds of the youths in BM- GW (Boys to Men and Girls to Women) as they traveled to the Heifer Project International (HPI) Camp near Perryville on Friday, March 26. Not knowing that they were in for...
Pond Workshop Is Set
Want to get the most from your farm pond? It is no secret that with proper management, farm ponds produce some of the best fishing anywhere.
Miller Completes Training
Deputy Larry Miller of the Nevada County Sheriff's Office was one of 100 officers who participated in basic police training class 99-A at the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in East Camden recently.
Hildebrands To Perform At Hogskin Holidays
Stacy and Jennifer Hildebrand will be perform Friday, April 9, at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds as part of the Hogskin Holidays Celebration.
Lions Club Has Good Year
The Prescott Lions Club had a very busy 1998. During the year they raised and donated over $10,000 for community projects and helping those in need of assistance.
Spring Break Closes Center This Week
The Nevada County Recycle and Work Center is closed this week for spring break. Its workers, mentally handicapped, often go home for the holidays to be with relatives.
Club News
Double 'C' EHC
Double 'C' Extension Homemakers Club met March 17 at Cale City Hall. President Ann Loe presided. 17 members answered roll call.
Living Well
In Arkansas, 63.3 percent of women with children under the age of 6, and 75.1 percent of women with children the aged 6 through 17 are working. Finding good quality, affordable child care is a problem for Arkansas working parents. This is especially true ...
Daugherty Gets Best Friend Poem Published
Shannon Daugherty, a ninth grade student at Blevins High School, was recently notified that one of her poems was selected for publication by Creative Communication of Smithfield, Utah.
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.
The Emmet PTA will meet Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m.
Higdon, Daniels Set May 22 Wedding
Billy Don and Carla Higdon of Waldo announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sunny Marrie, to Jack Edward Daniels, son of Tammy Daniels of Bodcaw and the late Jim Daniels.
Military News
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David Robinson, a 1997 graduate of Prescott High School, recently graduated from the navy's Basic Nuclear Power School at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, Charleston, S.C.
No Joke 'Story' This Year In The Picayune
There will be no April fool's 'story' this year in the Nevada County Picayune, according to the publishers. In the past several years a joke story has been printed at this time, welcoming April 1.

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