Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 5, 2000 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Prescott Could Be Beautiful; Drawings Are Presented
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- Downtown Prescott could be a beautiful, tree-lined business area, according to students from the University of Arkansas Community Design Center.
The students and their instructor held a public meeting Thursday, June 29, at the Nevada County Courthouse t...
- Funny Money: Feds Change Look Of Your Bills
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- New security features have been added to the change of five denominations of bills by the U.S. Government.
The United States has been issuing currency with different security features since 1996. This is to make the bills easier to recognize and harder ...
- McRae Gave An Equal Chance To All
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- Education was important to Arkansas Gov. Thomas McRae.
In fact, in his opening speech when being sworn in as the 26th governor of the state, he said, "Every child will have an equal chance for a common school education."
McRae lived by this standard hi...
- Prescott's Possibilities . . .
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- DRAWINGS PRESENTED - Betty McKenzie (foreground) looks at the drawings of Prescott while talking to a member of the University of Arkansas architect design team during a meeting Thursday, June 29, at the Nevada County Courthouse.
- Painting Of County History Progresses
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- BIG PICTURE Jorge and Maria Villegas have been working diligently creating a mural depicting the life and times of Prescott and Nevada County. The mural is being painted on a wall at the intersection of Highway 67 and Main Street. The Villegas mix the ...
- Hale Attends Event
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- Ben Hale attended Past Times in the Parks, a social studies-based enrichment residential program housed at Old Washington Historic State Park, from June 10 through June 24. He is a McRae Middle School student.
Past Times in the Park is an AEGIS (Academi...
- Dear John . . . Letters To Our Editor
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- Dear Editor,
It was with interest that I read your article about the Prescott Fire Department. As a veteran fire fighter. I am a certified training officer, certified adjunct instructor, and a fire prevention specialist. The only way the insurance servic...
- Ammons, Robbins Nuptials Exchanged
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- Kristina Laine Ammons and Rickie Robbins were married May 13 at 6:00 in the evening at the First United Methodist Church in Prescott. The double-ring ceremony was officiated by Bro. Neal Ridling.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ammons of...
- Wicker, Ridling Wed
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- Helen Wicker and John C. Ridling exchanged vows in a double ring ceremony Saturday, May 20, at 1:00 p.m. at the residence of the groom in Prescott. A lovely outdoor lawn wedding was performed by Bro. Neal Ridling, cousin of the groom.
Brenda Hines, cous...
- Here & There . . . News That Matters To Nevada County
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- Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellow-ship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
Al-Anon, for those affected by another's drinking, meets Thursday
evenings at 8:00 in the church. For
more i...
- Strickland, Harwell Wed In Carolinas
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- Leslie Strickland of Ridge Spring, S.C., and Ben Harwell of Star, N.C., were married June 10 Ridge Spring Baptist Church. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The Rev. Dean Hill officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Stric...
- Living Well with the Carrie Connection
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- Having just spent several days on the road, I realize just how important it is to have a well organized car.
When you get off an airplane late at night and find a flat tire, or the battery has run down, or perhaps the car window has been broken, having ...
- McClure To Exhibit Angus Cattle At Show
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- Randy McClure of Waldo (the Falcon-Willisville area) will exhibit Angus cattle at the 2000 National Junior Angus Show at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines July 11-15, reports Richard L. Spader, executive vice president of the American Angus Associ...
- Club Makes Clothing Protector For Center
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- Extension Homemaker Clubs from the Pisgah and Delight areas worked in a cooperative effort to produce mealtime clothing protectors for residents of the Arkadelphia Human Development Center. The items are designed to protect the clothing of the people ser...
- All Star Tournament Starts In Bearden
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- Prescott's 9- and 10-year-old junior Little League All-Stars play in Bearden this week.
- 9-, 10-Year-Old All Star Squad
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- ALL-STAR BASEBALL TEAM The nine- and 10-year old all-stars have been named. Team members are, l-r, front row: Jonathan Barbaree, Matthew Hull, Blake Boeckman, Drew Loe, Deon Accor and Cameron Brown; back row: Cade Richards, Gavan McCauley, Zayne Otwell...
- 5.57-Carat Diamond Found At Crater
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- Harold Lay tried prospecting for gold in North Carolina, and then read about Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park in a magazine one day. Last year the Florida resident retired and moved to Murfreesboro, home to Crater of Diamonds State Park, the worl...
- Redland News
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- Due to a death in our family, I failed to get the news in last week. Neil's sister, Jerri Davis, of Stephens passed away at the Heart Hospital in Little Rock on Friday week before last. The funeral was Monday, June 26, in Stephens. She was survived by on...
- Dennis Garner Powell
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- Dennis Garner Powell, 50, of Prescott, formerly of Hope, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at a Little Rock hospital.
Mr. Powell was born October 7, 1949, in Hope to Garner Emmett and Evelyn Louise Faris Powell. He was a retired truck driver and member of Bou...
- Alfred Randy Burnham
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- Alfred Randy Burnham, 78, of Little Rock, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at his home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home of Hope.
- Texas Group Helps Build New Church
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- A mission team from Birdville Baptist Church in Birdville, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, was looking for a congregation that needed help in building their church.
The team asked several different places before calling the Red River Baptist Assoc...
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