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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 12, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Shirley Tippit
Mrs. Shirley Ann Tippitt, 64, of Texarkana, Texas, (formerly of Prescott), died Tuesday, June 4, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana. She was born August 9, 1937, in Prescott to Cecil E. "Mutt" and Hazel M. Pope Tippitt. She was a homemaker ...
Arch Pearson
Arch E. Pearson, Jr., 83, died June 7, at Azalea Estates Assisted Living Center in Monroe, La. Mr. Pearson was retired after 38 years of service with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, and was a district claim agent in Little Rock, at the time of hi...
Groundbreaking ceremony held for area's new library
Ground has finally been broken for the new Nevada County Library, and construction will soon begin. The groundbreaking ceremony began with Prescott Mayor Howard Taylor explaining the symbolism of the ceremony itself. The turning of the soil, he said, s...
New owners at Prescott Manor
Prescott Manor Nursing Center, formerly Beverly, is under new management and ownership. Peggy McLelland, center director, said a group purchased the nursing home on Feb. 1, 2002, and have been renovating the facility since. According to McLelland, ther...
Statistics, hiring discussed at Emmet
Emmet School Board met June 3. Topics of the night included end of the year statistics, hiring new teachers and an apparently confused PTO. The Parent Teacher Organization met with the school board to discuss a recent switch of the concessions stand. ...
Spring's stay short
Spring didn't last long in Southwest Arkansas, as the mercury climbed quickly during the month of May. According to local weather watcher Phillip McAdams, the highest temperature recorded in May was 87, and this on May 1. Cale meteorologist Davis Bento...

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