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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 10, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Shirley Loe
Shirley T. Loe, 67 of Prescott, died Tuesday, July 2, in a Little Rock Hospital. Shirley was born June 19, 1935, in Thornton, Texas to A.R. and Sylvia Bumpers Watts. She was a former secretary for the Prescott High School and a member of the Liberty Chu...
Committees working to improve Prescott
Eleven groups are working in a concerted effort to get Prescott re-certified as an Arkansas Community of Excellence under the new state guidelines. Prescott has been an ACE community for the past six years, with former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker coming to the ...
Board meets, does nothing; accounting is questioned
They came, did nothing and adjourned. This, in essence, was what happened at the Rosston City Council meeting Monday, July 1. The agenda itself was simple, with the old business welcoming J.D. Luck back from having back surgery, and the new business  ...
Jobless rate up slightly
Nevada County's unemployment rate rose between April and May, according to information from the Arkansas Employment Security Division. In April, the figures show, the county's jobless rate stood at 4.3 percent. However, by the end of May, this had chang...
Changes made for licenses; especially to student drivers
Over the past few years rumors have spread among junior high students of the community, teens moaning about it, teachers rejoicing over it, and parents dreading it, one question asked by all, "Will kids be able to drive alone before the age of 18?" The ...

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