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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 2, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Jackie Cottingham
Mr. Jackie Gene Cottingham, 71, of Prescott, died Monday, September 23, 2002, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on September 17, 1931, in Prescott, to Floyd and Gracie Odell Cromwell Cottingham. He was retired from construction/road repair wo...
Hoyle Loe
Hoyle (Shorty) Loe, 74, died August 31, 2002, at his residence in Birdsboro, Berks County, Penn. He was born July 3, 1928, at Bodcaw, son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Edith Baker Loe. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty L. Romano Loe; a dau...
William McGuire
Mr. William R. "Bill" McGuire, 68, of Prescott, died Saturday, September 28, 2002, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on July 12, 1934, in Prescott, to William P. and Belvia Ammons McGuire. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Prescott ...
Donald Hicks
Mr. Donald W. Hicks, 53, of Prescott, died Thursday, September 26, 2002, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. He was born on June 21, 1949, in Caney to Hilton and Ruby Shelton Hicks. He was a truck driver with Chamberlain/Chamber Doo...
Hazel Graham
Mrs. Hazel Marie Graham, 69, of Prescott, died Friday, September 27, 2002, at St. Edwards Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was born March 1, 1933, in Prescott to Fred Taylor and Flossie Hendrix...
Methodist Sunday school now on "rotation" basis
A revolutionary new way of teaching Sunday school is set to begin at First United Methodist Church in Prescott Sunday, October 6. The new approach is called Rotation Sunday school. "Rotation is a more experiential way of teaching kids in grades K-6 the Ch...
Two charged in forgery after taking checks from truck parked in church parking lot
Two women have been charged with forgery in the second degree after allegedly taking a checkbook from a pickup parked at a church. Abbie Hopkins and Donna Freeman are the two who were charged with three counts each of forgery. This is a class C felony car...
Meth lab busted by officers; one charged with manufacture
Items and equipment used to manufacture methamphetamine was recently seized by the South Central Drug Task Force. This seizure also resulted in the arrest of Frankie Kirkham, 22, of Prescott, who was charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, simu...
Wolves winning streak at three after 60-14 drubbing of Bismarck
It got ugly fast and went downhill from there as Prescott was literally unchallenged in a 60-14 win against Bismarck. Fans who went expecting to see a football game instead watched what amounted to a full-contact track meet as the Wolves ran rampant over ...

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