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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 25, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Kathleen Reeves
Kathleen Reeves, 70, of DeKalb, Texas, died Monday, February 16, 2004, at Titus County Regional Medical Center in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. She was born June 21, 1933, in Prescott. She was a retired Medical Technician and a Baptist. She was in the Order of the...
Ray Cox
Ray Dotson Cox, of Prescott, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004, in St. Michaels in Texarkana, Texas, at the age of 76. Mr. Cox was born on February 11, 1928, in Pike County, the son of Columbus Bruish and Flora (Murphy) Cox. He was retired from the oil we...
Bobbie Butcher
Bobbie Jean "Wicker" Butcher, 59, of Dubberly, La., died January 22, 2004. Survivors include: her husband, Jimmy Butcher of Dubberly.; two sons, Bobby Joe Hickey of Emmet and Jamie Butcher of Dubberly; two daughters, Darlene Hickey Perry of Shreveport, La...
Annie Wicker
Mrs. Annie Wicker, 61, of Emmet, died Monday, February 23, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born in Tenehah, Texas, on February 17, 1943, to Jewell Robert and Hazel Lorena Nail Carr. She was a homemaker and mother. She was a Pentecostal. S...
Horace Jordan
Mr. Horace L. Jordan, 92, of Prescott, died Sunday, February 22, 2004, at his home. He was born on August 18, 1911, in Nevada County, to James and Dora I. Fore Jordan. He was a retired cattle farmer, retired from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation De...
Children's Week plans coming together
Plans for Children's Week, April 19-23, are being finalized. The Prescott-Nevada County Health Alliance, at its recent meeting, discussed specifics of what will happen during Children's Week. Weather permitting, there will be a parade with the children wa...
Foster parents needed in Nevada County area
Wanted: foster parents in Prescott and Nevada County. There is a serious need for foster parents in the Prescott-Nevada County area, according to Barbara Keaton, juvenile supervisor with the Arkansas Department of Human Service's Children and Family Servi...
Cable company adding channels; nothing said about rate increase
Changes are coming for customers of the Hope-Prescott Video Company, with several more channels being added to both basic and digital cable. Charles Launius, manager of the cable company, speaking to the Prescott City Council at its Feb. 16, meeting, bega...
Electric bill leads to dispute
A dispute over electric bills for a five year period led to a confrontation between a local resident and the Prescott City Council. Rudy Preston addressed the council at its regular monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 16, saying the area he now lives was annexed...
Ross obtains $50,000 for NCRU to purchase communication gear
Soon the Nevada County Rescue Unit's communication problems will be a thing of the past. Congressman Mike Ross was able to push an appropriation bill through Congress to get the NCRU $50,000 to purchase communication equipment with. "As I understand it," ...

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