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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 20, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Jury hung in rape trial
A hung jury will require a second trial to determine the guilt or innocence of a 36-year-old man charged with deviant sexual activity with a person under the age of 14. The trial of Ed R. Hicks, of Nevada County, was held Monday, Oct. 11 through Wednesday...
Quorum Court supports Amendment 2
Nevada County's Quorum Court joined the growing list of supporters of proposed Amendment 2. This was done at the court's October meeting. The issue was presented by Jon Chadwell, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office...
Plans in place for 3rd Annual PumpkinFest
Several streets in downtown Prescott are sporting banners for the Third Annual Pumpkin Festival. The festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 30, on Elm Street. This venue will be blocked off during the day as it is a street event. It is sponsored by CHIC...
Irene Parker
Irene Parker Mrs. Irene Parker, 99, of Prescott, died Wednesday, October 13, 2004, in an Alabama Nursing Home. She was born December 29, 1904, in Nevada County to James A. and Mary Ledocia Buchanan Billingsley. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the...
Isaac Colbert
Mr. Isaac Colbert, 89, of Prescott, died October 12, 2004, in Pine Bluff. He was born March 6, 1915, in Prescott. He was a member of St. Mark Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, two daughters, and eight sisters and brothers, and his par...
Dail Evans
Dail O. Evans, 84, of Willisvile, died Thursday, October 14, 2004, at his residence. He was born December 7, 1919, in Bodcaw to Loyal and Harlie Evans. Mr. Evans was a great dad, a Veteran of World War II, a faithful member and deacon of Whites Chapel Bap...
Lena Hendrix
Lena Rae Hendrix, 19, of Harding University in Searcy, passed away Saturday, Oct. 16, in Pike County. She was born September 24, 1985, in Hope to Kent and Carol Hess Hendrix. Lena is a 2003 graduate of Nashville High School where she was the class Salutat...
Wolves take hard fall against Fountain Lake, playoff hopes slim
Prescott's playoff hopes got a lot slimmer as the Wolves fell 41-9 to the Fountain Lake Cobras Friday night. The Wolves played well in spurts, but were unable to put everything together consistently. Mental mistakes and penalties killed drives throughout ...
Wolf link taem returns to state tourney second straight year
For the second straight year the Curley Wolf golf team is going to the state tournament. The team advanced by finishing second in the regional tournament at Belvedere Country Club in Hot Springs. But, for the first time, a Wolverette qualified for the st...

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