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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 30, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

City responds to electric concerns
The Prescott City Council has called a special meeting Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Nevada County Courthouse. The meeting was called during the councils regular meeting on Aug. 22 when those looking for answers regarding electric bills packed the citys mee...
Roebuck: Millage increase will be a battle
If the Prescott School District hopes to pass a millage increase, theyre going to have to work at it. That was the assessment of State Rep. Tommy Roebuck during the regular meeting of the school board on Aug. 22. Weve got problems, dont we? Roebuck...
School Board accepts bids
The fact that the Prescott Schools received only one bid for each of several vital services became an issue during the boards August meeting. The board had already put off action on some of the services while they sought additional bids. Prescott Superi...
Potlatch will reopen Prescott facility Sept. 5
The Prescott Potlatch facility has begun taking logs and there are plans to resume operation of the lumber mill on Sept. 5. Thats the word from Lisa Stocker, public relations spokesperson for Potlatch Inc., said company officials continue to monitor the...
Board votes 3-2 to fire Prescott coach
A Prescott coach has been fired for alleged misconduct by a vote of 3-2 by the Prescott School Board. The action took place following an executive session called on Aug. 17. According to minutes from that meeting, Prescott Superintendent Hyacinth Deon ma...
Sheriff-elect Carlton lists jail and professionalism as priority
Programs for children and the welfare of the elderly along with concerns about the condition of the Nevada County Jail were among the topics covered by Nevada County Sheriff-elect Bobby Carlton during the Prescott Kiwanis Clubs Aug. 24 meeting. Carlton...
Edith Powers
Mrs. Edith Stroud Powers, 81, of Hope, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born in Washington on May 31, 1925, to G.M. and Etta Powers. She was a retired waitress. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church of Hope. S...
Mary Yancey
Mary Sue Yancey, died August 23, 2006, in Atlanta, Ga. She was born July 17, 1906 in Prescott and was preceded in death by her husband, Watson W. Yancey in 1979. She is survived by her son, Thomas Yancey and daughter-in-law Marilyn of Atlanta; two gra...
Donnie Cox
Donnie Cox, 51, died August 24, 2006. He owned a logging business. Survivors include two sons, Nathan (Amanda Jo Freeman) and David Cox, all of Blevins; one daughter, Angelia Maroney and husband Clint of Emmet; two sisters, Lana Haynie and Loretta War...

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