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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 18, 2007 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ross speaks on legislative session
U.S. Congressman Mike Ross hit an array of topics during his address to those gathered to honor area citizens during the Ila Upchurch Community Corporations annual awards banquet April 14. Ross said Congress has been out of session for two weeks. He sai...
Locals face charges for delivery of drugs
Charges for possession of a controlled substance against a Prescott woman have been dropped after lab tests revealed that the substance was not marijuana. DeShawn Fellows, 27, 1103 Cornelius St., faces an additional three counts of delivery of a contro...
Community turns out for Upchurch banquet
Ila Upchurch was a Nevada County woman who believed in children and dedicated her life to providing opportunities for their futures. Those who received awards during the 18th annual Ila Upchurch Community Corporations banquet exemplify those traits. T...
Picayune celebrates 130 years
The Nevada County Picayune will be celebrating 130 years in business in Nevada County on Thursday, April 26, with a coffee and open house. Hours for the official coffee will be 9:30-11 a.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. We wanted to be accessible to a wide ra...
Barnes and McCauley announce retirements
The Prescott School Board has approved the resignations of two long-time district employees and the hiring of a girls basketball coach. The actions came during a special board meeting called Thursday, April 12. Jamye Barnes is the principal of McRae Mi...
The view from Wendy's World: Gather up those photos!
Most folks who are faithful readers of this column know some important things about me. 1. Im always looking for a reason to celebrate something, hence Im always aware of upcoming holidays (regardless of how obscure). 2. I cant stand it when the win...
Phena Hicks
Mrs. Phena Glass Hicks, 76, of Caney, Morris Community, died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at St. Josephs Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs. She was born April 3, 1931, in Antioch, to Harl and Maud White Glass. She was a homemaker, mother and pastors wi...
William Bill Haltom
William Bill Haltom, 76, of Hope, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas. He was born in Dierks, on October 9, 1930, to Louis H. and Martha Jane Cogburn Smith Haltom. He was retired as lieutenant form the Ho...
Jerry Blevins
Jerry Wayne Blevins, 60, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in Illinois. Jerry was born in Prescott on Oct. 10, 1946. His parents, Raymond and Winnie McLelland Blevins, and his sister, Nell Flatt, preceded Jerry in death. He is survived by his fi...
James Austin Capps Sr.
Colonel James Austin Capps Sr. (Ret. USAR), 93, of Gurdon , went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 14, 2007. Col. Capps was born in Dobyville, on Nov. 22, 1913, as the eldest child of Della Mae Wingfield Capps and James Roy Capps. ...
Willie OHart
Willie OHart, 93, of Gurdon, died Friday, April 13, 2007. He worked in a lumber mill and was of the Assembly of God Faith. He is survived by two sons, James and Frank OHart of Gurdon; two grandchildren, Angelie Cruz of Hot Springs and Tammy Arzole of...

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