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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 27, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Plans in place for county fair
The Nevada County Fair is kicking off Sept. 6-13. The theme for this years event is Old Time Country Fair. Major happenings during the fair include the parade, livestock show, rodeo and pageants. Parade will be held Tuesday, Sept. 9, beginning at 6 p.m...
City talks dogs, hospital, trees
The status of the former Nevada County Hospital, the number of dogs picked up by animal control and an economic development grant aimed at Main Street were among the items discussed by the Prescott City Council during the regular Aug. meeting, held Aug. 1...
Grace Clark
Mrs. Grace Hampton Clark, 84, of Emmet, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, in Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. She was born in Natchitoches, La., on February 23, 1924, to Larry and Izora Patch Hampton. She was a homemaker and family sitter. She wa...
Ann Loe
Mrs. Ann Glass Loe, 81, of Prescott, Caney Community, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at Pine Manor Senior Apartments in Camden. She was born Jan. 13, 1927, in Nevada County, to Sam and Pearl Rhodes Glass. She was a seamstress and supervisor at the former Sha...
Gladys Meme Merrell
Mrs. Gladys Mae Meme Merrell, 98, of Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly of Emmet, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett. She was born on June 2, 1910, in Hope, to Dave and Jessie Davis Porter. She was a homemaker. She was p...
Ruth Cloud
Mrs. Ruth Emma Carrington Cloud, 94, of De Queen, and a former resident of Arkadelphia, died Wednesday, Aug. 20 at her home. She was born to Sidney and Edna Mautz Carrington in Prescott, on Dec. 8, 1913. She was a homemaker and a member of the De Queen Ch...
Warren Porter
Warren Albert Porter, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at the Touchmark Retirement Community in Edmond, Okla., after three courageous battles with lung cancer. Warren Porter was born on February 15, 1925, in Prescott, to Watson Albert Porter and Bessie Bu...

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