Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 16, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Prosecution Begins Case Against Joe Dansby For 1992 Murders
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- Joe Louis Dansby's fate should soon be known.
Dansby, on trial for the May 16, 1992, murders of Jeff Lewis, 24, and Malissa Clark, 21, both of Prescott, faces the death penalty if found guilty. Lewis was employed by Anthony Timber Co. of Beirne,...
- Prosecution Begins Case Against Joe Dansby For 1992 Murders (cont)
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- und at the murder scenes and tagged into evidence. They were all fired from the same weapon, he said, but it can't be proven they were fired from the Marlin .22 in question.
Turning to the topic of the casings, Bramblett said ASP criminal investigato...
- Prosecution Begins Case Against Joe Dansby For 1992 Murders (cont) (cont)
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- an said was Clark, but Hillery thought was a feed sack, until he went and looked closer.
He told the jury of seeing Lewis in the back of the vehicle and noticing it had gone through some "rough treatment" and damage on the truck had not been there Sa...
- Prosecution Begins Case Against Joe Dansby For 1992 Murders (cont) (cont) (cont)
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- lack population.
Bicks said the match came up at 1:180 on the Dansby case material, adding the FBI always tries to be conservative in its estimates, so if an error is made it's on the side of the defendant. He said DNA testing can't say a sample...
- Malone Battles For Health Issues
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- State Representative Percy Malone fought hard for health related measures during the 81st General Assembly.
Malone worked to get a bill passed to allow pharmacists to give immunization shots with a prescription from a doctor under specific protocols....
- Banquet Is Saturday
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- Speaker Set For Annual Ila Upchurch Event
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- Rev. Henry `Hank' Wilkins will be the guest speaker at the Ila Upchurch Foundation community annual award banquet.
The banquet is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, at 6:00 pm. at the Prescott Middle School. He is now the senior pastor of t...
- Rodgers Gets Down To Business In '97 Session
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- With term limits in place, freshman State Representative Sandra Rodgers wasted no time during the 81st General Assembly.
So, she jumped into the foray and battled for the 28th district. "I learned a lot," she said. "I sponsored several bills and...
- Texarkana Inmates Assist In Clean-Up
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- Help can come from some strange places during times of need.
When tornadoes struck Nevada County on March 1, the clean up effort was aided by inmates from the Texarkana Regional Correctional Center. In fact, according to Charles Backus, Nevada C...
- Cattle Trailer Found
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- Sharp eyes helped a Nevada County deputy spot a stolen cattle trailer Saturday.
According to Jim Westmoreland, criminal investigator with the Nevada County Sheriff's Office and Prescott Police Department, Deputy Thomas Goad was on routine patrol on A...
- Weyerhaeuser Donates $75,000 To Museum Of Science And History
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- Arkansas Museum of Science and History's executive director Bill Bradshaw, left, thanks Weyerhaeuser government affairs manager Thedford Collins for the company's $75,000 contribution to the new Worlds of the Forest exhibit to be located in the new Mus...
- Top Employees Named
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- Michael Downing has been chosen employee of the month of April at Nevada County Recycling and Workcenter.
Ricky Scott was March's employee of the month at Nevada County Recycle and Workcenter. Scott is a 36-year-old Prescott native and lon...
- Allen To Attend Governor's School For Gifted And Talented
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- Tamla Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Allen of Rosston, has been selected to attend the 1997 Arkansas Governor's School (AGS) for the gifted and talented.
Allen, a junior at Nevada High School, will be attending the program in the area of ...
- Horticulture Hotline Open
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- By Mary Freeman
Extension Communications Writer You can strengthen your green thumb just by using your dialing finger. The Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas has a horticulture hotline with information on over 18...
- Children's Parade Is Set This Friday
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- There will be a children's mini parade on Friday, April 18, at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate Arkansas Children's Week.
Children, staff and volunteers from First Presbyterian Pre-School, Nevada County Day Service and Bright Beginnings Day Care, Prescott...
- Poultry Growers Have Until May 12 To Comment On Rules
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- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced on February 10 that as part of Prescident Clinton administration's continued effort to address the needs of family farmers, USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) issued an ad...
- Highway 67 Project To Begin
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- The Arkansas State Highway Commission has opened bids for a project to improve Highway 67 North, according to Highway Commissioner Mary P. `Prissy' Hickerson.
The project will overlay a 6.17-mile section of Highway 67 from Prescott to the Little...
- Fireplace Ashes Have Uses In Small Gardens
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- by Richard Maples
Extension Communications Specialist WOOD ASHES PROVIDE A WEAK PLANT FERTILIZER Ashes left over from burning logs in the fireplace or tree limbs in a brush pile can provide some of the fertilizer nutr...
- Two Students Are National Merit Winners
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- The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Kelley Wren and Carlos Franklin from Prescott have been named United States National Awards winners.
Wren, who attends Prescott High School, received the honor for cheerleading. She was no...
- Abbit Students For Nevada Is Given
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- Nevada Elementary School's ABBIT (A's and B's Because I Try) honor roll students for the third nine weeks, third through sixth grades are listed below by grade.
Third grade: Nikki Alice, Brennon Allen, Jeniffer Bajorek, Ashley Dixon, Cha...
- Nevada Schools Honor Students
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- Kindergarten Medal of Honor winners at Nevada Elementary School for the month of March were Maegan Gentry, Dalton Stewart, Amanda Robertson, Joanna Loe, Beca Hicks, Ashley Gulley, Cassady Atkins, Aeron Boyd, Candace Sanders, Brittney Aulds, Bradley Bro...
- Emmet Honor Roll Is Given
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- Emmet Public Schools have named the students making the honor roll for the fifth six-week period. The honor roll students are listed below by grade.
First grade: Jessica Allen, Charalena Austin, Kamryan Bennett, Heather Berry, Justin Ga...
- Curley Wolves Hold Off Bismarck In 7AA Conference Opener
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- With two down in the ninth, runners on second and third, Ross Cowling fanned the batter to preserve an 8-7 win for the Prescott Curley Wolves against Bismarck.
The Wolves, as Coach Steve Crow said, hit a wall in the fourth inning with an 8-1 lead, an...
- PHS Track Team Scores 60 Points For Sixth Place Finish
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- After a long spring break, rain cancellations, illnesses, etc., the Wolves finally got back in a track and field meet at the annual Rider Relays at SAU last Thursday.
Prescott won this meet in six of the seven years it has been held, but the lay...
- College News
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- Christy Martin, a senior at Prescott High School, has been awarded a technical scholarship at University of Arkansas Community College at Hope.
The scholarship is based upon an ACT and grade point average plus a recommendation from a school offic...
- Military News
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- Shaun A. Van Hook has joined the United States Army under the delayed entry program at the recruiting station in El Dorado.
The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay enlistment in the army for up to one year before reporting ...
- Deaths, Funerals
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- Dr. Reese Duke
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- Dr. Reese Duke of Houston, Texas, formerly of Prescott, died Wednesday, April 9, 1997.
He was a Methodist. Survivors include his wife, Dr. Karen Duke of Houston; two sons, Jason Duke of Little Rock and Jonathan Duke of Boston; one daughter...
- Ray Bearden
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- Ray Lawrence Bearden, 87, of Rosston died Friday, April 11, 1997, at Columbia Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Born February 9, 1910, in Ouachita County, he was retired from Potlatch. He was a member of the VFW, a World War II U.S. Army veteran and...
- McHenry Brewer
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- McHenry Brewer, 83, of Gurdon died Wednesday, April 9, 1997, in Little Rock.
He was born July 21, 1913, in Malvern. He was a retired metal worker with Reynolds Aluminum. Mr. Brewer was a longtime member of the Church of God. Survivors inc...
- Leola Tidwell
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- Leola Tidwell, 78, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Rosston, died Monday, April 7, 1997, in the Riverbluff Nursing Home in Rockford.
Born Born March 15, 1919, in Rosston, she was the daughter of Willie and Mae Lillie Bell Gulley. She attended Oak G...
- Edith Grimes Box
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- Edith Grimes Box, 92, of Prescott, died Saturday, April 12, 1997, at her home.
She was a lifelong resident of Prescott and former owner of The Fashion Shop. Survivors include two sisters, Lois Alice Grimes and Lila Grimes of Prescott; one...
- Margaret Sue Avery
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- Margaret Sue Avery, 96, of Prescott, died Sunday, April 13, 1997, in Hillcrest Care Center.
Born May 16, 1900, she was a housewife and a Methodist. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Samuel L. Harper and Edgar Avery. Survivors incl...
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