Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 11, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Cop Killer Hoping For Clemency
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- A convicted cop-killer is seeking executive clemency from Gov. Mike Huckabee.
According to a release from the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Earl Atkinson has filed for executive clemency, asking the governor to commute his sentence of life with...
- Coach David Bennett To Lead Wolves
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- A new mentor has been named for the Prescott Curley Wolf football team.
The new coach has plenty of playoff experience from his former team. David Bennett, who has been the defensive coordinator with the Murfreesboro Rattlers, was tabbed to head...
- Ethics Problem May Exist In County Office
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- JPs Instruct County Judge To Talk To All Elected Officials About Allegations
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- Nevada County JPs instructed County Judge James Roy Brown to talk with each elected official about alleged ethic problems exsisting.
The motion, approved by all nine JPs during Monday's regular monthly meeting, directs Brown to talk with the official...
- Prescott Man Drowns In Pond
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- A 70-year-old Prescott man drowned while fishing in a pond off County Road 32 Tuesday, June 3.
According to reports from the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, a call came in at approximately 1:35 p.m. from the landfill, stating there was a possible dro...
- Wolverettes Coach Cecily Butler Resigns -
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- Basketball Coach Search Begins
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- Knowing something is going to happen doesn't make dealing with it any easier when it does.
This is the case with Prescott Wolverette Coach Cecily Butler, who has tendered her resignation as the mentor for the basketball teams. The resignation was acc...
- Basketball Coach Search Begins (cont)
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- o go and never complaining about the hard work they put in.
There is no football program at Genoa, and the basketball season will begin for Butler and the Lady Dragons on Oct. 21. Genoa, though, is best known for its tradition on the cinders. Bu...
- Attorney's Illness Forces Another Delay In Trial
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- Because of health problems, the first degree murder trial of Toby Craig, 28, of Hooks, Texas, will be continued indefinitely.
Chuck Honey, Craig's attorney, recently got out of the hospital after his second bout with pneumonia. Monday, Honey sai...
- Emmet Holds Assembly
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- Emmet High School awards assembly was held Wednesday, May 21, at 1:00 p.m. in the cafetorium.
Academic Achievement Awards were presented to Christie Adams, Kelvin McClellan, Courtney Pulliam, Kayla Schmitt, Keri Schmitt, Kimm Westbrook, Katie Da...
- Emmet Holds Assembly (cont)
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- Awards were presented to Christina Parmer, Danielle Willis, Joseph Hickey, R.D. Toland, Stacey Haney, Michael Lambert, Michaela Burnside, David Oliver, K.T. Hamilton and Jennifer Miller.
The President's Education Award for outstanding education i...
- Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance Named For Blevins Elementary Students
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- Honor roll students at Blevins Elementary School have been named. They are listed below by grade.
Second grade-- all A's: Amanda Nivens, Rebecca Wood, Ben Whatley, Chrissie Ellis, Randy Frederick, Kiffany Golston, Justin Rhodes and Sydney...
- Area High Schools Represented At Girls State
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- Fatima McKindra of Little Rock was Governor of Girls State last week. Girls State was held on the campus of Harding University in Searcy June 1-6.
Jana Barfield of Prescott was elected Alderman, Position 2, of Harriman. She was also elected Stat...
- Dougan Family Meets
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- The annual Dougan reunion was held at the Citizens National Bank farmhouse on Saturday, June 7.
Those present were Emma Formby and Joe and Nell Formby of Vider, Texas; Alice Mae Dougan Leack, who traveled the greatest distance, from Pheonix, Ari...
- PHS Class Of 1947 Meets
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- The graduation class of 1947 met Saturday, May 31, at the Prescott Country Club for their 50th year class reunion. Visitation for class members and nonmembers were from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Nonmembers visiting were Rucker Murry, Billy Don Si...
- Loggers Help Raise Funds For Children
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- Helping with the Log-A-Load was Terry Don McKinnon, who donated a load of top soal and a load of gravel to the project, which raised $15,000 for Arkansas Children's Hospital. Johnny Brannan bought the top soil.
This load of logs help the ...
- Tiger Camp Set
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- Boys entering the fourth, fifth and sixth grades for the coming school year are invited to register for the annual Tiger Cub Basketball Camp to be held June 16-19 at the Roy and Christine Sturgis Physical Education Center on the campus of Ouachita Bapt...
- HSU Plans Camp
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- A "Nutt'in but Net" basketball shooting clinic will be held at the Wells Center on the campus of Henderson State University Saturday, June 14.
The clinic is open to boys and girls ages six through 18. Cost of the clinic is $20 per person. The ca...
- Athletes Need Physicals
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- Athletic physicals will be given at the Prescott High School student lounge by Dr. Charles Vermont on Wednesday, June 25.
Physical forms must be filled out completely and signed by a parent or guardian before you can get a physical. The ti...
- Deaths, Funerals
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- Martha Stephens
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- Martha Jeannette Stephens, 70, of Hope died Monday, June 2, 1997, at Columbia Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Born October 25, 1926, in Antoine, she was a housewife and a member of Antoine Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
- Annie Jean McCulley
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- Annie Jean McCulley, 69, of Prescott died Thursday, June 5, 1997, at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas.
Born September 10, 1927, in Crane, Texas, to the late Clarence Edgar and Jewell Anne Holloway Taylor, she was a homemaker and mother, a...
- Phronia A. Barham
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- Phronia A. Barham, 95, of Emmet died Thursday, June 5, 1997, at Pinehope Nursing Home in Hope.
Born October 11, 1901, to Henry and Exa Gibbons Arterbury in Nevada County, she was a homemaker and a mother, and a member of Forest Hills Baptist Chu...
- Judson Rupert Shipp
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- Judson Rupert `J.R.' Shipp, 90, of Prescott died Friday, June 6, 1997.
Born July 11, 1906, in Alba, Texas, he was a retired florist and former owner of Prescott Flowers. Survivors include his wife, Lois Fagan Shipp of Prescott; one son, J...
- Iris Ross
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- Iris Ross, 95, of Hope died Saturday, June 7, 1997, at Heather Manor South Nursing Home in Hope.
Born February 18, 1902, in DeAnn to John and Mary Etta Bearden Putman, she was a housewife and mother, and a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Chu...
- Arlis Gilbert Niemeyer
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- Arlis Gilbert Niemeyer, 66, of Cave City, formerly of Prescott, died Thursday, June 5, 1997, at his home.
Born November 28, 1930, in Prescott, he was the son of the late Fred and Bonnie Crow Niemeyer of Prescott, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, ...
- Jerry Wayne Honeycutt
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- Jerry Wayne Honeycutt, 52, of Hope, died Sunday, June 8, 1997, at St. Joseph's Regional Health Center in Hot Springs.
He was born in Hope on June 8, 1945, to J.W. and Eddine Musgrove Honeycutt. He was a paramedic for Hempstead County Ambulnace Se...
- Rev. T.C. Pearson
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- Rev. T.C. Pearson, 68, of Prescott died June 3, 1997.
Born December 1, 1926, he was the son of the late Gladys and Joshua Person. He was reared by the late Wilson and Helen Martin in the Oak Grove community. A Baptist, he was pastor of Sweet Home...
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