Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 23, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune
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- Due to technical difficulties, this paper was added on July 27, 1997.
Portions of this edition may not match the print version.
- Nevada Board Deadlocks In Transfer Request
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- A request for transfer was made by a child's parents at the Nevada School Board meeting Thursday, July 17.
After much discussion, the parents and child remained in the same position they were in when the meeting began. The parents have a daughte...
- One Killed, 11 Injured In Wrecks
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- Sunday was a rough day for area law enforcement agencies, as a trio of accidents kept them busy.
The day began with a fatality on Highway 67 with a Gurdon teenager being killed in a one-vehicle accident. According to reports from Arkansas State ...
- Four Spots Open In School Races
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- Anyone interested in running for a position on any of the county school boards needs to get their petitions in by Aug. 1.
According to Nevada County Clerk Julie Stockton, there is one seat coming up for election on the Prescott School Board. Rick McG...
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- Seven Arrested For Sale Of Drugs
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- A cooperative effort from area law enforcement agencies netted seven drug arrests Tuesday, July 15 in Nevada County.
According to court records on six of the suspects, all were charged with delivery of a controlled substance. The drugs involved were ...
- Annual Festival A Huge Success
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- This weekend's 10th Annual Chicken and Egg Festival was another success.
Von Gordon, manager of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce said this year's event was well attended, with the crowds bigger than in recent years. This in spite o...
- Annual Festival A Huge Success (cont)
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- s came in third at 18:42.
Tyler Garner won the wheelchair division with a time of 19:32. For the walkers, Jay McBay was first, completing the 3.1 mile course in 35:26. Dick Bledsoe followed with a time of 36:31, with Ken Cleveland third at 39:52...
- TIM"S TIPS
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- FALL GARDENS
There is still plenty of time to make a garden this year. Many people tend to overlook the fall garden, which can be a very valuable addition to a family's food supply. Many of the cool season vegetables can be produc...
- Blood Drive Set
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- The Arkansas Region of American Red Cross Blood Services and the community of Prescott are sponsoring a blood drive Tuesday, July 29, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The blood drive will take place at Prescott Central Baptist Church located at East and 2nd...
- HSU Earns $50,000 Grant For Children
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- For the seventh consecutive year, Henderson State University has been awarded a $50,000 Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) grant. Project PLUS offers a half-day center-based program for three- and four-year-old educationally at-risk children at no cost to th...
- Young Ends Program
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- Shaketha Young, granddaughter of Patsy Gillard and a 1997 honor graduate from Prescott High School, has recently completed the African-American Partnering Talent Academy Program in Conway.
This was a five-week program from June 7 through July 12....
- Thomas Is Awarded Scholarship
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- Freda Shavon Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Thomas, has been awarded the Jewell Minnis Endowment Scholarship for Exceptional Academic Performance.
She has also received the Charmett Civic and Social Club Scholarship, along with a ban...
- Photo Exhibit To Be Presented
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- The Arkansas Territorial Restoration (ATR) will host People of the Rackensack, a traveling photographic exhibit that provides insight into the traditional folk culture of Arkansas's Ozark Mountains.
The exhibit will open with a free reception wit...
- Titanic Exhibition In Memphis Is Visited
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- The Prescott Trailblazers went to Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, July 12, to see the Titanic Exhibition at the Pyramid.
This is a world premier of the Titanic, the largest exhibition ever shown of objects recovered from the wreckage. It was Apr...
- Ingersoll Family Gathers
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- On July 6, the sons of Earl and Eunnie Ingersoll and their families met at Cold Run Creek for an afternoon of fun, food and memories.
Those attending from Hope were Frank and Freda Ingersoll, Terry Don, Teri, T.J. and Jesse Ingersoll, and Terrell...
- Dansby Plans Several Performances At Hope
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- Local singer, songwriter and musician Margie Nixon Dansby will be ministering the gospel through her songs August 2 in Hope.
She will perform in the Hope Community Center, located on the fairgrounds. Her performance will begin at 5:30 p.m. There ...
- York Attends ,Zoo, School In Little Rock
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- Shannon York, son of Mary York of Rosston, recently attended the first Little Rock Zoo School for the Visually Impaired, held in conjunction with the summer program of the Arkansas School for the Blind and University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
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- Military News
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- Jonesboro resident Army Reserve Lt. Col. Dennis White recently received the Meritorious Service Medal from the commanding general of the 90th Regional Support Command in North Little Rock upon his retirement.
White, who is an assistant professor ...
- Pharmacy Plans To Expand
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- Holly and Mike Ross, owners of Holly's Health Mart in Prescott, have announced plans to build and relocate on Highway 67 North between Fred's Dollar Store and the planned St. Michael Health Care Center.
"Although we do not anticipate our new faci...
- Deaths, Funerals
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- Jerry Red Faulkner
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- Jerry `Red' Faulkner, 84, of Emmet died Tuesday, July 15, 1997, at his residence.
He was born May 29, 1913, to Charles C. and Dora (Wake) Faulkner. He was a farmer. Survivors include two sisters, Nobie Faulkner of Emmet and Odell Whitley ...
- Elsie Lee McKissack
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- Elsie Lee McKissack, 87, of Prescott died Wednesday, July 16, 1997, at Nashville Nursing Center in Nashville.
She was born July 27, 1909, in Mt.Ida, to Henry K. and Jencie E. Plyler Walters. She was a retired employee of Redland Farms and a homem...
- Ovie Parmer
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- Ovie Parmer, 81, of Emmet died Thursday, July 17, 1997, at Columbia Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
She was born on October 31, 1915, to J.D. and Martha Crain Shaw. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church. Survivors inc...
- Wilmer Page Jr.
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- Wilmer Page Jr., 40, of Rosston died Thursday, July 17, 1997, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
Survivors are one son, Fredrick Page of Prescott; four daughters, Jennifer Page, Kneidria Page, Kristian Page and Kiera Page all of Prescott; his fat...
- Helen Doris Garner
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- Helen Doris Garner, 73, of Reader, formerly of Channelview, Texas, died Friday, July 18, 1997.
She was born July 5, 1924, in San Antonia, Texas, to Judge Wiley and Viola Lois Langston. Survivors include her husband, Thomas C. Garner of Aus...
- Lois M. Cash
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- Lois M. Cash, 85, of Perrytown (and Tyler, Texas) died Tuesday, July 15, 1997, at a nursing home in Tyler.
She was born in Prescott on October 12, 1911. She was a saleslady and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include one ...
- Eloise Hamilton Hale
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- Eloise Hamilton Hale, 67, died Sunday, June 29, 1997, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.
She was born August 14, 1929, in Nevada County to Jeff and Corrie Hamilton. She was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's...
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