Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 10, 1997 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Rosston City Hall May Move; Newer Fire Trucks Sought
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- By JOHN MILLER
Rosston's City Hall may soon be moved. Members of the Rosston City Council, in their regular monthly meeting Thursday, Sept. 4, voted to move City Hall to the Rosston Community Center. The reasoning behind the move is because the c...
- Investigation Continues Into Death Of Chester Hooker -
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- Broadway Hotel Owner Murdered
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- By JOHN MILLER
A 77-year-old Prescott man was apparently beaten to death Saturday night. According to reports from the Arkansas State Police and Nevada County Sheriff's Office, Chester Hooker, the owner of the Broadway Hotel, was found dead around 1...
- County Sees Less Rain During August
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- By JOHN MILLER
August was a dry month in Nevada County. According to John Teeter, local meteorologist, the Prescott area received 2.32 inches of rain, while Davis Benton, the weatherman from Cale, said the north part of the county got 1.93 inches of...
- Changes Set For Annual Nevada County Fair
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- By JOHN MILLER
Nevada County's 61st Annual County Fair will see some changes in the 1997 edition. First off, the show arena has been upgraded with bucking chutes added along with new cattle pens. A booth has been built for the rodeo announcer, with ...
- Rodeo Added To Fair
By JOHN MILLER
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- Along with the other festivities at the Nevada County Fair, this year there will also be a rodeo.
Actually, there will be two separate rodeo-type events. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m., the Bull Bash '97 will be presented. This event is open to the fi...
- Nevada Staff Attends Institute
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- Nevada High School staff members who attended the Strategic Leadership Institute during the week of July 27-August 1 were, l-r, front row: Don Kunkel, Randy Curtis and Naomi Butler; back row: Janice Handcock, Hardy Herrington, Mary Hendrix, Pat Stewart...
- Poultry Report
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- Arkansas' producers placed 23.2 million chicks for broiler production during the week ending August 23, according to the Arkansas Agricultural Statistics Service.
The week's placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1996 and b...
- TIM'S TIPS
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- FORAGE OPTIONS -
TEMPORARY WINTER PASTURES Winter annual forages are used as important components of dairy and stocker forage programs. These can also play an important part of the forage program for beef cow-calf operations.
- TIM'S TIPS (cont)
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- n, do not put off seeding until the leaves begin to fall.
Seed your tall fescue at a heavy rate of six to eight pounds per 1,000 square feet. Keep the area moist until the seeds germinate, which should occur in 10 to 14 days. During planting, ap...
- Jimmy Stockton Earns Scholarship For Service
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- Jimmy Stockton of Prescott has been named a 1997 National Service Scholar and awarded a college scholarship of $500 by the Corporation for National Service in recognition of an outstanding record of community service.
The award matches a local s...
- Military News
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- U.S. Coast Guard fireman apprentice Michael E. Slaton, a 1994 graduate of Blevins High School, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J., and was promoted to his present rank.
During the eight-week tra...
- Free Trees Available
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- Ten free trees will be given to each person who joins The National Arbor Day Foundation during September 1997.
The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees for America campaign. The ten trees are the American Redbud, White P...
- Exhibit Is At PHS
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- Chronicles Entire Bill Of Rights, People Involved In Action
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- An exhibit depicting people and events that sparked the Bill of Rights and related amendments to the U.S. Constitution is now on view in the lobby of Prescott High School. Admission is free.
The Bill of Rights exhibit celebrates the bicentennial ...
- School Meetings Held August 15 And 21
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- Prescott Elementary School held its annual public meeting and open house August 15 at 2 p.m. for kindergarten parents. It held another August 21 at 6:30 p.m. for parents who have children in grades one through four.
The meetings were in the Presc...
- Curley Wolves Drop Opener To Ashdown, 42-35
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- If Prescott fans went to see action Friday night, they got plenty of it - albeit all offensive.
A total of 77 points were scored between the two teams, with Ashdown scoring last and taking a 42-35 win over the Curley Wolves. Fans witnessed a tot...
- Curley Wolves Drop Opener To Ashdown, 42-35 (cont)
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- erson fooled all defensive players. On a delay, he began a zig- zag run that evaded all Prescott's defensive players. He went in for the touchdown untouched. A two-point attempt had Muldrew running the ball in for a 28-28 tie with 4:35 left in the third...
- Deer Dog Festival Is September 19th
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- The 10th annual Deer Dog Festival will get underway at noon Friday, September 19, at Village, east of Magnolia. Lunch will served that day to the men who have started bringing in their dogs.
A barbecue supper will be held for the public Friday at...
- Russ Takes Top Flight In Annual Championship
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- The Prescott Country Club championship golf flights were held Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31.
The championship flight winners were Chandler Russ in first place with a score of 142; Jim Franks, second with a 147, Jim McKenzie, third with a...
- State To Improve Child Welfare
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- from State Sen. Mike Ross
The number of children in foster care has grown rapidly over the past year, straining the state's ability to adequately care for them. The legislative committees on Children and Youth last week heard a re...
- Nevada School Begins Second Year Of Innovative Program
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- Mrs. Ann Averitt, curriculum specialist at Nevada Elementary School, and Mrs. Natalie Sherwood, principal, are shown with the one way viewing glass.
The Nevada School District at Rosston is beginning its second year of an innovative pro...
- Farm Bureau Sponsors Rural Health Program
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- The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation and the Statewide Committee on Rural Health and Safety are sponsoring a statewide Safety Promotion Poster contest. The contest will run in conjunction with the National Farm Safety and Health Week, September 21-27.
- Godwin Is Semi-Finalist In Contest
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- Cheryl Godwin of Prescott reached the semi-finals in a national poetry contest, sponsored by The Poetry Guild, and her poem was selected to be published.
The Poetry Guild chooses poems for publication that exhibit considerable merit. Her poem, T...
- Scott Taylor Takes Job With MIT/LL
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- Look! Up in the sky! It's a defense satellite that watches the world to detect ballistic missiles being fired. Scott Taylor, formerly of Prescott, helps operate such a missile at his new job at M.I.T.
Scott Taylor has accepted a staff pos...
- Obituaries
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- Betty Louise Revels
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- Betty Louise Revels, 70, of Hope died Wednesday, September 3, 1997, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana.
She was born on August 19, 1927, in Mineral Springs. She was a homemaker, a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Spring Hill and wa...
- Fannie Pearl Higginbotham
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- Fannie Pearl Glass Higginbotham, 87, of Prescott died September 1, 1997, at her home.
She was born August 1, 1910, to Lawrence and Lizzie Matthews Glass in Nevada County. She was a housewife and mother. When she was in her 60's she became a nurs...
- Elsie Mae Blalock
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- Elsie Mae Blalock, 52, of Prescott died Monday, September 1, 1997, at her home.
She was born March 18, 1945, in Prescott to Sammy nd Lillian Simpson Gentry. She was a housewife and mother. Survivors include three brothers, Eddie Gentry of ...
- Beulah Barger Milam
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- Beulah Barger Milam, 82, of Prescott passed away Thursday, September 4, 1997, at Columbia Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Huey Milam. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Pat Mi...
- Cleoler Hopson
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- Cleoler Patrie Vanaz McNeely Y. Hopson, 73, died, Saturday, August 23, 1997.
She was educated in Nevada County and received her bachelor of science degree from AM&N College (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) in Pine Bluff. She receiv...
- Searcy Lee Clanahan
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- Searcy Lee Clanahan, 73, of Bluff City died Wednesday, September 3, 1997, in a Little Rock hospital.
He was a retired employee of Gladden Ford Company in Gurdon and a member of St. John Baptist Church of Bluff City. He was born May 5, 1924, in B...
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