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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 1, 1999 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Thursday's Rain Ends 44-Day Dry Spell In Prescott
BY JOHN MILLER
Fair Pageants Begin Thursday Night
BY JOHN MILLER
Health-A-Rama Is September 11
BY JOHN MILLER
Three Wrecks Thursday Injure Two
BY JOHN MILLER
Jobless Rate Tops 5 Percent
BY JOHN MILLER
Chamber Sets Three Events
A retirement party will be held for retired city employee James "Pepper" Cole Thursday, Sept. 2.
Changes Made To Picayune
Beginning with this week's issue of the Nevada County Picayune, readers will find some changes in their local newspaper.
Picayunish
picayune: (Cajun) two -cent's worth; little; insignificant
Bluff City
Jerry McKelvy
Bodcaw
Aline Claus
Boughton
Mrs. Willie Hooks
Caney
Ruby Wicker
Nubbin Hill
Barbara Cornelius
Hillcrest
Ohel Daniels always enjoys visits from her children, grandchildren and friends.
Oak Grove
Lula Q. Kendrick
Redland
Hazel Meeks
Rosston
Marguerite Williams
Letter To The Editor

Good Samaritan

On August 5, 1999, while traveling with our church youth group to Eureka Springs, we made a rest stop at the Buzz-Buy convenience store on Highway 371. It was at this time that I made a couple of phone calls in which to finalize ...
Veteran's Corner
Carroll Moorehead
County Road Bids Opened
The Arkansas State Highway Commission has opened bids for a project to improve a Nevada County Road, according to Highway Commissioner Mary P. 'Prissy' Hickerson of Texarkana and Nevada County Judge James Roy Brown.
Cale Reunion Set
A big school reunion will be held this weekend at Cale.
Johnsons Attend Wedding In California
Curtis and Mary Johnson attended the wedding of his great nephew on Sunday, August 22, in San Clemente, Calif.
Here and There
A big school reunion will be held this weekend at Cale.
Frontier Day Is September 25
Folks can step back to the 19th century when they go to Old Washington Historic State Park September 25 to celebrate the 23rd annual Frontier Day.
Oliver Is Finalist
Trisha Oliver, daughter of Terry and Tonya Oliver of Prescott, has been selected as a finalist in the 1999 Pre-Teen Arkansas Scholarship and Recognition Program to be held September 4-6 at the the Northwest Arkansas Holiday Inn and Convention Center in ...
4-H News
The summer began very busy for the Nevada County 4-H Corral Club.
Bingham Attends FBLA Conference In Chicago
Stacy Bingham, a junior at Nevada High School, attended the National Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference in Chicago, Ill., June 27-July 3.
Yarbrough Represents Nevada High At State Business Academy
Jason Yarbrough, a junior at Nevada High School, attended the Arkansas Business Academy (ABA) July 26-31 at the UALR campus in Little Rock.
Artesian Arts And Letters
Penny Richards
Prescott's 8/9-Year-Old All Stars Take Second In State
Last year Prescott did a first. The Little League sent a group of 8- and 9-year-olds to the district All-Star Tournament in Sparkman.
Potlatch Makes Appointment
Potlatch Corporation chairman and chief executive officer L. Pendleton Siegel has announced the appointment of Michael W. DeGenring to the newly created position of executive vice president, finance and administration, reporting to Siegel.
Johnstons To Be At Local Church
Revs. Pat and Gordon Johnston are career assignment missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene. They are assigned to the eastern Mediterranean field and reside in Jordan.
Bell, Mauldin Plan Sept. 11 Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Bell announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Lori Beth, to Phillip Ray Mauldin. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Mauldin of Prescott.
Cabe Foundation Awards Grant
The Horace C. Cabe Foundation of Gurdon recently awarded a grant of $56,500 to the Arkansas Field Office of The Nature Conservancy to assist in the acquisition and stewardship of Columbus Prairie, an 80-acre high-quality black land prairie in Hempstead ...
Roy Brown
Roy Brown, 79, of Prescott died Wednesday, August 25, 1999, at St. Michael Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.
Eliza Randle
Eliza Randle, 82, of Cotton Valley, La., died Saturday, August 21, 1999 in Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas.
Mary E. Cross
Mary E. Cross, 86, of Rosston died Sunday, August 29, 1999, at Prescott Hillcrest Care and Rehab.
Paul E. Edwards
Paul Edward Edwards, 90, died Monday, August 23, 1999, at Williamsburg Village Nursing Center in DeSoto, Texas, after a lengthy illness.

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