Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 20, 1999 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Jon Chadwell New Director Of Economic Office

Jon Chadwell has been named executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office. The announcement was made Tuesday, Oct. 12. John Brannon, president of the Bank of Prescott and on the EDO board of directors, said Chadwell has b...

Upgrades Made To Make City, County Ready For Year 2000

Prescott and Nevada County are ready for the change from 1999 to 2000. Pat Wilson, city secretary, said all city computers have been upgraded and are now Y2K compliant. The city's billing program was the biggest issue to be handled for Y2K, but the Lit...

Utilities Make Preparations For New Year

Barring sabotage or natural disaster, utilities will be fully operational on Jan. 1, 2000. Utility companies have been working to make their systems Y2K compliant for several years, and are ready for the change from 1999 to 2000. The actual change for t...

City Police Nab Suspect

A traffic violation resulted in the arrest on drug charges. Leeotis Sims, 24, was recently stopped by Prescott Police officers Ann Jordan and Morris Irving on a traffic violation. However, Sims ran from the officers, who pursued him through Prescott at...

Felon Returned To County

A Prescott felon was returned to Nevada County after being located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Authorities returned Don Ray Wisenhunt, 25, of Prescott, for parole violation and failure to comply with a court order. Another warrant, this one for second degree ...

No Littering

Nevada County Sheriff Steve Otwell wants motorists to know littering will not be tolerated in Nevada County. He said surveillance will be set up with video used to catch those who throw their trash out on the road. Those ticketed will be fined $1,000. ...

Noble Experiment Ends

And so the noble experiment ends. For nearly two months I lived with no television. All there was to keep me entertained during my off hours was music, books and my computer. All was going well  at first. I awoke to music and very little news, after al...

Picayunish

Politics Spoken Here . . .

During the morning, three or four shifts of coffee drinkers gather at Baker's Best Stop in Prescott for an early morning jolt of caffeine, breakfast or just general discussion of what is happening in Prescott or Nevada ...

Bluff City

Last week's news: I hope everyone paused to give thanks for the nice rain we received. A fellow named John Burroughs once said that rain is necessary to the mind as to the vegetation. Even when it interferes with our outside plans, it gives us the...

Bodcaw

Happy birthday to Bobbie Jean Poindexter, Daniel and Josh Clements, Chris Butler, Bryan Townsend and Judy Baker. It will soon be time for ghosts and goblins to stir. The youth at our church had two hay rides, one for little ones and then for the grownup...

Boughton

Last week's news: Paul and Robin Ridgell spent last weekend visiting his mother, Doris Ridgell, his sister and her husband, Boletta and Terry Crabtree, of Fort Worth, Texas. We are sorry Herbie Ridgell had an accident and fell and broke his wrist...

Caney

Neighbors in Caney are glad Chris Hicks is home for a few days. I understand that after his broken foot heals somewhat, he will go for more therapy on his back. Our best wishes go to Chris and Tracey, who are also expecting a baby soon. Bro. Raymond and...

Hillcrest

Those visiting Grace Tyree over the last two weeks were Gertie Blake, Helen Harrison and Fran Arnold from Little Rock. Visiting Cliffie Escare was Pete Escare. Irene Wicker's visitors were Edna Tunnell, Sharon Dycus and Sam and Martha Parmer. Louise R...

Nubbin Hill

Davey Jones, who had surgery some time back, is doing fine and back to work. Emma Hardy spent Saturday night with her grandmother, Mrs. Buchanan, who lives in Prescott. Missionary Grove Baptist Church was honored to Baptize Pauline Blevins' granddaught...

Oak Grove

Last week's news: Visitors in our home last week were Fred Marvin Young and wife, from San Diego, Calif.; David Young and wife from Little Rock; and Howard Young from Little Rock. Howard is the oldest of the Young family. They had been down to see...

Redland

You folks don't know how discouraged I get when I can't find news to write. Then a dear friend, Phillip Palmer, from Alabama (he and Larry, our late son, were close friends and they kept us up many nights playing their kind of music) came by for a visit ...

Rosston

Last week's news: Bro. Petie delivered a very good sermon Sunday morning. Among our visitors were two of Bro. Petie's cousins who are college students. Other guests were Tommie Lee Jarvis' sister, Daisy Methvin of Pine Bluff, Billy and Kelly Hardi...

Ervin Bernard Jefferson

Ervin Bernard Jefferson died Tues., Oct. 5, 1999, at U.A.M.S., Little Rock. Mr. Jefferson was born April 1, 1960, to Joseph and Charlene Box Jefferson. He obeyed the gospel at an early age at the Rosston Road Church of Christ. Later he moved to Dallas, T...

Thomas Eugene White

Thomas Eugene White, 74, died Thursday, October 14, 1999, at Gooseankle, his home near Gurdon. Mr. White was preceded in death by his father, Herman Thomas White, his mother, Ruthie Mae House White Jones and two brothers, Joe Herman White and Franklin D...

Doris Marie Ridgell

Doris Marie Ridgell, 74, of Prescott died Thursday, October 14, 1999, in Redford, Texas. Mrs. Ridgell was born September 17, 1925, in Hempstead County to J.B. Stone and Maggie McKinnon Stone. She was a housewife and member of Boughton Baptist Church. Sh...

Mack Andrews

Mack Andrews, 74, of Prescott died Sunday, October 17, 1999, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Andrews was born November 26, 1924, in Prescott to Arthur and Nola T. McLain Andrews. He was a retired welder. He was preceded in dea...

Hollis Ingram

Hollis Ingram, 78, of Bluff City died Saturday in Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. Mr. Ingram was a retired logger and a member of St. John Baptist Church in Bluff City, where he was chairman of the trustee board. He was born August 13, 1921, i...

James Michael Wingfield

James Michael Mike' Wingfield, 45, of Green Bay, Wis., died as a result of an automobile accident Friday, October 15, 1999. Mr. Wingfield was born August 8, 1954, in San Antonio, Texas, to Jimmy Lee and the late Lewell McAfee Wingfield. On December 30,...

Here and There

Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellowship of men and women who wish to stop drinking, meets every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Al-Anon, for those affected by another's drinking, meets Thursday evenings at 8:00 in the church. For more info...

Drought Disaster Declared

Gov. Mike Huckabee was informed Friday that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has approved the governor's request that all 75 Arkansas counties be declared a disaster area, because of drought conditions. The governor asked Glickman to declare a...

Potlatch Reports Higher Earnings

Potlatch Corporation recently reported significantly higher earnings for the third quarter of 1999, compared to 1998's third quarter. The favorable comparison was largely due to the very positive market condition for the company's wood products during th...

Artbeat

Since I promised to try to educate people about the arts,' I thought I'd start today. (What was I thinking?) Okay...here's a thought. Ancient civilization drew on walls as a way to tell stories and perhaps to write down their history for the generations...

Letters

Each week I return to my roots on the old farm near Bluff City. As I pass through Prescott I purchase a copy of the Picayune to keep abreast of the local news. I found the article of Senator Mike Ross attacking Congressman Jay Dickey on October 6 ...

West Named Director Of Nutrition

Margaret West is the director of nutrition services and weight control system manager at the Magnolia Hospital. West began her career at the age of 21, working as a tray-aid in the dietary department at Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in Pine B...

Kisselburg To Participate In Wind Ensemble Program

Gus Kisselburg of Prescott has been selected to participate in the South Arkansas Wind Ensemble (SAYWE) program. The purpose of SAYWE is to provide talented and skilled high school musicians with the opportunity to perform with their peers the highest c...

'Bunnicula' Performances Set

Beware of the vampire is hare! Just in time for Halloween, The Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre presents an adaptation of Bunnicula,' the popular children's serial, October 22-November 7 at the Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce in MacArthur Park in...

Anger Seminar Held

Tuesday night, October 12, The Boys To Men and Girls To Women (BM-GW) sponsored an anger management seminar at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Prescott. State Rep. Robert White of District 37 from Camden, was the guest speaker. White presented a very innovat...

Johnson, Harmon Tell Of January Wedding

Mrs. James A. Johnson announces the engagement of her daughter, April Lynn, to Paul Norman Harmon. Miss Johnson is also the daughter of the late James A. Johnson. Mr. Harmon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Harmon of Lake Village. The bride-elect gradua...

Anniversary Told

T.A and Jessie Marlar of Willisville celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary Saturday, October 9. Albert, Pam and Shiloh Marlar of Sheridan came home to celebrate this special occasion with them. Mr. and Mrs. Marlar were married October 9, 1943, in P...

Tender Touch Begins

With October designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breast cancer will receive high visibility in the media. Nevertheless, those most at risk, women over age 50, will likely ignore the admonitions to learn breast self-examination techniques and get...

Benefit Dinner Is Saturday Night

A benefit dinner, sponsored by the Communities United Organization, will be held Saturday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. The dinner will be held at the Oak Grove day care center in Rosston. There will be a platform for all political candidates running for office ...

Curley Wolves Strike Cobras In Homecoming Win

Prescott ran away from the Fountain Lake Cobras Friday night to win 38-0 to make homecoming sweeter than it already was. The Curley Wolves are now ranked in the number one spot with De Queen and Fordyce with 3-1 records. Nashville and Fouke are tied in ...