Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 5, 2000 edition of Nevada County Picayune
- Voters Approve Millage Increase For School District
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- Getting a millage issue passed so renovations could be made to Prescott's three schools and a new gym could be built topped stories in 1999.
- Prescott Loses Prison To Malvern
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- Close doesn't count and Prescott came extremely close to getting a new prison facility in 1999.
- Voters OK 9-9-1- Tax On Phone Bills
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- Voters in Nevada County let their voices be heard loud and clear on the issue of getting a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system.
- Grant Given To Build Library
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- In his final term as state senator, Mike Ross fought to get $1 million for Prescott so a new library could be built.
- McKinney Convicted In Murder
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- Murder was on the minds of Nevada County residents during 1999.
- Wolverettes Fall In Finals Of State Basketball Tourney
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- Prescott's Wolverettes came as close as a team can come to bringing home the gold, making it one of the top stories of 1999.
- Wolverettes Defeated By Bradley In Finals Of Nashville Tournament
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- Prescott's Wolverettes have tasted defeat for the first time this season.
- Into The Void: Much Ado About Nothing
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- It came and went filled with sound and fury signifying nothing, to take liberties of the words from the immortal bard.
- Picayunish
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- If You Felt Cheated . . . If you felt cheated with Christmas Day and New Year's Day falling on a Saturday, don't feel like you are alone. It seems as if we almost expect a day off to celebrate the two holidays, and when they fall upon a Saturday (a...
- Y2K Problem Non-Existent For Most
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- It is probablk impossible to list all the predictions that was made prior to the beginning of the new kear a new millennium to most people in the world. Most of the predictions were false; some were right on target and mank seemed to have been made ...
- We Get Letters
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- Dear Editor:
- Bluff City
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- Most newspapers and other media use the end of a year to pick out the top news stories of the previous year. I checked my records and could not find any earth shattering event that happened around Bluff City during 1999. I guess the extremely dry weather ...
- Boughton
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- Some Christmas get together's failed to get in last week's news. Mae Blount had all of her children home for Christmas. Annie Mae Hooks had all her children and most of her grandchildren home on Christmas Eve for supper and their Christmas holiday.
- Bodcaw
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- Happy New Year to all. We've made it so far so good.
- Caney
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- Hellos to all the folks who read the Picayune. Mr. Influenza is still visiting here and about in our community. He is so popular; he's made several appearances on television.
- Fair Hill
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- I guess now we can all relax and get on with our regular schedules; the holidays are over and the big new year has arrived. Hope that everyone had a wonderful time celebrating each event.
- Hillcrest
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- J.E. Dillard, Margaret Rhodes and Cedealia Burke from Rosston and also nephew, Lyle Miller, from Bodcaw visited Mr. and Mrs. Louie Dillard last week.
- Oak Grove
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- Christmas has come and gone. We are looking forward for a happy new year.
- Redland
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- Diane Lambert, Cline and Linda frm Shreveport, La., visited Linda's sister and Neil and me on Saturday.
- Rosston
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- Marguerite Williams
- Harrel 'Sam' Green
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- Harrel 'Sam' Green, 76, of Camden died Thursday., December 30, 1999, at St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock.
- Mark H. Lambert
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- Mark H. Lambert Sr., 84, of Sutton died Sunday, January 2, 2000, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
- Vada T. Glass Mathis
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- Vada T. Glass Mathis, 85, of Cale died Saturday, January 1, 2000, at her home.
- Ruth C. Young
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- Ruth C. Young, 85, of Malvern died Saturday, January 1, 2000, in Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock.
- John Calvin Wilson
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- John Calvin Wilson, 82, of Magnolia died Sunday, January 2, 2000.
- Robert William Reynolds Jr.
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- Robert William 'Bob' Reynolds Jr., 76, of Prescott died Sunday, January 2, 2000, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope.
- Here and There
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- 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.
- Jack To Head Center
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- The equine program being established at the University of Arkansas will be developed and managed by Nancy Jack, currently faculty coordinator for the Equine Teaching Program and Horse Center at Virginia Tech University at Blacksburg.
- Sumrall, Russell Wed In Mississippi
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- Amanda Jean Sumrall and Jonathan Dean Russell were united in marriage in a late summer wedding at the First Baptist Church of Bay Springs, Miss.
- State Sets Record
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- Gus Wingfield, State Auditor, announced that his Great Arkansas Treasure Hunt program has set a new record by returning over $1 million dollars in cash to over 3,000 Arkansans during the first six months of the fiscal year.
- E-Mail: Quick, Very Personal Way Of Info Exchange
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- For Sergey Bashlovkin, a Siberian interested in how others around the world think and live, e-mail is a technology that puts the world at his fingertips.
- Separation Is Big Part Of Recycling
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- Separating your plastic, glass and aluminum containers is only part of
- Fire Ants Will Return With Warm Weather; Hard To Kill
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- Fire ants may not be at the top of the ground now, but most residents in south Arkansas know they are around. However, with the warm weather thus far this winter, some are active.
- Guns OK For Kids; Training Is Needed
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- In a state where hunting tradition is still strong, and where some game populations are as high as they have been in years, any form of hunting gear is often a welcomed gift.
- Program Looking For Success
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- Stories abound about members of low-income, single-parent families who fail, but a University of Arkansas program is giving adults and children the skills to succeed.
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