Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 2, 2000 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Prescott Police Officer Charged With Four Felonies

A Prescott police officer has been charged in connection with a shooting incident recently. According to reports, Sgt. Tyrone Butler, 29, has been charged with discharging a firearm from a vehicle, committing a terroristic act and two counts of aggravat...

Swimming Pool Top Priority For Residents

Residents of Prescott want a public swimming pool. This was the sentiment at a public meeting Tuesday, July 25, to set priorities for recreational improvements in Prescott. However, the people made it clear they want the pool as the top priority and wa...

Prescott Company Bilked By Camden Woman

A Ouachita County woman has pled guilty to theft charges in connection with a Prescott business. Bobbie Linda Weathersby, 52, of Camden, had been charged with two separate counts of taking more than $500,000 over a five-year period from two businesses, ...

GTE Hangs It Up In Prescott

GTE is no longer the provider for telephone service in Nevada County. Verizon Communication, the telecommunications company formed by the merger between GTE and Bell Atlantic, sold GTE in Arkansas to CenturyTel, with the exception of its Texarkana opera...

Nevada School Board Denies Transfer Request

A tie vote resulted in a transfer request being denied by the Nevada School Board. A parent had requested a transfer from the Nevada district to the Spring Hill district because she has recently opened a business in Hope and her husband works at SMI Joi...

Armitage To Lead Curley Wolves On Gridiron

Ashdown's loss is Prescott's gain. James Kirk Armitage left Ashdown where he had been defensive coordinator for the Panthers. He was hired by the Prescott School Board in a special called Sunday meeting, to replace Coach David Bennett, who resigned in ...

Fellows Tabbed As New PHS Band Director

Prescott now has a new high school band director. The district has hired Robert Fellows, Jr., to replace Jonathan Kelly as leader of the band. Fellows comes to Prescott by way of Warren. He was the band director at Trinity Christian Academy in Hamburg ...

Into The Void with John Miller

City Of Progress? How can Prescott call itself the "City of Progress" when the city council's health committee will be recommending a business be turned down at its August meeting? Aegis Biomedical has offered to open a site in Prescott, and asked littl...

Letters To The Editor

Dear Editor, The decision of the Prescott City Council's committee's regarding the proposed landfill may not be wrong. However, the process the city took is another example of the twisted logic that befuddles the advancement of the community. A correct ...

Revival Begins Today At Macedonia Church

Revival services will be held August 2, 3 and 4 at 7:00 nightly at Macedonia Baptist Church in Boughton. Dr. Christopher Bullock of Chicago, Ill., is the evangelist. Bullock is a native of Wichita, Kan. He holds a bachelor of social work degree from the...

Two Stranded On Lake Millwood

What started as a routine fishing trip turned into an ordeal for two Prescott men recently. W.C. Woods, 75, and Johnny Reyenga, 69, wound up spending 10 hours hanging on to their capsized boat at Millwood, Friday, July 18. They were found at midnight af...

4H O-Rama Held

Eight Nevada County 4-H members participated in the Southwest District 4-H O-Rama. June 30 at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia. In all there were 35 activities available to 4-H'ers. The activities stressed leadership, critical thinking, communi...

Carlton, Poole Wed July 21

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carlton of Rosston would like to announce the marriage of their daughter, Lorrie Carlton, to Tommy Poole, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Poole of Prescott. They were united in marriage Friday, July 21, at Harmony Church in Sutton in a priv...

Veterans Corner

The Republic of Korea has made available for all veterans who served in that area between June 25, 1950, and July 27, 1953, an R.O.K. Service Medal. Before receiving the medal, eligible recipients must provide a DD214 or a corrected version. National Gu...

College News - Stockton, Ward Earn Master's Degrees

Henderson State University will confer master's degrees to 34 students in the month of August. The last day for the second summer session of classes is August 4. Two will be receiving their master's degree in elementary education from Nevada County. the...

Here & There . . . News That Matters To Nevada County

Alcoholics Anonymous, a fellow-ship 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 i...

PHS Curley Wolves Take Field Sept. 1; 7AAA Looking Tough

High school football season starts Friday, Sept. 1, across the state. The so-called "experts" have been busy making their predictions for the coming campaign, with their data based on last year's information. Because of this, the Prescott Curley Wolves...

'Snake' Blakely Wins At Prescott Raceway

Prescott's Ervin "Snake" Blakely captured the no electronics division at the Prescott Raceway Saturday, July 29. Blakely's time of 7.58 seconds at 85 miles per hour was good enough for the win. His reaction time was 0.520 off the line. David Bright of ...

PHS Schedule Given For Football Season

There will be plenty of questions for the Prescott Curley Wolves to answer this football season, but one won't be who to play. The Wolves did some last minute replacing in the head coach's slot as David Bennett left earlier in July to return home to Die...

Vasser Receives Appoitment To Committee

Glenn Vasser of Prescott has been appointed to the Arkansas Bar Association's (ABA) multi-disciplinary practice study committee by Ron D. Harrison of Fort Smith. Harrison is president-elect of the ABA. The appointment became effective during the associa...

PES School List Given For Year

The Prescott Elementary School supply list for the 2000-2001 school year has been released. Students in all grades will need more pencils, paper and some of the other supplies as the year progresses. Parents should label everything with your child's nam...

PES Open House, Public Meeting Scheduled

Prescott Elementary School will hold its annual public meeting and open house Thursday, August 17. Orientation for parents whose children will be in kindergarten through fourth grades will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Prescott High School auditorium. Prin...

Emmet Classes Begin August 21

The Emmet Public Schools will begin classes Monday, August 21, for students. Classes will start at 8 a.m. and dismiss at 3 p.m. Buses will run regular routes. Breakfast and lunch will be served and the after-school day care will be provided beginning on...

Author To Speak At PHS

Twelve keys to raising responsible children will be revealed to parents Monday, August 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Prescott High School auditorium. Ronald Morrish, author of Secrets of Discipline, will present the refreshing practical strategies for teaching...

Farm & Home News with Rex Dollar

Summer can be hard on flowers and vegetables, especially those being grown in containers. Container-grown flowers and vegetables need to be monitored daily for watering needs. Container plants have a limited root area, and dry out quickly on hot days, e...

Living Well with the Carrie Connection

All of us know children who have grown up to be successful adults even though their childhood was difficult. James Garbarino, in his book, Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment, suggested that seven important themes emerge out of the research...

Oak Grove News

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us when we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. After all this is the day the Lord has made and let's rejoice and be glad in it. My birthday is August 20. I am happ...

Bluff City News

The dog days of August are upon us. It's a good time for iced tea, ice cream, and watermelons, but maybe not at the same time. Lloyd and Pearl Hinson were visiting the McBrides last weekend. This will be their last visit before they return to Africa in ...

Redland News

Can't call it a rainnot even a showerbut a few drops did fall. Last Saturday Cherrie Wilson picked up Katy at Brookhills Christian Camp in Hot Springs, then they went on to Little Rock to shop at Old Navy and went out to eat. Paul, Kim, Trent and Kat...

Hillcrest News

Children visiting Mr. and Mrs. Louie Dillard were J.E. and Margaret Rhodes, Cedealia Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Skip Dillard. Mary Ruggles from Texarkana visited her mother, Estelle Yancey, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Yancey and two little sons from Indi...

Jewett Spell

Jewett Spell, 80, of Blevins, died Monday, July 24, 2000, at his home. Mr. Spell was born October 15, 1919, in Evadale, Texas to Thomas Sterling and Leona Cochran Spell. He was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church of Blevins, a U.S. Army Air Corps vet...

Harvey D. Montgomery

Harvey D. Montgomery, 83, of Prescott died Monday, July 26, 2000, at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Montgomery was born July 4, 1917, in the Sweet Home community near Blevins to Maunt and Esther Britt Montgomery. He was ret...

Harold Dwight Cromer

Harold Dwight Cromer Sr., formerly of Blevins, died July 23, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nev. Mr. Cromer was born August 25, 1933, near Blevins, the son of Stewart Jackson Jack' and Macil Irene (Sutton) Cromer. He was a chicken and cattle farmer in the Blevins...

Linda Wilson

Linda Wilson, 71, formerly of Blevins, died Saturday, July 30, 2000, in Russellville. Mrs. Wilson was born November 25, 1928, to Jack and Ruby Bonds. She was a legal secretary and a member of Grace Baptist Church in Russellville, where she was a member ...

Mary B. Wilkins

Mary B. Wilkins, 69, was called to her eternal home Sunday, July 30, 2000, at her residence in Prescott. Mrs. Wilkins was born April 28, 1931, in Blevins to Jack and Ruby Bonds. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Prescott. Mrs. Wilkins was pr...

James Franklin Henson III

James Franklin Henson III, 28, of Rosston died Thursday, July 27, 2000, at his home. Mr. Henson was born May 29, 1972, in Hope to James Franklin Henson II and Lisa Ann Williams Goad. He was employed with Champion Parts Rebuilders Inc. and a member of Un...

Alice M. Lawrence

Alice M. Lawrence, 88, went to be with her Lord on Friday, July 28, 2000, in Shreveport, La. Mrs. Lawrence was born January 11, 1912, in Prescott. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Prescott, where she served as president of W.M.C. and she was...

Auby McEachern

Auby McEachern, 70, of Norphlet died Friday, July 28, 2000, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. Mr. McEachern was born August 23, 1929, in Shongaloo, La., to Nobie (Greer) McEachern and Melvin McEachern. He was a retired principal for Norphlet Sch...

Army Worms Invade

Fall armyworms are threatening Bermuda grass pastures and lawns in Arkansas, according to Don Johnson, entomologist with the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas. The worms are small, about an inch and a half long, but they can consume ...

Boughton News

We extend our sympathy to the family of Monroe Love. He died and was buried in Little Rock Saturday. Monroe lived a lot of his life around Prescott and has several cousins here. We also extend our sympathy to the loved ones of Alice (Lucas) Lawrence. Sh...

Rosston News

Last week's news: Editor's note: Although Mrs. Williams mailed her news on July 24 (post marked in Texarkana) the Picayune did not receive it until Saturday, July 29, even though the label was one the U.S. Post Office printed exclusively for the Picayune ...

Caney News

Little Danielle Dougan had her tonsils out Tuesday. Danielle is doing well. She didn't seem to be bothered by surgery, but was slightly bothered about not being able to go swimming for a few days. We all enjoyed revival last week. Bro. Richard Merritt o...

Fair Hill News

Sorry about the misprint in last week's news. I apologize to Larry and Janey Morrow. Dick and Fran Arnold from Little Rock visited with Helen Harrison over the weekend. Carolyn Sue Hill had surgery sometime back and is doing very well. Good luck, Patr...

Bodcaw News

A few around here have gotten rain. We have missed it all so far. But we did enjoy a few days of cooler weather. Fredrica Silvey Johus of Germany was visiting in this area Friday. We met her cousin, Donna Wingfield, of Prescott for lunch. We made severa...

Brisbane, Nevada County . . . Where Is It?

A "retired journalist" from Brisbane, Australia, e-mailed the Picayune last week wanting to know something about Brisbane in Nevada County. Someone in Nevada County is sure to have heard of the town or know where it is located in the county. No one at t...