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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 11, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Upgrades help Rosston residents
Building a new fire station and buying a new firetruck has paid off for the City of Rosston. According to Rosston Mayor Lewis Jackson, the city's fire rating dropped from a 9 to a 7 because of these two improvements. This, he said during the regular mo...
Unemployment rate up
Unemployment in Nevada County rose slightly from April to May. According to information from the Arkansas Employment Security Division, the jobless rate in the county rose from 4.2 percent in April to 4.4 percent in May. While the increase wasn't much,...
School elections Sept. 18
School elections will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, with one seat open in each of Nevada County's three school districts. In Prescott, Ward 1, held by George Odom, will be up for grabs; while Jack Faulkner's seat will be open in Emmet. At Nevada, the posit...
Slow down in work zones
It's vacation time for many in the state, and this means travel on Arkansas's interstate highway system. However, such travel should be planned well in advance because of the construction underway by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. ...
John M. Parr
John M. Parr, 71 of Royal died Sunday, July 1, 2001, in a Hot Springs hospital. Parr was born January 14, 1930, in DeValls Bluff to Finch and Lois Anderson Parr. He was retired from Eastman Kodak Co., in Memphis, Tenn. He was a member and active deaco...
Margaret Davidson
Margaret Davidson, 85, of Prescott, died Tuesday, July 3, 2001, in Prescott. Davidson was born July 26, 1915, in Oglesby, Texas, to Jess Mooney and Mary Lamb Mooney. She was a housewife, member of the First United Methodist Church of Emmet, PTA and a ...
Mary Louise Gulley
Mary Louise Gulley, 78, of Prescott, died Saturday, July 7, 2001, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott. Gulley was born November 22, 1922, in Nevada County to A.C. Latin and Pearl Alexander. She was a retired custodian from Prescott Elementary Schoo...
Elzie L. Evans
Elzie L. Evans, 73, of Prescott, died Friday, July 6, 2001, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. Evans was born August 3, 1927, in Prescott, to Lee Otis and Bessie Smith Evans. He was a retired millwright in the maintenance department at Potlatch, and mem...

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