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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, November 14, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ward recounts Miss America experiences
Contestants for the Miss America Pageant were in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 11, when planes flew into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. They were given a choice of going on with the pageant, or postponing it. By a vote of 34-17, the pageant was hel...
Christmas on Square deadlines nearing
Anyone planning to enter a float in the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade needs to hurry up and do so. The theme of this year's parade is "An American Christmas", with the event scheduled for Dec. 11. There will be seve...
Two arresteed and charged for manufacturing drugs
Two people were arrested on drug charges by the South Central Drug Task Force. According to court records, officers obtained a search warrant for the home of David Willis, 36, of Prescott, after confidential informants had bought methamphetamine from hi...
Clarence Caple Sr.
Clarence Havis Caple, Sr. 84, of Benton, died Monday at the Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton. He was born on May 2, 1917, in Belfast. Caple was a retired Equipment Operator for Alcoa and a WW II Navy Sea Bee, serving in the Pacific Theater. He was p...
Huey P. Long
Huey P. Long, 72, of Cale died Saturday. He was an U.S. Navy Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Mary Long of Cale; sone, Richard Long of Yuma, Ariz.; two daughters, Brenda Barnhill and Lynn Hall both of Camden; two brothers, Billy Ray Long of Texarka...
Grace Tyree
Grace Cottingham Tyree, 88, of Prescott, died Tuesday, November 6, 2001, at Hillcrest Care & Rehab in Prescott. She was born May 1, 1913, in Nevada County to Jack and Lucy Defore Cottingham. She was a housewife and a member of First United Methodist Chu...
Dorothy Duncan
Mrs. Dorothy Marie White Duncan, age 79, native of Prescott, born on September 25, 1922, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jewel White, passed away after an extended illness, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab in Prescott, on Sunday, November 11, 2001. She was a retire...
My genius cat, Tigger
My cat, Tigger, is a genius. He told me so. Yes, friends and neighbors, my cat talks, but only to me. Said it wouldn't be a good idea for him to be seen talking to just anybody, and reminded me of what happened to Einstein's talking dog once the other do...

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