Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 16, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

EAST Lab students design Little Bud logo

With all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the new Prescott Sports Arena, one thing was overlooked. It seems the snarling wolf's head logo at center court was designed by students in the Prescott High School EAST Lab program. Drew Nelson, a senior ...

Prescott gets bid for AAA regionals

"Little Bud", as the new Prescott Sports Arena is called, will be getting plenty of use early on. For the first time in around 30 years Prescott will play host to a regional basketball tournament, and the new facility is the primary reason. Ron Wright,...

Generator doesn't sell

Rosston's City Council meeting was short and sweet as there was little on the agenda. Rosston Mayor Lewis Jackson told the council members no bids had been made on the old generator. The panel agreed, though, if it could be repaired, it would be good t...

Emmet passes budget

Emmet's City Council passed a $1.6 million budget for 2002 at its regular monthly meeting, Jan. 9. The breakdown of the budget, with its total of $1,661,136.71, shows the city's general fund budget to be $65,406.85, with the street department to get $23...

Prescott splits with Scrappers part 1

Prescott split evenly with the Nashville Scrappers Friday night at Little Bud. The two boy's teams posted wins, while the Cubettes and Wolverettes fell victim to the Scrapperettes. WOLVES 58 SCRAPPERS 39 The Curley Wolves remained undefeated in 7AAA ac...

Prescott splits with Scrappers part 2

Prescott's senior girls played hard and did almost everything necessary to win, with the exception of hitting their shots consistently. The game opened with Nashville controlling the ball, but Prescott scoring first. The two squads went up and down the...

Lenox Taylor

Lenox Dale Taylor, 64, of Prescott, died Sunday, January 6, 2002, at Christus St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, Texas, following a lengthy illness. Born in Spearsville, LA, on August 8, 1937, he was the son of Aubrey and Selma Dison Taylor. He was re...

Hershel Hicks

Hershel Danny Hicks, 49, of Prescott, died Wednesday at the Ouachita County Medical Center. He is preceded in death by his father, Hershel Woodman Hicks; his mother, Mary Abby Gosvenor; brother, Charles Randall Hicks; and grandson, Cody Dewayne McLellan...

Homer Lavender

Homer Ray Lavender, 81, of Prescott, died Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at the Medical Park Hospital in Hope. Lavender was born December 30, 1920, to Ed and Maude Pearl Lavender. Survivors include: his two daughters, Cindy Brassington of Oceanside, Ca. and...

Annie Wood

Annie Lucy Wood, 95, of Genoa, died Friday, January 11, 2002, at The Arkansas Nursing and Rehab in Texarkana, Ark. She was born September 2, 1906, in Nevada County. Wood was a homemaker and a member of the Bluff City Baptist Church. She is survived by...