Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, March 13, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

NFL official to speak at Chamber banquet

National Football League official Walt Coleman will be the featured speaker at the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tuesday, March 26. This year's theme is "A Night at the Movies," with dress again being casual. Coleman is a 1970 gra...

Easter Egg hunt March 30

With Easter coming early this year, the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce has been busy getting ready for the Easter Bunny. Mary Godwin, executive director of the Chamber, said the 8th Annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place from 10 a.m. until n...

Next Step: blessing or nightmare?

Rewarding teachers when their students achieve high scores on standardized tests has been discussed for months, but no one seems to be certain how to establish fair criteria for rewards or how to pay for that incentive. Teacher incentives are among the...

Emmet building new storm shelter

The Emmet School District will soon have four new classrooms and the community will have a shelter for emergency situations. The building project was among the top items of business for the Emmet School Board during the board's regular meeting on March ...

Melba Haycock

Melba Haycock, 90, of Fresno, Calif., died March 3, 2002, at her home. She was a housewife and Baptist. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two husbands. Survivors include: one son, Wallace Wicker; one daughter, Beverly Wicker o...

Dudley Stockton

Dudley H. Stockton, 73, of Prescott, died Monday, March 4, 2002, in a Texarkana hospital. Stockton was born January 28, 1929, in Prescott to Dalton and Vera Mae McWilliams Stockton. He was a retired saw filer from Potlatch, caretaker for Suckles Lake, and...

Claudia Wooten

Claudia Christine Wooten, 65, of Texarkana, Ark., died Friday, March 8, 2002, at her residence. Wooten was born July 28, 1936, in Emmet and had lived in Texarkana for the past 40 years. She was the former co-owner of Wooten Mobile Homes, Inc., and the Vil...