Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 23, 2002 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Tillman Thompson

Mr. Tillman B. Thompson, 79, of Prescott, died Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on June 23, 1923, in Nevada County to Jerry and Alta Evans Thompson. He was a retired carpenter and a Baptist. He was preceded in death...

Denver Smith

Denver Smith, 76, of Lockesburg, died Saturday, October 19, 2002, at a local hospital. Mr. Smith was born in Bowden, February 9, 1925, to the late Dolphus and Opal Pruitt-Smith. Mr. Smith was Baptist, and a retired truck driver for CW Byers Oil. Mr. Smith...

Resolution outlines dangers of Amendment 3

Members of the Nevada County Quorum Court passed a resolution to inform people what can happen if Amendment 3 is passed during the Nov. 5 General Election. This was done at the court's regular monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 14. Nevada County Judge James Roy...

First Annual Great Pumpkin Festival hits Prescott Saturday with day of fun

Is everyone ready for a pumpkin good time? Well, ready or not, the first annual Great Pumpkin Festival will be this Saturday, Oct. 26. Prescott's Elm Street will be blocked off for the day-long event, which starts at 7 a.m. with the Pumpkin Pancake Breakf...

Remainder of 2002 will be busy for Prescott's Chamber

Prepare to be extremely busy the rest of the year. Starting with the Halloween Costume Contest on Oct. 31, the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce has a full slate of activities to keep everyone hopping. The costume contest is open to all businesse...

Wolves one step closer to playoffs with 48-7 win over Cobras

And, lo, the heavens opened and the rains came. This was followed by Prescott opening a deluge of scoring in the second half to drown Fountain Lake 48-7 Friday night. Prescott ran its record to 5-2 on the regular season and 3-1 in conference play. Early o...