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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 15, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Douglas Fairchild
Douglas Bryan Fairchild, 45, passed away on December 30, 2002, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center in New York City, after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. He courageously fought this scourge by continuing to teach after he had b...
Loyal Evans
SMSGT Loyal P. Evans USAF (Ret), 75, peacefully departed this life on December 31, 2002, following a battle with cancer. He was born August 23, 1927, in Bodcaw. He served 27 years in the Air Force and retired in 1974 making San Antonio his home. He was pr...
Glen Ammons
Mr. Glen Paris Ammons, 87, of Hope, died Friday, January 10, 2003, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born May 6, 1915, in Nevada County to Gus and Amy Shipp Ammons. He was a retired sawmill operator. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by hi...
Nancy Rowe
Nancy "Major" Rowe, 73, of White Hall, died January 11, 2003, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. She was born May 4, 1929, in Reform. She was the daughter of the late Charles Major and Luda Jones Major. Mrs. Rowe was an instructor of Cosm...
Clifton Cummings
Clifton Roy Cummings, 79, of Sherwood, died December 27, 2002, in the Arkansas Hospice Hospital. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Prescott, and had retired after 30 years with the Prescott Electric Department. Survivors include his wife, Ann C...
Tough week for Wolves, as Prescott drops two of three
It was a rough week for the Curley Wolves and Wolverettes as they each dropped two of three games. The squads split against De Queen Tuesday night, both fell at Bismark Wednesday, then they split against Ashdown Saturday. WOLVES 55 PANTHERS 57 Prescott ha...
Wolverettes beat Ashdown, fall to Bismarck and De Queen
Prescott's Wolverettes had a tough week as they dropped two of three games. The Wolverettes fell to De Queen and Bismarck, but hammered Ashdown Saturday night to make up for the other losses. PRESCOTT 50 ASHDOWN 27 In a rare Saturday night game, played to...
Session could be most imporant in state's history
A tight budget and fiscal problems face the Arkansas General Assembly during its regular biennial session. State Sen. Percy Malone said this would be one of the most important and difficult sessions in state history. To begin with, the balance of several ...
To keep up with inflation, Emmet council votes to raise water rates
Emmet residents will be seeing slightly higher water bills, starting in March. The Emmet City Council, at its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Jan. 8,voted to raise the city's water rates to $9.75 for the first 1,000 gallons of use, and 25 cents per 1,0...
Citizen of Year nominations sought
Though the annual Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce banquet has not been set yet, the search is on for Citizen of the Year. The Citizen of the Year Award is one of the highlights of the banquet each year, as it spotlights the efforts of a citizen...
Applicants still needed for TV show
Two "uptown" girls could be in for a reality check if Prescott is chosen as the location of a new reality-based television program. The Partnership has been successful in getting Prescott and Nevada County on the short list as a possible location for such...

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