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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, May 21, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Lily Stewart
Mrs. Lily Margaret Dougan Stewart, 65, of Hope, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana, Texas. She was born July 25, 1937, in Nevada County, to Sidney Sutton and Margaret Vena McKelroy Dougan. She was a homemaker. Sh...
Bessie Clevenger
Mrs. Bessie Hamilton Clevenger, 95, of Bodcaw, died Thursday, May 15, 2003, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born March 17, 1908, in Emmet to Albert and Gertrude Purtle Hamilton. She was a former dietician in the Virginia School System and a ship...
Walter Hargis
Mr. Walter Wade Hargis, 31, from Hope, died Saturday, May 17, 2003, in Hempstead County in an automobile accident. He was born May 4, 1972, in Hope, to Walter Merlin, Jr. and Saundra Winemiller Hargis. He was an EMT with Nevada County Ambulance Service in...
Rally concludes Operation Care Package, 22 boxes sent to soldiers
Operation Care Package reached its conclusion with a rally for the troops recently. The rally was held to help gather items American troops overseas are in need of, along with recognizing "local heroes." There was a packed house at the Potlatch Building a...
PHS athletes honored at banquet
Prescott's Athletic Booster Club held a sports banquet for members of the Curley Wolves and Wolverettes. Prescott Athletic Director David Maxwell welcomed the packed house, thanking the PABC for honoring the local athletes. From there it was award time. F...
Students honored at Kiwanis Club banquet
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice W. H. "Dub" Arnold was the featured speaker at the 2002-2003 Kiwanis Honor Banquet. The banquet was held Monday, May 12, at the McRae Middle School cafetorium, with 30 Prescott High School students honored for their ac...
Health Alliance told of pink ribbon campaign results
A pink ribbon campaign last year resulted in 33 percent more Nevada County women getting mammograms than before. Edie Greenwood, a member of the Prescott-Nevada County Health Alliance, told the group of this increase at its regular monthly meeting Wednesd...
Prescott sents 65 graduates out into the world
Prescott's school administration had the foresight to schedule the 2003 commencement ceremonies in the new gymnasium. It was fortunate as a thunderstorm began about halfway through the event, knocking the power out before the last few graduates had been p...
Storm knocks power out, Emmet graduation held in dark
Emmet's graduation is one those there will never forget. For the first time in 40 years, according to Dr. Gene Ross, superintendent of the Emmet School District, the commencement ceremony was held in the dark. This was because a thunderstorm passed throug...
Nevada grads challenged to make a difference
Nevada's graduating class of 2003 was given a "golden key", according to State Rep. Chris Thomason. Thomason, the keynote speaker at the commencement ceremonies Thursday, May 15, told the 38 graduates their diploma was more than a piece of paper  it was,...

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