Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 16, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Fred Kovalovsky

Mr. Fred A. Kovalovsky, 87, of Prescott, died Friday, July 4, 2003, at his home. He was born May 30, 1916, in Ford City, Penn. to Philip (Felip) and Kristina Marie Blahovic Kovalovsky. He was a retired tool and dye hardener with 35= years for Internationa...

Johnnie Walraven

Eld. Johnnie E. Walraven, 80, a retired Baptist minister passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at his home in Willisville after a lengthy illness. He was born November 21, 1922, in Fouke, to Johnny and Louise Hemperly Walraven. He was a World War II Army ...

Hazel Meeks

Mrs. Hazel Virginia "Lulu" Griffin Meeks, 81, of Prescott, died Saturday, July 12, 2003, at her home. She was born July 1, 1922 in Prescott to Jesse Jiner and Larue Myrtle Taylor Griffin. She was employed with the former Gibsons of Prescott and currently ...

Education "hot potato" tossed to local districts

It will now be up to individual school districts to decide how to make education equitable under a ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaking to a group of about 40 concerned educators, business leaders and others, Thursda...

Huckabee explains Lake View vs. Arkansas case

In the current game of education hot potato, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tossed the ball to schools in the state. Huckabee toured Arkansas Thursday, July 10, stopping in various cities to address the education topic. In Prescott, the meeting was held in t...

Local doctors agree medical profession is in trouble

Health care in its current incarnation will not survive, according to Prescott's three doctors. The trio of physicians, Dr. Alan Fox, Dr. Charles Vermont and Dr. Mike Young, agreed major changes need to be made in health care on a national level if it is ...

Street work is underway in Rosston

Street work is being done in Rosston, according to Mayor Lewis Jackson. Jackson, at the monthly meeting of the Rosston City Council, Monday, July 7, said some culverts are also being replaced with the street work. In some places, the streets are being wid...