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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 23, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Family finds home vandalized after returning from aiding ailing son
A little old-fashioned Christian charity is needed to help a family in need. It seems while a mother and her son were in California helping another son suffering with the AIDS virus, their home was broken into, vandalized and robbed. Erma Reece, 69, and h...
Judge breaks tie for flood plane budget
Nevada County Judge James Roy Brown had to cast a tie-breaking vote for the flood plane program. At the July 14 meeting of the Nevada County Quorum Court only eight members were present to decide the issue of funding the flood plane program administrator ...
Handbook undergors changes for 2003-2004 school year in Prescott
Changes have been made to the Prescott school handbooks. Willie Wilson, dean of students at Prescott High School, presented the changes to the Prescott School Board in its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday, July 15. There were no major changes in the handb...
Water emergency shortens meeting; council approves purchase of used truck
A severe leak in the city's water system resulted in an abbreviated council meeting at Emmet. Emmet Mayor Dale Booker informed the council of the emergency, saying the business at hand needed to be taken care of quickly so the water situation could be add...
Nevada School scrapping buses after Florida wreck shows problems
Problems with a bus manufacturer have resulted in the Nevada School District being forced to retire two buses from its fleet. Rick McAfee, Nevada superintendent, told the Nevada School Board, at its July meeting, the district had received notice of a prob...
Orless Williamson
Orless Williamson, was born Feb. 17, 1938. On July 13, 2003, he departed this life on earth in his home in Idabel, Okla. Two brothers preceded him in death, Arthur Williamson of Germany and Every Williamson, Jr. of Sacramento, Calif. Four sisters also pr...
Dean Atkins
Mr. Dean Atkins, Sr., 78, resident of De Queen, died Thursday, July 17, 2003, in the De Queen Regional Medical Center in De Queen. He was born to Jessie Parrish and Mary Mossillia Best Atkins, at Willisville, on January 17, 1925. He was a charter member o...
Shirley Rogers
Mrs. Shirley Ann Rogers, 67, of Prescott, died Friday, July 18, 2003, at her home. She was born April 21, 1936, in Camden, to Ottis and Mildred Frizzell Harper. She was a retired credit department clerk from Sanger/Harris Department Store in Dallas. She w...
Raymond Hopson
Raymond Reese Hopson, 78, of Prescott, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2003. He was born Feb. 4, 1924, at Mounds, Texas. He was the son of Jack and Lena (Parks) Hopson. He had worked as serviceman for Eastman Kodak in Dallas, Texas. He was veteran of the U...

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