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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 3, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Robert Shipp
Mr. Robert H. Shipp, 74, of Prescott, died Monday, August 25, 2003, in John McClellan V.A. Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 11, 1929, in Nevada County, to Wylie and Allie Purtle Shipp. He was a retired farmer. He was a member of Central Baptist...
Margaret Buchanan
Mrs. Margaret L. "Peggy" Buchanan, 85, of Prescott, died Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at Hillcrest Care and Rehab of Prescott. She was born June 7, 1918, in Prescott, to William H. and Annie M. Freeman Barnard. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the ...
Enrollment up at Prescott; board gets construction news
Enrollment in the Prescott School District is up at the start of school from where it ended last year. Prescott Superintendent Hyacinth Deon told the Prescott School Board the initial student population is 1,149, up from 1,077 at the end of the 2003 schoo...
School opening smooth; Science camp extolled
This has been one of the best openings for school most local teachers have experienced. This is what Willie Wilson, dean of students at Prescott High School, told the Prescott School Board at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Aug. 26. The first week, h...
County unemployment steady at 4.3 percent
Nevada County's unemployment rate remained unchanged from June to July, according to information from the Arkansas Employment Security Division. The county's jobless rate stayed at 4.3 percent for the reporting period. However, the figures for surrounding...

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