Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 8, 2003 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Wolves edge Nashville, 28-26

Anyone expecting a blowout in the Prescott-Nashville game was sorely disappointed. However, those who came to Cummins Field to see one of the best high school football games of the year more than got their monies worth as the Wolves went to 5-0 with a 28-...

Wolves edge Nashville, 28-26

The Wolves, though, were unable to score in the third quarter, having only one possession in the period. Prescott managed to drive from the Wolf 43 to the Scrapper 28 before turning the ball over on downs with 2:49 to go in the frame. Nashville, starting ...

Readiness group collecting items for soldiers at Pumpkinfest Oct. 25

A booth will be set up by the National Guard Family Readiness Group at the Second Annual Great Pumpkinfest, Sat. Oct. 25. Those manning this booth will be collecting items soldiers may need when they arrive in Iraq. The local guard unit has received its o...

Cale Post Office to be closed

As of Oct. 17, services will no longer be offered at the Cale Post Office. Residents of Cale, population 110, were informed of the United States Postal Service's intent to close the office down at a public meeting Thursday, Oct. 2. The residents, however,...

City-wide cleanup Saturday; start at Bank of Prescott lot

A city-wide cleanup will be held Saturday, Oct. 11. This event is sponsored by the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce's Beautification Committee and will be from 9-11 a.m. Chamber Director Mary Godwin said there will be a contest to see which team...

David Poechhacker

David F. Poechhacker, 50, of Prescott, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2003, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. David was born on February 17, 1953, in Modesto, California, the son of William Carl and Margaret (Chiotti) Poechhacker. He worked as a forkli...

Mattie Larsen

Mattie Faye Larsen, 95, of Hope formerly of Columbia County, died Sunday, September 28, 2003, at Heather Manor Nursing Home in Hope. She was born May 4, 1908, in Emerson to the late Isaac Newton and Sarah Daisy Paschal McCollum. She was retired director o...

Marie Hollis

Mary Helen Hollis, 64, of Magnolia, died Monday, September 29, 2003, at St. Michaels Hospital in Texarkana, Tex. She was born October 30, 1938, in Laneburg to the late Jerry and Alta Thompson. She was a retired Telephone Operator for Southwestern Bell Tel...

Marie Rogers

Marie (Recee) Rogers, 64, of Buckner, died Thursday, October 2, 2003, at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana, Tex. She was born November 4, 1938, in Nevada County. She was a homemaker and attended the Sardis Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, Mer...