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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 7, 2004 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ora Dildy
Ora Olene Rooks Dildy, 85, of Prescott, passed away on Monday, June 28, 2004, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on January 20, 1919, in Nathan, the daughter of Iliff Marion and Orrie Ellen (Reed) Rooks. She was a teacher and Curricular Coordi...
Evelyn Farr
Evelyn V. Farr, 82, of Texarkana, Texas, formerly of Bodcaw, died June 30, 2004, at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas. She was born November 13, 1921, in Texas to William and Pearl Hollemon. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Bapti...
Billie McCrary
Billie Gerald McCrary, 83, of Prescott died Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia. He was born Feb. 24, 1921, in Cisco, Texas, the son of the late Danny and Velma Hagar McCrary. He was a retired employee of Standco Oil Field...
Ross concentrating on job at hand, not political future
While there is much speculation on the political future of Congressman Mike Ross, he's concentrating on the task at hand  his next term in the House. There are major problems to address in Washington, D.C., he said, including approving a budget for 2005,...
Opportunity knocks, Candace Carrie answers
Opportunity knocked and Candace Carrie answered. Carrie, who has been with the Nevada County Extension Service for seven years, got the opportunity to go back home and decided to accept it. She took a similar position with the Extension Service in Camden,...
Emmet board has final meeting
Emmet's school board held its final meeting as an independent entity to wrap end-of-the-year things up before July 1. The July 1 date was important for the former Emmet School District as this is when it officially became part of the Blevins School Distri...
June wet with 8.75 inches of rain
While it may not have been the wettest June ever, it certainly seemed that way. According to local weather watcher Phillip McAdams, it only rained 16 of the 30 days, with a total of 8.75 inches of rain falling during the month. There were only two occasio...

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