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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, August 17, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Willis Baker
Willis Earl Baker, 78, of Daingerfield, Texas, died Sunday, July 31, 2005, in a Longview, Texas, nursing home. Mr. Baker was born April 17, 1927, in Boughton. He was a contractor, a member of the American Legion, a Methodist and an Army and Air Force ve...
Jones Garrett
Mr. Jones Garrett, Jr., 84, of Prescott, died Friday, August 12, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on February 25, 1921, in Prescott to Jones P. and Maime Ellison Garrett. He was a farmer. He was a Baptist and a World War II Army Veter...
Dorothy Ward
Dorothy Bradford Ward, 85, of Prescott, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2005. She was born March 1, 1920, to William Bradford and Sarah Allison Bradford in Murfreesboro. Dorothy was a retired Medical Records Clerk for the Nevada County Hospital. She w...
Ernestine Draper
Mrs. Ernestin Suttles Draper, 85, of Prescott, died Saturday, August 6, 2005, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on January 6, 1920, in Ozan to Jodie and Ida Clemons Suttles. She was a retired school teacher having taught school in eastern A...
Haynes clears the air concerning his work
Jeff Haynes, a member of the Prescott School Board, cleared the air and straightened some misconceptions out. This was done at the Aug. 9 meeting of Concerned Adults-Prescott Schools (CAPS). At a previous meeting, questions had been raised about how eth...
NCSO pondering move; Court agrees on need
To move or not to move, isnt really the question for the Nevada County Sheriffs Office. Its a necessity. The NCSO has simply outgrown its current building and needs to expand to have enough space for offices and administration. This was discussed at...
Computer proposal made to Court
A proposal was made to handle all the computers for Nevada County. At the regular meeting of the Nevada County Quorum Court, Monday, Aug. 8, Jon Anderson presented his qualifications and proposal to be the network administrator for the countys computer...
Fair plans are finalized
Plans for the 69th Annual Nevada County Fair are, for the most part, complete. The Nevada County Fair Board met Monday, Aug. 8, to discuss what needs to be done. Carol Tyree said Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of C...
Races contested in school elections
This years school elections will be different in Nevada County. There are no seats being contested in the Nevada School District, where two seats are coming open, Emmet will no longer be considered in the county elections as it is part of the Blevins S...
Hacker's World
It was back to the local links to try and get the game on some sort of track. Between an ugly four-letter word (work), one not belonging in a family newspaper (work), or to be used in mixed company (work), and the heat, its been tough to get any playin...

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