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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, September 14, 2005 edition of Nevada County Picayune

B.F. Rhodes
Mr. B.F. Bill Rhodes, 81, of Rosston, died Thursday, September 1, 2005, at his home. He was born on February 5, 1924, in Nevada County, to Benjamin F. Rhodes, Sr. and Minnie Higginbotham Rhodes. He was a retired sheet metal worker. He was a member of ...
Naomi Brown
Naomi Brown, 67, of Gurdon, died Thursday, September 1, 2005, at her residence. She was an office worker at the Senior Adult Center in Gurdon and was of the Methodist Faith. Survivors include: one son, Eddie Brown of Okolona; two daughters, Donna Fergu...
Thais McLelland
Thais Erwin McLelland, 95, of Prescott, died September 4, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born in Long Beach, Calif., to William Edgar and Alta Martin Erwin on June 6, 1910. She came to Nevada County when she was three-years-old and live...
Flossie Martin
Flossie Marie Nolen Martin, died Sunday, September 4, 2005, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born to Homer and Effie Lamb Nolen on October 22, 1920. She was preceded in death by both her parents; her husband, Merlin C. (Billy) Martin in Novem...
Ida Purtle
Mrs. Ida McCollum Purtle, born May 21, 1915, in southern Columbia County, died on Saturday, September 3, 2005. Married to Sid Purtle on June 20, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Okla., she was widowed in 1955. A 1934 graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in...
Benjamin Cagle
Benjamin L. Cagle was born on January 13, 1945, in Prescott to Freeman and Ora Calge. Ben left this world to be with his Lord on August 27, 2005, after losing a long battle with cancer. Ben was loved very much and will be always in our hearts. We look f...
Wolves' tactics frustrate 'Dogs
Throw out the 46-3 final score. It doesnt really count. On the other hand, the important thing for the Curley Wolves was how the team played from the opening kick to the final buzzer  smart and hard. Sure, Springdale is the top rated school in the st...
Rates going up
Prescotts City Council approved a resolution for the city to enter into a contract with the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC). The three-year deal was done in a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6. Basically, the rates will be 18 percent hi...
Health-A-Rama has arrived; free screening available
This Saturday will be a time for people of Prescott and Nevada County to get free health information. This is because the 9th Annual Health-A-Rama will be held. This year the Health-A-Rama has been moved from the gym at First Baptist Church to the Potla...
Pumpkin Festival date changes
This years Pumpkin Festival will be different than all previous ones. According to Rita Shaw, president of CHICS (Citizens Helping Improve Community Standing), members will be going to local businesses trying to get them more involved by participating ...
Area people still helping hurricane victims
Relief effort continue in an attempt to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Mary Godwin, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce, said efforts are still underway to raise money and collect items. The Chamber, she said, had s...
Crowding at concession stand questioned
Questions were raised about crowding around the concession stand during home football games. Members of Concerned Adults-Prescott Schools (CAPS) asked Willie Wilson, dean of students at Prescott High School, what was being done about it. Wilson said he...

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