Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 1, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ethel Hanning

Mrs. Ethel Pauline Polly or Mamaw Hanning, 91, of Fayetteville, passed from this life on Saturday, January 21, 2006, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. Mrs. Hanning was born December 7, 1914, in Van Buren to Cornelius and Nancy ...

Carrie Smith

Mrs. Carrie Lucille Nivens Smith, 92, of Prescott, died Monday, January 23, 2006, in Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born on March 18, 1913, in Hempstead County to John Gabriel and Carrie Mae Lloyd Nivens. She was a homemaker. She was a member o...

Rev. John Carlton

Rev. John Henry Carlton, 88, of Bodcaw, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at Medicalodge Progressive Care in Texarkana, Ark. He was born onFebruary 18, 1917, in Bodcaw, to Charles Henry and Arbula Octavia Octo Lee. He was a retired minister, ...

PES off and running

Prescott Elementary School hit the ground running after the Christmas break. This is what PES Principal Janet Gordon told the Prescott School Board at its January meeting. The school, she said, is working on building its faculty collaboration meetings b...

Energy costs hurt

Energy costs are having an effect on the Nevada School District. Rick McAfee, Nevada superintendent, told the Nevada School Board, at its January meeting, the district has paid $16,000 more for electricity and diesel fuel this year than last. We can lo...

Students prepare for Benchmarks

McRae Middle School began the second semester the way it ended the first  fast and furious. The first semester ended, according to Jamie Barnes, MMS principal, with workshops and meetings for the staff. The events, she told the Prescott School Board at...

Wolves split with Ashdown

Prescotts senior teams split with Ashdown Tuesday, Jan. 24, with the senior boys posting a 70-62 win, while the Wolverettes lost a close one, 33-32. WOLVES 70 PANTHERS 62 From start to finish this was a game of speed, as both teams pushed the ball up a...

Lady Bears spoil homecoming

Homecoming for the Nevada Lady Jays was spoiled Friday, Jan. 27, by the Lady Bears of Springhill. Prior to the game Nevada Coach Stacy Stockton removed two players from the Lady Jay team because of team infractions, leaving the already short bench even ...