Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 21, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Board requests 4.7 new mills

The Prescott School Board will ask voters to approve a 4.7 mill increase in the September school election. That was the decision of the board during a special meeting held June 13. The board voted 4-1 to ask for the increase with board vice president Sha...

Election '06: County elects new sheriff

Voters in Nevada County have selected a new Democratic candidate for sheriff. Bobby Carlton won that honor by a very narrow margin in the June 13 runoff. There is no Republican candidate for that position, meaning Carlton will take over as Nevada County ...

JPs talk library funding, economics, walking trail

Local economic development efforts and the status of the librarys budget were two of the top items discussed by members of the Nevada County Quorum Court during the June 12 meeting. The county collects a millage on property tax that is designated to t...

Picking petunias in Prescott

Im delighted to see efforts pay off, and never more so than the pretty projects in our little town. There are plenty of those around town, but Im here to talk about the flower boxes. I had naturally noticed the boxes since theres one right at the f...

Election '06: A look at the numbers

The use of voting machines seems to have made the counting process easier. For the most part, those voting in the May primary and the June runoff used the electronic machines to cast their ballots. There were, however, some who chose to use paper ballots...

Buddy Miller

Mr. Buddy Miller, 61, of Cale, died Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at his home, after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born on October 24, 1944, in Waldo, to Oscar and Frances Garrett Miller. Buddy moved to Cale in 1961 where he graduated from Cale Hi...

James Baldwin

James E. Baldwin, age 67 of Arkadelphia, died Saturday, June 10, 2006. He was an insurance salesman for Transamerica Life and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Arkadelphia. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Baldwin of Arkadelphia; tw...

Patsy Simms

Patsy Ann Granny Simms, 69, of Mena, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2006 in Mena at the Mena Medical Center. She was born July 16, 1936 in Moberly, Missouri, to the late William Curtis Kendrick and Ella Ardena Palmer Kendrick. She was an office manager...