Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 4, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Cubs and Wolves tromp the Devils

The Prescott Curley Cubs scored during the first minutes of play against the Gurdon Jr. Go-Devils. Then the Cubs earned another touchdown and the Devils never seemed to recover from that devastating beginning. Gurdons Bobby Purifoy kicked off for the Go...

Wolves win, 21-18

The much anticipated conference match up between the Gurdon Go-Devils and the Prescott Curley Wolves left fans on both sides of the field on the edge of their seats right up until the final seconds of the game. In the end, however, the Go-Devils fell 18-2...

Prescott School Board calls for public meeting

The Prescott School Board spent a great deal of their September meeting time discussing finances. The board is looking at a proposal from Prescott Superintendent Hyacinth Deon to purchase a new school bus and a used school vehicle, but most board members ...

Leak floods city hall

Insurance adjustors are expected to offer up estimates this week regarding the amount of water damage to the Prescott City Hall building and contents. According to Prescott City Manager Billy House, a broken water fitting in an upstairs restroom caused si...

Meet the NC Deputy

Robert Missey has joined the Nevada County Sheriffs Office as a deputy, according to NCSO Sheriff-elect Bobby Carlton. Missey said law enforcement was the only career he ever seriously considered. At 14 years old, he joined the Police Explorers, a grou...

Ralph Taylor

Ralph W. Taylor, U.S. Army Veteran, 75, of Crest Hill, Ill., died Sept. 22, 2006. He was a proud member of the American Legion Post 1080, the Friendship Baptist Church of Plainfield and the Moose Lodge #241. He is a retire employee of Caterpillar Tract...

Snow Leverette

Snow Katherine Leverette, 79, of Gurdon, died Wednesday. She was a Homemaker and a member of the Prescott Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses. Survivors husband, William Leverette of Gurdon; sons, Bobby Leverette and Kenneth Leverette, both of Gurdon, ...

Hazel Nixon

Hazel Lee Simpson Nixon, 84, of Prescott, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, in Wadley Regional Medical Center, Texarkana, TX. She was born on July 1, 1922, in Prescott, to Will and Sarah Hamilton Simpson. She was a retired custodian at the Nevada County Courthou...