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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, November 29, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Wolves head to semi-finals
Following the win against the Mayflower Eagles, the Wolves will face West Fork at Cummings Field Dec. 1 with kick off slated for 7:30 p.m. The Prescott Curley Wolves and Mayflower Eagles spent a great deal of their time grabbing interceptions and creatin...
Electric customer to receive $2,000 back
The Prescott Board of Directors has granted a $2,000 refund on a mans electric bill, but the board is now being asked to consider a resolution that will eliminate that particular scenario in the future. Board members heard from local resident Rudy Pre...
School board approves lease of hospital building
After more than a decade of sitting vacant, the building that formerly housed the Nevada County Hospital will be put to use. Members of the Prescott School Board have approved a lease agreement with the county to use the building for storage for the dist...
Quorum court starts budget - Committee lists questions for several county officials
Members of the Nevada County Quorum Courts budget committee have questioned several aspects of the proposed budget for 2006. The committee met Nov. 20 to begin looking over budgets proposed by each office of county government. The Nevada County Jail ro...
Board members should know the FOI
Im not a fan of excessive legislation. And though I think our government occasionally enacts laws that should be left to individual preferences, Im the first to admit that most laws that have a legitimate place in society. The Freedom of Information ...
Billie Joe Shewbirt
Billie Joe Shewbirt, 78, of Bodcaw, formerly of McKinney, Texas, passed away November 12, 2006, in his home in Bodcaw. He was born on November 15, 1928, in Durant, Oklahoma to Johnny and Estelle Shewbirt. He worked at Southwest Automotive in Texas for 2...
Leslie Walker
Mr. Leslie Lee Walker, 79, of Prescott, died Sunday, November 19, 2006, at his home surrounded by his loving wife, children, mother-in-law and pastors. He was born on March 10, 1927, in Hot Springs, to Claude and Delma Bailey Walker. He was a former Bap...
Elvi Deen Madlock
Mrs. Lucie Elvi Deen Madlock, 82, of Hope, died Monday, November 20, 2006, at her home. She was born on September 7, 1924, in Bodcaw, to Alfred and Flossie Hepler Vines. She was retired from Hope Bus Station; former owner/operator of Deens Gift Shop in...
Sonja Ridling
Mrs. Sonja Jean Steed Ridling, 40, of Hope, formerly of Prescott, died Saturday, November 25, 2006, in a Little Rock Hospital. She was born on May 28, 1966,in Prescott, to Glyn and Martha Steed. She was coordinator of contractor recruiting with Fikes Tr...
Ellen Holt
Miss Ellen Marie Holt, 79, of Prescott, died Sunday, November 26, 2006, at her home. She was born on May 22, 1927, in Prescott, to Luther and Elba Rinkle Holt. She was a retired bank teller from Union National Bank in Little Rock, from the Bank of Presc...

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