Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, December 20, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Many have breakfast with Santa

Theres little doubt that a minute or two of Santas attention was a big part of the Breakfast with Sant event held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds Potlatch Building Dec. 16, but there was plenty more to keep kids, parents and members of the community b...

JPs talk bonuses at final 2006 meeting

Members of the Nevada County Quorum Court met Dec. 11 with a brief agenda and spent the final moments of the meeting recognizing those members who were in attendance for their final meeting. Those include justices of the peace Carolyn Holloman, George Cl...

Cale honors Benton on his retirement

After 27 years as mayor and more than six decades in public service, Cale Mayor Davis Benton said its simply time for him to retire. Members of the Cale community and surrounding area turned out at the annual Cale Christmas party to honor Benton earlier...

Delight woman arrested

A Delight woman was arrested in Prescott after the Prescott Police Department K-9 officer indicated that drugs were inside the vehicle. Marilyn Kaye Martin, 51, 4406 Highway 301 South, Delight, was arrested Dec. 11. According to a police report filed by...

Brown, Steed commdent on retirements

Nevada County Judge James Roy Brown and Nevada County Circuit Clerk Carolyn Steed were honored with a joint retirement reception on Dec. 15. Several dozen community members turned out to wish each of the public servants well. Its a bitter-sweet day, ...

Wendy's World

Dear Santa, My name is Wendy and this is the part of the letter where Im supposed to tell you Ive been a good girl this year. Instead, let me explain. I think good is a relative term, so Im hoping that youll let me skip over this part of the lett...

James Crigg

James Marrion Crigg, 72, of Gurdon, died December 14, 2006 at his residence. He attended the Assembly of God Church in Gurdon, was a self employed painter and served in the Navy during the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Stella Marie Crigg of G...

Earl Smithpeters

Earl Smithpeters, 88,died Tuesday. He was a retired Forestry Technician for International Paper Company and a member of the Maryetta Pentecostal Church in Okolona. Survivors include three sons, Robert Smithpeters and wife, Shirley of Okolona, Jimmy Smith...

Thomas Nixon Sr.

Thomas Leroy Nixon Sr., 68, of El Centro, Cali., passed away after a battle with cancer Wednesday, November 22 at Hospice of San Diego. Thomas was born in Prescott on September 23, 1938. Thomas entered the U.S. Navy at the young age of 16 and graduated...

Katie Pittman

Mrs. Katie M. Pittman, 88, of Fort Worth, Texas, (formerly of Prescott), died on Friday, December 15,2 006 at Richland Hills Nursing Home in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born on April 8, 1918, in Prescott, to Herbert and Tinnie House Ridgell. She was a lo...

Dovie McKissack

Mrs. Dovie M. Bailey McKissack, 89, of The Woodland, Texas, formerly of Hope, died peacefully on Sunday, December 10, 2006, surrounded by her family, in the Woodlands, Texas. She was born on July 13, 1917, in Rosston, to T.E. and Lela Fincher Bailey. Sh...

Mary Connor

Mary Virginia (Gin) Connor of Mt. Pleasant, died December 7, 2006, following an automobile accident in Longview, Texas. Virginia Wells was born on November 11, 1922, in Prescott, the daughter of Bertie and Abner Wells. She married Thomas Connor, a fligh...