Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 30, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Job fair planned

A job fair planned for dislocated workers of the Prescott Potlatch facility will be open to the community, according to Nevada County Economic Development Director Mary Godwin. The job fair and an accompanying event led by the Governors Dislocated Worker...

'Oinkers' become a major problem

Workers in the city of Prescott have a new task  hog catching. The city has faced an unusual problem in recent weeks as a herd of wild hogs have invaded the western section of town and are rooting up the ground at the DeAnn Cemetery. City workers are add...

Three vie for council seat

Gary Lowdermilk is the incumbent for the Prescott City Council, Ward 2, Seat 2, where he has served since 2006. Lowdermilk said jobs are a major issue currently facing the city. He said that recruiting businesses to the area has become more important an...

George Budd

Mr. George Edmund Budd, 85, of Rosston, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. He was born on June 7, 1922, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to Edmund Skinner and Helen Irene Collins Budd. He was a retired field service engineer with Cooper Bes...

William J. Hendry

Mr. William J. Dick Hendry, 78, of Prescott, died Friday, April 11, 2008, at his home. He was born March 7, 1930 in Fort Myers, Fla. to Emmett Judson and Georgia Belle Gatlin Hendry. He was retired from both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force with ove...

Wanda Wicker

Mrs. Wanda Faye Ingersoll Wicker, 79, of Prescott, Caney Community, died after a lengthy illness, Saturday, April 26, 2008, at her home in Caney. She was born on Jan. 3, 1929, in Nevada County, to Oliver Terrell and Mary Ellen Francisco Ingersoll. She was...

Jimmy Stephens

Jimmy Ray Stephens, 63, of Gurdon, died April 24, 2008, in Texarkana. He was born Dec. 27, 1944, in Gurdon. He worked for trucking/construction. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gurdon and a Veteran of Air Force. He was the son of Paul H. S...