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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, October 22, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Ross talks campaign, economics
U.S. Congressman Mike Ross said there are many facets to the current economic situation, and that he expects the economic conditions to get worse before they improve. Members of Prescott civic clubs joined for a meeting on Oct. 14 with Ross as the keynote...
Wolves beat Trojans
It was a case of David vs. Goliath, only this time Goliath won. Parkers Chapel paid a visit to Prescott Friday night and went home smarting from a 62-13 drubbing at the hands of the Curley Wolves. This puts the Wolves at 6- 1 on the year and 4-0 in confe...
Prescott has two contested seats
Austin, Williams - Howard Austin has been a resident of Prescott for some 43 years and has served on the Prescott City Board of Directors for about 10 years. He is married to Vera Austin. Austin said he came to Prescott in search of a job and worked as a ...
Fair Board needs new members for new duties
The Nevada County Fair Association is a success story. Those were the words of Nevada County Agent Melissa Beck who addressed members of the fair board Oct. 14 during the boards regular meeting. Beck said the fair board has leadership in place to take ...
Wanda Burton Brown
Wanda Lee Burton Brown, 83, of Prescott, died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. She was born on Jan. 6, 1925, at Finley, the daughter of William E. Loyd and Carrie Elizabeth Thompson Loyd. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Howard Burton; her parent...
James Brown
James Milton Brown, son of James and Bessie (McGuirt) Brown, was born on September 20, 1936, in Hollywood, Arkansas and passed away in Henderson on Oct. 14, 2008, at the age of 72. For many years, James worked in area sawmills and had recently retired. He...
Flossie Dixon
Flossie M. Dixon, 99, of Arkadelphia, formerly Okolona, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, in Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia. She was born Feb. 6, 1909, in Okolona (Meeks Settlement), daughter of Alex and Mattie Brooks Meeks. She was a member of Ple...
Ray Billingsley
Mr. Ray Donald Billingsley, 75, of Gurdon, formerly of Prescott, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at Twin City Rehab in Arkadelphia. He was born Oct. 15, 1933, in Prescott, to Hugh A. and Ethel Lee Sandifer Billingsley. He was a retired bus driver for 18 plus ...
Mary Carter
Mary Laoice Daniell Carter, of Sherman, Texas, died Oct. 13, 2008. She was born Feb. 16, 1922 in Cale, to A.O. Daniell and Audie Hicks Daniell. Laoice was preceded in death by a brother, Guy Daniell; a sister, Clara Mae Carter and two half sisters, Lavern...

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