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Published Wednesday, November 1, 2000 in the Nevada County Picayune

A representative of the Texarkana Social Security office will be in Prescott at the courthouse October 26, November 30 and December 28.

Supplemental Security Income pays monthly checks to people who are aged, disabled or blind and who do not own much or have much income. SSI is not just for adults. Monthly checks can be paid to disabled and blind children. To find out if you are eligible call 1-800-772-1213.

PTP membership, sweatshirts and t-shirts are still on sale. The shirts have Curley Wolf Prescott School on them. Order forms have been sent home with students.

For more information about them call Roxie Reel at 887-1890.

To any woman who would like to get together with another woman to pray may get in touch with the local area contact person of Moms in Touch, Beth Ward, at 870-887-6376.

For the past three years the local schools have been covered in prayer by a group of moms who meet on Tuesdays at 1:45 at First Baptist Church to pray for one hour.

J. H. Prescott, who attended Emmet Elementary School for his first four school years, is seeking pictures of the old Emmet school between the years of 1922-1925. If you have pictures send copies to J.H Prescott, P.O. Box 128, Rice, VA 23966.

You are invited to attend a ribbon-cutting and open house for Copies Plus Wednesday, November 1, at 10 a.m. The new business is located at 218 West Second South. The business is located in the same building as Sew Fine. The Chamber of Commerce encourages everyone to attend the ribbon-cutting and to welcome this new business to town.

There will be a ladies' retreat from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 4, at Rosston Baptist Church, featuring Sue Husser from Laurel, Miss.

Thee will be a silent auction, door prizes and lunch will be served. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information call 870-685-2938.

Diabetic education will have its next meeting Thursday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Extension Homemakers kitchen at the Clark County Fairgrounds, one mile south of Arkadelphia on Highway 67.

The meeting is about artificial sweeteners with the speaker being Rosemary Rodibaugh, food and nutrition specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of Arkansas.

The meeting will be sponsored by AllCare Pharmacy and Nevada County Cooperative Extension.

If anyone needs transportation from Prescott meet at the extension office between 1:00 and 1:15.

Southwest Arkansas Youth Council will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Hope in the student center upstairs conference room at UACCH.

All interested individuals are invited to attend. Respond by calling Gina Fredericka at 870-234-4030.

The Emmet School board will have its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, Nov. 6, at 7:00 in room 4.

The agenda will include elementary and high school principals' reports, superintendent's report and personnel matters.

The Nevada and Hempstead County Extension Service offices will sponsor a bull soundness evaluation clinic at Powell-Perry Veterinary Clinic in Hope from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6.

Bulls will be frame scored, de-wormed and semen tested. The total charge for the clinic is $25 per bull.

Steve and Angela Gammage of Gurdon proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Tori Alexis, born Saturday, October 21, 2000, at Baptist Medical Center in Arkadelphia.

Weighing six pounds and three ounces, Tori Alexis is welcomed home by sisters, Brittany and Kelsey. She was 18= inches long. Grandparents are Harold and Helen Pate of Bismarck, Mike and Frances Gammage of Gurdon, Debbie Pate of Prescott and Krystel White Cloud of Hot Springs. Great grandparents are Clyde and Maxine Covington of Prescott.


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