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Career Fair focuses on the positive
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
"The future is bright, and there is a wonderful world to explore." Against the backdrop of terrorist attacks and a souring U.S. economic picture, Dr. Karen Bowyer president of Dyersburg State Community College, opened the Tri-County Career Fair with words of much-needed optimism for area 8th and 10th graders...
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A future in education
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
Miley Durham is an educator with a message he believes is critical for American youth today. It goes like this: "A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the kind of clothes I wore; but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." He had that message printed on flyers and handed them out on Wednesday and Thursday to any student who would take one during the Tri-County Career Fair held at Dyersburg State Community College. ...
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Tennessee fugitive arrested at border crossing
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man who has been one of Tennessee's most wanted fugitives since April 2000 was arrested Wednesday while trying to enter the United States from Mexico, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. Felipe D. Hernandez-Castillo, 26, provided a false name to Immigration and Naturalization Service border agents in New Mexico. ...
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Lack of plat may hamper auction of 44 lots of Chickasaw Bluff development
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
One phase of a local development scheduled for auction has not been approved for sale by the county planning commission. Once hailed as Dyer County's next prestige residential development, the remaining 44 lots of Chickasaw Bluff are scheduled to be auctioned at noon Saturday, Oct. 13...
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City man charged in Union City shooting
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
A Dyersburg man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a shooting in Union City last week. Donald Wesley Jr., 20, of Fair Street, was arrested Wednesday at 1403 Price St. after a brief foot chase with Dyersburg police officers. He is charged with shooting Terry Scates in Union City on Sept. 20...
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Local group joins statewide effort to boost regulation of aerial pesticide spraying
(Local News ~ 09/27/01)
Charlie Rodgers of Friendship hates to see crop dusters near his home. They remind him of what happened a year ago. He was mowing his lawn when a crop duster flew overhead. Instantly, he was covered with what he believed was malathion, delivered from from the West Tennessee boll weevil eradication program...
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DHS girls the SEC and picks
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
There are a lot of noteworthy items to discuss this week in the world of sports. First of all, what a feat it was for Dyersburg's girls' soccer team to claim the top seed in the District 13AAA tournament and the automatic berth in the regional tournament coming up next month...
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Trojan golfers win three-way
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
Dyersburg's golf team completed an impressive sweep of a pair of Jackson schools Tuesday at the Farms of Dyersburg. The Trojans fired a 153 to beat North Side (162) and Central-Merry (178). Blake Dunagan scored a 36 to lead the Trojans. Trey McNeil fired a 37 and Josh Kraus joined Jon Jackson in scoring 40. Josh Walden carded a 41 and Langdon Dement 45...
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BACK AT 'CHA
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
It took a hustling effort and an accurate shot for Dyersburg's Megan Crouch to send this volley back across the net during Tuesday evening's District 13-AAA action at Jackson Central-Merry. Crouch and her Lady Trojans teammates suffered a heartbreaking, 20-18 loss in the opening game of the match, then fell 15-0 in the second set. Dyersburg will try to get back in the win column today when it travels to Jackson North Side...
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DHS pair nominated for honor
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
A pair of Dyersburg High School soccer standouts, one graduated, one returning, were nominated for All-South/ All-American honors by the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association. John Jowers, an all-stater from DHS last season and Desmond Owusu, a senior this year on the Trojan squad, which will begin action this spring, were listed as nominees for the All-South All-American honors among 55 other players from 26 schools across Tennessee...
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DHS soccer girls focus on remaining games
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
With the top seeding in District 13AAA and automatic bid to the regional tournament already locked up, the emphasis for the Dyersburg girls' soccer team will be to remain on task. The Lady Trojans have three big games, upcoming, including a twinbill this afternoon with Martin-Westview. The DHS girls' JV team will open at 5:30. The varsity match is 7 p.m. at Dyersburg Middle School...
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Dyersburg sophomore Michelle Freeman, seeing extended playing time
(High School Sports ~ 09/27/01)
Dyersburg sophomore Michelle Freeman, seeing extended playing time after being sidelined by a nagging injury, gets in the way of JCM players during Tuesday's historic soccer game. DHS beat JCM 3-2 for the first time in history and earned the top seed in next month's 13AAA tournament...
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Joe Lynn Hinson
(Obituary ~ 09/27/01)
Joe Lynn Hinson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Calvary Hill Baptist Church in Dyersburg. Survivors include his wife, Janet Hinson of Salt Lake City, Utah; a daughter, Joy Christensen of Salt Lake City; two sisters, Shirley Mitchell of Dyersburg and Penny Young of Parsons; two brothers, Jerry Don Hinson and Bobby Hinson, both of Dyersburg; and a granddaughter, Natasha Christensen of Salt Lake City. ...
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Ada Faye Cook
(Obituary ~ 09/27/01)
Ada Faye Cook, 64, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home. She was a professional sitter and a member of Bogota Baptist Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. ...
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