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Police seeking attempted abductor near DHS
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
Dyersburg police were searching Monday morning for an attempted carjacking suspect near Dyersburg High School. No police report was available at press time, but DPD Lt. Steve Isbell said a man - possibly a student - pulled a female student from her car on the DHS parking lot and entered the car. Quick action by fellow students prevented the would-be carjacker from escaping in the vehicle, Isbell said...
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Pouring out their hearts and pennies to those in need
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
With pails, ziploc bags, jars and a little red wagon overflowing, Sue Wakefield had to call in reinforcements. So, Newbern Elementary and Junior High School principal Skip Beardsley went after the school's red wheelbarrow. For the past week, the scene has been the same each day as the school's kindergarten through eighth-grade students shared their change left over from snack time and brought in donations from family, friends and neighbors. ...
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Barbecue fund-raiser assists new 501c3 ministry
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
If you've got hunger pains for barbecue, the doctor's coming to fill your prescription. World Famous Dr. Bar-B-Cue will be in Dyersburg starting at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 on the Wal-Mart parking lot. The Memphis barbecuer's appearance is cosponsored by Jimmy Dean Foods, Wal-Mart, Dr Pepper/Pepsi, Downtown and Lake Road Kroger locations, Coca-Cola Bottling, Tyson Foods in Union City, Refuge Temple Church and several individuals as a fund-raiser for Refuge Temple Outreach Ministries. ...
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county 2001 property tax bills in the mail
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
Dyer County's 2001 property tax bills are in the mail and those who choose to pay online will not have to pay a fee this year. "We've been working for several days to prepare the tax bills for mailing," said Dyer County Trustee Judy Patton. "If all goes well we should get them in the mail this afternoon (Friday)."...
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Big government is back . . .
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
The television and radio airwaves are flooded with political commentaries on the new era of big government certain to come in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. But two historians at Dyersburg State Community College say big government never really left us. All that has happened is the political rhetoric on the subject has faded as Americans recognized that only national agencies could find a solution to the current crisis...
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City Schools - Leave none behind
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
The idea of "leaving no child behind" is foremost on the mind of Judie Hickman, a key organizer of the fall intersession for the Dyersburg City School system. Hickman said there will be two strands for the October 15-19 program: remediation and enrichment. ...
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Perspectives on intersession
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
County Schools - Expanding Horizons The best reason for the enhanced calendar that the Dyer County School System currently follows is the fact that it offers more opportunities for learning, says Kaye Bane, county coordinator for fall intersession. "Intersession provides students with an educational stimulus. It can expand their horizons beyond what could be accomplished during regular classroom hours," Bane believes...
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Hastings moving in at Green Village
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
Looking for a good book for that tough-to-buy-for person on your Christmas list? How about the latest release from your favorite actress on DVD? Or that software that you haven't been able to find around town. Hastings may be just the place for you. The entertainment retailer is moving to the Green Village shopping center on the U.S. Highway 51 Bypass and a 15,000-square-foot store could be ready to occupy the former Save-A-Lot space in time for Christmas...
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Five Dyer County voting places to be consolidated into two
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
New election districts aren't the only changes some Dyer County voters will see when they go to the polls next August. The county election commission has voted unanimously to consolidate five current polling places because of low voter turnout and to save money. ...
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New Corps colonel conducts reconnaissance at Reelfoot
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
Col. Jack Scherer, the new district engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, plans to talk about Reelfoot Lake in Washington, D.C., this week. Reelfoot Lake is the subject of a $30.6 million plan that calls for a new spillway, a new water level management plan, circulation channels, a sediment retention basin and restoring a traditional waterfowl area. The measures are expected not only to restore the lake's health but also fix a potentially disastrous problem...
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State education funding a crisis, Herron says
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
There is no question that Tennessee is lagging behind most states in its annual investment in K-12 and higher education, State Sen. Roy Herron said Friday morning at a legislative coffee at the Lannom Center. And in the information age, that is a problem that can only result in more setbacks...
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Herron: Nashville has a credibility problem
(Local News ~ 10/01/01)
Nashville lawmakers and the Sundquist administration have a credibility problem when dealing with ways to come up with the revenue necessary to properly fund education, State Sen. Roy Herron said Friday morning. Herron, D-Dresden, firmly believes that failure to invest in education will lead the state to other problems. And he believes that some sort of tax reform is necessary...
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Nifty 50 for Trojan head coach
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
I remember on a rather warm summer afternoon in 1995 wandering into the industrial arts shop at Dyersburg High School. There were several Trojan football players lifting weights or jumping rope. This was long before the new athletic complex was built and long before there was a dedicated weightroom...
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Henry County stops DHS girls
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
Dyersburg's soccer team didn't win its rematch with visiting Henry County, but the effort could pay big dividends in the near future. After falling 8-1 to the Lady Patriots in early-season action, the Lady Trojans battled tough before dropping a 4-1 contest Saturday at Dyersburg Middle School. ...
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Trojans savor home playoff tilt
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
Dyersburg's 28-14 victory over archrival Haywood County did a lot of things for the Trojan football program. It marked head coach James Counce's 50th victory for Dyersburg. It lifted the Trojans to 3-0 in Region 7-4A and 5-1 overall. It also marked the fourth time in five attempts that a Dyersburg team has beaten the Tomcats, something that's never happened before...
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Counce gets 50th win as DHS skipper
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
When the final horn sounded at J.C. Sawyers Stadium Friday night, Dyersburg had just defeated Haywood County for the third time in four attempts. And when the team made its way out on to the field, DHS coach James Counce was doused with the cooler full of ice water. Not only had DHS clinched a home playoff berth in the first round, but Counce had earned his 50th career victory as the Trojan skipper...
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Trojans earn home playoff berth, Counce 50th DHS win.
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
There was nothing small about Dyersburg's Region 7-4A football victory over Haywood County Friday night. It was a big win, a 28-14 decision, over the Trojans' archrival. It had big playoff implications in that a win locked up homefield advantage for the first round of the playoffs...
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Long pass plays, critical turnover help DC to victory.
(High School Sports ~ 10/01/01)
BRIGHTON - Anyone attempting to describe Dyer County's Region 7-3A contest on the road Friday night could pick any one of numerous adjectives. Some perhaps more colorful than others. The main thing Choctaws head coach Lynn Garner had to say about his team's clash with Cardinals was to call it a win...
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Harold Borden
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Harold Borden, 72, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Wednesday, September 26, 2001 at Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital. He was a retired owner of a plumbing business and a veteran of the Army Air Corps. Services were at Colorado Springs Memorial Cemetery. ...
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Allen Jones Hodge
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Allen Jones Hodge, 79, of Concord, Calif., formerly of Louisville, Ky., died Wednesday, September 26, 2001 at Mount Diablo Medical Center in Concord, Calif. He was a retired BMC for the U.S. Navy, survivor of the Bataan Death March, a member of First Presbyterian Church in Concord and of the Fleet Reserve Association. ...
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Willie Staggs Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Willie Staggs Jr., 66, of Camden, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001 at Camden General Hospital. He was a factory worker and farmer. Services will be at 3 p.m. today at the First United Pentecostal Church in Ridgely with Brother David Henry officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely. ...
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Emma Taylor
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Emma Taylor, 85, of Newbern, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001 at Wesley of Dyersburg. She was a homemaker. Graveside services are today at 2 p.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Newbern with the Rev. Waymon Hogue officiating. The family will receive visitors at noon today at Johnson Funeral Home. ...
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Dorothy Davis
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Dorothy Davis, of Newbern, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001 at Royal Care Nursing Home in Ridgely. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Janis Paulette Foster
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Janis Paulette Foster, of Amarillo, Texas, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001 at Northwest Texas Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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David Jenkins
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
David Jenkins, of Dyersburg, died , Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Justin Kolwyck
(Obituary ~ 10/01/01)
Justin Kolwyck, son of Roger and Paula Kolwyck of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2001 at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Giving it 110 percent ... and then some
(Community News ~ 10/01/01)
With the shock of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks wearing off and people looking for ways to help, Jolene Peterman is in demand. As the American Red Cross' local chapter manager has been exceptionally busy for the last three weeks. A group gathering items for relief workers in New York City called her for advice and to see if she knew someone who could transport the boxes to the area where the World Trade Center used to stand...
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Kids Town expands for third McIver's Festival
(Community News ~ 10/01/01)
Rubber ducks floating in ponds, bean bag tosses, balloon sculpting, face painting, animals of all kinds and more will come together between two multi-colored block entrances to form Kids Town during the third annual McIver's Bluff Founders Day and Homecoming Oct. 13...
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Turners settling into new home
(Community News ~ 10/01/01)
Christmas has come three months early for Connie Turner and her family. After what seems like an endless wait, the Turner family was given the key to the new home, made possible by Northwest Tennessee Habitat for Humanity and the Dyersburg Noon Rotary Club, during a dedication ceremony Thursday night. ...
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an opportunity to express their creativity with a program
(Community News ~ 10/01/01)
The new patriotic fervor sweeping the U.S. allowed Finley Elementary School students and teachers an opportunity to express their creativity with a program held Friday afternoon called "United We Stand." Classes from kindergarten through fifth grade delighted parents with original skits, songs and essays that celebrated American heritage and traditions...
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