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Lake Road construction doesn't stop Mission March
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
Participants in Saturday's 11th annual Mission March will have a special honor. They'll be the first to officially (and legally) use the extended section of Lake Road. While the Rev. Jerry Edmundson, executive director of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Union Mission, was afraid the construction extending the road to Cedar Street would alter this year's course, it will only bring a few changes. ...
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COPS
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
Trio charged in kidnapping, robberies Kidnapping, robbery and weapons charges have been filed against three persons accused in two separate robberies early Saturday morning. Roosevelt "President" Taylor, 24, of Ripley; Sammy Henson, 18, of Halls; and a 17-year-old Halls boy were all charged with one count of aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated robbery. Taylor and the juvenile also were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon...
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Deputies on 24-hour duty guarding murder suspect
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
The Dyer County Sheriff's Department is posting guards around the clock at the intensive care ward where triple-murder suspect Jamie Bailey is being treated at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Sheriff Jeff Holt said the cost "is certainly eating away at our overtime budget, that's for sure," but is hopeful the duty will end soon. ...
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First Christian to begin life in a new home
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
The last two years have been a growing experience for members of First Christian Church. And while that growth is on-going, a new chapter will be celebrated on Sunday when the church holds its first services at its new location, 1200 Community Park Road in Dyersburg...
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County/City compromise over gym use
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
Basketball and ever-tightening local budgets were at the heart of wrangling between the city and county over fees for the use of the old Dyer County Central Elementary School gymnasium. In a Friday meeting of city and county officials, James E. Johnson, director of Parks and Recreation, said he had received a request from the Dyer County Office on Aging, which acts as manager for the building, that the Future City basketball league pay $8,500 for use of the facility. ...
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The economics of terrorism
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
If the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 were intended to undermine the American economy, it would, at first glance, appear they were successful. The DOW Industrials tumbled by more than 1,300 points in a single week. The U.S. government was forced to spend $50 billion to bail out airline companies teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Large national corporations issued announcement after announcement of employee layoffs that further eroded consumer confidence...
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She didn't give up
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
Don't tell Laverne Hannah there isn't anything she can't do. She'll gladly prove you wrong. She's survived cancer. She has crippling arthritis. And two years ago, Hannah, now 73, came to the brink of death when she suffered renal and congestive heart failure. The complications have left her bedridden and dependent on an oxygen tank...
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McIver's Bluff festival floats into history
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
Rain, lightning and a tornado watch brought an early end to the McIver's Bluff Founders Day and Homecoming festival Saturday. "We had to call off all of the entertainment," Joanne Higgins, Downtown Development director, said. "If it were a gentle rain and no electrical storm, we might have persevered."...
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Terrorism war to derail balanced budget: Tanner
(Local News ~ 10/15/01)
America's war on terrorism is likely to derail efforts to balance the federal budget for up to two years, Congressman John Tanner said last week. "We always had an escape clause," Tanner, D-Union City, said by phone from his Washington office. "The balanced-budget amendment even said 'save in time of war'."...
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Despite loss, Dye's effort a boost to Dyersburg team
(High School Sports ~ 10/15/01)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Warming up before Friday night's game, Dyersburg quarterback Josh Dye was in obvious pain. After suffering a bruised shoulder Oct. 5 at Ripley, the senior signalcaller wore a sling on his right arm most of the week and wasn't expected to play when the Trojans made the trip across the Mississippi River to meet the New Madrid County Central Eagles. ...
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Eagles run past visiting Trojans
(High School Sports ~ 10/15/01)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Dyersburg head coach James Counce knew his team would have to play well against a highly-regarded opponent on the road Friday night to be keep the football game competitive. When it didn't, he wasn't surprised by the ugly outcome. ...
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Better to be the windshield
(High School Sports ~ 10/15/01)
A couple of years ago, a colleague once wrote of the UTM-Vanderbilt men's basketball game at Nashville in 1993: "Sometimes you are the bug, and sometimes you are the windshield." Maybe Dyer County can identify with that notion just a bit. The Choctaws ran into a pretty solid windshield against an improving Obion Central team at Troy. ...
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Lady Trojans take historic soccer steps
(High School Sports ~ 10/15/01)
Tuesday night, the Dyersburg Lady Trojan soccer team will be taking some historic steps on the Dyersburg Middle School field. At 7 p.m., DHS will host Bartlett in the first round of the Region 7AAA tournament. This has been a season of firsts for DHS. ...
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Red-hot Rebs torch DC 30-2
(High School Sports ~ 10/15/01)
TROY - Curses, foiled again by those, um, darned Rebels. For the second week in a row, Dyer County has suffered the wrath of a Rebel squad. Last week, McKenzie topped DC 26-21 in a rainstorm. Last Friday night, the Dyer County suffered a 30-2 loss to a red-hot, homestanding Obion Central team, muddling the Choctaws post-season plans a bit. ...
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His music is a ministry
(Community News ~ 10/15/01)
When he was growing up in rural Missouri David Willard sure he was going to be a farmer. "I had every intention of being a farmer," the minister of music at Dyersburg's First Baptist Church said during a recent interview. "My two brothers and I did the bulk of the farming, especially because our father worked off the farm." His brother, Paul, now an auto mechanic, took care of keeping the farm machinery running and David took care of the animals...
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West Tennessee Healthplex slates open house; Sports Plus, MedSouth Diagnostic Center welcome public
(Community News ~ 10/15/01)
Comfortably settled into their new quarters, the MedSouth Diagnostic Center and Sports Plus Rehab Centers are now ready to show off. They plan to hold an open house 4-6:30 p.m. Thursday. The businesses share the West Tennessee Healthplex, the building at the corner of Woodlawn Avenue and Wilkerson Drive formerly occupied by MedSouth Healthcare. The 14,000-square-foot building was gutted and redesigned...
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Manners can be fun!
(Community News ~ 10/15/01)
It is a common complaint among parents today: Kids just don't practice enough common courtesy and good table manners. Organizers of this year's Leap 2001 and Saturday Scholars program decided to address that problem by holding a class called Eti-Kids at Dyersburg State Community College. ...
Stories from Monday, October 15, 2001
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