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GETTING READY FOR THE PARADE:
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
There's still time to become part of the 51st annual Dyersburg Christmas parade. These elves at Huish Detergents, from left, Stone Keeling, Allen Rice, Bobby Burkeen, Linneé Goodman, Peggy Scott and Debby Forster, along with Bill Armstrong and Sammy Reed (not pictured), have been busy preparing their float titled 'Santa's Workshop: Making Dreams Come True.' Float applications will be taken until Nov. ...
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Low taxes aren't worth lagging in education: Herron
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Being next-to-last in per capita spending for taxes is nice, State Sen. Roy Herron said Thursday. But it's not worth being last in education. "I'm proud that we're 50th in the country in per capita taxes," Herron, D-Dresden, told members of the Dyersburg Noon Rotary Club. "But I'm not sure it's worth being 51st in education."...
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Moratorium on Internet sales taxes costs state $191 million this year: UT study
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
President George W. Bush's intention to sign an extension of a moratorium on collecting Internet sales taxes will cost Tennessee $191 million this year, a University of Tennessee study shows. A voice vote in the Senate on Thursday renewed the tax ban that was enacted three years ago but expired Oct. 21...
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Halls nears final cut for massive food-processing plant
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
An attempt by Halls and Lauderdale County officials to lure a firm interested in locating a reported $650-million food processing plant at the Arnold Air Field was boosted in recent days by contributions to the effort by local banks and governing bodies...
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Dyersburg Community Orchestra invites you to take a musical trip to New York tomorrow
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Start spreadin' the news. The Dyersburg Community Orchestra wants you to be a part of it. Its annual fall concert, "Salute to the Big Apple," begins at 8 p.m. Monday in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Dyersburg. There is no admission charge. ...
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Celebration of Life is Tuesday
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
The holiday season can be especially difficult for parents who have lost a child. To help parents, other relatives and friends through those days, a community-wide, nondenominational Celebration of Life service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Parr Avenue in Dyersburg...
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Questionable Gateway Test policy adopted
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
The Dyer County Board of Education on Thursday approved the end-of-course Gateway testing policy requested by Nashville legislators, but not without the reservation that it poses a Catch-22 for many special education students. The new policy reads, "Results of individual student performance from all administered end-of-course tests, including the three Gateway Tests, shall count as 15 percent of the student's grade in the semester in which the test was administered. ...
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Chimes for Charity auction comes to a close today
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
A catered barbecue party for 20 and a wedding dress and veil are among the items to be featured during the final day of the Chimes for Charity auction. The auction concludes 2-6 p.m. today on radio station WTRO and CableOne Channel 4. The annual Chimes auction is the Dyersburg Jaycees' only fund-raiser for the year. ...
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Seven sentenced on drug charges
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Seven people charged with drug crimes pleaded guilty and were sentenced last week in Dyer County Circuit Court. They are: * James R. Gates, 42, no address available, pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to a charge of sale of more than .5 gram of cocaine and was sentenced to serve one year in the Dyer County Jail and seven years of community corrections (house arrest) and to pay a $2,000 fine...
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City tax receipts rise in October
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
Mayor Bill Revell said Friday that sales tax revenues for the month of October were up by about 13 percent compared to the same month last year, reversing a downward trend that has held sway for much of the year. Revell explained that he has been tracking the monthly tax revenue reports, and they have regularly dropped below last year's figures in a range between seven and 11 percent...
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City hoping to collect on DB Fabrics back taxes
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
The City of Dyersburg is doing its best not to become a victim of the Dyersburg Fabrics bankruptcy. According to City Recorder Gleyn Twilla, so far, so good. "We are trying to collect the personal property and real estate property taxes for the last two tax years totaling $350,000. ...
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'Christmas Is ...'
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
What is Christmas to you? That answer will show itself in many forms Nov. 29 when the Newbern Rotary Club hosts the annual Newbern Christmas parade, themed "Christmas Is ...," at 7 p.m. Applications for entries will be taken until noon on parade day. Floats will be judged in three categories -- commercial/business/industrial, religious and civic...
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Mt. Vernon Baptist dramatizes religious persecution
(Local News ~ 11/19/01)
More than three months ago, two Americans, four Germans, two Australians and 16 Afghans were arrested on charges of attempting to convert Muslim Afghans to Christianity. While that ordeal of being held in a Taliban jail for weeks without contact with the outside world has ended for Heather Mercer, Dayna Curry and the others, there are many in the world who are still persecuted in some way for trying to tell others about Jesus Christ...
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Absence would be improvement
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/01)
If you are either a Tennessee fan or a Kentucky fan during yesterday's football game, you have to be both elated and disappointed. For Tennessee, fans must be elated the Vols escaped with a 38-35 victory. Yet they must be disappointed with the team's performance. Conversely, if you are a Kentucky fan, you must be elated with the Wildcat's performance, yet disappointed in the loss...
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DMS, Lake County split games
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/01)
Dyersburg and Lake County split a pair of middle school games last week. The Trojans won their game while the Lady Falcons rolled to a big WTAC victory. Dyersburg 64, Lake Co. boys 47 Lamar Jones scored 16 points and helped lead Dyersburg past Lake County in a shootout. ...
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Choctaws take pair from Halls
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/01)
Dyer County's boys discovered some unexpected news Saturday morning. A regional publication picked the Choctaws to win the Class 2A state title this year. Perhaps that wasn't the best thing for the Tribe to read when they were just trying to negotiate through an athletic Halls team. DC looked a bit impatient at times, but played well enough to hold of the pesky Tigers 31-25...
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Trojans, Choctaws tip off basketball DHS sweeps Obion Central in jamboree
(High School Sports ~ 11/19/01)
Typical for this time of year, there are a lot of mistakes, there is a lot of adrenaline and a lot of jitters. But that's what the pre-season basketball jamboree is for. Saturday night, Dyersburg's girls and boys tried to shake off the rust and calm some jitters as they took on Obion Central in the last pairing of the six-team Fourth Annual Burger King Basketball Jamboree...
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Sarah McElrath
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Sarah McElrath, 91, died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001 at Wesley Nursing Home in Dyersburg.
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Tom "Red" Parmenter
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Tom "Red" Parmenter, 72, of New Tazwell, formerly of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001 at Claiborne County Hospital in New Tazwell. He was a salesman for 35 years with AM Bowen Lumber Company, Forcum-Lannom and Riggs Supply and a member of the Church of Christ...
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Joyce A. Riddick
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Joyce A. Riddick, 64, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker.
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Velma Louise Rone
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Velma Louise Rone, 93, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Oakwood Manor. She was a retired cafeteria manager for Jennie Walker School and a member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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Linda Sue Avery
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Linda Sue Avery, 51, of Dyersburg, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a former employee of Roland in Ridgely, a certified nursing assistant at Dyersburg Manor and a volunteer with the American Red Cross.
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Mamie Cooper
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Mamie Cooper, 98, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001 at Oakwood Manor in Dyersburg.
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Grover 'Gene' Espey
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Grover "Gene" Espey, 71, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. He was a professional salesman, a Southern Baptist, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, a Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Ripley...
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Robert Hedgepath
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Robert Hedgepath, 71, of Tiptonville, died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001 at Royal Care of Ridgely. He was a retired employee of Fisher Body Company of St. Louis and retired farmer and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
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Richard C. Huckaba Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Richard C. Huckaba Jr., 72, of Richmond, Ind., died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. He was a retired manager of radio stations WHON and WQLK in Richmond. He started his 44-year radio career in his hometown of Dyersburg. He also worked at WKDA and WKDF in Nashville from 1956 to 1970, spending part of that time as manager. He retired in 1983...
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William R. 'Bud' Litton
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
William R. "Bud" Litton, 86, of Trimble, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired school bus driver for the Dyer County school system and a member of Trimble First Baptist Church, a 52-year member of the American Legion and a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II...
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Lucille Martin
(Obituary ~ 11/19/01)
Lucille Martin, 88, of Newbern, died Friday, Nov. 16, 2001, at Ford Sanders-Sevier Medical Center in Sevierville. She was a homemaker.
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The road less traveled
(Community News ~ 11/19/01)
Wendell West calls himself a spectator and is quick to give others the credit for his achievements. One of his cherished possessions is a paper weight given him several years ago by a local bank that has engraved on it "There's no limit to what can be done if it doesn't matter who gets the credit."...
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A day of Thanksgiving at DHS
(Community News ~ 11/19/01)
"It is the very best meal we have at the high school all year long," said one Dyersburg High School student as he sat among the serried rows of cafeteria tables covered in orange paper and decorated with seasonal placemats and napkins. DHS hosted its 8th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Friday. Nearly 1,000 of the school's total 1,040 students participated in the traditional meal of turkey and gravy, dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, rolls and desserts...
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Mission becomes part of the Great Thanksgiving Banquet
(Community News ~ 11/19/01)
Imagine a Thanksgiving table that spans the country from coast to coast. Hard to imagine? Then bring it down to a smaller scale by thinking about the Dyersburg-Dyer County Union Mission. Tomorrow and Tuesday, Mission volunteers and staff will provide a Thanksgiving meal for 70 families, approximately 120 people. That is just part of the Great Thanksgiving Banquet that is going on this week. This is the third annual banquet sponsored by the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions...
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Open for the holidays
(Community News ~ 11/19/01)
This is the second of five articles highlighting the Dyersburg Woman's Club's Christmas Pilgrimage of Homes. When the holiday season comes, Dave and Pam Dahl have always enjoyed decorating their home and inviting a few friends over to celebrate. This year, that invitation will include a few more people than usual. ...
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Taste of Dyer County raises $1,000
(Community News ~ 11/19/01)
An intriguing tree made of cored pineapples and unusual looking chips lured people to one booth at the Taste of Dyer County on Saturday. They returned for more samples of prawn chips and tropical relish as well as Swedish style spare ribs created by Sandy Sykes and Ashley Wheeler of Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital...
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