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Adult spelling bee goes 35 rounds before winner is crowned
(Local News ~ 03/14/02)
Nine intrepid spellers battled over 35 rounds Tuesday night before a winner emerged in the annual Matthew 25:40 Help-A-Spell adult spelling bee. In the end Marcia King of Dyersburg emerged victorious after spelling the word "innocuous" correctly in the 35th round...
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"Hawg" wild at DSCC
(Local News ~ 03/14/02)
Tina Morris, dean of continuing education at Dyersburg State, is one of the "new faces" of American motorcycle enthusiasts. Gone is the image of the unruly, unwashed, tattooed, hard drinking cyclist with a swastika on his helmet and miles of attitude etched into his face. That Hollywood icon has been replaced by an army of middle-aged professionals who cruise U.S. highways on their Honda Goldwings and a new generation of thrill seeking youth who crave off-road adventures and sports riding...
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Local man makes emergency landing on interstate
(Local News ~ 03/14/02)
Dr. William Lents of Newbern had the scare of his life Wednesday night on is return trip from the TSSAA Boys Basketball Tournament. Although the Choctaws easily handled Alcoa in the opening-round game, Lents' plane experienced engine problems on the return trip to Dyersburg and he was forced to land on Interstate 40 near Dickson...
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Path to new home strewn with stumbling blocks
(Local News ~ 03/14/02)
Mike and Miriam Inlow can only look at their new home and sigh. Although it sits on their property, they don't have the keys and they can't move in. The situation frustrates them. For the last two weeks, the family's belongings have been stuffed into an outbuilding and they've been living in a hotel room 10 miles away...
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Tardy for trial
(Local News ~ 03/14/02)
Three witnesses whose tardiness Wednesday forced the postponement of a murder trial were ordered taken into custody by Dyer County Circuit Judge Lee Moore. Moore had convened court at 9 a.m. for a jury trial of Brian Woods on a first-degree murder charge...
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Big man making big plays for DC
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/02)
MURFREESBORO - There were certainly a lot of big plays in Dyer County's 54-29 romp past Alcoa in the TSSAA boys state basketball tournament quarterfinal contest Wednesday night, but I didn't have any trouble picking a key sequence of events that helped vault the Choctaws into the semifinals...
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Tornadoes no match for Dyer County
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/02)
MURFREESBORO - After stumbling in the first round of last year's state basketball tournament, Dyer County's boys were determined to stay awhile the second time around. Alcoa proved to have little say in the matter. The Choctaws raced to a big lead and coasted into the semifinals of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Class AA event by blowing past the Tornadoes 54-29 in the nightcap Wednesday at Middle Tennessee State University. ...
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Tigers topple Pickett County
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/02)
MURFREESBORO - Usually thought of as unlucky, the number "13" proved to be quite favorable for Halls in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Class A boys state basketball tournament quarterfinal game Wednesday against Pickett County...
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Lera Treadway Bey
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Lera Treadway Bey, 44, of Gary, Ind., formerly of Ripley, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at Maryville Hospital in Chicago. She was a housewife. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Washington Street Church of God in Christ in Gary, Ind. Burial will be in the local cemetery of Gary, Ind. ...
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Mamie Joyce Dycus
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Mamie Joyce Dycus, 84, of Ridgely, died Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at Ridgely Rehabilitation & Care Center. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ridgely First Pentecostal Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. David Henry and the Rev. ...
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Vernon Chessor
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Vernon Chessor, 85, of North Judson, Ind., formerly of Samburg, died Thursday, March 14, 2002 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Carlton Edward 'Doc' Hutcheson
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Carlton Edward "Doc" Hutcheson, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home.
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Paul T. Stevens
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Paul T. Stevens, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home.
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Paul Sweat
(Obituary ~ 03/14/02)
Paul Sweat, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry and Son Funeral Home.
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Woodsman, spare that tree!
(Community News ~ 03/14/02)
Woodsman, spare that tree! Ashley Stewart and Hollie Wilson, second graders at First Presbyterian Christian School, stand inside the trunk of a massive red oak on the DSCC campus. Udell Holmes, owner of Holmes Tree Service, cut the hole into the hollow tree so he could study the interior as he worked to fell it. ...
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Art and International
(Community News ~ 03/14/02)
Three Oaks Middle School art and international studies students held an art exhibit for their parents on Tuesday. Art was collected throughout the school year by art instructor Karen Trybone and International Studies teacher Paula Jones. Sixth-grader Michael Gray shows his mother, Sandra, a freehand cartoon he drew of the character Dracula...
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