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The Vision continues
(Local News ~ 04/02/02)
More than a year ago, Dyer Countians began coming together to create a vision for the future of their community. While it may seem to many that nothing is happening with that vision, much work is happening behind the scenes. Vision XXI committee chairmen met last week to update each other on where the vision for Dyer County stands. ...
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State to upgrade county's railroad crossings
(Local News ~ 04/02/02)
Anyone qualifying to drive a school bus in Dyer County will hear lectures from the first day of training on the proper procedures for crossing railroad tracks in Dyer County. While there has never been an accident involving a train and school bus in Dyer County, it still heads the list of recurring nightmares for Dyer County Director of Transportation Kris Kent. ...
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City board
(Local News ~ 04/02/02)
Dyersburg's Board of Mayor and Aldermen placed 11 streets on a priority list for paving in 2002. While the Streets Committee reported it received a list of 28 streets in need of repair, there simply isn't enough cash in the budget to handle them all...
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School board approves extra holiday, tenure, additional staff
(Local News ~ 04/02/02)
The Dyersburg School Board on Monday night approved an extra holiday for city school students on May 10. City school superintendent Lloyd Ramer told the board that two snow days had been built into the calendar and only one of those has been used. The extra holiday falls on a Friday to give children and staff a long weekend...
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Turkey Tactics 101
(Outdoors ~ 04/02/02)
No, this isn't an entry-level course in animal biology. Today's article is in response to many of our readers requesting information on how to be more successful turkey hunters. By no means am I qualified to teach this course. Harold Knight, who many believe to be one of the world's foremost experts on turkey and turkey hunting, once told me that, "No mere mortal should be considered an expert on turkey hunting. ...
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Spanish intrigue and The Nickajack Campaign
(History ~ 04/02/02)
Though the Chickasaws still controlled Western Tennessee and Kentucky, the Spanish were keeping a close eye on the bluff and the Americans. In March, Pedro Rousseau, of the Spanish River Squadron, landed on the bluff and surveyed a possible site for a fort. Another officer passed by a short time later on his way to New Madrid and made reference to the site...
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Perkins joins Kicks Butts Day observance; restaurant to be smoke-free on Wednesday
(Community News ~ 04/02/02)
The aroma of fresh-baked goodies should be especially tempting at Perkins Restaurant and Bakery on Wednesday. The restaurant is going smoke-free in observance of Kick Butts Day, a national initiative that encourages people to give up tobacco for the day or for life. ...
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Public Health Week salutes warriors against disease
(Community News ~ 04/02/02)
Public health officials were thrust into the spotlight with the anthrax scare, but they've been battling disease, poor health and premature death for decades. They are community health heroes. That happens to be the theme for National Public Health Week, which is being observed this week...
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Health department urges women to give babies a 'Great Start'
(Community News ~ 04/02/02)
Jennifer Smith of Dyersburg is trying to quit smoking, and now she has another reason to do so. She's pregnant. Scientific studies have shown that smoking during pregnancy affects not only the mother's health but also the baby's. The risks include miscarriage, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), premature delivery, low birth weight and growth retardation, still birth and infant mortality, according to the American Legacy Foundation, a public health foundation created during the 1998 tobacco settlement. ...
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Random Notes April 3
(Column ~ 04/02/02)
To see it is to understand even less why the Holy Land is racked with violence The ongoing strife in Israel is sickening - the suicide bombers in busy shopping centers, during Passover, on roads in Israel and the Palestinian territory. It's a terrible loss of life and wrenching to think of the people on both sides who are suffering from the violence. ...
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