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Watkins resigns as Lake County general sessions judge
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
Lake County General Sessions Judge James L. Watkins has are resigned his position, effective May 14, County Executive Macie Roberson said Monday. "His resignation letter just said he was resigning for health reasons," Roberson said. "His resignation is effective on May 14." Roberson said the letter is three lines long and says by resigning now (May 1) the Lake County Election Commission will be able to place the position on the Aug. 1 ballot...
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County board adopts change in hearing notice wait
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
Dyer Countians seeking zoning changes or variances will have to wait shorter times for the answers to their requests from now on. The county commission Monday night voted unanimously to change the time required for advertising public hearings from 30 days to 15 days. Commissioners Jimmy Hendren and Larry Maupin did not attend the meeting...
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I-69: A fight for limited dollars
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
"We are going to have to fight for every dollar we can get!" That was the impression Dyersburg Mayor Bill Revell got following last week's trip to Washington, D.C., with the I-69 Coalition. Revell said there is a general consensus in the nation's capital that a North-South corridor from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is important, but revenues to make it a reality are limited. ...
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New MRI arrives at Methodist hospital
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
Bitter cold temperatures and a wintry wind somehow seemed appropriate Monday for Dr. Mark Legan. "This is like Christmas to me," he said, shivering with his arms folded across his chest. He was standing behind Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital, watching as crews unloaded the hospital's new $1.2 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit...
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Double whammy
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
Should the proposed DOGS or "no new taxes" budget become a reality in Tennessee, the Dyer County and Dyersburg City school systems would not only lose about $3.1 million in state funds, they would also have several hundred thousand federal dollars pulled from their budgets...
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Police
(Local News ~ 05/14/02)
Jim Hampton, right, senior vice president at Security Bank, presents a check to Dyersburg police officers Jarrod Webb and Billy Buck. The Fraternal Order of Police is purchasing four new bicycles for the DPD bike patrol with the assistance of businesses and individuals in the community. ...
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The Lady Choctaws faced strong opposition
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/02)
The Lady Choctaws faced strong opposition against The Lady Cardinals of Brighton in 13-AA tournament action Monday evening. DCHS took a 3-2 loss against Brighton, which ends their season at 16-9. Dyer County's Emily Mayfield's run put the Choctaws up 2-0 in the third inning. Suzanne Seat depended on her speed to get her share of stolen bases. Seat's taking of third set her up for scoring the first run of the game in the third inning...
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Kathy Stafford
(Obituary ~ 05/14/02)
Kathy Stafford, of Halls, died Saturday, May 11, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital.
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Crossville, Tennessee: A nature lover's paradise
(Outdoors ~ 05/14/02)
I recently was privileged to visit our neighbors in East Tennessee. The event I attended was the Tennessee Outdoor Writers Annual Convention, which was held at Cumberland State Park, in Crossville. The scenery there is breathtaking and if you enjoy the outdoors as I do, you need to make the trip. Cumberland Mountain State Park...
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They made her dream come true
(Community News ~ 05/14/02)
There was a time when weekends for Jessie Anderson meant taking a car trip to Reelfoot Lake so her husband could fish. So, when Oakwood Community Living Center activity director Patricia Sanders asked Anderson what her dream was, the answer was easy. "She said, 'Honey, there's just one thing I'd like to do ... Go to Reelfoot Lake like my husband and I used to do,'" Sanders recalled...
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From Nickajack to Natchez
(History ~ 05/14/02)
It was the fall of 1812 and the aftershocks of the New Madrid Quake had just began to subside when the newspaper headlines began to reflect the growing problem with Great Britain. A new war with our old adversary would put Tennessee in the national spotlight and make Andrew Jackson a household name, but it would also secure the fame of others under his command, including Robert Henry Dyer. ...
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Random Notes May 15th
(Column ~ 05/14/02)
This week is a nationwide tribute to teachers - a duty, not job - that I am familiar with. Mom was an English teacher and I am married to an English teacher. Don' t think don't I catch it when I split a participle in this column. "Honey, you know better than that."...
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