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Breedlove challenges school board vote on Northview
(Local News ~ 06/27/02)
County school board member Dick Breedlove formally challenged Tuesday night's vote by the county school board to delay the opening of the proposed Northview Middle School in Newbern for a year. Breedlove, who was absent from the meeting due to a prior family commitment, protested that this was a called meeting of the board and, as such, the agenda should have specifically stated a vote was going to be made on a major issue...
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Cotton Bloom
(Local News ~ 06/27/02)
Five-year-old Steven Spiers of Richwoods holds the first cotton blooms brought to the State Gazette office. The blooms came from the Chic farm of his grandfather, Joe Smith. Smith said he planted the 60 acres of cotton on April 15, lost about 10 acres of it to seep water during the May flooding and discovered the blooms Tuesday...
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Ad mixup not a scam
(Local News ~ 06/27/02)
What initially appeared to be a scam where several businesses paid for advertising that was never delivered turned out to be a complex combination of good intentions and bad luck. As reported in Tuesday's State Gazette, several area businesses paid up to $100 to Robbins Consulting, of Newbern, for advertising that never materialized...
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Frist bill seeks to end national vaccine shortage
(Local News ~ 06/27/02)
Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist thinks a critical national shortage of vaccines to prevent childhood diseases places the nation's children in danger. "This shortage is really inexcusable," Frist, R-Nashville, said Wednesday during a statewide teleconference with print journalists. "The longer this shortage continues, the more vulnerable our children will become."...
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DHS standout earns high praise in Shrine All-Star Classic
(High School Sports ~ 06/27/02)
In January, on the day Orentheus Taylor signed a letter of intent to play football at the University of Tennessee-Martin, Dyersburg High School head football coach James Counce had a prediction. "I think his best football is ahead of him," Counce said of Taylor, a standout who made an impact on both sides of the ball at DHS...
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Kurt Eric Ostrom
(Obituary ~ 06/27/02)
Kurt Eric Ostrom, 36, of Newbern, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a supervisor for Quebecor World.
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Wayne Permenter
(Obituary ~ 06/27/02)
Wayne Permenter, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at his residence.
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Little bit of Heaven - Trout fishing the White River in Arkansas.
(Outdoors ~ 06/27/02)
Crystal clear rivers, world class trout, and good folks round out a fishing trip to the White River in Cotter, Arkansas. Veteran sportsman, Ken White, of Trenton, Tennessee came to the Woods and Water office fresh from a recent trip to the White River this June. ...
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'We've got missions right here at home'
(Community News ~ 06/27/02)
The excitement showed on her face as Carolyn Permenter put the saw to wood. "Let me show you how it's done," said Lewis Norman, immediate past president of Northwest Tennessee Habitat for Humanity, taking the power saw's handle and showing her how to turn it on before touching the wood...
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Which fork's which?
(Community News ~ 06/27/02)
Have you ever been at a restaurant and didn't know which fork to use? Have you ever had someone special coming to dinner and wanted the table set just right? Members of the Dyersburg Mall Kids Club learned not only which fork goes with which course but also how to set the table appropriately when they met Tuesday...
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Red Cross offers baby sitter training
(Community News ~ 06/27/02)
Twelve-year-old Rashad Taylor struggled to pick up the baby doll in front of him. He tried to keep the doll's back, neck and head supported, but the doll spun around and ended up upside down. It had looked so simple when instructor Deborrah Pugh swept the doll into her arms. Taylor tried again and found success...
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"A River of Blood"
(History ~ 06/27/02)
The battle of Horseshoe Bend started in earnest when friendly Indian troops and Coffee's Tennesseans began to pour across the Tallapoosa River. The raiding party quickly set fire to the village in the low area near the river and captured many of the women and children. ...
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Random Notes June 25
(Column ~ 06/27/02)
It's been three generations since the end of the Second World War, and those men who helped fight the dark forces are dying as each day passes. The youngest of them are in their 80s, but memories of the battles for freedom that took place across Europe, Africa and the Pacific remain fresh...
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