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Looking for a few good bus drivers
(Local News ~ 08/15/02)
The Dyersburg-Dyer County Transportation Department of the local school system is looking for a few good men and women to be drivers-in-training for buses. While the roster of full-time drivers is filled at present, Kris Kent, director of transportation, says there is room for at least two additional substitute drivers who can be called in when someone is out on sick leave...
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Guard units may face mobilization
(Local News ~ 08/15/02)
Tennessee Army National Guard units in Memphis and Covington may be mobilized in the coming weeks, said state adjutant general Major General Gus Hargett. The unit, with detachments in both cities, is the 3rd Battalion, 115th Field Artillery. Hargett said the unit has been identified for possible mobilization in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle...
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Wife of congressman appointed to parole board
(Local News ~ 08/15/02)
The wife of an East Tennessee congressman was appointed to fill the vacant position on the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole formerly located in Dyersburg. Lynn Duncan, the wife of U.S. Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr., a Knoxville Republican, was appointed July 25 to the $63,000-a-year post. The appointment has never been publicly announced...
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Boat, four-wheeler theft draws two-year prison sentence
(Local News ~ 08/15/02)
A Dyersburg man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to stealing a boat and a four-wheeler and was sentenced to serve two years in prison. David Pollock, 20, of 406 Miller St., pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of property worth more than $1,000...
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Local girl bowls 'em over in state tourney
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/02)
The future of bowling is alive and well and living here in Dyersburg. Seven-year-old Halli Reasons recently captured second place in the Tennessee Top 5 tournament held in June in Nashville. Halli was the top qualifier from this area, compiling an average of 91 in her second year bowling in the Saturday morning Sharpshooters league at JC Bel-Aire Lanes -- a league traditionally reserved for youth bowlers ages 10-12...
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Wayne Bearden
(Obituary ~ 08/15/02)
Wayne Bearden, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at Ridgely Nursing Care and Rehab. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Doug Rice
(Obituary ~ 08/15/02)
Doug Rice, of Newbern, died Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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Nolan W. Johnston
(Obituary ~ 08/15/02)
Nolan W. Johnston, 91, of Nashville, formerly of Wynnburg, died Monday, August 12, 2002 at Alive Hospice Center in Nashville. She was a retired postmaster of Wynnburg Post Office for 46 years, a member of Burrus Chapel Church of Christ and a member of the National League of Postmasters, where she served as state president in 1958 and also served on committees on the state and national level. ...
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Carol Houston
(Obituary ~ 08/15/02)
Carol Houston, of Ridgely, died Thursday, August 15, 2002 at Ridgely Nursing Care and Rehab. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Fowlkes marches 'to support God's name'
(Community News ~ 08/15/02)
With the honk of his truck horn and the wave of his hand, one passer-by showed his agreement Wednesday. It's that kind of encouragement that lets Clifford Fowlkes know he's doing the right thing. Since Aug. 9, Fowlkes, best known as the director of the Future City Recreation Center, has been marching around the Dyer County Courthouse, holding a sign that reads, "Please don't let the devil make us take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance."...
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