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Newbern woman nurses two horses with West Nile Virus, urges other horse owners to get horses vaccinated
(Local News ~ 08/28/02)
Holly Owen doesn't have time to worry about getting West Nile virus. She's too busy taking care of her horses, both of which apparently are infected. "I'm more worried about getting them over it than watching myself," the 21-year-old Newbern woman said...
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Civil rights case against city delayed
(Local News ~ 08/28/02)
The City of Dyersburg has been allowed extra time to prepare its defense in the three-year-old civil rights case filed against it by several street department workers after attorneys for both sides said they had not enough time to depose the necessary people...
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Parent to challenge DHS dress code
(Local News ~ 08/28/02)
A local parent whose son was kicked out of Dyersburg High School yesterday for having a tongue ring says he is willing to go to court to allow the youth to keep it. Clarence Childress claims the school's personal-appearance code is unclear and inconsistent. ...
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Rolling ink for an ID
(Local News ~ 08/28/02)
Three-year-old Katelyn Russell lets Sheriff Jeff Holt roll her fingerprints onto an inkpad at Finley Elementary School on Tuesday during the PALS (Pre-schoolers Allowed to Learn at School) parent's night. Twenty students are in the enrichment program for three- and four-year-olds, which is in its second year, and there is waiting list of 15...
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Literacy Program, DSCC join ESL forces for second year
(Local News ~ 08/28/02)
It's said that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. For more than 15 years, the Dyer County Literacy Program has been trying to make that transition easier for non-English speaking residents. For the second year, the Literacy Program and Dyersburg State Community College's Division of Continuing Education are joining forces to bring English as a Second Language classes to the area...
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DHS announces plans to carry varsity bowling teams
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/02)
Dyersburg High School will field a boys' and girls' bowling team this season, school Athletic Director Terry Glover announced Tuesday. The announcement was made public Wednesday morning, when Blocker told the student body of the school's intention to add the sport. The team will be coached by local resident Timm Johnson, who himself frequently bowls in leagues and carries an average of 180...
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Lady Trojans win, set for challenging week
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/02)
JACKSON - One week before the most laborious portion of their schedule, the Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans soccer team prepared for next week's Jackson Central-Merry Invitational Tournament with a 3-1 victory over the Jackson North Side Indians in the Lady Trojans' District 13AAA opener here on Tuesday...
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Youth Outdoor Jamboree attendance flies off the charts
(Outdoors ~ 08/28/02)
We never realized the potential of this event when we began it five years ago, but the Good Lord has blessed us with its growth each year. On Saturday, Aug. 24, in the small town of Kenton, an estimated crowd of between 2,500 and 3,000 people flooded the city park. ...
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From Germany to Dyersburg
(Community News ~ 08/28/02)
The question Alexandra Asche hears more than any other at Dyersburg State is simply, "Why here?" For a foreign exchange student born and raised in a major city in northwestern Germany, Dyersburg would seem an unlikely destination. But from this 22-year-old's perspective, it is a good place to spend a year. Alexandra hopes to immerse herself in the culture, language and politics of the United States in order to prepare for a future in international business...
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The buzz of late summer
(Community News ~ 08/28/02)
A large hornets' nest is suspended in a tree in the front lawn of Lucille Rector on Walnut Street in Dyersburg yesterday, where neighbors gather to watch it before dusk falls. From front, from left: Steven Permenter, 8, Joseph Permenter, 7, Jacob Dudley, 9, Rocky Palmer and Eugene Cook. Rector said she was waiting for dusk to fall before she sprayed the nest with an insecticide...
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The Americans crush the British attack at New Orleans
(History ~ 08/28/02)
The west side of the River Andrew Jackson had the situation under control on the east side of the river, but on the far side of the Mississippi things were not going as well. Though the British had lost the element of surprise, the American commander, General Morgan, did not take advantage of the situation and allowed them to cross the river unopposed. ...
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RANDOM NOTES August 28
(Column ~ 08/28/02)
What would a lottery mean for Tennessee? At the least, more government bureaucracy, invitations to corruption and state taking from its poorest citizens. Proponents of a lottery should not ask what it can give our children, but what it does to them...
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