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Home improvement retail store prospects seek property approval
(Local News ~ 10/11/02)
Reports that a major home improvement retailer -- possibly a Home Depot or a Lowe's -- is considering Dyersburg as a possible business location surfaced at Thursday's Dyersburg Municipal-Regional Planning Commission meeting. Developers trotted out two sites for a major commercial development, both of which are zoned for retail business. ...
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Docile Dyersburg falls to JCM in district final
(High School Sports ~ 10/11/02)
JACKSON -- It's time for the Dyersburg Lady Trojans to play the part of Rapunzel. It's time for them to let down their hair. The usually-aggressive Dyersburg High School Lady Trojans took the cautious road Thursday night, and it cost them in the form of a 12-15, 9-15 loss to Jackson Central-Merry in the District 13AAA volleyball championship held at Jackson North Side High School. ...
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Gladys Williams
(Obituary ~ 10/11/02)
Gladys Williams, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Ernest Ray Thorp
(Obituary ~ 10/11/02)
Earnest Ray Thorp, 81, of Tiptonville, died today at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Charles H. Renfro
(Obituary ~ 10/11/02)
Charles H. Renfro, 49, of Halls, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Pleasant Hill group offers food, book
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association on Saturday will host food booths at the McIver's Bluff Festival in downtown Dyersburg and in Finley, selling chicken halfs for $4, hotdogs and other eats. Also offered is a book of cemetery interments, compiled during the extensive recent renovation of the historic burial area north of Finley. They will be available for $2...
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Political forum Saturday
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
A political forum for candidates in the Nov. 5 election is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Dyer County Services Building (former Dyer County Central Elementary School) at 1400 Hornbrook St. The forum is scheduled by the Dyer County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
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Voter Registration reaches 20,088
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
When voter roll closed for the Nov. 5 election last week 20,088 Dyer Countians were registered to vote. The figure represents 973, or 4.9 percent, increase over the19, 725 who were registered for the Aug. 1 state primary and county general elections...
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Red Cross directors to meet
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
The local American Red Cross board of directors will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapter office, 432 W. Court St.
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Dyersburg fall yard contest begins next week
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
Start getting those yards ready. The annual fall decorations judging by the Dyersburg City Beautiful Commission will take place in a few weeks. A committee of commission members will be scouting within the Dyersburg city limits looking for yards that best fall into one of the following categories: * Most original...
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Dyer County Health Department employees Lou Echlin and Betty receive service awards from Dyer County Health Department Director Sarah Rice Miller and Anthony Hardin
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
Dyer County Health Department employees Lou Echlin and Betty receive service awards from Dyer County Health Department Director Sarah Rice Miller and Anthony Hardin, the health department's West Tennessee regional director. Clark, a public-health office assistant, has been with the department for 35 years. Echlin, a public-health office assistant, has worked at the department for 10 years...
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FDAC hosting BBQ blowout
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church is holding its annual barbecue blowout today and Saturday. The menu includes: a choice of one meat, either bologna, chicken or pulled pork; baked beans; cole slaw; bun or roll; and sauce. The donated price is $6 per plate...
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FDAC hosting BBQ blowout
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church is holding its annual barbecue blowout today and Saturday. The menu includes: a choice of one meat, either bologna, chicken or pulled pork; baked beans; cole slaw; bun or roll; and sauce. The donated price is $6 per plate...
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For Whitson, 'This Is the Moment'
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
"What you are is God's gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God." For Steven Whitson, that gift is singing. And since he was 3 years old, he's been sharing that gift wherever he can. In September, Whitson shared that gift for the seventh time at the Mid-South Fair Talent Show. In a competition with over 300 contestants, Whitson, who performed "This Is the Moment" from Broadway's "Jekyll and Hyde," finished in the Grand Final's Top 10...
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'The phone call you never expected to get' pays off for Lenox resident
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
When the phone rings at 7 a.m. and "unknown name" pops up on the Caller I.D., you usually know it's someone you don't want to talk to. But Tabatha Welch of Lenox took that chance Thursday. And she's glad she did. "I know this is the phone call you never expected to get," Welch was told after a lady identifying herself as Linda with "LIVE with Regis and Kelly" greeted her...
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Jeremy Fair and Meredith McBride won the Charles F. Moore Award during the Dyer County Fair.
(Community News ~ 10/11/02)
Jeremy Fair and Meredith McBride won the Charles F. Moore Award during the Dyer County Fair. The award is given to the boy and the girl who've earned the most points by winning ribbons at the fair. Blue ribbons count for three points; red, two points; and white, one point. Fair and McBride each received $100...
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