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Lowes tells of plans for Dyersburg store
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Construction on a 130,000-square-foot Lowes Home Center retail store could begin this spring along the U.S. 51 Bypass on property adjacent to the First Presbyterian Church. In a called meeting of the Dyersburg Regional Planning Commission on Tuesday afternoon, Robert Fiebig of Chicago, a civil engineer with Lowes Companies, submitted construction drawings that included site, utility and landscaping plans for the 13.69-acre site. ...
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Kids Retreat is 3 of 3 in state's Star Quality Childcare Program
(Local News ~ 10/30/02)
Quality is a standard looked for in many arenas. In many instances, the sign of quality is a star. Kids Retreat Childcare is showing its stars. Under a new system devised by the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services, the preschool has received three of a possible three stars that demonstrate it's going above minimum licensing requirements...
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DHS Lady Trojans go to 2-0; boys improving
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/02)
Just two matches into the season and the Dyersburg High School girls' bowling team continues to impress, while the boys' squad continues to improve. The Lady Trojans improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 19-8 win over Jackson Central-Merry on Tuesday at J.C. Bel-Aire Lanes. Meanwhile, the DHS boys won two of three games, but still dropped a 15-12 decision to the Cougars...
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Annie Mae King
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Annie Mae King, 70, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. J. Keith Free officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Wilburn Sykes
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Wilburn Sykes, of Newbern, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Aubrey Thomas Childress
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Aubrey Thomas Childress, 79, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 28, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. He was a retired foreman for LaSalle Steel Company in Hammond, Ind. for over 30 years, a member of First Church of the Nazarene and a Bronze Star Recipient...
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Gola Marie Sorrell Childress
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Gola Marie Sorrell Childress, 77, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of First Church of the Nazarene. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Don Dakin officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Jerry Thomas Damons
(Obituary ~ 10/30/02)
Jerry Thomas Damons, 54, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at his residence. He was an electrician and attended Dyersburg Phillips Street Church of God. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Clayton Privett officiating. Burial will be in Oakgrove Cemetery in Dukedom...
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Taking daddy hunting.
(Outdoors ~ 10/30/02)
Today I will feature a special humorous treat. It is perhaps a bit of role reversal on what it involves in taking a kid deer hunting. Pro staff member Greg Poole's wife on behalf of their three year old daughter, Addison, submitted this piece. I know you will enjoy it. ...
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Getting festive
(Community News ~ 10/30/02)
Dyersburg Primary School second graders from Rita Cobb's class, from left, seated, Nate Bernier and Sydney Coffman; standing, Zipporah Taylor, Emily Taylor and Anthony Finch, get ready for the school's annual Fall Festival. The school's largest fund-raiser will be from 5-8 p.m. ...
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DSCC Conference
(Community News ~ 10/30/02)
Students at Dyersburg State Community College met at the Baptist Student Union on the campus for the annual Student Leadership Retreat on Saturday. The meeting included a number of athletic, academic and student government organizations on the campus. ...
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Be a model by helping build a model
(Community News ~ 10/30/02)
When you look at the word "model," what do you think of? On Saturday, the word will have two meanings as West Dyersburg Church of Christ hosts a model night from 6-8 p.m. in its family-life center. The free event is open to 6- to 13-year-old boys and girls and their fathers, grandfathers, uncles or older brothers, providing them the time and materials to put together a car or jet plane from a model kit...
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The Secret Meeting
(History ~ 10/30/02)
The minutes of the Chickasaw Treaty were kept a secret for many years in fear that the chiefs might be killed if members of the tribe learned how much they personally profited from the treaty. However, the hottest debate in the meeting was not between the Indians and the whites, but between Jackson and Isaac Shelby. ...
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RANDOM NOTES October 30
(Column ~ 10/30/02)
A week before trick-or-treating day arrived, I received in the mail an invitation to a Halloween party at my good friend Brad's home, which was several miles from town, part of a new subdivision being constructed in deep woods. Newly-poured concrete roads circled to-be-developed parcels, making for a landscape of white paths in the moonlight following through a dense, dark woods...
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