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DSCC president named to lottery task force
(Local News ~ 11/15/02)
Dyersburg State Community College President Dr. Karen Bowyer has been named as one of 16 Tennessee educators and administrators who will sit on a state task force that will help to shape a new lottery-funded college scholarship program. House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and Sen. ...
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Wheel tax exemption for Guard soldiers dies for lack of motion
(Local News ~ 11/15/02)
A proposal to exempt soldiers in local Tennessee Army National Guard units from the county's wheel tax for education is dead for the time being, but may be brought up later. Members of the county commission's local government committee discussed on Thursday the request from 230th Area Support Group recruiter Sgt. Jeff Burns. The matter died for lack of a motion...
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Cold temperatures coming
(Local News ~ 11/15/02)
Cooler temperatures are headed this way. An upper level trough is expected to move over the Mid-South this weekend, bringing below-freezing temperatures Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service in Memphis. Temperatures are expected to drop from a high near 50 this afternoon to highs in the low 40s on Saturday and Sunday. The low temperatures are predicted in the mid-30s tonight and the upper 20s Saturday night...
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Dyer Fabrics to add employees to cope with new orders
(Local News ~ 11/15/02)
Business at Dyer Fabrics is picking up - and that means more employees on the horizon, the company's president said Thursday. "We have 131 employees now and we expect to have about 200 by the first of the year," Bill Wiggins said. "We've picked up a couple of big orders and they are going to require us to hire more employees."...
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Coaches expect Newbern Football League title game to be offensive
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/02)
NEWBERN -- This Saturday's game for the Newbern Football League championship goes far beyond proving which team is best. The game, which will be decided by the Patriots and Bulldogs -- both with identical 5-1 records -- is a matchup of the two best offensive teams in the league...
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Lady Cavaliers' size too much for Three Oaks girls
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/02)
Three Oaks was out-sized and out-gunned Thursday night in a 46-13 loss to the Crockett County Lady Cavaliers in girls' basketball at Three Oaks Middle School. Crockett County (9-1) used its size advantage in the middle to go on a scoring run late in the second quarter and into the third period to break open what had been a close game for much of the first half...
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Three Oaks boys' rally falls short vs. Crockett Co.
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/02)
With a starter and back-up out due to illness, the Three Oaks boys put up a courageous battle, only to fall short in a 42-33 loss to the Crockett County Cavaliers in boy's basketball action, Thursday night at Three Oaks Middle School. With starting post player Derek Harrington and substitute William Ledbetter out due to illness, the Golden Eagles' battled back from as much as an 11-point deficit before falling short...
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Dyersburg could be home to new semi-pro baseball team
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/02)
Baseball fans in the city of Dyersburg and Dyer County may have another reason to head out to the ballpark next summer. Plans for a new semi-pro baseball team were introduced Thursday during a meeting involving executives from the Kittie League, as well as officials from Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg and Dyer County...
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Big Orange Report
(High School Sports ~ 11/15/02)
Free thought Tennessee's defeat at the hands of Miami was the Volunteers third loss in Neyland Stadium this year. The program's tumble from college football's elite has been breathtaking. It has been 14 years since UT dropped three home encounters. That 1988 squad started 0-6 before winning its last five contests...
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Carl O. Thieme
(Obituary ~ 11/15/02)
Carl O. Thieme, 88, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Nina Broadway Smith
(Obituary ~ 11/15/02)
Nina Broadway Smith, 72, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Memphis. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of McDaniel Funeral Service in Kennett, Mo. Burial will be Memorial Gardens in Kennett. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Peggy June Riddick Rowe
(Obituary ~ 11/15/02)
Peggy June Riddick Rowe, 62, of Smyrna, formerly of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville. She is a homemaker and a member of Smyrna Church of Christ. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Dyer County Memorial Gardens with Brother Jeff Golson officiating...
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Water woes flow into region as cities expand, demand for water rises
(Community News ~ 11/15/02)
JACKSON -- To help people understand the Earth's water resources, Larry Smith suggests that they imagine pouring the world's water supply into a gallon jug. A single teaspoon of water would represent all of the freshwater on the planet -- most of which is frozen in icebergs and glaciers. Only one-fifth of the water in the teaspoon is available to us in the form of rain, rivers, clouds and groundwater...
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There's a lot we don't know about our water supply
(Community News ~ 11/15/02)
For years, scientists believed that a layer of clay protected the aquifers that supply our drinking water. Recent research, however, indicates there may be holes in that theory. Literally. If we could peel back the topsoil across West Tennessee, we'd find that the clay layer resembles a slice of Swiss cheese. It's thick in some areas, thin in others and missing entirely in spots...
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