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Man apparently headed for life of crime, seems to have turned life around
(Local News ~ 11/29/02)
A Tigrett man once thought on the verge of a criminal career apparently has turned his life around and had his convictions suspended in Dyer County Circuit Court Tuesday. Scotty L. Adams, 27, of 8622 Old Highway 20, appeared in court Tuesday after returning from a Memphis rehabilitation program...
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Celebration of Life emphasizes
(Local News ~ 11/29/02)
When the Rev. Dr. Phillip Cook, senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg, called Jerry Flippin to ask him to speak at this year's Celebration of Life service, "he was on the business end of a chainsaw at Union (University in Jackson) helping clear (the campus after the Nov. 9 tornado)," Cook said...
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MedSouth Healthcare to start research program
(Local News ~ 11/29/02)
A program that begins next week at MedSouth Healthcare could provide some patients with free medicine and an opportunity to help improve health care. The Dyersburg clinic plans to start clinical drug trials in conjunction with Summit Research Solutions of Memphis. The company coordinates research studies for pharmaceutical companies with physicians' groups nationwide...
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Accreditation assessment team invites public comment
(Local News ~ 11/29/02)
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) will arrive Dec. 7 to examine all aspects of the Dyersburg Police Department's policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, Chief Bob Williamson announced today...
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Two Choctaws sign on to play college hoops
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/02)
NEWBERN - The talented Dyer County High School boys' basketball team became a center-stage attraction to a pair of Tennessee colleges this week, as two Choctaws signed to play at the next level. Dyer County forwards Montrelle Crittendon and Brian Fisk recently signed basketball scholarships to separate universities for next fall. Crittendon will attend Middle Tennessee State University, while Fisk will matriculate from David Lipscomb University...
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DSCC rally falls short in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 11/29/02)
A second-half rally by the Dyersburg State Eagles fell short Thursday night in a 94-93 loss to Bellevue (Washington, D.C.) Community College in the Mineral Area Classic. The Eagles (5-3 overall) trailed 54-42 at halftime before putting on a frenzied rally in the second half...
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Charles Bryson
(Obituary ~ 11/29/02)
Charles Bryson, 64, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Cheryl Rose Baker
(Obituary ~ 11/29/02)
Cheryl Rose Baker, 57, of Yorkville, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was an employee of the State of Tennessee Highway Department, a member of Lemalsamac Church of Christ, an avid supporter of Gibson County High School Athletics, Texas Rangers and Diamond Jaxx...
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James Elmer Brashier
(Obituary ~ 11/29/02)
James Elmer Brashier, 60, of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 at his residence. He was an officer with the Dyer County Sheriff's Department and a member of Hurricane Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Brother Donnie Ragsdale and Brother Billy Tucker officiating. Burial will be in Hurricane Hill Cemetery...
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Charles Nathan Reagan
(Obituary ~ 11/29/02)
Charles Nathan Reagan, 87, of Woodland Mills, formerly of Dyersburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002 at Union City Manor Nursing Center. He was a retired welder for Oldberg Manufacturing in Dyersburg and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. James Jones and the Rev. James Kinsey officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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James Bolden
(Obituary ~ 11/29/02)
James Bolden, 53, of Tiptonville, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Building a pretzel cabin
(Community News ~ 11/29/02)
Seven-year-old Cody Wright explains his technique for building a log cabin from pretzels and crackers. Students at the Church of Jesus Christ Christian School in Dyersburg were given the unusual assignment this year of building a "log" village similar to one the Pilgrims might have lived in during the time of the first Thanksgiving from common kitchen commodities. Cody's creation won first in the category of small buildings. The pretzels and crackers were glued to cardboard backing...
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Learning History
(Community News ~ 11/29/02)
Local historian Earl Willoughby, a regular contributor to the State Gazette, has an attentive pupil in Finley School's Garrett Wheeler. Willoughby gave a program on the American Civil War to the combined fifth-grade classes of teachers Betty Hicks and Sara Jalonek, paying special attention to Dyer County and the part local citizens played in the conflict...
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'Let's Hang Him and Read the Will' Dec. 5, 7, 8 at DHS
(Community News ~ 11/29/02)
All is not well in the town of Beautyrest Springs. It's most prominent citizen F. Mycroft Tanner did himself in. Or so reports Sheriff Harold Tyred in between his visits with the maid Martha Lysul, who is also seeing the gardener Percy Wateryard, who is also keeping time with the reporter Freida Post, who is after a story and doesn't care who gets in the way...
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