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Trimble police officer shoots, kills man in front of city hall
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
A Trimble police officer shot and killed a local man Tuesday night in front of the town's municipal building. According to witnesses and law enforcement personnel, Robert Horner fired several rounds into the parked car of Stanley Cook, 35, of Trimble, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Cook was sitting in the front seat of the gray sedan with the window rolled down when he was killed...
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Local educators win national award
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
Former Dyersburg Intermediate school principal Danny Walden, the current principal Lou Newbill and DIS teacher Pat Davidson have earned national recognition for their efforts in mentoring at-risk students. The HOSTS learning program, for Help One Student To Succeed, which is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., has given the three local educators the HOSTS Learning Award for Quality Assurance. ...
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Adult spelling bee to be team event
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
Sponsors of the annual Dyer County Adult Spelling Bee announced Friday a change in the charity event's format. For the 2003 Event, slated for Feb. 24 at Dyersburg High School, the competition will involve teams of three spellers instead of individuals as in the past...
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Engineer says mothballing water plant could save nothing
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
A Memphis engineer told city officials Monday that a proposed plan to mothball the old downtown water plant would likely save Dyersburg ratepayers next to nothing. Steve Hill, vice president for Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, had been asked by the water department to examine the feasibility of shutting the old water plant down and meeting all demand through the new facility. ...
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Board reviews local police department
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
A trio of out-of-state police officers spent Monday afternoon fielding telephone calls from local residents and questioning Dyersburg Police Department personnel during an on-site review that will determine if the DPD keeps its accreditation. There are only three police departments currently certified by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in West Tennessee and no more than 520 across the country. ...
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New VP of Finance named at Dyersburg State
(Local News ~ 12/11/02)
David S. Lolles of Chicago will succeed Mitch Robinson as Dyersburg State's Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services effective Jan. 1, according to Dr. Karen Bowyer, president of the community college. Robinson accepted a position at Austin Peay State University...
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Reelfoot Preservation permit update
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/02)
I've had several of our readers ask me what was being done with the Reelfoot Lake Preservation Permit (RPP) monies that have been collected for almost 20 years now. I had to confess that, like them, I did not know what was really being done with the money collected from RPP sales. So, I set about to try and determine what was being accomplished with these funds that are still being collected each year...
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Lady Trojans beat foul trouble, Brighton
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/02)
A defensive adjustment in the second half helped the Dyersburg Lady Trojans break open a close game and coast to a 68-39 victory over the Brighton Lady Cardinals in Region 7-3A basketball action Tuesday night at Dyersburg High School. Although the Lady Cardinals made just three field goals in the first half, the Lady Trojans got into foul trouble in the second quarter. The 14 team fouls called on Dyersburg in the first half allowed Brighton to get to the foul line and back into the game...
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Taylor's 30 points lead DHS in rout
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/02)
Brighton head boys' basketball coach Ken Lomax made plenty of noise from the sidelines on Tuesday night, but Dyersburg High School guard Jeremy Taylor let his game do the talking on the court. Taylor scored 12 of his season-high 30 points in a decisive third quarter that lifted the Trojans to a 99-51 lambasting of the Brighton Cardinals in Region 7-3A action at the Dyersburg High School gym...
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Joyce Higgins
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
Joyce Higgins, of Finley, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 at Methodist Healthcare-Dyersburg Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home.
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William F. 'Bill' Eubanks
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
William F. "Bill" Eubanks, 82, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 at his residence. He was a retired cloth-finishing superintendent with Dyersburg Fabrics, a member of Southside Baptist Church, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Dyer County Commissioner for 20 years and served as chairman of the budget committee for eight years...
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Charles William Cochrum
(Obituary ~ 12/11/02)
Charles William Cochrum, 63, of Union City, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 at his residence. He was an owner/operator of Pathway Family Bookstore in Union City, a former employee of Vaughn Electric and Reelfoot Supply Company for 22 years, a member of Calvary Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and Sunday school director...
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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Rob Somerville
(Outdoors ~ 12/11/02)
Now listen my friends and you shall hear, Of a Christmas tale so strange and so rare. Twas the day before Christmas, a cold, snowy day you see, An hour before morning, found me perched high in a tree. I had one more buck tag to fill for this year, As I sat bundled in all the warm clothes I could wear...
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LASIK surgery coming to Dyersburg
(Community News ~ 12/11/02)
LASIK surgery to correct vision problems will soon be available in Dyer County. The EyeCare Specialty Group plans to begin offering the procedure next week in its offices on the U.S. Highway 51 Bypass. Eyesight Technologies of Cordova plans to bring a mobile surgical unit to Dyersburg once a month...
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Davy Crockett and the Bentons arrive in West Tennessee
(History ~ 12/11/02)
Some time before the spring of 1822, Davy Crockett arrived in West Tennessee with his eldest son and a young fellow named Abram Henry. Soon after his arrival Crockett set out for a trip to visit his nearest neighbor. This neighbor, a Mr. Owens, lived nearly seven miles away and on the other side of the Obion River. ...
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RANDOM NOTES December 11 2002
(Column ~ 12/11/02)
The following was posted from the Web site: "ROELLEN-DYERSBURG - The witness reports seeing red and green lights that were convex shaped on March 7, 2002, that were small enough to be beside the house and over trees. I was coming home from work and no one else was on the road at 9:30 p.m., when I saw the weird green and red light hovering above the trees. ...
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