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County's farm income jumps to $66.1 million in 2002
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
Slightly higher prices for local crops helped push Dyer County's gross agricultural income to $66.1 million dollars last year. That's nearly $5 million more than in 2001. The figures, which are contained in the Dyer County Agricultural Extension Service's annual report, reveal a steady increase in agricultural income since 1999. The market bottomed out that year at $51.3 million...
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Chamber receives grant to plant 180 trees
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
If you're impressed with the trees blooming this week, just wait until next year. Community leaders are in the process of planting nearly 200 dogwoods, cherry, crab apple, pear, crepe myrtle and other kinds of trees. Once they're established, this place will really be blooming. The tree-planting effort comes courtesy of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce, which received a $3,000 grant from the Trees for Tennessee Program...
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Dogwood Dash is in the air
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
Buttercups are showing off their yellow. Trees are beginning to bud. And before you know it, dogwoods will be in full bloom. Yes, spring is here. And in 13 days, a portion of Dyersburg will become a track. The 19th annual Dogwood Dash will be April 5 at 9 a.m. ...
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Former Ford associate indicted on federal charges
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
A former Dyersburg trucking company executive was indicted by a federal grand jury this week for taking a stolen semi-trailer to California and lying to FBI agents about the trailer. David Hernandez, formerly director and general manager of Coldiron Inc., the successor corporation to AirTrans Inc., was indicted Wednesday in Memphis for one count of transporting stolen goods across state lines and three of lying to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the case. ...
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Pinion wants scholarships delayed a year
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
State Representative Phillip Pinion told an audience in Newbern Friday that he would join Governor Phil Bredesen in an attempt to delay offering lottery-funded scholarships to students for a year. Pinion said two issues have consumed the attention of Nashville legislators since the 2003 session began in February: the lottery and balancing the state budget. ...
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Hot tamale for you
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
When Dyersburg Breakfast Rotary Club members Mark Hayes and Joe Wood were talking about fund-raisers one day, they knew they needed to do something different. They are. The club is selling tickets for the first Chili/Hot Tamale Take-out. The event will be held from 4-6 p.m. April 7 in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg...
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Settlements give city possession of easements for industrial park utilities
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
A dispute with two landowners over utility easements to the new city and county industrial park has been settled out of court. The settlement gives the city of Dyersburg the right to use the land, but preserves the rights of the landowners to go to court over the amounts they are due for the easements. ...
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American Red Cross
(Local News ~ 03/24/03)
American Red Cross representatives Wayne Karlgaard and Deborrah Pugh thank Connie and Randy Brooks and Mary Lynn and Percy Smith, who hosted a coffee to benefit the Red Cross. The Smiths recently completed their new Troy Avenue home, with Percy Smith doing some of the fine woodwork, himself. He built the cherry staircase himself. March is American Red Cross Month and everyone is invited to become a "Hero for the Red Cross" by making a donation...
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Dyersburg Adult Basketball League announces winners
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/03)
Dyersburg Parks and Recreation Department has announced the winners of this year's Adult Basketball League held at Bruce Community Center. Four teams competed in a seven-game schedule and then a single-elimination tournament. Corporate teams included Bekaert and Caterpillar Unicats. The two open teams were the Raiders and Hustlers. This year's champions for the regular season and tournament were the Hustlers, with the Unicats finishing second...
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Tom Crouson
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Tom Crouson, 82, of Mason Hall, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Mason Hall Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with the Rev. Kermit Travis officiating. Burial will be in New Salem Cemetery in Mason Hall...
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Aaron Dallas Ferguson
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Aaron Dallas Ferguson, 95, of Newbern, died Saturday, March 22, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a farmer and a member of Palestine Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services were at 10 a.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with Dr. Thomas Parnell and the Rev. Jack Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern...
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Mary Lou Pritchett Odom
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Mary Lou Pritchett Odom, 79, of Dyersburg, died Friday, March 21, 2003, at her home. She was a retired Heckethorn Manufacturing shipping department employee and a member of Lenox Methodist Church. Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home in Dyersburg with the Rev. Bill Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Harold Franklin Pierce
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Harold Franklin Pierce, 54, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at NHC in Lewisburg. Services were here Friday at Greater First Baptist Church in Lewisburg. Burial was to be in Pierce Cemetery in Trimble. J.B. Mayberry and Sons Funeral Home in Lewisburg was in charge of arrangements...
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Price Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Price Smith, 88, of Ripley, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. He was a retired pipefitter, a member of Tyrian Lodge No. 500 Free and Accepted Masons in Detroit, Mich., a Shriner and a member of Scottish Rites Valley of Detroit. Graveside services were Sunday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg with the Rev. Dale Dormanen officiating. Dyersburg Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...
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Carlos Junior Wiggins
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Carlos Junior Wiggins, 72, of Ridgely, died Thursday, March 20, 2003, at his home. He was a retired farmer and attended Phillippy Baptist Church. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at Phillipy Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Bramlett officiating. Burial was in Lake Memorial Gardens. Dyersburg Funeral Home in was in charge of arrangements...
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Elizabeth Preslar
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Elizabeth Preslar, 88, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, March 22, 2003 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Cre. She was a homemaker and a member of Springhill Baptist Church. Services were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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Harry Lambert
(Obituary ~ 03/24/03)
Harry Lambert, 57, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Roper wins state FCE citizenship contest
(Community News ~ 03/24/03)
When Ginny Roper penned an essay on citizenship last fall, she had no idea it would become so significant. The essay - which asks people to love one another despite their differences - won the Tennessee Family and Community Education Clubs' citizenship essay and artwork contest. ...
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Larry Bennett:
(Community News ~ 03/24/03)
"I used to be the shyest person in the world." It's hard to imagine those words coming out of Larry Bennett's mouth, but he says it's the truth. "When I was a kid, we never went anywhere and when I was around people, I never said anything," he said...
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