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County finance committee recommends new employee retirement plan
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
At long last the county commission's finance committee will recommend a new retirement plan for county employees at the county commission's next meeting on April 14. "This has been a three-year headache," said Commissioner John Flatt, a member of the commission's finance committee. "I'm glad we've finally made some progress."...
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MedSouth drops health insurance for workers
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
If there's one certainty today, it is that health insurance premiums and deductibles are rapidly rising. Businesses offering health insurance to their employees routinely see 30- to 70-percent increases in premiums and deductibles that soar to thousands of dollars or more per person...
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Hayes elected vice chairman of national bank group
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
David E. Hayes feels humbled and privileged to receive a position of leadership in a national community-banking trade group. "I'm very humbled by the former folks who have held that job," he said. "The nominating committee is composed of past chairmen of the association and my election was ratified by a board of directors of about 100 bankers from across the country."...
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Elderly man found alone, dead in residence
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
An elderly Dyersburg man was found dead at his home on Woodlawn Avenue Thursday, apparently after being dead for several days, a police report states. Police were summoned to the residence of Robert F. "Bob" Purvis, 76, about 4 p.m. Thursday by a relative who had noticed that mail was piling up at the home...
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Accountability faces the real world of the classroom
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
A collision is inevitable between the political demands of legislators in Nashville and Washington who want greater "accountability" from teachers and educational administrators and the harsh realities of the classroom experience. For Brenda Baird, senior instructor in Business Systems Technology at the Tennessee Technology Center in Newbern, there is a disconnect between local institutions and government agencies trying to justify funding programs to recalcitrant taxpayers. ...
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CRD preparing for Saturday banquet
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
It's a time to socialize, a time to see old friends, a time to make new ones and a time to say thank you. Since 1974, it's been a tradition that many have looked forward to. That tradition continues Saturday when the Tennessee State University Community Resource Development Organization holds its 29th annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet at 6 p.m. at Dyersburg Middle School...
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Meningitis reported in Lake County
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
A case of spinal meningitis has been confirmed in Lake County. Dr. Shavetta Conner, the Tennessee Department of Health's medical director for West Tennessee, said she could not discuss the specifics of the case, but everyone who had come in close contact with the victim, who died on Wednesday at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis after transferred from Dyersburg Regional Medical Center, has been treated with antibiotics. ...
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19th Dogwood Dash a success
(Local News ~ 04/07/03)
Saturday's 19th annual Dogwood Dash was successful, despite a smaller group of entrants than in past races, one of its organizers said. "We had right at 240 entrants this year," said Phil Lipford, one of the event's coordinators. "It was down a little because of another race in Jackson and a Boy Scout event, but overall we're very pleased."...
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Tennessee 66, Duke 56
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/03)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tennessee needed someone to take charge. With scoring, rebounding and an emotional lift from a loved one, Gwen Jackson did just that. Jackson's late scoring surge Sunday night sent Tennessee into the national championship game for the 10th time. The Lady Vols beat Duke 66-56 to set up yet another showdown with Connecticut, their main rival for supremacy in the women's game...
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Doris Demetra Hart
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Doris Demetra Hart, 79, of Murray, Ky., formerly of Dyer County, died Saturday, April 5, 2003 at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. She was a retired LPN at West View Nursing Home after 21 years and a member of Trinity Christian Church in Murray. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Christian Church of Murray with the Rev. J.M. Harris and the Rev. O.L. Hart officiating. Burial will be in Murray City Cemetery...
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William John Lydon
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
William John Lydon, 78, of Lenox, died Friday, April 4, 2003 at his residence. He was a salesman, secretary/treasurer for VFW, a World War II Army veteran and a member of Tucker Street Church. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tucker Street Church with the Rev. Bob Miller officiating. H.S. Smith Funeral Home in Caruthersville, Mo. is in charge of arrangements...
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Patsy Vance
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Patsy Vance, 72, of Tiptonville, died Sunday, April 6, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Robert C. Bishop
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Robert C. Bishop, 26, of Ridgely, died Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. He was a domestic worker. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the gym of Ridgely Chapel with the Rev. Jackie Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Citizen Cemetery in Tiptonville. H.H. Hudson Funeral Home in Dyersburg is in charge of arrangements...
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Mary Lucille Fox
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Mary Lucille Fox, 79, of Thayer, Mo., died Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at Missouri Rehabilitation Center. She was a homemaker, a devoted wife and mother. She attended Deeper Life Pentecostal Church in West Plains, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens...
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Robert F. 'Bob' Purvis
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Robert F. "Bob" Purvis, 76, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, April 3, 2003, at his residence. He was a retired farmer and landowner, a Baptist and a U.S. Army veteran. Graveside services were held April 5 at Zion Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Goodman officiating. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Charles Hays Veazey
(Obituary ~ 04/07/03)
Charles Hays Veazey, 73, of Millington, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, at Hardin County General Hospital. He was a retired captain from the Millington Police Department, a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Korean War, a member of Sons of Confederate Soldiers, the Friendship United Methodist Church and a past patron of the Millington Order of the Eastern Star, New Friendship Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Rosemark Commandry Knights Templar and the Tipton Rosemark Academy Booster Club...
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An inventive mind
(Community News ~ 04/07/03)
A philosopher once noted "a wolf can bay at the moon, but a human being has the ability to imagine the spatial distances between planets. That is the essential difference between man and animal - imagination." Creative imagination is the wellspring of invention. While it may differ from person to person, all possess it. It drives men to create music, poetry, art, literature and technological wonders. It shapes people's lives in ways even their closest friends and companions seldom understand...
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Go back to the music of yesteryear
(Community News ~ 04/07/03)
Rousing sea shanties, lively folk music, spirited bluegrass, haunting Celtic ballads -- it's all there when Wood's Tea Company takes the stage. Experience it when they close out the 2002-03 season of the Dyersburg Area Community Concert Association Inc. at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the Little Theater of Dyersburg High School...
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National League Junior Cotillion spring ball
(Community News ~ 04/07/03)
The National League of Junior Cotillions, Dyersburg/Dyer County Chapter will celebrate the end of this year's activities with a Spring Ball on Saturday in the Lannom Center. "We are very proud of our ladies and gentlemen. They have worked extremely hard to exemplify the cotillion way," Director Gail Quillen said...
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