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Major tax increase for city residents forecast
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
There is no longer a question of whether or not Dyersburg citizens will pay higher property taxes next year, it is only a matter of how much, and the increase could be significant. That was the gist of a presentation made by Mayor Bill Revell to the city board Monday night as aldermen got their first look at the proposed 2003-04 budget. "We are going to have a tax increase," Revell said flatly. "I have never had to say that before."...
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Local economy may be on the mend
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
Indicators are showing the economy is growing albeit at a rate so slow some say it won't encourage businesses to step up hiring. Nonetheless, that creeping growth may be felt here in Dyer County as a number of area businesses plan expansion. The growth can be seen in the following businesses:...
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Man pleads guilty to robbery, loses motion for new trial on prior robbery
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
A Newbern man pleaded guilty to a robbery charge and had a motion for a new trial on a previous robbery conviction denied last Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court. Jeffery L. Wilkes, 32, of 319 North Grayson St., was sentenced to serve four years in prison on his latest plea. ...
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Four arrested with drugs, stolen handguns
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
A car pulled over by a Dyer County sheriff's deputy on suspicion that its occupants were driving under the influence led to the recovery of two stolen handguns and seizure of about 12 ounces of marijuana valued at more than $500. Four suspects were taken into custody...
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Security to tighten at airport
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
Early in July construction should be finished on about a mile of fencing surrounding Dyersburg's municipal airport, a $42,000 project that has caused the city board to take another look at security procedures for the facility. The board on Monday night agreed to a motion by the Airport Committee to implement on a trial basis a new set of regulations for access to the hangar and apron areas by vehicles. ...
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Local physician dies in apparent suicide
(Local News ~ 06/18/03)
A well-known Dyersburg physician, Dr. Lee Harris, died Sunday night of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Holt. Harris, 59, practiced internal medicine and endocrinology. His offices were located on Tickle Street across from the Regional Medical Center...
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Volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 06/18/03)
Ricky Morris of the Dyer County Boys sand volleyball team spikes the ball past Sand Shark Tod Hayes Monday at Okeena Park. The league championship will be held June 26-28 and a second session of the volleyball league will begin in mid-July. Registration for the second sand volleyball session is currently underway. Interested parties may contact Randy Butler at 286-9000 for information...
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Dyersburg Dolphins hit the water
(High School Sports ~ 06/18/03)
More than 90 youngsters will hit the water this summer for the Dyersburg Dolphins swim team. The Dolphins team competes and practices at the Dyersburg Activity Center under coaches Frances Manz and Micki Gerlach. "Swimming is a unique sport in that the athletes are competing against themselves," Manz said. "They are trying to beat their own goals."...
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Softball camp
(High School Sports ~ 06/18/03)
Seven-year-old Hannah Wright was one of several youngsters in attendance at the Dyersburg High School Lady Trojan softball camp Monday. Former Lady Trojan and current Union University standout Holly Haycraft demonstrated how to position a bat to Wright during the summer camp...
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Trojan standout to compete in Junior Olympics
(High School Sports ~ 06/18/03)
Cody Simmons had to battle a blizzard to earn a trip to the desert. The 16-year-old Dyersburg baseball standout punched his ticket to the Junior Olympics in Tucson, Ariz., by competing in try-outs in Indiana last winter, where a driving snowstorm produced at least six inches of white dust...
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Henrietta Bullion
(Obituary ~ 06/18/03)
Henrietta Bullion, 91, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a retired cotton grader for Dyersburg Fabrics, a greeter at Wal-Mart for 13 years and a beauty operator for 28 years and a member of East Dyersburg Methodist Church...
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Dr. Lee S. Harris
(Obituary ~ 06/18/03)
Dr. Lee S. Harris, 59, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 15, 2003 at his residence. He was a doctor of internal medicine and endocrinology, an Air Force Veteran, a member of Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, American Bonanza Aircraft Owners Association and Seaplane Pilots Association...
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Mary Julia Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/18/03)
Mary Julia Rhodes, 92, of Halls, died Friday, June 13, 2003 at Memory Crawford Lane Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She was a retired teacher for Lauderdale County Schools. Services will be at 12 p.m. Friday at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Ripley with the Rev. W.L. Ried officiating. Burial will be in Canfield Cemetery in Ripley...
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Mary Julia Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/18/03)
Mary Julia Rhodes, 92, of Halls, died Friday, June 13, 2003 at Memory Crawford Lane Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. She was a retired teacher for Lauderdale County Schools. Services will be at 12 p.m. Friday at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Ripley with the Rev. W.L. Ried officiating. Burial will be in Canfield Cemetery in Ripley...
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Mable Spain
(Obituary ~ 06/18/03)
Mable Spain, of Dyersburg, died today at Wesley at Dyersburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home.
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Hart's No. 1 Used Cars
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
Deborrah Pugh (center), American Red Cross chapter manager, accepts a $1,500 donation from Emily Nicks and Linda Hart of Hart's No. 1 Used Cars. The dealership held a Red Cross fund-raiser Saturday. Hart planned to auction a mobile home, but when she didn't get any bids, she just wrote a check to the Red Cross. In addition to the auction, the dealership sold food and charged a fee for test drives of any car on the lot as well as rides in a tractor-trailer rig. Those items raised another $235...
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Quebecor World
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
Judy Rogers, human-resources manager for Quebecor World, presents a $5,000 check to Wendell West, the disaster fund-raising action-plan chairman for the local American Red Cross chapter. The donation will go into the Red Cross's disaster-relief fund...
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Poochie passes away
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
Poochie, Dee Hogue's constant companion and a regular at the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society's animal shelter, died Monday. The dog was believed to be about 17. Poochie and Hogue made headlines twice in the last several months. In December, the dog's barking alerted officials that something was wrong. ...
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Many volunteers help make Relay luminaries a glowing success
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
When the ninth annual Relay for Life begins Friday night, thousands of white sacks lining the Relay path will glow with warm memories and with hope. Each luminary represents a cancer patient as well as a donation to the American Cancer Society's research, education and community service efforts...
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Hospital to kickoff 'Senior Circle' on June 26
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
Anyone who's 50 or older can qualify for special privileges and activities when they enter the Senior Circle at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Senior Circle, a non-profit organization, strives to provide educational programs, fitness activities, travel opportunities and social activities for its members. It is a special program offered at all Community Health Systems hospitals for a fee of $15 a year...
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DOGGED defendant tries judge's patience
(Community News ~ 06/18/03)
A Dyersburg man insisted on a new court-appointed lawyer Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court and succeeded in getting new representation while vexing the judge. David Scott Akers, 31, of Hicks Trailer Park, filed a motion before Judge Lee Moore asking that his attorney, Charles S. ...
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Judge Clement Dyer & the Austin Colony
(History ~ 06/18/03)
Judge Clement Dyer & the Austin Colony We will never know the true number of Dyer Countians that participated in the formation of Texas, but there were many, and their contribution to the state was significant. Back in Dyer County these men had been county officials, militia officers, farmers and hunters, but in Texas they were destined to become Texas Rangers, U.S. ...
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