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Commission approves county budget package with no tax hike
(Local News ~ 07/01/03)
Dyer County commissioners Monday night unanimously approved a Fiscal Year 2004 budget package, effective today, that includes no tax increase and a 3 percent pay raise for county employees. The action culminates more than a month of budget deliberations in which the commission's budget committee explored alternatives including a property tax increase and wound up asking county office holders to slash their proposed budgets to hold down taxes...
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Repairs of high school on target
(Local News ~ 07/01/03)
The words printed on the office calendar in large, red letters read, "Dead Time." Nothing could be further from the truth at Dyersburg High School. Roofers have been running three shifts with halogen lights burning brightly at night from the rooftop as workmen for Frazier Roofing Company try to complete repairs to the building on a strict schedule. ...
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Cocaine sale plea draws six-year sentence
(Local News ~ 07/01/03)
A Dyersburg man pleaded guilty June 24 to a charge of sale of less than .5 gram of cocaine and was sentenced to serve six years in prison. Eric Lee Cannon, 21, of 1447 Meeks St., Apt No. 1, pleaded guilty in Dyer County Circuit Court before Judge Lee Moore. ...
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Tennessee Ice claims title at Martin tourney
(High School Sports ~ 07/01/03)
The Tennessee Ice was red-hot Sunday in Martin, taking the Delta Border Wars tournament championship in a five-game series. The 14-and-under Dyersburg-based softball squad went 4-1 in tournament play and allowed only seven runs to opposing teams. Jessica Smith led the Ice on the mound with two wins during the Martin tournament...
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Winnie Dunston
(Obituary ~ 07/01/03)
Mrs. Winnie Dunston, 82, of Dyersburg, died Monday, June 30, 2003, at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Rev. William E. Kirk
(Obituary ~ 07/01/03)
The Rev. William E. Kirk, 79, of Dyersburg, currently of Nashville, died Monday, June 30, 2003, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Miss. He was an evangelist. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with the Rev. Raymond Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5:30-9 p.m. today at the funeral home...
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George Edward Aden
(Obituary ~ 07/01/03)
George Edward Aden, 94, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at his residence. He was a foreman for Cooke Grain, a retried commercial fisherman and a Baptist. Service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of J.W. Curry & Son Funeral Home with Brother Nathe Ozment officiating. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...
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Veggie vendor added to list
(Community News ~ 07/01/03)
M&M Enterprises has been added to the list of vendors participating in the Tennessee Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. The program, which begins today, will give each participant six $5 vouchers to buy Tennessee-grown produce. Three of the vouchers may be redeemed in July and three in August at selected produce markets...
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