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Community audit may predict economic future of Dyer County
(Local News ~ 08/14/03)
The idea that, "if you build it they will come," may be a good line for the motion-picture industry but not for the future of industrial development in Northwest Tennessee. That is the sincere conviction held by Henry Lewis, director of the Northwest Tennessee Workforce Board, and it is the reason he is engaging researchers from Middle Tennessee State University to create a "community audit." This research project is designed to project changes in the labor force, predict emerging jobs and estimate industrial needs.. ...
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Son throws knife at father during argument
(Local News ~ 08/14/03)
A 40-year-old Dyersburg man was stabbed in the chest late Tuesday night after his son allegedly threw a kitchen knife at him. Steven Kyle Thurmond 19, of the 1100 block of Pennell Street in Dyersburg was charged with aggravated domestic assault, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of eight years in prison...
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Man who tried to run down businessman sentenced to serve three years
(Local News ~ 08/14/03)
A Dyersburg man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Dyer County Circuit Court to trying to run down a local businessman with a car and was sentenced to three years in prison. Timothy McPherson, 21, of 1417 Meeks St., pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault and was sentenced by Judge Lee Moore...
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Waterfowl Festival to be held this weekend at Reelfoot Lake
(Local News ~ 08/14/03)
The ducks will be quacking and the geese honking this weekend at Reelfoot Lake. Well, it will sound like they are as hundreds of people practice blowing duck calls and goose calls during the 14th annual Reelfoot Lake Waterfowl Festival. The event is scheduled 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Kirby Pocket. Admission is free...
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Former All-American remembers postwar football
(High School Sports ~ 08/14/03)
When Paige Cothren signed to play football at Ole Miss in 1953, most of his coaches were just returning from World War II, causing the mental mindset of the game to reach heights it had never seen. "A dichotomy was suddenly drawn between two things that had henceforth been the same - hurt and hurting," Cothren told the Breakfast Rotary Club Wednesday morning at the First Citizens Bank Annex building in downtown Dyersburg...
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James Robert Pierce
(Obituary ~ 08/14/03)
James Robert Pierce, 66, of Dyersburg, died Aug. 13, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cosmopolitan Funeral Services.
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Elsie Mae Rice
(Obituary ~ 08/14/03)
Elsie Mae Rice, 84, of Union City, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Pentecostal Church in Union City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Pentecostal Church in Union City with the Rev. John Stepp and the Rev. Wayne Chester officiating. Burial will be in East View Cemetery in Union City. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Mattie V. Reed Nabors
(Obituary ~ 08/14/03)
Mattie V. Reed Nabors, 90, of Watertown, formerly of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. She was a teacher, artist and farmer, a graduate of Dyersburg High School, Tennessee Polytechnical Institute and Union University and attended Watertown First Baptist Church...
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Club sells flower bulbs to benefit scholarships, projects
(Community News ~ 08/14/03)
American Business Women's Association members hope to make the community more attractive and raise money for scholarships and educational projects at the same time. The local chapter is kicking off its second semi-annual bulb sale this week. Club President Deborrah Pugh said the Van Bourgondien bulbs are top quality and guaranteed to grow. Anyone who is not completely satisfied with the purchases may request a free replacement...
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