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A lesson to save lives
(Local News ~ 10/22/03)
Kayce Jackson has never been drunk. But Tuesday afternoon the Dyer County High School student felt a bit tipsy. "Now I think I know what a hangover feels like," joked Jackson as she staggered in the parking lot of DHS. Jackson, along with nearly 500 of her classmates, participated Tuesday afternoon in the Fatal Vision Driving Challenge--a program sponsored by the Tennessee Highway Patrol aimed at heightening awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving...
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Auction for Murray is Saturday
(Community News ~ 10/22/03)
Over 200 items will be up for bid Saturday in a benefit auction for Chad Murray. The absolute auction will be held at 10 a.m. at the Happy House, located on Highway 77 in Newbern near Sonic. Items can be viewed after 8 a.m. Those items include a Craftsman tool set, a Vols lawn chair, the Vols 'In the Driver's Seat' print, Iams dog food, a variety of gift baskets, a handknotted quilt, a collectable 1940s Sedan Delivery muscle car model, a dark cherry pendulum wall clock and a golf lover's basket with two rounds of golf at The Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms, Oakview Links Golf Course in Newbern, Dyersburg Municipal Golf Course and Wynridge Greens & Golf Club in Troy. ...
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Ike Peel to be honored Friday night
(Community News ~ 10/22/03)
Dyersburg High School has had more than its share of athletic champions, but few have the stature of Ike Peel, Jr., 85, who, on Friday night, will be honored for his contributions to that school's long sports tradition. He is being singled out for the contributions that he made to University of Tennessee intercollegiate sports during the Tradition of Champions program that will take place on Seniors Night at the DHS home game against Memphis Craigmont...
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Jessie Jane Crocker
(Obituary ~ 10/22/03)
Jessie Jane Crocker, 78, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2003 at Huntingdon Health Rebab Center. She was a retired certified nurse's assistant and a member of Lake Road Church of Christ. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Lake Road Church of Christ with Alex Ogden officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Teacolor Reed
(Obituary ~ 10/22/03)
Teacolor Reed, 69, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003 at Wesley Nursing Home. She was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Rev. W.L. McCadney officiating. Burial will be in Citizens Cemetery in Tiptonville...
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Holford Swanner
(Obituary ~ 10/22/03)
Holford Swanner, 78, of Halls, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a retired maintenance employee of Tupperware and a carpenter, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of Williams Chapel Baptist Church in the Poplar Grove Community near Halls...
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Jessie Brown
(Obituary ~ 10/22/03)
Jessie Brown, of Dyersburg, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003 at Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Artha Lee Tipton
(Obituary ~ 10/22/03)
Artha Lee Tipton, 80, of Dyersburg, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2003 at Wesley of Dyersburg Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Does Alabama deserve what it takes to be Vols No.1 rival?
(High School Sports ~ 10/22/03)
With Tennessee set to play Alabama Saturday, talk about how big this game is has been making its rounds. And it's not just because the Volunteers are dropping down the SEC ranks like a stone. From what I hear on the streets, when the Vols and Tides hook up, it is usually of epic proportions and that this game is one of Tennessee's main rivals, if not its biggest...
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Leadership Dyer County is underway
(Local News ~ 10/22/03)
Over the next seven months, 21 Dyer Countians are going to be getting a better idea of the many facets that make up the community they live in. Leadership Dyer County is underway Class members meet in September by facing a few obstacles together at the Project COPE course at Camp Mack Morris in Camden...
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County seeks new bids on convenience center garbage disposal
(Local News ~ 10/22/03)
Dyer County is again seeking bids for the disposal of garbage collected at its three convenience centers. The county received only one bid on Oct. 8. Some members of the County Commission's Local Government Committee suggested that the county might have received more bids if the specifications weren't so restrictive...
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'Wings of Freedom' donates $6,000 to St. Jude
(Community News ~ 10/22/03)
Thirty chapters of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association participated in a 500-mile "Wings Across Tennessee" charity ride Sept. 27. The ride started at Bristol and ended in Memphis at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Riders stopped at designated locations along the way, with more riders joining at each stop. This is the third year donations totaled over $100,000 statewide...
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