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For Jowers family, ''The Nutcracker' is Christmas'
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
It's a magical story that begins with a gift. Victoria Jowers was 2 when she first saw the tale of a nutcracker that comes to life, becomes a prince and transports a young girl to beautiful kingdoms. From that moment, she decided she was going to become a ballerina and be in "The Nutcracker."...
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Maxine Thurmond Clayton
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Maxine Thurmond Clayton, 72, of Tupelo, Miss., formerly of Dyersburg, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 at Cedars Nursing Home in Tupelo, Miss. She was a retired telephone operator and a Baptist. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. at Thurmond Cemetery in Halls with Elder Ed Carter officiating. Maley-Yarbrough Funeral Home in Covington is in charge of arrangements...
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Mary Evelyn Hollandsworth
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Mary Evelyn Hollandsworth, 82, of Ridgely, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a retired cook for Lake County School System and a member of Willingham Memorial Baptist Church. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in the Ridgely chapel of Curry Funeral Home with the Rev. James Hooper officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...
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Pastor Michael Lee McClenney
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Pastor Michael Lee McClenney, 50, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at his residence. He was minister of First United Pentecostal Church and enjoyed golf and music. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Jerry Holland, the Rev. Wayne Chester, the Rev. Don Gill and the Rev. Ronald Lovins officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Virginia Shoulders
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Virginia Shoulders, 85, of Newbern, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Odell officiating. Burial will be in Church Grove Cemetery in Newbern...
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William A. Newton
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
William A. Newton, of Fowlkes, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Delmar L. Rector
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Delmar L. Rector, of Dyersburg, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home.
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Bill Mealer Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Bill Mealer Jr., 35, of Brownsville, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at his home. He was a warehouse employee at Pictsweet Co., a member of Willingham Baptist Church near Ridgely and a 1986 graduate of Lake County High School. Services are at 1 p.m. Monday at Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. J.L. Campbell officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely...
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Danny Ray Powell
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Danny Ray Powell, 49, of Dyersburg, formerly of Ridgely, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at his home. He was a retired employee of World Color Press. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely with the Rev. David Gray officiating...
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Lee Morris
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Lee Morris of Dyersburg died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dyersburg Funeral Home.
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Kenneth Bargery
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Kenneth Bargery of Ridgely died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003 at VA Hospital in Memphis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Curry Funeral Home of Dyersburg.
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Clyde Wayne Clark
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Clyde Wayne Clark, 67, of Bonicord, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003 at his residence. He was a farmer. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. today at Friendship Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg...
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DMS food drive nets nearly 1,500 canned goods
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
Dyersburg Middle School students are doing their part to fight hunger. They collected 1,472 cans of food and donated them to two local charities. The food drive was coordinated by the DMS 4-H Club and Student Council. Collection boxes were set up in the hallways and students deposited canned goods for three weeks. ...
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Weather-forecasting seminar slated
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
Would you like to learn how to predict the weather at your house? It is possible, thanks to the amount of weather data on the Internet. The only problem is that most of us don't understand all the technical data. Charlie Neese, a meteorologist from Nashville, hopes to end the confusion. He plans to hold a home weather-forecasting seminar at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 in Glover Building Room 109 on the Dyersburg State Community College campus...
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Wesley gets a lunchtime surprise
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
When Annette Evans said she'd like to make fried pies for the residents of Wesley at Dyersburg Nursing Care, activity director Jo Ann Parker didn't think she'd go to the trouble of making one for each of the residents. Thursday afternoon, just in time for lunch, Evans showed up with 100 peach and apple pies...
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Holiday hints
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
It is turkey time again. While the popular poultry may be a delicious addition to your holiday menu, safety should be a top concern to avoid potential health risks. "There are five common mistakes people make when cooking a turkey," said Dr. Janie Burney, a nutrition specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service...
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Native pecan crop a good one this season
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
Americans tend to believe that "bigger is better" but when it comes to pecans, just the opposite is true. That is the contention of Hal M. Pennington, owner of Pennington Seed and Supply in downtown Dyersburg, who does a big business in "native" pecans, nuts whose ancestors were likely planted in this region by Native American tribes before white settlers from Europe ever appeared on the continent. ...
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Send a Christmas card to the community
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
The Northwest Tennessee Academy of Medicine Auxiliary is no more but one of its pet projects carries on. You can still send a Christmas card to the community thanks to the Dyersburg-Dyer County Union Mission Ladies Auxiliary. "The medical auxiliary has gone under and we had a great project we did every year," said Beverly Green. "I've joined the Mission auxiliary and suggested we continue it."...
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DMS, DHS students shine at All-West
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
Seventy-five Dyersburg Middle and High School choral students had the opportunity Nov. 15 to let their talents shine during the All-Northwest Junior High Honors Choir and Northwest Tennessee Senior High Choir concert. The event was held Nov. 15 at Jackson Central Merry High School, featuring students from 29 middle and high schools. ...
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Recycling program benefits DHS Project Graduation
(Community News ~ 11/28/03)
Throwing away one computer printer inkjet cartridge in a landfill is equal to 4 quarts of oil. So, at a loss for what to do with them? Turn them into cash. Dyersburg High School Project Graduation is accepting empty inkjet- and laser-printing cartridges for its Re-Ink-It recycling program...
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Emma Peacock Wigdor
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Emma Peacock Wigdor, 99, of Tiptonville, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing Home. She was a retired clothing-store owner, a member of the Lake County Historical Society and a member of Tiptonville First United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Blanche Peacock Sunday School Class and served as church historian. She also worked with the Easter Seal Society...
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Eddie Jones
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Eddie Jones, of Dyersburg, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by H.H. Hudson Funeral Home.
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Virginia Shoulders
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Virginia Shoulders of Newbern, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Johnson's Funeral Home of Newbern.
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Man in stable condition after shooting
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
A 25-year-old Dyersburg man who was shot in the leg early Thursday morning is in stable condition at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, family members said. Timothy Wayne Bohannon was shot in the leg after, according to information obtained from the Dyer County incident report, he arrived at the residence of James Via Jr., located at 74 Bush Road early Thursday morning...
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Last campus open forum held regarding new UT President
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
The last campus "open forum" in the search for a new University of Tennessee president was held Thursday on the UT Martin campus. Search-committee members, including Dyersburg's Jerry Jackson, are taking no chances this time around as they seek input from citizens throughout the state on who should next sit at the helm...
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Tips prove helpful in burglars' apprehension
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
Three juveniles were arrested on charges of aggravated burglary following a rash of burglaries that were reported last week, authorities said Tuesday. The juveniles involved, whose names are not being released because of their age, were discovered by Dyersburg police in different locations in the days following their alleged burglary spree...
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Local college responds quickly to budget-cut proposal
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
The mood among college educators present for Monday's preliminary budget hearing in Nashville was described as "subdued" by media observers, but area legislators faced something else when they met with community leaders and administrators at Dyersburg State Community College the following morning...
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Chamber taking nominations for annual awards presentations
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
New award added for Distinguished Community Service Since 1967, the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce has recognized outstanding businesses and individuals at its Annual Membership Banquet featuring the Awards Presentations. This year, the Chamber wants to reach out further into the community to pay homage to those individuals who spend their time and efforts helping others...
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Teachers learn how to improve non-performing schools
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
The goal shared by the founders of the new Professional Development Center in Dyersburg was to give area teachers innovative training for a new age in education at a price local school systems could afford. So far as Dr. Dwight Hedge, superintendent of the Dyer County public school system is concerned, the center is living up to its potential, and he points to the newest program, five days of training for teachers and administrators that began last week, designed to give educators the necessary skills to turn around non-performing schools.. ...
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Barker Brothers to haul garbage from convenience centers
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
A subtle change will take place at the county's three convenience centers next week. Waste Management of Jackson will pick up garbage for the last time on Wednesday, Nov. 26. It also will remove its trash compactor and 40-yard receiver box stationed at the Highway 78 convenience center...
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Grant given to DPD
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
A grant in the amount of $10,000 dollars has been awarded to the Dyersburg Police Department by the state of Tennessee with the hopes of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on the state's roadways. The Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program grant was awarded to 16 small community law enforcement agencies, including Dyersburg, statewide...
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Farmers seek permits to open Stokes Creek
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
Stokes Creek doesn't flow anymore. Water can't make it through the sediments and beaver dams that choke the river's channelized course. Instead, the water spreads out across the floodplain, inundating forest and field alike. Adjacent landowners have watched their timber die and cropland shrink as the Stokes Creek swamps grows larger and larger...
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Man remains at large after gunpoint robbery
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
A man is wanted by authorities after allegedly robbing a Dyersburg man at gunpoint Tuesday night. Stantonio Wright, 32, of Memphis is suspected of entering a residence on the 300th block of Wilson Circle and holding the victim, a 21-year-old Dyersburg man, at gunpoint and demanding money...
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State may use federal funds to replace Reelfoot Lake spillway, bridge
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
Tennessee has received preliminary approval to use federal highway funds to replace both the Reelfoot Lake spillway and the bridge on top of it. "The spillway will be part of our program," Jim Zeigler, assistant chief engineer for design in the Tennessee Department of Transportation, said Wednesday...
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Sylvia Jean Diggs
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Sylvia Jean Diggs, 66, of Ripley, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 at Baptist Hospital-East in Memphis. She was a retired employee of USDA ASCS Office and a member of First Baptist Church. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner Funeral Home in Ripley. Burial will be in Ripley Memorial Gardens...
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Beatrice McKnight
(Obituary ~ 11/28/03)
Beatrice McKnight, 97, of Newbern, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003 at her residence. She was a homemaker and a member of Palestine Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Williams officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Newbern. The family will receive visitors at 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home...
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No time to rest over holidays
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time of rest and relaxation. People use the days off to refresh themselves and think about the good things in life. Well, a couple of area basketball teams must have decided life was too easy. The Dyer County and Dyersburg girls scheduled themselves to compete in two of the toughest holiday tournaments in the state. There will be no rest this weekend for them...
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Weekend packed with hoops action
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
Saturday will be special day for a couple of reasons for Dyersburg High School. First, DHS is hosting the Sixth Annual Burger King Basketball Jamboree. Second, it will be the grand opening of the Trojans' new basketball gym. After being destroyed in the tornado earlier this year, DHS has been waiting anxiously for this moment for quite some time...
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Trojans roll past Tide
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
TRENTON -- Despite winning the first game of the season, coach Brian Brown was not happy with his team's performance. He didn't feel the Dyersburg boys played with the intensity or fire he wants to see out of them. That all changed Thursday when the Trojans returned to Trenton to take on Peabody High in the Hall-of-Fame Classic. With an unrelenting pressure defense and tenacity, the Trojans defeated Peabody 60-52. It was one of those games where the score does not tell the entire story...
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DHS hosts basketball jamboree
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
The Dyersburg High School gym opened for business Saturday with the Sixth Annual Burking King Jamboree. Eight teams played only two full quarters with limited timeouts. So it was not an actual game scenario, but many teams and coaches treated it as such...
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DHS runs past Union City
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
UNION CITY -- Fourteen minutes. All by itself it's not enough time to boil an egg or listen to the extended version of any Outkast song. However, in the world of high school basketball, 14 minutes is almost an eternity. That is why what the Dyersburg girls' basketball team did Tuesday night was so impressive...
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Trojans take wind out of Tornadoes
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/03)
UNION CITY -- They may be the boringness part of the game of basketball. They are the forgotten stepchildren of the ESPN highlight reel. No one ever remembers free throws until they cost someone a game. The Dyersburg boys' basketball team nearly found this out Tuesday night in Union City. However, some intense defense and clutch shooting by Jeremy Taylor saved the Trojans from having to learn the lesson the hard way...
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Youth Villages children continue giving back
(Local News ~ 11/28/03)
When Traci Chapman began a fund-raiser for Youth Villages foster children to give back to the community, she didn't realize what an impact it would have. Five years later, the fund-raiser continues and grows. This year, through a car wash and hot dog and drink sale, Youth Villages foster children raised more than $550...
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